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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1918)
THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918. ASSESSMENTS IS YEAK HJGHER 1HAN Total Property Assessmeius j ror Oregon Amounts To mi mmmm&wEm Pfjy .''.'H'rr.( - & : . V Sir H'-.A : -r: 1 . -r tr ft - ,v ,vv Property assessments in Oregon this year amount to !tS7,5:)3,8!)(i, which is too higu. i assessed valuation ever re corded in uio history of the stale, ac cording to figures completed today by the state tax commission. Asscsnmon.d mailo by the various county assessors tola! $tui.i,2s;, ,'::;, whilo the public utilities in the statu were assessed by the tax commission at $l-'J,t,S,174, making tlie grand total of $yt)7,o3:i,8y(). The nearest pievious approach to tbis total was reached in when tiio total assessments amounted t0 $S:4,2Ka,374. It is expected that the state tux com mission will meet tomorrow or riutur day and fix tlio Mate tux l.'vy, and apportion to the various counties uio ! sharo of tho statu tux which each sliaii ' ?ay. Under the 6 per cent tax limitation tlio largest sum which can bo raised ;y direct state tax next year is $3,(ii.l, 402, and for llMO the limit will be jJ, 300,001, making a total for the bienni urn of 6,218,083. This includes tin) amounts which will be rained for the educational institutions, roads and emu. tv fails I'y millagcH taxes already fik I'd. Millage Tax. The total tni lago tax next year te those- institutions will be 11,027,03-T, which is nn increase of 61,2S(i over this year. ' This stale will be divided us follows: -Monmouth Normal, $3!i 501; O. A. C, 395,013; V. of O., '!J6. "(id; slate highways, 210,883; comity fairs, 10,376. The total assessed valuation of Mai ion ('(unity is $i2,H76,H7, of which $3 -'0!i,7G7 represents the assessments oi public utilities und $37,(l0,fi8) rcpro Bents the property assessed by til. county assessor. The total assessed valuation fo,- th various counties is as follows: linker, 0,1)71,633; Benton, $11,0,0, 733; Clackamas, 28,9li3,4.r,7; Clatsop, 31,181,200; Columbia $1.3,780,435; Cooa 27,231,712; Crook, $5,288,405; Curry,' 4,922,427; Deschutes, (J,23o,2,i; Douglas, 28,052,415; Gilliam, 13,26, 1550; Grant, 8,317,503; Harney, 14, 103,700; Hood River, 9,219,682; Jack son, 37,381.254; Jefferson, $5,335,2J3; Josephine, 8.644.984; Klamath, H, T40, 411; I-ake, 12,803,405; Lane, $35, 089,676; Lincoln, 9,475,051; Linn, $30 790,945; Malheur, 12,868,509; Polk, 13,255,803; fihorman,. 15,250,674; Til Hmook, $21,683,004; Umatilla, .$32,880, 603; Union, 24,973,696; Wallowa, 16, 680,148; WasCo, 18,384,834; Washing ton, 21,825,751; Wheeler, 6,250,119: Yamhill, 20,960,091. tunes HEN Aladdin gave new lamps for old he did noth ing very wonderful. But when humanity, sympa thising with the mlsfor otliers, replaces war-torn, seared faces with new when It hides honorable disfigurations gained in the defense of liberty then there la a story worth while the telling. This, then, Is the story of "Old Faces For New." It Is a recital pa thetic and pitiable; It is a tale of men's glory and woman's devotion It Is a song of sympathy and humanity of practical Chrlstlaplty of material ized altruism. Since time began wounds received in battle were considered badges of hon or. Men gloried in them; women ad mired But that was before the corn lug of modern armament of shell and shrapnel of mines and poison gas. In those other, more humane days, scars of battle wounds were considered sa cred. As the late William Shakespeare or was it Bacon t said : "He laughs at scars who never felt a wound." But things have changed Blnce then. Not that sears are not marks of re spect, but some mutilations are so re pulsive as to evoke horror mixed with pity. Wounds in the face and head leave the ugliest marks. , In the pres- ent war hundreds and thousands of fine men have been torn and mutilated until they scarce resemble human be ings. Photographs received in this country show men with their lower Jaws shot away, with their Hps torn oft, with half their face gone.' j It Is these men who were problem for their fellow men. 