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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1920)
i I PACE EIGHT. THE C.'.riTAV JOI RXAL SATURDAY, SHj Grand Jury Passes Buck In Hoff Case (Continued from paee one) make the fact known and give all of its agencies, or the holder of ohliga tions of ltl agencies, an opportunity to aubmit their securities to the state for investment." That the system to which the grand jury refers In Its report is one of tung standing Is Indicated in two para graphs thereof. One of these con demns "the system that has obtain ed in the office of the state treasurer for these many years of making ad vances on salaries and claims agulnst the state before the same have been audited by the auditing officers of the state, namely the secretary of mate." The other directs particular attention to "the auditor's criticism vt the bookkeeping method used In I the state treasurer's office for a num ber of years past; likewise to the aud itor's criticism of the method of keep ing the record of collection of inher itance taxes in the treasurer's office for a,' similar period." The most flagrant example of ex cessive profits paid by State Treasur er Hoff to Morris Brothers in the ' purchase of municipal bonds is point ed out in the report as evidenced in the sale of 1100,009 water bonds of Heedsport to the state treasurer, "the bonds that were purchased from the thriving little town of Heedsport and sola to tne state at the enormous gross protlt of f 16, Mil. SO." "We iiiIkM remark," the report Htates "that this is an impressive il lustration of the cost of doing busi ness through a middleman. The state of Oregon, in purchasing the bonds of one of Its own municipalities, per nilxt a middleman to exact a gross profit of 116,019 90, a condition that Hlmuld not and must not longer ex- CONCERNING MUSIC By C, A. DAVIDSON (Director of Music for Salem Schools) Srniiir HU;h School Concert. There are several events of a musi cal nature coming soon. One in which Salem folks should be interested is tin concert by the muric department of the high school, Friday evening. May ?l at the high school building. It is planned to give at least on concert each semester. This affords as opportunity for all parents and others who are Interested in the work of the schools to see what the young folks are doing and Jo observe the progress and growth of the various orgsnlia tions from time to time. An erort is made to provide a pro gram which is neither trashy nor too heavy. There is a happy middle ground whereon 'tis safe to tread, and whereon all listeners may feel perfect ly at home and may thoroughly enjoy themselves for an hour and a half and then go home without that feeling of boredom which so often goes with a recital or a concert. For ofttlmes the amateur organization attempts music which is beyond its -reach, while the professional often attempts music that is beyond the reach of two-thirds of the audience. Besides the band, orchestra and glee club, we have an admirable array of good talent to draw from for vocal violin, cornet, cello, and piano solos ho we invite you to be with us in our second concert of the season, Friday May 21. around his neck, and cut the rop5 that help the trap, and dropped the victim several feet, where he vibrat ed back and forth like a pendulum, 'army up against a Through his outer garments, I ; riddled them with bullets, and a. re could see the awful contortions of the actionary In the white house would muscles of his body until death fin- have hailed the southern people be- allv nut n mnt tn th tnrture 'fore the courts, and. after a trial j i ui .on v 1 1 u iu hi c wiiuic. ' . .- - - ' ' j --- - v " - iAAa . - " r re A doctor steooed up. examined the . would have consigned all who tool been re-established and running since I aelamatory contest . .. I . .i 1 i i-.l mi : - i, i , . . 1 SChOnt Vr-i,1 . body, dead. and pronounced the victim part m tne insurrection, ana au wnu me sin. mis is as it snouia be, as and the law was vindicated, aided them, or gave them comfort, the route' between this place and Public Fonim CAPITAL PCMSIIMEXT ' To the Editor: The time is now close at hand when the people of Oregon must decide whether t hey will succumb to the forces of reaction induced by a protracted and brutal. """" necessary war, orition just described, """" mejr win press forward to other one tne attainment of a higher degree of their crim. . th ,-,, 1,1 Thne vounz manhood, and many a khaki civllliatlo nto end in the recognition men were convicted of killing an old clad youth who helped to carry the man near to where the town of Tur-! stars and stripes to victory on the ner now stands. Lshell torn fields of France, would After a fair trial, and a verdict had . have perished in embryo. 