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Page Font THE EtTOE'NT"OUXFDS THE EUGENE GUARD An Indeoendent ftrnoon newepaper published dally except 8unday. PAUL R. KELTY, Editor EUGENE S. KELTY, Business Manager Office 1037-1041 Willamette Street Telephone 1200 The Eugene Guard la a member of the Associated Preas. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the ubo for publica tion of. all newa dispatches credited to it or not otherwise cred ited to this paper and aiso the local nowu published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2. Cleaver And Herwig Should Go. No dishonesty has been proved against Cleaver at the legislative hearing, but none was charged at the outset or at all, except incidentally by a few witnesses. What was mainly charged was that Cleaver's whole con duet of the offices of state prohibition commissioner has been bunglesome and incompetent. These things have been amply proved by the evidence. lucre was a further grave charge that Cleaver has drawn and expended more money than he was entitled to, under a too-liberal interpretation of the law, whereby he claimed both a prohibition fund and narcotics fund. The committee thus far seems not to have gone very deeply into this charge. The most sinister facts uncovered at -the hearing concern the relationship of W. J. Herwig, of the Oregon anti-saloon league, with tho state prohibition depart ment. Cleaver charges that Herwig, with approval of the governor, has been allowed to' direct Cleavers con duct of his office, and .that state moneys, in one instance the sum of $1500, have been given to Herwig, who al lowed male and female rounders to expend them in carous-als whose purpose was the obtaining of evidence of liquor law violations. There has been evidence, too, showing that both Herwig and Cleaver have spent much time and money in laying traps with tho hopo of catch ing prominent men and officials in such violations. There is nothing to show that any such efforts succeed ed, so far as is announced. ' ' Those disclosures discredit Herwig as well as Cleav er, and their general effect upon the causo of prohibi tion enforcement is undeniably bad. The anti-saloon league need to purge itself of Herwig no loss than the state needs to purge itself of Cleaver. Let's Have More State Inspection. There are bills pending in the legislature for in spection or regulation or licensing or all three, of beauty doctors, plumbers, real estate doalcrs, , optome trists, herds, dance halls, dogs on automobile. running boards, chiropodists, publio school pupils and county charges. A correspondent at Salem remarked that there was no provision as yet for inspection of in spectors, but his fears seem to bo groundless. A bill is pending for inspection and licensing of detectives, and in some cities, notably Portland, detectives are called inspectors. Tho legislative session is only halt' over. Ere its end let us hope that there will be made full and ample provision for inspecting and licensing all occupations, vocations, avocations and things, ani mate and inanimate, with nobody slighted and hone missed. Plainly we n6od this for tho sake of tho peace, health and safety of tho commonwealth. Let's huve un emergency clauso on every bill. Thero ought to bo an inspector of barnyards, to see that nobody tries to milk a cow from tho left 'side or mount a horse from tho right. -Barnyard otuiiictto is an important thing and one. that has been too long neg ' lected by tho state. Many an absent-minded farmhand has found his milk pail kicked into the general con figuration of a shinny-can or himself bucked clear over the back-lot fenco by cnreloss disregard of the simple rules of approach ns above noted. Proper inspection by tho stato of all barnyard activities would correct thiB. 1 Thore ought to bo careful inspection of radishes. Any radish found too largo to go into a teacup should be carried by tho inspector to tho nearest newspaper office and shown to tho editor without unnecessary de lay. There should bo similar inspection of eggs, to the end that a waiting world may be notified of any case in whioh an egg proves to have nioro than ono yolk. In the city thoro should bo state inspection of laundresses, to tho end that any promiso by a wash lady to come Tuesday must bo fulfilled not later than Friday of any week, and to tho further end that only Oregon flour bo used in making starch. There should be state inspection