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ox non Prize in Miss; Salem Contest ' SM1E. SAYS EXPERT i I 1 i - 'Abnormality Such As Hick man's Curable Only By ,.' Execution, Claim - By CHARLES P. STEWART - Washington Corrrftpondent for Central Press and The Oregon " Statesman' WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Crim inality like Wuilam Edward Hick man's la abnormal, certainly, but It's curable In the' electric chair or at the end of a rope. Not oth erwise, ( ;; . ; l , . Assistant Surgeon General F. A. Cajrmelia, of the government bu reau - of public health, psychiatry specialist, speaks for himself, he explains, when he says this; his - service, so far a he knows, takes no official position on the subject. However, his personal views are emph4c. and the doctor an alienist of recognised distinc tion and a trusted medical advieor of Uncle Sam's. "Marion Parker's murder was abnormal," continued Dr. Car mella, "in that It was too horrible even for a normal criminal. "Some Is alienists contend that there's something abnormal in all crtme. I don't think ao. Any ( , number of crimes are perfectly , easy ror any normal human being to understand. "A gang stick up a train, cracks the express sate, and finds ft necessary to kill the messenger Incidentally. Nothing abnormal about that. We all can see why It was done. No trouble to follow the robbers' mental processes. "Judd Gray and Ruth Snyder! - why did they murder Ruth's husband? 'Aside from the insur v anee money, they had another log ical reason. They were fighting a social convention. That isn't ab normal, a bit." r ; , "Such inhuman cruelty and bru tality as Hickman's argue a path ological state on his part." agreed the psychiatrist "but it doesn't vallate his act in the least. The question Is "Was he responsible? Did he realize what he was doing h Was he conscious what the conse quences would be? ' "Evidently 'yea.' Didn't he try to get away!" "Let's suppose a case." sug gested the doctor. "One possible motive which was ' mentioned 'In explanation of the . kidnaping was revenge for the trouble Hickman's forgeries got (ju into. "Assume that that really wa the motive but that-there never had been any forgeries that Hickman never had had any trou ble to consequence of them that he'd imagined all that that he'd onght revenge for something that hadn't happened at all, except in his mind. ' " s' ' ' .'- -" ' '' I ' "' nin bill BDDYTAKES rr lit UP FISH HAZARDS Protective Measures Should Be Taken When Dams ' Put fnr Verdict; resolution from the Jackson coun ty rtrng srottctlTt ajuocialioa n treating the federal government not to permit the conetructloa of hydro-electric development dams 120 to 180 feet high in the lower Rogue rtver. This project would mean the virtual extinction of the great runs of ateel head, silverside salmon and Chinook salmon in the Rogue river and ita tributaries, the resolution said. New 1928 Pontiac Coach which "will be griven away an connection with the Miss Salem contest which is a feature of the Better Homes exhibit now being; sponsored by the Salem Realty Board. j for raising the theory of irrespons ibility. .. "But the forgeries were real," pointed out the alienist, "and re venge is a motive we can under stand.. Desire for the $1500 Hick man gotais a thing we can under stand. The fear that he'd be like lier to be caught if his victim lived is understandable. All nor mal! "An irresia table impulse to kill! For one reason or another, all killers have that, or they wouldn't kill. "Hickman planned his kidnap ing intelligently. He was intelli gent enough to see that the little girl wa a danger to him. . His method of collecting the money from her lather, after sne was dead, was above the average intel ligence. . "His whole chain of reasoning was logical, if horrible. "His one abnormality Is his ab normal cruelty. "As a psychiatrist. I don't think that Justifies eociety in undertak ing all the trouble to keep him alive, under safe conditions, at an expense of about $5 a day, for maybe 40 or 50 years. "Hard boiled or not. the treat ment I recommend for such cases is electrocution or hanging." HUT fl UPHELD PERSON'S COMPLAINING NOT PRESENT AT HEARING Woelke Family Holds Reunion At Gervais NORTH HOWELL, Jan. 10 (Special). A family reunion was held Sunday at the Anton Woelke home in Gervais. Those present were Mr. andMrs. Joseph Woelke and two sons of North Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Woelke of Hael Green and their son and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woelke and daughter of Salem, Mr. and Mrs. August Woelke and two daughters of North Howell, and the host and hostess. A bountiful dinner was served by the ladles. Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Dunn and son Keith were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and ' The state board of eugenics Tuesday indorsed the action of Dr. J. N. Smith, superintendent of the state home for the feeble1 minded, who recently recommend ed that Luellen Burnside be sub-i jected to a sterilisation operation. Dr. U. G. Snapp protested against , . the proposed operation and charged that the aterlllzation law had been abused by officials of the feeble minded home.. An investigation of the charges preferred by Dr. Snapp was or dered by Dr. Frederick Strieker, secretary of the state health board. When the eugenics board met in Salem Tuesday to conduct the probe 'none of the witnesses, with the exception of Dr. Snapp, was on hand to testify. The action of jthe eugenics board in indorsing the recom mendation of Dr. Smith was said to be a complete exoneration of the feeble minded home officials. ,Fred L. Boalt. editor of the Portland News, and Richard Deich. Judge of the court of do mestic relations in Portland. wfio had been Invited to attend the In vestigation failed to put in an appearance. Burnside is 16 years of age and was sent to the reeoie minaea home from Bridal Veil. years aa teacher of this class and was again unanimously elected), and Miss Daisy Lambert was also re-elected. She is teacher of the children class and has held this job for about 13 years. Report Isn't given on the other classes aa yet. Mr. and Mrs. orgerd and fam ily motored to Portland last Sat urday on a business trip as well as a visit. Mr. Anna Glrod and family, Mr. and Mrs. Forgard and family. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Evans and daughter Joan, Fred Fagg and Le roy Riley were among the guests of Mrs. Charles Pugh, who cele brated her 69th birthday at her home j at Clear Lake last Sunday airs. jUriroa was nonored also, as her birthday waa on the same day. Joaeph Stanffeur and his sister returned recently from a visit with friends in Albany. Read the Classified Ads PORTLAND, Jan. 10. (AP)-l- Meana of protecting game and food flab, from extermination by dams. turbines and' irrigation -canal haz ards should be taken when the dams, turbines and. irrigation ca nals are built, not afterward.' the Oregon game commission decided Monday. V . H ' - ' : "A full discussion was had on the statutory regulations which charge the game commission with protec tion of game fish, the fish commis sion with protection of food fish, give the state water board the right to allow appropriations of water from streams, the state en gineer to permit dams to be built. but make no proision whereby mu tual Interests can be taken care of. Ben Dorris of Eugene spoke of the impounding dam built at Crescent lake and the- uselessness of the game commission spending much money to put fish there now. C E. Miller of Portland spoke of the new fish ecreen upon which state bodies have spent $7800 to protect fish from tur bines at Savage Rapids dam in the Rogue river. The commission had before it a - It takes one minute for all the blood in the human body to pass through the heart, according to an answered question of Liberty. "An increasing number of wrecks on the matrimonial sea is no doubt the-fault of the tied. West on (Ore.) Leader. TJRKD OF LIFR About 13.000 people kill them- sevles In the United States eacn vear. Last year the records show ed the oldest Bulcide was 97 and the youngest six years old. Wo- man'a Home Companion. SO s AWFUL WILLAMETTE CO-EDS DKB.1TU MERITS OF SPEECH The use of slang la dlstim:: deleterious to character, accords ; to the outcome of Tuesday's inn r class debate at Willamette unhi:- sity, which was von by the sopho more representative. : Miss P ari Craig, who, won a 2 to 1 dermic a over jean wnue, junior u.i'a speaker. ' 1 Strangely enough, it was tL J flrmatlve speaker who enllf the debate by citing "horrible ex amples" of slang to carry hfr point, while the negative4 speaker, upholding the values of slang ai the process by which language eve-, lutlon occurs,' used the purest of accepted a English..; Miss- White.v however, quoted pet phrases or three Willamette professors as Ex amples of slang which did not Jure their characters. r- "'' I . H J WKen Glassy Ar Needed "APPEAL TO ONEI!!1 New Location Dr. C. B. O'Neill Fourth Floor First National Bank Bmlldlng Phone III TEACHERS ELECTED MAX LEADS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS 14 YEARS Then there --might be ground Mrs. Vic Van Brocklin. FRUITLAND. Jan. 10. (Spe cial) The election of teachers for the various classes of the Fruit land Sunday school was held at Frnitland recently. Mrs. Standi fer was re-elected as Bible class teacher; K. O. 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