v Jh-. r . THE OREGON STATESMAN," SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1928 The Oregon Sta tesman Ittued Daily Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 1S Souta Commercial Btract," 8aletn, Orefo- i V J. Handrieka .... Kaaagar I J B. Mc8ncrry Maaaffng Editor talp. C. Curtia - - Lily EltUr THtu D. Carlaoa - P porta Eiuor Baaca - Soeiaty Editor Ralph U. KUtaiof, AdT.rttiiar ataaafar Lloyd R. Stiffl.r - - SupariataaJaaa W. H. Headcrioa. Uirojlalioa taaa-ar T.. A. Rbot.o Liratock Ldiur W. C. Conmar - Poultry Editor ' ' afCMBSm 0? THX ASSOCIATED PKF.1S Ta Aaaeriated Praaa ia axclaaivaljr ratittcd to tba na fo paatieatioa el all awe fiaattca rreditad to it or not oloerwut eisditad ia taia air aad ala. tk ;cat mi pa el aba brr.ia. I ' BUSINESS OFTICES: aleiabar Salactoi. Oiagon Sa-ipapr. f ae fir Coait RtrMtUi!ei Do-y iStypaa. lac, Portland. Security B'.df.; San Kranetaeo. Saraa 31df.; Lot Aagtloa, CVaaa7 ol Coamerc. B!d(. tlHW T. Clark Ot, New York. 12P-136 W. flat St.; Chicago, Xarquetfa Bid Of fie IS ur Editor 10 TELEPHOKEfi Howa P.p...2S or 100 Job PfpavtRi.ai Ctrculai: a Office .. ..f-SJ 9 Eatere at the Paat Office ia Si-m. Ofgna. a. 4id r(aaa matter. I February 3, 1928 l men snail tne King say unto them on his right hand, come, ye jb-'ewed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from tAe foundation of the world: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothefl me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prisfn, and ye came unto me. Matthew 25:34 35-36. LINCOLN ON WASHINGTON : This is the 110th anniversary of the birthday of Wash ington. We are met to celebrate this dav. Washington is the mightiest name on earth long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name an eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To ad brightness to the sun or glory to the name of Washington is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awi fronounce the name and in its naked, deathless splendor leave it shining on." :v Thus spoke young Abraham Lincoln at Springfield, Ills., on February 22, 1842. This tribute was buried in the files of a newspaper, the Sangamon Journal, published at Springfield, for 78 years, till it was found in the library of congress by Lucien Hugh Alexander, who then (Feb. 21, 1920), gave it to the Asso ciated Press. Alexander was a student of the life of Lin- j coin,' and he came upon the speech while doing research work. The tribute deserves to be quoted on every occasion of the Celebration of the birthday of George Washington. MORE THAN THAT AND MORE THAN THAT clear the Paulding and the coast guard ressel's failure to sight and recognize the submersible and clear her. The late Lieutenant Commander R. K. Jones commanded the sub marine when she cut across the bow of the Paulding off Province town, Mass.. Dec. 17, as she was emerging from a standardization trial. Lieutenant Commander John H. Bayles was In command of the Paulding. "Serious blame was incurred by them" the court sail In fixing the responsibility. With reference to Rear Admiral Brumby, the court included the following paragraph in Its find ings: Rear Admiral Frank H. Brum by, USX, has been in command of the control force, including all submarines In the Atlantic, s'ince August 1, 1927 and was In com mand of the forces employed in rescue operations on the S-4 from December 18. 127, until such op erations were discontinued. Rear Admiral Frank H. Brumby's tes tlmony before this court showed that he had not the familiarity with tlve essential details of con uructton of submarines and the knowledge of rescue vessels, and he knowledge of the actual work being carried on by his subordin ates necessary to direct intelligent iy tne important operations of which he was in charge. While the plans he approved, conceived by in expert staff of which Captain 4;ng was the senior, were logical intelligent and were diligently ex ecuted with good judgment and ni greatest possible expedition yet Rear Admiral Brumby failed o contribute that superior and in- elllgent guidance, force and sound judgment expected from an officer of his length of service, experience ind position, The court therefore .econimends that Rear Admiral Frank H. Brumby. USN. be detach ed from the command of the con trol force." The OUTER GATE By OCTAVUS ROY COHEN CUT-XT, PUSS AM, Xa. MRS TOMS GIVES E IK IT TRIAL (Eugene Register.) Col. Carle Abrams, secretary of the state board of control, tells the members of the Eugene Kiwanis club that in 1927 the penitentiary flax plant sold approximately $170,000 worth of flax fiber, and could have made additional sales of at least $100,000 if it had had the flax. But that is only a part of the story. The demand for this additional $100,000 worth of Oregon flax came largely from Europe. Selling Oregon flax to Europe is equivalent to selling Oregon" automobiles to Detroit. The activities of the penitentiary flax plant will probably result in