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! - . v 1-. i -1 :CT 1 ..-.12XC.lrBEG6M iATOKlt HDRNIKg; JANUARY JM. 1923 "J , it . - V 5 l.L el 4 "-, Tiro Oregon Sta tes31aw ' ' DaDj Eaeapt Monday ay T2DS STATESMAN PLIU4SULG COMPAXY - SIS goata Coaaaiarcial 8tra1, BaJaia. Orefaat ; . ri a! Haaarleka , - kc8lm . . Ba!a! G. Cartia ; -,".' Vrtor D. Cartaaa KHi! Bosch UMtt Editor - Ut Kaitor : Rparta Editor ' Society Ralph H. Klrta'rnr. Advartiaia afaaafer Uoyd K. Btif nr - - Baparatea4eBa W. H. Hasdaraoa. C'rcuUiioa Miuin B. A, Kaetea i Limetaek kaitar W C.: Conr -;. reaitry Btitaa v:-r'Y':-: ' Hxitsxa or ths ajmooiatea nza Tae Aaaoclatad Praa ia asclaaiTelr.eatitiea ta the for baaTUatloa of all w 1tteee eraaita la U ar mat athanriaa credited ia tbi mw sad alae tae MBtoar HMctN Onpi Krasaaaexa Pac ii Ceait BpreUtira--Dt7 . 'Fertlaa. Sacarity Bide.; Baa Franeiaca. Shares Bid.; Lm "B"". viBrr er vmaam Baf. r. OUT Ct, Xfw Yfek. 13SI36 W. tltt t: Calcaf. aUreactt Bat. BaaJaeaa Of flea 21 a MS eeety , tditar los TELETHOXZ Kawa rB.aa or 104 Jb Departaant Crealetija Offiaa .ess .5 Eateree at the Post Oltica ia Sales Otgoa, aa sw.ad-etaa ib attar. January IS, 1028 Tney sr nto-Llm. Caar'. Then saith he unto them. Re- ur inereiore nnio Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and nnto God the things that are God's. When they heard these words, they inarreuea. ana ten mm, ana went their way. Matthew 22:21-2iM A FOOL PETITION rair play is an that I ask. . s ; -! "I jam wUilng tor 1 those inter ested to be present, but sncn'fn terestsd ptrtler to not :tar- any part Is the azamlnatlbn; y- t.t' r Toura truly, ' "Mrs. John WUtse. 200 X. Church St., Salem Ore., Jan. 11112 S.M : V , o o TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO o o ' Says the Eugene Register: "County Judge Barnard, o Lane county, returning from Salem, reports that petition peddlers are busy among automobile owners coming to the state house to secure new licenses. These- pddlers are seek ing signatures to the initiative petitions calling for a law providing a flat fee of three dollars for all automobile li censes. If these petitions are filled with signatures and the j law goes to the voters and is approved," there will be no . more completion of needed highways, such as the highway to the Five Rivers country, and the Florence highway, and the Willamette highway. - There will be no more' money with which to build new roads, for all the funds that can be laid hands on will be imperatively needed to maintain the roads that are already built. There will not be even enough for that. There is plenty of desire for new roads in Oregon There Is plenty of will to build new roads in Oregon. But the desire and will are not enough; there must be monfy-as well. There will be no money if the $3 license fee bill -goes through.' The Eugene Register is right And with the $3 law there would be no money to match the government aid money. And no money in the other counties to match the state aid money from Multnomah county for market roads. There is need for adjustment of the auto license fees But the $3 proposition would throw a monkey wrench into the machinery and it would go to-smash. It is a fool petition. Don't sign it. WHO INVENTED GAi&ES? In an address of Harry Stone of the Portland Y. M. Ct A., dean oS the Y forces of the Pacific northwest and one of the national leaders of this great organization Speaking the other evening before the workers of the Salem Y the fact was accentuated that the field of athletics has been transformed in this country within a few. years from one that was bound up with the sporting side of life and degrading, to one that is character bujlding and. gives strength to all that is good and pure and elevating ' V - And Mr. Stone referred to the fact that basket ball was invented in Y. M. C. A. athletics ; also volley ball.