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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1925
CapitalJiJournal
Ralem. Oreirnn
An Independent Newspaper Published Every Evening; Kireept Sunday
Telephone 8l; News 82
CSISOHGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach
him. Isaiah 28:26.
Hicktown Inhabitants
A hicktown banker is one who puts you under life obliga
tion for loaning you other peoples money and thinks he is a
ponderous pillar of the community when he is only a leach
sucking its life blood and sapping its vitality.
A hicktown merchant is one who carries a little of every.
thing, not much of anything, and that all mussed-up, who
doesn't believe in publicity except when he has something to
sell at a loss, when he peddles dodgers to newspaper readers
because "advertising doesn't pay," yet like a faded strumpet,
resorts to gaudy paint to attract suckers.
A hicktown attorney (there are mighty few lawyers
in hicktown or elsewhere) is one who when not engaged in
sand-bagging owners of bad debts, is sniggling, snitching, and
skinning clients by shystering tactics and technicalities.
A hicktown preacher is one who preaches politics, poly-
wogs and perdition, and most anything else except the
gospel in the pulpit, and bretherns and sisterns the rams and
lambs of his flock as he steps on the gas to bring home the
bacon for the uplift.
A hicktown hotel is its most characteristic possession, one
where the faucets leak, and the beds creak, and the doors
have gimlet holes for the sneaks to peek, where the slang of
the waitress tunes with the slam of the dishes and jibes with
the slap of the chef, one where "unbidden guests, welcomest
when gone" hold merry midnight wassail with you and make
you joyous to speed the farewell.
A hicktown garage is one where they monkey with the
carburetor and it takes them hours and costs you dollars to
adjust it again, one where they pull the motor to pieces on
suspicion, put it together up-side-down and repeat the
process at $1.50 an hour, and cost plus, one where you store
it overnight for joy-riding apprentices to tune-up and smash.
A hicktown well you probably know about it, even if it
is a thousand miles away. We'll tell you, maybe, more about
it some day.
know mo. and hud concluded that
he'd met me at West Point, even
though 1 didn't remember hlin.
Th train drew Into the atatlon
at last. I acanned the focoa ot the
passcngora who came down the
long walk leading from It. I look
ed earnestly at all the men.
Tomorrow A ('hnnged Man,
SAYS HUSBAND'S
CHARGES FALSE
Each of the wild, ridiculous
statements made by the plaintiff
in his complaint aro without any
truth whatever," la the logul reply
of Mary Ktchter to the divorce
plea of her husband, Edward Rich
ter, contained In a motion filed In
the circuit court yesterday for
funds with which to fight hia case
Richter In divorce proceedings fil
ed several days ago charged hia
wife with cruel and Inhuman treat
ment .with having several times
attempted ta poison him, and hav
ing plowed under 5000 strawberry
plants belonging to them.
Replying to the charge that she
had attempted to poison him and
that he had been forced to take his
meals away from, home for three
years through fear of poisoning.
Mrs. Richter alleges that he has
frequently taken meals with her
since that time, and adds, "that
plaintiff lu not afraid of me nor
to eat my food so long as I pay
for it, cook It, and serve It,
'There are atmply- hundreds of
incidents during our married life'
he alleges, "where the plaintiff has
mistreated and abused me' and
she therefore proposes to file a
cross complaint to socure the di
vorce herself. The strawberry
plants, she says, wore plowed un-
er with his knowledge and con
sent. I
OPEN F O R U
Contributions to Thia Column must be plainly written on one
side of paper only llmltedota 300 words (a length and signed
with the name of the wrlten Articles not meeting these specifi
cations will be rejected--'" . -
To the Editor: I da not Uiutei
stand why It is that broad 'jttlhd
ed professing Christians have1' so
little, tolerance for the opinloW'of
others which may differ material
ly from their own. Whv 'flicry
science when It hits lengthened the
span of life, mitigated pnin ex
tinguished disease, Increased 'fer
tility of our soils, giving to the
mariner new securities. By Its ap
plication have great rivers b'een
spanned with bridges of form' our
fathers would have been Incapable
of comprehending. It has turned
our night into day, distance has
been annihilated, all offices of In
tercourse correspondance friendly
or business have been facllated
It Is by science that men have
been able to soar Into the air,
desend Into the sea or penenti'ate
into the earth ana by the discovery
of a giant tooth or fossil In the
depths of the earth or some far
away place are we brought face
to face with the fact of evolution.