8,- you can, and try to reaiue tne coiise-j v " aeot. Everyone is " quences. Salem last week suffering rrom hie-, oasset lunch and att if - On the capture of Richmond thet hag been eved of hu! Stayton High and'4 victor would have stood Lee and his , b but u not vet gUfficiemiv r'"" playing base k.i. ..'Vfr!w e. Stonewall, and I COVered from its effects to return on th local vrn,,n. ...a tI home. of th home bavs that s . The mail route between Stayton !'eturn covered with crT "'H and Kingston, which was discontin- a?s not- ued the latter part of last month, has' . M1S8 Frances Freemi Never inr. mt time Knia I heap . either to life imprisonment or to the that old hymn aung without Its recall . gallows, and the south would have Ing vividly to my niind. the minutest , become a graveyard and a wilderness details of that legal tragedy. Many a southern statesman who has Some years after the public execu-' been of uncaicuiaoie service to our Salem had an- country in the period of reconstruc- one when twn men erniuterl . lion WOUia nave lusi ins mr m mo it." The Investigation developed the fact that bonds were often paid for delivery thereof; that at the time of the Invettigution all sums paid for undelivered bonds were secured with collateral, the report states, adding: "The records further revewl that bonds which were not yet In existence im.i been sold by Morris llros., Inc., to the slate treasurer at tin exhorbl tunt profit Hiid payments In full mudo thereon by the state treasurer. It is claimed, however, that delivery of the bond to the slate treasurer was secured by bonds deposited as col lateral." The apparent right given Morris llios., us evidenced by correspond ence Introduced during the probe, to withdraw securities sold to the stale Is severely criticized In the report which Hi a tew that simie of ,1;iho bonds were offered for sale by Morris Hnis. while they were yet held by the state treasurer. ''There should bo no wrings upon ny bonds purchased by the stale of Oregon," the report declares. The apparent partiality of the slate treasury department toward Morris 1 dot hers Is explained in the eta fo ment of J. (I. Hichui'dstm, deputy Mute treasurer, emWIIed in Mho re in.it to the effect that by a special arrangement wilh the Portland bond brokers the state treasury had Invest ed Mime $,r,ll0,000 of industrial acci dent funds in securities through this firm with the understanding ihat they colli I be resold to the same firm nt the purchase price at tiny lime the money tuilit be needed, the state to draw Interest on the bonds -nt the rate nf four percent a yar. This, Mr. Itii liardsiin's statement explains, was reuranled us being u much more ad vantageous arrangement, so fur its the state is concerned, than tho pre vious policy of tike department wnlch liiMlntalned this hmie sum on deposit In hankH at only two per cent Inter- Ht. tlldetm Ptolx, foreman nf the In qiilsiliirlal body in presenting the re port Intimated that the report was not altogether final and that the Jury might make further Investigations in to the conduct of the department. AikiIIo Club Concert. May 26 and 27 comes the second con cert of the Salem Apollo club. The re pertoire is well under way, the active and associate memberships are larger than ever before and there Is no ap nrent reason why this concert should not be the most glowing triumph in the club's history. Madam Kahey is to be the soloist, and her churms are absolutely familiar to Salem music lovers. Many interest ing press notices are at hand, but only a few .of them are needed to convince one that "another singer from the west has made good In the east." For Instance .one critic speaking of her Aeolian hall appearance in New York last February says she has "a voice nf excellent natural finality ,of rich ness, of range, and of abundant pow er nt both extremes as well as in the intervening part; a voice offering as surably large possibilities and Interest Ingto hear," Another critic says she "proved herself a musician of talent and attainment In a program of ver satile demands." Such notices as these are encouraging when we think of them as coming from men whose bu siness is to find fault, and who heat so much music that they ore fairly sat luted with it. The most pretentious number by the club Is 1'udley Duck's "Tingle Song." This Is the good old-fashioned sort of diatonic harmony and melody that ev erybody can enjoy without wondering whether the notes were misprinted or whether they were actually Intemled that way. In lighter vein are "Swing Along," a shuffling negro song which the Portland Appollo club recently used to good success, and two old-fashioned folk songs which are being worked out with an Intrepretatlon and finish that might to place them In new light before the audience. The concert will be given this time at the Cir.md opera house and will have to be repeated to accomodate the lurwe number of associate members, to say nothing of the single admission. Colli Curd. ' flalll Curd Is with us nt Inst that is she's In Portland next Wednesday evening May 12, Its hardly