'They the mti tiles,' as the French call , them most aptly hud the sympathy of their friends of the grateful public. But something more tangible than syuipa thy was needed something which would hide their awful scars and dis figurations. To replace a missing arm or leg or hand or foot Is easy enough. But to replace a face or the part Of one that was a real problem. And a woman solved that problem I It is true that a mere man, Captain Derwent Wood, an English sculptor, conceived the idea of making masks jfor the mutlles, but It remained for ftlrs. Maynard Ladd, an American sculptor, living In Tarls, to perfect the work and to materialize masks which wonld replace torn and missing tissue so naturally that the wearer would be able to live out his life in comparative happiness. Mrs. Ladd Is an artist of internation al repute. Born in Philadelphia, she was educated in private schools, going to Paris and Rome, where for more than twenty years she worked with Professors Ferrari and Gallort She exhibited in the Parts salon, in this country and In London. In 1918 she exhibited forty bronzes at Gorham'a in New Tork and at the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington. She received an honorable mention for her work at the Panama Exposition. Incidentally she is an author, having published sev eral novels. Captain Wood's original conception was to make a mask to fit those por tions of the face missing. If the chin was missing then the mask would ex tend only over the chin. If the cheek was missing then the scarred portion would bo covered. The question to be solved by Mrs. Lniltl was in the manu facture of the musks. They bud to be light, yet strong, of some composition which would not tnrnlsli and would re tain the color placed upon its exterior surface. Mtef considerable experimentation Mrs. Ladd hit upon thin copper as hav ing sufficient strength. Then she de cided to have the base plated with sli ver to give it a better finish. Next came the method to be employed In fit ting the masks. Consultations with surgeons brought to light the fact that nothing could be done with mutlles liutil several months after their wounds had healed completely, as the tissues contracted even after complete cicatri zation hai taken place. Eventually a .perfected method was evolved. jrVheri-the mutile has been nursed baNt'to health and the tissue and muscles have done contracting Mrs. Ladd takes a plaster cast of the torn face. If possible she obtains; a photograph of the mutile taken before he received the wounds. From the photograph and the plaster cast Mrs. Ladd, guided by her sculp tor's art, reconstructs another plaster cast of only those parts which are mu tilated. Then a copper mask is made one-sixteenth of an inch thick. Then conies the first fitting. If the mask so far as finished fits properly then It Is silver plated. Next conies the question of making the mask appear natural. If eyebrows are need ed they re inserted hair by half; If eyelids are missing artificial eyelids adorn the mask, with a hole through them that the wearer may see ; If eyes WJUSTINS THE MASK' are missing altogether then artificial eyes are placed in the mask. When the mask Is complete the mu tile goes for a final fitting. Mrs. Ladd adjusts the mask or has one of her ex pert assistants attend to the task. The mask is held In place by "fake" eye glasses and strings or by a wig, the attaching mechanism being so camou flaged as to be practically Invisible. But the work Is not yet done. One of the most important operations In Its manufacture Is In the coloring. Mrs. Ladd takes her palette and with spe cially prepared pigments colors the mask to match the complexion of the nnmutilated part of the face. Then the work and labor of love Is done. HIS NEW FACt' Then the mutile walks out of Mrs. Ladd's studio a new man. He is no longer a mutile an object of horror mingled with pity. ' He is a human be ing again, self confident, happy. Ha no longer dreads to be Been in public. People no longer gaze on him in pity, scarcely able to disguise their aver sion. The transformation is complete at a cost of $20 supplied by tlio American people and the devotion of an American woman, The accompanying" pictures were taken especially for the American Red Cross that the people of the United States might know of her splendid work In saving human beings for soci ety. Mrs. Ladd may be seen In one painting the mask worn by 1L-Cau-dron, who was mutilated early In the war. Tlio man wearing the glasses was a fine, healthy man, whoso lower face was completely shot away. With out the nmsk he would have been an object of Intense horror despite his patriotic sacrlflci 9 The! third picture shows .an assistant luting a mask on u inutile' the left side of vi hosei fare was torn to shreds. The ' fourth plriuro shows the shape of various Innsks. DeMelay Commandery Installed Officers At the Masonic Temple last evening wnshM'tho installation ceremonies of De Molay Commandery No. 5, Knights Templar, as follows! Dr. A. O. Olson Jiiulnent' command r. E. F. t'arleton Oenoralistrlmo. Percy A. Cupper 'Captain general. A. L. Frascr-HSeiiior warden. iGoorgo II. Himsforu Junior warden. Judge fleorgo II. Burnett Prelate. Men C. N iles Treasurer. W. T. Davis KecorilcT. 