- The man who invented basket ball was Dr. Frank Seeley of Spring field, Mass. . Mr. Stone might have said that biff ball was invented by the Salem Y. M. C. A. v He might have added that base ball is an American game. We know how the game of cards was invented: it was devised fo amuse an insane king. But several games, like hand ball and others, go back beyond the beginnings of history.- s - The instinct of play runs back through all sentient beings Healthy animals play ' But playing with a purpose; to develop the body and mind .and spirit, is an accomplishment 'of civilization, in which leadership is with the Y forces, and the Y. W. C. A. forces, around the world. . (From Col urns of the Statesman, - . Jan nary 18, 1908.) Dallas The Polk Coanty Ob serrer has installed a new rotary press. Dallas Constr action on the Sa lem, Falls City Pacific railroad will- commence again If weather continues fair. George C. Brownell was elected president of the senate; I. T. Hai ris, speaker of the House. In the absence of an Inaagural nan wnignt, it is possible that ser- eral of the legislators will take In high ones. Washington Representative Thomas H. Tongue, of Oregon, died suddenly In this city yester day afternoon. The cause of death was paralysis of the heart. CARRY OUT EXECUTION OF SNYDER AND GRAY (CvBtiaaad frMBJpga 1.) A man is on the way to Salem now, who might take al tke surplus yarn of the two Salem linen mills put on capacity eperation. In this case, thousands of people would be added to the payrolls of Salem. The first and paramount duty cT Salem and the country surrounding is to put those mills en capacity operation,. .. The state flax plant will have a good deal more than $150,000 worth of flax fiber and tow to send abroad during the next year, if the - two linen mills are not operated to capacity. W will be losing away above $1,000,000 a year, that might be spent right here, if we allow even $150,000 worth to go abroad. Bits For Breakf aat .'Ben' Hur, at Elslnore- Cost the man who produced It voter $4,000.000 . S V And the worry of It drore hfm to his grate; for he neter got ball liia monev back while he llred and it will take Tears for his es , tate to get It all back. But it will ati rnmA back In good time, for th e pUT ?wllr 1 1t aa Ion g as the precepts of the-., son or Man. last, :and that win her rorerer, . V V V ': i The "Thursday club," the faith fal twenty signed up to dine to gether each Thursday noon tm tne bndsret of the Y. M. u. A. is tin lahed. has worn, the $8000 short- . . . . i . - -. age tnai exisxea wnen m cumjwn was made, down to arouna iizvo. Panl Wallace, who organised the band of-wentyls to 80 wlth.Mrs Wallace, on Monday for a three weeks trip to California. But the work will go on. with the hope that It may be finished by the tme of the return of Mr. Wallace, Though the lst v few dollars In pledges come the hardest and It is as much the duty of every other person In Salem as it la of any one of the twenty. -to see that there is no deficit; and, that the activities of the T may be carried on. There Is not another Y in this section or country thaV baa as large a pro gram as the Salem institution on the same i!id budget. Not one. you laugh.- And it will probably make you cry. EDITORIALS QFTHElPEOPLE AD bbti puaJaaaa imf tats Saaara bmsI aiast b alga4 ky tha writar, aiaal ba vritaaa aa aaa alda ( taa papar aalj, aat saaajla uat aa laaga than ISO waraa. ' . A Card Editor Statesman: , I ask that the following com munication be published: To Dr.J. N. Smith. Salem, Ore., and . Members of the State Eugenic Board- Gentlemen: ' I, as . mother of Llewellyn Burnside, who Is now an Inmate of the feeble minded institution, do hereby 'appeal to you to give the boy a fair and impartial hear ing and examination before a 'dis interested group, to determine if he is being justly held In that in stitatloaAi w-i j Do not let any one act on this examining committee that are ia any wise interested. ' i v; If after such an examination the -examining .committee . finds that the boy Is normal minded, then let him go to a good home that has been offered. On the other hand, if the examlalng com- boy ' I 111.. - .1 4 ll.t IV. v Get copy of "Seven Miles ,Z ' . f Out." nia- Mc?Tnnn's!steft little feeble jnlndefl. ,ISTn,,.wlllIng-. for - hook, at Patton'a. 