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THE W E S T l ü t t TkurnUy, May 17,lQ$3 Reclaiming Men» at State Prison (Cootlnvod from I'aga I.) operation among Ilia prloonor a: ■'Kvary day In ovary way wo are. gat- Hag bailor and bettor." which, nulled to action, or resulting In name, de- volopa courage, torllludo and ambition for Unprovament. The raadlng of good bookn la ancouragod, and Iha boylnh nplrlt of a majority of the un- fortunatoa la abown In thalr aeleotlon of hero booka, or volume« with a constructive and harole purpoaa. It In the obaerver'a opinion, aftrr liMiklng these* man over, that In time of sudden war and national emerg ency aay, for Inalanca, If tlie Jape ..invaded and were ravaging our coaat. a military leader could organlae them Into a fighting phalanx and every man-jack would die fur the Flag and the glory of our country. They are all Americana at heart. and among tha whole company there are only three Jew«. I7 negeoea. one Indian, and no women at all. There'« one woman In Ihcpenlte.nilary, but aha tp hold for th« federal authorities. Many of the dblla. eaperlatly those of long termer«, era fitted up with an elegance and comfort that denote the rinaat culture, and upon the wajla and tahtao of the«« little cgbtnala may be «•’OH the tclllalo photugraph« of loved oaea and In tome a Cross or other devotional Inalanla The wildoat of ra«a «»on bagomaa tame tn the prison K«w men can «land Iha •■terrible puntahmeut” In flicted for Infraction of rule«, thla ^bwnt the withholding of little prlv- Jtegea, the long march around the May- pole. and tho how-table with face to tho wall—kid punlahmont*. AMERICAN « S S H om a a fcW U l W * « « » (Jo. »muh. are «iprated Ut " " " “ y y U «lr of the ChriaUan churoh by a Protpet- To mah* tho exporte»«* vivid. Cap-, aut Christina mother. He bad no use tela Smith submitted himaeif * « au I criminal irietory. He w»a put ™ ----------------, Viotto. Th* Warden peraonally wna not re for CathoHe prloste, as ho' frequently experimental the usual pb«o*- P*«*»- The broad _ sponsible for thoae who have escaped; mad* plate In his o*U In tea prison, through tho HWPi ha did not portMgUy p*a* Judgment Ho wta fond of "roasting" team. W il- and heavy laateor band was buckled Fken* Taaqr tat* qg .their ( Uneos se "trusties," but be Ur*' companion la the crime, however, around each leg. at the thigh, and to Mrs and oilcan ..................._ ^ quickly assumed full responsibility lor one Ttnghlman, a boy of 17 or 11. was each of tho#« th^ arm » * • buckled 1 ■ ■■ »»»w ood f*ea proeopt M p u r i thorn. 'Ulama mo. If thoro la %By a Roman Catholic and somehow w a *tigh tly, so that It was hr.|,«**ible to ' Iht to do more than wiggle the finger* Th« blame," ha agid lo tha Oovernor—gad allowed to escape. He e Was ten W . Z . H ig h ! W o o d a n d short legs then were strapped. Immovable, ool fop a a Governo^ Pierce understands the sit tho Boys’ Tralalas School C oal C o. He i the hangman’* knot fla«4 securely bn- j released. uation HONEST WEIGHTS A ID Ono marolful Innovation tb# writer ought to b* brought "back, If possible, bind the left ear, tba black cap drawn MEASURES would like |0 tuggeet. that all the and be made to explain bis pnrt In aver tee face. It waa a thrilling dem M - T o a a m »»* * P o rtla n d , O rs * s e wall dUpoood prlggnors who dooire It the murder. Thb alleged *y«-wltne#s, | anatrate». The ob#*rv«rx were silent, ghould be permitted to hove a tinging wboee name The Western American « « they « r e at real execution«. Cap- tu » - usi bird (Harta Mountain