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Tfe0REGb-STATytE;'bREGON FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1923 , .,,.,-,. - - - - - - 1 r - t V- ' Issued Dally Except Monday by ' " ' THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY .; 1 - 115 S. Commercial St.. Salem, Oregon (Portland1 Of rice, 723 Board of Trade Building, j Phone Beacon 1193) K ; ; v MKMBKB OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS X The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use tor publi cation of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein, t R. i. Hendricks 8tephen A. Stoi rrank Jashoskl ;TELXPnONES: v- . - I tricks ............ .. ....... .... .......... Stone . . . ...... J. I ............... - .Managing Editor oskl . . .V. . ... . A . .Managi . . .Manager .Manager Job Dept. Business Office, IS Circulation Department, S8t Job D-rtment, S8S Society Editor,, 101 Entered at the Postoffice In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter CONCERNING PAROLES AND PARDONS parole board will not fall into the errors that marred the use ; fulness of the retiring board. While Senator Ritner, a3 act k ng governor, came under severe criticism for the wholesale t Christmas" pardons, the board was by no means blameless. They recommended pardons except in a few cases, and Rit ' ner followed their advice. V Both are blameworthy for having ignored the public interest in so many cases. ' -U , "It would be no more ; than just to say that the spirit of the parole law was violated. This law was intended to give r first offenders the opportunity for self-redemption, but. it was' never intended to cover criminals from other . states who committed their first felony in Oregon. Instant return to crime by -paroled convicts) is sufficient evidence to show that the parole principle has been too often misapplied. ? "Some of the pardons recommended by the retiring board - were utterly indefensible. Those which were granted in the - ' face 6fsblemn protests by judges, district attorneys, sheriffs, 1 and police officers were, nothing less than nullification of : righteous laws which Oregon, in common with all American : states enacted to protect life and property. ? . "In humane, spirit, Oregon wishes to perpetuate the in- determinate sentence, which always opens the way, after one . year, for first offenders to secure release; and become nomi- 11 Tit nnm affnr tVl or fan riffTriA ArlSfV. . fo anH rwnvr full itizenshin ricrht3: but the law 'try In 1924i But Tumulty does ; Of leniency U in danger of repeal unless more discrimination 'not w tmW fhon Vi o o Knon shnivn in I h6 once uiu. , AH QUB lO mat uuu ' v the past.. . , ' ... . 'I . ; . "Any convict except a life termer may reduce the period ' of incarceration by good behavior. Mere obedience to prison I rules, without reference toward repentance or non-repent- ance, automatically works to cut of f a certain fixed number of years and month3. It is a doubtful if not a dangerous i: policy, to reduce the term of imprisonment lower than the prison rules provide. ; J '. ' . t ..TThe new board should do this: Subscribe to a resolu tion pledging its members to regard th.e interest of organized v society as of more importance than the interest ofa convict i and then keep the pledge.' Portland Telegram. . ..: The writer does not wish to enter into a discussion con . terning the .paragraphs of the above article down to the last t paragraph. . -i ; . ,,' . , i , ;t - : . i r- A great deal has already been said; much of it 4injut concerning some of the actions; of some of the parties con cerned, and perhaps some of it deserved criticism concerning : some of the actions of some of the parties. " ' " - As to the last paragraph, suggesting the pledge: That - pledge is scarcely to be presumed as necessary. It is assumed f that any parole board would act upon that principle; ori the , principle that the interests of the whole people, or, even a -majority of the people, are to be considered. above those of ; one man or a minority. f : ; - - T ' ;- t But, down deep in their hearts, the whole people, or a f majority of them or at least a majority of those who think i; -fnnl n-nA Viqttq Vinnoaf ciiinlpi 9TiH wpII Hirpctpd svmnathv. ' UIA AWWI OHM UU 1 W UVUWV BV.Jvu f - m ' , would not desire to have their servants in any capacity do iTiinsiici rn pvpn one mun. inuuicii Liiai, iuaii ncic a .uuiv. X lie lUUCIrVluiuiaic fcjiifcviik-u w-w.. m o but it is not good enough, according to the standards of modern pen61ogy, as held by all deep students who deal with such matters in this country , . For they hold that indeterminate sentences ought to be absolute, and not merely according to former rules