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'THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1923
CapitaljIJournal
A 'vvwr
Salem. Oraron
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Heney vs. Coolidge
Bert E. Heney, of Oregon, recently reappointed by the
president as a member of the United States Shipping Board,
has refused to resign at the request of Mr. Coolidge, because
of his opposition to Admiral Leigh R. Palmer, president of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Mr. Heney declares:
My fight against Admiral Palmer lias been one of opposition
against his disregard of the shipping board and sonsequcutly against
Ills adverse attitude toward shipping Interests of the Pacific north
west, ns ho proposed to exercise control over vessels operating out of
tho ports of that section contrary to the board's views and to the
uuai. luiurusis oi me cuics concerned.
The. quarrel between Admiral Palmer and Mr. Heney is
due to fundamental differences of viewpoints and policies as
well as of temperaments and cannot be harmonized. Admiral
Palmer is carrying out the president's policy of selling the
Emergency fleet to private owners and retiring the govern
ment from the shipping business because it is unprofitable
and conducted at a loss, which is in conflict with tho policy
of a merchant marine adopted by congress, which Mr. Heney
supports.
The president regards the merchant marine as a costly
white elephant left on the hands of the government by the
war, and believes in getting rid of it as soon as possible. Mr.
Heney believes the fleet should be maintained, even at a loss,
for the benefit of shipprs, public and country, especially as
these subsidized ships are of value in developing commerce
of northwest ports.
Pressure in congress from affected fronts may be strong
enough to maintain the fleet in reduced number, but the
president is likely to have his way. Mr. Heney will have to
walk the plank, and might as well do it gracefully.
New Auto Light Law
v In Effect; Dimmers
Used On Slick Roads
-
Getting Even?
Six prison employes, five guards and the turnkey, have
either "resigned" or Ueen discharged since the prison break.
It may be only a coincidence that their testimony at the
coroner's inquest was not at all favorable to the prison
warden's management, so they are not standing on the order
of their going but going, just the same.
Those who have already walked the plank arc Guards H.
L. Foust, Ira Hubbard, Clair A. Baker, L. P. Murphy and
Wriirht Gardner, and Turnkey James Nesmith. At least
these are all whose retirements have been made public
There may be others.
The warden is also slated to go, because of the discredit
his regime has thrown upon the administration, but its
dollars to doughnuts that he will be taken care of, pensioned
at tax-payers expense, like George L. Cleaver and other
administration favorites of failure.
Commencing tonight the dim
ming of automoblje headlights will
not do required by law on Orceron
highways, though dimming will bo
compulsory on wet pavement. The
new automobile lighting 'law,
passed by the 1925 legislature,
becomes effective at midnight, and
after that time motorists must bo
able to produce certificates show
ing that their lights meet legal
requirements. Ail will be pre
sumed to have been examined by
officially qualified examiners and
adjusted if found necessary.
Tho official examiners are gar
ages, accessory shops and similar
places that have beon certified for
that purpose by the secretary of
state upon their equipping them
selves properly after application
made to tho state department.
The fee which the official sta
tions are allowed to charge for
adjusting lights is 75 cents,
though in a large percentage of
ca3es the cost to the motor vehicle
owner Is more than that for tho
reason that lenses or globes are
found defective under the law It
is claimed, however, that most
automobiles manufactured within
the last year have lamps that meet
all requirements. The legislature
in acting upon the light bill
secured data from the American
Society of Automotive Engineers,.
which Is said to be the source of
lata used by the manufacturers.
It is the claim of these engineers
that they have gotten the light-
ing problem down to a point I
where a maximum of light Is pro
vided without enough glare to
blind drivers coming In an op
posite direction. The new Oregon
law is the same as that on the
California statute books.
Under the new law a length of
light projection Is required that
will distinctly reveal a person or
object within 200 feet ahead of
the car, while a jyidth of projec
tion Is required thlt't will distinctly
show an object in the road over a
road-width of 12 foot at a dis
tance of 114 feet ahead of the
car. Glare Is limited by a require
ment tnat tho intensity shall not
be over 800 candlepower 100 feet
in front of the car, seven feet to
tho left and at a height of five
feet.
Kpotlamps and fog lamps must
be kept on the left hand sUlo of,
the car and so fixed that they
cannot be moved except by
mechanical device. The light from
spotlamps niuat be thrown to the
right side of the highway.
"Every motor vehicle, except
motorcycles, operated or driven
upon the highways of this state,"
says the law, "shall exhibit dur
ing the period from one-half hour
after sunset to one-halt hour be
fore sunrise, and at all times when
fog or atmospheric conditions
render the operation of said motor
vehicle dangerous to traffic or the
use of highways, two head lamps
of approximately equal candle-
power, not in excess of 21 candle-power.
- All lighting devices used must
have the approval of the state de
partment according to the test of
the Unltod States bureau of stand
ards. Any person or firm having
devices they wish to market may
submit them to the secretary of
state with a fee of 50 and they
will be subjected to the teat."
