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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1925
CapitalJI
Journal
finlem. Oroirnn
An! lulfl pendent Newspaper J'ubllsheil Kvery Evenlnrr Kxcept Sunday
Telephone 81: Newa 82
CKOIMIB PUTNAM, Kiiitor ami JMibltehcr
BIBLE THOUGHT FOlt TODAY
And their sins and iniquities will J remember no more.
Hebrews 10:17.
Abolish the Noose
Probably the most growsome executions in the history of
the Oregon prison were staged today, when two old and
feeble men, Arthur Covell, the nged crippled astrologer who
instigated the murder of his sister-in-law, and L. W. Peare
who killed his wife and a neighbor, paid the penalty for their
crimes.
Though the punishment was merited, it would be hard to
imagine a more barbarous scene than that enacted as the
sickly and demented cripple, strapped to an unweighted
board, dangled from the gallows, slowly strangling to death,
or a more brutal one than that, in which the blood gurgled
audibly from the gashed broken neck of the other white-
haired victim of the laws majesty, drenching his clothing and
forming a pool beneath.
Eunglesome scenes like these belong to medieval times.
when the theory was the more brutal the execution, the
greater the deterrent to crime and while humanity has not
yet reached a stage where it is safe to abolish the death
penally, civilization demands that it be administered in a
more humane manner.
The gallows belongs to a past age. It is as much out of
place in the 20th century as the gibbets upon which they
formerly left the bodies of criminals to swing from as a
warning to evil doers. Most states have recognized this, and
as a result the electric chair or the lethal chamber, with
their instantaneous and painless deaths, have replaced the
scaffold.
No matter how revolting or cruel the crime, it is no justi
fication for similar brutality in administering the penalty
When the state lakes life, it takes all that anyone has and it
is not called upon to play the barbarian in addition. It
high time the law was amended to abolish such scenes as
presented at the penitentiary today.
Roads and Tire Wear
According to a bulletin issued by the state college of
Washington at Pullman, on the "relation of road surface to
automobile tire wear," the gasoline consumption on the best
macadam' roads is more than 10 percent greater than on
pavement and more than 50 percent greater when the
macadam is in very bad condition. The extra wear on tires
on macadam roads amounts to more than the total cost of
gasoline when compared with the wear on pavement.
These conclusions arc the result of exhaustive tests made
which among other facts ascertained that lire wear increases
in greater ratio at high speed than at low, and that the
warmer the temperature the greater the weai on tires, it
being four times as great at 00 degrees as at '10 degrees.
The cost of gasoline and tires per 1,000 miles for a four
cylinder car on good macadam proved $13.70 and at the same
speed mi concrete, the cost was $19.15, or a difference of
$21.55 in favor of the pavement. On very poor macadam the
cost reached S87.50 per 1,000 miles. Tire treads wear off
17 times as fast on good macadam as on pavement and 5G
times hs fast on poor macadam.
If it costs $10 for gasoline to drive a car a certain distance
over navenient. it will cost $11.1.1 to drive it over a good
macadam and $15.07 over a poor macadam. The rate of wear
on lire treads in the above tests was $ .08 per pavement,
$10.72 for good macadam and $50.15 for poor macadam.
It will be scon by the above that the motorists soon saves
the difference in cost between paving and macadamizing in
gasoline and tire bills alone.
TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE
HORIZONTAL
HOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE
The way to solve the ''Cross Word rnzzTo is fo ml In (he white
noun res of tlio rilaurnm with tha words which ntrrce with tho necom
imnjIiiR definitions. The definitions itro numbered to correspond with
tho numbers on the a lair rem.
Any word defined In ino text nufler "HORIZOXTAI will begin
nt Its iiitmlier, shown on the d lucrum, nnd will extend all tho wiiy
ii cross to tho first black space to the right or Hint number. That is,
the word must begin In the tquaro thru eon tit ins its Identifying num
ber, find extend as fur as the white sarin red continue unUilcrruptcdly
Any word donned under "VKRTIC'AT" will nlho begin, In tho white
enneo Unit contains its mimlK-r. but will extend downward as far as
2. Hell led down after flight (as a ,H0 wMo spaces remain uninterruptedly,
mill)
2-1. A tsinall dram
2tl. Yon (poet.)
I.tirye Ikixcs iwd for pinking
1, A sentinel
5, Perform
7. lief ore (all.)
8. To fasten with a gib
O. Month of year
1 1. Jexierlty
13. AwaliH adjustment
J t. Prefix (used to express nea
Hon)
15. IllII or Kxrhungc (ab.)
JB. Cost
To .sehemo
To be Kiiperlor to
OP flCSTJailDAV'S
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F O R U
Contributions to llils Column must tn plainly written on one
side of paper only limited lo 300 words In lenntb and signed
with the name of the writer. Articles no, meeting these specttl
titirtiiB will be rejected.
To tin- IMil.u.; ll .ii'lM-ais Hi.
