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About Albany daily democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1888-192? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1920)
OOOO00OOOOO000O0O O HEl'RINTED EDITORIALS O 80OOOOOOOOOOO08 Th Death Penalty (Stayton Mail) Thai Home of the awful crimes com mitted ought to b pwished by the death penalty teems right at first thought, not only as a just punishment to the perpetrator of the crime but to deter others from committing simil ar crimes, but at the same time when one comes to give it earnest and deep thought there is something very re pellant about taking a human lift by process of law or any other way. There is a great high Power about all of is that ihoutd be considered in everything; a higher and greater Pow er that we poor weak and erring mor tals, and we doubt if that Power would counsel us to slay a fellow man, legally or otherwise, under any circumstances. Christ advecated no such doctrine, yet murder and similar crimes sur rounded Him even as they do n in these days, and Hr, himself was 5 tr eated. JTTie Lord taketh away," and we believe the taking away of human hf" is a prerogative not ours. Were we judge on the bench or the . jf-:r?nor of a state v... wouli ne j sign a death warrent and issue a hu man soul out into an eternity which we know not of. And yet, were a laved one of oirs to be murdered as some young girls have been of late years by fiends in human shape, it is doubtful if we could stay our hands ; even long enough for the law to act. "But that does not make it right. We are inclined to believe that if life imprisonment could be made to mean what it says, it would answer the Pur pose about as well as the death penalty- We do not wish to be understood as having any sympathy for the crim inal, for we have none, but the ques tion is have we the right to take a way a human lif and rive an unpre pared soul out into the everlasting unknown eternity which contains for it and for all of 'is that of which we grope, in uttrrdarkness ? Seems to us that solitary confinement for life is hard enough punishment to adminis ter to anybody. There is no necessity of pardoning them out; that could be and should be done away with. Wall him up for life, yes, but kill him not ATLANTIC FLEET SAILS Great American Armada Off For Southern Waters Today OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., Jan 8. A. P. The main body of the At lantic fleet, including seven dread naughts, 35 destroyers and a number of submarines and auxiliary vessels. under command of Admiral Henry B. Wilson, sails today from Hampton roads for Guantanamo, Cuba, for the annual Winter maneuvers and exer cises. The fleet as constitutedis relatively smaller than previous years, due to the fact that lack of men kept the number of pre-dreadnaughts, battle ships, several cruisers and a large number of destroyers in port. Of the 10S destroyers attached to the, Atlantic fleet, only 35 have large enough crews to warrant sending them to sea. Admiral Wilson's flag ties from the main truch of the dreadnaught Pennsylvania, war time flagship of the United States fleet The other dreadnaughts in the fleet are the Ok lahoma, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Flor ida and Delaware. The North Dako ta, recently at Constantinople is en route to Cuba to join the fleet. Despite the handicaps of depleted and untrained personnel, the fleet this year fares the most extensive and comprehensive schedule of Winter maneuvers in history. Particular at tention will be given to working out lessons, problems resulting from the war and in giving a careful test to war time mechanical innovations. Co operation between naval aviation for ces and the fleet, experiments in sub marine attack problems and tactical maneuvers under high speed, in audi tion to the usual strenuous prot.-r.im of target practice, are expected to keep officers and men bjy night and ! day during the stay at Guantanimo. 1 Avlatioa ships accompanying the fleet I were to give the first opportunity to . experiment with the practicability of large tactical units carrying their own Tying forces. Pacific Garage To Change Location H. B. Jones proprietor of the Pacif ic Garage of 134 second street has leased the Rhodes building on first street occupied by the Murphy Motor company for a period of five years and will move as soon as the Murphy Motor Company move to their new building' on second street. Mr. Jones will continue to run a first class repair thop and sell the Ajax Rcard King Tire. Mr. Getz of Portland has leased the biulding occupied by Mr. Jones and will soon open up a sales office for three lines of Automobiles. J. D. HUSTON PAINTING. DECORATING and PAPER-HANGING Phone 41 1R Shop at First and Baker Streets FACEj Before . Dr. E. E. Jackson DENTIST 404-405 First National Bank Bldg. Phone 216 -J FISHER BRADEN CO. Progressive Funeral Directors AUTO SERVICE WLady Assistant. Phone 91 Nignt Call 50flR and After you play or work in sun or wind, give a thought to your face. If you want a fair complezion treat it fairly and treat it often. Don't spoil your fun by forgetting that your cheeks and lips ned COLD CREAM FACE POWDER ROUGE, ETC. Burkhart & Lee The "Store of Fair Treatment" "It'sLike Finding Money" says the Good Judge When you take a little chew of this real quality tobacco, and the good tobacco taste begins to come. You'll find it keeps com ing, too. The rich to bacco taste lasts and lasts. You don't have to take a fresh chew so often. Any man who uses the Real Tobacco Chew will tell you that. Put Up In Two Styles RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco After spending a month at Guan tanamo, the crews will be given a brief respits from the strenuous round of drills when the seventh di vision of droidnaughts goes to liar badoet and the fifth to Trinidad, per forming tactical maneuvers en rotto. On Februnry 25, the units will' be joined at Colon, where they will re main until March 4, giving all hands anopportunity for short leave at the canal. Leaving Colon March 4, the fleet will return to Cuba and continue exercises and nuineivers, Including main battery target practice, until April 2tf when the home ward bound pennants will be broken out and t!:e return voyage started. Advertised Letters The following is a list of the adver tised letters remaining in the Albany Oregon Post Office, January R, l!20. Age. Miss Anna; Pavis, Mr. B. H.; Gates, Mrs.; Hansen. Mr. J. L. (2); Harder. 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