prescrib ing certain terms of years for certain convictions for crime. This doctrine, however, presupposes still greater re sponsibility and study and care on the part of paroling bodies. An absolutely indeterminate sentence must of necessity be complemented with discreet and just paroing rules and authority : U - , J Else a man once sent to prison for a slight offense might be kept for life; or he might be turned loose haphazard, with out any regard to hisfitness for jaecoming a responsible and useful member of society. Also, there is no place for the absolutely indeterminate sentence without the best possible government of prisons; excepting as they may be made schools of training for future responsibility and usefulness for. those men once convicted of crime who may finally be trusted to go on their own resources as members of society. 'So far, in Oregon, we can only approximate the highest aims of modern penology. We are only making a beginning, or about to make a beginning. After two or four or more years, perhaps this new parole board will be able to make some suggestions that Will be of value in 4the domain of the 1 i. w.n4Uy1n ;-. rootmonf an1 f in inirfor anA narrklincr rtf prisoiieis. ; " ? Former Secretary McAdoo has, gone to Mexico. But', William, the Mexicans wHl hare no vote in the next Democratic national conven tion. Exchange. ; . , , Some day the wets are going to wake up to find that an over whelming majority of the people of the United States are weary of bootleKeers and dry-law violators. The bootlegger Is fast becoming a man without a country.- Los Angeles Times. : ? Garden week next week. None too early for Oregon. Everybody's doing It, or getting ready to do it. Joe Tumulty , cays that Wood- row Wilson will stump Che coun- he once did. All due to that book, in which more attention was paid to. Tumulty than to nis former chief . , ' . . . . President Harding Is arranging to dispose of the mercantile ships - to private owners. In other words, if it is necessary (or anybody to walk the floor on account of a losing venture it will not be Uncle Sam. ' CRIME UTS THE . Mexico has some curious crim inal laws. For instance, it is twice as much an offense to mutilate the fac of a woman as that of a man. The idea of this is a very sensible one,' being based on the fact that to a woman her beauty is a great asset; to mar. it is therefore a very serious personal injury. Another quite sound law is that in a case qf assault, the punish ment of "the offense, if fixed by the number of days that his victim has toj remain in the hospital or unde the- care of the doctor. If more than forty days, the penalty automatically doubles. 'HAFNIUM WOULD HELP -SOME ' won in tne uaiirorma where tbe case was i. tried and then suedon- this judgment In the circuitconrt for Lane county where he again was successful. Hollister appealed to the - state upreme court which upheld th9 lower court, and now Hollister takes the case to, the United States supreme court. " There is to be a checking up on the broccoli crop of the Salem district, with a, lew to finding, if possible, the spots that are im mune, or likely t'o be immune, from the injurious effects of freezing nights and thawing days, liable to break down the tissues of the growing plants. It may be possible in this way to make the broccoli Industry In the Willam ette valley a measurably safe one, at least in spots. And perhaps more so later,-by other checking up of experiments. ; FUTURE DATES March 31, SturdT Sut fair board to meet. ' April -6.- Friday "A. Nautical KnoC operetta by music !aee, in Salem High school auditorium. April 7. Saturday Shrine - Vaudeville D Lnxe mX Armory. April 2 to 9 Muaie Week. April t, Monday Clarence C. Hamilton. - iield secretary United Society s of Christian Endeavor, to apeak in Salem. April - Monday Made-in- Salem week heeiaa.' April , Tueaday Septie Unk nd water . bond election St Dallas. , , . ! April 4, Wedneay Willamette Tent. Maccabees' district initiation Def ree wwek by 'Mt. Hoed .Tent. PorUand. i, April 13, Friday WUlametto Men' Glee club eoneert at armory. April 19, 20 and 21 Cherrian Cherrine. April 28,, Saturday; Whitney Boys chorus at Armory. " May 5. Saturday A! Kader temple Shrine' ceremonial in Salem, ; . ' Majr S. Sunday Blossom Pay. May 18. Friday May Festival, -.Hat3n oratorio, 'Tho' Four Seasons." V ' May 28,. 29. 