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United PURITY News, February 1, 1929 . The 'Official Weekly United 0. 0 C. M. Lee, Editor and Manager' Editorial Offices, Trade and Cottaje Streets, Salem, Oregon SLAYER WHO FEARED KISS IS GIVEN LIFE Youth Is Sent to Prison for Killing Girl. v . - New York. The seventeen-year-old murderer, who wqi afraid of a kiss. lias been sentenced to prison for lire lie Is Vincent T. Rice, a Staten Island boy, and be slew his fifteen-year-old sweetheart, Alice Joost. when she asked him for a kiss. , Having heard two alienists express i their opinion that the boy's act. was 'committed under the Influence of an Impulsive terror of intimacy with girls j probably the effect of a too Intensive religious training on a backward mind land an undeveloped sexual Instinct ! Justice Selah B. Strong allowed the : tMiy to change his plea from not guilty to guilty of murder In the second de f gree. ! Tlie opinion of tliese two mental. .ex i perts corroborated the statement Rice had made In his signed confession, that the murder was unpremeditated, an act horn of his exaggerated horror ;of a kiss which he said Alice. Joost offered to give him. - Breaks Down and Weeps. Rice, a pale, good-looking boy neatly ! dressed tn a brown .suit and maroon 'tie. who had sat stolidly chewing gum tend leaning on his hand during the .taking of testimony, showed his first 'sign of emotion when, after the court jroom had been cleared, he suddenly began to weep on his brother's arm After Medical Kxamtwer George Uord had described the condition in which he fotfhd the body of Miss Joost the night of November 2. Mrs. Lucille Joost. mother of the dead glrU a white-haired woman all In black, calm ly told how, when she returned to her home that evening, she found her daughter's body across the bed In her rom, with a gash on her forehead and a piece of electric light wire tightly twisted, around her throat, i Then Rice's confession, sjgned tha (day after the murder, was rend. In It lltlce told of his afternoon wjth Alice in. the Joost home, how they sang and I played the piano, how. at dusk, Alice (tried to kiss him, and asked him to "he a good sport "; how her actions and words filled him with uncontrol lable auger, how be struck her down and men, overcome wuu icnr, Biruu 'gled her wlfh wire. Afraid of Kiss. Then came, the scientific description 'of Rice as a young man deeply re i pressed sexually, aCratd of girls, afraid !tljat to kiss them might cause him se hrlous physical harm, who reacted with terrible violence when a girl offered jblm a caress. Dr. George 11. Klrhy, an alienist of -jllll Park avenue, engaged by the toj- s fuiiiwy, was cuneu 10 me siana. IJe had examined Rice In. Jail, he said, and found him constitutionally Inferior. "Do yon think." asked the district attorney, "that this murder was pre meditated?" "No, In my opinion. It was not," Doctor Klrby testified. "1 look upon Ms whole act as Impulsive and unpre meditated." j Q. How did the defendant explnln ,hls act . to you? A. He said he bad struck the deceased In order to pro 'teit his honor and preserve his health. Q. How would you describe the defendant's life? A It was one of Intense repression. I attribute this jto his religious training and the home I influence, Poctor Klrby went on to explain that Rice had had epileptic fits from jthe age of one to four, and that these jhad undoubtedly resulted In his being (mentally and sexually retarded. Some where, he said, the boy had acquired a real fear of Intimacy with girls, which would explain his abhorrence, ,when. If his confession was truthful, ,the girl attempted to kiss him. jBIG AIRSHIP WILL BE READY IN MARCH Britain's LateitCraft to Fly Atlantic '. London. Trial flights of the R-10Q. (the glgantle airship- now being con .atructed under the auspices of the (British air ministry for the purpose jof flying the Atlantic, will not be made until March, ltrJD. according to information given at the headquarters ,of Commander C D. Burney, who will lead the expedition. i uuis VIJI II1UIJUC1 UU1 liVJ SI AS bee.n pushing his plans with all pos sible speed, there have been "several 'delays as the result of manufacturers requiring extra time to supply parts 'for the mammoth air liner. It Is .'pointed out, however, that the predic tion of trial Sights by March Is a con servative one snd that It Is possible Jthe. Intervening period will so cat down. Meanwhile considerable speculation reigns as to who will comprise the passenger Hat of the ablp on' its great flight from England to Canada and thence to New York. White the Brit ish sir ministry nominally Is In charge