Motorcycled are required to
have a front lamp or lamps cap
able of furnishing sufficient Il
lumination to -render clearly dis
cernible any substantial objoct
140 fete directly ahead and any
substantial object 70 feet ahead
and five feet to tho right of the
axis of the motorcycle.
Relative to other vehicles the
law says:
"TtJery trailer or eeml-trnller
except email two-wheel trailers of
1000 pounds capacity or lens towed
closely behind a motor vehicle, and
semi-trailers when towed alone,
whose ovor-all length in either
case, .including towing vehicle and
load, does not exceed 30 feet, when
on the highways nt night shall
carry at the front of its left side
cno lamp capable of throwing a
white light visible from both front
and rear of such vehicles. All ve
hicles, otrier than motor vehicles
and motorcycles, when operated
upon tho highways between one
half hour after sunset and one-half
hour beforo sunrise, and at all
times when fog or other atmos
pheric conditions render the op
eration of said vehicle dangerous
to traffic or the use of the high
ways, shalt display on the left side
of said vehicle a whito light which
must be visible from the front and
rear for a distance of not less than
200 feet in either direction."
Numerous Inquiries have been
received by Secretary of State Ko
zcr relative to magneto lighting
equipment. Concerning this ho
says:
"It is a well established fact that
this type of equipment ennnot pro
duce the constant candlepowor
necessary to meet the specified
maximums and mlnlmums of the
main lights required by the law,
nor can the required results be ob
tained with the lights in the dim
med position. A logical interpreta
tion of the law would Imply that
motor vehicles now equipped with
the magneto as the source of light
must be changed to either battery
or acetylene. Adjusters cannot ad
just motor vehicles equipped with
magneto light and Issue receipts
therefore unless the equipment of
the particular vehicle submitted for
adjustment Is changed to meet
the requirements of the law."
- pomplalnts have already been re
ceived about adjusters making ex
orbitant charges for adjusting
lights and attempting to sell mot
orists various kinds of devices.
Steps are being taken by the de
partment to prevent this.
Under the law a maximum pen
alty of $400 fine, or one year in
jail, or both, applies in any of the
following cases:
The motor vehicle owner who
drives without legal lights.
A person or a concern who sells
an automobile not equipped with
lights according to law.
Persons or concorns selling lamps
or lighting equipment that does
not meet legal requirements.
Any adjuster or adjusting sta
tion that fails to comply with the
law In adjusting lights.
iles Linen Plant
Starts Operations
In Converting Flax
With final touches belDir put on
tho spread board and fivo drawing
frames today end tho machines
.scheduled to bo going full blaat
by the end of tho week, and the
hackling machine having been In
operation for several days, the
new Milee Linen company, Salem's
most recent industry, may be said
to have begun operations. Tho
first cord la expected to be pro
luced and ready for shipment be
foro the e"d of the present month.
It Is necessary to train n set of
workmen for each ssparate ma
chine at the plant, according to 8.
C. Miles, head of tho company.
Kach worker (s taken separately
and thoroushly trained to use IiIh
particular machine.. A total of
more than 30 persons will ha em
ployed at the plant.
Tho hackling machine, which
already has produced a lurge quan
tity of material for use by the
spread board, which comes next in
the process of producing linen
cord, is primarily for the purpose
of combing tho flax fibre, which
is delivered at tho factory In large
bundles. The fibre, placed on the
machine in small handfuls by the
men in charge, is automatically
taken around a complete circuit,
being worked on constantly by
combs with teeth that gradually
increase in fineness, is thoroughly
straightened and removed from
the "tow." The machine auto
matically grasps each individual
hunch of fibre, first in the middle
and then at one end, all without
adjustment by human hands.
Every piece of macutnory at tho
plant is of the latest, most up-to-date
type, Imported from England
and from Ireland.
Tho spread board and the five
drawing frnmos, which are prac
tically ready to begin operation,
are for the purpose of spreading
tho fibre out preparatory to spin
ning into cord. Thero ure three
spinning frames, all of which will
he running beforo the end of next
week. Final touches will be put
on the product by the winding,
twisting and reeling machines.
No attempt is to be made at
present to weave cloth. Machin
ery has been provided only U
make coarse cord such as is us?d
for fishnets, sowing shoes end oth
er Industries whero hard wearing
cord "that can slnnd the weather is
demanded. Flax fihro is tho
strangest libra known.
No actual sa" tor the product
uf tho mill have been cltGcd as
yet. Mr. i.lilcs slated yesterday.
"They are nil waiting to Bee sam
ples of the porduct we put out,"
he raid. "Wo do not anticipate
and difficulty ill fllsposlng of our
output onco its quality becomes an
established fact."
A brick drying room Is being
constructed at the cast end of tho
large building which tho plant oc
cupies. 'i'licro Is olreuly 15 tons of flax
fibre in the v:vrehouse which ad
joins the main building. The ware
house Is constructed to allow tho
air. with its moisture, to circulate
under the fibre. The 15 tons of
fibre will keep the plant running
for most of the winter, Miles
states, after which arrangements
have been made with the Oregon
slate penitentiary for an addition
al supply.
