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About Albany daily democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1888-192? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1920)
NEXT WAR TO BE IN PACIFIC Near East Situation Now "Most Desperate in World." Says Hoover. W Ull J rU AuHtraliun Premier Predict Struiwle Over Powe hIohh in Ocean LONDON. Jan., SH-lly A. P. W. A. Iluithes, Australian l'rrmlir, i-peuk lug at Melbourne, said lh. the next wur will proluhly lirruk out in the Titcific according to a Sydney din patch. "We mut be ready with suffi ciently numerou army to say: 'Thu tt anil no farther'. We art hedtred Iioji with nations which lut after thl country". GEN. PULTENEY IS NAMED USHER British Soldier Get Job With Much Funs, Good Pay, and Little to do LONDON King George hu ap pointed Lieutenant General Sir W. P. I'ulteney, at Gentleman Usher of the lllack Rod In succession to th lata Admiral Sir Henry F. Stephenson. Th office ii on of those purely orna mental ones which ar rather num- roua In thia country. "Black Rod", aa ha ia called for ahort, haa next to nothing to do and geta $1,000 yar for doing It, and a suit of apait tninU, rent free, in th-t ilou- of Lords, II ia a glorified messenger of.- til hereditary legislators. When on duty h U gorgeously attired in court ros tum with knee breeches nd i plum d cocked hat and a damlv little aword by hia aide. The cmMom of hit authority ia an ebony wand but he never duel anything with It. . When membera of the Houso of Common ant auramoned to thfl House of Lorda to hear apeechea Inra the throne or the royal aaaent given to eta that have been paaaed, BlacK Rod, enters the Upper House and make his way to the "woolsack" on which aita th robed and wlgged Lord Chancel lor. Ha la told to inform th mem ber of the House of Commons that they are wanted. Then he has to walk half way to. th door backwards, mak ing a bow at every few steps and looking vary solemn. When ho arrive within few yards of th door of th House of Commons th Sergeant-at-Arms of that body who i on the lookout for him, shut th door In bis fae. Black Rod hat to lupprea hia feeling and knock humbly at th door. Then th Serg-eant-at-Arma opens a littl panel in , th door and asks him what he wants, or something to that effect, and Black Rod tells him what h already knows. Then Black Rod ia admitted. Thia little bit of comedy ia suposed to in dicate that th House of. Common doe not tak any orders from the House of Lorda. Then Black Rod, with chastened mien,' advancea to where the speaker aita in state and in Norman French delivers hia message. This is the performance he will hav to go through for the first tim when Parliament opens on February 10. General Pulteney ha served in many campaigns, having Joinsd the Scot Guards In 1HH1, and has been th recipient of a large number of honors. During the great war he commanded the- Third Corps in Franco. Ho has taken a keen Interest in the development of military re creation and has been a prime favorite with his men. He was bom in It'll. , fas J George Walsh, popular Fov star, ia shown here apread out very com fortably on bed of black diamonds. In his hands the well-known athlete la holding Iwa of the heaviest chunka of the Mineral. George says, that,' having all thia coal, he caa afford to lie bark and take it easy. WOMEN TO FILE INCOME RETURNS All Whose Incomes Are With in the Law Subject to Same Rule as Men Women who had income during 1919 are reminded by Collector of Internal Revenue Hilton A. Miller that they are subject to all of the pro visions of th federal Incom Tax. Many thousands of women file re turn and pay taxes regularly, and there are new namea added to this list each year. The high wagea and aalariea received by women last vear will perhapa double the number of those who are required to flier return. A public school-teacher, or other city, town, county and Stat employe. Is not taxed on her salary or wagea, but must Ale a return if her taxable income from other sources was eull dent to come within the law's de mands. An unmarried woman, widow, or married woman who is living apart from her husband, must file an In come Tax return if her net income foi 1919 waa $1000 or more. She ia entitled to an exemption of $1000. If ah ia the head of a family, aa defined in the Income Tax Regula tion, she may claim $1000 addition al exemption. Also, shs may claim further exemption of $200 for each person for whom she ia the chief sup port. If the dependent ia under 18 or ia mentally or physically defective. '. A married woman who has an in come from separate source thrn her husband is entitled to fllo a separate return with respect to that income. Ordinarily a husband and wife file one Joint return, including the income I of both; but if hajhusband does not include his wife's income, the wife ia j required to Ale her own return. Sep arate return of husband and wife a"re required If either had a net In ; come exceeding $5000. j A married woman who livea with i Ii.. 1. 