of peanut stands. Any peanut found to con tain moro than ono blank among its compartments set Dside for kernels should bo fearlessly condemned. .... Thesa suggestions merely touch a few of tho high spots of tho possibilities for useful stato inspection. Legislators and lobbyists can think of many others equally useful if they will only try, we fool sure. They ought to try. What wo need abovo all things is plenty of inspection. A Salem correspondent says tho legislature is likely to "pass tho buck" by referring tho federal child labor amendment to a popular advisory vote. Vhy tho ex pression! Nobody in Oregon knows or can know what a majority of tho voters of tho stato desiro in regard to tho amendment. "Why not find outT To refer the amendment would not bo "passing tho buck." It would demonstrate a wholly proper regard by tho legislature for tho rights and opinions of tho electorate Mr. "William Harrison Dempsey is outsido tho stale of matrimony, planning to get in. Mr. Charles Chaplin1 is insido and they say he is planning to get out. Miss Gloria Swnnson has just taken tho in-going hurdle again. Mr. William S. Hart gets new publicity from the fact that ho continues neither in nor out. Mr. Kos coo Arbucklo is engaged again. Aint love grand f In sending to tho United States senate its urging that action bo expedited towards entry by tho United States into participation in the international court of jusice, Eugcno has done its part. If similar action bo taken by people of all towns and cities of tho nation, perhaps tho senate will listen. fur at we have been able to ifJwah ft m Ins fearlessness Ibis tutul disre spect of social and financial stand.ng that has caused this -great tutor ill lc(iUtive halls. There is no question but that Mr. Cleaver has made mistake and mupy of thein. Ills employment of known bootleggers, of disreputable and dis honest cx-convicts and of hair-brained imbeciles has brought much of this criticism against him and against the slats prohibition department. Our suggestion to the legislature would be not to abolish the stare pro. bihitiou department but to place a stricter supervision over its activities. In tboso counties where the duly con stituted authorities find themselves able to cope with the criminal ele ment and keep liquor violations down to the minimum, tbe state officers should be restrained from interfering, but in those counties and they exist in Oregon where peace officers do not suppress liquor violations, the stato prohibition department could render valued services to tbe public and to society. The Last Soldier Going Strong! COMMENT OF THE PRESS Concerning Mr, Cleaver (Klnmslh Falls Herald) So far as we ran discern from this outlying vista, I he legislative probe Into the official affairs of (ieorge I Clearer, bead of the slate's prohibi tion forces Is "Much ado about noth ing." We hold no brief for Mr. Cleaver, hut we share the belief of Governor I'ierce that he la honest, frarlcsa and absolutely incorruptible. Indeed, to Mr. Ccolldge'a Plea for the World Court. (New York World) Certain stumors may regard the worm court of auch remote inter est, that they feel sate in burring dis cussion of Americun adherence to it. I'rcsiUi-nt Coolidge is a better judge of the strength of popular faith in it as au agency tor world peace. When he speaks of it as he d.d to the wo men attending the Conference on the Cause and Cure of War it is aa an advocate of cooperation by this coun try in the removal of tbe dangers of friction nnd conflict among the na tions. .Mr. Coolidge tukes his stand on principle and addresses himself to the common sense of people unswayed by petty political motives. That be is in the right of tho argument, and that public opinion is strongly' with bim, aa it was with President Harding, every week proves more clearly, in full agreemeut w.th the American federation of Labor and tbe Ameri can Bur association, the churches and civic organizations tbut have lent him their support iu urging action by tbe seuatc, tue wouieu who guthcred at the Washington conference last week weio solidly enlisted for tbe advance ment of thu cause of world peace. Tbe pluce wburo Air. Cool.dife now should centre bis efforts is in tbe Uni ted States senate. There be has hud to face indifference and obstruction. There by effective leadership, there by direct appeal as President of the tutted states to seuutors of all par ties, lica his real opportunity tw