bringing to Oregon a great new payroll industry and another profitable crop for the farmer. But that is not alL It is furnishing employment for prisoners. That, in itself, is well worth while. ' When society crowds hundreds of convicted criminals together ii idleness, it is itself committing a crime. Men who are kept in confine ment, as a punishment, should also be kept at work. Widow of Slain Druggist Points Accusing Finger At Hickman Nor is that all, the Eugene Register might have added. It is bringing the institution to the point of self support, which it will reach in time soon if the funds are forthcom ing to handle the crop of 8000 acres olMtex. Later, if the industry must of itself eajrn its own way tohat point. And a big sum will be required to handle that acreage, in money for the farmers for the flax and in funds to provide the additional labor and equipment And more than that. It is reformative. Productive labor is reformative. And, in Oregon, prison confinement must be reformative in order to obey the mandate of our funda mental law. It is in our Constitution t And more than that. It provides means of support foi dependents on the outside; the innocent victims of crime, who are the most deserving of pity and help. The more than that recital might go on column after column. ; Through the appointment of William R. Green, chairman of the ways and means committee, to a federal judicial posi tion, Congressman Hawley, ranking member, is to become the chairman. Our fellow townsman thus finally takes his place as ihe presiding member of the most powerful com mittee of cpngress. He will not work harder than he has: been obliged to work as the ranking member. But he will have more honor and power and influence. All of which i coming U him both by the rules of priority due to long serv ice and by the right of ability and fitness. The dispatches speak of him as one of the best qualified men in congress for the place he will now occupy. The fact is, he is. the best qualified, both by native ability and training; not excepting any. Washington was the father of his country, and he was more than this. He was the father of the movement for civil liberty that will in good time give that liberty to all the ; peoples of the world. Naval Court of Inquiry Fixes Blame in S-4 Case LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21. iAP) A close relative of a kill er's victim today, for the second rime in two weeks, pointed an ac fusing finger at William E. Hick man in a murder trial courtroom here. This time It was Mrs. C. Ivy Toms, widow of the slain Rosehill iruggist who Identified Hickman. Already under sentence of death, ind his boy crime companion. Wolby Hunt, as the pair whlcl; held up Toms' drug store a year igo Christmas eve. and shot him o death. Hickman appeared not In the least perturbed as the widow, her ayes filled with tears and her voice shaking with emotion, testi fied In low tones. Only week be fore last the youth had faced Perry M. Parker, father of the slain school girl Marian, In thf tame courtroom and heard him- ielf branded as the killer. He has been sentenced to die on the gal lows next April 27 for that killing Today Hickman, almost Indif ferently, glanced about and smiled occasionally as Mrs. Toms testi fied. With Hunt, however It war different. The boy, just past 17. was undergoing his first ordeal ol the kind and he kept his head bowed. His eyes apparently were riveted on the floor. Not for a moment did he lift them to meet the gaxe of the witness. Victor Page, a customer of the drug store and present during the fatal shooting of Toms, further identified Hickman and Hunt In the courtroom as the two robbers. o- Bits For Breakfast t law li- ', WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (AP) Responsibility for the collision of the submarine S-4 and the coast guard destroyer Paulding "was placed Jointly on the com tnanders of the two vessels by the aarr court of Inquiry. . Id its findings, the court rec ommended the detachment of Rear Admiral Frank H. Brumby, who was in charge of the salvage oper ations over the sunken submarine, from the command of thexontrol force, which Includes submarines in the Atlantic fleet. Brumby fan ed. the court held, to "contribute that superior and intelligent guid ance; force and sound Judgment expected from an officer of ' his length of service, : experience and position," in the rescue work. . Devoting; much of its report to a review of tne erzoru to rescue the crew of the S-4 and to raise the submersible which have iteea ts subject of criticism from -one "no known devices or equipment not employed in the rescue opera tions, either in the navy or owned by commercial organizations, could have saved the lives of those on board the S-4." "The nary department assembl ed at Provlncetown in the shortest time possible all officers and men in -the navy best qualified in deep sea rescue and salvage operations" the court reported, adding that the operations to rescue the S-4's crew were "logical, sound and the most promising of early success. 