Hohoken, N. J. Firemen, at
tracted by shrieks of "oh. Lord",
find parrot yelling near his pros
trate mistress.
The Husband Tamer
By Violet Dare
imtkici.vs im:cision
Andrew came homo that even
ing in a mood even Wackor tnnn
tho one in which he had depnrtcu
for his office.
"Well, things certainly hnvo turn
e,l out beautifully," he told Pa
tricia, with more than a touch of
sarcawm in his voice. "The He
witts hnvo pono to Atlantic City
with Jack Hunter nnd his wife. No
chance now for me to persuade
Hewitt thnt I ought to bo hla at
torney! Keally, 1'alrlcln, It does
seem ns If, when nuch very import
Ant mnttcrs were at stake, you
could have manured not to flirt
with Hewitt or at leant, not to
make his wife think you were In
terested In him."
Patricia faced him with blazing
eyes.
"Andrew Clove, sometimes I
think you're actually stupid," she
mi id, "Yui know that I did my
best with the Hewitts, but that wo
man was impiwislble. I was only
tcrying to pleaao her and her hus
band. You'd urgori mo to be nlee
to him. How could It be my fault
that things went wronu?
"I'm tliiouch from this moment
on. I'm mt going to nlo up my
life any humor to trying to be en-tertniiifn-r
Just for the cake of busi
ness. You haven't any rlrht 1 ndt
It of me. I wnnt the kind of home
that woiiiMi ought to have, and I
want to spend some time In It with
you. Instead of nlvny midline:
about town, entertaining people. I
want children. I want to ho a wife
And a mother, not a pinfeKMnnal
flirt."
" Patricia! Your outrageous!"
"No, I'm not. I'm truihful. And
I'm thiituuh. Tomorrow morning
I'm going away. I'm ptolnR to vlU
niv sister, nnd while I'm awny you ,
can think things over. If your busi
ness surocis Mill means more to
you than your life with mo does.
we'll break definitely when I come
back."
- "I've never heard of nnythlng fo
Absurd."
"perhaps not. Lot of husbands
would hear Just this same sort of
thlnff, If their wives told the truth,
however. Oh, Ann row, uo ue re;
nnohlft!"
"RensonAblel I think you've Inst
vmir senses.
"If I have. I've found something
more useful," Patrkda replied
quietly. Her heart was beat Inn
furiously; she longed to run across
the room.and throw herself Into his
arm, tint Instead she remained ny
the window, holding tlfthtly to the
chair thnt stood beside her. Now
that sho had begun, she must go
On.
"Hut to talk of leaving; me.
when I rIv you everything1 n sans
W-omnn could wnnt "
"Oh, Andrew, we'vo been over,
this so many times before. I want
a. homo and children nnd tho
companionship of my husband.
You give mo a few furnished rooms I
nnd lots of excitement nnd tho
hufllmnils of other women for com
panions! It's faUiO, Andrew, it Isn't
tho right way to live. That's why
I'm fiohif? away, to give you
chaiu-e to. think It all over without!
inc."
He refused to rocognlzo the truth!
of what sho said: they talked end
lessly, It seemed to her. She wished
thnt she did not love him so; it
would have been easier then to
argue with him. she did not want,
in her heart of hearts, to go-to her
sister's: she wanted to stay with
Andrew, to wake In tho morning I
looking forward to having break-1
fnst with him, to come hurrying 1
home from having tea with Linda
Itovce or Honift other friend, eager 1
to be thM'e when he arrived. Other
women did that; why couldn't she?
Other women, too, wanted tho sort I
f life she lived. What a pity that
thev couldn't try It for a while:
Pamela cried herself to sleep
that night. Twice she got out "M
bed an, I Mil on a neglige. Intend-I
ing to k to Andrew and tell him I
that she would do ns ho wished
ami remain in New orK ; mat no
matter how they lived, sho want-
d to be with htm.
"Hut If I do we'll live this way
lw:iv." iuhe reminded herself
lernlv. "Andrew and I can have
n wonderful life together If I re
fuse to no on thU way. Oh, he must
that I m right, lie must
that people have to begin making
home when they re first mar
ried: It can't be put off till they re
MI What If we do go on Ibis way
!ill we have a million we can't
get Hie things we'd love by waiting."
Common .'onr, to be sure yet It j
did not keep back the tears! She
showed tho results of her Meeplewal
night w hen sho faced him nor
tho breakfast table In the morning.
Andrew wus none too Jubilant him
nelf. He tried to be especially
pleasant; she re.iltr.cd that; It made
it harder for her to say as he rose
to go; "I'm going to tako the Twenl
tleth Century this afternoon, dear;
will you see ins off?
His face , grim. "Htlll derr-I
mined to go?" he asked.
"Yes. I can't sec any other thing
to do," nhe ledd hftn. "I'nlrss you're I
willing to live differently."
"I've told you that that'i Im
possible, ' he exclaimed angrily.!
ntiit strode out of the room.
Tomorrow Linda's Fxixri Adtloe.
An Italian engineer claims to
have invented an electric lamp!
that will burn threo vonra without I
o.mnoetinn with an outside source
of current.
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