w.n s.pproval for American participstion in the world court. There, and oniy there, can tbe fight be won. The Long and Short Haul (Portland Telegram) For once, tbe entire Pacific Coast ivus fuirly represented ut a bearing of a rate controversy in wh.ch the whole Pacific Coast is vitally inter ested. This occurred last Wednesday when the House committee on Inter stale commerce listened to arguments against the proposed repeal of section 4 of the original Interstate Commerce net. Tho bill sponsored by Senator flood ing of Idaho would deny to any rail road the long established right to fix a rate for a long haul lower thau for a shorter hairl. it would nullify I he natiirut law of udviiiitage which Pa cific Coast term-iials .enjoy by reason of water competition. Luriouuly, the complex problems Involved in the long uud short haul couirovcrsy are not and they have not been discussed on broad princi ples. The liiler-inoiiiitiiiii iulcrcsls are presented exclusively iu their lo tal bearing; the Pac.fic Coast liner-, osts in their natioual bearing. The two interests iiro incompatible. Thero can be no question eoni-crn-iug tbe effect of Senator tiootling's bill if It should become a law. It could not injure liiler-moiintiiin inter ests; it couid not fail seriously to in jure tbe Interests of the Pacific coast, not only (be four great terniinals, but the entire region wewt of tho Casciido and the Nicrrn Nevada mountains. the state game commission to succeed his father, who died some time ago. Willy Hurry, an Indian 23 ycarj old, is deud at Klamath Falls from knife wounds and two of his fellow tribes men are held on charges of murder as he result of a drinking party. December was an unlucky month for bobcats. Three hundred and sixty eight were killed in various parrs of the stste and tbe game commission was called upon to pay $900 in bounties. Sixty years a resident of Corvallis, former city councilman, prominent Odd Fellow and one of the founders of the Christian church, James Thom as Phillips Is deud at his home in that city, aged 83 years. An 18-year-old girl blind, another of the same age seriously ill and two young men under urrest is the result of a Saturday night party at Luke view during which poisonous moon shine wos used. Eugene 25 Years Ago. , 'Monday Evening, Febniarv o ,J withiu striking distance of our coast. Or they could fly here in 00 hours. I . Our nation saya to Japan, "You must keep your people out cf here," and to Russia, "We despise you and your government, and assume the right to tell you what government you ball have.' A nation talking In sues fashion should be able to make good ita words. .In New York NATIONAL SHRINE FOR LEE PLANNED Restoration Planned of Famous Old Mansion In Arlington Cemetery .To Honor Confederate Leader (From The Guard, Fab. , 11)00) The Fortnightly club will hold Its annual election of officers oil Sat urday, Februury II. i f !.... I. 1 1... '...-.1 l.'.l V.WIIUIJ .CIK JjfU nun UII0.1IIL'M 1.11 Bond of Irving a special deputy clerk io exicuu mo tux rous. f .nr. uonu commenced work today. The Noonday mine of Dohomia has suspended opci'iilums fur the present. L. C. Skeels shipped a ctu-lond of potatoes to California today. I In Lighter Vein Serious Uuestion. (The Humorist) . tioverness .".Methuselah was nine hundred years old." llobin "What hsppened to all his blrlduy nnd Christmas presents;" Needod Improvement. ' fl.oudou Opinion) A new paint has been Invented which renders submarines practically invisible. Tills should be used In nu endeavor to brighten up some of our statues. Wrong Advertisement. (Photo Digest ) Druggist (to his stout wife). "Don't come into the shop for s min ute. I sin trying to sell six bottles of my flit-reducing mixture." When To Get Used to It.' (Washington Star) "Don't ask advice," said Uncle F.ben, "uulesa you has made up yoh mind nnd feels free to enjoy a little conversation." Long Enough. (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot) A nynthetic sugar "500 times sweeter than houey" is called Pen toysiilpbouiclmid. Here's your "link ed sweetness long drawn out." Follow the Signs. (Vulon Pacific Mugaxlue) "My goodness!" remnrked the obi gentleman si he stopped the young lad with the fine catch of trout. "You've hud a very successful day, young mm. Where did you cntch all Uieso fish?" ".lust walk down tbst patch mark ed '.'Mvste' nod keep right on till you conn, in a uolice, 'Trespassers will ns