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iff i ! Hi i'. f ' ?, i'i : ft' H 1 1 VHr 4 if li it ... Page Four I THE EUGENE GUARD An Independent afternoon newspaper published dally exoept Sunday. PAUL R. KELTY, Editor EUGENE 8. KELTY, Business Manager Offices 1037-1041 Willamette Street The Euaene Guard 1s a member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use (or publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise cred ited to this opper and als0 1,10 local' news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. FRIDAY, How It Works Out AS "WAS forecast in this column recently, the New York legislature has adjourned without passing the bill prescribing a maximum 48-hour working week for women and, children in industry. The result gives the first unmistakable negation to the argument that no federal child labor amendment was needed, and that legislation , of tho sort which it contemplated might safely bo left to the states. It demonstrates in tho very first' test and under a clear-cut issue, that such legis lation cannot be left to tho states, or at least not to state legislatures. "Invisible influence" was openly charged on the floors of both houses of the New York legislature with having encompassed the defeat of, the 48-hour bill. There was the strongost of circumstantial evidence to support tho charge in tho fact that though a substantial majority in both branches favored tho bill it could not bo forced to passage. "Invisible influence" did its work of assassination in committee and behind closed doors.' Tho New York republican party platform had de clared unequivocally for the 48-hour bill, and the legis lature was strongly republican. Some of 'the republican members sitting in botlj houses had gone up and down the stato prior to election, promising the bill. At the beginning of tho legislative session Senator Seabury Wastick, of Westchester county, had been requested by a conference of party leaders to prepare tho- measure and introduce it and hud done so. It was understood by nil concerned at that time that tho bill was to bo passed. It went to committee in both houses and there after nobody was ablo to got it out. Its enemies know that if it got on tho floor of either houso it would pass, . and they kept tho committees well in hand. On tho last day of tho session, under spur of dc . mantis by working women's organizations, Senator Mastick took tho floor and called upon his party col leagues to redeem their pledges by demanding that tho bill bo reported and passed. The committoo ngain re fused to report it, whereupon a correspondent of the New York World relates,' "tho unheard thing was ac complished of discharging tho committee on tho 48-hour bill and forcing n vole." The bill passed, 39 to 12. To ' tho lower house, or assembly, immediately thereafter Governor Smith sent n special message de manding that that branch .redeem its majority pledge as tho senate- had done, by passing the bill. There upon Assemblyman Hhonk, of Westchester, forced tho fight upon tho floor by a motion to dischargo tho rules committee, which had persistently rofused to report tho bill. After heated debate, accompanied by open ronowal of charges that "invisjblo iiilluenco" was at work, tho motion was lost, 75 to 68. Thoro was no voto on tho bill on its merits. A so-called labor regulation measure had been passod earlier in" tho session, known as tho Joiner bill. Of it Governor Smith said, in indicating his intention to veto it, that it was along tho exact lines suggested by a representative of tho manufacturers' association two years ago. The comment on all this of tho New York World, which reversed itself, deserted the cnuso of the federal child labor amendment in the midst of tho campaign and thereafter opposed it on tho ground that child labor regulation might safely bo loft to tho states, is awaited with interest. i Back in 1917 tho newspapers wero filled with news and comments concerning tho strifo and clamor over the subject of birth control. When tho clamor ceased the interest died. It is reviving Vow. A meeting of 1000 doctors in the east has resolved that birth con trol must be scientifically studied. And the first inter national confereneo on birth control is held. And the president is urged by Mrs. Margaret Sanger to ap point a federal commission on birth control. This last is about the limit. Already tho meddlers have had their way until tho government-interferes in one way or an other in almost every