't"wnr Iake Usxtar Ur it-at tie LiUutIoa. hind the chair over which a large sign bearing the one word "si lence" was fastened. At first her utterances were In tomprebensible beyond the fact that she was calling on the Deity. "Have mercy on my soul" were the first words plainly distinguish able. ' As she was strapped in the chair by four guards the matrons stood between her and the witnesses. As the prison priests murmured prayers she was asked if she had any last word. Then suddenly she seemed to realize to the full imminence of death and pulled herself sharply erect. Her voice came in a shrill treble and her hands clenched in tense emotion. Last Words Spoken 'Forgive them. Father." she cried, in this strange unnatural voice. For they know not what they do." She was silent then and as if at some unseen signal the black mask was placed over her face and the executioner, Robert El Hott. standing In a little alcove puffed down the switch. It seemed to watchers that death was so sudden It must have been entirely painless. There was no struggle and no outcry. Gray Immediately followed and the process was repeated. , When he was asked If he had any wora nowever, ne made no response, merely continuing his soundless prayers, and the mask was strapped in place. vCray was more composed than t was or am," declared Warden Lawes. The last dinner for the con demned couple consisted of chick en, vegetables and Ice cream. Beth were said to have eaten "pretty well." Warden Lawes stood about ten feet to one side of the chair dur ing both electrocutions but he kept his head bowed and so tar as could be told he did not once look at either prisoner. As soon as Gray had been pro nounced dead Warden Lawer opened the door into the walled court and the solemn procession of witnesses back to the warden's office began. i When the office .was reached the main door was thrown open. "All right, boys." a guard called to the reporters among the witnesses and, all dashed to their waiting ears. : , v Baco Parlous . There wan a mad race of roar lag engine then for half a mile to the road house where two score telegraph wires had been installed to carry the news reports of the executions. . . . .. . . . Mrs. Snyder was the eighth woman to be executed for murder In this' state and the third to be electrocuted. Every possible legal step was taken to save the- two from the chair but In thetr last hours both realised that all hope was gone. . In her last, conversations Mrs. Snyder was said not to have men tioned Gray but the latter' law yer said the little - former corset salesman spoke "in the (kindest terms" of "the Queens. Tillage housewife. Gray and Mrs. Snyder were se cret , lovers ; for months before their association finally led to tjieir murder of the woman's hus band but at their Joint trial they were aligned against each other. each blaming the other. . Penitence Recounted "If ever there waa a penitent it is L" the- Rev. Francla Wurphy.1 Catholic pTison. chaplain,; who con verted Mrs. Snyder td Catholic ism, said she told him shortly be fore her death. - He heard her last confession and gave her ab solution. ' T, f About an hour before the ex ecutions Warden Lawes called re Dorters assigned to the case Into his office. - . - He told 1 them that- Gray was taken to the "last minute" cells at 7:30 o'clock" and Mrs. Snyder at 8:15. These cells were not In sight of each other and the prison er went to their, death without even a glimpse of ach other. They had not met since they were, taken to .Sing Sing from the Long Island City Jail last spring. . Lawea aald that Mr. Snyder's aat walk to the chair was scarce-1 Iy more than 25 feet but that uray s waa iu v. icev longer. The warden' decided to send Mrs, Snyder to her -death first be cause of - her physical condition. 