The Albany Democrat Published by DEMOCRAT PUliLISHING CO. WM. H. HORNIBKOOK, Managing Editor. ' Littered at the pustollice at Albany. Oregon, as second-class matter. t'ubltshcd evirf-y evening except Sun day Vveeklv tiilfhsl)id every Friday HUMMUS MATitik .ldress all communications and make all remittances payable to the Dem rat I'nhlishinv Co. urdt-riug changes ol address, sub ti)Mrs should always giv old as well as nt'W address. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily. Delivered by carrier, per week.$ .10 Delivered by carrier, per year$4.00 By mail, in advance, per year 3.IIU By mail, at the end of year 3.50 Weekly. When paid in advance, one year $1.25 At end of year . 1.5U At end of three years 2.U0 Established in IKS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1912. An Eye For an Eye. The old biblical sayinrr, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," was put into practical operation at Salem yesterday when the four condemned men paid the penalty for their crimes. To say that the wholesale execu tions were a shock to the people of the entire state is to put it mildly, lliey have made the ab olition of capital punishment a burning issue in Oregon, just as Governor West surmised when he declined to commute the sent ences. In discussing this question the Democrat believes that murder should be divided into two separ ate and distinct classes deliber ate and cold blooded murder, and murder which springs from the impulse of the moment and which would never have been committed had the perpetrator been given a few minutes of sober thought and reflection. The first, the Demo crat would make punishable by the death penalty the second by life imprisonment. The Democrat would go even further than this. We would in clude a forcible assault upon a woman's chastity in the first class and make it a crime punishable by death. In refusing to commute the sentences of the condemned men, Governor West acted wisely. The people of Oregon had spoken and he adopted the only course open to a man who believes in the rule of the majority. It required courage; it required the surren der of an honest conviction, but as heretofore stated it has made capital punishment an issue which can not be sidestepped by the electors. The Dignity of Courts. The Supreme Court of Idaho has cited the editor and publisher of the Uoise Capital News to ap pear iH'tore tnal august tribunal and show cause why thev should not be punished for contempt of conn ior pnntrng a criticism on a recent ruling made by the learn ed gentlemen who grace the bench of that state. It has been our observation that it is usually the dog that is hit that yelps. The criticism of the Boise paper doubtless had some of the ear marks of truth, for few members of the bench or bar hid behind the cloak of dig nity unless it is the only available means of shielding them from ail verse criticism. To offend the dignity of a court is a serious of fense in Idaho particularly when the bump 01 dignity is as well de veloped as it appears to be on the heads of the learned, but high ly sensitive gentlemen who now hold the scales of justice at the Slate Cap'tal. CHRISTMAS MAILS ARE OUTLINED BY THE CHIEF The Postmaster General Gives Good Advise to Prevent Loss of Presents. A s- of rules for the guidance of persons sending Christmas kiis by mail has been promulgated bv Pos;. master General Hitchcock, aiid have been recoiled in this city. These ate ihe things "to learn and remember: Postage on all matter should be fully prepaid. Packages not fully pre paid will be held for postage. All packages should be iullv and plainly addressed, including street and route in older lh.it there mar be no delay m h.indlmg and delivering them I he sender s name and address should be placed ill the upper leil hand coiner of the envelope r wrap per to insure return of mail it not de- livered. All mail matter should be securely packed and wrapped so as to bear transmission without breaking- Mat ter other than that of the first class must be wrapped so that the contents o fthe package may be examined eas ily by postal officials. When not so wrapped the matter will be charged with postage at the first class rate. May Bear Greetings. Packages of third and fourth class matter may bear in addition to the names and addresses of the senders and addressees, a written- designation of the contents a simple inscription not in the nature of personal cor respondence, the words, "Merry Christmas," "Happy New Year," "With Best Wishes," and "Do Not Open Until Christmas," or words to that effect. All valuable letters and parcels should be registered. The special delivery of mail by mes senger may be obtained by placing on any letter or package a special de livery stamp or 10 cents in ordinary stamps in addition to the amount of required postage. When ordinary stamps arc used the words "Special delivery must dc placed directly un der, but not on the stamps. Carelessness Causes Loss. i nrougn carelessness in preparing merchandise for mailing during the holiday season last vear. Mr. Hiirh. cock states that more than 37.000 nnr. eels intended for Christmas or New rears gitts were sent to the division Ot (lead letters. Of this nnmhpr ne.