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THE StHVDAT OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY SO, 1916. BODIES TAKEN FROM crippled mm Mysterious Disabling. at Sea Reported Due to Explo sion in BoiJer-Room. SECRET KEPT IN ENGLAND fcislcr Ship of Holland-America Liner Brings Account of Acci dent Noordam Encoun ters Terrific Storm. NKW Tons, Jan. . The Holland lAmerica liner Kyndam, which wu mysteriously disabled at sea -while bound from New York to Rotterdam, v&9 the victim of an explosion In the loiler-r.oom that Killed several persona, according to reports brought here to day by passengers and officers of her - sister ship, the Noordim. The Noor dtm reached Falmoutn on her outward voyage the same day the Ryndam was towed into port. Officers and passengers on the Noor- dam confirmed the stories In regard to the extraordinary precautions take 1y the English authorities to preven rietails of. the mishap to the Rynda from becoming known. They said, however, that it was common goss at Falmouth that several bodies had Veen removed from the crippled line When the Noordam reached Fal mouth she was boarded by Britis navy officials, who took ashore Alex ender Kapper, a. second-class passen per. Kapper was permitted to return after being questioned for several liour by the British authorities, the Downs the Noordam was held )y a British patrol ship and all Ger man mail was removed. The Noordam encountered the worst rtorm in her history on her trip across, according to her officers. Her figb against terrific gales exhausted her ol supply and she was forced to put Into St. Johns. N. F. Frederick Snifens and 41 other mem tiers of the Ford peace expedition were on board. U. S. CONSUL AND WIFE IN THEIB ROOMS WHERE THET RESCUED THOUSANDS OF ARMENIANS FROM TURK MASSACRES. . . CHURCH DEDICATED TODAY Ceremonies to lie Conducted at I .a Grande by Bishop O'Reilly. ' BAKER, Or.. Jan. 29. (Special.) To take part In the dedication of th Church of Our Lady of "the Valley at I.a Grande tomorrow, 30 members of Ft. Francis Church left for La Grande, escorting: Right Rev. C. J. O'Reilly. .Bishop of Baker City. Bishop O'Reilly will preside at pon tifical high mass7 tomorrow morning and will deliver the dedicatory ser mon. The Baker Knights of Columbus will put on the first decree at the ini tiatlon of 60 in the afternoon. La Grande will put on the second, and Pendleton the third. . Bishop O'Reilly will speak first, and A. A. Smith, of Baker, will Rive the address at the banquet at night. COLD KILLS RANGE CATTLE Ranchers Abandon Hope for Stock Snowbound In Eagle Valley. BAKER, Or., Jan. 29. (Special.) Cattle In the Interior are suffering from the cold, and several deaths have been reported. w. H. Officer. Isee Grant County, lost several' calves and others were badly frozen In the ears and noses. In the vicinity of Iron sides, Malheur County, several cattle also are reported lost, while the ranges Hear Durkee have suffered. In other parts of Grant and Malheur counties the snow is so deep that roads have been abandoned and travelers are compelled to (to through the fields. Several cattle are reported snowbound In Eafcle Valley. Baker County, and tiope of saving them has been given up. CITY SKATING RINK IS PLAN J'ark Superintendent Says I-aurel- linrst Lake Will lie Used. Commencing next Winter the city will maintain a large public Ice-skating rink. Park Superintendent Convill an nounced yesterday that the design of the three-acre lake now being ex cavated in Laurelhurst Park has been arranged so that the lake can be made into an up-to-date rink. Drains have been constructed so that the lake can be made shallow during cold weather so that danger will be minimised. Also it is fitted for flooding. MRS. H. K. FISHER, 62, DIES Pneumonia Fatal to Woman Who Came to Oregon as Bride. BAKER, Or.. Jan. 29. (Special.) Mrs. Henry K. Fisher, one of the most prominent early settlers of this vicin ity, died late yesterday at her home at Muddy Creek atfer a lonjc illness with pneumonia. Mrs. Fisher was ti2 years eld and had lived at Muddy Creek uncc 176, when she came to Oregon lrom Indiana as a bride. ihe was a native of Holland, but had spent the greater part of her life In America. Besides her husband, she Is survived hy five children. Ceorfre. Purvlne and Miss Fanny Flher. all of Muddy Creek; MraF. L. Hubbard, of Baker, and Mrs. Martha Heard, of Haines. A - - ..... m 1lMyMTMjIt-1--jtM . 