human activity and relation from cradlo to grave. .Unit span would seem to take, in ci.ough territory, but it is apparent wo are in for being regulated even beyond those limits, if, tho reformers prevail in their latest effort. In n recent editorial, "Assessment nnd he ITnivpr. lity," in The Guard, credit was erroneously given to 'Professor F. H. Young" for authorship of nn article mblished in the magazine Old Orcuon. The nrticle was by V. II. Young, son of Professor V. G. Voting, of the university. F. II. Young is a valued member of the staff of tho Oregon Voter and an authority on such questions as the one discussed in the artielo to which reference was made. North Carolina refuses to follow Tennessee in out lawing tho teaching of evolution in the schools. So it appears thero is nothing sectional in the matter of bigotry. One southern stato balks at the step a neigh boring one took without hesitation. The dejj-at in the North Carolina legislature of a bill similar to the Tennesseo bill was decisive. It is apparent the Tennessee idea is not going to spread. COMMENT OF THE PRESS Fsotloaal Row (worvallls (iaietiC'Tiuics) According to The Kuime liuard, ths row in I'ortlsod ovrr th stoui f!geon method of rolierting evidence Is the result of a fight between too political factions, the mayor defending the system and the man who wants to It tunjror opposing it. If tbst is lbs ease, let tha galled Jade wince, but what concerns tha rest of ttregoa in a mild way la the advertising I'ortlsnd Is getting as a eit; replete with rrime. Everybody who knows I'ortlsnd and half a dosen other cities of its sits fairly well, or, anybody who pays close attention to the news as pub lished In eastern and mddiewst pa pers knowa that I'ortland Is ntte of the cleanest cities in the Tinted Blale. .No grenl amount of fuss la be Telephone 1200 AmiL 3. ing made about anything but viola tions of the prohibitory law. That, it msy be taken for granted, is violated a thousand limes a day in every sec tion of the city and in every walk of life. Anybody who has been around at all kuowa thst. Hot. the big thlug lo. connection wth the law enforcement program of I'ortland ia not the fact that atool plgeona have been used, but the fact (bat thee bars rudited erere fuada. mental right and fundaments! law of the civilised world In their effort to enfor one statutory enactment that its not fundamental in any re.pect. The stool piieun Idea In Itself is re jpugnant to all normal minded Ameri. jeans, but, owing to the pculianiy of I the Volitead act, it may be neceas4iy to employ smellers and snoopers and ferrets in order to get results, lie that as it may, .the factional row in Portland should not be used to smear the rest of the state to the outside world by giving Portland a reputation as a city of crime, for it is not. It is a remarkably clean town as towns of that size go. Saving by Statute. (Salem Capital Journal) The school board of Mcl'herson, Kansas, has prohibited playing mar bles on school grounds, because it thinks the gume instills the desire to gamble. Thus are youths like the el ders, reformed by the passage of sumptuary laws removing temptation. It's the modern wuy of the uplifter, to make the law and the school do the work of the parent. Little Tommy plays hookey so a law is passed forbidding it and hiring a truant officer at public expense to make him go to school, instc-ad of the parents looking after him themselves. If he has a toothache, then there must be dentists in scbol paid by taxpayers. If be bos a headache, then there must be a public health nurse to examine him also at public cost. If he is hungry, the schools should supply hot lunches, to savo the pu reuts the trouble of preparing them. If he runs away nights, pass a surfew law, abolish tiie piuces where he goes and hove police bring him homo. Thus the merry work of saving the youth of the land by statute enact ment proceeds despite which youth jam our tjnils and prisons and most of the crimes of violence that fill our newspapers are their handiwork. After all, juvenile delinquency is merely another phrase for-parental neglect and' neither lswj police, teacher nor matron can take the place of the parent. Only 30 Per Cent Efficient (Hoseburg News-Review) Direct by mail advertising, accord ing to authorities who have given this system attention, in less than thirty per cent efficient. This is one reason why those who use the method only get a "look in" at tho regular run of legitimate trade in