canary) In thalr can supply, la alleged to have declared talp Smith said afterward that he H o d ge’s S w eet Sbop polla. In other countrieg, aapeclally In that it wa* the young ted. Ttghlman. * thought of things while stnadtag In The Home of the Orient, lonely and dlaheartepdd and not Waite»*—tha wouudad youth . that position that had not occurred Wbslmls sed prisoners have been observed by the — who fired she fatal shot. If Walters to hla mind since be wyi a medal writer In the enjoyment of this priv deserved banging, th* other youth winner « a 'l small boy la the old horau ilege. It lg a heartening and civilizing should have died with him. No money Sunday school — bud this Spilth, a Phone Broadway 17*3 Influene*. A singing canary seen whatever waa raised for Welters' do noted war veteran and hard boiled learns to love It* owner end le capable ef cunning sn* w »n<whil trioks. TW* wouM ha a rapt help In ‘‘maniai” eases. It would divori th* mind from distressing msmortoa, and roi lova tho anguish ol a doapalrlng ooul. Ono prloonor In I Ko yard woo obaorvod en joying hlo lolouro with hla ado rod pot, an Inlolllgont nulo terrier named “ Hoot." Tho man might hayo boon an outlaw, but that dog thlnka he la tense, which was conducted with greet top eergeant. Is a nun of Iron nerve •kill and loyalty by Attorney H. P. and unfailing composure. Mulkey of Portland—a warm-hearted Our Purpose Constructive. lawyer who knew that the Irlondloes The purpose of thla article la to youth waa not ftnllly, 1 « intent, of first Peter Pan Sortie« Inform the people of Oregon of Un degree murder. essential fact* concern I nr their State Copying and gevgrner's Thumb« Qewn. Prison and the l**»p<rni. nt of Warden Just prior to the noon hour on'«xecu», Johnson S. Smith, tku- to shield him t u m r. nona tlon day, when Governor Pierce was from tho attacks of criminal enemies M1.*-7-a Mancheetar Wdg. to rule on the appeals lor clemency. an(j to back up Oovernor Pierce In hi* f Portland, Oregon thp adltor of The Western American efforts to make tba la"ftut!on not only to him for the commutation «elf sustaining but te every way effl- • o( Walters' sente*ce' to life Imprison- in ,he reclamation of erring men meat. or f8r a reprieve until lb* ubove to manhood and usefulness mentioned facts conld be determined. Keep In mind the startling feet that Insurance Specialist pleading teat tha crime lacked the ela- nearly alt of tea prisoners are young meat of pri-muditoiiqu. .and that thor* j men, but lately out of their toon*, and Life — Fire — Accident was doubt o l Wnltyrs being th« one taat «cores of thorn nr« sx-aervtca men Health — Automobile Who fired the fatal shot Tho Gov- wn„ went to the war with eateuslasm. ergor's thumbs vers down, however, rgMte y0r thy suprsm«- sacrifice. Every OUkv I Phono MAin 6 W 8 and her« la wb*i tea adltor paid when effort should ha made la behalf or the log Yao« Building that trap vaa sprung: "Imperial bettcrm entandtheftiturooftheaetx- it esterne« t Phoaa TAbor SUM Cnaaar St tea U^rwia!" It was g grave st,rv|Ce men. remembering fbat they 1111 E. Garatear* 8 L but a pardonable mistake- In Judgment ha?e more -«toned against than on tha pnrt of the Btete’a Chief Kxecu-j «inning; that In flmoat every case Uv*. He had boon Influenced and there were extenuating circumstances; perhaps deceived by persons vho wore an(j that lhr-*- — 1 no worse, morally Sed sre, D & D RESTAURANT Interested In vengeance. "Vengeance sud ôtherwtef, than boat* of free men IS Mine, With the Ix>rd God. I will who poae as church members tn<^ pil WEST and CARET rapnyt" lars of society, who sre In fact hypo Th* State gained nothing, but lost crites and “ whited sepulchres, full of ISH EAST TW ENTY-EIGHTH »T . greatly, by tgp execution of Hualed dead men's bones." Wallers, the ftieadiess moroa. Scien Freak Fri»!I an« Tegatgktes a Spcclaltj Exhibits of Misfortune. tific treatment could have developed The men In prison, for the most pari, him Into «.reasonIng. useful man; hla P. BRADFORD are mere exhibits of misfortune, un- - •Oul could hove been developed, l o , , . M . .. QUALITY GROCERIES save other soul*, perhaps, and for aerv- ° '1*" c* « ht “ >« me,h“ Wa Dellvar lea to humanity. , 1 , mm of the ! _ 7 ■ gods, f Each of them is an sver-present U «7 Slghtessr. Rs|buk*d. ; n n | ld (r lo frw that uboll>. „ 1«H Balmont BL Kodak Finishing ths beat man pit earth. Hast would •hake paw* with th* Visiter, Me down and roll soar and plag dead at hla at aster’s comm sad. Tha writs r saw the "Peninsula beast," so-galled, xvh* lb remembered In Peetlend (* truly remorseful and despairing eaul) wetoh- Ing tee capers of thp smggt IMtl* deg from tha corner of hi* eg* while be atteeded ts hie worn. Card playing Is not allowed within the prlaon. Dominoes and other good game* are popular ' Baseball Is the prison hop*. They b*v* a bully good team, sod It boat th# Covey Motor Cor Company's* crack nine th* previous They Are Kida. Really. [lad men are 1 traatad Ilk« altlct Bunday. The public fa llo w e d to v|aw father* treat naughty boy*, and th* (bee* games without charge and the big fellow* cannot atand It. They beg walls are thick with people on every like kid* when raaght In mischief, •uok occasion. U p o n t h e S c a ffo ld . but It ahould bo remembered that moat of the*« unfortunate« are la „Have you aver stood upon the trap reality kid*. In ihelr early twenties— of % gallows with a rope about your younaater* who oftau cry Ihamaelvea qerk and your body strapped uatll to sleep at night, who alyly kneel be- you were rigid and couldn't move hand aide the cot in the mtaentble call, when nor foot, sod, thus trussed up. con no one la «uppoaed to be looking, and template the verities of life, the sin« «ay their "Now l l-ay Me" with sobs of tee iwet and tea mysteries of eter of bluer remorsa and agony. Very nity? II U a thrilling experience. Certdlg policemen qf PortUnd west priceless. the sweetest thing to the \ few of them arv hard-boiled, and This gallows to the Oregon prison to the prison to witness the execu-, world, and Ihgt the ta * i of America xt¿ you can't So somsth'"« far yeuneff lo ° something for ths ,nsrt gsnsrstloe thoae who try to be are only pretend has a terrible record It la far Sp- lion N o!" **W tp« Warden. Puul.pt muat bo and shall he obeyed; teat It QonUiao Or*««a Grow* ing. C’onerlou* j h llt W * « J a « f * * t alter* h m a « 1 t^P Ms *oo« down "erd tW jA fa iled to te fony ta Bcfv mem. and that crime ^ T R E E S sume* i strong alrong atiltudna altitudes. Warden warden Smith chamber*, where no one outside can Erntlfy their morbid Interest. Tha. Boaa Bol. pay_ however great may seem Russellville Nursery Co. •ml MuHcn. his able coadjutor, say th « see or hear. Within the large room witnessing Jury of 13 wa* compoaod. th8 tmmediale reward Tba worst East 96th and Burnslda Sts. mala need la to understand the In are: the gallows, with ila thlrtaan tn «ttlct accordance with Uw. of two tB tha pr|wn ore of course, those T» bor #IM- M4*- ™ *- 4 ,4 dividual prisoner; to conltrato him to slaps (alt gallows have thirteen »1*1»* physlciana. tb« undertnkar and hi« ns- iBclud*u iB tke category of aex crimes Mr."Cowl* adopt the right mental attitude; to to th* scaffold); a few chain, a Iqu* sUtanl. Uu S h a r if naoeaanry deputies ^ lh(>« e resuUIng from the passions u s Bob(MOn prop, arouse his ambition and sustain hla table, and the llartlllon and finger ( aB)l 0 th#r officials. There were no of >Miou, y aBi k,trod Scientific ex hope Once thla la done, reform and print paraphernalia, into thl* chain «ight-saarv. no floaters And that un- .