'Vtoi A. Krixon Wtnndard bfaror. H. W. Skif f Sword bearer. W. Bchomaker tientinol. The officers were iiwt-nllc-d by G. G. Brown, grand commander of the grand commandery of the stato of Oregon, as sisted by Milton L. Meyers, genior war den of the grand coiamandtry of the Btnto of Oregon. (ihAViTY Or GASOLINE 10 COMWIui LAW Daks Can No Longer Sell Low Grade Gasoline To Consumer. The onler issued September "7 ex empting dcMilers from complying with the law w luicli regulates the gravity of .asolino was revoked today by an or der sent to nil district sealers by Spoiice Weitman, d puly stalo sealer of weights and measures, Dealers wcro relieved of the neces sity of complyiug with the law because , . f w-t ... :: v r. ALSO SMILINO BILL PARSON COMEDY 1 ctf tho largo amount of high grade gas oline required by the government for airplano uso, but that emergency is now passed aud tho state Ikw require ments aro to bo enforced. If dealers have a quantity of gasoline on hand thoy will bo allowed to dispose of it own if it does not come up to the quality required by law, 'but Mr. Wort man says that under no consideration wilt dealers be allowed to sell gasoline of loss than 56 degroes gravity which is received after today. 'He ay that as the result of numer ous complaints received concerning the quality of gasoline bftinjr gold through out the state, his office iin.ue muny tests of largo quantities of gasoline at tho Standard, Union, Associated and Shell oil companies in Portland and all of it testod !)0 degrees gravity or better. Court House News i Tr1 3 j bf HJLDurant Km Tho story of a girl who found fc"'jr,f a iortuno in a Datmng suit Karl Woods has filed suit against .1. (). Hayes in which he alleges that Dec. 12 he let Mr. Hayes have $.',4l!.44 to use and that on lVc. IS, 10IS a de mand was niado on defendant for pay ment. As the amount was not pnui over on demand, suit was brought. In the county court Fred T:ihf f, guardian of Nellie and Celia Strihnker and lA'oua l photf was given a confirm THE FIRST SQUARE MEAL COUNTIES RECEIVE TIMBER REVENUES How Red Cross Has Fed Italian ".' Prisoners. Funds From Forest Reserve Rentals Received From Government ation of his sale of 7.i7 acres of land I out their first papers, are overjoyed at for $1700. Michael Andrew was tin the bit of red, white and blue and most Last spring the Bed Cross workers at Berne were busy arranging to care for the American soldiers who were tnken prisoners by the Germans, and now the new exchange agreement means that Italians from Austria on their way back to Italy are being cared for In hundreds. They are a pa thetic lot, these "grand blesses" the hopelessly wounded men but they are always delighted with the prospect of going home, even though it may be going home to die. Nearly all of them are tuberculnr. The method employed Is this: The Italian Government sends a train Into Austria through Switzerland to gather up the men released under the ex change agreement The train crosses adjustment of certain overpayments the Swiss border and at Bttchs Is met i made in the past to a number of coun by delegations from the ullled Red ! tics and consequently underpayments Cross organisations, and under the I to other counties. As a result of this present plan the food Is furnished by adjuslment Marion county received no the American Red Cross. To many of , sl" of the fund this year, as it had these men this is the first square meal j bo,'n overpaid in the past. thnt they have had for years. Cloth- Followiinu is tho total amount re- liie Is nlso furnished them. Ench man " eaen county: of tho 3ti0 which each train carries Is given cigarettes and a small American flag, nnd many who have been In America, some of whom have taken This year tho state received from the federal government $95,187.20 as tho state's share of the revenue from forest reserve rentals and sales of tim ber within forest reserves in this state for the year ending June 30, 1018. This sum represents 25 per cent of the total receipts from these counties. Secretary of State Olcott has appor tioned the fund among the counties en titled to the money under the provis ions of a law .enacted by the 1917 legislature This law provides for an purchaser. by his fl. M. Swinney1 was appointed .Mirmo tiushev as mmnluin fir daughter Million Swinney, who