prosecuted.' A few yards fnrther nu there's a fine pool in the river mark ed 'No fishing allowed," and thevo you ere, sir!" Oregon Briefs j o September 10 to It), two weeks prior to the state fair, have been set as the dates for holding the anuual Jsckson county fair. Kormstlon of a humane aociety at Richland in Raker county, has been completed, the result of work done in that ranimunity this winter to allevi ate the lot of starving range horses. William F. tisrrisn is the new an. pcrilitcu.lt in of the Hime Falls fish hatchery, buying been appointed by Charles Horu returned from Port laud today. Professor and Mrs. Thomas Con don left yesterday to visit their son st Oakland, California. The president's car Ass attached to the north bound passenger (rain today. II. ,1. Mercer has leased from linn son ltrothers tho store room just west of Ax liillys department store. Tbe receipts of the county clerk's office for the mouth of January amounted to $1121.'. .Mrs. C. F,. Loomis went to Portland today for a few days. Tom Sims Says- Vthat s in a name? Nothing. In New York Clly, Col. S.lliiiiiin in pa Slid nn usher at his church. There is a very strong resemblance between a radio hook-up diagram and a cross-word puzzle. Our big gnus, It seems, will not go very far becnuso they huVe not been raised properly, due, perhaps to other big guus who were not. liefore yoii hear about what has hsppened in ltussia something else Ins happened there. Headline earl consumtitlon ,.r nrotlex is Increaslnff. And n a un.o cigarettes aro increasing consumption. The quaint old custom of baing a miners' strike every year 'may be resumed this spring. The airplane flight around the world cost Ilii.lNl. How extrava gant! You could get a Leopold Loeb trial for that amount. After getting your degree at a crossword pusaie worker jou esn start trying to solve the market reports. BIBLE THOUGHT 7 FOR TODAY Thou art a God ready to par. I don. gracious and merciful, alow to anger, and of great kindness, i .Nebeinia V:li. I Bible Question. (Look I'p the Answer) What Is nid of the wise! Proverbs S.Xi. BY HARRY B. HUNT yASHINUTON, Feb. 2. A new national shrine, which will be come second only in historic interest to Mr. Vernon, former home of George Washington, will be developed oy the restoration of the famous old Lee mansion in Arlington national cemetery. ' , F.vcn now this old mansion, which with its massive Doric portico and Immense stone pillars dominates tbe Virx'nia bills immed.atcly serosa the Potomac from tbe Lincoln Memorial, is tinted by a quarter million tourists yei.rly. B it It is only the shell of (be home in which Boutiiern chivalry and hospi tably founil their highest development thin they sec today. The great rojinis are bare and emp ty. Stripped of all furnishings, there is little to suggest the warmth and cheer and charm they must liuvc held duriup the proud days wbcu George Washington Parke Custis, who had been adopted as a son by General Washington, eutertitiued there with a Imylshnpsa surpassing anything even Mr. Veruou had ever kuown. Now the house has passed a bill authorising the restoration of the old An u,tiou mansion to the condition in which it existed during the days of the Lees there, nnd to obtain so far as possible for this purpose the or iginal furnishings and equipment used by the Lees. It is to be hoped the sennto will add its approval. - The restoration of Arlington, in fact, would but carry forward as pnrt of a unified scheme for perpetuating historic nssoriations the work so far dono at Mt. Vernon. For there is a most intimate con nection between Arlington and Mt. Vernon, which the public generally does not now know. The builder of Arlington was George Washington Park Custis, grandson of Martha Washington. John Park Custis, his father, died at the siege of Yorktown General Washington, who wedded the widow Custis, Jobn Park s moth er, adopted as his own the two Cus tis. children (grandchildren of Mrs. Washington), George Washington Park Custis and Klennor Custis, bet ter known as "Nelly" Washington. Young Custis was a member of the Mt; Vernon household from the time of his sdoption until after the death of Mrs. Washington in 1802. Then he removed to his Arlington estate and, In 1S02, built Arlington house. ' George Washington Parke Custis hsd a daughter. Mary. In the draw ing room at Arlington. InVthe summer of 18111, Mary Custis became the bride of a young lieutenant in tbe U. S. army