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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1920)
WT Ut fTSKkolf L 1 idffl -.mM AMm- mm SB, mm I ' jk&Wr' J&zi V i - i Event in the r Dormitory r fj PCW-V Jx-'' V-:,,;tv'- -.Generally theChiMren -Uiet i L I ,JtV W -v Lli iW c?5-Cl . 5 f the Beds for Sleeping? bnt t $ (tf A Group of Little Ones Enjoying the. Camera It Was Meant That They Should Enjoy Their Afternoon Milk, but They Could Not be Made to Drink While the Camera-Mat) was Around. By JESSIE B. PAYNE If LittJe Orphant Annie" hid been recruited early enough and taken in by the Deaconess Baby Fold at Normal, Illinois, then wouldn't have been any need to write poems about ber. , Not tb&t she mightn't have told goblin stories just the same, but she pr&bably would have been more sure of fairies and the other happy "little people." . .. ; . They call the big rambling bouse in the Illinois town the Mason Deaconess Home, and then they make it sound all cosey, as it i, by nick-naming it "The Baby Fold." There, orphans of all complexions and of practically all nationalities are brought into a home so full of loring care that eren young people of their tender . years recognize it as home-like. , ; " Around the big house are ten city lots (hearken, .all city' chil dren !) for doll teas and luncheons. Then back to that there are twenty acres of grazing land used as pasture for cows ursao A pt iwice a aaj ior toe oaoies. At present there are forty blue, black and brown-eyed babies in the Deaconess Baby Fold. And, if the Interchurch World MoTe ment can prophesy correctly, it will not be long before there will be room for more so that fewer tiny candidates will be turned away. Such real homes for babies are considered so tremendously -worth while by the inTestigators of the Interchurch organization ; ,ere iney Are usea as 1 Background for Another Pic- ture. ' , taught a simple rersef GracV which thereafter prefaces each meal no matter ho active the pangs of hunger. So famed are Baby Fold babies . becoming that there are many visi-; . tors at the Deaconess Home on adoption missions, ilany of, the children are candidates for Chris tian homes and' the chief difficulty of the prospective parents is in , making a decision among so many winsome, happy little folks. When there are any five-year-old children . without relatives to return to, they are sent on to more grown-up or- it Ready for Bed the Little Ones, Grouped on the Stairway, "Look Pleasant" While Their Pictures Are Taken The Evening Prayer With "Mother This Partic ular "Mother" ts the Idol of All the Children. that the example set by the Deaconesses of the Methodist Epis- ' One family of three, the eldest a four-year-old, arrived phanages, since five is the.grada- copal church is likely to be copied all over the land. With within 4&month and were much amazed at the strenuous' ating age of babies. " s r that furnish combined Protestant churches of 'America deciding on a tubbing considered necessary as the first rite in matriculating; Jut jew remain to oe sent on to better, happier-baby campaign, one of , these days there will be When finally decked out in a freshly starched "Baby Fold videT wT& 7fostS mv ww iiih v ranMiam w ms 4u sw VM' iUMUMCj Ulw UCUUICU X VUi "J CVa "IIA irmai W ilia AiiUflO I&tllCTS ftHu. H10uU.GrS II Ul6I' Wt?f During the recent ravages of the flu there have been Daddy tried to wash xne, but not like this." . ? greater capacity in the baby fold, hundreds of children left motherless if not entirely orphaned. : A family plan is followed in the parceling out of da Every year numbers of "men and At least a dozen of the present diminutive inmates of the babies to nurses, which keeps six tots as near the same age and" omexi ieave the house of babies baby fold were brought to the chief deaconess -Mother Asher development as can be managed in each group. EaVm 3 by perplexed, sorrowing fathers who had come to thaend o dozen, then, has a tiny table and meals served,' inoth unsuccessful, their strength as baby tenders. . . nurse presiding. As soon' as the babies can chatter tbej are applicants for a corner of the fold. A". 