Clai-mo Harrow nnd another nt-
tonu-y or iMihuqo h:ivi -offeron
free of ehiirKe to defend in roui'l
th:it offi-niling im(Vr i'f P:iy-
toii. Tennessee. V ho iiiiainut the
peai e and dignity of thnl l:ito has
.. i n ti rn li in c"iiUmh In a pul
lic f hool of tlw .ifort.iM tw n.
Well that is c.'M.tiiii" t- h" xi"e
find tho said pi..le--.ir lMi1'M.'sv
ni'pnc ih-.i tho offer.
..v this writer lives several
miles iih;iv from tint enmmon
weallh arul at n delaine It t..k.i
iih llio Tennessee had Inner h.ie
. let that kind of l;:iHl;ition nlmur
SniM""e tho professor Ik ennvp'ted
If h- h:n hern t.vi hliiir a ointl
fie i rui tt the e.m -in ln would he
unjint. K ho has 1 n teaehlnu
F.nneth'u;; th it iMi't ti no thai
would In primlple ho had too. If
n man -t to ho cinrlu -1 every time
ho trie to Iiuike K'.iitebi.dy believe
MoDM ihim: that It t i, mot ewry
law or ami politician nlnni? w Uh
inoto than li or ihieo ptoaehers
miirhl he he.idtd t.., nd tho peni
tentiary. That w onld he tei it hie.
It peeinH that our W. .1. lhyan
In to he present at the ItlM anil
As -11 tho proserin Ion, That doo
n1 exiuo Harrow. llo think
lltMin ignorant and tli.it he t the
Viet i in of lolif.iens idea that time
has relocate to tho mi:ip hoip
of piijieimiliotis nnd that any
mie of eoninmn Intelligence en1d
"topple' him In imminent.
Well t don't know about that.
A man that ean run Tor pro-blent
three times In 1," year I not to
be undereatlnmlod. Our "common
er" i not unused lo tho lecture
platform and upon the open forum
of debute Ik no novlre. Hr.i.'in I
belle vo never publicly defended
criminal niiirdoi orn nnd It Idna n
pern nor hninhem iif industrial
bulbil nKH. Ktill If o on Harrow
should crnwi swoubi with blm hi
mltrht hreome nn dolled an Itrytin'K.
Pryan doesn't hetieve In evolution
nnd If the Chicano nnan-hlst whos
to take nubile Iwue with him here
tho' way will probably open.
It pom rather curloun that our
IfRivlatureii nnd as a piece of un
wlKdom ahould do opposite thitiKs
by wny of legislation In Iwo con
tifrenuM Mates. North Carolina and
Tennwite. A college inflttuctor
f l o i ii the taller Male, van te.uh
evolution in the former unmolest
ed. A Nmth t'arollna man ean
teaeh It It If true In Tennessee hut
be liable to arrest! So what is
frienee ami what Is not depends up
on how men. many of who are Ig
norant of It, mil1 upon the ipies
t ion :
I low many of our mem hens of
leyHlat iirrs leally know what nr.
uanie roluthn m? What do thev
know about "pby.-didoii a I units"
or "p iii-yeno.4!?" or "fin in In n"
or " i ll diviMi,in" or the "pinto::e
ne" oi' 1 1 one k el or the "ph.x.siea I
bisi of life- of Huxley?
.Iii-t a lit t lo h'f-s than the evo
lut Illinois thone-oU o-j. All these
terms are now 1 hink nvl aside a
of no i oil a hit atom; with nat
ura I hi leeiioii. All the modern
masters of the development theory
as Hat Won mid Willis and ("onk
lln an.) Seott and othrts are nt (IL
ayieeiuent. Seoll before the I'.iit
Wh a-"'ei,tlfon three or four years
i- sii.t "all Is In the meltlmv
poi." Ju-t o, and the pot W iiil
huhhliiuT, H.
W'ehl S.ileiu, M.iy "1,
5 1 1 1 mIp
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2. J, lint)
To out and gather grain
4. 11th letter alphabet
5. JMsclpIo (ab.)
0. Yielded olxdlenco
H. (;aMdlne (ab.)
It). Wish lor
11. A tlecrce
12. To provide
Hi. To tap lightly
17. An nc (id.)
It), rnli-ulli
21. Deep eavhy hi ground
2'A. K.vclamatlon
2Tt. Po-trripl (ab.)
75 m'
Copyright 19a 4 George Matthew Adams
My Ma trimonial
Vacation by Violet Dare
I felt sure, too, that she really
cared for him still. If she thought
of divorcing him. It was only be
cauuo she was convinced that he
no longer cared for her.
"What ehall I do?" she asked
"Somehow, I hesitate about taking
tho final .step. Yet I feel thai
there'a no use in going on oh 1
have, You're more modern than
I am, and though you're no young.
you ltnyw u good deal about pco
pie about men, especially! Shall
I go to Paris and get a divorce,
and let this man try to make me
happy or shall I go on as I have
been doing, separated from my hu.s
band, leading a life that means
nothing to anyone?"
"Oh, you needn't be unhappy
and lonely!" I exclaimed, taking
her hand in mine. "Just wait a
little longer before you decide.