1 . 7qmU& .J. if; Jri,.A -i'-r I f 1 I . ;J OF j . St a 1 L -i" I1 i - ; - . rt' c1- stnrfi j i I ... a v I ' r A " i i if-- - - " I f - - x .5, t-'' 'f " U , ' ,t- Vn-v ,! ' ; J",- 'IT , 1 , ' , , - . ' iiC"' 7--' &tw ' ' -)Shi A Trading Stamp at our store is a dis count from the price An honest trade inducer given alike to all patrons. We followed up a "Free" Rupture Cure ad last month. We have the letters. The "cure" consisted of an ordinary elastic truss (which we sell for $1.00), and a small vial of irri tating liniment, all for the modest sum of $9.00 C. O. D. And there are confiding folks who will patronize such people send their good money thousands of - miles away when right here at home they can find not only a better truss for a tenth of the money, but get one which will fit their case, or pay nothing. We've fitted trusses for 50 years know how and charge no extortionate prices: If you've a hernia (rupture), and vour physician recommends a truss rather than an operation, WE CAN FIT YOU EIGHT. Send for book, if you can't come in. Residence calls made if necessary. Photo Copyright by Underwood Underwood. C ONSUL AXD MRS. JESSE B. JACKSOX. United States Consul and Mrs. Jesse B. Jackson are here shown In the parlor of the American Consulate at Aleppo, Syria. Thw Armenians say that it was solely owing to the energetic action of Mr. Jackson, whose home town In the United States is Paulding, O., and who adopted a strong attitude with the Turkish military authorities, that thousands of Armenian lives in Aleppo and in the surrounding regions were saved. Mrs. Jackson is a great favorite in the highest social circles in Aleppo. During the massacres of the Armenians the rooms at the Ameri can Consulate were packed with Christians escaping death at the bands of the Turks. It is said that one of the most important enterprises that Consul Jackson has ever been connected with during his official career was the attempt to secure the concession for the construction of a railway throughout Asia Minor and Syria to the port at Alexandretta. COURT IDEA FAILS Judge Stevenson Declares Re form Not Attained. CRIME HELD WEAKNESS Retiring Jurist Gives Conclusions Gleaned on Bench Successor Gives Tentative Announce ment of Policies. (Continued From First Page.) time in his life been the victim of cir cumstances. I believe In tempering justice wim rwftwM.-" he neciarea. lor x n..d. in realize how weak men are. I can look back on events in mj . i t 4 -i ... irrtf liv own lite ana see wucio o where, with other circumstances, things might have made me a criminal. Who knows. - r..tmA ia o relative nroooBitlon. A man mv commit a wrong at one hour. ho. h.H ha heen elsewhere at that nnmont would have left him a raw abiding cltisen for his entire life. Crime is fundamentally due to human weak ness, strength and wiH power eliminate ih chances, but environment, oppor tunity and temptations all converge together to make a man a criminal. Men Grown Boys. "Men are grownup boys, and when they are not confirmed and hardened criminals society should look benignly upon them and give them a chance to make good. "It does not follow that poverty and crime stalk together, lor crime is a weakness, and when a man is weak. rich or poor, he will slip, and we've irot to nut him where he will not harm some one, or wnere me worm large will not harm him. But you don t reform people oy mittine them in jaiL As an uplllling agency ine ponce court's a failure. It exists lor tne repression of crime by punishment. It's hard to reconcile tne tneory or upuit or material moral improvement and Jail, as the only instrument for uplift. "The constitutional tneory ot our ad ministrative criminal law is reform. The constitution holds that the punish- PORTLAXD PIOXEER IS DEAD ' at age: of as. ROAD TO CAVES COSTLY l'orest Service Tells Ilawley Ques tion Is Vp to Congress. OREGONUX XEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 29. The Forest Service today advised Representative Ilawley that it will cost from .1.ngo to J42.OO0 to construct a good road