„m .tio n of almoat averv rase devel Alberta Tire A Repair Shop transformation follow. Certain morons bgr cam«, on« after th* othor, tea fortunate youth with the ten year-old I op. realisation of the fact that love. VULCANIZING New and t’sed Tiros sad eccentrics, weak-minded and de •layers of te* belowd gherlM "TU " mtad mounted th* scaffold without a rinding expression to Ita manifold AO Work Ouarantsog generate. never ran bo changed, per Taylor, and others prior to - these ' tremor, stood with shoulders erect forms. Is the greatest thing to the t u . Av- Popi and. Oro. , N. haps. and confinement la the only hangings; and a few wgpks ago Untied upon th« trap, looked >oked th'o Juror* tn the world, and that klndne*« Is the groat-; safety. Walters, th* half-witted youth who ages and declared: You can kill tho Mt KOO<j "How'd you over tame that terrible waa convicted of kitting Patrolman body, but you cannot tyll te* soul." _______ fetiaw?" .a visitor asked, indicating a Palmer, mounted the scaffold Unas ».In this execution, aa in all others prisoner who has a rod record sisted aad with firm tread. which are properly managed, there GODEL BROS, brutality and outlawry. "Oh. most or keen* on tha teaffeld. waa no physloal suffering on the pari ' f MEATS, «R O C g R IK S A N D them yield readily to good treatments," r r s t o t o t o * vgQETABLES Tho death-warrant la rend In ' th* of the victim, HU muscle* qutvorod ! wa* Mr. Mullciis cheKry reply. prisoner's cell He Is then delivered and Jerked for a fow momsut and then b e J ^ k ^ O ^ t i r o ' " Z * S ^ S a r ir o **7 W* ° T The Dsfoiywgd Tr*n«f*rm«d. to the executioner. Warden Smith, the body «lowly swung to and fro Fraemasonry. You ahould know when • ............... Speculative or Symbolic Masonry be- MRS. L. E. KLETZING Many inoa cater the prlaon emaci who doe* not believe to capital pun Tho soul had fled. how It b«gaa aad where U be A- Horrifying Fact. ated. ruu down physically, morally labmopi. and (ew humanitarians do. erben and how it came to America Reliable Agent for All ruined, mentally half deranged, spirit had (he fortitude to accompany th« Now here's a horrifying and scanda and Its development: and how and ---------------------- ------- --------------- Magazine« ually dead, and within the last tour or doomed youth W> the scaffold; and fin loua (act: A number of women—think when It came te your State. Ton Subscriptions Guaranteed five months have been transformed In ally aaked him If he had anything Jo of It. ye gods!—xromen—sent plead should know when, whore and how „ . , . , . , Scottish Rite Masonry began, and Its to presentable human bclags. . Oood •ay. Ing requeats for souvenir .1 pieces of M - p y You rtould u ,, alitor. Thou« Walnut Mi< 1414 Oat man St. ■ -V V - food, rlean clothing, regular baths and "You can kill tke body, but you eaD' the rope. Had these women heard, as «¿Mr between the York Rite and the ®oUlah Rite Yon should know about habit*, plenty o t sleep, gaud books. not kill the soul," tee youth’s volo« the writer did, what tho prison offl- qhotttoh . spiritual encouragement, honest work, rang eut. “ I am not guilty of tela cisls said of tkem, they would hang lie Royal Arch degras, and Oso noi I degree, the High Priesthood and the kindly treatment—these remedies per crime as charged." their heads to shame and forever after- j Knights Templar, Sunnysid« Fuel Co. formed th* "miracle." Some ef the THB MASONIC HISTORY, published R « recited a few words which the ward feel the lash of conscience on Established 1 I H lac. m t Grand Master George Thorn- men entering four or flee months ago Christian minister had taught him. hearing the word "rope." Ono of tho BY Warden'. » « .i.t .n t . tn«k th« , ' burgh, 33d degree Hon., w ill tell you Long nr Sheri Weed and Coal have had to be photographed lately a and a few ««ronda later the trap was Warden s assistants took the rope >u alga origin and history C. 96th and Hawthorn» Ava. second time bucauoo It waa Impossible sprung, the body shot downward about Immediately after the execution aad of the Eastern Star, and o f the Shrine. to Identify them from their original six feet, nutil th* head wna at a level burned IL There were no souvenirs. It t«ns about the Morgan excitement. AS K FOR with the floor of the scaffold, and th* Perhaps one of these hoartless and whM» • photo. Hill Dairy .... . , . an Antl-Maeontr tlrkte end almost There's a world of work outside th* aoul. freed from Ila prison of oarthly cruel women would have been ju s t, ^ * « 9 « Freemasonrv out at thla coua- PaMaurUod satisfied with VMV ono *•« of tho »asv 0040 ears I try. tr y . It IV contains LUHUiiua a «a biography llivaf »JIHJ of V» George UTO 1 am ^ m prlaon, on the farm and In tho wood clsy, was winging Its way to the great 1 aa well «■•«wt.uw Craam Whip Craam I and logging camps. Tho Warden'» White Throne of Mercy and Justice. Of th* doomed boy. or a Unger, or a Wgahlngton as a Mason, and Albert | \ A I Buttar Milk • tonili nr nerhan« hi« u h , M i* . *o long the h«*d oT the Scottish i v i A l u i J a m purpose Is to develop the Industries On* ef Walters’ «toroto. toe, or a tooth, or perhaps hla scalp. |t UH| the origin and pres- By Test On« of « Inside the wall* so that he won’t have Walters died like a man. despite hla intact to waar aa an Ornament at h«r « Bt itatus of k’q r ° Lodgta. No other y«io F*«var R*a* - SUnsat 3442 ________ deficiency. __________ _________ to send them out. Thcro won't be any mental H* was n moron , bolt. Bah! a great portion of human-. history contain* such a variety. The escapee from luslde tjie valla, for * powerful man. physically, with the , Ity Isn't half civilised. We emergqd t Price Is only JS.OO, postpaid, THE LADD vigilance Is constant and there Is no untrained mind of a ten-year-old h oy., but yesterday from, th* Dark Agea. j||£ QWSHiP FORUM temptation. The guard* who walk Hero's a-fact uptU now kept secret, aa [ Under the tow a-Jury composed Crecerá and Butchers, Fonitela aad <11 Twelfth St. N. W. ii**U araat the walla are master marksmen and be desired It: i Partly of women can be organized to j WASHINGTON, D. C. After Interviews with a Protestant, witness and assist at axecutlons. Byt certainly will shoot to kill. Tkey com The beat to all departments mand a View of the entire axterlos minister la hla call, tha anforiunatc may angele and ministers of grace <te- Phone Servie« Delivery youth, elouo with hit conscience, knelt fond U« from any woman who could A Modera Hotel Kroawable Rates l i t t an* Hauet kern* prison. Sunset 17SS In considering Iheae facts about tha beside hla cot end preyed lo God for view