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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-03-24
Amendments Likely

There were those who believed
that the senate finance commit
tee, to which the bill would be
referred in the natural course,
would make sharp changes in it.
Some administration officials
were known to look to the senate
to pass measure providing
means for the financing of the
bonus, but they were not prepar-
ed to predict whether the means
would be taxes or the use of for
eign bonds.
President Harding has been
represented as looking with favor
on the financing of the legislation
with the refunding foreign bonds,
provided they were in hand be-
fore the bill was passed. While
the measure was in the making by
the house ways and means com
mittee, the executive, according
to some members of that commit
tee, suggested a delay Of 80 days
in the belief that the treasury
would by then be in possession of
some of the British bonds.
Harding Nay Balk
There was some discussion in |
the house yesterday as to whether
he president would approve the
dill in its present form, with
conflict in the opinion expressed.
tative Longworth, re-
publican, Ohio, said that while
Evening star., 1922-12-20

Doll Brass Beds, S50-Finc
beds, with real springs, mat
tress and 2 pillows; size 18x28
inches.
apiece Basket Weave Living
Room Set for Dolls, ,2.75;
consists of nicely made table,
settee and 2 armchairs, up
holstered in cretonne.
Tea Sets, $3-Have charming
nursery designs painted on
them; any little girl would
love a set of these; 10 pieces.
Other Tea and Dinner Sets,
$l.25 to S..
Evening star., 1922-12-20

Cedar Chests, $3.50 and S-To
keep dolly's fine clothes and
ones own handkerchiefs or
other small things.
Doll Trunks, $3.50 to $l1.50-
Finest constructed doll trunks
made; just like real ones, with
brass trimmings, CT retonne
Innings, N everything. Hand
some Wardrobe Trunks, $l455
to SO.
Oak.flnish Toy Kitchen Cabi-
nets, S1.75-C o mplete with
varied things for cooking
dolly's dinner.
Land Of Santa Claus. Fourth ncoe.
Evening star., 1922-12-20
Indeed These Are of
Gold and Silver Brocade

these large smart distinctive ub
place o choose your gift umbrellas
Evening star., 1922-12-20
Girls Will Need
Ne,c Slippers
for
Christmas Parties

Patent Leather Pumps, wit II
one strap, for growing girls;
have cut-out sides and low
heels; sizes 21l to 7. $3.50 pair.
Patent Leather Pumps. with
two-button one-strap effects;
low heels and turn soles; sizes
TX to :. 81 pair.
White Kid Slippers, with cut
out sides and one strap, are
lovely; sizes 21a to 7. $3.50
pair.
Patent Leather Opera Pumps,
with low heels and either turn
or welt soles; sizes 21a to 7.
$3.50 pair.
Young Peoples Shoe Section, Fourth
floor.
Evening star., 1922-12-20

Imported Sewing Machines
That really sew; these are
more than a toy and will teach
a little girl how to really
make things. $4.25, S6.75, S9.7S.
Evening star., 1922-12-20
Remembering
the Maid
in the Home

Crisp New Aprons will be ap-
preciated, and you may choose
from trinity tailored ones or
those with fine embroidery or
lace trimming; fashioned of Or
CANDY, lawn, cambric or dotted
Swiss. SOC to s..
Correctly Styled
Uniforms, So to $3.50
Evening star., 1922-12-20

Electric Stoves, S.55-Com-
plete with 4 cooking utensils
and ready to attach to the
light socket.
Evening star., 1922-12-20

If so, here are some sugges-
tions to help you say a Very
Merry Christmas to that
baby:
DAINTY HANDMADE
DRESSES. Of fine batiste, ex-
quisitely trimmed with a bit of
handwork or lace. Sl.25 to
SI,.5O.
ADORABLE BONNETS, with
fluffy little ruchings and ruffles
TO round out tiny faces; some,
too, beautifully embroidered.
Sl.5O to $3.50.
BABY BUNTINGS of quilted
silk, to make outings very, very
comfy, So; embroidered ones.
$3.50.
CARRIAGE ROBES. of quilted
silk: some plain, others en-
broidcred; in pink or blue. $3.50
to $3.50.
Crocheted Sacques, ST. to
$3.50.
Woolen Bootees. SOC and ST.
Kid Moccasins, $1.25 pair.
Ribbon Rosettes, 75c for
two.
Carriage Clamps, 75c pair.
Celluloid Toilet Sets, ST to
$3.50.
Infants Section, Fourth floor.
Evening star., 1922-12-20

Electric Train, $615-Fine
locomotive, with 2 cars, bat
terry, rheostat and 10 sections
of track.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
THE TAX BURDEN.