across the Fiskiyou Forest Reserve to the Oregon cavee. Unless CongTess provides some manner of financing road construction, the Forester says, the project cannot be undertaken in tlie immediate future Mr. Hawley is still hopeful of de veloping a plan whereby the Forest Service and local interests can co-operate in building the road next season. Flour Reduced in Berlin. BERLIN". Jan. 19. (By wireless to Payville. X. Y.) The price of flour has been reduced from 2? to 24 pfennigs a pound and rice flour Xrom 2t to 22 pfennigs. t iff W. H. XJvermore. The funeral of 'William H. Uvermore, Portland pioneer, was held from the chapel of the Hol man Undertaking Company Fri day at 2 o'clock. Mr. Liver more. k who was 65. died Thursday at the Good Samaritan Hospital. He is I survived by two sons. James F. t L. and John H. L-. both of this city. Silr. Llvermore was for more than 2d years bookkeeper of the Oregon Barrel Compauy at St. Johns. . Burial was in the Lone Fir Cemetery. 4 ment of crime Bhall be for reform, and not for vindication. "While that is abstractly idealistic. and a beautiful . constitutional senti ment, we as judges know that when we put a man in Jail 'we administer only vindication. It's tit for tat. an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Causes Are Combined. "For a fundamental reform is in volved. with a removal ot the causes Poverty, ignorance, temptations, vi ciousnese,.lazines8, general ornerynes& and a multitude of causes are at work to induce a person to go wrong. He redity, abnormality, under-mentality and a lot ot things go to make men common criminals. Environment and poor rearing are tremendous factors. TThere are people who attribute crime to poverty, which is not by any means the whole cause. The causes are as numerous is the vagaries of the kind. "And until science and education, beginning at the cradle, can change hu man nature, crime will be with us. The Police Court deals with crime as a con dition and not as a theory. We may long for a millenium, . but we live in an age when greed, avarice and pas sion are rife, and nearly all of us go wrong at one time or another.: "There are Always people who have to be restrained, but I've come to be a great believer in helping weak men, first offenders, or men who have com mitted wrong under great stress, but I have no sympathy with that vast class of people who are so prone to condemn the prosecuting attorney and who say 'jails and courts are wrong. Fear Is Restrainer. " "Most people refrain f rom commit ting crime through fear, not through respeot for the law. No one has any natural affection toward a restraining force. The boy in school who hates his teacher because she guides him grows up with the same dislike for the law. "Even the man. with the will power stays straight primarily because of fear. I don't mean to say that all men would be criminals if there were no law, because, generally speaking, peo ple are honest, but if there were no law against motor speeding there would be no use of the streets. "And that's why we've got to have jails and Police Courts and to measure out vindictive punishment. "Justice Ciofl said that toe anmims tration of the American police court is a failure, and I'm not very enthusl astic about It either. Yet there .is i lot of satisfaction to look back upon some J00 men whom I have- paroled manr of whom are making good, and that's the reason I was so disappointed at Portland's failure to establish a de- . - : L I-1 ICI111UU num. .VI QUID. The social evil in Portland Is abso lutely where it was two years ago. We have been able to do nothing because we have had no way to send those girls, many of them young, away from the drugs, drink and disease, so they can educate themselves away from the sordid, unwholesome rooming- houses. Reform Tiot Effected. There have been but three courses open to me In dealing with women. Fine them and compel them to earn more money with their illicit practices; send them to jail, where there is noth ng to reform them, or turn them loose. 