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i THE OREGON STATESMAN SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY 'MORNING: JANUARY1-W 1921 0. HEMRY is AL. JENNINGS (Continued from la&t week) CIIAPTEn FORTY-OX K. Sally was right. ' There was no place for her in the outside world. The ex-con Tic t is thrown against a social and economic; boycott that no courage or persistence can ef fectlvely break. We talked about it often Dill Porter and I. It was the topic of eternal interest just as the dis cuHMion of dress is with women. And yet, for Tortcr, this talk about the future was an unalloyed torment. It agitated and distres sed him. He would come into the pddtoff ice of an ' evening and we would KOKstp with fluent merri ment. .Without prelude, one of uk would ment.'on a con who had been sent back on another Jolt. All the whimsical light that usu ally played about his large, hand some face would give place to a nhadow of heavy gloom. The quick, facile tongue would halt Its whispering banter. ' Bill Porter, the wag, became Bill Porter, the cynic. Fear of the future was .like a poisonous ser pent that had colled Into bis heart and lodged there, Its fangs strik ing into the core of his happiness. 1921 Will be a bis year for. 1 I'lIM O. Odd Seal I am prepared with a bis stock , , and . LOWER PRICES MAX 0. BUREN ; 179 No. Commercial SU ) "The prison label la worse than the brand of Cain," he said many a time. "If the world once sees it, you are doomed. It shall not see it on me.. I will not become an outcast. ."The man who tries to hurl himself against the tide of human ity is eure to be sucked down in the undertow. I am going to swim with the current. Porter had less than a year more to serve. He was already Mantling on his re-entrancc to the free world. For me the question did not then exist. My sentence was life. But I felt that Porter's position was false. I knew that it would mean an unsheathed sword perpetually hanging over his head. The fear of exposure saddened and almost tragically hounded his life. "When I get out. I will bury name of Bill Porter In the depths of oblivion. No one shall know that the Ohio penitentiary ever fnrnUhed me with board and bread. "I will not and I could not endure the slanting, doubtful scrutiny cf ignorant human dogs! Porter was an enigma to me 4n thf-se days. There was no ac counting for bis moods. He was the kindest and most tolerant of men and yet be would sometimes launch into invective against hu manity that seemed to come from a heart charged with con temptuous anger for his fellows. I learned to understand him af ter. He liked men; he loathed their shams. The f ree mason rys , of . honest worth was the only carte blanche to his friendship. Porter would pick his companions from the slums as readily as from the drawing rooms. He was an aria, tocrat in his culture and his tem perament, but it was an aristoc racy that paid no tribute to the material credentials of society. Money, fine clothes, pose they could not hoodwink him. He could not abide snobbery or in sincerity. He wanted to meet men and to make friends with them not with their clothes' and AUCTION SALE of all my household goods at 1047 Fir Street, Friday, January 21, at ' 1 p. m. Rugs, Beds, Dining roomrniture, dishes, 175 quarts of fruit, cookirigTulerisils, in fact, everything in the house. :.-;':""s' ' ' Be there on time. Terms CASH JH. CARICO GEO. SATTERLEE, Owner ? I Auctioneer See Satterlee if you want a sale ' s i " a -5 r LEAflMTOBM. JOO US TOOa HAM AND ADOftDl WIWLL MAO. rout oyt lXDSTSATXO AMI SOOULfT AM TtSMS , WITHOUT ANT COST TO tou school ppowrn bt tmujuuzst MmrAma. maCazku trsToas and famous ArnsTs. 5-' : . Cocr pooJeac Iwrtruetw and Local Oasfs came wurn-CATQg?; .: XXm JfrS&2? ' T 111 MAI.AY LM1 LT1 rJK A SAI A I ART STUDIOS y : a . a .fOTisoBf iwrt r WAI . ' : LADD & BUSH BANKERS Established 183 j i ! General Bankisff Basiaesi I E : ' L i:lr;. ' ! j! . Office Hours from 10 a, ra. to 3 p. m. . GR AND I0S0V' The Season's Biggest Success Direct From One Year's Run at The Princess Theatre, N. Y. '. ' Adolph Klauber Presents IXTIGHTIE L. SIGHT With HARRY STUBBS Unanimously Endorsed by the Press as the Best Play Seen in Years Lower FIoor....;.4 ... :J....