the community. A Demolton that Brings Distinction (Medford Mail-Tribune) Although General Mitchell has been demoted, and Is today transferred o lexas as a colonel, he has rendered a distinguished service to his country, by whal are officially termed his in discretions. In no perfectly proper fashion would It have been possible for Gen eral Mitchell to have broken the red tape which surrounded him and awak ened the war department from that complacency and ultra-cnnssrratism which is the bane of all governmental bureaus, particularly those that have for many decades, reached the age of discretion. Nor would tho public have heen aroused, it the assistant air chief hod observed all the rules of conventional i:ontliict, and merely expressed his opinions to his superior officers, as etiquette demanded. General Mitchell threw a bombshell into the war department, fired off a battery in the Kalurday Evening Post. and in return woo thrown out of Washington nnd fired Into the tintnii- ored wilderness of the Eighth Corps area; but tho movement ho started, like .lolin ltrown s soul, will go march ing on. In this demotion the War deport ment did only what the rules of the department demanded. Discipline muetJ be maintained, and technically Gener al Mitchell violated all tho rules of the game. Nor is there much doubt that the general, liko most enthu siasts, exaggerated somewhat the gravity of the aircraft situation. Itut the fact remains that the net result of the entire affair will be good for the oir service and good for the country. 'I here are times when violence and rebellion aro necessary to lieaitu nnd progress. Such a time hod been reached. General Mitchell supplied them. 1 Oregon Briefs A urgv force of men has started pile driving on the I'rupqiia jetty work. The crow la working at t ho mouth of the river where the jetty la to be extended 1300 feet farther into thf. ocean. Mra. Rollit L. "White, for many yoara resident of the Rogue river country, dropped dead at her homo near Illlhee. She is survived by her husband and four ama, On the hjrt of $'.U,8Sif.tO. B. C. Sei dell of Portland haa secured the con tract for laying five miles of 12 and H-lueh pipe for the St. Helena water system. A U.OOO.OtX.-gslloii reservoir will bo completed within 30 days. m 9 9 Hood Hlver'a roue crop, usually profuie as that of portlaud, will be meager this year, the cold weather of last Hecember having killed 00 per cent of the rose bushes in that city It. I. Ilolgate of I'ortland haa been relieved as attorney for the United States reclamation' service in connec tion with the Klamath irrigation pro ject, and haa been succeeded by K, J. Coffey of Berkeley, I'al. After a miuialure municipal nhake up, Lafayette is again functioning as a city, a mayor, two councilmen and city marshal having heen chosen to fill the places vucated by resignations three weeks ago. The Uesehutea comity fair board haa designated November 1, 2 and I as the dates for (he UC"i fair, which is to be held in ltcdinoml one week ahead of the Oregon Interstate fair at rriuevtlle. Comfortable Tramps Kept From Tramping N IN KATUN, Kn., April a.C4) In order to disi-oursvc vagtants from tramping the road, Toor Imvt author ities have turned the IocaI workhouse info a work-man. ion. The old casual ward bar bee., ivbl i.hed and replaced by a cheerful room iw-ith bright colored w.ill-;.spers, 'iiio ! leum covered floors and cmboita'jie rhaira ia which casuals mar sit while having meals at a long poll-bed table. A supply of hooks sad new.pspers j it provided for evening reading in a tram htsted room. n.d tprmg mat jtrened beds awslt tha weaiy Tastier at night, ttrgular inmates bsva Inc ) use of a pano and a rad-o set, aid i there Is a supply of toys lor the 'vhildrru. THE EUGENE GUARD Lea. Bo. MELLON'S NAME ' ,fi 4-v --HOv U Surtax Rates on Large Incomes to be Measure to be Introduced In By HARRY B. HUNT ' (NBA .Service Writer) WASHINGTON, April 3. The "Mellon" tax plan, providing sharp reductions in surtax rates .on incomes of S100.000 or over, is to be given a new circus and a new name be fore it is Introduced again in congress. In till essentials it will still be the tax child of Mellon's dreams, which he sought In vain to have adopted snd lrgitimatixed by the last congress. Hut the Mellon paternity, which wbh stressed when the hill was pre viously before congress, will be evaded if nt acMinlly disclaimed. Although congress is not in ses alon, prehmimiry Bteps for the shap ing of the new tax