'Without that home of detention. which can't be had now for two years atMeast, we haven t advanced an inch. Some say that prohibition will render this home unnecessary, but it will not. And even If it did curtail the extent. this would not help to any great extent to cope with this tremendous problem. "There are a lot of gum-chewing girls, just big enough to use cosmetics, and just learning to flirt with unprin cipled Jitney drivers and others of the street, who might have been chucked out to a detention home and saved from a broken career. Disease Peril Appals. "And it's not the sin, it's not the im morality, that appalls. It's the disease, its a hygienic a sanitary problem, a menace to the human race. Society's problem is whether we shall permit persons to engage in a business that affects unborn children and the welfare of humanity. "Yet nine out of 10 Juries in my police court have turned loose the women only too quickly, on some such ground as that the policeman may not be telling the truth, or that there should be a segregated district for the carrying on of such traffic "Syphilitic figures are astonishing, af fecting 18 per cent of the men in the United States. A horrible situation confronts us, that we of the police court are the only ones who really know. The time when the newspapers will confront the public with these facts; allow a greater light on the sub ject of what at one time were con sidered secret diseases then will the police judge note a falling off in the number ot boys from 12 years of age up with mouths rotting away from disease. New. Judge's Stand.. A continuation of heavy fines for bootleggers, a new policy of war on the cheap lodging-houses allowing tn downfall of young girls, -with prose cution of the three parties involved, the man. the girl and the hotel man, and a warning to friends and former clients to expect no favors in tne mu nlcipal Court, were the principal stand annouced yesterday by Judge-elect Ar thur Langguth, who will succeed Judge Stevenson Tuesday. . He annotmced these with reluctance, for, he said, he preferred to look th ground over, at it were, reserving poll cies and opinions to a later date, when he has a better understanding of th problems coming before the judge of U.he Municipal Court, "But I intend to come down hard on anyone who by hy or her act outrage the publio decency," he declared. surely will not tolerate for one momen any bold or brazen traffic, although if a girl can be jarred loose from any of her wrong ideas I shall try to give them a good, hard shaking, and her chance to make good. Vice to Be Cliecked. "I've noticed lately much about these cheaper hotels and lodging-houses, where they re permitting young 'boys and girls to frequent. I find there are a lot of smart young fellows who think this is part of life. While I'm not going to upset-the laws of nature, I'm not going to allow them to get away with this sort of thing if I -can help it. And the lodging-houses will have to -be care ful. "I think Judge Stevenson Is right In meting out heavy sentences in these booze cases, and I'm going to enforce the liquor laws, whether it hurts my friends or clients or not. "I'm not going to permit anyone to say they 'know the Judge,' and I'm pleased that several lawyers have said to me that they want me to be fair and impartial, regardless of friendships. LEAP INTO RIVER HALTED Mrs. Margaret Giren,.55, Held for Sanity Investigation. Believing that she was about to leap into the cold waters of the Willam ette River, Patrolman Powell arrested Miss Margaret Giren, aged 66, and she is being held pending an investiga tion of her sanity. She was arrested on the complaint of C. C. Wood, 22 Larrabee street. Miss Giren had informed others of her intent to suicide, and Mr. Wood no tified the officer when he saw her walking from the boarding-house at 327 Larrabee street, where she lived, toward the river. . AUTHOR OF "KEEPING CP WITH MZZIE" TO LECTURE . HERE TUESDAY. : V" ; iilllililliltlS v .v -'::.'.