Robert K. Lee. Twenty years pass. Custis has died nud his daughter. Mary Custis Lee, has inherited Arlington. Civil war ia declared between north and south. Robert K. Lee, now a colonel iu the F. S. A., resigns from the fed eral service to take command of Vir ginia troops nnd later become com-mnnder-in-chief of tbe Confederate armies. Today the Lee estate is Arlington national 'cemetery. And with its restoration, the old Lee home will be a center of increased interest to the thnusunds who. go there daily to visit the burial pines of our dead of three wars. Your Income Tax Th's is No. 1 of a series of articles explaining the income tax to the lay man. It has been prepared in view of recent changes in the income tax law. BY R. A. CONKEY Tax Consultant JJETWEEN now and March 15, in come tax returns must be filed by all individuals, psrtnersh.ps and cor porations for the calendar year 1P24. The revenue act of IPL'L approved June 2, l!cJ4, makes important changes in federal taxes, especially as they affect individuals and part nerships. Partnerships, as such, are not taxed, but they are required to file a return showing tbe net iucome nnd tho distributive share thereof belonging to each psrtner, nud esch partner ia required to Include in his individual return auch distributive share of the earnings, whether or not he has received them. The net income of corporations is determined in touch tho ssme man ner as that of an Individual, hut they are taxed at a flat rate of l'.'ij per cent of the taxable net income. instead of the graduated rates ap plying to individuals, therefore the tax on corporations will not be speci fically discussed in these articles. F.vcry citlsen of the I'nited States, whether residing in this couutry or abroad, every resident alien, ami every non-resident alien receiving In come from sources within the I'nited States, may be subject to this tax. An alien who is traveling through or temporarily sojourning in the t'nited States is not a resident alien within the meaning of the law. A non-resident alien is not taxed on in come paid In the I'nited States which has its origin anroan. Who must file returns: 1. Kvery married person (living with husband or wife) who receive net income of $'-'."HH or more, or gross iucome of flOOO or more for the yesr, and 'J. Kvery single person, or mar ried person not living with husband or wife, who receives net income of $1000 or more, or gross income of JoOOO or more, for tbe year, must file returns. W hen the aggregate net income of husband and wife living together Is $2300 or more, or the aggregate gross Income is $"0 or more either joint or separate returns mutt be lit some rases au individual bj not definitely covered by the rules, allowed, is required to file a return, although no tnx is payable. TODAY I . (Continued from page one) BY JAMES W. DEAN JiEW YORK, Feb. 2. See-sawing up and down Broadway I aaw Jim Corbett, tbe boxfighter, and he has not so much of a paunch as I, albeit he knocked out Jobn Ia Sulli van a year before I was born. . . . Saw Myrtle Stedman, veteran of the tuckering drama, and she looks not a day older than her son, though he is 22. He weighs 225 and seems quite a man of tbe world. . . Saw Lilt Lee in a glittering green frock, running around with Jim Kirkwood, her husband. , . . Saw a man step from a door .of tbe Times building, strike a man passing by in the faco and walk away. No word was spoken by either. "What was it all about??V Saw Eddie Cantor, who has the brightest eye on Broadway. . . . Saw my North Carolina brother who tells me a flivver joke I have not beard before. It is: "Well, there's one thing you've got to aay for Ford it rattle before it strikes" . . . Saw Marguerite de la Motto and John Bowers, players in tbe silent and dumb drama, aa it is sometimes called, and Marguerite was radiant in red chiffon. . . . Saw Herman Gant voort, whose dad used to teach me music in high school and whose brothers and sisters are all very musical. Herman is now a full feathered producer, his first play on Broadway being "Hell's Bells" . . . Saw Fanny Ward and a good old scout is she. She tells me that a movie company wanted her to play 'Stella Dallas," but decided at the last moment that she is too young. In Central Park there is a minia ture farmyard where cowa moo, sheep baa, chickens cackle, ducks quack and pigs squeal. It is. here that many New York children gain their only glimpse of domesticated