measure will be taken during the summer by members of tho Ways and Means committee of the house nnd Finance committee of the senate. Recognizing that opposition to the original "Mellon" bill was furthered by the fact that it originated with tho secretary of treosury rather than with Congress, nnd that the secretary would bcuefit nrso-ally thereby by1 some hundreds of thousands of dol lars, sdministrntion lenders nre ng reed that the new bill must bear, on its face nt least, due evidence of its congresaionnl origin. Wherefore, wo will have not the "Mellon" bill again, but tho "Smoot- Green" bill, with the Mellon theories present but cloaked under a con gressional patronymic. The mark at which the tax re ductionists are setting their sights is maximum surtax into of 'Jo per cent. The present law established sur In New York By JAMES V. PEAN VEW XOHK, April 3. This city X 1 of all nations often has been re ferred to ss th great melting pot and the general conception of tha term ia that all foreigners ara ' eventually simmered down to tha essence of Americanism. That may ba tha event ual condition, but tim process is not completed in out geuerution, nor in two. Here where each nationality lias its own community, that particular na tionality finds that the contiguous community Is not one of uutlve Americans, but very likely of another alien Tace. Thus the people of oue colony overspread into another, re sulting In a great fusion and confu sion of habits and customs. Were im migration to be stopped and new blood of the various nations kept out of New York tha population of tha city within a few generations would be come heterogeneous mass, a new al loy of the human racs. The extent of the iufliicnce of one race on another la shown In tha fol lowing dramatic ventures in tha for eign colonies: "The Secret Mnrrisge." a HnssUn dm ma. is to 1 performed in Arabic. "The Dry Uoods Peddler," a Per sian musical comedy, is to be pre sented in Armenian. The Armenian also will present "(Juo Vadia" In their native tongue. Creeks will present "Othello" in Greek. Prof. Pupin will direct the produc tion of Ueorgivitcr'i comedy. "Urit cbs' in Serbian. And the Tlislia theater on tha Itowery preseais plsys from all lan suaces In Italian throushout the year to an andienco composed of ail races. e They p!ok up slang early in llf' BIBLE THOUGHT 1 FOR TODAY PKIIOI.K AT V.VKNINll T1HK trouble; and before tha morning he is not. This Is the portion of them thst spoil us. and the lot of them that rob us. lssith 17-14. Bill's Ousstlsa Ia' up the answerl What are wt to do to have liod with us? II Cor. 1.1:1 1. the Duck Is a Beautiful NOT ON NEW BILL Cut Sharply Congress - In New taxes running to 40 per cent on In comes over $500,000, as against f0 per cent on incomes oer $-'00,000, previously assessed. The proposed reduction on the tax on large incomes, therefore, would he considerably sharper than that granted by the last Congress, being a cut of approximately 40 per cent of the present rate. William R, Green 'of Iowa,-chairman of the House committee, who opposed the Mellon rates in the last Congress, has now heen won over to the 'Jo per cent maximum.- ' A campaign in favor uf reduction of surtnx rates to this figure is to be carried on this summer. This will be done under the guise of mission ary work for "tox reform" rather than as a strnight campnign for re duced surtaxes. Kvery effort will be made, when the Congress reaHsembles, to get quick notion on this issue of reduced surtaxes. This will be , urged as desirable in order that the new rates may bo made effective before the next' as sessment is due. A further reason will be that ac tion on the revenue measure is de sired before developments that may reasonably be expected during the session have aroused animosities that might endanger its chances of pass age. Once the revenue bill, with its cut in the tax on big incomes, is out of the way, a deadlocked Congress won't much mutter. For that is the dom inating domestic issue on the admin iKtrntinn ftlnttv ' x bore. Llttlo girl of six walking down the street with boy of eight. 