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VETS TARGET SURVEY SHOWS HOW SLUM LIFE STIFLES LAUGHTER AND SMILES OF ATTORNEY PRIZE ESSAYS ON PATRIOTIC THEMES WRITTEN BY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN The Three Representative Compositions Chosen Unanimously by the Committee, Out of Many That Were of Surprising Merit The Washington Day Exercises at the Armory Last Sunday. (The following was tindly contri-i Hail to the Union Junior high touted by a friend of The Statesman who was present at the Armory ex ercises last Sunday:) Each pupil in the English classes from, the fourth grade on through the Junior and senior high schools wrote compositions on some phase of Americanization. These . i three representative essays were chosen "unanimously by the committee. The three reeclvlng honorable ' mention were: Kenneth Allen of the Garfield school, Ella Hop Lee of the Washington Junior hlh school, and Edwin Ranton of the senior j high school. Several others of surprising merit were 1 also were admitted. The nrorram was deserving or a much larger audience, but school children as well as adults were con spicuous by their absence, undoubt edly on account of the prevalence of influenza. : The stat ge setting was the! most elaborate and pleasing of any seen In Salem for some time. The pic 1 ture of "The Father of His Coun try" occupied a prominent place and the beautiful emblem of the society and the D. A. R. pennant in the na tional colors of the society, blue and white, held i conspicuous positions. Flags, ferns and the plummy acacia added to the jbeautirui decorations. Among those seated on the platform were Mrs.' Seymour ones, regent of Cbemeketa chapter, Mrs. U. O. Ship ley, tlce-regent; Mrs. Isaac Lee Pat terson, national rice-president gener al of the northwest; Mrs. Sarah Clarke Dyer; organizing regent, and - trs. J. O. Heltzel. honorary regent The program follows: i America 'Audience. " Invocation Rev. Leland T. ! Por ter- ,'' ;W - j Solo Miss Lena Belle Tartar. Introductory remarks Mrs. ! Sey mour-Jones regent D. A. R. Flag exercise- Children. I , Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean. American's Creed. Salute to the flag. Land of Mine School children. Elementary , school prize essay Hubert Ashby. ... , Anvil Chorus Junior high chor- , us. - wm.--.su Junior prize . essay Florence Jones. " - - chorus. Senior high prire essay Catharine Gibbard. Presentation of prizes Mrs. Jones, regent. My Own United States School children. Our Civic Creed Virgil Holley. Presentation of French Memorial Certificates. Star Spangled Banner Audience. IN RED TRIAL (Following are the three prize es says: ) , Americanization of the Foreigner Americanization is a great deal more than a matter of language. A French immigrant, barely able to make himself known in broken Eng lish, may be a truer American than a selfish old bragger, boasting of his ancesters coming over on the Mayflower. We should treat the Immigrant the same' as if he were born in Am erica; but if he is more loyal to an other country than America, send to make the immigrant a. good Am erican citizen, we must be true Am ericans so they can pattern after us. I, therefore, believe it is my duty to my country to love. it. to support its constitution, to obey its laws, to resnect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. Herbert Ashby, Richmond school. A Ileal American Citizen Boris did not like it in America. Why. he bad to work to get rich! He felt injured and disillusioned. And he had been told that this great place this America oozed, posi tively oozed with wealth and its citi zens rolled in luxury. "Who," he asked himself fiercely, "bad been Un guilty creature to tell him this mon strous thing?" Ivan Petrovitch. to be sure, a neighbor who had come from the old country seven years ago. True. Ivan was prospering. But, Holy Mother! Had he not la bored had be not slaved long each day? This, thought Boris Turgenev. was all wrong. Why was be not Ivan Petrovitch with wealth? ; He Warren Grimm, Victim of Shooting, Accused of Being Armed With "Something That Looked Like Gun" him to that eonntrv. We must know the American Ideals ourselves in or- j would know how to enjoy it yes! der to set high American Ideals be-jHe would not toil as Ivan did. Why lore tne foreigner, we must ieei with all our hearts a devotion of this country. We must make oar Immigrant neighbors feel that we are his friends and that we are rea dy to lend him a helping hand when in need. In order to make our ideals the ideals of the immigrant, we mart make America mean something to him. He must be tanght that while this is a free country, one man's liberty is as good as another man's liberty, and that one can not use his liberty at the expense of an other. The public schools can do many things in the Americanization of the Immigrant child. It can teach Eng lish language, it can break np hostil ities among nationalities. It is the first , and chief traner of the immi grant child. The -manual training in: the schools gives the immigrant ' boy some ideas of American industry The adult -immigrant can be taught Americanization through the trade unions, the church, politics, the em ployes and other such as the night schools and public library. - In order SCHOOL YOUTH TELLS OF HALTING PARADE Frank Forbush Says He Heard Girl Cry Out: "Watch the Wohbly Hair' ss iK- 1 r - .xt ' - t. . - 1 L .. -Lis.'