-ir. ly 8,000 were for delivery in foreign countries, bcilll? held as nnmnilrihl,. because the senders neglected to place their addresses on the wrappers or to amx uie requisite customs declara lions, as required by the several nar eel post conventions. Nearly' 10,000 parcels were mailed with iisnffi,-i,.,,t stamps atlixcd. In audition to the described nntnnil. able matter, more than 15,000 valu able articles were found loose in the Christmas and New Year's mail of last year as a result of having escaped from their wrappers through negli gent or improper packing by the send- PARCELS POST TO BE GROCERY ON WHEELS Butter, Eggs, Hams and Fresh Meat May Be Mailed; What Cannot Be Shipped. Washington, 'Dec. 16. According to regulations governing the parcels post system, promulgated by Post master General Hitchcock, perishable articles may be sent through the mails only under specific restrictions as to their containers and the distance they arc to be sent. . Butter, Jard, fish, fresh meats, dress ed fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries and similar articles likely quickly to decay may be sent for short distances when securelv nacked. e.ggs wilt Dc accepted for local de livery when packed properly in a con tainer and for any distance when each egg is separately packed in a perfectly secure manner. No restriction is nlaced on the m:iil ing of salted, dried, smoked or cured meals, but fresh meat will be trans ported only within the first zone. Fragile articles, including millinery, toys, musical instruments and articles ol glass in whole or( in part, must be securely packed and marked "Fracilc." Articles that may not be sent by paicei posi iiicimic intoxicating liqu ors of any kind, poisons, poisonous animals, insects or reptiles, explosives of every kind, inflammable articles, including matches, infernal machines, pistols or revolvers, disease germs, any obscene, defamatory or scurrilous matter now prohibited by law; live or dead animals or birds or live noullrv raw hides or pelts or anything having a bad odor. Hooks and printed matter may not be forwarded at parcel post rates, but only at the pound rate, or as third class matter. A commission of railroad officials headed by Ralph I'eters, president of the Long Island railroad, petitioned the house postofficc committee for a rearrangement of weighing and pay for transporting mails. The railroad men set out that they did not contemplate carrying the par cel post when their present contracts were made and declared that, as a matter of contract, they were not obliged to accept packages weighing more man lour pounds. EUGENIC BABY'S MAMA ISSUES HYGENIG DON'TS Providence. K. 1.. Dec. 16 Mrs. George W. Herick. mother of the first eugenic baby, has drawn up the fol lowing set of rules to be observed in bringing up babies: Don't kiss the baby. Don't bounce him up and down. No talcum powder, no sponges, no frills, no furbelows. Instead, fresh air, cold salt baths, natural food. For the mother: Remember that a baby should come before and not after your home work. 1 et the baby cry a moderate amount. Even a cat with its nine lives can't stand as much as the aver age baby can. No woman should choose for the father of her children a man who liiuks or smokes. ANNOUNCEMENT. Having sold our holdings and busi ness in Albany we would ask that all w ho are indebted to us would call and settle their accounts Our Mr. Kel say will be found at the old stand on berry street to look after the collec tions of the same. Your prompt at tention will be appreciated Till- CHAS K. SP.U'LDING LOGGING CO. By A. It. KKl.S.W, Mgr 'l-'-Hdiw FOUR PAY PENALTY AT STATE Executions Occurred Between 1 1:30 and 12:30 O'clock at, Salem Yesterday. FRANK GARRISON AND NOBLE FAULDNER FIRST TO BE HUNG Roberts and Morgan Entered Death Chamber Hour Later; Audience Is Awed. Four men yesterday paid the pen alty for