30 and 31 Oregon Jubilee The flax industry is going ahead as fast as prudent business meth ods would dictate. There is 1 en ough stock on hand from various sources to keep the present plant running, at a profit, till a new crop begins coming in. - By that lima therA will Yta rattia new m- - chinery and appliances, enlarging the capacity of the plant for the primary processes for making tow and fiber. Then the plan Is to Install spinning machinery, for sack and seine twine. It will take some time to decide upon" the right kind to install, and it will take some more time t'o install it; but there will be no unnecessary delays. And when the'time for spinning comes, too, there will be men there to run the machinery who ate experts. The same haste, but with the same care, will be taken as to the other Industries to be enlarged and Installed, un der the provisions of the new re volving fund law.. ,.' As quickly f as possible, without making morts than the-1 normal number of mis takes in such undertakings, every man in the prison will be sren employment with a view to mak ing the institution self supporting at the earliest possible time, and finallr n&vinsr every man . who works a small' da'ily wage ttwrt HTTM01 TLAT WORK tVTTrif bt, 16S3, Associated Edit ore The Biggest Little Paper la the worm j y w . i . . , . . . : r ' II h ''2'. 1 r- ". .rm 7 -. For Boys and Girls XIIE .FUN BOX ; ,T Situation Wanted : City Editor: "Who ruined the photo of this girl?" . New Reporter:. "She. held book in ' front of her face when we took the picture, and I tried to erase it. Nature Faker "There is a real camel's hair brush.!, said the clerk. 1 k ; "You can't fool me,' replied the freshman. "Camels J don't brush their half."., ' 5 ' ' Today's Gnmmir Lnson VDo you know the difference be tween a. eat and a comma?' ' , No, what is it?" , 'A Mt RSI flwa at lha cnrl of his paws, and a comma has Its pause at the end of its clause." .. ' i ; . The Idea! Hotel Gaest: "Has Mike Howe registered; here?" ' j . ' Clerk: "What do' you think this is, a stable V'-; ..f'- TrTie, Enough . English. Teacher: i"Name , collective noun." , Student;. "Garbage canl' r ' Approved , 'Is this cup 'sanitary?' "Must be; everybody Soph,:.? Fresh: uses it" :.y , Btli:T'"MV fadder knew a month before " he - died when he would die." Jack: - "My, that's remarkable Intuition tell him? : BUtt 'Xo, the Judge - Natural "That's a flaming tie you have on," v j . ". r. "Sure. I got it at a fire sale. Business as Usual. Abe. who has discovered a bur glar in his house: "Hands up of I'll shoot -; Quick-witted burglar; t ''Fifty dollars for the gun." ,:. ' Abe: "Sold." Their Favorite Selections Question: ! "What . are those girls doing who sit on the library steps? - ! . Answer: ? ,;Outside reading 5 ; ... ..-No Wonder! '.-v " Everett: "If that old principal doesn't take back what he said to me I'm going, to leave school!" Jack: "Why, what did he say?'' Ererett: "He told me to leave schooL ? ... . . Time Will Tell -He: "I worked on that prdb- lem 'till 5 o'clock this morning.' Teacher;-J "Did you finally get the Idea?--'- 4 ' He: ''Yes, It began to dawn on me" - - - - ' The' Awful Truth "You look fed up, old man." "Yes. I've had a tiring day. That little beast of an office f oy of mine came to me with the old rar .about , ! setting off for his grandmother's funeral, so just to teach him a lesson,.! said iW.ouia necomnanv him." "Ah. not so bad. was it a gooa "No. It was his grandmothers funeral!" ! , i fiLM 'f " ;" ;r -; ; Fortunate , Senior: X"My; rother -fell against the piano and struck his i'tHurt him much?" "No, he hit the soft head." Junior: Senior: tedal." (Jokes for "The Fun Box", are collected from high school news papers all over North America.) i THE SHORT STORYi JR. I ' ; - i- AX UNPOPULAR UMPIRE The umpire made everyone mad, In fact, he got in very bad: To the' coach's square code Th mean fallow owed The narrow escape that, he had. I Bill Thompson sat on the side lines and ground his teeth in an ger. V His team was being cheated out of the game.1 literally cheated. Out!" shouted the umpire, and a . loud hiss went ud from ine crowd. It. was all Bill could do to keep from joining in. "What's the matter with that crazy, um pire?" he 'grumbled. , That fellow wasn't out at all.- I wonder what the coach thinks now. He wants us 'to be good sports, but he surely doesn't want us to be sissies and let that old umpire cheat us like this." The game was ovr and Wood- lawn High: school had lost. ! It was perfectly plain to everyone at the game that the umpire had not been fair. The ; fellows were all justly angry. "Let's lay for him;" screamed Dick Brown above the noiso and complaints- of the bunch. "Let's egg him. LHe de serves It if every any one did. The "But Dick " what would Coach Ytalker say?" Bill, who was presi dent oi tbe Athletic association, felt that It was his duty to see that j the fellows ' didn't do any thing they ' shouldn't. Cut Dick and the other fellows were j too angry to care what the coach would say. :; ' j "Come on " they cried. "Let's