1 .'I 'in. .--. ' 1 3CTII YEAR. ........ W.J. CLAIiKVPItOHilETOU. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, JANUARY 2, 1920. NO. 34 4n 9 p-ti it p ' ' A . . . EDITH CAVELL r.UCATLY LOVED NI'USi: WHO WAS EXECUTED HY KKKMANS MKT IlKATII IN ACCORDANCE I Willi LA WH KAY LAWYKU.H Execution by thu Germans of MIhs Edith Cttvill, the Knglish nurse, which arointed the indignation of the Hied world, wa in accordance of ; the liiwn of "civilized warfare," o-1 cording to a minority report of the j committee on military law of the; American Bar Association made pub- 1 lie recently. Both majority and niln- j ority report were prepared by the c miiittet. which wan appointed to in-! vestSKate the courtmnrtiHi ana ug-j i ;-t reforms in military law. j The reference to the cane of Mi iCavi'Il win niiulu by S. S. Gregory of Chicago, rhnirntnn of the committer ; nd whs concurred ill by Judjfe Wi!-, liam 1". By mini of Greensboro, N, C, the other niiniority member, in advo-' r;itiii)f tthoJ-'thio of the death penalty fur immcn convicted of infringement of military law. In hi report Mr. iin northern and western Ktatex most j : I ' ! " - - -' fll-H-I-'of the. counties have employed an a if ri j . tar,m ?-r a r failure leader.lowa has one for ev-j AN AMERICAN EAK jery county. -Oregon has 23. 'I ".v- 'Quite a number of I'olk county; ' ",x , farmer have ankel for one and the1 The old year in dead.: Nineteen hundred and nine-imy court ha made provM-m .in! teen has gone down on the panes of history a something"1,? "u'f or,.' 4 T ... i t . . i, f (U.V t! The state duplicates the amount ap- that was, and never can be again, a record of things (.one rUlU!ll b 'the count an(l the KOl and of things undone. Looking ' backwardd we, eauy crnment alo contributes to the siu- enough can see lost opportunities. W e might nave none better, if, a year a), we knew what we now know. We could have avoided many pitfalls. And there vrc t6m; sins of omission we would have shunned. But what we did, u done, and what we didn't do, is undone. And so the historian of the future will write it down. There are some of us who are inclined to think the his torian will pin few medals upon 1919, for there are tho.rc of m 4ho believe we wasted much.of 1919. This is tire But also, it is true that man wastes much of every year. But of every year he takes a toll of gain, of pro-press, of human advancement. In 1919 he has done this very thing. Now we have in mind the man who makes his home in thfe land the American. Let us ak ourselves "How have we gained this year? How did we 'progress? Advance? We have had more labor unrest than in oth er 'tears. We have had a higher cost of living. We JILIVI' lUlll mull. iJ nu'Jii mniv.vi jMuviuvvi . Ttnf 'with nil ilnV wo have had more Americanism.We v. V ---- 7 or r.iiitu c.veil nun led me tho 'onc!ui:on Unit she wn exec in hi onltm ( with the Jaw antl ux Gregory it.-id: have become more morougniy American uvm v.e wen; "A careful consideration of the caseiKPfor0 the war. than we wc'fe during the war, than we m"' were when peave dawned. We mny have our mzm lam .jliy tJUiUJUlS uvfi mauu "uj,-.'i j..---, v.. .v. ...... of what we aro Iead torn- linint'S HlUUHl UU luu, liutnu cue nv, v..w; .... mnniy ref to nn civilized warfare. 'convinced that even that we are one family, and thinxm Idea i ())Hed, IhiH Lemir ho. it has seemed to mejij,, in rrnvprnment. business, and manner of livincr. When vmi hiOipve that wav about vour nationabfami- II IJVM T V fv - - . - t V convinced that even that we are one iafmiy, and tiiinxing so compels us to the belief that we're about the best fam ily in the world, that we're the crihest; mot proreive of ly vuo're bound to be proud of it, and you're all the more he anxious to make -it still bigger and better. That's our ouite inconiftent with our eondem rfition of thone Mho thu tok her :r) to if?"'it in fiur own ystem of military justice those provim'onM law which