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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1929
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BYRON
Sapping Our Liberties
By a decision recently handed down in New York, one
of several similar decisions, private citizens are not permit
ted to place on their own envelopes, which they are paying the
government to transmit, legends that represent their sincere
convictions. The case in question was fought by the Civil
Liberties Union in behalf of a committee favoring a pardon
for Tom Mooney, who is serving a life sentence in a Califor
nia prison on a conviction since proven to hare been framed
by perjured evidence.
The organization issued stickers bearing slogans such
as "Pardon Mooney Innocent." Letters bearing them were
stopped by the New York postmaster and the Civil Liberties
Union sought an injunction before the federal courts to re
strain the postmaster, which was refused by Federal. Judge
J. Coleman.
Yet the government itself utilizes the mail of private
" citizens for all sorts of propaganda. Mail is stamped in
large letters "Join the Citizens' Military Training Camp" or
"Airmail Saves Time" or some similar legend. It even per
mits the boosting of scenic attractions, like out National
Parks, with slogans on the cancellation stamps. It issues spe
cial stamps for expositions and celebrations, and even adver
tises commercial products witness the present stamps em
blazoned with electric lights.
The use of Drivate correspondence for commercial and
other publicity by the government is assumed a divine right
but the use of private correspondence for non-commercial
purposes on their own stationery by citizens is banned. Such
decisions show how our liberties are being gradually sapped
and undermined and how hard it is going to be when a real
instead of a petty tyranny is at issue. They reflect the slow
but steady wearing down of popular rights through judicial
interpretation and bureaucratic usurpation.
Exonerating Murder
"Why Dry Killers Go Free" is the caption of an article in
the September Plain Talk by Walter W. Liggett, who quotes
official records to show that only live out ol tne in leaerai
prohibition acrents involved in the killings of United States
citizens have been punished. The 'sentence of one of these
five was commuted after a year, one received three years,
one was fined S100. and the verdict reversed, one (an in
former") received one-year-to-life, and one six-months-to-three-years.
'
Prohibition agents who murder on suspicion go free, the
author declares, because the federal government ams inem
in evading justice. Jurisdiction is wrested from the state
courts, federal district attorneys are assigned to the defense
and federal judges "instruct the awed jurors that they must
acquit if they find the dry officer killed the victim in the
nerfnrmance of his dutv."
Some of these slayings have been in self defense, but in
large proportion of the cases, victims have been snot in ine
back and killed when they were fleeing arrest for the mere
misdemeanor of possessing or transporting liquor, otners
have been killed before they had a chance to flee and other
reputable citizens have been slain while operating autos or
motor boats on highways and waterways witnout tnougni 01
violating: the nrohibition laws.
The histories of several of the more atrocious killings
are given by Mr. Liggett, who declares:
Tha mnrda id the nrohibition bureau fairly reek with human blood,
and In man; Instances the victims either were entirely Innocent like
Vlrkula, Hanson, Thomas, or Jones, or at in worst were gw.y n sru
llnt misdemeanors. Yet. notwithstanding the long list ot casualties, ot
men slaughtered on mere suspicion, shot down for fleeing arrest, or slain
for throwing away a pint of moonshine, Mr. Seymour iowman, essunani
secretary of the treasury, la charge at the enforcement of prohibition,
thumped his desk and declared. "There hasn't been a single Wiling in
which the prohibition officer wasn't wholly Justified."
Rewarding the Steel Trust
How tariffs are manipulated in behalf of great interests
"was demonstrated anew, in the senate tariff bill, when
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania ex-counsel of the United
States Steel Corporation, induced the senate finance com
mittee to put mamranese. an ore used in the making of steel.
on the free list, where the steel makers want it, over the pro-'
test of American producers of manganese. -
The House had allowed the present duty of one cent a
pound to stand and the Senate committee first accepted this
rate, even broadening it out to apply to ore of low content.
The sudden change of front, followed the announcement that
the steel trust bad signed a contract with the Georgian
manganese trust of the Soviet Union to buy annually 80,000
to 150,000 tons of manganese for five years. Pressure
from the White House is said to have influenced the action.
The steel industry uses 649,136 tons of manganese ore
a year. In 1929 American mines, mostly in Montana, pro
duced 140,000 tons with tbe aid of the one cent duty. The
treasury by reason of the duty collected $8,064,155 of reve
nue which will now be sacrificed by the roturn of the ore to
the free list.- On the Steel Corporation contract alone the
trust will save between $5,000,000 and (6,000,000 during the
life of the contract The Steel Corporation also imports
manganese from Austria and Brazil.
