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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1916)
5 rFRISON PLAN SCORED The Ben Selling Store News Devoted to the Interest and Comfort of the Buyer of Men's Apparel. fSIMON SALVAGE STORE Corner i irst and Alder Sts. . THE MORNING OREGONTAN. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1916. "Wrong and Pernicious" Ver dict of Board of Control. BIENNIAL REPORT IS MADE A Specialty Shop Portland, Oregon, December 21, 1916 For Men and Boys Association With Hardened Crimi nals Inside Walls Instead of Seg regation Breeds Recklessness and Crime, Say Investigators. SALEM, Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.) That the system used at the State Pen itentiary In throwing offenders of a widely differing? type into prison to gether is "wrong in theory and per nicious in practice" Is the assertion made by the State Board of Control in its biennial report Just Issued. "The State Penitentiary is in a class by itself." states the report, in dis cussing the various institutions. "At present it is reqiured to care for of fenders of widely different types. The young man who has committed a crime in the heat of passion, or is the victim of the subtle powers of associate. Is confined with hardened criminals within the same walls." That this is wrong in theory and per- ilclous in practice is apparent to all who will take time to investigate the conditions that must exist under such a system. The tendency of the day Is to segregate the older boys and the younger men and to place them in a reformatory, where they can be em ployed in learning some useful voca tion or in following one that they al ready have mastered. Idleness Declared Baleful. "Idleness among any class of men Js baleful, but among prisoners It Is ruinous. In an Institution like the penitentiary It gives young men an op portunity to hear tales of recklessness and daring that appeal to their sensi tive natures and lead them to make heroes of men who are filled with criminal instincts and whose lives form an unbroken record of crime. "All the members of the Board rea- obtained by following methods now necessary in the present quarters." Superintendent Hale, of the Boys' Training School, is eager that the Legislature use the present quarters of the Training School for a reforma tory for the older boys of the school and the younger men of the prison, as mentioned by the Board, and es tablish new quarters for the younger boys. Cottage Plan Advocated. He Is a firm advocate of the cottage plan of handling the younger boys in the Training School and advocates the creation of such an Institution. Superintendent Hale's suggestions along this line also are agreed to by the Board of Control. In another sec tion of its report the Board states: "It certainly is true that much good would be gained by using the present plant (referring to the Training School) for a reformatory for the older boys and providing a home on the cottage plan for the younger boys. There would be a two-fold advantage In such an arrangement. First, more of the younger boys could be rescued and de veloped Into useful and productive citi zens of the state, and, secondly, many of the younger men who are now sent to the penitentiary- could be cared or in the reformatory and kept from the contamination that Is liable to come from associating with hardened crimi nals. . "It is the verdict of many men who once were incarcerated in a peniten tiary that their Imprisonment did them no good because of the stern methods necessary where the first offenders and the old-time criminals are cared for in the same institution. The plan to have three institutions instead of two is at least feasible, and securing very satisfactory results in several states especially in Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa It would seem desirable at this time to give full consideration to the sug gestion, of segregation." FLUX ACTION OPPOSED EKiEXE CHAMBER AGAIS5T MOVE TO ATTRACT FACTORY NOW. Portland Advised That Production of Greater Quantity and Higher Grade Is of More Importance. EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.) The Eugene Chamber of Commerce In a letter today expressed to the Portland Chamber of Commerce opposition to the plan to send a representative of the Oregon flax interests East at this time to investigate linen factory pros pects. ' The members of the Eugene Chamber feel that such a step at this time would be too far ahead and that funds which ould be required could be expended at home to better advantage, so far as the actual development of the new in dustry is concerned. Dr. T. H. Miller, chairman of the Eu gene flax committee, and George Quale secretary of the Eugene Chamber, who has been giving the flax experiment his personal attention, addressed the mem bers of the Chamber at the mid-week luncheon today. Both were of th opinion that Oregon's first concern 1 to first produce as high a grade of flax as possible and enough of it to supply a linen factory. After this has been accomplished a factory can be obtained Both speakers praised the lnteres taken by Portland business men in th flax experiment, declaring that Port land was behind the enterprise morally and financially, through thick and thin. A Smashing Special! Children 's Overcoats Reduced $5 and $6.50 Overcoats, ages 3 to 10 years, $3.50 $8.50 and $10 Overcoats, ages 3 to 10 years, $5.00 TWO big lots of good, warm Overcoats, spe cially selected for a rousing Christmas special ! Grays, browns, tans, mix turesevery age from 3 to 10 years. Don't fail to take advan tage of the generous reduc tions make the boys happy on Christmas with nobby, new Overcoats that they can wear all Winter long. $5 and $6.50 Overcoats, $3.50 $8.50 and $10 Overcoats $5.00 Second Floor For that man: A SPECIAL price on handsome patterns in new silk shirts. All sizes in a wide range of colors. $3.65 IS SAVING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO CHRISTMAS BUYERS and thousands of people from many miles around will flock to SIMON'S Fri day and Saturday to take advantage of the truly remarkable money-savins op portunities offered all over the store. Come and get your share of the BAR GAINS it means money in your purse or pocket. SIMON For Father, Husband, Son, Brother Dressing Gowns HANDSOME materials, finely made and trimmed. A wide range of patterns and prices. Select now for Christmas gifts. $3.50 to $30 A Shopping List for Men a House Coat at $5, $7.50, $10, $12.50, $15 or $20. a Hat order Brewer Hats $3. Stetson Hats $4 and $5 Dunlap Hats $5. a Merchandise order in any amount. a Tie at 50c,. $1, $1.50, 1 $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50 or $4. a pair of Auto Gloves at $4 or $5. a pair of wool-lined Auto Gauntlets at $5 or $7. a new Muffler at $1, $1.50, $2.50, $3.50. pair of Silk Hose at 50c or $1. Silk Shirt at $5 or $6. a suit of Silk Pajamas at $7.50. an Umbrella at $1.50, $2, $3, $3.50, $5 or $6. SIMON BUYS A CARLOAD OF LARGE FRESH CALIFORNIA ORANGES Doz. and 'will sell them Fri day and Saturday at the . special price of They are the size that sell regularly and readily for 40c dozen. Everybody can eat Oranges for Christmas at Simon's Special Price, 25 dozen. Candy and Nuts CHRIST MAS SIMON PRICES SMASH ALL RECORDS NEW MIXED CANDY 11 - i Regular 25c .lb. kind ID. luC . HIGH-GRADE BOX CANDY $1 Boxes, 49c- 50c Boxes 25c NEW STOCKO 1L MIXED NUT SO IDS. 1 Open Evenings Until Christmas BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth 0.A.G.B0Y DROWNED Oliver Lundgren, 22, Victim of Canoe Accident. CHUM FLOATS TO SAFETY Proposed Holiday Trip Has Tragic Ending at Very Outset Dead Youth Was Corvallis Resi dent Body Is Sought. CORVALLI3, Or;. Dec. 20. (Special.) Oliver Lundgren. 22, of this city, was drowned in Mary's River this morn ing, when a canoe, in which he and Troy Bogard, of Woodburn, were paddling, upset in a whirlpool only a few yards from where the boat was put Into the water. Lundgren and Bogard were students at the Oregon Agricultural College members of the junior class, and chums. They had planned a hunting trip the last of this weeK. ihey ex pected to ship the canoe to Monroe and on Saturday go to that city. launcn the shell In the Long Tom River and hunt ducks as they floated down to Corvallis. Early this morning the two young men conferred at the Lundgren home In this city and agreed that, as neither had a class in the first two periods today, they would go to the boathouse on Mary's River and bring the canoe to Corvallis for shipment. A little below the boathouse Is the dam which backs water in the river for the mill race. The boys lifted the canoe around the dam and launched It a few yards below. . They had not gone more than 10 or 15 yards when the canoe capsized in the swift whirl ing current which was caused by mod erately high water. Bogard was able to grasp the canoe and floated to safety, but Lundgren was carried under. Scores of searchers began to drag the river within half an hour after tho accident and continued until late tonight, but the body was not found. The search was conducted by T. R. Graham, chief of the Corvallis fire de partment. This afternoon a number of Lundgren's student friends volun teered and worked with the grappling hooks. Fall From Railroad Span Kills. NORTH BEND, Or., Dec. 20. (Spe cial.) While returning from this city to Coos, a Southern Pacific work sta tion at the north end of the Coos Baj railroad bridge. Ed Walters, who was with two companions, fell from the high structure and was drowned be fore help could reach him. The acci dent occurred after dark and the body went down In 35 feet of water. The body was not recovered. NOTES HINT DESERTION CORONER THINKS J. V. STRAC'K WAS CANADIAN SOLDIER. Quart of Alcohol Used Dally for Three Daya. Jury Finds Morder Theory Advanced by Relatives. OREGON CITT, 0. Dec. 20. (Spe cial.) Rambling notes left by Joseph V. Strack, who was found dead In his cabin near the Sandy bridge last Mon day with a bullet hole through hi heart. Indicate that he deserted the army, probably the Canadian army, Coroner Hempstead believes. Strack, the Coroner's Jury found, shot himself. Evidence was introduced show ing that for three days before his death he drank a quart of alcohol a day. One note reads, "I left the army," and in his correspondence the word army appears frequently. Others of the farewell messages are pathetic. "To Mother and Father, reads one. "I am sincere and always meant to be a help to you. Neither one thought as much of me as of a cur of a dog. You both wanted me to die before I was born, although I get lone some for your old. honest faces and some of the good meals ! got. When you read this, my dear folks, I will be dead. Coroner Hempstead. Sheriff Wilson and Deputy District Attorney Burke further Investigated the death of Strack last ntrht. when relatives sen Fresh Mince Meat, three packages 25c 15c Bottles Eastern Ginger e Ale for .OC 25c Vanilla Extract for 19c New C 11 117' D 11 Cf 02ll Less Than V, Price. uiiiaii it line