1 1 -1 n ft la Hnt 1 ! ni-rul . tioaj-liK j ed exemption. She and her husband j have $2000 plus $200 addition for each dependent; and thia exemption may be taken by either or divided in any manner desired. A woman who waa widowed during 1919 has an exemption for th full year on the baits of her status as of December 81. A wife whose husband ia in aani tarium or temporarily working in an other city, and ia separated from him only through necessity, should not consider her status as "living apart" from her husband. But if there is voluntary, continuous separation, whether or not granted by court de cree, each must take th status of a single person with respect to income rJh . II r b r t Hoover,, who has now be come a mem ber of the Ka ecutlve Com mute of Near E a t Itellef, whi.-h la car ina lor nearly 2.ISSI.ISSJ Ar- 1 menial! i. n d Syrian refu- Hit. l,iw.rwood . h a L'aaerweoa. " "n"' Herbert Hoover. speaks w 1 1 a authority when he tells of hu man suffering, aaya lo a formal .latemetit : "In my opinion, the situation n the Near Koat Is the most lesperate In the world." lr. Hoover has sent a letter to Cleveland II. Ixxl.e. treasurer Near East Itellef, 1 Madison aveuue. New York, lo which be .aye: "In accepting your Invitation to heroine a memlier of the Kx v.'utlve t'ummlllee of the Near East committee. I do so with reluctance, but out of a sense of duty towards one of the must difficult sltuailona In Kurope. t'nlll soma political settlement can be obtained for the Near Kast and some government es tablished In responsibility for tbe rare and .epatrtatlon of lb Armenlao population In th Can casus, thia masa of people must line abeerly by th charity of tb United States. There ar In th Caoraeoa approximately 1.800, 000 Armenian, of whom 800,000 ar entirely destitute refugees from Turkey and amongst them a tretneodooa asasa of children. "I cannot too atroogty org upon th member of th com mute and their supporters th critical necessity of concentrat ing every possible effort to sup port Colonel Haskell's admlola tratlon Ja tbe amounts that be require; otherwise ws aha II witness) one of the greatest trag edies of the entire war." Economy Sale Real Bargains in Ladies Suits Liberal Reductions on Ladies Coats Ladies Sweaters Reduced Ladies Dresses at Prices that will Save Your Dollars Millinery at Cost Price No Better Time Than Now to Save M. Sternberg & Co. Card of Thanks W wish to express our sincere thank and aqqreciation of all aym pathixing friends who assisted us in the illness and burial of our wife and daughter. J. M. CROCKER and FAMILY, . and MRS. J. M. HYATT. J28 LADIES SHOP 3 Why Sears' Butternut Bread is so good First, the beat flour, lard and other ingredienta that go into it are th best money can buy. Second, because it is baked by 30 years experience in bread making. It ia wrapped In waxed paper to insure cleanliness in handl ing and lastly, it ia a home product. Ask for it and take no SEARS THE BAKER Phoej M First and Ferry Wild cannaries were not yellow or ginally. but green or grey in color. Ton Should Hear dardAnella The most fascinating fox trot of the season. Fea turing the laughing trombone and saxophone. An OKEH record made to play on any standard machine. No attachment needed. Fortmiller Furniture Co. "Starr" and "Stradirara" Phonogrops tax. I I Do You Know That !. ! i Originally meaning a field of any I i t ii . . i j ' , aise, ine uimia ui an iciv ui nu were first established by statut dur ing the reign of Edward I of Eng land, as the amount a yok of oxen could plough in one day. Later it was fixed a 4840 square yards. The North Carolina State College for Women has. added a course in journollttn to its curriculum. For the fint twenty years of it existence, no woman was admitted to the library of the British Muaemeum. The Woman's City Club of Wash ington, D. C, is planning to bjild a new home al a cost of about $350,000. DEATH RATE DROPS WHEN RELIEF ARRIVES Lives of thntisnnita of Annenlnn -children already have boon saved by th Near Knat Itellef Inking ovor .th Armenian iirphanngea, according lo tie tailed reports, which have Jmt reai'beel the headquarter of that ornnnimtlnti. These Institutions had been run by th Armenians since the hcKlnnlng of tbe war' to care for the children wIhim parent had been- murdered by the Turks. Ileeaiise of lock of fotut, clothing and medicine, the dentil rate among th children In these Institu tion avernnetl as high as twenty or thirty a dny In aoine cnxes. When Arinenliin funds benitim In adequate th Near Kimt Itellef took chiirKe of Ilia orphan"0- Hluce Hint time the dettth rule hits been grenily reduced, tllven good food and care the children are quickly returning to normal physical and mental condition. It Is estlmnted by persons who hav mnil a survey of Armonla that 120,0!0 children will die during tho next year unless they ara given food and care. Near East Relief I th only orjnnl ' aatlon how operating In Western Asia nd It la making an appeal to MM alios Christian children. - It's Iqcubator Time! j y ' Drop in And look over Our Line . See tbe New Oil Burning Brooder Queen Buckeye St.Helens Incubators Are reliable makes at reasonable prices A machine for $10.00 Murphy's Seed Store i f rwr rst Are They Judging You Right? "There goes a mighty good-looking chap." "Yes he certainly has changed a lot in the last few years." a) "The Army did a lot for him, and when he came in here for the suit he now has on, I noticed how keen he was about selecting his wearing apparel." Appearance certainly is a big factor in judging a fellow. The Blain Clothing Co " .js - i lit 'Value First !