of the flight. It Is known that Com mander. Burney: will be permitted to select practically the entire crew, as well as determine who. will be carried as passengers In addition to the sir ministry's representatives. - - i Requests for permission to accom pany the commander oa bis flight bave beta pouring tn from all parts of Europo-as well as America, but It la declared ' that no final selections as rd seen made. . . -. Newspaper of the Stores Carnegie Man Finds New Way to Mummify t Pittsburgh, I'a. A new proc- X ess for preserving animals, from snails to humans, so that they retain their living form and x likeness has been discovered by X Stanley T. Brooks, custodian T or recent invertebrates at Car negie museum. -Instead of the Involved and X expensive methods now used. such as pickling In aiceholreni balmlng. the wax method will permit scientists to wax theft see1mens and give, perhaps per manently, the natural form and other profiles of the animals While waxing In a small way has been die In Europe wllliin the Inst few months, few sam ples have been seen In the United Slates, and Brooks proc- j ess was worked out by himself. Brooks he ies to present to the Pittsburgh public, within a year or so. a complete exhibit of waxed invertebrates anf ma Is. oeeeeoeeoocoeooe- OIL STRIKE HELPS UNFORTUNATE ONES Blows ' Suffered in Past Are Now Forgotten. Wichita, Kan. Blows which they 'have suffered In tlio past are being forgotten by YVIllard Goodrich of this .city and his two motherless 'Jilldren, as fortune repays them for ttelr pa tience and perseverance. An oil well has come In on their 80-scre farm, which was left them by the wlfeand mother, who died 11 years ago. The flow of black gold assures the family comfort and ease for the rest of their lives. YVIllard Goodrich U known for unflagging devotion to his little family. Mr. Goodrich rented his Inherited farm. He preferred to farm his own land. He stayed with his double Job throughout the years, rearing the chil dren, Arlcne. eighteen, and Dale, fif teen. The father cooked the meals, did the family washli.g, sent the chil dren to school, and provided the In come to maintain the home. Sitting In his comfortable home. Mr. Goodrich said oil had aroused no dreams In his mind. "l have no particular plans," he de clared. "I don't know whether 111 move anywhere or not. I don't know what It would be like to live more than a mile from home. Of course. I'm glad we struck oil; It means n lot, especially' to a fellow with children." Baluchi Women Fare III in Divorce Cases Peshawar, India. Divorce used to be an easy matter In Baluchistan, the little-known state which lies Just over the northwest frontier and to the south of Afghanistan. All a Baluchi had to do was to ap pear before the local court or "Jlrga, composed of a committee of respected elders, and State that his wife was un faithful. He would at once be grant ed a divorce, which. Incidentally, gave him the lawful right to kill her. It was argued that any man who submits to the Indignity of acknowl edging his wife's unfaithfulness must have true cause. No opportunity was offered the woman to state her case. Now there are changes. Westerni sation of the East, so strongly sup ported by King Amanullah of Afghan istan, has crept south, and Baluchls are grumbling that the new divorce laws are not nearly so satisfactory as the old. According to the present system, the woman Is allowed to give evi dence In her own defense. Even so, the odds are against ber. The "Jlrga" Is composed of men. and is all-powerful In Baluchistan. There Is no redress from faulty verdicts. The accused, when found guilty, has to pay the penalty prescribed and summary Justice is meted out. Effort to Increase Strawberry Profits Washington. To determine the ma jor factors which affect the returns to growers the Department of Agricul ture Is to study the strswberry In dustry in regard to price ranges, com position of market supply, weather' conditions and competition of other fruits. Economic Information already baa been gathered In North Carolina, Vir ginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Flor ida. Similar work will be undertaken In New Jersey. Delaware, Louisiana and Arkansas. Maryland State College of Agriculture Is Independently Insti tuting s similar survey in that stats. Factors of particular Interest which It is expected this study will disclose are the. place of strawberries In the organization of the farm ; the seasonal movement from different areas, the variation In time sod period of move ment, the tendency to overcrowd par ticular markets sad methods of mar keting' and transportation. - r . AleoUTs Mas Usee . Alcohol Is tbe most important sol Tent, with tbe exception of wster, dis solving many substances that water will not dissolve. It Is also Important la manufacturing many products and la the making ef ether. - --, II in BV? A JTtJO Vw V 8onet!mes I wander in th past Where cherished memories dwell, Where phantom fancies come and so 7 jkna weave tneir mysue speu. I see the cattle on the hills, Th ft1rfa nf prirn anrl haw. The moonlit thicket where The rabbits used to play I hear the coyote's wavering' voice. : And see ayain the broken spear Of wiM geese In the sky. hi. , Then, like a benediction falls 3t Vrfr A memory rich and fair, j Of mother singing in the dusk, , xi er ringers in my uixir. The world may buffet me My fortunes come and go; Like fitful winds the flying years May bring me weal or But there's a land no ill ' A sacred place to mo- le country where my spfi things that usfed to LITTLE GIRLS' "DRESS UP" ENSEMBLES . STRESS HATS MATCHED TO FROCKS, AS MUCH attention Is being direct ed to the ensemble theme in the Juvenile realm as in that of grownups. Not only do the shops emphasize the matching idea, but mothers who make their children's clothes are given ev ery encouragement In the working out of Interesting ensemble schemes. Many who sew at home have every confidence In their ability to make lit tle daughter's dresses, but when It comes to hats their courage falls, lest the child's costume might ; have a "homemade", look. However, now that there Is such enthusiasm for ensem bles. It Is worth while to cultivate the "matching" habit. If mothers who lack confidence and Inspiration when it comes to bat mak ing for their little folks, will ssk at any pattern department they will find that the art of millinery has been made easy, at least as fur as bend wear for children la concerned. The style book contains pictures of hats, patterns for whlcb are easily available ranging from berets to cloches and little turn-up brim effects. Suppose there Is a remnant of vel vet or silk crepe or any suitable ma Motor Vehicles in U. S. Mount to 24,592,370 New York. There sre 24U27U registered motor vehicles In the United States, an Increase of 1,463,055 over a year ago, the annual tabulation made by Motor Magazine from the registry records of the various statea shows. Passenger cars showed sn increase "of C.2 per cent during the year, num bering 2 1.408,300. The number of motor trucks Is 2,123,774, a fain of 7.2 per cent. New York state Teads tn the num ber of vehicles tn use with 2,000,8 13, followed by California. 1.8UG.224; Ohio, 14&0U0; Pennsylvania, 1,540,400; Illi nois. 1 .0024)78 1 Michigan, 1,248,080. and Texas, Ml 1.407. The Increase of 1.463,033 In all classes of vehicles during 1828 com pares with an Increase of 1,125,922 re corded during 1027. , "Oomestlo sales of passenger cars last year approximated 3,073,000," the magazine says, "and the registration Increase was. only 1.254,000, so It Is obvious that more than 1300000 of the cars, prerlotuly- In use were scrapped or taken out of service In seme otber way. Replacements, there fore, are accounting for about 00 per. cent of the total sales," N LA f at nighV - ..r ft about, woe; can mar, v V. memories are be. ' terial In the house. If mother be am bltlous, with little effort daughter maj be costumed as handsomely as Is pret ty Miss Junior In this picture. These stralght-llne-frora the-6houlder effects are the most popular for little girls at the moment. Sometimes the fulness Is attained by gathering into a yoke as In this model. Another method Is to smock the material to yoke depth. Still another smart styl ing Is to lay the material In fine plaits either box or aide, stitching them flat at the top to form the yoke. Lace collars and cuffs are consid ered extremely vogulsh on afternoon frocks for grownups, and tbey make equally as modish an appearance on "dressy" dresses for little girls. The ones In the picture are handsome Irish crochet. As to the dainty cbapeau which this winsome Utile miss Is wearing, it is made of the same navy blue chiffon velvet as that of the frock. The crown has a bias piece gathered about a circle of the velvet The flare brim Is faced with pale pink georgette which Is cleverly shirred. JULIA BOTTOMLET. (. list. WaaUra Nrrappr Unloa.) JULJLMJLJLaa.JLJLaJLJLJLaaXJtlLJtaJUilLJtJ S Bureau of Standards ; Seeks a Perfect Fuel n Washington. Why does the J J engine of your automobile i sometimes miss when you step J) on the accelerator? " That's what the bureau of j standards, in co-operation wltb 11 tbe automotive and petroleum ii Industry, Is trying to find out, j tbo