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Industrial and Development Edition- mm Pages 1 to 6 MXTY-NIXTlI YKAIt S.U;.M, OltWiO.N, S.Tl'lil.V. KKIIKI AKV 2H. lltHT": TWKXXT ckxt. BMm First Section SALEM GIRL TELLSSTORY OFOVERSEAS Miss Nell Sykes, Serving in Red Cross Branch in Rus sia Delighted at Return to Capital City RADICALS IN CONTROL OF FALLEN COUNTRY - . ... Cholera and Typhus Kill Thousands Children Are Given Every Attention - Education of the young that they com to realize the benefits and ad vantages under a representative form ! of government, elimination of fac tional rebellions and renewed energy j upon the part of the men to provide -for themselves and families, are the three most needed essentials in re I storing Russia to a place- of honor j and respect among the other nations of the world, in the opinion of Miss I Nell Sykes of Salem who returned here .Wednesday night from Vladi- I1 vostok and Russian Island where she passed more than a year administer ing to the wants of refugee children under the direction of the American 1 Red Cross society. .1.., "It was a grand experience," said ! Miss Sykes, as she recounted the i many unusual incidents that marked her sojourn abroad. "The men of Russia are a lazy class, and in the 1 slang of the street it is a case of let the women do- the work. In the fields, shops and In other branches of activity you will find the women ; at the heim. while the men too proud to work are found parading " the' streets armed and ready to bat tle at the' drop of the hat. i j IUdicalft'in Control. j "The so-called social revolution-1 . lata who are known to Americans as the bolshevik, have taken over the government, the entire coumr is In ' the throes of disorder and discontent. and, chaos is supreme. To this be longs practleaily the entire popula tion of Russia, except the very weal- thy and nobility. Every day fri Vlad ivostok is one of excitement, and hu , man life has been cheapened to the minimum as a result of the rewated revolts. ' "The revolutionary army was the best dressed and finest appearing body of military men we encounte red while overseas, and they were excep tionally kind and courteous to the Americans. Nothing in their Aian ner would indicate that they were blood-thirsty, other than the fre quent assertions that they desi. ed a republic . form of - government and would strive to that end regardless of any obstacles that might be. placed in their path.. Everywhere in Russia there is a cry for a represeiu itive form of government, but -because of the torn and uncertain conditions it - . will require years to " bring this about." , j, Ref uee Are Befriended. During her stay at Russian Island Miss Sykes acted as dietitian and had ' under her care more than 300 re fa- (Continued on page 6) xtra HOE Two lots of Low Heel, medium wide toe, Bus ter Brown Shoes for Women and Girls, mostly button in patent, kid and gun metaL There is real service served up in these shoes and we are closing them out at a price that bears absolutely no semblance to real shoe value. First Lot, 2 1-2 to 6 Second Lot, 2 1-2 to 5 1 Consumers Are Happy As Meat Prices Fall Who says that prices will al ways be nigh? Who has iter a ted that all men are profit t : eers? These assertions are falsified by the fact that yes terday a general drop in the retail price of meat occurred in Salem markets. Though Salem dealers have on hand a large stock of" meats purchased at the higher whole sale prices they are not taking advantage of the public Lu-t are reducing the retail price in correspondence with the lower wholesale prices that now pre vail in Portland. i ! i TWO BUILDINGS CHANGE HANDS; PRICE $30,000 Dearborn and Murphy Struc tures Sold to George Wa ters and J. Adolph FRONT TO BE REPLACED Deal Is Consummated Thru W. H. Grabenhorst, Real Estate Dealers Two important real estate trans fers of Salem business property were closed up yesterday. In these transactions George E. Waters and Joseph Adolph became the owners of the Dearborn build ing and the Murphy building. The Dearborn, building is at 112 South Commercial street, and the Murphy building i3 the one on State street next to the corner of State and Commercial, that is occupied by the State street front of ihe Salem Hardware company. The Dearborn building is occupied by he barber shop taht formerly belonged to Ern est Anderson. This refers in both eases to the first floor. The purchase will round out the property of Mr. Waters and Mr. Adolph. as they already own the cor ner building the one opposite e Ladd & Bush bank building. It merges the easement at the rear of that building and the Dearborn building, and on the west side of the Murphy building. This merger will result in tire im provement of an unsightly and un occupied space fronting on State street. It is said that the new store room that fill result from this improve ment has already an offer of a ten ant at a very good rental. The two transactions were con summated by W. II. Crabenhort & Co.. real estate agents. The price paid in each case was 115.000. Scott Bozorth carried on the part of the negotiations connected wh the Helen A. Dearborn estate, and Chester Murphy acted for 'the J Murphy" estate. : hTe new owners, as soon as some of the leases expire, or perhaps soon er, will extend the style of front of the corner building to bota the buildings they yesterday afternoon acquired. This will add materially to the ap pearance of both the buildings pur chased, and it will enhance the ac I (Continued on page 2) Special $2.85 - 2 .....