were relied! upon by the CVrmnji military nuthoritiex. Tlijdea Of Americanism. fact that, her trial wa atten.led by I A WA;.,.lrt;l,m ; n nrro word. It includes miK'h embraces justice and the square deal.lt takes in wealth of democracy as well as' the equality of opportunity in making one's living. Irutulity and duplicity does not altar this respect of tho cane." The majority members of the com ii 'Uee, Andrew A, llruse, of Minnea polis, Martin Conhoy of New York, and John Hinkley of Ihiltimore, de c!; red thev could not "concur in the ftiex'option of Mr. Gregory that there HM'ihJ be a provision nroniotun tne death penalty in the case of women spica." "It would certainly he inadvisable . ilk. -Un ewh a provision were in the y of all, nntionit with whom we rould bep lil.Vly to be at war," They -he penalty nhould not be inflicted ex ' cept in the most extreme cases, but that it should be abolsihed entirely vm r-annot .njrree, Kxperience has shown that on account of the sex vornen are th most dangerous of all foic", and eur chivalry toward some should not allow u.t to jeopardize the national cause or the Uvea of thous ands of the aone of others." Enlisted Men Sidetracked. i In recommendations for the minor ity thnt enlisted men Bit on courts martial and that speeial courts ba abandoned. The majority report nert that although "we believe some changes should be mnde, wo are af, Isfied that the errors committed i i injr the recent war and the exeesf A . - fit .. . 1. M 'T penntuies wnicn were no aouDt oj Imposed, were due largely to the! experience of those in control anq the fact not, onlv that w. had of essity to trnin an officer class h' nipht for our volunteer army but f our practice in the past of scat, inp our rejrular army, divided battallions, companies and even i i ler units over the country had mnj't Impossible to train properly even west Point -officers." "We are thoroughly in accord, f majority report continued, "with idpji vision, briprade and ' perhaps r foent a thoroughly trained milii' militnry Inwyer with the rar it -The coal of AOmerieanism h life, liberty and the pur suit of happiness for every American, rich or poor, young or old. It is true that goal has not been readied by all, Knf rwoHhp!p Americanism aims at that goal. nd there isn t a mother s son or ciaugnter 01 i,aiive,tai.unment m tpoane, f T...1 ,1 lo,r .T-.r Mnnnt snv that U'P Amen.!-00! viJh the Fres'deey port of every man employed in his work. The f 2,000 in our budget, hhould it ". allowed, i therefore less than half the total amount available. It was deemed expedient, in view of the heavy demands on the county funds, not to ask for a larger appro. priation, although it will require the; greatest possible economy to get along; with so small an amount. The! office equipment is on hand, but an automobile must be purchased and ! maintained for the ajrent's use, and a stenographer employed for at least j pan of the time. The experience of other counties ; all over the na-.ion for several years j is that it pays well to employ a leader to stimulate, unify and promote the' various agricultural activities of the' county. Surely the Tik. county farm! ...... u.;i! ..,.;.. .i-.it. . ... n.-. 1 1 .1 it n s.-r i.in ' Kin V1,X PU1.D III, a WMV . IIJIVJ V. J'I't- Jv ing in a movement whose value Is so. ' thorouifhly demonstratel by the ex-1 """"" """" perience of the great majority of York in honor of Charles Dickens,the j agricultural counties all over the na-'ovelist. tion. f Miss D.H. J'urman, recently elec- Demands Impeachment - A strong demand has set in for the removal of Wil liam Bauchop Wilson, Secretary of the Department of Labor, because of startling disclosures showing official leniency toward alien anarchists ' and other plotters against the government. Ole Hanson, late mayor ?f. Seattle, who is engaged in a vigorous Americanization campaign, is calling for Secretary Wilson's impeach ment. He bases