get him. Let's clean up on him before he leaves town." j . BUI watched the : angry gang rush off "towards the hotel. He wished he could .go, too, but he felt be ought to tell the coach first. Mr. Walker was in the gym. Bill rushed up to his of rice. ; rie gasped on t the story of how the gang was going to "get" the um pire. .Bill had never seen the .coach so angry before. ' "Bill, I feel as ; , . though I would like to help," he cried. "I'd like to beat that fel low to a pulp. Sometimes I think there's a limit even for 'a good sport, but ,of course, there isn't. However, don't you worry. They won't get him." . He pointed to his locker room. "I have him hid ing in there. I guess he's learned his lesson. He's so scared he doesn't know what to do. Come on, you and I will see that he gets out of town safely. My car ismt side." . -- row S (JkV The discovery of a new elementJ that "will not wear out iuS6c, a number of profitable uses to which it might be put. "Haf nium" Is its name, and if some method of producing it In cheap and workable form-can be found it is to be rated as a great bless ing to the race. "Indeed, the pos sibilities of hafnium as an alloy, the ingredient or. composition ele ment' are practically limitless. What a boon it would be If it could be so produced that It couia be woven into the .heels of socks or the seats oi iruuci Into shoe soles and other perisn able fruits of modern industry. THE CSIRLS OP TODAY Dr. Arthur Holmes of Drake University indulges .In an maicx- ment of tbe modern gin. vnicn. erbockers and rifles In feminine bands are his especial animau verslons. he feeling that - such things are the rightful belongings of the sterner sex alone. If they must fight, the learned savant, in sists, let them do so Dy buoowub elances out of the eye, rather than wielding Colt revolvers or brandishing boxing gloves: . um,o will some of our saga cious professors learn that sitting coyly in a corner and wngguus one's orbs no longer imrj8ucs Interest of an able-bodied young woman. As a sideline n right, hilt as the chier occupant of an adult mind it Is somewhat piffling. And the first to flee the premises vita shrieks of horror would be the good old doctor, if he were condemned to pass the evening in the society of a room ful of ogling girls. Let us rather give thanks that our young people have learned to love the great outdoors. Far from lowering the standards of the hu- a trin teacher - avers, modern eirl. with her natural ness and ready companionship, has k-aise them a little higher. -,w Li viova of the simpering, helpless miss have passed and it is time for even me posu. the most antiquated views to ac custom himself to this fact. The recent tennis match at Nice between .Mil. Susanne Lanflen xTniia. Blursfedt Mallory brought "no joy to the partisans . . tw. .himnlnn. Dill Of tne Afflenrau . - there was much about It that the general public couia nean ianf,9nnA" we are told pro, o0t,1 ht disnatcnes. '""o mous to victory, ana . " t ft " -Perhaps the ai&niiicu in uv.v -0idAfi character of the score the American . 7 Cm ia two sets, had single " - , , ...,V!. do With this COndl tion. but we prefer to believe that even It the battle naa gnu eu""8 contestants would have been tne om ' Kach nlayer has had tine . lit., rtn her nrevious dls ID iucuiiio 7 - - . r ,ntv temoerament and to be thorougniy tsnamcu - Pica Ic Annealed to vo& i "r-r-- - Federal supreme uuui i a annual to the United States . nurt has neen ia-cu r .nnpt from the Oregon supreme u.. . i. L.es nt Prlwtn Reed VS. va Hollister. which is an at . tr. romver nail tne estate of Frances R. Furry, all oi wmcn i aA to be in the nanus oi Hollistei , who is an attorney of Mnrshfield. The case was appeal A trm 1 .ana OOllTltV. and it HI" L i J ... u . v . - - " vivoo that enmitv of states be tween courts of Oregon and Cal lfornia. VTiiiatoi. l Bald to be a .son of Mrs. Furry and Reed is ad ministrator of the estate whicn aeFreates about S 4 0.000. Reed Gasoline Tax Referendum r May be Forstalled Governor Piert-e went 'Into con ference in Portland yesterday with the Oregon Automotive Dealers' assoeiaion to attempt to make arrangements to have -Joe referendum of the act tficreaslng the tax on gasoline from 2 to 3 cents. The meeting was called by the dealers. They have start ed, the referendum on the meas ure, and the referendum is be ing opposed by the governor and by a number of communities in tbe stats that insist that if the tax were no allowed to become ef fe-ive road development In the communities would be halted. I PICTURE PUZZLE YORE -WROTE THE ROBBER with 5000 SULPHUR OOTHES S U6LY: ITCHII SKIN The First Application Slakes Skin Cool and Comfortable. em may using Answer to yesterday's: Vlny ar If you are suffering from ecze ma or some other torturing, barrassing skin trouble you quickly be rid of It by Mentho-Sulphur, declares a noted skin specialist. , Ths sulphur preparation, be- eanse of lta term rtpntrnvln f nrnn. erties. seldom fails to quickly sub due itcning, even of. fiery eczema The first application makes, the skin cool and comfortable. Rash and h'otfhe are tipalod rirhti nn Rowles Mentho-Sulphur Is applied like any pleasant cold cream and is perfectly harmless. Ton van obtain a small Jar from an rood JttUKaUSt.