'Everything was done to save the lives of those on board the S-4 that could have been done under the weather conditions that exist- edTlt was added "but rescue. un der those conditions was beyond human power." The collision, which resulted in the death of 40 officers and men aboard the 8-4 in the court's opin ion was caused by the submarine's iu-rlers,- ue court declared" thatTallute to take ';proper action to How about this w The proposed county brary? V V S The county court made an or der assessing 10 per cent of filing fees In suits and actions, to create a iuna to Duy dooks ior a counij reference law library. This was In response to the unanimous request of the bar association. Now, some criticism having aris en, the court rescinds tne oraer and makes return by county war rants of the $39.85 collected in the two weeks the order stood. It would take about $2000 to buy the books needed. The reference county law library is not sorely needed by the young lawyers or students, or even the old lawyers; but it is needed by the judges; the circuit and county judges. It costs a lot of money to run the courts. It costs about $100 a day to conduct a jury trial. The general taxpayers have to stand this expense. The litigants put up only a few dollars for filing fees. If a Judge makes a wrong ruling on account of the absence of a reference library, there may be a second trial in any particular case, costing the taxpayers hundreds of dollars. S In the light of these facts, a county reference law library would be a great economy. And it would be provided at the slight expense of litigants, and not by the tax payers.' The cost to the litigants would not be great. It would be only, slight, from 50 cents up to $1 or more, for the litigants. This would not last long, till the mon ey was provided for the necessary reference books. A year or two. Clutpter S3 CARMODY drew an alluring picture. And such an exqui site revenge a punishment identical with his. The most glor ious part of it- was that Borden was innocent. Just as he bad been Innocent. He essayed a pal lid doubt. "How am I to get into the safe?" carmody tossed nira a paper "There's the combination." Bob gasped. "Of Borden's safe?" "Yes." "How did you get it?" "That is the combination. Ton needn't worry about how I got it It may Interest you, though, to know that I've had it for some time. There's very little about Borden I dou't know. And now Bob hesitated. "If I do this ' , "Afraid?" "Yes. I have been in prison once. It isn't human not to be afraid of it." Carmody laughed lightly. "Do you suppose for a minute I have n't thought of that? I will tell you Just what to do. They'll nev- jr suspect you. But even if they do, they'll never be able to prove it. You'll be safe, even if they should know you were guilty. It it one thing to know a person has committed a crime and quite an other thing to prove it. Surely you have been in this office long enough to understand that. "You guarantee my safety?' "Ou my word of honor!" Bob Terry looked In Carmody's eyes. His trust was pathetic. The ntan had hypnotised him. He was no longer able to think for hlmq self. "I believe I'll do It." he said nervously. Carmody's fists clenched. "If your conscience troubles you " "I have no conscience!' mapped Terry. "I left it all in the penitentiary. Tell me what to do?" On Monday morning the tele phone rang In Kathleen Shannon'.6 boarding house. The portly noon-faced landlady stood at the foot of the steps and shrilled for Miss Shannon. Kathleen descended to the first floor. There were little lines of deep worry at the corners of her yes, but her step was quick. Per haps it was Bob. She spoke soft ly into the transmitter. "Hello?" A clear, cool voice a woman'e voice came back to her. PROTECTION' ASKED WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 i AP) Protection of union workmen from oppressive Injunction processe of federal courts-was urged today before a senate Judiciary sub-com mittee by A. J. Crosscheck, for mer governor of Michigan, who waa counsel for the workers in the recent Indianapolis street-railway strike injunction "proceaIags:," ; "Miss Shannon?" "Yes Kathleen experienced momentary depression. Then sheer surprise caused her figure to tense. "This is Lois Borden." A brief silence. "Yes, Miss Borden?" "Have you an engagement for this morning?" iXO. "I thought on account of ii being a holiday I wonder if I might see you for a few minutes? It is quite important." "Why, certainly." "When?" "Any time." "Good. Suppose I jump In the ?ar and come down there imme diately?" "I'll wait." - ss Kathleen felt a queer exhilara tion as she moved upstairs to her room. Lois Borden coming to see her. She groped for an explana tion and the figure of Bob Terry swayed before her mind's eye. She believed she had detected an undercurrent of worry in Lois' voice. Could It be Lois arrived less than a half hour later. She was met at the ioor by Kathleen, and the two girls went to the latter's room. There, without formality. Lois seated herself and came straight o the point. "I must ask you a question. Miss Shannon; one that I feel is of interest to both of us." She leaned forward. "When did you last see Bob?" namieen raised startled eyes. "Saturday afternoon. Why?" "Not since then?" "No." "Has that seemed peculiar to you: that you should not see him in all that time?" 