$2.00 Entire Balcony..!.:... 1.50 Gallery, ........i $1.00 War Tax Extra 1 ' : Scats Selling Now at Box Office j ; Doors open 7:30 Curtain 8:30 their bank accounts. He knew an equal eren when it was hid den in rags and be could scent an inferior underneath a wealth of purple and fine linen. Porter dealt with the fundam entals in his human- relations. He tfent down under the skin. And so he scoffed at convention al standards of appraising men and women. He - belittled the paltry claims whereon the shal low minded based their prestige. "Colonel," he would mock. "I have a proud ancestry. It runs back thousands and thousand of years. Do you know I can trace It clear back to Adam! "The mnI would like to meet is the one whose family tree do not take its root in the Garden of Helen. What an oddity he wou.rt have to be a sort of spontaneous creation. "And. colonel, if the ".first fam ilies only looked far enough back, they would find their poor, mis erable projeuitors wallowing about in -the slime of the sea!" .'That .any of these descendants of slime should dare to look down upon him even in thought was in tolerable. He knew himself to te the ejual of all men. His Iierce, honest independence would brook patronage from none. "I won't be under an obliga tion any one. When I get out from here I strike free and bo1I. No one shall bold the club of ex convict over me." "Other men have said the same." I felt that Porter's atti tude larked courage, "and there is always some one to hunt then down. You can get away with it " Facts Support ' Porter's Stand. ' "You can't beat the game if any one evpr finds out you once wore a number," Porter flung- back, riled and indignant that he was forced to defend himself. "The onlv way to win is to conceal." Every day incidents happened to bear out Porter's argument. Men would be Kent out in a few months they were sent bark. The past was their scourge. Thcv could not escape its lash. And just a few weeks after we . had talked about the thing a - iw weeks after I had told him of Sally Foley the Coat and tlit sinister tragedy that followel him threw us all into a hot fury of resentment and rage. . Foley's misfortune made a tr; mendous impression on Porter. The Incident was directly respon sible for the breakup of the Rec luse club. After Porter wtr transferred to the steward's ofrice, three week paFsed and he had not eome to one of our Sunday dinners. His absence was as depressing as a cold rain on a May Day fete. Th club was lifeless without ,him. Kven Hilly Raidler's bubbling rai' lery simered down. Old man Came grew more querulous when his napkin was carelessly rolded and Ixulsa could not argue the beginning and the end of creation. When he start ed in to divide infinity there was no one to onposa him. I took Hill's absence as a Per sonal insult. . 1 felt that a friend had forgotten me. It was the un pardonable oversight,- - . j. Clubmen Unable ; To Bring Bacon. "-. We were sitting at the table on the fourth Sunday. - We had a wretched meal. No one had been able to bring in tbe bacon. I usually procured the roast. I would take over about $2 in stamps to the guard at the com missary and this state official would open the door and allow me to take all the meat I could car- I A' new guard hd come in. I was a r raid to try the old taetiov on him. Ixmisa bad been equally unfortunate. We had nothing but come left-over potatoes, some canned string beans and stale doughnuts for the weekly feast. "When is Mr. Bill?