.-. -o; - nV-' ' NEVER- GRIPE. CR SICKEN " Li FOR' LIVER AND BOWQS IBQl- : f X feel CniJ .That ' 0M S, Headache, Biliousness y "o ysS1" VSV ?and - Constipation is I .5 ! 3 CORD TIRES THE efficiency of this bigger, better Cord Tire is beyond anything hereto fore deUyered b tire service. Let us euip you today. The added volume of air means easy going and car protection. The new tread is extra heavy and ex tra safe. Let us demonstrate our ability and wil lingness tot relieve your mind of all anxiety of road bothers and delays. J. B. HILEMAN 291 N. Commercial St Phone 787 Most Miles per Dollar mi hy should one. work when one did not have to? Boris felt moved by his own eloquence. He had convinced himself quite thoroughly that the proletariat was being stepped upon, crushed, mauled brutally! He clenched his fat fist. "I'll show this government! I want they should know who Boris Turgenev is yes!" Boris felt that at this moment he could alone overthrow the govern-1 ment and give the proletariat free dom but was rather vague as to the way to accomplish his purpose. "Good morning, friend," came a voice behind Boris. It was Ivan. Boris was distant and cold. He felt that Ivan was not the man to be In sympathy with his plan. Ivan worked hard on his farm. Seven years ago he had come to America. He had been very poor. He looked around him. Others were rich. Why not Ivan Petrovitch? These other were Americans. Why not Ivan Pet rovitch? He - took out citizenship papers and was very proud. His children had been made Americana and his wife and he was very proud. They were now all Ameri cans. Nine children had Ivan and his wife. They all went to school and learned Americanism and citizen ship. They taught Anna and Ivan to read and write English and showed them what Americas freed om really meant. The war broke out. .Three sons went into the army. Anna wept, but Ivan was prouder than ever. He felt now that he was truly an American citizen. But he was not altogether satisfied. He wanted to learn more. So he and Ann went to a night school for for eigners. They were both loyal, stol id citizens, and now: Ivan knowing Boris' Idle nature, wanted to help him, and at last persuaded Boris to go along with Anna and himself to the night school. Boris, after having attended ev ery evening for two months, began to feel that perhaps the proletariat was not being entirely exterminated. He developed- an insatiable desire for reading matter. Ivan took his friend to the library and there Boris devoured eagerly all the books and papers provided. Under Ivan's helpful Influence and guidance, Boris bought a farm. He forgot that he. Boris Turgenev. was going to shake the country to its very foundations with his elo quence. He forgot that the prole tary was being crushed and trodden upon. He forgot that he hated so terribly the bourgeoisie, and be came A real American citizen. Florence Jones Lincoln Junior high. The American Spirit Kpeakx I am the American spirit. I am the shadow of an ideal. As my conception was of hrist. so my fulfillment is of mankind. My domain is infinite. I pene- tiate the most dense forests: I cross the widest waters. Deeo in the heart of the aspiring foreigner I plant the zpak which is to kindle Into patriotism for his new country. i name in the heart of the American born mother as she teaches her son the reverence for his flag. I am with the officials of the nation as they weld Its policies. I am with the school teacher in the snarselr populated districts as she molds true i American lives from the crude ma terial. I am the spirit in which the na tion was founded : I am the Dower wun wntcn it is riveted together. I am uu wnicn ma&es possible, a t . . anion, one ana lnseparaoie a re- Public founded on the principles of democracy. I II A ft. I W ah mis i am ana more. I am you. I am your dream of a nation: I am your belief in yourself. I am what you hope to achiev and MOXTESANO. Feb. 2 Defense counsel failed today to introduce Incontestable proof that Warren O. Grimm, for the murder of whom 10 alleged I. W. W. are being tried here, vlas both a party to an alleged plot of Ontralia businessmen to raid the I. W. hall and an actual participant In an elleged raid upon the hall. That the defense failed to make this showing and that it could not continue its present efforts to prove the alleged conspiracy against the I. W. W. was indicated Just be fore court ndjonrned today. Judge John M. Wilson, virtually rUrated his rul'nr made Friday, thar the defense must show Grimm was a participant to the alleged con spiracy or the attack, before it pro ceeds with proof that such a pin existed or was contemplated. The court ruled that the defense had failed to make such a showing to day. Grimm I Attacked. All day today witnesses for th defense offered testimony which At torney GHrire F. Vanderveer claimed would show that Grimm was near the I. W. W. hall when wounded. and not at the head of his platoon, as the evidence of the stat,e dclares. After all of thee witnesses had tes tified. Vanderveer called Elmer