Department of Commerce 1 1 announces. - J Tbe bureau of standards bss ii already made a few discoveries J ( along this line. For Instance. of two fuels, one may give bet Ji ter- results in winter, another " In summer. Another discovery 2 1 Is that while the temperature of 11 an engine's wster Jacket baa 2 ! little effect on acceleration., a motor will "pick up" Quicker 1 1 wben the Intake manl fold 4a hot. J A perfect motor fuel Is wbst ii tbe bureau of standards hopes 22 to find. It will Investigate also i r the Tslpe of auxiliary devices 2 1 designed to tnslp low-grade gas-. i oUno function as well as bigh- 22 test fuett. AJUUUUUUiAJlJULMJUUUUUIMMJUULkJI wvvvTTviwvvnwinnnrttfwvVTi Little Band-Wagon , Journeys f ByITvMERRILi; fSS. 111. Waatara HiHlw Cal. 1. The Only Unanimously Elected President THE founding fathers, who framed the Constitution la the belief that our Presidents would be elected by a group of staid and steady councilors of stats, tlie electoral college, unin fluenced by partisanship, would be mr prised snd dumfounded by tbe hurrah and bullaballo accompanying tbe modern American party nominating convention. The first national party convention was not beld for more than 40 years after tbe founding of the republic Prior to that time various expedients to place the names of available men before the electoral college were em ployedcongressional caucuses, legis lative resolutions, state conventions, mass meetings. But all these were of gradual evolu tion. None of them was ready for ose In picking the first President The Constitution had not provided for any nominating methods. Possibly this was partly because of a general expectation that. Washington would be the first President and would continue to hold office as long as he wished. There was hardly time. In airy event, to develop uniform nominating methods ' between the date on whlcb the government waa formally declared In operation and the date set for the first election. Before news got around to the farthest states, by the slow means of communication of those times, that congress bad declared tbe states' must pick Presidential ectprSjj In Janiarv. 17S9. It was almost tfwB to select them If they were to func tion. Political, attention in the states had been monopolized by the struggle over ratifying the Constitution. No prepa ration bad been made for the first election under 1L In five of the eleven states entitled to participate in the election (ilhode Island and North Carolina not yet having ratified the Constitution) gov ernors did not summon the legisla tures in time to- provide for an elec tion by the people. Thus. In Connecti cut, New Jersey, Delaware, South Carolina and Georgia the legislatures made the selections of Presidential electors. Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Hampshire and Massachusetts provided for popular election. But the vote polled In all five was very light New York politicians wrangled so long about the means of choosing electors that the state lost Its chsnce to have any part In the election. Fortunntelv. in this more or less un settled condition of affairs, there was almost universal agreement upon the eminent availability of George Wash ington to be the first peacetime leader of the republic that had been founded as result of his wartime leadership. A few, It Is true, thought of wise old Benjamin Franklin for the honor. But he was then In his eighty-third year. Most agreed that was too old. Alexander Hamilton, on the other hand, was too young, being still un der the constitutional limit of thirty five. But he was not too young to pull wires skillfully. The Constitution originally, before adoption of the Twelfth amendment, provided that each Presidential elector was to cast two votes. The candidate receiving the largest number waa to be declared President; the next high est, vice president John Adams of Massachusetts waa most generally considered the proper man for vice president Adams him self thought he bad as good a right as Washington to the Presidency. If all the electors bad divided their two votes apiece between Washington and Adams, the result would have been a tie, throwing the election Into congress. To avoid this, and Insure the Immediate victory of Washington. Hamilton discreetly and quietly passed around the suggestion that each elec tor cast one vote for Washington, but that a few throw their second votes to some favorite sons of their several islntes. xThls advice was followed more ex tensively than Hamilton expected. When- tbe ballots were counted It was found that Washington bad been, tbe unanimous choice of the 69 electors participating. One of