-' old Car ey complained. "Has the man's promotion iaflated his self es teem? lly Jove, does he not real ize that, the name Camot is. one of th proudest in New Orleans!" He was sputtering and fuming. None of us was very fond of him. "Mr. Camot," name may. be your t.iss key to the domains of the elite." I tried to taunt him. Vltut Bill Potter has an Inner cir cle of his own. He doesn't care what your credentials are!" 1 went over to the window and looked across the prison campus, hoping that BIJI might be coming along. I was about to give up when I saw his portly figure swinging with calm dignity down the alley. Prodigal lU-turn V,ith Fatted CU. "Fellow comrades the prodi gal returns and he brings th? fatted calf with him.", Porter' full gray eyes gleamed, and he began to empty his pockets. A mall dray could not have car ried much more. There were French sardines, deviled hams, green peas, canned' chicken, jel lies and all manner of delicacies. We looked on as Lazarus misbt SALE OF ONE MILLION POUNDS PRUNES MADE Prices Low Due to Declin ing Prices in East Says R. C. Paulas OTHER SALES PENDING Buyers Order All Sizes of Fruit; Good Sign Says Manager A Kule of 1-OtlO.OfHI ImiimU nf prunes in the east is announced by It. C. Pa u his sales manager of the Oregon Growers Co-Operative as sociation and the Washington Growers' Packing corporation. An-i nouncement is also made by Mri Paulus that other deals are pend ing. , For the first time in about three months, sales were made on a f o b coast basis. Formerly sales were made from stocks in storage in the east. Prices were low compared to opening prices of the assoc'ation Mr. Paulu3 says, due largely to the fact that there has been a declin ing market in the east. This slow market was caused by the fact that certain packers have been of fering extremely low prices and no efforts were made to sustain the market. And with this cutting of the market, buyers naturally re fused to buy. believing the bottom had not been reached. Although prices were lowit was deemed advisable by, both as sociations to sell a large amount at present, rather than toroiss the large consuming period of the next three months. Under ordinary circumstances. It requires about 23 days for ship ments from the coast to reach New York and for this reason, sales were made In order that the shipments might reach the east for the late tf.'nter consuming per iod. One of the good signs In the prune market is that while for merly In quiries were almost all for large sizes, of late there has been a demand for all sizes. what may be done In Californ'a." regarding Japanese questions. Referring to a suggestion by Senator Phelan that' disposition of the Island of Ya, vrlth its cabli communications s a delicate problem remaining for adjust ment. Senator Williams deelarcl ft-was not a question which woulj involve America in war. "Three-fourths ot tne senator. don't know whertf Yap in." lv sajd. i "Yet we are going t&Yap Tor a big army and Yap again? t the J.apanese and Yap against an army of 1-0.000." Called up unexpectedly. th. ahn resolution in 'he. house pro voked partisan debate in whh'ii Republicans -charged Secretary I'.akcr has violated the will of congrc-ss in runn ng tli army strength above tho Tig lire for which appropriations were mai There was little opposition to th reduction, however, when put to a vote. CONSERVATION DAY PROPOSED National Conference on Parks Plan Universal Observance REFUGEES DIE BY THOUSANDS Tragic Exodus Bids to Be come Historic Horror of Civilized World . have when an extra rat crumb fell from Dives table. It was a Joyous reunion: It was th-j last meeting of the Ite cluse club. A bitter feud grew up between its members. The rase of Foley the Goat and Por ter's indignant sympathy brought to- its end the one pleasant- feat ure of our prison life. . (Continued next week.) IT'S GOOD FOit C HILI)i;i:X. Mrs. C. K. Schwab. 1007 14th St.. Canton. Ohio, writes: "We use Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and find it cne of the test remedies on the market, es pecially good, for ehildren'a roughs, as it does not contain anr drug that is harmful." Serious fcickne.ss oRen follows lingering colds. Hard coughing racks a child's body and disturbs strength Kiting neep. ana tne poisons weaken tli miam "'- DU lUUb U 19' ease cannot be warded off. Take toieys in time. Sold every, whcVe. ' NEW YORK. Jan. C Six thousand Greek refugees, at Da tum Trans-Caucasia, their cloth ing worn to shreds, are "living like wild animals In dens" and dying at the rate of from ... to SO a day. vrites Dr. W. E. Ram bo a Near Hast relief worker, of West Philadelphia. Pa., in a re port from the lilack Sea port re ceived here. In what he calls a "tragic exo dus that bids to becom? historic". Or. Rambo .says