animals and fowl. - And there are some New York children who do not see even these. They still believe milk comes from bottling works, as doea soda pop and dad's hooch. The problem of the missing person is ever present in New York, but seldom comes to the attention of the general public. One of the morning papers printa a list of missing per sons who are sought by relatives or friends. At present there are 79 in the list. About one-fourth of the names are of seamen. About ' one half, are of persons separated from relatives by emigration to this coun try and about one-fourth of the nnmea appear to be of young womeu. - Charlie, bartender In a speak-easy, was bemoaning the good, old days. "Many and many a day I had a many as four or five shirts torn from my back," he said, "but I hardly ever have a scrap now. We bartenders always hit first when wo saw we were going to have trouble. Moat of the folios who hunted a fight in a saloon had all the fight taken out of them if they were hit first." ! CHOICEST M73 I ' , rcn ind. elt!l L 8lne or howl ' turning . to n, ' fhou'ro ln- " yo,tt2 tho meats that we . Htoly gell the !? winda will b. 3? ing to you a h,PpyT'' rcoml. Watch foM, Hpp Or. Ashton for Chiropractic and Electro-theraptij Opposite Heilis theater. Phone SCO. tf LIAPPY la tho -l. baa found his back to health via the Road of Nature Hela Chiropractic adjusts the spine so that the Bene force can again reston tho nerve cells to nor mal and give Nature a chance to make a cure. i to Bee a meaning nnd a danger in un allinnce that inciudes Japan, Rmsnt and Cbiua. Russia alone occupies one. sixth of the globe's surface. China hn at least five hundred inillinu inhabi tant. They can fight nnd aro not nftoid to die, you con teich :nem to run r flying machine, nnd dr.p bombs. Japan is the equal of nny miiion on enrth in manufacturing Ingenuity in fighting, and in ninny other w.i-4. Japan hates the I'nited Stutes be cause we refuse to let Jnpau r-g'il.ilo our immigration laws. Hus.sij bales the liiiitctl StnteB on general princip les, foolishly, because of h !. coin icunrstic fiocliities that won't iil, I ui with soil:., just cause in ir.v of the fact that we iusist ou :el!!ui her wbot kind of government sb ; ::i.ist have and seek to boycott her, What do the statesmen in Washing, ton think would happen if China, Jap an and Russia should fore n little combination to teseh (he . I'nited States a lessou? As to the ultimate, result, there Isn't any doubt, but unfortunately us the first and immediate result, tber-j Isn't any doubt either. Those first results would be very painful. This country is as thoroughly dis armed ss Germuny at this moment. Men marching up sodlown with guus don't count in war any more. Battle ships and illy coast defense guns mean nothing. If Ala united with Russia, ahoul.l attack the I'nited States, it wouldn't be with battleships sailing up close to be fired at by our coast defense guns. It Asia and Russia ever come our way they will come through the air. And this country, according to the testimony of our own officers, hssn't got all told more thin 20 fightioi flying machines, ready for action. Only the other day Russia bought 100 of them from one of the be-t European inskers, fokker. J,iq ), turning out oW fighting airplanes I every month. Twenty. fiie times ns ! many ss we hsvs sltogether. Sh has i liit freight ships and battleships ou I which to send her fighting airships i SAY 'BAYER ASPIRIN" and INSIST! .Unless you see the "Bayer Cross" on tablets you t not zettinjr the Fenuine Baver AsDirin proved $ V U -J A " , Vht mi1Ii'r.nc onA rrncrriUnA Ur r,trclrianQ OA VfiJfi tC polds Pain Headache Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis Lumbago Rheumatism Accept only "Bayer" ,u;u nmc nmvfn dirfCti-'-'l fWM mTi whirh rnnlnins nrOV t rr.-j. . .. L. of 15 UK 4s3lrln Is the trade Eirk of Direr Minnfictors of MonolceticicUW" SLABWOOD and PLANER ENDS A combination that settles the heating prble0 forever. Planer ends are the Ideal summer wood, also j! the thing to start the fires off with a rush on co' winter das. Now is the time to lay in your supply. The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co- 5th and Willamette Sts. PhoDI SOMETHING WRONG Headache! Backache! Nervous! All down ando'! Don't neglect yourself. Xe gleet may lend to n ous illness. CHIROPRACTIC Removes the cause Health returns GEO. A. SIMON Examination Free ' 916 Willamette St. pnext I 1