Here we have the tariff utilized to penalize American
mining interests to enhance the already fabulous profits of
the steel trust, which supported the Republican party in the
recent campaign ana ja securing iva i-umiiciisuuuu m iicvm
privilege. - '
SEAPLANE FOR
SAFETY URGED
OVER CHANNEL
Parts (LP) A great fleet ot giant
seaplanes to replace the present
cross-Channel air liners and the
construction of airports , on the
Seine and Thames are suggested by
tne Belgian airman. Captain Willy
coppens. . . .
His suggestion follows the disaster
to tbe London-Par la-Basle air giant.
uny oi Ottawa. In the English
unannel recently with tne loss of
seven lives. Including one American.
willy coppens, winged hero of
the war on tbe Western Front, has
been long an advocate of floats for
planes crossing any considerable
expanse of water carrying heavy
loads of passengers. Although the
English Channel Is only twenty-onej
miles across at the shortest points.
ioppens contends mat tne quarter'
hour of thereabouts required for i
heavy commercial plane to cross is
too long for the machine to be away
irorn iana.
Thousands of crossinzs ma be
made in safety, but tbe time comes
when something happens, perhaps
not serious enough to cause an ac
cident on land, and the eiant nlun-
ges' into the waves with its cargo
ox numan me.
T have crossed the Channel bv
air 130 times in a machine without
uoata and always considered it
risk." the Belgian declares. T mi.
eluded long ago that a catastrophe
was necessary to call attention to
tne danger. The catastronha has
aoppenea, alter otners less terrible
ana i now believe It right to stress
the lesson and urge the construc
tors ot transport air liners to atuav
floating airplanes or amphibians
and encourage transport companies
to employ them in nreforenr fnf
the 'mixed' air lines, that is to say
wnere iiignt over both continents
and sea are involved."
Consulted on the scheme aim lane
manufacturers themselves declam
flying boats would certain? hnUi
be safer and more convenient. They
could land on the Setae near the
Place de la Concorde and the
Chamber ot Deputies and, corres
pondingly, on the Thames near the
Houses of Parliament in London.
At both terminals, this would en
able a saving of three-nuartera of
an hour auto Journey from city to
air iieia.
The type of giant flying boat now
used in the regular daUy service be
tween Southampton and the Chan
nel Islands Is favored for the service.
Coppens' augestlon la not llkelv
to bear fruit for some time, how
ever, since both French and British
air lines have nut in construction
entire new fleets of luxury planes
on wneeis ana tne cost of super
seding these and their existing
iieets oi air giants would run into
many millions of dollars.
BROOKS
Mr. and Mrs, Willard KamD had
as weir guests over the week end.
Mrs. E. E. Michael and son Mar oi
Centralis, Wash. Mar left Monday
morning for San Francisco, Calif.,
wnere ne wiu spend some time vis
iting friends. Mrs. Michael will go
i ruin nere to Marsnueid where she
wUl visit her mother, Mrs. William
waters.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Raves and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleck and
daughters Etta Mae and Ella Fan.
of Tillamook were guests over tbe
week end of their daughter and ala.
ter Mrs. Carl Asplnwall and family.
Miss Bessie Asplnwall who has anent
several weeks at the home of her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes,
in Tillamook returned to her home
in Brooks Sunday.
Kev. D. Qeorge Cole, naator of th
Brooks Methodist church, who bas
oeen quite ill the past week, h
so far recovered that he was able
to resume his duties as Das tor Sun.
day.
Robert Olover. of Pnrtlanrf m-nt
the week end visiting with his uncle
and aunt. Robert and Miaa nin
nacaii.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ramn have
gone to Bend where they wUl visit
their son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
no airs, vera Ramp and family.
They expect to be gone about two
weeas.
Mr. and Mrs. Warns Olbaon ec.
companled by the Misses Edna and
Ina Leaner spent the week end at
Pacific City.
Mr. Rldell of Pipestone, Minn, is
aucsi at uie nome ox Mr. and Mrs
. B. Harris. Mr. Rldell maila th
trip to Oregon by auto. He and the
Harrises were old friends in Minne
sota, where the Harris' formerly re
sided. .
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West Salem
MELON THIEF SHOT
Memphis, Tenn. IIP) Canaht
stealing watermelons, Robert P.
HneTt, li year old Birmingham.
Ala, school boys, . was shot and
killed here Tuesday by B. E. Bur
nett, 70. farmer. 1
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Johnson of
ION Skinner street had aa their
dinner guesta Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
B. Cagle of Mill City. Mrs. Cagle
and Mrs. Johnson are alsters.
Mrs. F. O. Needham, and daughter
Mrs. Clifford Tongeland and Miss
Gertrude Needham have arrived
home from Newport. A. Thompson
of Astoria who had Joined them at
Newport, motored them home.
Crawford and William Darby of
Hubbard were Monday dinner guests
of their grandmother, Mrs. M. B.