the Greek gov ernment already has repatriated 20.000 vbo emigrated from the nettr east to colonize Thrac and that from 10.000 to 12.000 re main to be transported from Rat um back to their homeland. Most of these, he says, are physically strong but 6000 refugees from other regions who flocked to Ma lum in the expectation of relief have been in that city five months waiting in vain for help, thejr condition daily becoming more desperate on account of the rig ors of the Georgian winter. The. Greek government. Dr. Rambo explains, disclaiming re sponsibility for tbe plight of the people, has undertaken through hururane considerations only to feed and doctor the refugees but, so far, has declined to transport them to Greece on tbe ground that there is insufficient housing there to shelter them. "Meanwhile,' the letter says, "the 6.000 are overcrowded in barracks unfit for human habita tion. The families have no pri vacy. Some are lying in bed day and night because they have no clothing to protect them from the cold" or cover their nakedness. Un less speedy relief comes to these people most of them will die dur ing tbe winter. Already- the rem nants of the original refugees are In despair. One or them said to me: 'We are no longer waiting for ships: we are waiting Tor death. Of 5.767 in this party in the beginning only about 2,400 re main 3.367. are dead. -Another party of 6.800 has 2.800 surviv ors 4.000 are dead. Of the sur vivors1 700 are ill." NOSE CLOGGED FROM A COLD OR CATARRH Apply Cream in Nostrils To Open Up Air Passages. Ah! What RrlieC! Your cloggi.d nostrils open right up. the air passages of your head are Hear and yon can breathe freely. No more hawking, snurri'ng. muc oas discharge, headache, drvness t no struggling for breath at night, your cold or catarrh is gone.. Don't stay stirred up? Get a small bottle of Kly'i Cream IUI111 from your druggist now. , Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream in your nostrils. let it pen etrate through every air passage f-r the head: soothe and heal the swollen, inflamed, mucous mem brane, giving you . instant relief. Kly's Cream Ralnt is lust what every cold and catarrh .surferer has been seeking. It's Just splendid. REGULAR AMY TO BE LIMITED War Recruiting To Be Stopped Until Regulars Number 175,000 WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. Con gress voted today lo limit the reg ular, army to 17.000 enlisted men. NTha senate 41 to 33, set aside its decision to reduce the army to 150.000 and then without a rec ord vote adopted the original joint resolution of Senator New. Republican. Indlann. directing the secretary or war to stop recruit ing until the army is cut to 175. 000. . The house later ml 4 a joint resolution sponsored by Chairman Kabn of Its military af fairs committee, also directing the secretary of war to cease enlist ments until there are no. more than 17.000 enlisted men. Th'two resolutions aie almost identical, earh providing that the 17.",000 limit shall not - piev?nt the re-enll-tment of men who have served one or moro enlist mentu, The. language, however, differs xonicwhat and either Nj senate or the house will tend Ma resolution to conference ror rear rangement. T d ay's action was taken against the recommendation .of war department beads General Pershing. , Secretary Raker before the senate military committee adris-d against an army of lens than 2-"0.. 000 after the "present necessity r.f economy had been relieved." G-n-ernl Pershing deel2r?d an army of Zfto.noo men cont!tutel a mMv 1 margin. - ' Several senators who. last wo; k went on record a. favoring an nr .r of 1'n.fWif) chancel aMnt. placing their, support behind the 17S.to fiKure. Some senators said privately that they helieved President' Wilson would sign a resolution placing the army at 1 73.000 but would not approv- a. smaller number. There a no party division In the senate and lb? rinal vote wer takeu atter an all-day debate enlivened by a clash between Sen ator Phelan. Democrat. Californ ia, and William. Democrat. MI siKsippi, over Japanese asgrewdon. Senator Phelan. urged strong" earrlsontug or Pacific post and Senator William declared -that