murder with their lives at the Oregon penitenaiary at Salem. The men were Frank Garrison who killed Roy Perkins in Coos county, Noble Fauldncr who killed Louis Gilbert in Klamath county, Mike Morgan who killed John York in Josephine coun ty, and H. E. Roberts who killed Donald Stewart and George Perkins in Multnomah- county. The executions were scheduled for 11:30 o clock yesterday morning and long before that time a large crowd was at the penitentiary clamoring for admittance. Only those that held cards and invitations were admitted, the newspapermen being admitted first. , Those who were successful in gain ing entrance to the death chamber gathered in one end of the room to await the arrival of the condemned men. Promptly at 11:32. two guards brought Garrison into the chamber, followed closely by two more guards who accompanied Fauldner. Abso lute quiet reigned in the death cham ber and not a word was spoken by anyone as the solemn procession wended its way to the stairs to the scaffold where in a few brief minutes, two men would pay the penalty for their crimes. Looking down upon the crowd be low, the last faces he would ever see on earth, Frank Garrison stepped to the rail, -and said: 'Citizens of Oregon: Standing on the brink of etemitv. I swear that I am not guilty of the crime for which i have been convicted. 1 was convict ed on the perjured evidence of J. W. carter, Archie flumps and Mrs. Carl Sncaburg of Marshfield. Goodbye, everybody, goodbye." . The guards stepped ciuicklv to the side of the condemned man where the straps were adjusted to his body. The black cap was then placed over Garrison's head and as the noose was placed over his head he was heard to say, My God, don t pull it so tight Noble Fauldner, the other condemn ed man, then stepped to the rail and m a clear voice said: "ou can never cure crime like this, you must get at the root of the evil. 1 don't fear death and I never did." The guards then adiusted the strans on Fatdducr's body and after placing ine noose anout nis neck, pulled it tight, and the signal was given to spring tne traps. The bodies of the two men shot through the floor where they swung ior a uiiiiuie 111 me air anu men tne motion ceased. Drs. Prince Byrd and J. O. Van Winkle of Salem and Clarence Keene of Silvertou stepped over to the bod ies which were hanging in full view o fthe audience, and applied their stethoscopes, to listen for the last heart beats. Fifteen minutes after the traps had been sprung, T)r. Byrd announced that Fauldner was dead. Garrison was pronounced dead two minutes later. The crowd which was standing with bared heads and awed by the horri ble sight which they had witnessed a few minutes before, made way for the guards who brought two coffins into the death chamber from the basement. They were placed on a bench and the bodies of the dead men were low ered into them and they were carried irom tn room. Superintendent f .awson of the pen itentiary then notified everybody with the exception of the newspaper men to leave the room in order that the remaining guests could witness the execution of Roberts and Morgan. Their faces pale and set, Roberts and Morgan were brought into the death chamber at exactly 2:26'i. Father Moore of Salem who admin istered to Morgan leading the way, repeating a prayer as he went. Morgan had prepared a ten minute talk which he intended to make on the scaffold, but he decided not to make it at the last hour yesterday and Father Moore spoke in his behalf, saying: "Morgan insisted to the Inst tW t,A killed John York in self defense and that while tried and acquitted for the murder ol" his grandfather in Indiana, he was innocent of that crime. Mr. Morgan also wants to state that he never killed the man at Willows, Cal., and that he was never in that town." Roberts, who was 29 years of age, stepped to the railing and addressing the crowd said: "1 killed those men. hut I didn't do it intentionally. The time I tired the shots, I didn't know what I was do ing. I fired one or two shots. I don't know which, hut 1 lied when I said it was three shots." Here Roberts made an unintelligi ble statement to the effect that he ii.ni orcu working on an emerv wheel pun pii( sii pa-iief pei 1, pue ...... ,ie uiiMigui ine oincers were hounding him. "I have been abused and mistreated, but I forgive them all," he said, "and I go to my death with no revenge in my heart. The straps were adjusted and the noose placed about his neck and again OVER $1800 RAISED FOR THE y. M. C. A. Remaining $200 Necessary to Put Organization in