And thus It is that the explanation
is made to us of the true origin of
the hills and valleys which we to
day Inhabit. It has been necessary
for science to explain every day
facts by generalizing others less
frequent which form the exception.
The eruption of the volcano
manifest the heat continually at
work In the Interior of the earth.
As also the lightning ro veals a
subtile power constantly producing
changes In the inorganic world.
Are not accumllated facts valuable
for natures explanation?
It seems to me that the orthodox
way of being satisfied with our
portion, what ever It Is, can not
be compared with the modern Idea,:
Ie., "The Fathers and I are one';
and the "Father" Is the creator,
the universal mind, the original I
substance of which all things pro
ceed. That science has a right to
the claim of evolution may be sup
ported from Genesis 4-16. We find
that Cain alter he slew his broth
er Able went Into the land of Nod
east of Eden, and there took unto
himself a wife.
Npw since the Bible makes no
mention of any living human crea
tures upon the face of the earth at
that time excepting Adam, Eve,
Cain, and Able is it not possible to
believe that there were people who
were not created in the image and
likanesa ot God living but had
evolved, from the orgunlc lite at
that time.
I am not seeking to enter Into a
controversy but -rather express my
self as one who has an open lib
eral mind for the rays of light that
others have proven to be true. I
believe to deny science Is to deny
all the truths of all It has brought
to man, and that we are lmable
to do. Romans 14-10 I find why
Judge thy brother? or why set at
naught thy brother? We shall all
stand before the Judgment Beat of
Christ. Romans 14-11. For It is
written, as I live, aalth the Lord,
thy knee shall bow to me, and
every tongue shall confess to God
eter 8-8 But Beloved be not
Ignorant of this thing, that one
day Is with the Lord as a. thous
and years, and a thousand years
as one day.
This brings to me the thought
that to teach our children to live
to help others, to use the powers
they possess to benefit the weak,
endure bravely the adveraltys that
may befall them, think not of them
selves but of those who are needy
and helpless and protect those who
are not able to help themselves.
That God la Intelligence, power,
life, love, wisdom and present
everywhere. That truth and reality
can never be contrary to science
and reason. That man Is the son
of God and to sin against man Is
to sin against God, and to bless
man is to ble.is God, that "whatso
ever a man so wet h, that must he
also reap." That "as ye mete, so
shall it be measured to you again."
These are the more Important
truths for the mind to dwell upon
It seems to mo and will have a
more powerful controlling con
science than any other method
GRACE E. SEAHS
Rt. 6 ,box SD.
FATALITIES IN
TRAIN WRECK
MOUNT TO 42
Continued from page one)
that caused the ceaths of at least
30 ot the vi clime.
Pleads for Death.
When resliuera arrived the
steam had apt-lit Itself. The suffer
ing wag interne. One man jerked
a roll of bills iron, his pocket and
begged a rescuers to hill blm. Only
four trainmen and a few passen
gers were killed instantly. One
woman was decapitated. The oth
ers went through hours of agony
before they died In hospitals at
Ea3ton, Pa., Dover, N. J., Phillips-
burg, Norristovn and Hacketts-
town.
Survivors told of a slightly
.scalded Chicago woman who limp
ed meaning through the wreckage
until she found her mleslng wal
let. Then ihc shouted joybusly
and helped tho rescuers.
The Dead
New York, June 17 (By Asso
ciated Press) A revised death list
of yesterday's wreck at Rockport
sag, N. J., Including hospitals at
which the victims died or to which
their bodies weer taken, follows,
all being from Chicago unless other
wise Indicated:
Banker, Nullum J., conductor,
Scranton, Pa., at Enston.
Bernhardt, Mrs. Antonet, ut Do
ver.
Bernhardt, Anthony, private hos
pital, Eaaton.
Bernhardt, Paul, at Easton.
Breckner, Mrs. George, at Mor-
ristown.