1 N. Y. ASSEMBLY IN HOT SCENE ON EXPULSION J t Continued from page 1) belief or state of mind. ' . "With regard to the second charge that of, planning the overthrow of the sovernment by force, in no part of the record, do I consider this to have been proved. At worst, there re some-ambiguous phrases and .ut terances. To convict on these it is necessary 'to assume that each and every member of the party subscribes to every tenet of the party, an Unfair assumption - dads X Cau.v) For pulsion "It baa been definitely proved in the' investigation . that -minors and! aliens are members of the socialist party 'and may influence its policy ,aod sit as members of its controlling committees. This is a most unsav ory fact, but should we ..expel ; the party On this account? Again, no!" , "We abhoT the party's principles. We must not let this influence us to commit af crime against represen tative government. We have-established no case1, against the socialist party. : We must not expel these men therefore? simply because -they are members of the socialist party. - "The second but less Important feature that comes np before us is the question of fitness of these men as individuals. . , "We have a rancorous -dislike for the actions of most of these men. as Individuals. : Ouri actions, however, -must -have bo reference to any ex cept two things original justice and discreUonffty application. We mnst not let; this entirely unjustifiable dislike i force us to commit a crime, against representative government. We must reseat these men and then in, our pleasure take up and remedy by legislation such things In thir partyas may need correction.". to make him step higher and more lively. vTien Carter answered such a pro cedure would be .within the law if the horse would sign an affidavit that the champagne would be used for medical purposes. Miss Banks was said to have decided toshow Confidence without the preliminary potion.. ; . ... PEAK OF H. C L PASSED v AND HOPE GROWS ! (Continued from page 1) They are John Eder, Rail , Spoza. Hugh H. Funkier, Martin Krauledis, W. J. Bumbala and Curtis Friedland er. Thirteen more will leave tomor row for Seattle and Portland. They are George Handifer, Frank Felt. Almond Kadjln, Joseph Koehler. Kv erson Verner. Peter Munday, J. J'. Carr. Matt Hann. John Ilashagen. Fritz Krone. Ernst Rizer, Uenry Wolberg "and Frank. Zukom. strict the volume of credit have been only partially successful. As a result high interest rates and a relative scarcity of funds will continue to prevail during the period in which the country Is endeavoring to expand Its productive capacity and to over come the relative loss of progress re sulting from war limitations upon In vestment and production.".' REPUBLICANS WOULD MAKE END OF WAR (Continued from page 1) '-Leaders declared ,the Republicans would vote solidly for the resolution which iKey held should meet the ap proval of the state department, fince .it did no declare peace, but-simply an end to an existing state of war. Democrats, on the other hand, con tended that termination of the. war rested solely with the j executive branch of the govern men. : The cer tainty of f presidential ' veto was pointed out, -but Reimblicans pre dicted .that, Hiere would be no diffi culty In obtaining the-necessary two thirds vote to pass It over the veto. Colonel Brangle Holds Special Meeting Today CColonel - Brengle, International evangelist of the Salvation army who is conducting a series of evangelistic meetings at the Salvation army hall on State street, will conduct a service at 3 o'clock this afternoon and the regular meeting tonight. Attendance was good again last night nothwith standing rough weather. Fuel Costs Are Tested by Superintendent Steiner Tests made by Dr. R. E. L. Stein er. superintendent of the, state hos pital for the. Insane, serve to show the comparative cost of burning var ious kinds of fuel for heating pur poses at the institution. The tests show slabwood to be the cheapest fuel. Forty-eeven and one-half tons of Rock Springs coal, which' cost, in cluding freight and unloading charg es. $7.50 a ton, evaporated 609,-480 pounds of water, or 12,831: pounds a ton. The cost of evaporating 1000 pounds of water. was about 59 cents. The cost of evaporation of 1000 pounds of water was the test in each case. Slab -wood, which cost. including handling. $5,5t) a' cord evaporated the water at a cost of cents. Second growth fir. which cost $S a cord, did it for 63 cents, and oil.