Proper Shape Will Be Subscribed. That the Young Men's Christian Association of this city will com mence operations on a solid financial basis is indicated by the success of the committees in charge of soliciting funds. While the committeemen have devoted less than two days to their work, over $1800 has already been raised and the remaining $200 neces sary to put the organization in prop er shape will doubtless be subscribed before the close of business hours this evening. Ihe greater portion of th money has been in the shape of small contributions and it is under stood that nearly every business house in the city contributed to a greater or less extent to the support 01 me new organization. LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL IS AFTER THE CHAMPIONSHIP Both Teams Victorious Against Salem Last Evening on the Insurance Law Question. That the Lebanon hitrh sclionl dp- bating teams are to be strong con tenders for the championship of the Western OVegon Debating League, was indicated last night when both the negative and affirmative teams of that school were victorious in the de bates with Salem on the question: "Resolved that the State of Oretron adopt a compensatory state insurance law similar to that of Washington for the compensation of employees injured in Hazardous industries. The negative team of the Lebanon high school composed of Miss Lur line Brown and Russell Hall debated the question at Lebanon last night and the Lobanon duo .was awarded the decision o-f the judges who were W. L,. Jackson and A. C. bchmitt of Al bany, and Prof. R. D. Wetzel of the Oregon Agricultural college. the attirmative team consisting of Miss Isabella Garland and Hugh ilvr re patriate which debated in Salem with the affiramtiye team of the Salem high school last night, were also victorious. All of the Lebanon debaters are nat- ves of that city. This is Miss Brown's third and Miss- Garland's second year n debating. Ihe Junction City high school de bating duo which had the affirmative side of the same question debated by ebanon and salem, received the un animous decision of the judges, one of whom was Rev. W. P. White of this city. Junction City debated with Lorvalhs. NEW-SCHEDULE ON ELECTRIC GOES INTO EFFECT TOMORROW The new train schedule on the Ore gon Electric goes into effect tomor row morning when trains will depart as follows: Southbound No. 25 will leave at 6 a. in.; No. 1 leaves at 9:40 a. m.; No. 5 (limited) leaves at 11:10 a. m. ; No. 9 leaves at 5:30 p. m., and No. 13 (limited) at 7:30 p. m. North bound No. 2 leaves Albany at 2 a. m. No. 10 leaves at 7 a. m.; No. 14 leaves at 9 a. m. (limited); No. 16 leaves at 10:15 a. m.; No. 18 leaves at 1 p. m.; No. 20 (limited) leaves at 3 p. m.; No. 24 leaves at 4:45 p. m. ; No. 26 leaves at 7:55 p. m. S News on This Page is From Daily Issue of SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14. the signal was given to spring the traps which was done at 12:30 o'clock. Once more the doctors applied their stethoscopes and 15 minutes later Roberts was pronounced dead, to be toiiowed m two minutes by the an nouncement that Morgan had also passed to the great bevond. Again were the cotfins brought into tne room where thev received the bodies of Morgan and Roberts. The legal hanging was at an end and the spectators filed from the building sil ently and without speaking a word. The edict of the neonle of Oreo-on. who last November voted against the anoiisnmcnt ot capital punishment, was tultilled. Ihe law had taken its course without interruption by Gov ernor West who for the past week has been visited by delegations from all parts of the state, who sought to prevent the executions. I he executions were a aruesnme sight and manv of the spectators wer pale and nervous as the condemned men were lead to the scaffold and many of them turned their backs to the scene as the traps were sprung. Two juries were selected, one to serve at each execution. The jury that officiated at the execution of Garrison and Fauldner included Geo. M. Sullivan. Portland; Geo. S. Lewis. Portland: Tom Ellis. Rainier: S. A. D. Meek. North Plains; G. O. Sav age, Salem: I. H. Kream. Monmouth; W. F.. Driskell. Portland; S. Doug las Portland: G. E. Shrover Tuala tin: Joseph E. Harris Salem; Harry Talbott Salem and Richard Olsen. 