the 71 electors who should have had a part In the pro cedure was kept at home by gout, and another was Icebound. Adams, by contrast with Washing ton's 69, received only 84 votes, the other 25 being widely scattered in ac cordance wllb Hamilton's little schema. That "black intrigue,' as Adams called it, was a sorry blow to tbe pride of the rather vain and stolid son of Massachusetts. lie did not forgive Hamilton for meddling with what be thought would have been his chance to contest with Washington on equal terms for the honor of being the first American President NoJokm "An apartment with four bath rooms," exclaimed Mr. Mlttelbauui. as be sat reading tbe paper. "How can people use four bat brooms 77 "And why not r demanded Mrs. MIt telbaum. Onefor eoal. mother for the dogs, one to keep tbe fUb Is and the other for a bath, maybe.' "What's so funny about four L bathroom"!" Vancouver Province -Get SaaahLa aa Rm Horses and mulea working In eoal mines retain their health because us ually tbey aro given f a sufficient amount of exercise snd rest la tbe sunshine to counteract tbe time spent ta tbe mines. - - 4,.. u - Baud on THE CANDLE iM Oopyrhrht Mia, Wiratr Bros. Flotur Ina spONQUEST, starring Monte Blue, ta a Warner Bros, plcturlxatlon of . this novel. SYKOPSIS Arthur Faunco, en explorer, lea hut returned from on expedition, headed by Simon Overton, to the Eouth Pole, where, according to re ports, Overton died, Faunce, Over ton's greatest friend, receivet the honort ichich would have been Overton'$ had he lived. Both Faunce and Overton loved Diane, daughter of Judge Herford, althougK neither had ever ditcloted hit love for the pirl. Faunce i being entertained at a dinner given by the fudge. Dean Price of the theological seminary of Mapleton, his wife and daughter, Fanny, and Doctor Sam Gerry are present. Faunce murmured a confused ac knowledgment, blushing suddenly like a. schoolboy. Dr. Gerry, who had been listening attentively, bis keen eye studying the young ex plorer with professional curiosity, interposed now, giving the conver sation a new and unexpected turn. "Courage takes on strange streaks sometimes." he remarked slowly, leaning back In his chair in an apparently reminiscent mood. "I remember a queer case out In tbe Philippines A young private who had never seen service before went into action out there and got (lonorable mention three times. One Hi Dr. Gany studied the lay he carried a wounded comrade off under fire, and some of the wo men heard of It and wrote home, trying to get the Carnegie medal for blm. About ten days after that the cholera brokeout in a camp in Mindanao. I was ordered down there with the regimental surgeon when Private Bruce was ordered on hospital duty. He begged to. be excused, he turned as white as sheet and his teeth chattered. He wasn't afraid of bullets, but he was afraid of cholera. Of course he didn't get off. He had to go on duty. and he was sent out with stretcher to bring In a dead comrade. A little Filipino, one of Uncle Sam's new recruits, went with him. Presently the Filipino came back; he said he couldn't do lL-alone, and the white man had run away. It. was true, too. Bruce had bolted. He simply couldn't face a quietly unpleasant death, and pestilence got on bis fterves." Faunce, who bad been listening with his eyes on bis plate, looked up now, and his glance kindled with something akin to anger. "Perhaps It wasn't pure coward ice," be exclaimed with feeling. "It's easier to Judge another man than to do the thing yourself. I" He stopped short, aware of the si lence around the table, and then ended lamely: Tve seen men do strange things under the stress of circumstance!" The doctor chuckled. "So have 1. 1 ii once saw a burly blacksmith faint dead away at the mere sight -of a tortoise-shell eat He'd inherited a pre-natal aversion to that kind of a feline, and he'd ttever been able to conquer It" For the moment these two were pitted against each other. Then the younger man, perhaps aware that he was being baited, dropped jthe debate wltb a shrug. "According to your idea, than. Private Bruce bad an insane Im pulse, Instead of simply losing bis nerve, as I've seen men do a thou sand times and tbey weren't cow ards, either." "You're not exactly the man we Should expect to defend any form of cowardice," interposed Judge Her ford, smiling.. "With his magnificent record," chimed in Mrs. Price, in her ami able voice, "it's aimply. fine to be so considerate toward the weak pesaes of the rest of us poor mor tals." "I suppose, madam, that's to u ly that I'm . not charitable," re oined Dr. Gerry composedly. "As1 Bayberry CaaJIes In making