is eijjht years old. The es ate includes 1,1)00 life insurance. demonstrative in their delight The representatives of the Hod Cross renitilu on tho train umll It reaches Zurich, then return to Switzerland again. It Ls tho food which America has sent over which gives to these men their first men! food which bus been saved by ealtng smaller portions, and by going without. A iiiHi'iiuiie license wns issued yes terday to ltenjiiiiiin 0. Hull a fanner 2S years old and Miwv Hell (tlazner. SH, a teacher of Macleay. They were! married tudny. A license was also is-j Children of France, sued to Bernard N. Wolf, US. a farmer j pome one has said of the children of of Pcalo, Wash.jigt.m and Teresa K.yhe devastated regions: "They are too r i"! St 1 ii in i r ' i .n. .vugei, will be married lVc. 0. sad, they niust laugh or they cannot : live." It Is not enough to found bus 'pitals and to provide food. They must be glveu wholesome recreation and lC I L i D J T J lneir "n,ural J"y 111 restoren. i ins Ul LlDerty BOndS 10d2y is what the American lied Cross is do ling iur lue ciiiiuit'ii oi r ranee. Urprecdsntd Sllins Baker. !(), 17.97: Descliutes, $77S.H,i; Douglas, i.ijoS.o-'i; Grant, $il!,494.2ti; Harney, $2. 472.04; Jackson, $1 l.:i92.!)l ; KlaimV.h, 10 .713.3:1; Lake, !f:i,9."U!o; Malheur, ifi)2.1(l; Morrow, $."(i7.0ii; I'niii. tilln, $2,0i0 2-S; Union, $7,523.41; Wal lowa, $i t,it).:0; Wasco, $ii:y..',:;r Wheeler, .-pS.l I Sii. Five Cents Wo'jld Have SaveThis Man s Life 3-CENT FARE FOE KANSAS CITY. Jefferson City, Mo., Dee. 19. The supreme court lato this afternoon le galized 6-cent street car fares for Kan sas City and St. Louis. The court's de cision upholds tho public Bcivice com mission in making changes in rates of public utilities. Harold Stono, of Rochester, NT. Y., has been appointed superintendent of all bureaus for aiding soldiers and sail ors in securing employment. WANT TO EETUEU. Rome, Dec. 18 (Delayed) Twenty ; thousand demobilized soldicis have aip- plied to the commissioner of emigration ' for permission to return to America, f The commissioner ruled that those hav- iii'g families in America would bo given j pref cronco iu tho matter of passports. J Thousands of tobacco growers of Ken- tucky, dissatisfied with the prices being j paid by tho manufacturers, aro with-1 drawing their supply from tho market, i New Shoe Repairing Dept. We have installed a new, modern Shoe Repairing Ikpartment and can give you fine service, splen did work, promptly done and at reasonable prices i 3 t Here Today HI Late Saturday Nite LIBERTY THEATRE New York, Dec. 19. The Xew York Kvcning JSun's financial review today j says: ; the shifting of The outstanding feature in today 's j more attractive securities market was the wcll-niuh un-1 . . , - i.- . . . i:t ... 1.....1. : SIJth pnx'eoemen neiiiii vi instil uon'--., more particularly those issues bearing th- 4 1-4 per cent interest rate. The so-called second 4s, the converted issue and the fourth loan both soM tnlow M for the first time, a new low price in each case. The third issue sold off 1-2 botew 03 1-2. also a record lew. Sale were made in large lots. There wm; ti'HU I'lSifT nothing iu the news developments to 1 jy y iutl AUDI ill accouut for this. It is prebable that! f-i'te. ef all r.o.,i:. 'rric v.bn th? , iK'.:iice-l. San Francisco, Dec. 19. One j: t tu-v. i just five pennies, would hj.ve saved thU man 's life. lie wvnt to the New York hotel la.it ! liisiit and asked for a room but lie had only 13 cents. "Wo .must have 20 cents," said the ' ckrk. j Ho went out rattling tlu three jit- j neys iu the palm of his hand. He wasj well dressed and bore evidence of one-1 j time prosperity. I His body was found today where he Had snngaled up against a brick, build ing for shelter, lie died of exposure. But it was clad in a shabby gray suit. 'Some tramp had tinned thoul nvestiueur interest to and robbed the bodv of its better clotn- bomls and preferred ; ,n- m the 1-r uciisl impelling Anil tae g-iou. oy m,s aKc left a s,l 1 1 , 4 . led purse in his old clothes. It con l.ver S,300.(KO in .leerty bonds j taine1 g3 Cl.ut,jlist ,.Srce ccnti. mnre .ssi ' .changed hi:d a the fore- than was needed to save th unkuown Am frr s'ecks t r-, was little j man s l.fe. Journal Classifie d ads bring results. : : '-.i' nt until !a t ,V'nwnrd t'-'en I !: Tr.'.dinu v.t.s 'j aftern(un, ( .came pro- 1, A.-.l nM ...1 i men for $300. .1. B. TuthiM, cashier of , lh SlaraMlOfl 1 "l hnnk KIMl! Hlrnl I w.niliiini . of the bank's fund into tho stranz- er 's haniU. pcared. who immediately duap- i