1 ortland. The jury officiating at the execution of Morgan and Roberts included L. A. jmitn. salcm: I). Myers. Salem: S. L. Kathnurn. Portland; C. E. Klingen sniith. Portland: V. H. Brown. Gcr vais: T. J. Craig. Portland; A. J. Heltnch. Portland: Kingman. Gcr vais; C. Carlson. Shedds; Alfred Ma lo. Gervais: W. L. Skipton. Salem. nd t. J. Mechlet, Portland. GOVERNOR OSWALD WEST REMITES FINES ASSESSED Boys Serving Sentence for Killing Deer Out ofSeasonWill Eat Xmas Dinner at Home. That P. C. McNeal and Ralph Mur phy, the two Crawfordsville boys who are serving a sentence in the Lincoln county jail for killing a deer out of season, will be able to eat Christmas turkey at home, became known today when Sheriff Smith received a mes sage from Governor Oswald West notifying him that he had remitted a portion of the fine. The boys were fined $100.00 each, but were unable to raise the money and were confined in jail. Had the governor not remitted their fines they would have been compelled to remain in jail until January 25th, but will now be released from custody on Decem ber 24th. LOBBY OF ST. FRANCIS HOTEL UNDER GOING CHANGE TODAY Offices Are Moved to South End of Lobby; Auto Bus Will Be Placed In Commission. For the accommodation and con venience of the traveling public, Manager Wcstbrook is today making several changes in tre lobby of the St. rrancis notei. The office has been moved from its former location near the First street entrance to the south end of the lobby r near tne uarocr snop and the writing desks have been placed on the west side of the lobby near the entrance to uie uining room. When the new auto bus is olaced in commission by the St. Francis with in the next two weeks it will stop on ine rerry street side ot the hotel. ine ottice being located near this entrance it will then be convenient for guests to register and be shown their rooms immediately, the eleva tor entrance being directly opposite the Ferry street entrance. The of fice being located in the c;,,,,.. ,i of the lobby also makes it convenient for the clerk who will now lmvp an unobstructed view of the lobby, the elevator entrance and the stairways. i tie manges aaa greatly to the ap pearance of the lobby. The new auto bus which will be placed in commission soon by the management of the St. Francis is strictly modern and up-to-date and will add a metropolitan appearance to the city. It will meet all trains. SGIO NEWS B. T. Haley who sold his farm las: week, expects to move to Lebanon for the winter, but will return to Oklahoma with his family in the spring, where he still owns a large farm. Mr. Kalina will take posses sion of his farm before the first of the year. Mrs. Weddlc who was very ill last wcbk is reported on the mend. Rolla Morris and Carl Cyrus left i ueouay ior aan uiego, cal., tor an outing, expecting to be gone several weeks. George Daley will help out at the barber shop in Rolla's absence. Newt Crabtrce and wife returned from Hall's camp Wednesday. A carload of cement and lime just received at the Scio Planing Mill. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Cain went to Portland Sunday on a combined busi ness and pleasure trip returning Wednesday. J. W. Frost and sister, Miss Frost, were Scio shoppers Tuesday. Robert Wade who works for the Portland Basket and Handle Co. came in the last of the week to visit at the home of his father, C. C. Wade until after the holidays. Rev. Charles M. Daley of Douglas ...... I,, .iiS. apciu several days here last week visiting at the home of his cousin, Ed Daley. , Ben Gooch has bought an interest in a drug store at Mt. Angel and went down the first of the week to invoice the stock and expects to move to that place soon. Their many friends are sorry to see Mr. and Mrs. Gooch leave Scio, but hope they will not be disappointed in their expectations in their new location. E. C. Perry ex pects to run the store alone here for a time until he finds suitable help. Emil Caldek who was injured by a powder blast Thanksgiving day, is improving rapidly and expects to re turn home in a few days. News. Charles A. Callahan, a well known rancher of Big Elk, Lincoln county armed in Albany last evening and has uecn spending the day here looking alter Oiismrss matters and doing some thnttmas shopping. A. H. Kent of Los Angeles is among the visitors in the city today. John MeGee, a well known resi dent of Morrison, arrived in Albany last evening and is snrnH.nrr C....J-.. in Albany making his Christmas pur chases. r Mr. and Mrs A C v;i. t d . land spent yesterday in Albany visit gue in that city this week H. W. Curtis of Kokomo. Wash ington, is among the out-of-town peo ple vis iting in Albany todav Mr. and Mrs. C H. Montague of I hr' ob'jecHon'sTo "id "fi, ' Portland returned home this morning 1 couV'- ,f ny there be