Davis at her home on Skinner atreet.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Oehlar and son
Mark motored to Breltenbuah
springs for a day's outing.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Creasy of To
ledo were week end guesta of his
parents Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Creasy
of Third street.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Foetid act
baby son have returned to their
home on Third street, following a
month's stay with her mother, Mrs.
master, as sunnyside.
Miss Esther Fox has returned
home from a several days visit In
Oregon City with her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Weltzel.
Mrs. Birdie Palmer and
George and Guy Nichols of Portland
were recent guests of Mr. Nlcols'
aunt, Mrs. Edwin Brock at her home
on second street.
Miss Mary Lou Chapman return
ed irom a trip to Portland recently.
She will be the guest of her aunt,
aars. Aniiur natnaway, lor a few
weeks, at her home on Ruge and
oacnary avenues.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Swlgart of
axinner street were Sunday motor.
lsts to Macleay where they were
guesta of their son-in-law and
oaugnter Mr. and Mrs. Harry Phil-Upa
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tandy and
baby of Eugene were week end
guests at tne a. E. Tandy home.
GIN MARRIAGE
NULL AND VOID
Chicago (IP) A marriage ce
mony performed while the couple
is unuer iniiuence or gin is not a
binding contract, according to
juage Frank David.
Ann Blata, 30. anneared before
Judge David Tuesday asking . that
her marriage to Jack Levlne, 23,
be annulled because both had im
bibed too freely of gin before the
ceremony.
Mrs. Levlne said the weddlnir
followed a hilarious nartv at a
cabaret. Some one suggested get
ting married so the party adjourned
to calumet City, where Ann's
brother. Ned, filled out the neoea-
sary papers. Ned said he guessed
his sister was married all right.
when Judge David asked him about
It.
"Here's the funnv nart about it -
he added. "We haven't seen Jack
since."
Dallas Floyd Centers and fcu
family motored to Cuahman, Ore,
the first of this week to visit with
his sister there. They also stopped
at Triangle lake, near Eugene.
GEORGE DEDRICK,
SILVERTON, DEAD
BUverton Geo. H. Dedlrck, TO.
prominent cHtsea of this place,
died Tuesday night at 10: JO from
an attack of heart disease. Mr.
Dsdrick worked ail day Tuesday
boat hi piece. Aout 1 'clack
fbe aroused his wife, saying he felt
ill. A doctor was called but death
isis within twenty snrmttes
Mr. Dedrlck was born In Pennsy
lvania and moved with hi family
to Wisconsin. He was s-narrled there
to Ma Hoatner on July 1 181. The
family came to Oregon twenty five
years ago and during that tune,
with the exception. of a year or to,
hat resided here. ' ,
The deceased bv survived by his
widow, Ida, one son. Earl of Oak
land, cel.. a sister, Ella Ooss of
Silverton and by two grandchildren.
Eleanor and Marlon Dedrlck of
Oakland.
The funeral wtU be held at the
Jack and Ekman parlors at time
to be set later.
Babe Ruth expect t? play at
least two more years as a regular.
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Announcement
Mrs. Elmer Rlerson and two chil
dren of Hosedale were Monday vis
itor at the home of her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. w. D. Phillip and
other member of the family.
Mr. and Mr. Darren Bradford of
McMlnnvllle were week-end guests
at tbe J. X, Miller home on Second
street,
. Peter Stevens, father of Roy Star.
ent of Second atreet ha arrived
home from a trip to Calgary, Caa-
ia.
Mia Marie Brown ot Independ
ence la located at the Edwin Brock
home. She has employment at the
Reld Murdoch company. ,
ur. Harry Needham and Infant
daughter Beverly Ann were brought
to the F. O. Needham home Satur
day from the hospital. They are
dotng nicely. They will be guests
there for a few day.
MENNONITES PLAN
AID TO EMIGRANTS
Hutchinson, Kans. (JT( Extension
of aid to 19.000 Immigrant Mennon.
ltee who have moved to Canada
from southern Russia since 1923
Tuesday was declared one of the
major problems of the general con
ference of the Mennonlte churches.
as 4,000 delegate gathered here.
At a meeting of the home mission
board Tuesday plans were consid
ered for reaching the immigrant
families, most of whom are reported
impoverished. . Tbe Bev. W. S. Cot
tshaO, Freeman, S. D, is chair
man of the home mission board.
J. M. Begler, Reedier, Cal, la sec
retary.
HENRT KITE INJURED
Dallas Henry Kite ot Perrvdale.
fell off a combine last Friday and
was caught by a large wheel and
bruised badly, his left ahonlder be-
lng tnrown out of place.