In New York State the :otli tax
alton, federal, state and municipal,
is reported as 40 per cent create
than it was before the war. averass
ing 1868 Il year for every man,
woman and child.
This may not be any worse thar
the situation in most Of the other
states. The New York World
thinks the tax burden Of the aver
age American family. assumed 20
consist of iive persons, is certainly
not less than $500 q year And this
burden. felt none the less because
some of it is indirect, is estimated
to be not less than 90 per cert
Of the average income. In other
words. one dollar out of every five
earned in this; country goes FOR
taxes.
The increase in federal taxes
has been most pronounced. The
federal government is said to take
$40 out of every 800 income.
where it used TO take only SO. Mu
nicipal government come next.
a clear understanding of this
situation or the part OF citizens
everywhere would doubtless lead to
such n popular demand for econ
omy in public expenditures that
the economy would he forthconl-
ing. It is not necessary for the
federal government, the state gov
ernments or the city governments
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
LABOR COURTS FOR ENGLAND.

A manifesto has been preserted
to Premier Lloyd George by
group of English labor leaders
which is hailed generally in Eng
land as "the most hopeful sign on
the industrial horizon"
The manifesto was framed, as
it expressly states, "by men who
have given the best years Of their
lives to helping to build up the
trade union movement 1t asks
primarily for legislation to estab-
lish specially appointed industrial
courts that would. function like
our police and county and high
courts" the duty Of these proposed
courts being the settlement Of dis
puted wage and labor questions.
The abolition Of the wasteful strike
as we'll as oppressive action by en-
ployers is sought.
It is suggested in the manifesto
that the decision Of the courts shall
be binding upon both sides in any
dispute and that penalties be in
ficted for failure to abide by them
similar to those now inflicted upon
persons who in other matters take
the law into their own hands. So
that the new tribunal may be ef-
fective weapon against employers
whose demands are unreasonable"
and against workers who seek to
impose impossible conditions upon
industry"
While the movement is sponsor
ed primarily by the conservative Ia
Dor element in England, and will
meet with a good deal Of oppo-
sition in more radical quarters, it
olina. The present freight rate is
one more evidence Of the wa IN
which the leaven Of industrial rea-
sonableness is spreading.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
BEER IN POLAND.

The new republic Of Poland,
along with its other troubles, is
wrestling with the liquor problem.
It has adopted policy that is
pretty near to prohibition.
There is to be no traffic in whls-
key and other strong drinks. Beer
is to be restricted to an alcoholic
content of 2 1-2 per cent. The sa-
loon is forbidden to exist. Cafes
and restaurants are licensed to
sell this weak beer provided their
number does not exceed one to
each $500 population. Proprietors
are subject to arrest if there is
any drunkenness on their premises.
All liouor stocks are taxed 20 per
cent Of their value.
This sounds drastic, for Poland.
1t is another evidence Of the con-
tinuance and growing severity of
the dry movement. which gained
its first great momentum during
the war. The 1-2 per cent rule
for beer is Of special interest in
this country. It recalls the famous
-2.75 per cent laws enacted by some
of the states, but rendered inef-
fective by federal action. A good
many Americans seem to think
that something like the Polish pol
icy will be adopted here, sooner or
later.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
HOW JOHN d. MADE HIS MON