bayberry candles tbe berries are collected from the bay berry bush and boileU In palls of wa ter. Tha wax rises to the top. ta skimmed ot , ami boiled agnln. Regu lar candle wicks are cut the desired length, attached to, a rod dipped In warm water and then dipped into the pall of wax several times. Allow the wax to harden between times. The wax should De kept Just warm enough, to be In a Undid str.t'e. i," . ScaaJiMvla-. : " ' . Finland Is not Included In the term "Scandinavia. Scandinavia Includes Sweden, Norway and Denmark, strict ly speaking, but some geographers In clude tbe sdjacent Islands at id Iceland. in thc WIND lyMARV IMLAYTAYLOft : a matter of fact, Fve the greatest sympathy for cowards myself." "So have I!" exclaimed Fanny Price, ber young faoo turned ra diantly, like a full moon, toward the hero of the evening. "I'm an awful coward!" "She Is," agreed her father cheer fully. "She looks under her bed every night for a burglar." In the laugh that greeted Fanny'a blushes, the topic was turned. DV ane asked Faunce some questions about his recent experience in New York. , "I had to lecture," he replied with an uneasy laugh. "That's one penalty we pay In America when we discover anything. I gave two lectures, and I'm booked for a third, worse luck!" r" "I ahull try to hear that." she re joined quietly, forcing herself to smile in a conventional way, though her eyes were still pathetic. "You would be an inspiration," h began. In a tone Intended for her ear alone; "but" he hesitated for an instant, bending his dark eyes upon her "I wonder if I could keep on making a fool of myself with you there to see me do it!" Something In his tone brought the color to her cheeks, and she passed his remark over lightly. "I'm sorry if I'm a discouraging listener. I think I'll have to give emplorer with curiosity. yon chance to discuss that with the dean and papa. Dr. Gerry la too critieal," she added, laughing at the doctor as she rose from the table. "Come, Cousin Julia and Fanny dear, these men are pining to talk politics when we're not here to insist on suffrage." "Oh, I'll give it to you any time, DI!" flung back the doctor. But she did not answer him; she was smiling at Faunce as he held open the door for her to pass out. "Plea6e come soon and give us a lecture," she entreated. He made no reply, but his eves were bent so Intently on her that he entirely missed the girlishly ad miring gaze of Fanny Price, who followed her mother and Diane oul of the room. Leading the way Into the small, old-fashioned drawing-room, Diane seated her guests around the bright fire on the hearth, taking care to select a chair for herself that would put her face in the shadow. Mrs. Price took the low seat op posite. Fanny, pretty and fair and barely eighteen, with only a sug gestion of her mother's button note and her father's tranquil brow un der a fluffy mass of fair curls, dropped on a low cushion between tbe two. "Isn't be splendid?'' she ex claimed rapturously, clasping her hands. "He's so handsome isn't he, D17 He looks Just as I've al ways imagined heroes did 1" "He's very good-looking, my dear," her mother admitted ami ably. "I couldn't help thinking of that picture at the seminary you remember it Fanny of David. You must know It too, Diane?" "I don't think I've noticed it very much," Diane replied vaguely. "Of course, Mr. Faunce seems a hero Just now, and people are making a great deal of bis exploits. It's right that they should; but what hurts me, what seems to me eo strange. Is the way they forget that Overton, led tbe expedition, that he made all these great discoveries, that It Isn't right to forget blm while they're applauding the things he did." "My dear, nobody forgets him," Mrs. Price assured her. "He was tremendously real, I'm sure, and we all liked him. Didn't you hear what Mr. Faunce said that Over ton was one of the best friends a man ever badf Isn't that a great tribute from a man like Faunce. too?" (To be continued.) Action of Explosives Tbe belief that gunpowder explodes upward and high explosives downward la erroneous. Each explosive tends to act In all directions. However, when powder Is placed on a surface it does not actually shatter the object it Is In contact with, vlhlle dynamite goes off so rapidly that It does shatter tbo object It Is in contact with, and thau hole It makes, In fjie earth Is greater than that "whlcb the powder makes. Mot AacUat Treo Tbe McXab cypress tree taken from an asphalt pit in California Is thought to bo more than forty thousand years old. The woodrwas preserved by .the asphalt.' which was thickly Incrusted over It. 1 u 'flV'"- i r -1741 1