1 heard her say, "Ah, Hint's a lottn bolonie! You can't Ttid me!" Nest to the theater where the Fol lica play is a penny arcade. During in termission men in their soup-and-fish and ladies in their lowcurs may b seen dropping cents in the slots uf machines to look at pictures of .semi nudes which wear twice the amount of clothea worn by girls in the Follies. Thee hoighty-toity people get n greater kick out of their penny ex cursion than they do from the show for which they pfly $6.50 a seat. Now I nm beginning to know why errand boys are so long on the way. 1 saw three of tliein in the penny ar cade yesterday. Tom Sims Says j yEATUEll is like time. We have o much of both, it all can't be good. The wont thing about a grouch it ne tMQfcs tvtry!dy else is grouchy, I'uly a few more weeks now until It is safe to predict a mild winter. There's one thing about poison boots, few people buy it twice. The early bird may gt the worm. The early bud mar get the frost. A wise man is merely one too sen sible to act foolish. Heinjr. married doesn't worry i married men any n.r than being rtu-1 gle worries a single man. A bachelor b of conversation. a man who is afraid 1 The modern dance floor nred both s upeed limit and p.i iking reRutatinn. And maybe the early bird dnean't enjoy the worm a much as the Ime bird enjoys the lefp. ! 23 Years Ago tKrom The tiiwrd April 3. IDOtV) j At the rl!e of th hunine ion last evening metnier of the Ku-' lne llo"k and Lsdder cotnpioy par 1 took of a feast itrred t them at The Hstriuet. The event ns a very pleat ant one in the annalt of the company nd was appreciated br alt Attending. Klectiou htij at Cottag lit Swimmer yesterday. AV. S. Bennett was elect ed mayor; J. S. Medley, recorder, Herbert Knkin, trensurer. The property of the Eugene Can ning and Tacking company haa chang ed hand!, the new proprietor being W. K. Allen of Newberg. Ed Hanson is having the front of his store repaired. Republican county convention at the courthouse tomorrow. M. g. Hubble, the drayman, has issued some cards listing the local telephone service, arrauged very con veniently and carrying his nd. Attorney W. C. ITnle went to Salem today on legal business. V Prof. T-uella Carson went to Port land today to visit ber parents a few day a. Editor and Mrs.C. .!. Howard are in Eugene today from Cottage Grove. Attorney G. F. Skipworth of Junc tion is '11 the city for a few days. f In Lighter Vein Even Busier Days, t Washington. .Star) 'I suppose you wit; enjoy a vaca tion, now that- you have adjourned." "I'm not so sure it'B goinjr to be n vacation, answered Senator Son-hum. "The home folk don't hesitate to de mand explanations and moke critic.-il remarks, and there isn't - any such thing as senatorial courtesy to stop em. . An Eye to Business. (St. Paul Pioneer-Press) New Clerk You say the articles in this basket are 10 and 13 cents'; How can 1 tell them apart? Proprietor Knay enough to do I W hichovor ones tho customers nick out are .15 cents. The Last Word Plus. (Philadelphia Hecord) Muggins My wife invariably wauts the last word. Buguins .My wife not only wants the last word but about (111 per cent of the preceding conversation ns well. ... Surprised. (Boston (ilobe) Conductor (proudly) I've been on this train seven years. Passenger Is that so? Where did you get on? ... Harder to Please. (Boston Transcript) Parson (comfortingly) Ood is sat isfied when you have done your best, brother. Downcast Man Yes, but there are the neighbors. e The Right Idea. (London Answers) Ashe Why do you always borrow the next-door neighbor's music? You can't play a note. Beech Neither can she while I've got it. mmmm IF yon don't feel vcry Itood you are in 111 health nnd need a spinal analysis to determine just where the subluxation of your spine haa occurred. A Chiropractic adjustment of this displacement Is painless. ! Fellowship of Prayer . Dailj Lenten Bibla reading snd msditstioa prepared for Commission on Evangelism nt Federal Council, of Cburcbew ? Christ in America. . FRIDAY 71-0 Willing Heart Head Lk. 18:lS-80. Text ; 18:29, 'M. There ia no man that hath left house ... for the kingdom of Clod's sake, who shall not receive manifold more in this time. MEDITATION The rich young man had a willingness of heart, suf ficient for bim to desire to know the .Master's teachings. But Jesus ssw that there was atill selfishness In his nature and that he trusted in the power of riches, making it impossible tor biin to be a true friend of man und a faithful disciple, lie had not tho ability to master hia money his money inaatored him. There arc inauy rich men and women who bless the world continually by their wealth be cause they have learned how to use it for others. The world needs love and sympathy nioro than it "needs material things nnd thia greatest gift we all can give if we possess the willing heart. Let each one ask, What is it that stands in my way to largest usefulness? "Not thy gifts, I'seek, O Lord; Not thy gifts, but thee. What were all thy boundless atorc Without thyself, what less or more. Not thy gifts, but thee." PUAYEK O our Father, sanctify the secret pluccs of our hearts that we may follow thee in ministry to others. Make us rich with heavenly treosure. Deliver us from selfishness. Held us to do good to all thy needy children. 