THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY " EVENINO.EPTEMDER- 20, 1912.
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, . 1!S2 WORKER SiJ
. Gov; Osborn of .Michigan Says
. Convicts Were Spanked as
.Naughty Children if They
Did.Not Obey Orders. j
Following: the reeent press reports of
the severe whipping of refractory pris
oners as me aucnigan mui pnituu ,v
Jackson, SV G. Flower, W Fourteenth
; street, Portland, wrote to hi friend,
..Chase S, -Osbornovernor of-the state
of Michigan, and asked him for a state
. ment as to the actual circumstances of
the whippings at the Jajkson prison. To
': this request Governor Onborn under date
of September IS, replied: ,
V. "I am glad to have' your letter of
- $fptember 8., I have read it with in-
terest. You are quite right in assuming
that I am not in sympathy with, the
' conditions that have given rise? to the
Situation at Jackson prison. I- Inclose
you a statement that I sent the New
York, World a few days agOi It is short,
but may furnish you some information.
, I believe in kindness and sympathy and
mercy and , especially in Justice to the
inmates of prisons. I believe, however,
that first there must be order and obe
dience to authority.
Mast Be Obedient.
-rn rwinr ronvirm mm inn uu
frulf of the Imperfect trees of our
social system., They are diseased men
In their dtgeneracy. They havo never
Ahevnl thn law of family or the law Of
" wan, and find themselves In prison. No
discipline can be had without obedience
first, and after obedience should come
as much kindness and mercy as will be
understood and appreciated.
"I believe that there Is a spark of
humanity in every man and woman, no
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SEPT.30TH OCT. 3o 1918s
Salt Lake, Sept. 80. Governor Oswald
West and William Hanley of Burns are
expected to heed Oregon's delegation at
the Twentieth National Irrigation, con
gress, which meets at Bait Lake Septem
ber 80 to . October 8, Other prominent
workers ,of tha Irrigation congress
shown in the ' accompanying illustra
tion are Senator Francis G. Newlands,
president of the congress, George A.
Snow of Salt Lake, chairman of the
board of control, and Arthur Hooker of
Spokane, secretary of the congress.
of the prison officials. The governor
Biva thai nftpr i.hiirliit control has been
humanity in every man and woman, no I re8t0red and the reins of the prison, are
matter how lowly, and almost always if . ln tha hftn(j8 ot themanagem'ent, whlp
thw rlcht ateDa are taken the spark can I ,m k- hi
be fanned into quite a flame to Inspire
them to conduct themselves in a oeuer
jmnf. We have bean trying hard to cure
conditions that are the outgrowth of
maladministration for 15 years. In the
Snd we will cure it and ln the end kind
eea and mercy and sympathy will be
the dominant atmosphere at Jackson
prison."
low Thj Were raddled.
In his statement to the New York
World, referred to above, Governor Os
born explains that there are three pris
ons In Michigan one at Marquette, one
at Ionia and one at Jackson. Of these
the Jackson prison Is the largest. Gov
ernor Osborn said that the prlBons at
Marquette and Ionia have had unusually
efficient management, and there has
.been no trouble' there. Mild corporal
punishment has been In vogue at both
those prions at times, and at... Mar
quette, paddling a prisoner stretched
over a barrel, witn a wide, flexible, per
forated leather paddle, in the presence
of a prison physician, the warden and
witnesses,.; has been resorted to as a
lawt resort for Incurables, though It has
not been frequent.
Because of a general sentiment look
ing towards humane and merciful treat
ment," . continued the governor, "and
hoping through that agency for better
reform results, coiporal punishment was
abofished at Jackson prison. '
Convicts Controlled Prison. ?
"fills Wasl;ilohe 'during a time wlTen
the management of the prison was par
ticularly seeking to curry favor with
ithe public. At'about the time of this
new rule, that was supposed to have
grown out of humane conditions, scan
dais arising from dishonest management
of the prison were exposed, and one
warden was arrested, convicted and Im
prisoned. It was discovered that the
prison was honeycombed with crooked
ness; '.Free men: In large numbers were
employed in the prison on the contract
system. Convicts were practically ln
. control "of the prison.' Guards and others
aold them various kinds of dope and
1 made a profit on It. Conditions were so
bad that the guards made It a point to
be popular with the convicts rather than
to please the warden.
"This was the condition the present
prison management found in assuming
control. They have continued to carry
out tho policy of no whipping, but have
gradually been tightening the reins of
discipline, Convtcts who were unruly
or flagrantly disobedient were locked In
the bull pen and fed on bread and water.
This gradually gave rise to a natural
, dissatisfaction on the part of the con
victs, who had practically been running
the prison for a number of years. All
f a sudden an outbreak occurred, fol
lowed by fairly organized rioting and
dangerous and destructive conditions
within the prison."
J- Order;, zX Then Kindness.
t Governor Osborn exolains that the
prison management deemed it necessary
to again inaugurate tne system or v.'iup-
' Tilnc In nrrl.r in stIva thn convicts An
- ! idea of absolute authority on the part
ping will be discontinued, and that kind
ness that the convicts will not interpret
as weakness will be shown them.
