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A-v-rnKPTiAY MORNING. MARCH 22. 1022 ' THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON DEATH PENALTY IS HELD VALID .Supreme Court Passes on Case of Kerby and Up holds Judge Bingham TAYLOR CASE RECALLED Enactment of Capital Pun ishment Act Held to Have Been Regular In an opinion written by Justice John MeCourt, the state supreme amendment e'd' from "the bill of rlf fats of the constitution. ' f V One AutWitf Cttwl v "Petitioner cite only one au thority." aays toe opinion today, "that has any tendency to sup port the contention that a provis ion )n the bill of rights of a con stitution cannot be amended, l'p on examination that case disclos es that the Arkansas constitution provides that the legislature might by the observation of a prescribed proeeedure. amend th constitution without submitting the proposed amendment to a vote of the people of the state, and the bill of rights in that con stitution contained a provision not found In the Oregon consti tution, as follows: 'Everything in this article la excepted out of the general powers of government'. "The court held that the c !aiis quoted exempted the provisions of the bill of rights from the author ity delegated o the lc-gislature to 'amend the constitution and re served the rig.it to make any mien to the people them- HANDSAKER TELLS OF SELECTING 20 CHILDREN TO BE ACCORDED RELIEF IN ORPHANAGE INSTITUTION Logging Camps Reported Shut Down by Snowfall court yesterday held as c onstitu tional the state capital punish ment law. The. case was that of ex parte Elvle D. Kerby. petition er and appellant, an application for a writ of habeas corpus. In its opinion the court upheld a- decree of Judge Oeorge U. Bingham of the lower court Marion 1 county. Attorneys for Kerby. at the time the appeal was filed, declared they would carry the case to the United States su preme court it necessary. ' I'manlla Sheriff Killed Kerby is one of the meir who was implicated in the murder or Sheriff Til Taylor of Umatilla county when4 he was killed by Neil Hart in a Jail delivery at Pen. die ton a year ago last July. Mart was banged. Kerby and Jack Ra thie were sentenced to hang, but appealed ': to ' the supreme court. The opinlontoday affects also Rathie and also all other men in the' state prison who are under sentence of death. Tn their; briefs attorneys for Kerby charged irregularity in the enactment of ths capital punish ment law whn it was reinstated, and also averred that it was un constitutional in that it subtract' Red Rich Biboci And plenty' of ft. "t$ ennentlul tt neiutir, willing- effort, rockI 'appetite Uicit of u. or thin, watery blood, weans t illness., rneumatisra,- ca taj-rh, humors, headache, wander- ins pains, cold band and feet, de- tun or neaitn-tone ' We recommend Hood's Saraapa- nua ror an inese and other syrop terns because n in made from the best Ingredients physicians pre ncrlbe. combined by pharmacists who. bave made a llfa-lonif study or medicines; nnd rt of alu be cauee U has Helped thousands to Mv arood. rich, red blood and all t blesslnm that come from It Tn wnnn a-na rreat economy of. Hood's Parranarilla appeal to everyone. A ,rottls will last month. vnr nr removed and price rtflu'wl. Get n bottle. " For mild calhartic. pet flooda Pj(ils. SASH AND DOORS 0. B. "WlllUai C. ," 1S43 Tint Av ' Seath. SMl. LargM mat 4a lfc wtmt acUta dirM profits. CMdua Boast 8a tO" wW. by 25" slffc. SOe. A Join different siiss Is stoek for prompt ship CMckM Boss SkyUchu tt" ST 40". Prleo flasod This Is tK recommended by weitera Watbisgtoa Experiment SUtWa. Ordart fill premptl;. " Ttt Soon rivo etoaa panel doors, 1 foot S In. b S foot Inches, at each 2.92 3.67 On paaal doors, at taeh Moaoy cheerfully refsndod If sot tat Miad. Writ for frao iUaatratod raUlos ha. 6. Contain heloful hinta for ra- antdaUnc tho old homo or planning the 'b.B; WILLIAMS KeUbtltfteo ISSt : JLT ?H.VEKTOX. Ore . March 21- (Spwial to The Siatesmanl It is r-porteJ that the logging camps bf Ion gin c to th Silver! on inr,i1r loiiiiianies an- closed be- caus-? of the heavy snow lulls. Itj said that tl.ere was 2v' iect i't snow at ramp 11 and six f-t at: (.!inp fi last week. Leslie Crouch Candidate ; for Judge in Multnomah! slves. The case Is readily dis tinguished from the instant case. for every proposed amendment to the Oregon constitution, in order to become effective, must be ap proved by a majority vote of the people recorded at a state election." Other opinions handed down were: Katherin Piatt vs. city of New- berg, appellant, -appeal from Yam- ill county; ult to recover dam ages for Injuries; opinion by Jus tice MeCourt; Judge if. H. Belt reversed and case remanded. Robert Sob; vs. A. Johnson ef al, appellants; appealed from Co- umbia county to recover damag es for alienation of affections; opinion by J.istice Harris: Judge J. A. Eakin reversed and case re manded. 