Tuesday, 'AugUBtV.4,'.192T).
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Coal places aie omy vailing the zero strike hour bet'oie
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Alienists may call some of these characteristics as "com
plexes'' but in everyday life we are inclined to look upon
them as plain orneryness.
CHICAGO HUB OF
WET MOVES SAYS
AXTI-SALOOMSTS.
CHICAGO AP. The Anti-Ka-j
loon League of America will open
its convention here the first day
after the November election,
which K. Kcott MrHrlde, general
superintendent, aald would have
an Important bearing on the fu
ture program of the league. The
league has not met here sine
!9'iii, when national Interest was
directed towards Illinois because
of the development of the local
option movement.
"Now lliino.tt, and put ticu'arly ,
Chicago, has become the center
of national interest because thin
state has been made the center;
of wet movements to break down;
prohibition enforcement." the j
league said. '
1 ne convention will come to :
Chicago at the invitation of the;
Chicago t'nuririi Kederulion. j
On Sunday, November 8. scores :
of regular Anti-Saloon bugue
speakers will occupy the pulpits;
at the mornitiK services in th-.-
churches of Chicago, and the
leading cities of Indiana. Michi-1
gan, MisHOjrl, Iowa and Wiscon-;
sin. Bishop Thomas Nicholson oi
Detroit, national president, w ill ,
preside. The bishop and Mr. Me-,
Hride formerly were located here. :
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OFFICE
CAT
TRAOt MAJtN N9.
ElyJvnhis
The most dcslrnl)lr 'nl lmn
artk'lo if a rich uiiiik tthlim.
ARE HOUSEWIVES LAZY?
The modern housewife is not getting enough exercise,
according to a San Francisco doctor, who has been ailing
his Views before a convention of physicians in New York...w? TaJ aln
"The lnlwr-saving devices which have come on the mar-jit"
ket" are blamed for this alleged condition. In the old,
j ,, . , ., ... ., , . , . KIiikIp ni"M Inok forward to m;ir-
days the American housewife did the washing and iron- rinK.-: nmnitd nun look forward
ing and sweeping and cleaning "by hand." Today there !' 1'"th- . . .
are countless electrical devices which rob housework oi T,.ri. uri. , lni,ny ,(,,k. ,i.,w
its rrudgery, and so this doctor accuses the modern house- 011 "lt: ,url11 1"1'1 "i1 011 n"'
wife of laziness. ! ,.ru.r,v .'u.I.n'u hi..ii- t
This critical physician may he an old bachelor. It is ! "oZ
chaiitable to supixise that he is, since he betrays such ig-im-r.
iiui, uite i uiu cunuuci. 01 tne average domestic esiaonsn
ment and the manifold duties that devolve upon the house-'-m '"
wife. Certainly the electric washing and honing machines, j stav iv thi-: iioah.
the vacuum cleaner, the motor for running the sewingji'o wtfack imi jou forward,
machine and the ice cream freezer and all the other rnn-1 ''1 ",ZV
chanlcal inventions now so familiar have lightened the load ' "' u i- n- twk?
r iu 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 . .Tilt-, road hlilldi r fin iunt it, rn,'k.1
of trie woman in the home, and all should rejoice that this , wa h an, y-ii ...i..t.:.
is sJ. But despite all these advantages, few women w!io ,1B ?" ' ud ! f"iiow a-
, ,1 . , . , , . And nothing iiiiikn liim kwtvi-.
do their own work or even assist a servant, have much ni i.n , u i.uii 1 ri;
time! for "laziness." Especially' where there arc children A" Ul"' '"' ,111-' '
, , , . , . . . , :U wlit-ri' this road is h-adinl.' lo,
111 the home, she has no need to hunt for something to doi And n.nin wn.f i,.- m Bo.
to keep her from becoming "lazy." lAn n111"'1'' ls n.-niini.-r. .1.
1 I llf i niiisi' w ill ransf di-ln :
With all its vaunted advantages in the way of provid-' v-1 on..- inm om. 11 nn to him.
ing physical exeirise, who would have our housewives yl.Zn'' u,
turn to the old condition of drudgery that obtained before t kt.k nimui imr i.-n.i:
A low 11 rhii-ki'll funi-irr 1. a ht
liii-k-n a liinl.
It.cldi' wh. ri
hcad.-d for,
And tlo'n .stay in tlic load.
the invention of these beneficent labor-saving devices'.'