Governor Osborn'a statement ' con
tinues; "The character of the whipping
at Jackson Is not nearly so bad as de
scribed in tne press, rso marKs are ieri
upon the body, and it is simply a spank
ing such as any wise mother gives an
unruly and Incorrigible and disobedient
child, emphasized ln severity w propor
tion as the man is bigger than the
child.
"There are only two ways of ruling
anything or anyboddy. One is througft
reason and the other ia force. Reason
has been tried and found Ineffective at
Jackson, and now force will be used as
a medium for practical reasoning that
will follow."
PERSONALS
out the payment of the regular city li
cense fee.
.The bureau is composed of society
women. Nine of these recently formed
an unincorporated company for the pur
pose of attempting to solve the servant
girl question. The organization alms
to supply self respecting women with
jobs at nominal cost and to assist
housewives ln getting competent and
respectable female help.
Dead San Franciscan Leaves
. $20,000 and Reiigious
"Colitroversy;sr
fTTnltrA Prm tit WlM.
Ban VrunrliM. HfihL itO.Jiltter feftl-
ing among relatives of J. J. Hall, late
manager of the St.: Francis importation
Afimnanv mnA him wlfn. hH Wtn Slain
by Arthur Knabel,. a half , brother, the
latter committing sutolde, are till rife,
resulting from a dispute over the bur
ial the, bodies end the division of Hall's
akt mM to. hi valued at 120.000. .
The controversy started when Mr. and
Mrs. A. Meecham went to the undertak
ing parlors to arrange for the- burial
nr the bodies, r Hairs relatives oojeciea
claiming that the Jewish religion for
bids the burial of a aentna witn
mtimher nf tha Jewish rellalon.. and In
lstlng that J. J. Hall be burled in the
Jewien cemetery ana not upbiu nis
rife, who was not a Jewess.
A suit for possession of the estate
has already Been itartea oy xaeeonain.
"HOME RULE" LEAGUE
IN. NEED OF MONEY
III mica rrrtm imiwu rir. .
Sacramento, Cal.. Sept. Z0. To carry
tha "hom, riria" amendment at the No
vember 'election, campaign headquarters
of the California league lor Home
RmU m taxation, has Issued today an
appeal for financial help. The circular
uvi in nnrt: : : - : -
"No big Interests are subscribing to
our campaign. They are fighting us,
and to meet them we must depend ' on
the men who can put up only a dollar
or a few dollars apiece.
Tha Fela' fund commission Will du
plicate any amounts contributed, it 1b
said.
Strikers Refuse Compromise.
Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 20. Coal
mine owners In the Kanawha district
have rejected Governor Glasscock's sec
ond proposition to them to resume work
in tha iitrika section, where mllltla'are
keeping the peace between the striking
miners and the companies- aepuues
This ends all negotiations.
U6H1 NOT CALOMEL, OIL OR SALTS,
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A. Gunst CSk. Co., Inc.
.1 H Manning, the enitineer ln charge
of the construction work at White Sal
mon, is at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Sanborn and
son, Guy W. Sonborn, of Astoria, are at
the Portland.
Mrs. V. A. Mowat, owner of a large
vineyard at Fresno, Calais at the Port
land. V p.oiino Howard, a Deschutes engi
neer. Is at the Portland.
.. Miss Bainbridge Bell, a tourist from
Zmbleelde, Eng., 4s at the Portland.
Fred Jories of Pendleton is at the
Perkins, 'v
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ulrich of Banns.
are at the Perkins. They were married
here Thursday morning and are spend
ing their honeymoon ln this city.
A. J. Grover, C. W. Randleman and
Pnwi.il atorkmen of Mtdvale, Or.,
are at the Perkins. They came to Port,
land Thursday morning witn seven car-
leads of market hogs.
h R Pass, a merchant of urants
Pass, is at the Perkins.
L.. B. Klompitt. a mercliant or ivaiama,
Wash, with his wife Is at tne erKins.
w T in in oharse of an axcur-
slon party of 25 people from Boston and
other points in rvew iumuu, bi. iv
Multnoman.
H. P. Sheppara, ii. j. Jn", v-
Seibe. George Berg ana Man
business men from various points in
Alaska, are at the MUiinoman.
fn.i,uii a H'rank. reneral asent for
the Pacific Casuallty company of San
Francisco, is at tne MUiinoman.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bullion of San
Francisco are at the Multnomah. Mr.
Bullion Is agent for a large manuiaciur
tng firm of that city. -
J. H. Lanklnon, a merchant of Astoria,
is at the Multnomah.
E W. Uunyon, a merchant of San
Francisco, is at the Multnomah.
j. h. Dunlap, a lumberman of Cas
cade Locks. Is at the Oregon.-
W. J. Ball, a Seattle Insurance agent,
is at the Oregon.
W. W. Lehman, a wholesale millinery
merchant of Chicago, Is at the Oregon.
p. W. Jones, a distiller of Seattle, Is
a I tha Oreiron.
Thirty members of the G. A R... the
New Tork and Brooklyn delegates to the
noHnnnt nncamoment at Los Angeles
last week, are at the Imperial, enroute
home.