Brunner, Edwin, at Easton.
Brunner, Edwin, Jr., at Easton
Brunner, Robert, 8, at Easton.
Clnk, Mary, at Easton.
Daniels, Oscar, negro porter, at
Easton.
Ernst, Mrs. Anthony, nt Easton.
Farmer, Mrs. Barbara, at Dover.
Felninger, Sophie, at Easton.
Gantz, Karl, at Dover.
Gellner, Nicholas, at Dover.
Getther, Michael, Warren hospi
tal, Phllllpsburg.
Grundie, Mrs. Elizabeth, at Eas
ton. Haehn, Carl, fireman, Scranton,
aa Huckettatown.
Helneg, Martin, Jr., at Easton,
Heineg, Martin at Easton.
Heineg, Elsie, nt Easton.
Iron, John, at Philllisburg.
Isimann, Mrs. August, at Dover.
Darling, Mrs. Kathryn, at Do
ver. Karmans, Mrs. Harmino, at
Hackettstown.
Kroch, Mrs. Caroline, Warren
hospital, Philllpsburg.
Loom Is, Frederick, engineer,
Scranton, at Hackettstown.
Lafarge, Gu stave, at Easton.
Lefarge, Mrs. Lena.
Meyers, Mrs. Anna at Morris-
town.
Paule, George, no address, at Do
ver.
Scanlan, James, trainman, Scan-
ton, at Hackettstown,
Schuster, Philip, at Easton.
Trioke, Rudolph, at Enston.
Trioke, Mrs. Louise, at Easton.
Weinert, Mrs. Caroline, at Hack-
etstown.
Wagner, Helen, 9, no address at
Easton.
Two unidentified men at Hazel-
ton.
Unidentified girl, about 8 years
old, at Hackettstown.
Unidentified child, five, at Eaa
ton.
E
Denver, Co'.o. June 17. Recent
ly the legal relationship ol tha
wife hus been changed so that tho
spouse is no longer "owned legal
ly" by her husband and conse
quently the r-resent legal rulings
on marital relutiuus ure bains'
constantly modified, Professor
Sophonisba Hveckcnridge of tha
sociological department of tho
University of Chicago declared to
day in an address beforo the na
tional conference of social workers
here.
Dut the law of status between
husband and w.fe needs more elab
oration she eaid.
Professor Breckenridge urged
social service agendas and work
ers to assist in the clarification oE
laws dealing with marriage and
marital relations so that children
will not suffer from the present
defects of the btatutcs.
Out of 40 chilorcn under eight
years of ago whose environmental
habits were :nvestlBated by tho
Massachusetts division of mental
hygiene, 80.6 per cent mero found
to lack essentials of successful up
bringing In their homes, Miss
Bertha Reynolds, Boston social
worker, told tho national confer
ence of socir.1 work hero today.
Ot the 400 cases Investigated,
only 10 per cent lived in homes of
poverty. Miss Reynolds said. Tho
absence of American educational
standards, of play opportunities
and of normal affection were
mainly tho missing elements
shown by tha survey, Miss Reyn
olds declare;!.
BRINGING UP FATHER
By George McManus
A Church Union
A union of churches is at last an actuality in Canada,
where the United Church of Canada, a merger of the
Methodist Episcopal, Congregational and Presbyterian
churches held first services Sunday. A faction of the Presby
terian church refuses to unite and maintains independence.
It was originally proposed to unite all Protestant denom
inations, because it was thought there were too many small
churches scattered about Canada. When the movement was
launched years ago, every Protestant denomination was
interested, but the world's war side-tracked the movement
and all except tho three denominations effected lost interest.
There are 375,000 Presbyterians in Canada of whom
108,390 voted against church union, representing but 700
preaching' stations out of 3,904. Tho balance are automatic
ally included in tho merger. The Congregationalisls, who
are numerically weakest, were unanimous for union, as were
the Methodists, under whose lead it was perfected.
The United Church does not mean fewer ministers
although fewer church buildings will be required in sparsely
settled communities and resources for church work trebled,
the other ministers being sent to new parishes. The old
traveling minister will be replaced by a permanent pastor,
All told there will be 0,000 preaching stations and the nearest
approach to a national church Canada has known.