There need be little fear that the average American wife!
and Mother will degenerate into a life of dangerous idlc-, .d
ness and ease. Anything that will help to lighten her hui- w'1 tUr . iho jt..u m
rlctn chrui ll I ui IuhmI.Io l , " "
i
SMALL HON'DKD IM)EI!TEINKSS.
in W'.isluui;
ii Hi; i
The (Ml. -tit of tr
toil tnifk Ml ff'-s l;t;;t .M
While Oregon has a imputation for having the second 'boiiHim.i of un.-ntb.t.H snbmut.-.i
largest per capita bonded d-ht of any Mate in the union. ; "ZrZ''
that -d-ht is actually, from the taxpayers' standpoint, one!
of the lowest per capita of all the states. This is shown !u ''"u "
graphically and m delail in the last issue of The Voter in k a .i.-.
an analysis of our bond burden mn.le by C. C. Chapman.) ,,.. ..,.K .'.-u, n. ...nK ,i,i
The total Umds outstanding and to be issued amount i : look ti,.,n n,.- aimri
to $61.7C8.-I'.m dividfd between state highways, farm eivtlit.,0'"'8 ''" . . .
irrigation district interest, and World War veterans stale' a itt t- uin in i a i.iatnii' as
aid. ; Of this amount a total f over siMv-lhree million I"" ,'",'",', i" ,'!"""
or 90' '.',. of the entire l omUd ilett is self-sustaining in Im lonked up i.. iwr fDinpan
that, the interest and bonds are paid as they come due :.:i,:::;,;?;,:V,;:ahl;.;.N,,:!::
from funds paid in tor that purpose by those who benefit l'"1 '" '"' t.i.nm wii.n
most from the exM.n.lituri' no direct properly tax being "" '''''' . . .
necessary for this purpose, i',,,- example, . I2,(H;o,7.")0 of' , , , , ,' ,
1,11 ! liitl K'fls m;ik'- Mm- I. st n s
the (teht is tor state highways and this is heing paid, not beoa... n,,v n- not ,. ,iyi to imn
by direct tax. but by auto license fees and the state gaso-; I'l,.,,,Mh"wl,"n'lH th" kf', n, r tmt
line tax funds. Thus (hern's jreat system of highways "" " ' "
one of the outstanding Catures t,f the state and one oi'j . )lI(o,.i im,,,,,- .,o,
our most valuable resnurees, is piovitled withtuit lecoming,bl": """' -' ,1 ti,b.
a direct burden on the r.val mpeily. The same is true ofj Tt, ir. l;l i.o
tne larm credit ImhuIs, wImK .Vi n,r cent ni" flu iiTt--itiMti '.inmi uii-n :oi ius.. in win
item, and 7S per cent "t lh
den (n the tnvpiyeis nl hn t.ite, a tnlal nf o;dv CG.IS,-t"!,,i K,l"1 '-bi
870. which is H'., ,,e, eent (1f H1(. t)ll(l MlIH(t(I ' ' . n.t ,innu L.n
The truth of our ;-tate d-bt. therelere, ;is The 'nt"M' ' u,l,,,h'' ,M,t i! ,,,ft while
points out. is that the net maximum taxpayers burden Ksj'"'""'
only;?7.-l2 per capita. hi!e the aveiap: throughout thej ,,,,, ,,lH 1Arll,,
country is $S.12 per capita. ;vi ing Oiv-nii a place below1""- "-" uimv :...i.;. ,.r t,ciinu-o-the
average on direct iudehtrdns. Taxpayers who studv "Ws ...
these facts and figures v,il! fuid ijuicklv a means of rel'tu-1 , ,
...... ! foriiH r uttle-.Miiml w nailer
ir.g tlie statement made iie niemiy that ()ieii's tax bur- n im-iwiit uuu ai
;it inn
aid aie a direct bin - ,; p i. .j. su.mu.i u- t i,. ui-- mi
den is unusually hih in its ie!atien t
sessnients. i he state is indeed Inriunate that such fort
sight has been used in providing for payment of the gro;n
majority of our debt. And it is only fair that, for example,
the car owner and gasoline eonMimer, using and benefiting
from the highways most, should pay the cost of their cou
htruction and maintenance. Accomplishing what it has,
that debt will return many fold to the state and its people.
imvt property as-,,!"ll,"b.l? tu' Mm ""'
tlile
A f ni 1 i:ti- n 01 s 1 1n- in. tn w li"
lu imi Is an () j until tth t. v. (i"b llirnt
riiiK.