Dr. P. A. Payne of Eugene, is at the
Imperial.
Albert Dunbar, a merchant of Astoria,
I n thft Tmnnrinl.
i0 . . . .
Kimon Caro and wife or Koseourg are
at the Imperial. Mr. Caro is a merchant.
Harry D. Gray, a merchant of Pendle
ton, Is at the Imperial.
Attorney H. T. Botts, of Tillamook, is
n a a Vi a Tmnorlal
C. W. ElUins, a- merchant of Prine-
viii. la Rt thn Imnrrinl.
Tjfr nrt Mrs. Frank Mann of White
Salmon, are at theJiowers. The Manns
Attorney Coy Burnett of Lincoln,
Ttfph.. is at the Bowers.
Deputy City Auditor sigel urutze is
a. grandfather. Tne Daoy arrivea ai
vA s r.rntiR'a home. 6204 Fortv-slxth
street 8. E.. Wednesday morning. Trie
father is Mr. uruue s oldest son.
SUBMIT CASE AGAINST
FORMER METERMAN
Final areuments in the case of for
mer Head Meterman C. G. Murphy
mum matin vnsterdav bv Attorney ROeer
Smith, for Murphy, and City Attorney
Hrant. tot me waier DQara. wnicn ;ajg-
mlssed Murphy "for the betterment of
i. nuhiln uprvlcn " The commission.
"fter hearing prabtlcally the same evi
dence as thatTRhich wa? suomittea to
the water bbard in the second hearing
given Murphy oerore tnat poay, tooa
the case under advisement until nest
WsOhesday.
URGE SPECIAL' PERMIT ,
FOR LABOR BUREAU
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r TttJt llftAnasi ontrt tvil tat ftf 4Ti Aftiifi.
"cTrS'esterdayTfccorrfmcnffeor TUaCT spe-
plal norm It ha rlvan thn Dnmnatlc Hfr-
"vtce bureau to conduct the biistness of
an employment agency for women Witn
Give your stomach, liver and 30 feet of bowel a thorough
. .. . ? - ...a . - . - - 1 - 1-J MW a
cleansing without gripe or nausea. cnu nwiwuK,
biliousness, indigestion and constipation.
the old days people let these matters
run until they needed a large dose of
physic, then they iook someming
severe, like castor oil, salts or cathar
tip, that meant abuse to the bowels
These are the days of the gentle and
natural the days of Syrup of Figs
This way you are not drugging your
self. Syrup of Figs being composed
entirely of luscious figs, senna and
aromaUca can not' cause injury.
Ask your druggist for "Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna," and look
for the name. California Fig Syrup
company on the label. This Is the
genuine old reliable. Any other so
called Fig Syrup is an Imitation often
meant to deceive you. Refuse such
with contempt
This wonderful fruit laxative acts as
a liver and bowel cleanser tonic
not as an irritant. Its action is natu
ral and gentle no griping. It Is de
licious no dreading. , It is positive and
prompt no waiting.
it mii. Etnmaeh is sour and filled
with vile gases, your head aches, or
vqu are bilious, nervousyu"
-im, -.nnr tnninia coated. ybur thirty
feet' of bowels clogged with waste not
properly carried off don't watt Surely
take a leaspoonrul or aenciouu ojiup
n.. tnniirht. and In the morning
all constipated Waste, sour bile, gases
and poisons will, move on ana oui ei
th.e system, gently but thoroughly no
griping no nausea no weakneeo.
fftMMON GARDEN SAGE RESTORES
GRAY HAIR TO NAIUKAl LULUK
A Simple Remedy for Dand-
rutr, railing nair, huuujj
Scalp, Faded and Gray Hair
Tii nui idea- of usin Sane for dark-
,iinir thr ludr is aeain comlne in voKue.
Our grandmothers had dark, glossy hair
at seventy-five, while our momers are
gray before they are fifty, uur grana
mothers kept their hair soft and glossy
with a "Sage Tea," which also restored
the natural color.
One objection to using such a prepar
ation was the trouble of making It.
This objection has been overcome by
the Wyeth Chemical company or lew
York, who 1ms placed on the market a
superior preparation of Sage, combined
with Sulphur and other valuable reme
dies for dandruff, itching scalp and
thin WAH k. falling hair.
The .beauty of the hair aepenas more
on its rich, even shading than anything
else. Don't have dry, harsh faded hair,
when a simple, harmless remedy will
bring back th'e .color In a few days; and
don't be tormented with dandruff. Itch
ing scalp and loose, falling hairs.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy
will quickly correct these troubles, and
give color, strength and beauty to your
half. ,
Get a fifty cent bottle from your
druggist today and prove this to your
own satisfaction. All druggists sell It,
under guarantee that the money will
be refunded if the remedy Is not exact
ly as represented. Agents, Owl Drug
company,
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W fitting clothes will keep them in the I
II NRIk I studying mood. : I
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i i v ' jr jsii exira vdu ui uuuicia , h
ii w I rmr and see our snoD ror dovs on
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Arriving Pendleton early the" next morning. Returning, leave Pendleton 1 p. m.,
arriving Portland in time for breakfast the following morning. Make reservations now.
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