F. Klrkland. ticket agent of Centralia. and arain took up the line of ex amination halted bv the court Fri day. Objection to this character of questions Vas objected to lmmedl- ately by state counsel. State counsel asserted that no evi dence had been introduced which showed an overt act on the part of Grimm. No evidence to show that Grimm had been connected with an alleged conspiracy has been shown, the state contended. "The objection Is sustained." ruled Judge Wilson. Vanderveer contended that' the de fense had introduced evidence to 'show that Grimm was shot at a dif ferent point than that contended by the state, but court held that he had failed to show an overt act on the part of Grimm. Overt Act Not Shown. "In order to Introduce this char acter or evidence." Judjre Wilson said in making the ruling, "you must first show en overt act on the part of the deceased. You must show that the deceased was a party to the alleged conspiracy. Such evidence. In my opinion, you have not yet in troduced. The court will not per mit this argument in the presence of the Jury Vanderveer will attempt to make this proof when court resumes on Monday, it is understood. He must show that Grimm knew of. and took part in any allexed plot to raid the I. W. W. hall. A drive the 1. W. W. out of Centralia. The witness. Kirk land, was excused until Wednesday, by which time the defense asaerts it will have made the necessary proof. The plea of self defense Is based javghter, a pricttt$ gift to -umartity, u to-dap lost to thou d and ihoutandu mn, wotmt amd children. Peering be it.it tmsymdina "d nhn pjrg facet 4ht InterehurcK World More n.ent u recording lk cnuif tn de tail and incident; the firtt otep of he many that mutt be taken by the church before theae lamghter4e$$ may learn to laugh. In every large American city are thousands of people who do not laugh. They have-forgotten how. They have almost forgotten how to smile. To And them, one must go to the slums. There. In ugly, narrow streets: in littered courts and alleys and In the shadowed windows of tenement house, are face that are seldom lightened with laughter and rarely with smiling. Why? , . There Is an answer in the faces. They are marked with .Jeep, hard lines. And the line are stamped care It is a look that has come so often and has remained so long that the Imprint Is there forever. Even the faces of the little children are set. stolid, old. The answer of the faces is a surface answer. It Is an effect. And behind every effect Is a cause. Seeing thee laughter-lea fares, the Protestant Churches of America waat to know what it Is that create people who do not laugh. Through the Interrhurch World Movement, which seeks to make possible closer co-operation of these churches la the achievement of their work, they are going be hind the fares behind the effect to the cause. For the Interrhurch World Movement Is making a study which will show, specifically, what condltiona In any latrrrbarrh World Movetnrat sVld worker ekla lal t. momM la survey to ddrrmlae that make " fe rCii. given place are responsible for the icple to Co sot laugh Already the stady has s behind the faces tie Influence of the slum Itself, squalid aad filtay. It bia teen the tenement boose, rat off from the licit, dirty sad drab, without a provision for the aealih and comfort of ha ma a beings wb erod tnemaIves Into It and rail It "home." It has i-ri ie IsuaU ury factory, the long, deadening boars f toil. Use wage that barely ssCces to keep life la the body and give It shelter. It has seen the disastrous emerr?aev cf i.fU. with no money to pay f metftcal re i' seen the food. Insufficient and of Infer-- all that can be bought with -hat taoaey t:' ! And It has seen years of labor drag oa nit", hour of leisure. And It has sera the t coming of age. Theae are the general forces tkst stay I - theae and the bopelees vision of the fn -animal submission to what seems Urt:- belief that even death Is preferable ta But the laterchurch World Movease-.: seeklag more than this, it is obtairi details, records or actual conditions, wher conditions eilat. that it may set the s!te before the Church as a problem with ec clear, the eolation of which wooll mr- 1 for the people who do not laesh on sn alleged conspiracy to wreck the I. W. W. hall. Defense counsel had announced Friday that It would connect Grimm with the alleged con spiracy today, and that it would show that Grimm waa killed while attack ing the hall. School Hoy Teatirie. Vernon O'Reilly, Centralis school boy, testified he stood near Ax Billys place, southwest corner of Tower avenue and S-cond street. when the paraders halted and Doctor Issues Warning And Tells How To Stop Tobacco Habit New York: Dr. Connor, formerly Johns Hopkins Heepttal aays: I ant be- often naked If I know any thine to atop gan marking time. He said the par aders seemed to abandon formation, some of them beginning to talk. Some approached the I. W. W. hall, he said. He heard a sound like breaking glass, he testified, then heard shots. He could see the en trance to the hall, he said, and be saw a large man doable up in front of the hall, clasp his stomach and reel forward. He later saw a woun ded Legion man placed In an auto mobile at the Intersection