-which cost $.2.26 a barrel, evap orated the water at a cost of 63 cents. .'To Sign or Not to Sign" : 7 TOf Horse's Problem . LOS ANGELES, March 31. Whether the 18th amendment pre vents a. horse from drinking a buck etful of champagne' before entering norsesnow was a question asked here today of Joftn .p. Carfori coN lector of internal revenue for south ern California. V The question came from, Miss Maud Banks, wealthy resident 6f Wyoming, owner of Confidence, a three gaiter valued at $10.ooo which she has en- , tered at the horse show to be held at Santa Itarb-ira next week. 11 has tfn Miss Bank's' custom, it Is said. . to permit Confidence to drink a gal lon 'of. champagne before compctins Many Alien Enemy Prisoners Paroled; Others Deported SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. March 3 1. Twenty-one of the 76 alien ?nemy prisoners still held at Fort Douglaa Internment barracks here refuse to sign parole papers and pr. bably will be deported, according, to announcement today by Dave Ger- shon, had of the ..local department of justice burean. M r. Oershon, declares all. prisoners yet held were arrested on immigra tion warrants and predicts thev all. with tho exception of the 21 refusihj parole, will Ihj given freedom withra a week. Names of the nrlsonersf re fusing parole are not being juade l pniiic. j Pi" aliens h it Slt Lake City today 4ur ineir nomcs ou the raciiic toast Jerman Brothers Sued in Federal Tribunal PORTLAND. Or.. March 31. Non delivery of , a large quantity , of hops, now almost exclusively used In yeast making, forms the basis, of a claim for recovery of $4800. in a-suit filed in federal court yesterday by the Carl Ullman company of New York against A. Nr. Jerman and H. J. Jer man. hop culturists of the Salem dis trict. . , The complaint sets forth that the Jermans failed to make delivery un der their contract, when the price of hops soared from 15 to 85 cents a pound. Forced into the open mar ket, the plaintiff company asserts that It sustained a loss f $4800 over the contract price when it failed to receive the Oregon hops. Return of $800, said to have been advanced to the Salem hopgrowers, is Talso asked., " Greek Isle Fears Advent of Kaiser CORFU, Greece, March 29. f Every few days Corf u, , before the war the favorite resort of the Ger man' emperor, hears a report that Wilhelm is anxious to return to his castle here and sometimes the rum ors acVUally fij a, time for his. ar rival. - Most of the Corfu folk become ex tremely Indignant at the suggestion that a Greek island should be men tioned as a shelter for Wilhelm, the village Jesters apparently reviving the rumor to-keep the. drowsy Island awake. "If -we get our hands on the kai ser and ex-king Constantine we will give their noses a good twisting." said, an old orange seller. "Corfu would like, to have them come here together. We would attend to them alright." The orange vender's sentiments are typical of the views of the more important residents. covery is . the resumption, of the streetcar sen-ice, but it is typical of the ruined city I that during the first trial run a tottering house fell across the ' track aftej the car had passed, owing to the slight vibra tion. - ft a . i t r . nngei ot uniano on V Trial ior Big Fraud ONTARIO, Or.J. March 31.-Les-tef I. Heynian, alias , L. I. Hiraclr, alias L. Harris, who was arrested at Niagara, NY Y., charged with obtain ing $15,000, from the First National bank of this city on false pretenses, reached Ontario In - custody today. He was arraigned before Justice of the Peace King andTa cash bond of $5,000 was given for his appearance at a preliminary heating to be held Friday. Price of Batter Shows Some Downward Enthusiasm PORTLAND Or.. March 31,. -A drop of four eents a pound in the price in ,butterjwas announced here today to be effective, tomorrow. Con sumers will pay 70 cents a pound for the best 'stock; while the whole sale price will be sixty-four cents. - - - ' " ", ""v-' - With Ax, Knife, and Razor Woman Kills her S. Children ELK CITY, ;Okla., ; March 31. How she " killed her five children early today 5 and thes slashed her own . throat, was .told in a hospital here today by 'Mrs.