8tate of Oregon vs. Louis Hos- asco, appellant; appeal from Co- umbia county; appeal from con viction for violation of prohibi tion law; opinion bv Justice Brown; Judge J. A. Eakin af firmed. Fred Lidfors, by Magnus Lid- fors. guardian, vs. H. A. Pflaum; appellant: appeal from Multno mah county; motion to dismiss appeal overruled In an opinion by Chief Justice Hurnett. By J. J. Handsaker. State Director of Near East Relief I have often read of children being refused admission to or phanages and dying from hunger ing. He has a sympathetic under ttanding of the farintr atid h;s needs, and he aims to siv the American fanner what li un serves. His work alonc thi.s line will stand as one of the greatest achievements of his admini-tra- tlon. Fast presidents have pa:il so little attention to the ai-tual con dition of the 50 per cent of rural people of the nation. Now they are to get. their chance. and cold, but I did not think such the worst of their troubles may t Itinera il-apq nswuihTi until T m- ! cnosen to pick zu cniiarc-n out or a group of 2UU or more last Aug- ij.'a ust at Erivan. Except for their rags. U reli It has now been figured out that George Washington had brown hair, in spite of the gen erally accepted idea that i. had a r?d tinge. But it doea not up pear that he ever bobbed it." their di seases and their starvation, these children were as attractive as any I have ever met. The orphanage.; vvere overcrowded, the food sup plies short and we did not dare to take in more fur fear of im periling the livt-s of those already in our care. j In Erivan alone 40m) children ) are safe under the American flag ! While we-were rejojeing in alum-j dant harvests at .Thanksgiving time tho children outside of these orphanages were dying like flies. Six years of war has left the coun try prostrate. The people are uuick to recover from dire pover ty, one,! they have a chance, and now that peace has come to the Caucasus, they are hopeful that ; I.vHo K. Crouch of rortlaml. ' yesterday liie l with the ecreiery j of state his d t !nraion as a an- l(l::te for th? Republican nomin I ation for the office of circuit I jmi-e. department No 1. in Mult nomah county "Administer tie? laws with jus- tie? and impartiality." is his slo- wn. 1 1 is platform follows: Near! 'Perforin the duties of circuit workers is for the :m- judce promptly and to the be: oi my ability wi;h the sole object oi administering the law as written r:ml dispensing justice to all i alike." over by spring. t 1 ne great anxiety oi ine j mediate care of a hundred thous and children in the orphanages and the rescue of great number:? outside. i ah.-v.'..' TODAY AND TOMORROW CONSTANCE BINNEY "MIDNIGHT" Tense Convincing Also News Comedy Sunday Camille LIBERTY THEATRE Our Assortment of SILKS for SPRING Is Complete The most beautiful silks in America. We are show ing favored taffetas in rich gold, dark browns, deep colored navy blues, fashionable black and all the new lighter shades for. street and evening wear. 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Commercial and Court Streets FARM BLOC TOPIC 0F1.FILLE Editor of Western Farmer Addresses Commercial Club Luncheon HIGHEST RANKING AMERICAN SCHOLARS GIVE IT STANCHING ABOVE ALL OTHER DICTIONARIES FIVE GREAT UNIVERSITIES HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR BEST TO ITS PRODUCTiOH litis Sin BeanU Exact Ac Volume Steward Randberg bad to gasp for breath and hustle for help when they flocked In by unprece dented score to the Commercial club luncheon Monday noon. Prof. E. E. Farille, editor of tire Western Farmer, was the speaker for the day, and his announced topic, "The Agricultural Bloc at wasnington." was a topic that brought 'em out of hiding from all over Salem and the valley. Prob ably not leas than 30 real "dirt farmers" were among the diners and auditors. "'There have been three ages in the last three centuries," began the speaker. "The first was that of dependence, covering the 18th century; independence, for the 19th; and now we come to Inter dependence as the heart of the 20th century. 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