Vienna (U Should tbe world
ever tire of lass and decide to rid
herself ol her aaxaphonlst and
other syncope tors ail she need do 1
to ship them to southeastern Europe
in cages addressed respectively to
the various gypsy chief tans. And
she can do likewise to those bril
liant statesmen who aat around
green tables Just after the World
war and - hatched black plot for
the division on Europe,
This may be done with the cer
tainty that nothing will ever again
be heard of either Jaza friends or
the treaty maker. Also everyone
may be sure that their fate will be
the worst possible, the reason for
this being that Jaczed music and
even more jazzed national frontiers
together have deprived the gypsy
folk of the one mean of earning an
honest living which any of their
blood has ever cared for or ever
employed.
Coming from somewhere In Asia
several centuries ago the gypsies
under tne leadership of their val
das" first halted their caravans and
pitched their tents in what Is now
Rumania and Hungary. Here and
to a certain extent in the nearby
countries ec round, cecnoio-
vakla, Bulgaria, Jugoslavia, and
Austria most of them have remained
since. A few. more hardy or more
nomad tc than their fellows, sought
new land across the sea but most
of them restricted their wanderings
to countries which could be reached
m covered vans.
In that Dart of Euone which
formed pre-war Hungary the gypsy
was particularly hannv. and here
he more or It i established bis home.
Barn with a musical ear and with
sensitive fingers capable of repro
ducing on the violin the sounds
which reached his ear. it did not
take him long to realise that In the
Hungarian folk-tongs there was
something which found a ready
sponse In bis soul and which aroused
In him a desire to reproduce this
something in hi own way.
Hungary as a national state was
left by the Treaty of Trianon a
mere slice of its former self and a
population which had only enough
money to keep from starving and
none for the gypsy musicians. If
he stayed in Hungary the irvnsv
bad to tighten his belt, move often.
and resort to petty thieving which
eventually landed him In Jail If he
emigrated to Czechoslovakia or Ru
manla to Join his fellows there his
fat was even worn feeoaua even .
those Hungarian living la these
state who had no money to pay
him were not allowed to engage or
even to permit nun to play hie
tune near their house.
Some young gypsies art them
selves learning to play Jan. Other
art being placed by the authorities
In schools and in workshop. Tat
other, who prefer to die rather
than surrender to such modernity,
have returned to the caravan of
their family to live in the open until
exposure kills them.
Nature Student
Has Fine Group
Of Valley Life
Silverton Flodene Heater, only
child of Mr. and Mra. Frank Heater
of the Waldo Hills, has an Interest
ing display of handwork in the
woolen mill store window. She 1
19 and was graduated from the lo
ca lhlgh school this spring and has
been an ardent student of nature
since she was a little girl. She hat
a fine display of mounted insects.
moths, butterflies, aU beauUlullly
done and all of the Instructions she
had she obtained from reading and
then worked the eat out herself.
Sha has two large booklets on
pressed wild flowers, with accurate
descriptions. An Interesting booklet
on nature studies of the Waldo Hills
with water colors of bird and all . .
wild things pertaining to these hill.
She ha made neat little wooden
frame with glass tops Inside of
which are neatly arranged life stor
ies of Insects, the egg, the larva, tut
pupa and the adult.
She has made many on painting
several of which are in the win
dow and show exceptional talent.
There is also a large collection of
articles from the Hawaiian Islands,
made by the natives of native Koah
wood.
She also has an excellent collec
tion of Indian articles made by the
Algonqulns, the Mexican TnHiat
from Montana, Utah. Wyoming and
eastern Oregon. She herself picked
up several inoian weapons on oau
vie Island at Portland.
Flodene expects to go to North nut
business college this fall and also
keep up with her nature studies and
her art which later she intend to
make her life work. She is a moat
interesting, pleasing and altogether
charming young lady.
LICENSES ARB ISSUED (
Dallas county Clerk Black is
sued marriage licenses Tuesday to:
Ralph A. Dutolt, 21, a farmer, and
Mabel Clement, 23. a teacher. Both
are from Salem; and Ira M. Duelt
gen, 30, a timekeeper, to DotUt
Marie Warner, 30, a teacher, both
from Air lie.
neatest success
.y
More people have purchased New Buiclcs durine the oast
two weeks than in Any similar period of any previous year
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The New Bnlck with Body br Fisher hat met with a
veritable landslide of public demand. Many
Purchased before ever seeing the car manv thouaamla
of others placed their order the first few dart it
was on display other Ihoti sands have been taking
demonstration and then, making; Bnick their choice.
' Mora Bnick owners have entered order more men
and women who owned other can have turned to
Bnick mon people who formerly paid from $1000
to 2OO0 higher for their automobiles have purchased
Buicki than ever before during similar period in
Boick't twenty-six year history.
Tbt total demmnd dmrhtg tbeti fast teewb h fnm term
fitv time, great at that for any ether mmtemueO
frwed above $1300.
Popularity to overwhelming carries aa anmlstakahle
message to every prospective motor car buyer: See
tbe new Bnick drive h compare it and yonH
cmickly discover that it's the greatest doUar-tbr-doUaf
value in the entire cjaality field.
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