'It 1 customary." h said. "to let th one in belt condition wait. Gray condition .waa the better. though both were good." ," Mrs. Snyder went to the chair muttering biblical quotations and Henry Judd Gray followed her to death at 11:1. hia lips moving in prayer but making .no audible sound. Quotes Scripture Mrs. rirT was Jd to tM d THE MORNING ARGUJiIENT' AUNT HET Ct Ilataat QnCLem; "I know three women that is wild about npllftln' humanity, an' ever one of 'em has got children that sniffle." (CaprHfki, Its. PaMlafean Syndicata.) POOR PA Cy CSaud OaZaa n, -r. "Every, tim Ma buy somethin for herself ah brushes somethin' KbndyVXor! 1 Linton, va H. McConnlck, Mabel McKsrn, Ion HUIer, Mrs. Hslsn Kasshahn, Mrs. CU1 Orr, Esther Palmros. Virgil Reel. Beuxa Richards, Horace Robbtas, - Rath Straus, Marjorle Swame. ' Ketinetii " Thompson. Frederic "Weatherly, Grac Wil liamson, Utt Wilson, Mrs. Opal WUson and Velma Wilson. .- "DETOUR PRESENTED ' OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Monmouth, Ja. - IS. (Special) -r The Detour" was presented by th - Moroni Olsen company last night In th Monmouth normal school chapel to a crowded house. Th almost utter futility and stark tragedy of the llres of the char acters as portrayed by the realistic acting of the leads overshadowed the artistic work of Moroni Olsen; and Janet Young. . ' COMING TO THE ELSINORE J y s i r . i 1 . I BJaaaBBaW Statesman Classified Advertisements Bring Quick Results of mine n as new." ays it look a good (Copyright, 191), PabUaaara Syaaleata. stayed with her until th end. As ah walked to the electric chair she cried out: "Forgive them Father,: for they know not what they do." As eoon as Mrs. Snyder's body had been taken from the room. Gray, sentenced with her for the murder of her husband, was led in. A Catholic priest had murmured a ritual as Mrs. Snyder died and Gray was accompanied by a Pro testant minister. , Responds to Prayer As th minister read In a sol emn voice Gray's lip wer seen to move . in responsive prayer. Mrs. Snyder ' was given three shocks of 2.200 volt , and Gray two. Mrs. Snyder wore black house dress, open at the neck and of scarcely more than knee length. Orer this was tan smock. Gray wore a light grey suit of a rather poor fit. In the breast pocket of which handkerchief was stuck. He had on a whit shirt without necktie. Mrs. Snyder's appearance was aurorise to neraona In tha riaath house who had not seen her since her trial last spring. She seemed way out of th Meantime district. sheriff's posse as sisted by i citfzena scoured the country fof trace of. the fugitive and local police in every city in this section of I the state were on the lookout for the car ' and the kidnaper. The machine was an old model Dodge sedan. Clothing! Discovered Chief of! Police Caesar S. Sc varda of Flint took up the search in the immediate vicinity of the crime, while Oscar G. Olander, state commissioner of public safe ty at Lansing, directed the state police drive. Several hours after the finding of th body members of the citi sens posse reported finding rem nants of the child's clothing in i woods near Mount Morris. Chief Scavarda said , the torso was found sturred under an ice block in the creek but that a por tion of the child's body had not been recovered. The medical superintendent of the state hospital for the insane at Pontlac. which is about 40 miles from Mount Morris, when told of the slaying tonight, declar ed there was little possibility that an escaoed inmate from that in to nave agea many years, her face stitutlon was responsible for the waa haggard and her once blonde hair hung limply about her face in streaky brown wisps Gray, on the other hand, aeemed not to have changed one whit dur ing the months of confinement. He carried himself erect and walked with firm step, not needing as sistance even in arranging himself in the chair, SECOND' INFANT GIRL KIDNAPED. DISSECTED (Continued rota pace 1.) later without the bundle, accord ing to the farmer, who said he as sisted him to get the machine out or th mud. Police on arriving at the creek designated, found the child's body xne kidnaper