Here is a bit Of infgcrnlation for
those who want to emulate John
D. Rockefeller.
1t isn't necessary TO go into the
Oil business. This phase Of the
,"oia Kings" history has been exag-
gerated. Rockefeller got his start
in Oil. but it was not oil that made
his immense fortune for him.
Contrary to the general opia-
ion," says business man connect
ed with the Rockefeller interests.
..NIr. Rockefeller hasn't made as
much money in Oil as Mr.. Carne-
gle made in steel"
Carnegie, then, really had q
better chance than Rockefeller,
starting with his basic fortune.
And why did he not multiply that
fortune as his more famous con-
temporary has done?
The answer is, because Carnegie
YVES not an investor, and that
Rockefeller, as the business man
quoted above says, had "a se-
NOUS for investments. He also
had a genius for organization; but
so did Carnegie. It was the shrewd
investment Of the money he made
in his own special line of de-
velopn4ents that made him the
richest man in the world.
Investment is great game. The
world today is full of opportuni-
ties as great, perhaps, as any that
Rockefeller ever had. It IS iegi-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
Jeyvsih Relief Days

Charleston, Feb C.-Governor
Robert \. Cooper has issued a
proclamation decignating February
u. IS, II. - and IS as Jewish
relief days for South Carolina and
urging all citizens OF the state 20
contribute literally to the fund to
be raised during those days for the
relief OF Jewish war sufferers IN
Europe. Governor Cooper's proc
lamation is as follows:
To the People Of South Carolina:
Whereas, although in most coun-
tries men have been permitted 70
return to the paths Of peace and
the ways of industry. there still
comes TO us a heartrendins cry for
help from hundreds Of thousands
of Jews in the devastated reg ons
of central and eastern Europe.
where men, women and children
are making Il heroic struggle FOR
bare exstience against the ravaSes
Of dire poverty and disease. with
the severe added handicap Of po-
litical prosecution: and
Whereas, these unfortunateS
stretch forth their arms in plead
ing to America. the only land in
all the world 10 which they can
look for substantial help, land
where. despite adverse economic
conditions, our American people
still enjoy the blessings OF plenty
and are happily unacqua!nted with
such pititul destitution as is the
common lot Of these European SUI
ferers; and
Whereas, the american Jewish
Rciicf Committee has determined
that $14, 100000 is the minimum
amount essential to aid the SUI
icrcrs Of the devastated regions TO
survive the present winter and has
placed South Carolina'S = quota OF
this amount at 500 600, and the
state committee has undertaken
10 raise Il minimum OF 100000
for this cause in q campaign TO be
held February y, 13. II, - and
1G
Now. therefore. /. Robert y.
Cooper, governor of South Caro-
lima, do hereby most heartily COM
mend this cause to the people OF
South Carolina. designating Feb
ruary =, IS. Il, 10 and l6 as
Jewish Kclicl Days in this state
and ur-in:: upon all citizens alike
that lhey contribute Literally OF
their efforts and their means TO the
end that South C;rol;na'S quota
may be subscribed.
Given under my hand and under
the Seal of the Stat Of South Car
olina this 3rd day of February, IN
the wear OF our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and twcnty-two-
L. y. COOPER.
Nv tie Governor: w. Banks
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
Farm Loan
Bonds Ready
Largest Offering Ever Made
is Announced

Washington, Feb. 1.-The larS-
est Offering OF farm loan bonds
ever made vas announced tonight
by Secretary Mellon.
The twelve federal Land banks
will make a, combined Offering on
Monday oc SIS 900 900 OF . per
cent federal farln loan bonds at
the price Of 1872 IS and accrued
interest. at which price they will
Weld approximately 40 per cent
to callable date and 5 per cent
thereafter. The bonds, Mr.. Mel
Ion said, Will be dated November /.
1921, due November l, 1871, and
callable at the option Of the issu-
ing bank after November !. 1881.
They will be issued in coupon
form, exchangeable for registered
bonds. Interest will be payable
May / and November /.
This is the largest Offering Of
farm loan bonds ever made" Mr..
Mellon said, but in view Of the
generally favorable trend Of the
investment market and the con-
tinued strong showing of the fed
eral land banks, it is believed that
it will be readily absorbed, and.
as the funds will go direct TO the
farmers Of the country, it should
do much to improve the aSricultur-
al situation
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
BACK TO JAPAN.