'Yes. Tell me why you ask these questions?" to you this way if I hadn't been very much worried." She crump led a filmy handkerchief, but spoke bravely. "Bob remained home Saturday evening. Father was at the office, but came in late He was working. A few minutes later the telephone rang a man calling Bob. He immediately took nis nat and left said It was something Important. Pardon me for be 'is personal but I an swere.1 ' - phone originally, and I kne' it the call was from neither nor your uncle. "No. didn't 'phone. "He went out and I don't know when he returned. But yesterday morning, I saw him for only moment. He did not seem to be himself. There were dark rings under his eyes and something in his manner which I couldn't un derstand and didn't like. He looked more as be did when he first came out of prison. Last night he came in very late. I had made an excuse to stay down stairs. He tried to Walk past me without saying anything, -but stopped him. He had nothing to say. I asked him if he was well and he said Yes. But his manner waa gruff rude almost. Miss Shannon there Is something wrong, something very terribly wrong with Bob." The girls did not spar with each other. "I haven't seen him at all. Mlsf Borden. I had the idea that he has been avoiding me. I have been worried, too. And afraid though God knows why. I know even less than you do?" "You believe something U wrong?" "Yes. I have no specific reason for thinking so. But I can't help believing it isn't natural for Bob not to see me for this length of time." "Your uncle?" "I think that's why I've wor ried. He has been with Uncle Todd constantly. That is. I'm pretty sure he has. I asked Uncle Todd and got no answer. He doesn't dissemble very well, you know, and It was patent that they have been discussing something hlch they don't want me to know. Uncle Todd has been se cretive and embarrassed. He didn't deny being with Bob, but he told me not to worry and that was witnout any nint tnat l was orrylng. It told me plainly that mere was sometmng to worry ibout." "What?" "God knows, Miss Borden. And it comes just when I thought hings .were going so well. I'm frightened." Why?" I'm frightened too, but I cannot understand my own "eelings. It is so good to have you to talk to to understand me. You you think that perhaps Bob " "Yes." Kathleen met the other's yes levelly. "We mustn't for get, Miss Borden, that Bob Terry does not think as other men do For three years he lived in the penitentiary. I'm terribly afraid that be has done something " Criminal?" Oh! It is rotten of me tr think that, but I can't help It. I wouldn't blame him if he did. But I'd be sorry" Lois rose impulsively and dropped her hand on the other's shoulder. "Why?" she asked simply. Kathleen looked up with eye? which were misted. "Don't you know. Hasn't Bob told you?" "What?" Her voice was little more than a whisper. "Bob and I are engaged!" For an instant Lois closed her eyes. The room swam she felt dizzy. .Then she smiled gamely. "I thought you were. I am so glad. Miss Shannon so -very glad, for Bob's -sake and for yours." And then she did a very queer thing. She seated herself sud denly because it seemed that her knee-, would not support her. And despite her heroic efforts, the tears streamed down her cheeks. Kathleen sat on the arm of her chair. She pressed her face against Lois' slender shoulder and Kathleen, too, was crying. "Oh! Lois," she said. "I'm sor ry so sorry about this. And don t know about Bob. Or about myself or you. But right now wrong and we've cot to pull to gether." But Lois did not answer. For once she was merely a woman deeply in love, keenly hurt, utter ly bewildered. And there, in the clean, simple room, two women, who frankly and unashamedly loved the same man, clung to each other. (To be Continued.) n T COMPANY THE MORNING ARGUMENT AUNT HET BY Itobawt Qmilleaa MB Makes PrunJu Shipment To London; Business Out look for 1928 Good A considerable, number of peo ple of Salem and vicinity, who are stockholders of the Major Fruit Products company, will be pleased to learn of the progress of that concern. Its office and factory are at present at 703 Jefferson street. Vancouver. Wash., but it is hoped to have them finally in Sa lem. The company makes these prune products: PrunPort, FrunAIe PrunKre3t. PrunPulp PrunJu, and PrunO-Marmalade. Order From London The company on last Friday re ceived a. cable from Henderson & Turnbull, Ltd.. of London. Eng