-AdV, BITS FOR BREAKFAST i : - Statesman Annual tomorrow. ' i S -w v It will be a part of the regular Statesman of Saturday. V Coming to their senses V Talking of leaving the addition al one cent gasoline tax alone. . It will take that, and the reis suance of some bf the serial bonds for Is court r v. y,m. j as tney are; jmiiu ou, n state toad program alive---to fin ish the gaps and match the gov ernment money, nd that ought to be done, at least.; .- - - -b England has a bachelor Judge of the divorce court that to eeiure impartiality? The Fasclstl movement spreading from Italy to a number oflbther countries. It Is tbe vlgl- lance committee on a national orit international scale. in ltaiy, it was obtaining orderly government by disorderly methods to begin with. Perhaps the Fascistl move ment is the thing that will bring order out of chaos in Russia; though an intelligent and active middle class Is lacking there. Le nin and Trotsky fear the Fascist! movement and are attempting to keep It out of Russia. .; V s . Too much cannot be made of garden week .next week In Ore gon.. Also, the activities of the Salem Floral society ought to be increased. It will pay to make Sa lem more beautiful, as a straight business proposition, to say noth ing of the satisfaction in - an esthetic sense and the attendant benefits in numerous .ways. Saiq Small, out Highland V says laugh a little more at y own troubles and a little Icr your neighbors, , "W The mammoth new paper mai. Ing machine at the Salem pa;- Is .mill, which will be ready to r-- in a few day3, will a little nu;a than double the output of f mill. WHY STAY; FAT? ; 1 YOU CAM REDUC" The answer of most fat peopla Is (' it i too r h-ard, toa troublesome and t. , dangerous - to force tbe weight do -i. Marmola PrseriptkB Tablet oerrt . all thesa diffiralties. They are abtoit ... ly harmlesa, entail no dietinr or si . eiae, and hare the added adrantage t; eheapnesa. A easa 'is sold at aa in' by all drarrista the world over, or , the price direct to the Varmola ' 4612 Woodward Ae Detroit, alica. o that yoa know this, you bare -no jc,. for beinr fat. but eaa reduce steadily , easily without roinc throach icng sir t of tiresome eTcise aad . starvation t..; or fear of bad effecta. : Beautiful Baby Grand Piano Must Be Sold Will sacrifice fine baty grand piano, only threa . - years old for cash. Must t- sold at once. Forjull par . ticulars address "E4S" ! Statesman. Thmn m Mmtmr4Htmr I Bttmr For Coughs and Colds, Head ache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism : and All Aches and Pains ALL DRUGGISTS " 35c and 65c, jar and tubaa Hospital aiza, $3.00 WOTlEB TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS: . We beg to announce the showing of the magnificent picture play the finest production yet made - i "MM This film has cost us a tremendous sum -more than MLady Billy" and Merry Widow" road shows combined.. We want everyone to. see it at fair t ADMISSION PRICES 1 We have secured two prints and ' haye-scaled prices to fit the purse of everyone. - It will be shown at) the ' ' " ' GRAND THEY'RE v Next Saturday and Sunday Only- Matinees ' Eveninj Adults 35c Children 10c Downstairs 50c Upstairs 35c Children 20c OREGON THEATRE Adults 55c Tonight 7:009:00 Sharp Loges 75c Childs 25c Only record breaking attendance will justify these low prices. We hope to repeat such bargains in the future with your help. - OREGON - GRAND C & C STORE j 254 N. Commercial FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Fresh, lot bacon squares, per lb. ..........l . .15c Carnation milk, per can ....: -........:.:J...:..10; 30c bulk roast coffee, lb....... ..:.... .,... . L 2J?c 33c Peaberry coffee, lb. -.X... 29c I-02. Sweet oranges, 25c; 2-oz. .;.....;..47c White Wonder laundry soap, 6 for 25c; 13" for-..SOc Best quality of hams, per lb :..t.,..l.:...,26c New line ladies', men's and children's straw hats, mod erately priced. Colored poplin, per yd. :. 25c New line of cotton crepes, special price, yd. ..1. ......23c Ladie3 silk hosiery 69c, 98c and .... ...... :.$i.49 What ever you may need come in and get prices. No uuiigaxions. : - C & C STORE Phone 560. 254 N. Com'L