-';-:' :S'fc r v ;ir I- 1 i ' ' "&-' I V Z ' "i y j Irvine; Bacbeller. The author of "Keeping Up With Lizzie." a keen satire on the doings of the rich and the would-be rich, is in Portland and will deliver that famous lecture in the Lincoln High School audi torium Tuesday night. Irving Bacheller has the repu tation of being as keen a humor ist as either Mark Twain or William de Morgan. No lover of outdoor life finds his library complete without sev eral books from the pen of the author of "Eben Holden." "North Countree," "D'ni and I," and nu L merous others, on his shelf. This Is the Hygrometer It measures correctly the amount of moisture in the air of your home or office. Many an overheated room "feels . cold" to you be cause all the moisture is missing; and your body is supplying the shortage.1 The Hygrometer tells the truth enables you to make, up the deficiency saves fuel conserves the health and makes life, livable these chilly days. The Hygrometer is only one of the many accurate instruments we sell, useful and valuable, which measure Heat, Cold, Moisture and Density of air and other substances. Thermome ters ; Hydrometers Hygrometers Ba rometers Aneroids for the Home, Store or Office the Dairyman, Butcher, Baker, Confectioner, Fruitgrower, Kckler, Tanner, Canner, Grocer, Assayer, everyother calling. ENLARGED or VARICOSE VEINS Are often a source of much discomfort or pain at times dangerous, requiring surgical attention. Relief, often perma nent, is gained by wearing our fitted-to-measure Pure Silk and Rubber Stock ings, woven on our looms, finished and fitted by skilled attendants (men and women) , who bring to this branch of our business the requisite training and knowledge. . Write or call for our illustrated booklet giving full information and self-measure blank. Resi dence calls made if requested. AT WESTRftEK "MAESHALL 700-rlOME A 6171 ALDZE STEETT. y. W. C. JL ELECTS Directors Are Chosen and Active Interest Urged. REPORTS SHOW .WORK Plans for Jubilee Are Discussed and Women Invited to Act In Play at Little Tbeater Next Month Many Are Helped. The loyalty, interest and co-opera tion of each member of the Young Women's Christian Association in the great work that the institution is do- inir was urged last night by Miss Carrie A. Holbrook and Miss Lina B. James, general secretary, who gave the principal addresses at the banquet in the aduitorium of the association at Broadway and Taylor street. . The election of directors and a short business session preceded the address es and reports. Three new members, Mrs. A. L. Maxwell, Mrs. W. C. Alvord and Mrs. J. F. Ewing, were elected to fill the vacancies caused by the resig nations of Mrs. Fred H. Strong. Miss Harriet Moorehouse and Miss Marion Briers Birectors whose terms had expired and who were re-elected included Mrs. William Bushnell Osborn, Mrs. George W. Simons. Mrs. Frank M. warren Mrs. Charles T. Kamm, Mrs. Wallace McCamant and Mrs. William Wheel wright. Some of Board Hold Over. Other board members who will con tinue to hold oftlce are miss warrie a. Holbrook, Mrs. Charles Basey. Mrs. Joseph T. Andrus, Mrs. James F. Fail ing Mrs. win jr. auicuiui. .Tnhn A. Bell. Mrs. Robert W. iawib, Mrs. Vincent Cook, Mrs. I. H. Amos, Mrs. William H. Beharrell. Mrs. James T Gray, Mrs. Robert Livingstone, Mrs. Charles A. Morden, Mrs. A. L. Veasie and Mrs. F. P. Young. The officers ill be elected by tne ooaro at us iici meeting. At ih. renter table were seated about in thn charter members of the as sociation, who were guests of honor. Miss Holbrook Vas toastmistress. u.nhgn nf thp. board occupied places at the various department tables. In the absence of Mrs. James F. Failing, whr. was'ilL Mrs. C. A. Morden was chosen secretary pro tem. Appeal of All" Girls Heard. When a girl comes to our door for ehriter. wa don't ask who were ner ancestors or what church or social set ohe helonsTn to: wa ask her In and take care of her and are her menus. 10 us ehe is Just a girl." This, the sentiment of the association, was expressed by Miss James- in her address. 'Let everv woman get Interested in the association." said Mies James. "If woman is young at heart she is young enough to be a mmoer oi tne iouhs Women's Christian Association, no matter how old she Is. Miss Jamesi praised the' loyalty ana devotion of the board members and told of their unselfishness In giving of their time and best efforts to the work of the organization. Miss Holbrook expressed the appre ciation of the officers for all who had assisted in the recent publicity cam paign in which nearly $8400 had been contributed for the completion of the budget. Jubilee Plana Discussed. Plans for the celebration of the jubi lee were mentioned