Is there quiet "back-to-Japan
movement going on in southern
California?
When the Japanese liner. Any-'n
Maru, left Los Angeles the las.
day of January for the Orient, it
was noted that she had on ioard
several hundred Japanese. mostly
women and children. many Of the
latter American-born. It IS said
that every japanese sh p which has
left Los Angeles for months has
carried a similar load.
Many Japanese who l:ave been
questioned deny that there, i, Any
distinct migration or repatriation
movement. No one has been found
who VIII admit it. Yet :he fact re-
mains that the women and cnll-
dren are leaving in large numbers.
At any rate. the exodus helps 10
ffset the disouieting yellow ;iae
which had been setting too strong
ly in this direction for 4 ions time.
It begins to look rs if the whole
Japanese problem may ne nearer
settlemnet than seemed possible q
few months since.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08

our minds from life. Books are a
dissipation, scattering OF our en-
ergies. not a charging and strength
ening Of them.
Fourth, that we will grow with
our reading. Most Of us read one
elementary book after another,
with no direction or plan. We new
er think Where is our reading
taking us?' We never stop TO think
that books are steps upward. Let
us go to school 81 our books, we
educated illiteratcs, and not stay
always III the first grade.
It is true that although more
people are reading than ever be-
fore. there is also more shiftless
reading, shiftless in choice Of
matter and method Of perusal. And
this mark of ''iliteracy'' is upon
those who should know better, as
we'll as upon those from whom, be-
cause of lesser advantages, less
should be expected.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
Sustain Freight Rates
To Reduce Now Would I'M
peril Transportation

New York, Feb. "a reduction
Of freight rates by the interstate
commerce commission would i'm
peril the country's entire uanSpoc-
tation system, S. Davies Wartieid.
president OF the National Associa-
ton Of Owners of Railroad Sc
curities, declared today. The an
nouncement was made in the first
issue OF Il new bulletin published
by the organization, ii WAS stated,
TO bring the railroad problem be
fore the investors OF the country.
Demands OF some steel nlanufac-
turing corporations and other ship
pcrs, Nh Warii"ld said that Tie
30 per cent. incsease granted the
Eastern roads in August. 1920, be
cancelled. or in other words that
Il A. per cent. reduction be made
in rates on base commodities,
would ruin the carriers"
Apparently il WAS not under-
stood, he declared. ulal the per-
centage return. named in the trans
poYtation Get covers "a measure OF
return only below which engine,
cars, roadbeds and Mcn c:ul not be
supplied TO haul passengers and
freight
All that was asked ant! al the
transportation act does. TIE :..aie-
ucnt SAID. was TO peg Che dow:l-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
German Socialist Officials Want
Protection From Insult

Berlin, Jan. 1S.-The "Junller"
press and the Socialists Of Ger
many are at odds over proposed
law intended to protect members
Of the government from insult and
to prevent anybody melting others
TO violence against them.
Announcement has been made
that the government intends to in
troduce a bill in the Reichstag
pl oviding for imprisonment and
fine up to 100000 marks for per-
SONS guilty Of insulting the consti-
tuition. the president or any mem
Der Of the Central or Federated
government"
The Socialists contend thai the
law is necessary to protect the
country against violent and treach-
erouS monarchistic propaganda and
chicanery.
The Conservative and Nationalist
newspapers protest against it as an
attack on free speech and free
thought. They accuse the Social
ISIS Of outraginS their own princi-
Piles. IS they formerly fought
against laws which protected sew
cral personages OF Germany from
sIanderous statements.
The newspapers now opposing
the bill have been Won't to enter
tain readers with lengthy sarcastic
or abusive articles about the re-
publican constitution and the gov
crnment's democratic political
leaders
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
Bigham Preparing
New Appeal
Florence County Murderer
VIII Take Case To United
States Supreme Court

Columbia, Feb. Edmund d.
BiSham, Florence county man, con-
victed Of numbering his brother and
sentenced to the electric chair, and
also charged with killing his moth
er. his sister and his sisters two
adopted children, Will. it is under
stood, appeal to the United States
supreme court from the decision OF
the South Carolina supreme court
which recently refused his appeal
for new trial. 1t is not known Oh
what grounds the new appeal will
be made.
An order staying the remittitur
Of the recent decision Of the SUI
preme court has been issued by the
supreme court, Bigham asking for
. rehearing Of the case. However.
the court has not as yet announced
whether it will grant q rchearinS.
Bigham was sentenced to die but
appealed, making numerous ex-
ceptions to the proceedings in the
circuit court which convicted him.
The supreme court recently dismiss
ed the appeal, and Bigham Will be
re-sentenced, at the next term OF
court in Florence, unless his ap-
peal to the United States supreme
court is allowed.
Bigham is in the death house of
the state penitentiary. His main
comment about his case is a repe-
tition Of the statement that he is
innocent. He talks very freely
abOut his case
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
BETTER WAR RULES.