this demand upon facts brought to light in the Ellis Island investigation. Frederick C. Howe, who resigned his post as immigration commissioner under iire, after hundreds of dangerous aliens had been turned loose, and who "was on terms of friendship with Emma Goldman, as revealed by a letter in his files, tes tified that he invariably acted under orders from Wash ington. It is charged that the entire immigration serv ice has been honey-combed with Socialism and domi nated by Socialists. Hence the insistence uixm a com plete change and the removal of Secretary Wilson as head of the department- p. o. -t tt POWELL ted assistant secretary of a OF INTEKESTrfTO WOMEN trust company in New York City, is the first woman to become an officer oft any prominent banking institution in f the metropolis. j ' Bread is ued by Swedish brides to j ,avert misfortune. She fills her pock j Three prominent hanks in Valpar-'ets with pieces of bread, which, on) aiso, Chile, are manured entirely by her way to church, she disposes to u-nmpn ' everyone she meets to prevent, as she ! S-,00".OOO Due omen com luctors are employed o (thinks, ill-luck in her future. j auto busline recently established In uss iuaoei laioou, wno nas Deen Clifford Smith Falls City. B. Tartar, Airlie. E. E. Trueblood, Rickreall. IL T. Vallier, Rickreall, Route two : T 1 1 -' STATE TO REAP A RICH HARVr j elected president of the National Am January Automobile, Truck, f . Chauffeur Licenses;." Roads. ' Orepron motor v trades .'ont.riL.iuc a.ipvox toward the state in Independenccthis lay who cannot say that wj Ameri. cans have not made, progress toward that goal QiiriiiRi1; lSt Manila. Pins were first used in England in ' aljrabated, and Clerks, is the first j 1543. before which time the women woman to become the executive head ! usee! "skewerB." ,o any of Kreat British VCJ1S wuitr jl itiuaa, v .vni kjj v" , j w ish women with the idea of coverinc! une or the oldest sunragists m tne.--' up their hair. United States is Mrs. Charles N. Mrs. R. Day. manatrer of a florist ; Pierce of Philadelphia. Mrs. Pierce has been' is one of the last survivors of those of the 1 who attended the historic woman's Association of Nursery-i rights convention at eSneca Falls, N. 1919. LOCAL John S. Bohannon, chairman of the School Board, has been working leliKontly since the recent cold snap ... - I;..-. . .1 in (retting matters aujusieu FAVORS COUNTY AGENT Y.. in 184S ; Two rare pearl earring, low.neck-1 Miss rem Bauerheld, of toffeyy Ui Kin,iSo nTJnncr rnllnrs of irold.set ! ville, Kans., is said to be the only w w.-.N... - ft. with jewels, and false, red some of the things Queen Elizabeth wove in her 7th year. Miss Jessie Ackerman, roaus througr and fees d S.mi A.,' state.;.' SI'.' hair.were man car distributor and tracer I United Stanes. She is in , bady damaged that school could Kvhien were l,v the storm so re-open next Monday. Mr. Bohannon makes a faithful official Rod is un tiring in his work intrusted by the public on him, all he expects is the pood will of the people J X t J " A jjnterprise has had a rcmark- ;Vh the past week new sub ., 'een coming in each ov-'i-'tation, which ' hoste a well- known American writer, is believed to hold the world's record as a wo-p-t-. t'-nvrler. Miss Ackerman has traveled 300,000 miles and visited To the Editor of the Enterprise: Monmouth, The United States tic partment of agriculture has, after a tri'd of various methods of fretting in tmieh W ith tho farmers of tne country and of helping them, settled j thirty countries. upon the county unit, with an ajrri- Sorosis, the oldest of women's clubs cuturel leader in each county. So jn America, was founded in 1863 In rapid has become the increase In this j protest agaist the exclusion of wo movement in the last few years that men from a dinner given in New !ed with Union Pacific rr, i . II i w.. tieilO, tl6nu! 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