-Elmer Cowart shortly before, she died. The.tragedj- took place' at the tent home of the Cowarts near here The bodies were found by the father, a mill hand, on bis return from workf i ln a wTltt en -statement the woman said , sickness and lonliness had un balanced her mind. She said .she used an axe. knife and razor to end! the children's lives. ' , Danish Strike Postponed ' in Hope of Some Compromiu LONDONiAnril 1.- PostDonemea of the Danish strikes until nerf Tpesday, shows, according to a 'diaJ -t patch to the London Times from penhagen, that the socialists are wil ing .to give the Influential persoof who they know are working for t compromise, time to effect a settl ment, and that the strike" will n take place if the situation changes ii the meantime., . ' J Read the Classified Adi Fletcher's Staff Not a Happy Family at All WASHINGTON, March 31. Fur ther details of friction and factional feeling among members of Rear Adi mlral William B. Fletcher's staff at rest. France, durin-g the war Were disclosed today to the naval court Investigating the admiral's removal by Vice Admiral Sims. Two former; members of the staff. Lieutenant Joseph A. Carey. fla secretary, and Commander F. M. Baldwin, material orficer, testified,, the latter insisting that an "impres sion" had prevailed at Hrest that Admiral Fletcher had not made use of his staff. .Baldwin said he had told the admiral that in his own rase he "hadn't enough to do" to fill his time. Lieutenant. Carey added that each officer seemed to want to "run the whole show to suit his own ideas." Wood Wants Industry Built and Taxes Reduced Up CHICAGO. March 31. Bulldln? up of American business and reduc tion of government expenditures were urued by General' Leonard. Wood, candidate for the Republican nomination for president, in. an ad dress tonight, opening , his Illinois cainpnign. "We must , get the strangle-hold f the excess profits tax and certain other taxes off the throat of busi ness, because they are paralyzing initiative at a time when we, most need it." he said. "We must not be afraid of encouraging good business no matter how big it is. "We can .be greatly assisted In liuildlng up business If we. can spread the war burden over a longer period of years. We do not want to do anything which hamper business building. We want to make the bur den upon it as CHi;y to bear as ros- ! sible." Klamath Pair Show Efficiency at Escape! KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March 31. For the second time in six weeks Fred Ford and Gust Christ escaped from the local jail last night by saw ing through the hinges and prying off their cell door. Their first escape was made differ sawing a lock, but were recaptured three days later. Ford was Indicted by the grand jury yesterday on charge of forgery and Christ was- indicted on two lar ceny counts. Legion Incensed at Questionable Cartoon TOWNSEND, Mont., March 31. Resenting a cartoon published re cently in one of the Non-Partisan League papers picturing, the Ameri can Legion as a wolf In sheeps cloth ing, men said to be members of the legion post in this place today es corted W. R. Duncan, a reputed or ganizer, and speaker for the non partisan league, to the Northern Pa cific station, to see that he left town on a morning train. Bridge Collapses From Own Unassisted Weight CANYONVILLE. Or.. March 31 Although some fifty automobiles had crossed over it In safety '.within the preceding 12 hours. a covered bridg spanning the Umpqia river near Rid dle, Or., fell, without warning Tues day night while no one was on it; It was a complete wreck. ' Wine Cellars Shelter Population of Rheims RI1EIMS. France, March ho. France's "martyr- city'" has been able to offer makeshift shelter to 60.000 of Its citizens who have returned thanks to its miles of -wine neilars. The. city's pre-war population was 120.00. It has ben possible-to re sume thecharnpagne industry almost at once. The recovery' of the tex tile industry far 1ps rapid as plants hv bo?n systemai ii-ally drstrojed. Th' latest feign of re- 1 ; 1 ; 1 - . .... - . . .:. . , . ; ,.; , ; ; ; 'h-; . "i. ; . f4'fWS5l taStol k ' j' . .M f : ,-'.V;- -jo i - - I 'ff 1 li'!! ... - : " ' " puouc uorary sernce. ana occause or inis iae imcn-t. l.iorary A ssociatton. in an effort to create a better citizenship i urging the wider uie of book wagons m country districts. This picture -shows the interior of a. book" waeoa tsed in Maryland, and the type of travchng hcrary used in Pennsylvania and Ohio. 7