Among other things which the
arms conference has got under
way is the formation of an inter
national commission to revise the
present rales governing warfare,
and make such additional rules as
the new instruments Of war seem
to indicate. The commission IS to
be made up of two jurists from
each of the five great nations rep
resented at the conference, the
United States, Great Britain,
France Italy and Japan.
One of the great stumbling Blocks
in the late war, and one Of the
things which made prosecution Of
the war. criminals SO difficult, was
the .vagueness and inadequacy Of
the rules governing international
warfare. It is true that some very
clearly, defined and accepted rules
were, ignored, but the situation, as
a whole was complicated by lack
of wen-dehned understandings.
The situation would be even
worse in! the event of another war,
were 80 rulings adopted cover
ing the innovations. Rules which
dealt almost wholly with battle
ships have little efficacy in a
world in which the battleship is
no longer of first importance.
Even If new regulations are
adopted, there will always be the
chance that in the heat OF war
they will be disregarded in some
instances. Still. this proposal is
step in the direction of restraint
which should be taken.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
WEATHER BY WIRELESS.

The Postoffice Department is
now sending out weather reports
by wireless telephone from Wash
ngton. The field of operations is
limited, so far, to a comparatively
small area. It embraces the Dis
trict Of Columbia, Virginia, Mary
land, West Virginia, eastern Penn
sylvania and Ohio. It is also ex-
perimental. After trial Of two
weeks, however, the practical ma
ture of this service is considered
established, 1t will probably be
extended to cover the entire coun-
try before long.
The method is simple. The off,
cial reports; compiled by the ex-
perts Of the department of agri-
culture, are sent out promptly at
10 q. m. and $50 p. M, the sender
using wave-length of 1,1G0 me-
tiers. All that anyone has to do,
to take advantage Of it, is to have
wireless telephone receiving ap-
paratus, tune it to this particular
wave-length and listen in" at the
time set. The instruments are on
the market and can be bought for
little moro than the cost of a good
VictroIa.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
y. S. is Congratulated
On Arms Conference Results
by the London Observer

London. Feb. 5.-"The great un-
dcrtaking Of the Washington con-
ference has come splendidiy
through" j" says The Observer in its
editorial columns this morning.
Not all the promises were per
formed and not all the proposals
agreed upon. but what has been
done is sound and solid. therein
being the whole difference between
Washington and Versailles. The
work Of Versailles must be un-
done and the work OF Washington
developed, if civilization is to be
safe again
The Sunday Times says America
is to be congratulated upon the
success of the conference. The
threat Of war between Japan and
America has been banished, indeed
made physically impossible with
out Great Britain's assistance, in
view OF the agreement not TO for
tify further the islands Of the Pa
cilic
The Pacific is now pacific in
name and in face" the newspaper
adds, q good deal remains to be
done, but enough has been done TO
justify the Observation-Disclosures
states, please copy"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
UNBIASED HISTORY AND
PEACE.

When the patriotic history, with
its over-praise OF everything and
everybody American. first came un-
der fire for its unbalanced fervor.
history writer's went to the other
extreme. What one modern his
torian calls scientific" history be-
came the thing, and the writer's Of
such treatises took pains to show
up all the faults, mistakes, weak
ness of character or other unpleas-
ant facts which they could dig up
out Of the Old records concerning
the nations heroes. No one was
great enough to be spared. But
the pendulum continues to swing
and in passing from one extreme to
the other occasionally reaches
sane middle ground. That is said
to be the present tendency in his
tory WrlllnS.
The truest and most unbiased
histories Of any land are, as a rule,
written by outsiders. a recent
history of our Revolutionary pc
riod, written by a Canadian rather
than by a citizen of England or the
United States, eXemplifies this fact.
His discussion is well-balanced,
frank and Unconditional.
Years from nov no doubt, civ
ilized peoples will recognize the
important part played by unbiased
histories in developing unbiased
readers and SO in promoting inter
national peace.