H. .. 11. -N Mm- m.. nf X . H-'
ii.sk-1 1 I !i Ki-tf-iiimli- man w It y h
luuln't imt niurti ltulr uu the tup
ot III liCuJ. , . . ,
Berlin Surgeons Clash
Over Opposing Theories
I i: HI AS (Afl .Prof. A UKU.st
Hut. the vinuu-nt ilt-rlin suigeon
who performed the opemtioiiH ot
the lute 1'rt'nldeiH Kbert and H igu
Stinnett, Iiuh stirred up the allo
pathic fiut'-'inity by not oniy ay
intf u. lew kind words for home
opathy, but also publishing his
personal successes with the home
opathic tieatmtnt. '
At the hist meeting of the Med
ical society. Prof. Bier was sub-
1 ; jected to a scathing criticism. On
In irrigating poiatos, I he a-r- stiiii-'d. in-luiling s.ii and rain mmbfr declared: "'It is nutljiiK
Kf iinmunt of v. iiO-r giviucr nmKi w:ii--r. wtis fi.fi lnch H. The aver- less than unethical for Prof. Hit r
noir. nliiL'e r. luniM in many veurs if-- vl.-td wsis S luishles uii- to cmuupion tne cause oi noiiie-
exp rhniits on tht; ntatifn taine.l at u water cost of G(i5 opathy." Another asserted: Homt-j
grounds at f'orvallis Is 3.7 lnci.'-s pnunds of toial witter consumed to opathy ls wrong because Us ad-j
per acre. The total water con- the pound of dry mailer proaucea. nu rents regaru u as u ssumu:
rainer man a science. 11 iHineie-i
fore to be condemned as a sys
tem." Prof. Bier, unperturbed.
rinlipH I thoKP nnrl other r:-
I in oachea with the statement that
this problem could only be solve!
by means of continuous experi
ments. He declared that after a
M'h rful stuly of the works of
! Samuel H;' hnemann, the origin -jutor
of homeopathy, he had come
to tne conclusion that rrom tnese
text books the greatest wisdom hh
well as the uttermost nonsense
was to be gleaned.
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Trend Of U.S. Prison Reform Is
Outlined to International Body
KONIMJ.V (AD. The trend In oners to shorten their sentences
Ament-an prison reform is towa'Jjby good behavior and evidence of
individual attention for wrongtlo-iu desire to refoim. He noted the
rs in couru and prisons. Dr. I founding in New York in is,
Amos W. Butler of Indianapolis,
Ind., declares in a paper prepare 1
tor the international prison con
gress, in session here August 3-1-.
After the custom of European
of a reformatory, marking the
beginning of the present reform
atory system: establishment' bv
Indiana In 1K73 of the first sep
arate prison for women; adoptioa
Schcpp Foundation
Exact Pledge From i
v Its Beneficiafiesl
associations, the paper, translated b' Massachusetts of the probation
into Krench and reprinted. h i '- imany pny-
landed to a committee which 8,cnl ttnd mental examinations fur
will summarise it and submit It Prisoners, with hospitals for the
to the whole congress as a basis criminal insane and clinics for
for discussion. Mr. Butler is for- 'e treatment of criminals with
hot secretary of the InUiuna ieHa. niurKea mcapaeity.
board of state charities. .
The same movement toward In
dividual care and Instruction
IK) MIR A SPOT I-IKK THIS! When the mercury runs tip loi
110, and the heat w;ive? il.inre nn the pavements, and (he a-phalfc
Is sirilinc, )ut to hie aw;iy lo IhK mh( in tamrta, Ioye Kun
or any other pot that is eimally ah good, and Ml down on a
c-iite of ice, aiid let the frosty mist epiinklo Lu lite face Ob, boy I
5V
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X
lilt. I in. in - -
,li.iiii.l.r. nml ritli CIJ ikiiiiiiK ll " tmiir l Uinrjf
li...t.. A S..n liT llu- WrjBlKUurr TlmtT t i.nipany of
JbvvHt, With-. uil it ill f to truut rUlc Cua
u.