$3.25 BIBLE CITED IN ARGUMENT FORHANGING ! : J it t ! i i !l Sentimentalists Hard Hit in Brief Filed in Behalf of Restoration of Extreme Penalties PROTECT SOCIETY IS DEMAND OF AUTHORS Pungent by Death De- ciarea means 01 ueierring Commission of Crime Trmt th contention of so-callerl sentimentalists that all criminals ar. I in-niaiiy sick ana nouia ue coaaiea i and cured instead rf being made to I pay me penally ior tneir crimes, is not based jn sound logic and is lidiculed by the leading criminolo gists of the country, according to the argument favoring capital pun ishment filed with the secretary of jtate yeslerdav. The argument wa urepared by Senator B. I.. Eddy, of j Douglas county, and Representatives j K. K. Kubli and David F. Ixfgren 01 Multnomah county, and will be rrinted in the voiers' pamphlet. The strongest argument against capital punishment, according to th legislative committee, is usually based on Christian teachings as found in the Bible. In combating this argument the committee says: ' Jesus condemned private vengeance not the vengeance of the ,civil law. Besides, a Christian accepts the Old Testament as well as the New Some seem to have forgotten that when human government was established under Noah and his sons. God ordained that 'who sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." This has never been re pealed, t was not a Jewish ordi nance. It was promulgated eentur- es before there was a Jew on earth. and was all for mankind." Amendment Is Plain. The argument, as prepared by the committee and filed with the secre tary of state follows: Senate Joint Resolution Xo. S, proposes to amend the constitution of the state of Oregon by striking cut the amendment adopted in 191-1 which abolished capital punishment, or the death penalty for crime, and provided that the maximum pun ishment which may be inflicted shall be life imprisonment: and by adding new provision, namely, thai the penalty for murder in the first de gree shall be death, except when the trial jury shall in its verdict recom mend life imprisonment, in which case the penalty shall 'be life im prisonment. The proposed amendment is easMy understood. Let us remem ber the crime with which we are doilinc. Mu-der In the first de gree is defined in the Oregon crimi nal code as follows: "If anv .per son shall purposely, arid of deliber ate and rmeditated malice, or in the commission or attempt to com mit anv rape, arson, robbery, or biir- elarv, kill another, such person shall be deemed guiltv of murder in the first degree. We suggest that those who are unacnuainted with this definition, and who are disposed to vote against capital punishment, read ,it again, and be sure that all 'ts elementa l are mentally grasped. The proposed amendment has noth ing to do with the act of one who slays his fellow in the heat of Tas sior. or who is mentallv incapable of delibra:ion or premeditation and not in the ret of committing another serious crime. It is proposed to affix a suitable penaltv to deeds such as that of the murderer John son, who with deliberate" premedi tation and malice, and in cold blood. "lew his bepefactoress. Mrs. Free man, who had procured his parole from pri?on. We assume that the memory of that case is in the minds of all who will read these words Kffert of Amendment. "Prior toi 1914 the constitution contained no declaration upon the ubjeet of caTifl punishment, but he legislature had power to pre scribe the r-unishment of death for murder In the firs derree. It was the nurpone and effect of the amendment of 1914 to fake this nower from the legilature. The amendment ; now prorosed will wmount to this, th-M when a jury finds a per?ion guiltv of murder in the first deree. the punishment fhall be dath. unls th. Jurv shrl' recommend Iff Imnrfsonment. and then the pnaltv shall be life Im prisinment. j This gives the Jury a power whicii it did not have when capital punit-hment was formerly in force. I "This new provision means that the jury shall have the constitution al power to Fay, in effect, that be- (Continued on page 2) Founder of Spokane Is Visitor in Cherry City J. X. Glover, and his wife, an old time resident of Salem and one of the founders of Spo kane. Washington, which Is now his home, is visiting rela tives in Salem for a few days. Mr. and Mr Glover have been