by several speakers, and Miss Frank Towslee told ot tne pageant, "Girls of Yesterday and To day," which will be put on at the Little Theater February 22. On February 7 she will meet any girls who care to participate. They will assemble at the association either in the afternoon or at night. About 170 girls will "take part in the pageant Miss Agatna ijninaam reponea ior the Gearhart Club and several girls of the club joined fn a merry chorus. Miss Mildred Linden spoke on "Sea-beck,"- and Miss Bertha Brainerd, of the commercial department, gave a re port in rhyme. Winter Average Is Mrs. F. M. Warren told of the home department. In July, she said. 908 girls ad stayed over night in the associa tion. The average in the Winter Is 450 per -month. The little rooms that are -rented for 25 cents had been a great blessing to many girls In reduced circumstances, said Mrs. Warren. As a diversion, there was given a "Mr. and Mrs. Caudle Curtain Lecture." The principals were of the Punch and Judy variety and created no end .of merriment. The banquet was attended by 120 members. The nominating committee included: Miss Charles Basey, Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Robert W. Lewis, Mrs. B. P. Northrup and Mrs. Robert Livingstone. Astoria Sentences Two for Thefts. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 29. (Special.) At this afternoon's session of the Clr- cuit Court William Smith, who wis convicted on a charge of petit larceny, was sentenced to serve six months In the County Jail. J. R. Allen, who had pleaded guilty to a similar charge, was sentenced to serve three months. Eugene Men Seek Re-election. EUGENE, Or., Jan.. 29. (Special.) District Attorney J. M. Devers; Repub lican, has formally announced his can didacy for re-election. - One of Mr. Devers' acts was the resurrection of the Sunday closing act. County Assessor B. F. Keeney, Republican, ts)day announced his candidacy for re-election. Says Wdmans Beauty Depends Upon Health Health and Vigor Necessitate Regulation of Organs of Elimination. Skin foods and face creams and pow ders cannot make a woman beautiful. because beauty lies deeper than that it depends on health. In most cases the basis of health and the cause or sick ness can be traced to the action of the bowels. The headache, the lassitude, the sal low skin, and the lusterless eyes are usually caused by constipation. An ideal remedy for women, and one that is especially suited to their delicate or ganisms, is found in Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, a mild laxative com pound, pleasant to the taste and free from opiates and narcotic drugs of every description. Mrs. Gertrude Jor dan, 522 North Liberty St., Indianapo lis. Ind., says: "It is siitiply fine; I have never been able to find anything to compare with Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. I started using it for the baby and now it is my family standby in all cases where a laxative is needed." Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold in drug stores for fifty cents a bottle; a trial bottle can be obtained, free of -' ; ) : - . . -i L--..::.;.-.y&iy i MRS. GERTRUDE JORDAN charge, by writing to Dr. W. B. Cald well, 454 Washington St., Montlcello, Illinois. 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She writet , "I suffered for years with gall-stones. A friend wrote me about Fruitola and Traxo. I started taking It and am completely cured now and feel better than I have felt for twenty years." y Mrs. B yard's testimony la similar to that of mun'T who have given thla remedy m ehanee to help tbem. Fruitola Is a powerful lubricant for the tntentinal org-ane, softening? the hardened particles that caune ho much nattering and expelling the consented waMte In an eany. natural way. A single dose ia unually uffipient to clearly indicate Its efficacy. Traxo Is a splendid tonic-alterative that acts on the liver and kidneys, stimulate the flow of gantric Juices to aid di gestion, and removes bile from the general circulation. Fruitola and Traxo are prepared In the Plnus laboratories at Montlcello. 111., and arrangement have been made tn supply them through representative arnggintK. . ' In Portland they can be obtained at The Ovtl Drns Co. atorea. -as