NKW YOliK. (AP) Trustees of
the Leopold Hrhepp Koundallon.
'organized to administer a $,oini.
on gift by Mr. Schcpp to aid
boys, have adopted a pit-dirt- to be
si'S"Hbi-d to by boys desiring ' to
shftn In the benefits of the Found
ation. -
Outs of $2iMi. for each faithfully
keeping the pledge for three Vea'-g.
and provision for five an mm I col-I'-giate
scholarships, are mode
available from Hie fund. The cash
gifts are d-signi d lo h'-lp the boys
g-t started in business for theni-
i selves or to advance their educat
I ion.
Mr. Sehetut Kt'irte.l in l.tiwin. w
' fifi years ago w ith a cash capital I
of IS cents and has accumulated
sevrril mil lions of dollars.
l-'ollowing is the pledge to be
taken:
"I t-sii ing to share the benefits
of the Leopold Schepp l-'ouml ition
1 hereby pledge my best efforts
to be worthy of the aid ami en.
co tira gem en t which it offers.
"Kiisi to reiueuihtT my ac
countability to my Maker, and en
deavor with Cod's help to keep
his commandments and daily seek
His favor.
"Second To be loyal lo my
eonntiv. lo obey the ::vvs of the
land uhieh hve in, or in which
limy sojourn.
"Third To honor my parents
and all to whom honor is due.
"Kourth To be hottest in all
my dealings and endeavor to ob
si rve the rule; "Whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you;
do ye even so to them."
"t-'itt h To - abstain from all ln
tix (rating drinks and harmful
drugs.
"Sixth To avoid Ihe practice of
gambling In any form.
"Seventh To shun evil compan
ions and avail myself of nueh mor
al and religious influences as are
within my reach.
"Eight To cultivate those nuin
ly nihilities which will fit me ror
gfiod citizenship and for an hon
orable life.
"If I am prospered in my car
eer I shall count It a duty and a
privilege to return to the Found
ation nlinl It Ik' ex-ponded on mv
Summarizing the " progress hi
criminal treatment. Mr. Bull, r
found the forward steps in Amer
ica falling into eight divisions.
Employment of more humaie
methods was followed by gradu.it
grouping of prisoners in spnei d
institutions for juvenile, women,
yojng men who were first offen
ders, the criminal insane, and de
fective delinquents. Indetermin
ate or Indefinite sentences w
the next forward step, follow e l
which has been accepted by hos
pitals and schools is now manifest
in the treatment of prisoners, Mr.
Butler showed, and courts and
prison officials are considering
wronirdoet s individually and pre
scribing thus for disposition of
t heir cases Instead of treuting
them by formula or In the iiiuas.
The movement, however, is a
gradual one, and its general ac- j by the establishment of .invent
ceptance as a policy will not lin- courts and the inauguration of
mediately entail its universal i tne probation system, first ( it-
practice.
Trac ng the progress from con
gregation to individualization in
prison work, Butler outlined the
handling of prisoners from til-
Juveniles and then for aduln.
Physical and menial examinations,
first In juvenile courts, then in
reformatories and prisons and fin-
nly In courts for adults brought
time when William I'enn reniuced : th treatment of the crim nal bi
harsh treatment In the lVnnsyl-1 a higher plane, and finally rou
vania colony with more humane j M"? mental examinations for prls
methods. substituting prison fjr;onf'rH- ltiuiig-jral-i tn Massachu
the gallows, labor for bloody pun-' M'ts, and a movement for nni
ishinents and workhouses for the 'form criminal records in court,
debauchery and idleness of thejn:iv" made modern nmthods of
jail yard. Mealing with wrongdoers the most
The higli points in American I effective In history.
progress in dealing with criminate j
he foil nil, were establishment in !
Virginia and Kent icky in the latel
eight cent h century of the peni-
tenliary system, with 'reduction BI'liNS. lire. hale. S-venr-old
of the cilmes known as capital 'son of Mr. and Mrs. (Men t'Jemeie.
etfenses and enactment by lh?met a tragic death here when he
Indiana legislature in ISfia of a 'became entangled in the pull-up
"good time" law, enabling pris- rope used in stacking hay and w;n
1 -j dragged a considerable distance hv
behalf. In order that it may ex- H runaway team. The bodv was
tend like privileges to other de- drairged through a wire fence and
H-rvInc Imvs." 'badly lacerated.
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