spending the winter in south ern California and are now on a liesiirely home trip to Spo kane. In the early Mr. Glover was marshal of the city of Sa nn. ATter leaving this office he left town and became owner, villi one other man. of practi cally of what is now the site of Spokane. Mr. Glover is of ten affectionately Myled by the citizens the "father of Spo kane. Recently a bronze monu ment was erected to his honor in the Washington city. t : OREGON KILLER RUNS AWAY AND VISITS SISTER 4 n r c Z T I A. D. TOSter. deiTing 1 eiTO ! for Manslaughter, Puts One Over Officials GUARDS SEARCH IN VAIN Telephone Message Says Con vict Is Returning After Trip to Portland A. H. Foster, who was committed to the state penitentiary hern on September 16, 1919, to serve an in determinate lerin of from one year j to 13 months for the murder of Uwreroe Uoddell. a hotel clerk in Portland, walked away from the state tuberculosis hospital Thursday night and went to his former horn where he passed a few hours visit ing with relatives. lie whs missed by the hospital at tendants yesterday morning and guards were assigned to search for him in the vicinity of where be was 1, . , . day a telephone message was r- reived at the penitentiary stating penitentiary slating; that Foster was returning to Salem He explained his absence by stating , that he tweame lonesome and wanted to see his sister, who resides in Portland. Foster is afflicted with tubercu losis and was transferred from the prison to the tuberculosis hospital in January of this year. IS MASTER FISH WARDEN TO QUIT? Attorney General Gives Opin ion Upon Request of State Warden The state fish and game commis sion has no legal authority to ap point a member of the. 1919 session of the legislature to the position of master fish warden, according to an opinion handed down by Attorney General llrown here yesterday. The opinion was asked by Carl D. Shoe maker, state game warden. The attorney general holds that the master fish warden, deputy game and fish wardens and legislators are all lucrative positions, and In addi tion that the members of the 1919 session of the legislative body w.ere parties to increasing the salaries of the state and gauie officials. LEGION WOULD RESERVE LANDS Klamath Falls Men Opposed to Granting Water Right to Corporation Klamath rost. American legion. In a telegram received at the offices of the state engineer here yesterday, avks that twtion on the application of the Ca!iffnia-Oregon Power com pany. reonestlne permission to ap propriate water from Klamath river be deferred until It can be determ ined whether or not grading of the application would deprive the lower Klamath area of water for Irriga tion. It Was s? out In the telegram th.i approximately 30.000 acres of marsh lands, heretofore leased to private interests for terms of 30 vears. is soon to be opened for settlement and that watr will be needed for ir rtgation of the tracts. "There Is no authority for bartering awav water rights of the people." says the tele gram In conclusion. The California-Oregon Power com pany is a private concern, and has a large irrigation reservoir in Kla math county. DOG STATUTE IS DEFENDED BY RANCHER Farmer Ridicules Statement of Colonel Hofer With Ref erence to Expense of Com plying With Laws INCREASE IN MUTTON PRICES IS EXPLAINED Writer Says Colonel Has Got His Wires Twisted and Ar gument Is Not Sound The Marlon county farmer comes back at Colonel Hofer. When the reply the colonel made to the farm " " and which was published in The esman vesterday. was shown to the rurallit. he read It carefully. then said: "I see the colonel has cranked up his flivver and started after me at a 40 knot rate. The Colonel com plains that he does not know my name. lie should realize that we are not arguing personalities but principles of dog control. My name, being only that or a plain farmer, can add no weight to what I might have to iay. "Tiie Colonel says, 'As friends oT uumb animals, we are fighting in the open.' "I am glad to see that the Colonel is still the brave man be was when, valiant and unfaltering, he led his troops over shell-torn battlefields and through scenes of bloody car nage even to certain triumph. IUieal U OiiMMted "The Colonel quotes me by say ing: 'Your farmer calls us town folk a lot of dog fanciers.' Now, what I really did ay ia this, I se several of the dog fanciers in Salem want to remove legal restrictions on dogs.' Why, Colonel, something has gone i oiuut nuu your uiviri. uvea ae- L, lc : th zi hntts rieht nvor mo tla uva: .Not h-vln:r anv lovp for do lhj. farmer cannot understand the mo tives of friends of dogs.' Well, well. the Colonel is going some now. I stated very plainly that when food is scarce and high in price many families cannot afford to feed both children and dogs. In such case the poor animals will have to go hungry. "Now watch the Colonel's flivver turn square around. lie tells the readers of The Statesman' that I said 'Farmers regard dogs as need- ess.' Iok out. Colonel. You will ditch yourself sure. Where did you see that statement? Better take bat cinder out of your right eye. Canine SA Needed "Here the Colonel says 'Real sheep men keep dogs.' Now. whoever said hey did not keep dogs. The Colonel must be getting excited. 