ucaiid) iu( v- v lviuuuiia Most Crop TOYS A. n assortment of them, some loiledand slight ly HamncrpH. for- o r values to lititfi mer 50c, choice All Widths. Pictures Large assort in e n t, framed and unframed, formerly worth up to $2, now 5c to 50c BABY RATTLES EACH 5f 'WITH ANY PURCHASE OF $1.00 OR M0RE- Anywhere in the Store, excepting purchases of candy, oranges and I nuts. One order of 18 lbs. Sugar only to each customer. This offer I holds good FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BY THE SACK $6.98 ' Box Stationery Former 60c and 75c values. Big assortment, for 10c and 25c MEN'S MACKINAWS Guaranteed all wool. Regular $10 and $12.50 values, at Si-, mon's for only $6.50 RUBBERS Men's, Women's, Children's Men's $1.15 Rubbers 85 e Women's 65c Rubbers to 45 Children's 60c Rubbers 390 jili Boys' Mackinaws Guaranteed all wool, sizes 6 and B years. Regular $7.50 values. $3.85 Dishes Large Assort in e n t of indi vidual pieces and sets. 41-Plece runner Sets at f2.10 MEN'S FLANNEL NIGHT SHIRTS Regular $1.25 QQ Regular i r)C Ones for $1.50 Ones. . .J 1 .O Regular 50c Ones. NEW WIDE 25c NECKTIES Regular 75c Ones , 49c Men's Regrular $5 RAINCOATS for.. $2.49 SUITCASES, GRIPS A SAMPLE LINE OF FULL LEATHER CASES AND GRIPS 1-3 LESS THAN WHOLESALE COST GREATEST SHOE BARGAINS in Portland offered in Simon's Big, New $4000 Stock. Men's Women's, Children's Shoes. m it OPEN FRIDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS f.-! Regular $3.50 Heavy Wool Nap BLANKETS Pair $2.49 MEN'S S1.30 DRESS SHIRTS for 9Sc PORTLAND'S BIG BARGAIN STORE word that they suspected murder, with robbery as a motive. The authorities returned, convinced mat BtracK Killed himsel. although they will continue the investigation. Burt Moore, Estacada, Hart In Crash KSTACADA, Or.. Dee. 20. (Special.) Burt Moore, a business man well known in this vicinity, met with a serious accident Sunday night in the heavy fog near Gresham as he was traveling at a fair rate of speed on the Powell Valley road, as his auto crashed into another at one of the road inter sections. When Moore was picked up. It was found that he was badly bruised about the hips and arms. A megaphone invented by a Boston doctor is constructed. oa the theory that the ram's horn Is the technically cor rect shape for tho best sound reproduction. RECRUITING MAN TO GO Naval Office at Medford Is to Be Closed Soon. IT in JtEDFORD, Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.) After a recruiting campaign for-the United States Navy in the valley for several months Chief Quartermaster J. K. Norstrom, In charge of the Med ford office, announced last night that the office would be closed, as he had been called to Portland, where the re cruiting was on such a large Bcale as to call for additional help. Twenty-three applicants were exam ined, but of this number only one was from Ashland and two from Medford. Quartermaster Norstrom said there was a decided lack of patriotism among the young men of these two communities. Medford to Have Tree. MEDFORD. Or., Dec. 20. (Special.) Med ford's second annual municipal Christmas celebration will be held in the Public Library park Saturday night. The women of the Greater Medford Club, under the leadership of Mrs. Jap Andrews, sold tags for the benefit of the Christmas tree Tuesday arl "Wednesday, several hundred dollars be ing raised. In addition to the pres entation of gifts to the needy chil dren of the city there will be music and folk dances by school children. HjaZi&V h ""ii wm i it Memoranda from Milady's Note book: THURSDAY Call at Wiley B. Allen's and Arrange to Have VICTR0LA Sent Christmas Eve. Best and Most Courteoys Service Easy Terms." Your Victrola Awaits You Here Courteous, skillful and intelligent attendants serve you faultlessly, making your Victrola shopping a pleasure and insuring your after satisfaction. Today our stock in all models is still complete, but we urge you to do your shopping today and select your Victrola for delivery Christmas eve. Very moderate payments. No gift could be more ac ceptable than a gift of Victor records packed in a beautifully decorated Xmas box. Open Evenings Until Christmas Victrolas $15.00 to $350.00 "Superior Victrola Service" MORRISON STREET AT BROADWAY Other Stores San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego and Other Coast Cities 4n Advertisement by The Pullman Company Anticipation of those de tails of per- sonal service, or equipment, wnicn may add to the passengers' comfort, convenience or safety, is a responsibility which the Pullman Company for fifty years, has consistently fulfilled. In order that no improvement might be neglected, every practical suggestion is actually incorporated in a car under construction in our shops, and once a month these suggested improvements are personally inspected by the Committee on Standards composed of higher officials of the Company. The development of the sleeping car, the parlor car and the enclosed vestibule are characteristic steps in the constant advance made by the Pullman company in the perfection of its equipment. To this end every new in vention practical for Pullman car construction is carefully considered, and, if contributing to safety or convenience is adapted to car requirements. Many of these improvement are of a highly technical nature and contribute chiefly to safety. Others result primarily in added comfort, or convenience to passengers. All serve to anticipate the passengers requirements and meet the most exacting demands of the traveling public.
