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WORLD HAPPENINGS INCOME TAX CUT DELAYED OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resurre Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. President Coolidge by proclamation Tuesday restored the rights of Ameri can citizenship to all deserters from the army and navy during the three year period between the armistice and the formal ending of the world war. Slipping in from the high seas un der cover of a heavy fog, 21 vessels, headed by the British steam yacht Istur, Wednesday dropped anchor along rum row in New York, to dis pose of 100,000 cases of liquor $8, 000,000 worth. Three hundred persons were burn ed to death, suffocated or died in panics as a result of a fire which swept the important town of Chowt sun, 40 miles oast of Tsinan, Shan tung province, last Friday. Seven hundred others were injured. Those who visit Tijuana, the Mex ican resort across the boundary line, 14 miles from San Diego, Cal., will have to return to United States soil before 9 P. M. hereafter or remain in Mexico overnight, according to an nouncement made at the American customs office. Robert C. Shlpman, world war vet eran and homesteader living two miles iOUth of Grants Pass, Or., was knock ed down and killed by a ferocious boar while feeding his hogs at noon Wed in ii day. Mr. Shlpman was bit on the teg, his femoral artery severed and death was due to loss of blood. John II. Dunbar, attorney-general ol Washington state, and T. J. L. Ken nedy, corporation counsel of Seattle, will appear in the United States su preme court April 14 to oppose an appeal of the Pacific Telophone & Telegraph company and the Home Teiephono company, it was announced Tuesday. King George sees in the good under standing betweon Great Britain anil the United States "the best guaran tee for I lie future peace of the jivorld." This declaration waa sent Wednesday to President Coolidgo at the request of tho king by Sir Ksmo Howard and marked tho presentation of the new ambassador's credentials to tho Amer ican chief executive. On recommendation of tho grand jury. Judge Wilson in Hood Hlver, Or., Tuesday omitled assessment of a fine against H. 0. Goodman, ex-high school manual training teacher, who ploud od guilty to con! ributing to the ilc liniiuency of Kenneth Convert, a lti yenr old boy, by inciting him to com plicity In thefts of automobile acces sories. Judge Wilson sentenced llood man to '20 days In Jail. President Coolidgo Is In entire ac cord with the desire to assist the farm ors of the northwest and those of the country generally through the present period of depression, it was stated of ficially Tuesday, but lias arrived at no decision as to the form such aid should lake. Officials of the depart men! of agriculture are expected to submit recommendations to the presi dent upon the various legislative pro posals now assuming shape In con gress. The Philippines' pleu for Immediate Independence was dealt a stinging blow Wednesday by President Cool idge. The president, In a letter to Manuel Hexes, head of the Philippine Independence mission, declared flat ly the administration did not believe tho time had BOOM to grunt indepeiul eiico to the Filipino people and ussert ed that grievances against (lovernor llenoral Weed were unjustified and. like the independence appeal, were un supported by a considerable portion of the island's population. Tho tax reduction bill pussed by the house will havo to be remodeled to provide for $100,000,000 mere revenue Chairman Smoot of the senate finance committee nunounced Wednesday night on tho evo of consideration of the measure by that committee. Has lnf his calculations on estimates re ported this week by the treasury de partment (hat tho house bill would cut off 116.000,000 in revenue in the calendar year 1125, Mr. Smoot said this would fail by $100,000,000 to pro vide funds for tho working expenses of tho government nlono, exclusive of a soldier bonus bill or other pending extra appropriation measures. First Payment March 15 to Be Un changed Later Action Expected. Washington, D. C. The movement to obtain immediate action on the proposed 25 per cent reduction in in come taxes payable this year was re vived in the house Monday, but as quickly turned down. Republican leaders decided that action could not be obtained on a resolution before March 15, when first installments are due. Republican members of the ways and moans committee, meeting with Representative Longworth, party lead er, agreed, however, that if the rev enue bill, already passed by the house and containing this provision, meets with any delay in enactment, a separ ate resolution to make the cut ef fective before June 15 would be press ed. The action again places in the hands of the senate tho problem of tax reduc tion and the senate financo commit tee in its consideration of the revenue bill will tako up the section which provide! for the cut in 1923 income taxes. Most of tho