Japan had "neither power nor de tire to fight this couutry over DKS MOINES, j la., Jan. 11. Kstablishment or a "National Con Oservatlon Day" was placed berore the National Conference, on parks here today. Advocates of the pro-j pofal declare such a holiday' would receive general endorse-j ment because it; was needed to I help stop a waate of resources that cannot be replaced and would stimulate love of, country-. Mrs. Charles u. Hutchinson, of 1 Chicago, on behalf of the Garden 'Jclub of America, presented a reo ! lution urging the establishment of j national conservation day. Dr. Henry C. Cowles of the Tnivem ty of Chicago, president of the Wild Flower Preservation society of America, spoke In support of it. The first Saturday In May wan suggested. ! "The Garden Club or America already has endorsed this idea. wh'ch firt was suegested by Mrs. Francis C. Farwell of Chicago." Mrs. Hutchinson said. "We have numerous holidays properly de voted to reverence of historic events in our life as a nation, but none devoted to teaching what America is today. "National Conservation Day should be celebrated by school and civ'.c organizations with out door exercises which would im press on our' people the need for taking care or the abundant re sources with which we are blessed, but which are being depleted by unwise use." The resolution.' which was re ferred to a committee for report to tbe f nal session of the con ference, reads as follows: "Whereas. our unparalleled natural resources are in danger of being destroyed. ; robbing future generations of these commercial assets and also of the outdoor beauty spots which have contrib uted to our health and strength as a nation, and "Whereas, conservation of wa terways and forests and plant and animal life is In no way incompat ible without continued Industrial development, but on the contrary essential to-it. and "Whereas, a national holiday dedicated to the purpose of con servation . would emphasize th need for conserving these resour ces and not abusing them, and would promote love of country, therefore be it "Resolved that congress hereby i3 requested to et aside the first Saturday In "way as a National Conservation day and other gov ernmental agencies are urred to farther this Ide by arslstlag !a Its cek brat ion 1Z1AII, PKRH.irs Iord Drogheda, who worked as a volunteer laborer at Padding ton station uunng the recent British railway strike, is a past master in the grrtle art of persiflage. Once, vhlle he. was In tbe act rof (iesceLdiug the steps of hla ' rlab. a stranger addressed hlai j thus: , "I beg jour rardon. 'r. bat it (there a gentleman In this club !ifh one eye of the name c.r Rlark " ' , "Stop a Moment!" cut In Lord 'Drogheda. "What is the name of hi other eve?" 1 1 mm'- WW w$m aV u4 waiat nwn : ciHi7iir i m miTm (orvr cottou aJ w will tii jot m factorial. PnU wrwiI. Mn HTCtEMCr ASfllO?! 1.131 in lit ik. si. a 'rw rw. ti Ta "You Save M i cays the Good Judge And "get more genuine chew ing satisfaction, when you use this class of tobacco. This is because the full. rich. real tobacco taste lasts so long, you don't need a fresh chew nearly as often. And a small chew gives more real satisfaction than a big chew of the ordinary kind ever did. Any man who uses the Real Tobacco Chew will tell you that. Put v in two styles W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco. ! CORN IS CHEAP I Wt are offering a dandy lot i.-f -orn at low prices Aiiil novr tin lxst and thcaicit feed ou tin; market. Spec-, ial prices oil large lots. SPECIAL SCRATCH FEED ; Our Special Scratch feci is phing: food results and is a trtHHi feed for ir.aki'11 your liens lay. You will find it profitable to feed with our Laying Mash. FLOUR :. While prices have advanced we are Ktill nulling at the old 1 rice. U'tter huy now as we will Lave to advance soon. All the hest kinds. D. A.WHITE & SONS. Phone 1C0 255 State St. ! AM I 1 Y i I 5 I m j? L fcB I i Mv f .liTy 1 - f ir 1 1 I - k ?" - RIM-LADY APRONS arc the pride and happiness of all the better class of housekeepers who have them. -They ire the time and work saver of our thriftiest women. 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