Somehow well, I'd bate to see you
marry Leland."
"Jt'ut am I to go through life
again because " ehe did not fin
ish that sentence, but I could fin
ish It as I knew she would have.
Ue cause my husband prefers
other women lo me," she would
have said.
'How long have you and Mr.
Jordan been separated?" I asked.
"Nearly two years. During most
of that time I have travelled, but
now I just can't go on that way
any longer. I want a home of my
own, where I can settle down and
really live. I am out of touch with
my friends. Sly lite is empty,
meaningless."
I wanted to tell her that while
It would no longer -be empty if
she married Leland. it certainly
would not be filled as she wanted
it to be. I had seen enough of
could be made to realize how won- tho world to know that women,
derful she was. he would mend his like her are easy prey for the good!
ways, nnd be a model husband. looking, attractive young man who!
MOIU-: COMPLICATION'S
The next morning Nathalie Jor
dan telephoned me.
"Nancy," she said, "I wish
you'd come to see me, please, right
away I want your advice."
That rather- pleased mo. bhe
was older than I, had had much
more experience of the world. Y'et
she wanted my advice! I hud reallz
ed that I knew mora than she did
about some people and things, but
I had nut dared hope that she
would ever think that I did.
I dressed as fust as I could, and
hurried to her mother's apartment.
where she was staying.
She was standing beforo her
dressing-table when I came in, fast
ening a street frock. Site looked
stunning. I wondered again how
her husband could evor have turn
ed from her to the rather cheap
iris with whom ho went about so
much.
It's about about Mr. Leland
that I want to speak to you." she
said, as she and I sat down on a
divan that stood In the window.
I might as well be frank with
you, Nancy, nnd tell you that ho
has told me that he loves me, and
has asked me to marry him if -1
divorce my husband."
For a moment I couldn't answer
I couldn't bear tho thought of her
marrying that man Leland. I
knew that he knew that she had
money, and that ho would get every
cent of It away from her If he
could. I was sure that he didn't
love her; a man like him can't care
much about anyone but himself.
Y'et I could not tell her that, for if :
I did she would never believe me. i
I disapproved of her husband, of;
course, but I felt sure that if hci
wants money nnd doesn't care
whom he causes to suffer bo that
ho can get It. 1 knew that he
would not hesitate to marry her,
and leave her without a penny
when he had got possession of her
fortune.
I realized that If I was golnf; to
patch up this broken marriage I'd
have to get at It immediately,
I tried wildly to think of some
plan. If I could just get tho Jor
dans together, make them realize
that they still cared for each other,
everything would be all right. Y'et
how could I do it? And iuv plan
for making Mr. Jordan Jealous of
his wife, how would that work
out?
Suddenly I saw the way to ac
complishing what I wanted to do.
I turned quickly to Mrs. Jordan.
"I'll have to run I quite forgot
a luncheon engagement that I
made yesieidny." I told her. "I
believe you're right about divorcing
your husband and marrying Le
land, after all you cant go on
this way forever. AVhy don't you
talk it over with your husband, and
arange to go to Paris at once?
She looked rather startled, and I
wondered If after all she hadn't
hoped that I'd urge her not to
curry out her plan. But I left her
at her de.sk, writing a note to her
husband, and hurried out to tho
nearest store where there" 'was a
telephone.
I gave Jordan's number with my
heart thudding. He'd misunder
stand my calling him, of course
but why bother about that if things
turned out right in the end!
Tomorrow M'hlte Lies
COLOGNE INVITES STUDENTS
Cologne Cologne university la
preparing for nn exchange of stu
dents with American universities.
The faculty of economies and po
litical science has instituted tho
movement, which will be inaugur
ated with Boston nnd Washington
universities. Students will remain
for two terms.
BRINGING UP FATHER
By George Mc.Manus
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MUTT AND JEFF
By Bud Fisher
To the K.Uiiu: t w.nil.l like to
litve uU pulilili this in the upen
fi'iiini in yniir (snuo f M;iy 1 i
('mii.i.vNiuiHT Smtili Kl'eat ittutlun
fur the nioUIeni uf the uulmnnlnle
tiiiiiti.. now I am ,i rotiiiiMtt tf Si
lem an.) h ivo boon for nmny yo;u-!.
t think tho hotter w.iy nf vhi.lim;
tM eiiiiutiy ttf llio auto tin ii i p (
lo i.t fiiulniir litor.ituie lo the
east ei n Ht:iis n.lvortlslMK the west
as such a w.Muteifiil place to make
im-ni'v ivieelnly Ihio alley.
It U mostly the poor rl.m that
will sell off everything they have
an.l ronie to thLs ennntry to make
; new mart only to tlml they hive
left a mii'h heitot (ountiy for a
poor man ihan thm.
Ami until this alley ran pro
iluro work enough for tho people
th.it .me nil romly here I Hunk It
i n erime to lure nny more poor
people lo thin country to have to
'my gas nn.l frett those noon little
chlhlicn Ah. Smith Kmak of.
l'rom
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