and for the final ertJeVaVi ?hX ?!ld- o"Cd 'his d'v'of December. LENT THE EARLIEST SINCE YEAR II Abbreviated Social Season Is Caused by the Moorr; Will Begin on February 12. People who cease their social activ ities with the arrival of Lent need only to consult the church calendar to be reminded that this winter the "social season" will be one of the shortest on record, due to the fact that Lent will begin on February 12 the earliest since 1818. ' The reason for this early arrival of that season of the year when the members of the "social whirl" are forced to lay aside their activities is that the ideal or ecclesiastical mnnn adopted by the churches hundreds of years ago, determines tne date for Easter, which next year will fall upon March 23, one day later than the earliest possible date upon which Easter may fall, March 22. The custom established hv n, churches decrees that Easter shall fall tU., I:--, c i ., ... mil juiiuaj .auer ine tirst full moon after March 21." "Easter." a church official "and with it, of course, the ending of Lent, is a movable feast and is fixed by the ideal moon, adopted by the churches hundreds of years ago, when they were attempting to settle upon the fixed date for Easter." So the individuals who bemoan the fact that their social duties n,;n k. cut short this winter by the arrival of Easter can blame it on the moon, the same moon that the youth of the land usually pick upon to bear witness to some vow breathed in the ear of his "mi iciuy. Various businesses will h; t... the early arrival of Lent, too. Flor ists, stationers and caterers probably will find their nrofita ei.f K -u breviated social season. 'treeIuncF teeth THE CLUE Mustard Hot, He Deserted Sandwich, and Now He's Arrested. READING, Pa., Dec. 13. A plas ter cast made of the impression of the teeth of Alvin Hornberger of Mohu ton, Pa., in a "free lunch" sandwich caused his arrest here yesterday on the charge of counterfeiting. Secret service men say Hornberger on No vember 16 passed twenty fake $10 bills in Philadelphia. They say that he visited 20 saioons, buying a drink in each place and pass ing the notes. At one place the coun ter lunch caught his eye. He took rye bread, spread one piece with mustard and the other with limburger and took a bite. The mustard was extra hot and he didn't like it. After i.i one bite of the sandwich he laid the rest on the bar and walked out. the als say. When the mar. ;.' "- barkeener noticed that the $10 bill was bad. He notified t!ie police. Ten minutes later secret service men imtliprpfl H, dence, including the sandwich. Thev had a cast made of it and found that the man that bit of it and found that the man that bit imo the cn,,,l,vi.-l, and passed the bill had false teeth. These teeth had certain marks. So they started out with that clue. After Hornberger was placed in a cell today one of the detectives asked him to hand out his false teeth He handed out his molars and a cast was made of them for comparison. Dr. Frank Van Doren of Portland has rented a suit of offices in the Schmitt building and will begin his practice n this city within the next week. Besides being an M. D., Doc tor Van Doren is also an osteopathic physician of experience. He is a pleasant gentleman and will no doubt be given a large patronage by Albany people. Drs. T. G. Heslup and W. D. Rudd, expert chiropodists of Portland, arriv ed in Albany .this noon and will re main here two weeks. They are at the St. Francis. Earl Kilpatrick of Salem returned home today after transacting business matters in Albany last evening. Frank J. Devine of this city was ooking after business matters in Sa lem yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. R. I Burton of Falls City are spending a few days in Al bany visiting friends. Mr. and I Mrs. T. M. Bush of Chica go arrived in Albany this afternoon and are registered at the St. Fran Mrs. Max W. Smith of Blackfoot, Idaho, arrived in this city last even- rjL ci.''11 spcnd a few days in Al bany. She is stopping at th e St. Fran- b,n;. 9" P'ck f Sa,em arr'ved in Al week Ini lVe""l8 ai?d is sPndi"? the matte'rs k'ng after bus'n m rpSTRlATOR'S NOTICE. undenert ,s.hr?by sin that the ate of 1 F ?.dm'n,'lra"x of the es wirh ,hlr Conn4,deased, has filed fo'regoCnni"kofLi-.Coun- matter A( .- j ' a,-count in the matter of said estate anH .i,. r ... hrdnhaa.PPOin,ed' Mondav."" 7e Xth , day of January. 1913. at the hour said ,h """noon of - l t(J ELVIRA CONN. Administratrix. uniV COurt rnnm n tne court hnn - . rr" L- M. Curl, Attv. for Admrx. Dec. 20 Jan. 17.