administrative sections of tho bill were gone over without change by the committee. Upon wind ing up these details of tho measure the various tax schedules will be taken up, Secretary Mellon will be asked to present estimates on the amount of revenue necessary to be raised and his opinion on the rates required to obtain such revenue. Chairman Smoot has expressed tho opinion that the bill as passed by the house fails by 5100,000,000 of raising sufficient revenue and had declared many of tho lax rates will havo to be raised. If the provision to make the 25 per. cent, reduction on 1923 taxes ef fective is finally agreed to as carried in the revenue bill, deductions in taxes due in tho other threo installments will be allowed to make up for the full payments made March 15. House Votes Sale of Plant to Ford. Washington, I). C. Henry Ford's of fer for Muscle Shoals, pending before congress for more than two years, was approved Monday by tho house. l!y a voto of 227 to 142 the Mc Kenzio bill, which would authorize acceptance fo Ford's bid, was passed and sent to tho senate, where there Is uncertainly as to what action, if any, will bo taken on it at this ses sion. Continuously before the house for a week, tho McKenzio measure was approved virtually in tho form in Which it was reported by the military Committee, which had been Informed by Mr. Ford that he would take over the government's nitrate and power project on the Tennesseo river under tho terms embodied in the bill. To tho last, advocates of the Ford offer resisted attempts to modify the proposed contract. Amendment after amendment, aimed at the heart of the bill, wns thrown out by decisive vote, and as passed tho measure carried les ; i han half a dozen changes, all ol minor importance which proponents of the hill were willing to accept. Under terms of tho bill. Ford will have tho right to lease for 100 years dams 2 and 3 nt Musclo Shoals, and adjacent power stations. Franc Drops to New Low Level Paris. - The French franc sank to a new low level Monday after a tem perary sharp improvement during the day, attributed to tho government's announcement that there should be no further loans or Inflation to justify pessimism regarding French finance Tfct franc was worth 3.54 conts, tho dollar being quoted at 2S.13 and the pound at 119.80 when curb-trad lag slopped. Baby Believed Tiniest. Chicago. Henry Canze Jr., prob ably Is tho tiniest baby In the world. He weighs only 12 ounces and stretches himself out to a bare eight inches Henry was born Saturday to Mrs. Henry Canze of Melrose park. "The boy Is so small ho cun rest easily in n cigar box," the father said The father Is 24 and tho mother 20. Moral Sentiment First. hcii'iico . . . necessitates a faith commensurate with the grainier orbits and universal laws which it discloses. Yet It does not surprise the moral sen timent. That wns older, and awaited expectant these larger insights. l'morson. GUT IN 1924 LEVY STAYSJNjnX BILL House Leaders Agree Not to Form Separate Measure. ! STATE NEWS I IN BRIEF. FEAR COOLIDGE VETO Democrats Declare Move Is First Step in Plan for Wreck of Proposed Law. Washington, D. C. The provision for a 25 per cent reduction in income taxes payable this year will rest on the fortunes of the revenue bill, house leaders reaching a tentative agree ment Saturday not to remove it from the revenue measure and seek its im mediate enactment in a separate reso lution. Advocates of the latter plan, includ ing Representative Tilson, Connecti cut, a republican member of the ways and means committee, admitted it would be almost impossible to get such a resolution through by March 15, when first installments on income taxes are due. The treasury depart ment had asked this in an effort to avoid the necessity of making refunds on theso payments, and President Coolidgo indorsed tho proposal. The proposition was opposed by many members of both parties, demo crats declaring it was the fir3t step by the administration leading to a presidential veto of the revenue bill. the new rates of which will apply first to taxes payable next year. Meanwhile the senate finance com mittee reached the first important sec tion in its consideration of the revenue bill the estate taxes. The rates of these taxes were rais ed by the house over the opposition of republican organization members and strong sentiment developed in the finance committee to revise the en tire section with a view, however, to raising the same amount of revenue as provided by the house. Chairman Smoot said considerable favor developed toward making the tax apply to beneficiaries of estates rather than to the estates of the de cedents before division. This would make it in tho form of an inheritance tax and would require general revision of the rates. The $50,000 exemption allowed in tho estate tax necessarily would be cut down, Mr. Smoot said, and per haps most of the rates raised. Pending study of the income tax schedules, definite lines on the expect