worth while to mention it tho, for all the seats were sold out several days ago, and those ho haven't tlrkets are out if luck. of the complete brotherhood of man. A reactionary legislature has sub mitted to the voters, for their accept ance or rejection a proposed amend ment to th3 constitution reestablishing capital punishment In Oregon. Six years ago the question of csd- ital punishment was submitted to the voters, and was rejected. What has happened in the last six years to change the sentiment of the people on this important Question? To be sure there have been several brutal murders committed in the state during that time, but statistics show that they have been less freouent in Oregon, according to population thn Jn other states where capital pdhish- ment is sanctioned. There are two theories advanced for the punishment of criminals one is vindictive, and follows the old Jewish law of "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth," the other is re pressive, and is Intended to protect society, and is more in harmony with modern civilization than is the form er. In earlier times in Oregon, under the old regime, executions were nnh. i lie, and fathers took their sons to wit ness them in young minds with the awful scene so mat tney would refrain from commit ting similar crimes for fear of like punishments. I remember well when my father ana nis neighbors took their boy been rendered against them, they were i But Grant, warrior that he was. sentenced to be hanged. . 'permitted the officers of Lee's van When the day for the execution j quished army to retain their side arrived, there was a large crowd In arms, and paroled the common sol- attendance, rfhd some enterprising : diers. allowing them their horses on fellow possessed of the spirit of the i the plea that they would need them modern profiteer set up a merry go again In building up their war impov round In full view of the scaffold. I rished country. , where his Datrnns fop the small sum And the great hearted Lincoln, had of twenty five cents, could not only his life been spared, would undoubt have the thrills of a ride, but could i edly have used all the power and also cet the moral lesson which is I prestige of his exalted position to supposed to be ImDressed on the mind 'heal, as far as possible the wounds oy a legal execution. caused ny mis- irauciuui cunuici. Blood lust grows on that on wnich Now it is up to the electors of Ore- it feeds; and its principal sources of gon to say at this coming election, food supply are wars, murders, ra. 'May !lst, whether this state shall re pine, greed, inequity, violence and le- trograde to sixteenth century condi gal executions. Not content with pro- tions, or whether it shall still remain viding capital punishment for firsl i in the vanguard of twentieth century degree murder, our reactionary legis Iature has added another capital crime, treason. Let us take our constitutional defi nition of treason: From article II, sec. progressive states. ; A majority vote against reinstating the death penalty will not only defeat the barbarious amendment itself, but will also defeat three other extreme- 24 we read, "Treason against the state ly reactionary measures as set forth can consist only in levying war against ! in chapters 19, 20 and 21 of the gen- or adhering to its enemies, giving eral laws of Oregon for the year l20 JOHN W. JOKY, where this ! it. i impress tneir them aid or comfort." The only place then provision of the state constitution could apply would be where there was insurrection or rebellion within the I atate. In this case the state would be VS TO in lh, . , .. . : , . . . . . murS'h0." Zll "e PreCiPitiUed "hefdirunsomewher.!,, ' east nf Sn.iiH i i . yruvisiun aKainst treason east of South Commercial street not 'as. ouoted ahove nnrt th-t m,-i., tar, as 1 remember it now. from vh.ni.i... i. . , 1, . . ' . . the hiiii,ii, ti.. a-, , "i1"" " luun n me state constitution now ' h "-t'on-1 constitu- the scaffold and some mln 1 "P' i "?." 'uI1 ,orM at ,he tinie ot th h. t i-, . uvii wor. off,,;., ' .,; " TT' K."elt anfl SuPPse t there had been a law v. .u.. r., auu men iney sang that old hymn beginning: now pity Lord, O Lord forgive Let a repenting rebel live." The victim was pule as a ghost and trembled so that it was easily visible from where I stood. The religious ceremony having end on the national statute books conform ing to the provisions of the state law against treason, as passed by oui last legislature, and that we had had a brute at the head of the "Army of the Potomac" Instead of the magnani mous Grant, and a reactionary Instead of the humanitarian Lincoln in the c. .i, . ,. . : " . ... aujustea a cap over ; white' house. eyes, placed the noose I Just draw on vonr lmn.HnnH Stayton Students To Present Annual Program May 14 Stayton, May 8. The Annual Jun ior Class' Day will be Friday, May 14th. The following program will be given at the auditorium, beginning at one o'clock: Speech, president of the class, Leo Willing; faculty take off, "?"; piano solo, Clara Mlnden; stunt; song, Misses Spaniol, Mielke, Sestak and Brown; class phophecy, i.dmund Klecker; male quartet, Worth Smith, Win. Smith, L. Willing, Norval Fisher; reading, Albert Lulay; costume dance, Silva Sestak and Wava Brown; stunt. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mayo went to Portland Wednesday where Mr. Mayo will consult a specialist iu regard to the trouble he lias been having with his stomach lately. Thev hmn ifyet returned. 1 trains on the c & is. Is very neces sary to Stayton pee-ple as well ai thpse in towns up the line. Word was received here Wednes day that Dr. G. F. Kroinek, well known here, had been operated on that morning for appendicitis. Miss Maryan Alexander, left the next day to be with her sister, Mrs. Korinek, until the doctor is able to leave the hospital. Late reports from him state that he is doing nicely. L. A. Thomas has just finished painting the Interior of the Sestak & Thomas market It now presents a very neat appearance. 1 The outside walls of Urban's con crete garage are now receiving the finishing coat of plaster. When this Is completed the building; will be much Improved In appearance. I Airs. w. J. uehlen will have a sale of farm machinery and live stock at ner home Saturday, the 15th. She ex pects to build a home on" her land northeast of the cemetery during the summer, where she and her children will reside. Jonas Sheard has arrived In town rrom Long Beach, Calif., and will be employed in the woolen mills. The High school pupils will give, a rally and . program at the Masonic grove Wednesday eve, the 12th, In honor of the clearing of the gym from an at a . may txVanl . to aaiem the 15th. m-hl " 4 ter the Marion coum, , the same reading, ..Z " ' iaugnt To Fly. "fe Los Angeles. CaL Ma. yountes, D Aleria, who .V me widow of the iau, Bn Senator George a Niion V h filed suit for divo'H Count Armand D'AIerT i? married three month, ato Bo. The complaint j woman. wtfe if is I Watch the papers I I for an Important U I Is Announcement 30?lwfitST SALEM. ORE 1 On the first day ot a. A . citizens pledged J150 of th.?6 In the Salvation armyM Free Lecture I BY Daniel Too! e Of New York representing! I. B.S.A. Subject: "Millions now liJ may never see death. Prophecy now being fulfilled point outtlj tremendous evidences that J are chanjjing dispensations." I How Christ shall rule w world and death shall be abol ished. These subjects clearly e plained by a deep Bible scholar. MOOSEHALL Corner Court and High Sts. You are welcome. Seats fret' No collection. 'Appropriation Of Water Is Sought , fii"ieanon mr ine appropriation of water from Hitch creek for placer mining purposes was filed with Slate l'luglneer Cupper here Krlduy by Wal ter Crlteser of Marlal, Or. Kred N. Neul of Monument, Or., filed an application for permission to appropriate water from Cochran Hol low oreek for the Irrigation of a small tract In Orant oounty. Delhi Mav 8. Industrial 'unrest Is Increaalng and the trade union spirit Is growing in llombny. according to j Information received by the authort i tli here. The vlcerny's council ha Hl,a .. ..i.,. ,., . . -rn uiituieu iimi ntt str hps have ta- nee,i ror the orgnnlxath.n. 2S of , omDay Mrs. Charles Soley, president of the Associated Charities pf Hood River Florists Deny Profiteering On Mother's Day WnnhlhKtnn, May 8. Acting for the Society of American Florists, W. 1 dude. Its Washington representative, ha issued a denial of the statement by Miss Anna Jnrvts, president of the Mothers Puy asfoclntlon. that florists profiteered In white carnations, the symbol of observance of Mother's day last year. Miss Jurvls had cnlled on ".servers of the day this year to nban- on tho carnation nnd display Ameri can flags. All members of the society, through out the country, Mr. fluile said, have been urged to sell whitecitrnntlons at the usual market rate ""on Mothers day, Sunday, May t. TTWw4t imii Dollar for Dollar A BIG DOUB1 TOMORROW MONDAY TUESDAY f )f Tl f 2:13,,4:15, 6:00, 7:45, 3 . . TVskT si t -trJi 1 . i.M .i SENNETT'S BIG FIVE REEL COMEDY 6&rKAII7M rn Ton for Ton Mile for mile The GMC is the best truck buy. i Til n stays on the job not in the repair shop. Will never be an orphan or a misfit. W.E.BURNS-DAN BURNS NOT BltOTIIEKS THE SAME MAX IffSh Flroct ;-.t Fcrrv II ii II II .W W IX II II II II llffll I ON T iilU FAR! Sure Cross-Eyed Ben Turpin is in it. Louise Fazenda says, "I love the Cows and Chickens, but, oh, Ukelele." w tr r 'f - AH the Sennett Animals Are In It f J ' . imm ... 'I i v OUR ADDED ATTR.CTI0 BRYANT WASHBURN IX "THE GYPSY TRAIL" INCLUDING WAR TAX Sunday, Monday, Tuesday Arlnit, (Kxcept Men. Tues. Matinees) --nuuiis, Children .. Monday and Tuesday Matir CHAS. W. HAWLEY, JR., ' Plays ; "DO YOU KNOW?" ;..10C iees only .23c ilfUi'LdLSLJliLI i 7 U."i T ; V ni, Orcpon 3 Jib, " " "f -