with composure such a scene. prison'* reform, don't forgot this .sin forgiveness end mercy. Score lor that The W allen hanging waa the on|y n iK Y S O L E T Phon* Beat 073« Thla may be e Jewel to - one under Warden Smith *0 tor. aad ister and significant fact, In connec preacher! BOLLINGER HOTEL CHAS. Ç, EMERY 1 he hope* and prays It may have been tion with the extravagance aad graft his crown. Authorised 8 «p '| c * and Parte LEWISTON, IDAHO Walters neve? ahould have been! the tost; 'tout several other* are In under tho Olcott regime: When Smith Satisfaction Ouarantood —!3 Toara came In. thero was less than JO day*' hanged, to the writer's opinion. T h e , prospect No onto will ever know, ax- _ _ _ _ _ _ Knowing How usable fuel supply and they ware element of premeditation eras lacking, oept te* Warden and hjs closest con- T. B. Buxton C. J. Buxton 1*7 E. Eighth at Hawthorn* Portland V » burning expensive oil. The fuel la and there w*s grave doubt, acoordlng Atlanta.' ¡who puHed the lever* whl«h IOS Far Cant Sarvlca now supplied by the prison. "Uncle to one eye-witne»*. that ho fired the sprung the death] thjtrap on the«pcaffotri. BUXTON'S GROCERY Frgrnk Russell Barker Shop John" Rockefeller had been getting «hot that killed Patrolman Paltper Of these levers there nr* three, ono of Fresh Fruita and Vegetable* Following the murder of the popg|pr »tolch la th* hey t* the trap. Three hla velvet, too. rh lld rw ’s^nJi^CBtttsg Portland officer. Welters wa* charged deputies pall the toVsrs, sot side by I •ewars of Criminal Trickery. W * bolivar with the shooting and the hue and side, at the same "moment, and they 1417 Sandj Boulavard Don't be astounded If a "trusty naon* TAbor tete m I Y*mhii' cry Want aromtd that he was a Roman cannot discover the fatal one. Tt^ls _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ runs away, once In awhUe , ^Pfce Catholic anil U * t the Knights of Co-, »• a scaffold trick, iw d f o r W f c i i , L A a ^ in r u n u . chances are he wMI como back, or lumbua had supplied a large fund, for reasons. * * j K » 11« R A N I A I l W I rh<^ K^,t °M c- w^ttoomh. Mgr. j rotaken. and tho chances * r * , all bis defense; that he was attended hy a ThfWMsf Demonstration. Ceiiplete Build lag 8 erYlr<» P o r t l a n d P lu m b in g * a n d •gainst esespes. There’s a big ta r » Catholic priest. All thoae rumors Walter Gp^lfi Smith, the (anions Before building or planning the new Heating Co. crew and two or three wood campe „ - . | former « | e r ^ e driver and ex soldlor. JaJ ^ ^ “ “ 'a i ^ t W a n T »0 Contractor, outstep tho prison, and tho villainous kforp fglsf- Repairs Dona on tga Day DVdecaO was w ilt the Warden’s oarty, with t^e att(i ^ gem* Startling Fact*. oks who have been scheming to v ie . - , a*Y * »«toy » « i l lavar* ™ Walter* wa* r*M*4 aa a * ' writer. Inspecting th* prison galloxgi- ’ <Xi t . iotb SL Tiber «A4» NanrtlUSC Portton*. Or» causa sscapes, to discredit Warden ■w pp Scheduli Royal Blue Une Busses Portland, Astoria and Seaside Lan sa T a rW M ldte and gamaida Portland, O to Are You Sunnyside Market !t Lama H i ISUl gnd Si E s t o r t e , On* U rte Hldai w a «t « r. rw M K iARE ______ KOMPETENT _____ EXPRESS AND M< IVING FEED GANTENBE1N Wm Offne i XT* U. Morris««, c 3 p . Oslaii Ä « . " ; p ■■ * r * ’ » ■ C«JB SUnnet 4 0 3 7 ^ Chas. T. McPherson w. 5 =3 =5 ? CHAS- W A E D E * SON S t o SSod St Phone East 1128 EUREKA PRINTING CO. Commercial and Job Printing Fred A. Armbnuter Gr»nd Are. and E u t Stark Portland, Ore. 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