ed fight over them have not been drawn. Senate democrats, however, havo indicated a desire to stand' for tho Garner Income tax rates, pro posed by the houso democrats as a substitute for the Mellon schedule. They once were placed on the bill in tho house, but the Longworth com promise rates later were substituted. Likewise, republican organization lead ers, including Senator Watson of In diana, had Baid they would seek to replace the substitute rates with the Mellon rates, although admitting slight possibility of keeping these schedules in the bill for a vote in tho senate. Homestead Areas Open. Washington, D. C. Opening to boniest ead entry of 323,000 acres In five western states the largest area to bo set aside for that purpose in a year was unnounced Saturday by the interior department. Hates for fil ings will be announced later. The areas include 110,70 acres in Carhon and Phillips counties, Mont.; 69,000 acres in La ml a r and Pershing coun ties Nov.; 30,960 acres In Lake coun ty, Oregon. Senator Greene Better. Washington, D. C. Senator Greene of Vermont, who was shot in the head several weeks ago during an encounter between a prohibition en forcement party and suspected boot leggers, was able Sunday to lenve his bed for the first time. Paralysis, which developed In his loft side, it Is said, has steadily subsided. How Men Judge. Men usually judge of tho prudence of a man by the result, and are very apt to say that the successful man has hud much forethought, and tho unsuc cessful has shown great want of It. Baby Boy Found Slain. Seattle, Wash. The body of a baby ooy was lounu Miiuruuy on a munlct I pal bathing beach of this city. Police I expressed belief that the baby had been murdered. Deputy coroner Harry W. Johnson declared that the body had been in the water several days and that the child had been between two and twelve weeks old. White Salmon. A colony of beavers Is creating havoc among the trees iu the Columbia river district at Bingen, causing damage to property by felled tiees. Pendleton. Coyotes are so numer ous in the vicinity of Combs canyon that it is necessary to drive all sheep, both young and old, Into sheds at night, according to Earl Tulloch. Salem. The state irrigation securi ties commission, at a meeting held here Monday, will pass on the Jordan valley irrigation district, which has filed application for approval of a con tract entered into between the district and the proposed builders of the pro ject. Salem. Mrs. Walter Pierce, wife of Oregon's executive, was reported in a serious condition Saturday by physi cians. Mrs. Pierce has been suffer ing from an ailment for several years and recently has spent much time in a Portland hospital under the care ol a specialist. She is now at home here. Salem. Weider Brothers, owners of two laundries in Salem, have an nounced their retention to establish another laundry here at a cost of ap proximately $72,000. Work on the new plant will start within the next month. The lot on which the laundry will be established was purchased at a cost of ?12,000. Baker. Mrs. Homer Carnes fell un conscious Friday while driving her automobile after bringing the car to a complete stop and died several hours later in a local hospital. Mrs. Carnes was found by her husband, a breeder of thoroughbred Jersey cattle of this district, who was following her, driv ing a hay wagon. Seaside. Plans for a novel lifesav ing method to provido for the rescue of bathers in danger in the surf off the local bathing beach have been pre sented to the city council and local business men during the past week by representatives of J. H. Rankin, Port land aviator, and the Hltt Fireworks company of Seattle. Salem. A breakfast honoring secre taries and advisers and a sermon by Rev. Ward Willis Long, pastor of the local Presbyterian church, featured the final session of the annual stat convention of high school girls re serves which closed here Sunday. More than ISO girls from various sec tions of Oregon and Washington at tended the convention. Salem. Fresh fruit growers of the Salem district who are members of the Oregon Growers' Co-operative as sociation, voted to remain iu the as sociation. The action was taken at a meeting attended by more than 125 of the growers. Independent growers were given permission to handle their own produce under certain conditions outlined by the management. Salem. Governor Pierce, who two weeks ago underwent an operation at a local hospital, left the institution Sunday. Physicians said his recovery had been rapid and that his present condition is very satisfactory. The governor announced today that he will spend most of tomorrow in his office attending a meeting of the state bonus commission and the state securities commission. Seaside. Paving contracts for the covering of portions of the Seaside Cannon Beach road were let Saturday by the Clatsop county commissioners to J. II. Tillman, contractor of this city. The first award covers the pav ing of