land, for a sample fifty gallon barrel of PrunJu. PrunJu is the concentrated Juice of dried prunes without sugar. It is believed this is the entering wedge to a large market for Italian prunes abroad This shipment left on the steam ship Montgomeryshire for London on Saturday, February 18, the day following receipt of the order. Inquiries from all parts of the United States for their products are coming in constantly. They have already received orders from California for both PrunJu and PrunPort fountain syrup. They anticipate a considerable volume of business on their entire line of prune products for the year 1928 POOR PA By Claade Callaa "I reckon one reason why a woman likes to kiss a child on the "Betty got to mockin' Ma'i sU- Narrow Road Disapproved; One Near Hubbard Gets OK oacx or tne necK 13 because tnatsjter yesterday an' it wasn't funnv the only place that's cleanjto Ma like it Is m-hen mhm mo k enough." mY people." (Copyrlfht. 19ZS. rtMlrtfri SyndieaU.; I ; rP,.f&t. 128. Pu blither. Sradieata.) through Sholl Acres into the Pacif ic highway. It will be 3 0 feet in width. The county court received a pe tition from John Werner and oth ers for a road 40 feet in width nar west Woodburn. Action on the petition is expected to be taken by the court some time in April. HONOR WASHINGTON UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PAY TRIBUTE TODAY WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (AP) Decks cleared, congress was ready tonight for the tradi tional tribute to the father of his country which will be the only business before either house to morrow. Again Washington's farewell address will be read, just to make sure, presumably, tha TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO o O (From columns or The Statesman, Feb. 22, UMS.) An epidemic of murders was reported In the pres yesterday. Shootings occurred In four cities. It is announced that George Moore, the novelist, who has been a leader in reviving the ancient language of Ireland, has gone back to the use of English. Willie Hayes, who eloped from the Cbemawa Indian school, fell under the wheels of a train on which he was "bumming" and was killed. Governor Chamberlin vetoed a bill providing for a summer nor mal school at Newport. no new member goes unadvised as POSTPONE ARRAIGNMENT to what the first president had to Road viewers yesterday submit ted to the Marlon county court reports disapproving one proposed road in the county and approving another. A road which had been asked adjoining the extension of South 12th street at Salem, a short dis tance outside the city limits, was disapproved as not being of public benefit and only half wide enough for a county road that close to Sa- 'em. The road as petitioned for by T. L. Davidson and others would 'lizing I -l II J . .Wa ast side of the road which ex- ends ou south from 12th street. t would have been but 30 feet wide. The road viewers returned are- port in favor of a new county road asked for by H. H. Uppendahl and others in Road District No. 2, near say. By way of preparation the house lumbered along today with general debate on the District of Columbia appropriation bill while the senate struck a two hour snag on agreeing to the confer ence report of the $272,000,000 Interior depatment . supply bill. Once his was out of the way, it went into the long defered Muscle Shoals debate, revolving today around the Norris resolution for government operation. On the house side the naval committee attacked for the first time the task of trying to agree on a building program after weeks of open hearings while adminis tration wheel horses began mobi- support for the engineer corps flood control plan endorsed by President Coolidge. A counter mobilization by Mississippi water head representatives, including re publicans and democrats, to op pose the administration scheme also got going. The day was en livened by seemingly well found ed reports that a new administra- Hubbard. The road will pass tion proposal was in the making. Thursday Set as Date for Charg'a Aguinst Firm's Head PORTLAND, Feb. 21 (AP Arraignment of James P. Cooke, Charles R. Goodwin and Howard F. Philpott on charges preferred by the county grand jury as th result of the collapse of the Over beck and Cooke brokerage bouse was postponed today in the circuit court and he three defendants will no.t be required to appear for arraignment until Thursday. In the meanwhile, A. M. Can non, referee In bankruptcy in the federal court, has set March 10 as a date for a meeting of th4 creditors of the bankrupt com pany to elect a permanent trustae to carry on the settling of the af fairs of the company. SKI RACE WOX LAKE PLACID. N. Y.. Feb. 21 (AP) Magnus Satre of Norway today outdistanced a field of 27 of the best skiers of the United States and Canada in the 10 miles race here and annexed the east ern cross country ski champion ship. I "Certainly. 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