of Tower avenue and Second street, he testi fied. He was unwilling to testify that the man placed in the automobile j was tne man ne naa seen siagxer in front of the 1. W. W. hall. Tnere was a resemblance, however, he tes tified. O'Reilly was asked during rrose-(-xamlnatlon whether he knew Ea r.ene PliHzer. replying negatively. Phitzer was wounded, in the arm while directly exposed to the fire from the I. W. W. hall. This same question was put to Mrs. May Sher man, who testified at the morning session as to see i nr. a man clasp his stomach while in front of the hall. the tobacco habit and I always reeeta- men NlcotoU which I have prescribed with sreat auccesa. Nlcotol contains no habtt-forminc tlrasa. la aboltly hnrtnleae and produces aatoniaaiac re sults In n ry abort tin. Tbo of tobsceo aano tn vitality. Im. vtaor aa4 ambition nt the alave who la enthralled by It eeductiv effect. - It uaavrmmea the haJti and leavee the vietlni an eaay prey to nanernl debllltf. throat and luna trouhlea, DrTounMk laeocn nla. heart trouble, kidney trouble, bend ache, tongue nnd lip cancer, nnd aven bllndaeaa. rtiyatclana the wrld over often trace the atari of the ate dia eaaea and many olhrra to nicotine pot-aonknc left yon. e-at of yoni a! Lh wilt With one re ntal If yon want to free yonranlt frnd tohneeo s to any mr atom nnd a or Nlcotol tahleta. Take one taaiet after each aneal and In n eheet tiava von will have n the cravlea wilt hove left th nicotine poieonma tent vnr senerat fceaJin inprovo. Xote: 'When naked ahont Wet el tahleta aaa of one leadma dmacuta aid: "It ta tml n weoderfaJ renvear for the tobaccn kWI r ahead - anything- we hare ever sold hefae. Wa are authorised hy th naan a I act nrvea to refund th aaoney to every diaeatie f.ed enetomee and we would nerw t the ue ef our nam ualeea the reaaedr fneeeaed unuvual nrfiu" ke4e old la BTa rr iMir mm iram money-hark date dm tark sruarantn by all ua a fie la. includiag DJ. Tlf n when your work Is done truly and honestly, I am proud. I am all that yon have Oie faith to believe, the hope to conceive and the courage to attempt. I am your work, though it be ob scure: I am your dreams, though they be daring. I am the strife of yesterday; I am the regret of tomorrow. I am the subtle intuition, the Hash of an Inspiration; I am the thought out result of contemplation. My swift-shifting moods are por trayed In your courage, your tear, your struggle and. above all. In your love. I am what your faith would make of me; no more than you believe I should be. all that you have faith I can be. I am you. Ton are the personifi cation of me. Into your hands has been entrust ed my future. Take me and make me what you will. Make me out la the visions of your hearts. I have no fear. Ton who make me will glory In the making. Catharine Gibbard. Senior high. The Inward Effect of humors are worse than the outward. They en danger the whole system. Hood's Sar- saparilla eradicates all humors. cures all their inward and outward effects. It is the great alterative and tonic, v. hose merit baa been ev erywhere established. i?f? flfi n n i & . RELIEF WITHOUT QUININE Don't stay stutfed-up! Quit blow ing and snufriing! A dose of "Pane's Cold Compound" taken every two hours until three doses are taken usually breaks up a severe cold and ends all grippe misery. The very first dose opens your clogged-up nostrile and the air pas- stops nose run- headache, dull sneer i nr. aore- sages of the head; nlng; relieves the ness. feverish neas. ness and stiffness. "Papes Cold Compound" Is the quickest, surest relief known and costs only a few cents at drug stores, u acts without assistance, tastes nice, no quinine. CASH BONUS TO VETS ENDORSED , Senators McNary and Cham berlain Approve Giving Financial Help ALBANY. Or.. Feb. 28. That the Oregon delegation tn congress is heartily in favor of legislation look ing toward the payment of the ISO bonus to ex-service men Is shown by telegrams received here today res pectively from Senator George E. Chamberlain. Representative C. N. McArthur and Senator Charles L. McN'ary. McArthur wired Commander Klr.cs of the local post of the American lecion as ioiiows: "I am In favor of all legislation In Interest of ex-service men and thia day voted for resolution transferring all pending bills from committees to com ml t tee on ways and means. The chairman of ways and means advlne that a hearing will be begun at once and that some kind of bill will be reported In the near future, a mil vote in favor of ex-service men." Senator Chamberlain wired: "I am favorable to the bonus for ex-service men." - Senator McNary'a measage was: 'VWll warmly support lerislation most suitable to welfare of ex-service men. The nation owes them a debt of gratitude which should be expressed in a material way." Your Children's 'hoes should be selected with the greatest care. Much of their efficiency in life depends on whether their feet hart them or not We specialize in children's shoes, properly and scientifically fit them from our Largest and best selected stock of Children's Shoes in Salem We have them in all widths from A to E, all tiies from 0 Trp and all prices that will bny a good quality ihoe. 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