'Again the Colonel says: 'We have had the dog laws for years and mutton has been getting higher and wool is nearly a dollar a pound.' Has not the Colonel heard of the late world war. of the awful boost mutton and wool got when Unci Sam bought all he could get to feed and clothe his 4,000.000 enlisted soldier boys? Besides. I would like to sell the Colonel my next clip of wool for next summer at a dollar a pound. The Oregonian now quotelake ot the ,tate ar, In filed for Willamette valley wool at only 35 cents to 52 cents a pound, delivered in Portland. "Now, here the Colonel's flivver gets a puncture. He says. 'The oth er day a heard of 60 cattle were found starving on the outskirts of Portland. The past week a China man was reorted allowing bis sheep and lambs to die for want of food and shelter.' Tie Held Itidkulou 'As I interpret (he Colonel's 'tfr it runs something like this. A man let his cattle starve. A Chinaman let his sheep and lambs die. There fore, the Salem city council should repeal the present' city dog law. Now. here Is a quotation from the Colonel which may be a question able compliment to city folks. The Colonel says: 'Nearly all breeders of dogs live in cities.' ' 'That Is right. Colonel. That is why 1 said in my published state ment, 'The folks in .this town can not afford to turn Salem into breeding place for dogs." "Again, the Colonel says: "Every one knows the law will not be en forced.' Then why bother about re pealing it. Colonel. Bat I must scan the Colonel's long rejoinder more rapidly. "Here now, the Colonel puts on his boxing gloves. He says: 'Under the new law, unless' we can knock it out in court, the dog owners must pay another tax and buy a muzzle.' Ktpn44 Not limit -"'The last Item of expense would work a particular hardship on dog owners. Buying a muzzle is an in- ( Continued on page 6) ' Youngest Van Winkle Is Named Victor Marion The world's youngest Van Wink'.e has been named! Proudly will he tear through life the title fate has bestowed i upon him in memory of the J circumstance of his birth and the heroism of his mother. J Victor Marlon Van Winkle I and his mother are at the Iea- cones hospital and both are I rejting well and doing nicely while they are hourly beeom- T ink better acquainted. Kather Van Winkle hopes rk : Kugene and continue hi wo with the Burroughs Addl Machine company. I WEST PREPARES FOR OPERATIONS FOR YEAR 1920 Deputy Assessors to Gain In formation in Accordance With New Statute INSTRUCTIONS ARE OUT Survey Will Be Thorough and Property Owners Are Urged to Cooperate Next week If the "fatal week" and the annual visitor with the book under his arm will st.irt out on Mon day which means that Pen West county assessor, has named his depu ty assessors for Maion county. Mon day morning, bright and early, the deputies will be on the Job and ready to make the rounds and it Is requested that everyone have their lists of assessable property ready to "take the count. The remainder of the week mill be spent In prepar ing instructions for the deputies ow ing to the fart that there are several new things in the way of taking sta tistics this year. I More Information will be asked of the farmer and orchardlst than in any past year. The 1919 legislature passed a law providing that each county deputy assessor shall carry special blanks .to secure statistics on the number of acres planted last year In wheal, oats, baley, rye, po tatoes, hay and peas. Information will also be asked as to the acreage in bearing and non-bearing apples, cherries, peaches, pears, prunes, wal nuts, logan berries. blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. No Information will be asked re garding prices. The law was passed to secure acreage only. In order that the eastern buyers of fruits might knn what ftrrrnn la roallr ilnlnr. Assessor West will make known ! the names of the deputy assessors to serve the latter part of the week and will also make other announce ments concerning this year's assess ment work. WATER FILINGS ARE UNDER FIRE Only Applications Intended to Develop Country Will Be Considered Because oi the intimation that many of the applications for water rights on the vsrous .rivers and speculative rrposes. Percy Cupper. state engineer, says no more filings of this nature will be approved by lis office until It has been proved that the concefwions are intended for development of the lands tributary to the streams or for pwr r do nevt'.c purposes. Application for water rights have been more numerous during the pas' ( few weeks than ever before, accord Inir tn Mr Pimner an.1 if ia kla ! opinion that a