the stretch on this route from Rroadway to the city limits, and the second contract the paving of the stretch between Elk Creek bridge and the Ecola stores. Salem. Petitions have been filed with the county school superintendent hero asking for the formation of a union high school district at Wood burn to include 14 smaller school dis tricts of northern Marion county and southern Clackamas county. This high school district previously was or ganized more than two years ago, but the proceedings were subsequently de clared to be illegal by the courts. Salem. During the past week the Oregon Growers' Co-operative asso ciation has sold approximately 13 car loads of prunes, according to an nouncement made here Sunday. In cluded in these sales were 25.000 boxes of prunes weighing 25 pounds each to n chain-store syndicate in the east. There remains to be sold approximate ly 1.250,000 pounds of prunes of the 1923 crop, the association reported. Madras. The county court at its session Friday offered a reward of $200 for tho arrest and detention of H. C. Topping, formerly sheriff of Jefferson county, who has defaulted in the amount of 12016.95. Topping de parted from Madras for Portland De cember 10 and has not been in this county since. At the same session the county court made claim upon the American Surety company of New York for the amount of $2016.95. This is the total of the amount believed to be Topping's shortage, according to Auditor Crandall. Something to Think About by F. A. WALKER PROFESSIONAL CARDS THE THOROUGH MAN TITE WHO by habit are inclined to " " fritter away our time should give close attention to the thorough man and strive to emulate his worthy ef forts. Give heed to him as he con fronts his task in the morning, whether It be at the anvil, behind the counter, at the desk or at the head of a great industry. Observe the decisive directness with which he makes his approach, equipped mentally and physically to drive ahead at a gait that Is main tained until the close of the day. He knows what he wants to do and does It without hesitation. He is every inch a thorough man. He knows itnnd those about him know It. He untangles obstinate skeins, settles disputes and goes through stone walls without bluster. He per mits nothing to annoy or disconcert him. His "yes" and "no" cut to the core, but they never exhibit anger. About the only emotion he shows Is his intensity of purpose, which in some subtle manner stirs the most phleg matic soul within his presence to re newed activity. He weighs his acts before he sends tliem out to do his bidding, having as a result no listless fear of the out come. Never disinclined to learn he is ever studying new ideas, getting new slants on old problems, shortening distances between starting points and the goal he visualizes in the distance. At his first shot he may miss the mark, but he comes back with a larger quiver of arrows, a stronger bow and keeps shooting until he scores a clean hit. He does not scold wrongdoers when they frankly repent, but rather praises the moral courage that admits the truth. This Is the thorough man who knows his duty to himself and others, who achieves and attains while the Ir resolute look on abashed. If you ask him, he will tell you that his will power and patience and endurance are given him by "faith In the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen." ( by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) 0 4-H I 1 ,.;i,i..,1i.,h1..H I : 1 l-H; i THE ROMANCE OF WORDS DR. ALEXANDER REID Physician and Surgeon UMATILLA - - OREGON G. L. McLELLAN, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Fraternal Building Stanfield, Oregon DR. F. V. PRIME DENTISTRY Dental X-ray and Diagnosis HERMISTON, ORE. Bank Building 'Phones: Office 93. Residence 751. Newton Painless Dentists Dr. H. A. Newton, Mgr. Cor. Main and Webb Sts. Pendleton BUSINESS CARDS I Umatilla Pharmacy Mail orders given special alien. W. E. Smith, Prop. tion. Quick Service Satisfaction Quaranteed x Umatilla, Oregon J. L. VAUGHAN 206 E. 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A man who was frank did not necessarily belong to the Teutonic tribes bearing that name, but he was one who possessed certain moral qualities the words "franchise" and "en franchisement" being derived from the same root, as is the verb "to frank," meaning to send matter through the mail fr e of charge. ( by Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) I l I I I H-HH HH-H-H Eat and Drink AT THE NEW FRENCH CAFE X E. J. McKNEELY, Prop. Pendleton, Oregon Only the Best Foods Served Fancy Ice Creams Furnished Rooms over Cafe Juick Service Lunch Counter in connection with Dining room You Are Welcome Here We Specialize in JOB WORK 4 Take that next job to your Home Printer O- 6 he Young Lady Across the Way , R. N. Stanfield, President. X Frank Sloan, 1st Vice-Pres. I M. R. Ling, 2nd Vice-Pres. Ralph A. Holte, Caslder Rank csf ! 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