1'or Christ's soke, Amen. liowcll's Comment lty CHESTER H. HOWELL JT IS good news that Vice President Dawes will make speeches on be half of the reform which he is advo cating hi the senate. His style of oratory will "go" with the people, whether it docs with tho senate or not. This is the tule which he wantsf changed. Up to a few years ago, the senate rule was that every senator had the right to speak as often and as long as he liked on any measure, and that no vote could be taken so kng as nny one wanted to speak. TliPii, in a ppnsm of "rrforni," the senate pretended to cure this. o now. after n hill Kan heen under debato n certain number of days, if two-thirds of the senate votes to clone debate, the dehate still goes on for two more days before it begins to clopp, and after that each senator may pi ill speak one hour on it. That would tnke 21 days of ses sions of the usual length. Hut a suf ficiently determined nmjnrity of two thirds c:in, theoretically, forre a vote in three weeks, or perhaps in on wek by all day and all night session. Practically, n determined minority, by forcing this step to be taken on many measures if threatened on one. could obstruct indefinitely. It ha never hern tried but once, and thrn it delayed instead of "hastening mat ters. What the vhe-president wants is to rh;iice this falsf pretense into a rule which, when the majority s deter mines, will really get a vole. Thero can be no question where public sen timent on that question will be . Mutual Life, O. M. isprague. 20 F. Sth. to SAN FRANCISCO Stage Terminal Phone 1860 j Do You Live in Herodotus' World? 2775 years ago Herodotus, tho Greek historian, was world recoKnised authority on travel. Hia explorations were the marvel ot the age. But -Herodotus' map ot the world looks like a postage stamp when compared with the atlas of today. In your business, are you bound by the same lack of experience that characterized tho pcographers of ancient Greece? If you think that you must flt-'lu all your commercial battles alono. or that there Is no reserve force of experience and outside viewpoint on which you can call when Important problems confront you. then you hnve ovei locked a ht o.' ammunition. For right here In the I". S. National Hank is a staff of business men, trained by years of active work, whose time and advice Is yours for the asking. Since 1892 Kugeno people have broadened their activities and counted larger profits because they have used this service. Whatever you need to know, first come to the U. S. National. UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK The Bank for Service EUGENE LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK The Bank for Savings SOMF.THINr. UDriwr- Hoailachet Backache! Xervims All rlr.., .,.! I Don't neeleet voursplf. ous illness. CHIROPRACTIC f Removes the cause Health returns GEO. A. Examination Free 16 Friday Evening, April 3, 1925 EVERY NEPHE WOP VOUR UNCLE SAM . LIKES APtCNlC SantJ wiun riMtfe ot- HAit eETWEEN two thin, well-buttered slices ot the kind of bread you like place an evenly cut slice of this delicious s jgar cured ham that we sell. Bite out the north oast corner of this sand wich and mns t lea to u thoroughly. Get the Jde gat our hatn. Watch " for Mr. Happy Party IhPACKIHGCO 75WinametteSt AT JOLLY TIME PAVILLION One Big Night Saturday, April 4 Dancing. Crap Shooters Black Jack Coyote Stand "Lye Water Chaser" Admission to this . Wild West Vlllng'i - 50c LOTS OF GIRJ.S! Whisk llrnmni Furnished With Kvcry Drinl'! Try our Toronor's Cocktail You'll fni: for It Fun! Fun! i''un! NOTICE to SUBSCRIBERS Kffectlvn "April 1, 1025, the Eupenu Guard will ndnpt the policy of stopping nil mail subscriptions on tho day on which they expire: This polity !a now In effect on nearly all the Iftrger newspapers of the country. It is mafip necessary by rapidly Increasing costs of newspaper production. Subscribers will be given at least a' week's notice prior to cxplratk.n date. Expiration date Is shown on tho address labol on each day's paper. 'ieir,.t ....... t.i ... .- SIMON Willamette St. P!'n 3S5J ays Of 1 l