was described as about fifty years old. of medium neignt, light - complexloned and wearing a light suit and dark over coat. His machine was of the se dan type. All Roads Watched Within a short time after the body was found the crack organ ization or Michigan state nolle be gan drawing a cordon around the several hundred miles in circum ference. Every post of the troop ers In the state was telephoned a description of the fugitive and at 8 p. m. tonigbt all highways were unaer rigid patrol. It was planned to draw the for- aon in toward the seen of the crime in tne bone that the kid naper would -be caught in the dragnet before he could make his ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE OF APPOIXTMEXT Notice is hereby gfren that the undersigned has been duly ap pointed by the County Court of the State of Oregon for th Coanty oft Marion, u aanuniatrator or the es tat of Benjamin A. Pagels, de-j ceasea, and that he ha duly qual ified aa such administrator: all persons having claim against thd estate oi said decedent are hereby aocraea to present the same, duly vennea, to me. at my office. SOS Oregon Building. Salem. Martoo County, Oregon, within six months! from tS date of this notice. Dated at Salem. Qrexon. thlel 6th day of January, 1S2S. . RONALD C. GLOVER. Administrator of the Estate oti Benjamin A. Pagels; deceased. V v J0-1S-20-27F3 deed, aa police had supposed. No one: haa ; escaped 'there tor more than three weeks, he said, and none of the missing patients answer th description of the fug Itlve. , I 28 Students Win Places On Honor Roll At1).N.S. OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Monmouth. Jan. "12. (Special) Twenty-eight students gained places on the honor roll during the fall term of. 1927 at the Ore gon normal school at .Monmouth Mrs. Antonia Crater of Newberg, who carried a 17 hour 'course and received a straight one" grade. had the highest rating on the hon or list. Those on th honor, roll accord ing to alphabetical arrangement were: Catherine Berger, Grace Bridgefarmer, Helen Bryant, Lutle Cake, Fae Christy. Mrs. Antonia Crater, Bernlce Forbes, Thelma Howe, Gladys Jones, May me C COMING TO SALE&T Dr. Mellenthin 1 SPECIALIST In Internal Medicine for the past fifteen years , Giese-Powers January Jiearamce aie . 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JOHN BAYNE, Attorney, for Administratrix. J6-13-Z0-27F1 Will be at , ' MARION HOTEL SATURDAY, JAJT. 28th Office Honrs: 10 a. m. to 4 p. iOXE DAT ONLY No Charge for ConsnkaUion i Dr. Mellenthtn is a regular graduate in medicine and surgery aad Is licensed by th state of Oregon. He doe not operate for chronic appendicitis, gall stones. ulcers of stomach, tonsils or aden oids. He hits to his credit wonderful results in disease of th stomach. urer, bowels, blood, skin.' nerves. heart; kidney, bladder, bed wet ting, catarrh, weak lungs, rheum atism, sciatica, leg ulcers and rec- Below are ' the- names of a few of his many satisfied patients in (who have been treated for the above named causes: v Emet Booker, Condon. Chas Desch, ; Portland. D. Qi. Horn, Bonansa. ; Fred! Shields. Klamath Falls. Daniel Stelnon, Central Point. , Joe. iSheoshlps, Gibbon. , Remember; above date, that consultation on this trip will be free and that his treatment is different. . Married women must be accom panied! by their husbands. ; JL it fi Address: 211 Bradbury ,Bidr-. Los Angeles, j California, t J i V . FREE VOTING BALLOT This ballot is good for 200 votes for the candidate In! The Oregon Statesman Subscription Campaign, whose name is written' on it. Do not fold. Trim. ' . Name Address VOID AFTER MARCH 10TH. 1927 ANYONE; CAN VOTE FOR FRIENDS fi m l Wn No Fire No Water Just Smoke DAMAGE BY SMOKE P A Fire Sale Without! V The Fire SUITS --O'COATS -FURrjISfllfJeS Extra Special Saturday Only 9 aw m. to IS o'clock o rwhll stock lavst 25 do. j Men's Fancyj - Dress Hose S PAIRS FOR I ST : , , . ,. We Are Selling Men's Suits ' Talac p to ; SfiS.00 i;. 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