The Canadian example could be followed with profit in (lie
United States where the tendency of Prolcstatism is to
constantly split over trivialities into new factions and
denominations.
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The Major Denies "Al Fresco''
By Billy de Beclc
My Ma trimonial
Vacation byvwetDarc
OI T OK T1IK VAST
The next niovnlnn afior lirrak
faat which I ronlly tried very
hard to eat I went to the vuiUmim
employment nKenries whonn ml
dresccs I'd tnk'n from the news
paper tho nlnht before.
At tht; firm one. the womnn In
rhaiKP was rather snippy when she
found th.it I hud had no practical
edite.it Ion whatever.
"Married ?" sho itkeri, nt she
wrote my namo and adores on n
llank foi in.
"Vtw widow,' I nnswered, nnd
nwallowed hard lo keep hack the
P'l that wero rhoklnj? ine.
the looked up nh.irply, nnd then
went on writing, when 1 could con
trol my voice well enouirh to tell
lier that I spoke l-Ycneh well and
plnyrrt the piano, and to rIvp her
the nsnio of the flnl-hinn mIh
I'd ntlendcd.
"If you'd have even a yen at
good colIeKe it would he much
easier to pet n position an cov
ernes." she told me. "And iheie'w
Very little rail for companion!.
However, I'll see w hit I cm do
for yon."
At the next nveney (lie woimin
In ehurfte w;u very kind, hut he
didn't ee much chance uf my Ret
tlnR ponltion either.
I wondered what In the world I
could do. May he I could net ft
position oa a clmmhermnld In nnnie
hutel, or nn a waitress. I began to
feet quite desperate.
Yet I wiut more determined than
ever that I would not let Had nnd
Virginia support me. And I real
ly wanted work, hard work, that
I'd be obliged to do, so that I
would have Ichh time to think about
my troubles.
I walked fop hours, after I'd call
cd at the last agency nnd left my
nam and address. I didn't want to
go back to tho hotel, and there wa
nowhere that I wanted to ro. Fin
Ally t went to the railroad atatlon
wher I was to meet Jlm friend
at half-past four. It seemed as If,
by jetting there early, I could
mak the time pnan r.tore quickly.
Am I was. crosslhff the station
omeone spoke my nsme. I turned.
It was a girl I'd gone to school
with, who hud spoken to me.
"Why Nancy, I haven't seen you
for nges!" hc exclaimed. "Why
don't you ever come to any of the
alumni meet lugs'."
"Uh, I've been nut of town
t'ow in the Rih.imn Islands," 1
A nMvercd.
' I hcjrd about your going down
there. And I heard shout your
matrimonial plans too. my dear,"
she nent nn, '"l hear you're going
to marry Hill Kuing. Aren't you
lucky! Hut do you know, half the
KlrL-t In our vlits who got married
Noon after they were graduated
have K"t divorces or are getting
them? tvnt It allocking? Miss
Abbott Is afraid the school will ret
a had name; Mie's Just having fits
about It."
1 wanted to roI away from her.
It didn't seem polble that she
reilly meant me,
"I'm not going to marry Hill
Kwing," I told her. rather abrupt-
iy.
"lie ally ? Well. you're foolish
not to. I know a dozen debutantes
of last year's crop and this who'd
give their eyelashes for a chance
at him. He's n wonderful catch."
I got away from her as soon as I
cold. Whit nn artificial world she
find I lived In. to speak so lightly
of marriage nnd divorce and re
marriage! I remembered the way the girls
had talked of marriage nt school.
One of them Insisted that she was
going to mnrry nn Kplscopallan
elerymnn, because their soelnl po
sition was always good! And an
other one was Rolng to marry a na
val officer, hec-Mise he'd never be
at home,! 8he had plenty of money.
so she eould afford to, one of the
other girls had Added.
They'd all said they were sorry
for me. when I fell In love with
Jim. because nn army officer never
had any money. One of them had
predicted that I'd leave him within
a year. Well, I had!
I was at the train gate half an
hour before the trnin wo due. I d
wondered how the man who had.
lgned that I el cf ram "A. U" would
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