number of them are not legitimate in that the purpose of the applicants is to withhold them for financial gain. STOLEN AUTO IS FOUND IN LANE Machine Taken in Salem Re covered by Sheriff Sick les at Eugene Sheriff Sickles of Ijine county, re ports to Sheriff Need ham that the Ford car recently stolen from near the Spauldlng Logrlng Co. office has been recovered, abandoned, on the road about eight miles east of Ku gene. Mr. K. L. Catlin. the owner of the stolen car. has left for Eugene to Identify the car found and return It to Salem. No clue exists at the perpetrators of the theft who evidently left the machine rather than administer a little needed tire repair. P0UCE TOLD OF THREATS SAYS WOMAN Britt Smith, Defendant, Re calls Alleged Attempt to Prevent Attack on Qof; ters by Members of Legion RIFLE RECOVERED BY PAINTER IN EVIDENCE J. hi Eubanks, Called 16 Stand to Prove Conspiracy Shut by Prosecution MONTESANO. Wash- Feb. IT. An overt act oa the part of Warrta O. Grimm, for whoe saarder tea al leged I.W.W. are oa trial here sat! first be proved by the defense, or. It must be first shown that Grimm was a psrty to aa allege4 eoaiplracy which retailed la a raid oa tha LW. W. baU In CeatraUa. before andes of alleged preparation for aa allege contemplated aasaalt or of alleg4 threats can be Introduced. Thus ruling, baaded down lata t day in the trial of tha ta naa charged with on ot the Ccstralla Armistice day msrders. was Intead ed to definitely suppress adarors of defense couasal to latroducV art dence which tha prosecution has con tended could not be legallr offered at this time. For nearly two hoara of this afternoon's aesaloa of ort Attorney George F. Vaadenrear tor the defease sought to offer testi mony which be declared would skew that a coaspiracy existed tn Central La for the raiding ot tha I.W.W. talL He bad declared that tba men who did tbe shooting acted la sell-de-tense. Brltt ftmlth cm Stand. All day. with' Brttt tad tb, one of the defendants and secretary ot tha Centralla branch of tba I.W.W. oa the stand, Vanderveer had sought ta rove that a conspiracy to raid tha hall existed. Every effort ta rlag this into tbe court record waa eo tested by state counsel. Judge Wil son's ruling coming at tha and at a long court argameat. at which tha jury waa aot present. Yaadarraar announced that be would have at least one witness present tomorrow to prove his contention that Ortsaza was shot while attempting a raid on the ball, and not 10 feet dUUat, while standing at tha heal at tha Centralla contingent ot tha panda, as the state has contended. Brltt SmlthVoccupled tha stand most of the day, only threa other witnesses being called, and they for anly a brief time, Mrs. Mary Ms Alllster. proprietor at tha Roderick hotel. In which building tha Central la I.W.W. hall Is located, took tbe stand In tbe morning aad told of bar errofta to prevent aa alleged threat ened raid oa tbe hall. Worn Telia Story. She said she asked tha jehlet ot police to prevent It It ha could. Sha heard there might bo a raid, aha testified, wbea a man named Rad cllffe came to ber aad sag rested that she ask the I.W.W. to remora a song book from a window of tha hail. Itadcllffe told her. she tesUfie. that the songbook waa distasteful ta tha ! American Legion men. Sha than went to Smith, she said. Smith told of his efforts to avert trouble, detailing at great lea gib tba many conversations held In tha X. W.W. hall relative to plana to avert a raid. He described tha shootlxut. as be saw it. saying ha saw tha door kicked In. then beard shots from tha hall. He did aot know who abet. Smith started for bis desk tor his gun. be testtfled. but did not aaa it. StaUooe Are IWcrfbed. Cross examlaatloa at tha dafrad ant was lengthy, much time beta da voted to Smith's direct testimony relative to his suggesting that tba Arnold hotel opposite the halL would be a good place- for protection. Smith said be did not suggest that anyone go to the Arnold for tha purpose vf shooting, but that tha Idea ot its strategic value occurred to him aad that he mentioned It to Loren Rob erts, one of tbe defendants. "You wanted men stationed whera they would do the most damage. Special Prneecator Abel asked. "I thought it would bo a good place." answered Smith. Tha wit ne at this point offered tha state ment that the first shot ha saw or heard was fired by a rasa la uni form. In the street before the halL A statement signed by Smith when be waa In the Lewie county Jail at Cbehalls. from which much of tha ero examination was conducted, wa Introduced In evidence upon re quest ot the defense. In the ststement Smith said that "If some of our boys were ia thoaa hotels across the street the soldiers would be In a bsd plsee. Attorneys la Claahw The court's ruling, which was pre ceded by mach argument, came aa the result of calling to the wltneaa stsnd or J. V. Eubanks of Centralla, father of one ot tha men wounded (Continued oa Page C)