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MEDFORD, ORIXJOX, FIJI DAY, JAN I'AK'Y 2 1920
XO. 210
I MIRY IS
WEARY OF
JPACT DELAY
ron Senator Tells Chairman
i
Lodae of Foreign Relations Com
) mlttee He Will Join Underwood
Faction Unless Action Is Taken nt
Once Article Ten Is Stumulinq
"Block Neither Side Offers Solu
tion Favored bv Other.
WASHINGTON. J..11. l.cpuhli-
ran nn.l ilwm.c ratio lt.i.li-r of tin
I kriiutx tinv nil. nil. .11 utM.u IimI.iv t
I negotiation for a iw-.tec treaty cnu
1 irnti'M.
; nennlor I.00.''. MaahtiH'Hs, re
j .ublnan Ua.!. r. l f.ir Suntur Me
' !rv. On-uon. l-il.-r v( lh nuM re.
viitinn rt'iHililt.'fin group, nn.! lis-
y4-4l with liiiu ttuw fur lit rt-i'uMi-
U ronhl v in t.ii':t nT.a
uii.rvrtl v iIm ..-n.it.. major
Jill lh lot --loll of cohere--.,
'frill other -rlla. i jil-o .uw Mr.
: tn f ! ilt-iM.M'riili. .i.le K.-iialur
rflii in k hi N.tir,l..i, pnrtv lia.li r.
j r)rrn. with Snmlor Swu..ii (.1
'tiniu. a t'utivUirnl iii.Mirtrr u.
uudii.nii-.tr.it ion in Ihr trr.i'v Iiu'li'.
4 Senator Kmc I I. .Ii. aim voted
i rv-rvnlion m lit mmh.ii,
It wn nri.l-r- 1 lh.it tin nttn I
-n r' nation va eivn ih t'rvt-i
hnre of . nltrtitiun liv mm. ). of
ioih iMirti.i nml ihnl fur n.iiln'
i aiif lint! advnnt-r.l a oiitioii wlncit
j hi othrr Kuulil r..n-i.lrr r.ivi.r.ililv.
1 llflh Senator M. Narv mid f.im.
or l-nnot nf Vi.iitini nriil othci
; f tin nnl.l rr-rrvMii..ni.i nn 1111
: li.rliMi.t tn hnvp ttrvr.l iiiw.n Senator
i IrfMlk'P tin nilvialiil.iv of niL-ri--iv.
i !fnrt toward a rtiiirntt.i i.fvr.
inrv atv umli r-lo.x . Iim. wntiii-
um unlet nroirtitnii rri!tnli.n
rr in o i.rimiiif tnc liv M..mlii
hi-n thi .rniili n,-..nrtir lir mil. I
M-r.ntmni.ti miM n.ix.rl tin
rnpo-al of Sinnl.ir I'n'li tw.H.il
Malinmii for ni.ixnnliuriit .f a III
hartiKnii ronrilintmn runitnittn.
I hPnntor l.ilci iitn Srnnlor
nnin. ilrmwml. of Vnvmin.
(lllimich it t.ai. lhv rrm linl no
i..nriui..n inrv ar ml to hnr mmi.
vr n mimlirr or .iu-iTti.in fur
Jin"iiii. shon of tin nrtii li Ifn n
rrvnln.n nnd othr rnrt of thi niH
ntv proarnm.
i Tht m-nrral ftt!inff nm'-nt tin rnti
fv
tm lodnv i--mtd to hi one of roil
that an crrrmrnt rouM I..
rhei in tin nrr f ituri.
KILLED' ONE INJURED
VU.M1NGT0X, Del., Jan. 2.
One of the uriiulinir mills of the
Uaiili'v plant of the DuPont
Powder eomDnnv blew no this
morninir. Five workmen were
killed nnd one was injured.
Wilmington and the snr-roundin.j-
r'ount.rv for 3(1 miles
was violently shaken and some
houses in n, immediate vicinity
ol'the tiliint were badlv dam
HL'ed. The Inline of former Fed
eral Jmlire Kdward (I. liradfonl,
about half a mile from the mills,
was narliallv wrecked. Jmli;!
liiailfiird, who is reeovcrinir
from a hum illness, was affected
bv the shuck.
It is estimaled that between
'i(l.tMll) and 7"i,ll(IO Diiunds of
limviler exploded.
4
4.
HAPPY OVER IIS
STARTS FOR EAST
flmei"
aehed
E
I.S.
Ct'SSTAXTIXtll'I.K. 1T,k "3.
Til r. wn-" wide-i.n'ii.l ti-rmr throiiL-h-imt
Turkey on liii-rmber 1", lMintiK
i.l ri'iwrt rcarhini; IIoh roiinlrv I runt
An;ctirn tbnt the mil of the world
tfai preilicteir for that day. Children
n.. ... ...I 1 I .
lnr ..... .-rui in neiifiui, mrvp nutii-
f rs of ivcopli wen? afraid to leay.j
fieir lu.mn nml tnnnv Armenian nnd
I ;irkili women heeamn in-line.
niN-STATINOIT-K. Dee. 23.
diistaldin Uc-liia I'iimIui. fon-iun min--ter:
Nnbi llfv. former Tnrki.-li nm-
ImsMiilor to Italv nnd n member of
the romniitlei which has been nre-
tmrinir ilntn Tor 8iibmi.n on, to tho
renee eonferenee will, with former
lirand Vizor Tewfik I'ailia, form
1 urkev's deleirntion to make tienee
with the allien. Tewfik I'nsha. will
l end the delegation.
ENTER W. J. BRYAN
l-ASAUKNA. Clll.. .Ian. 2 Weiii-
init tlioir laurels, which veaterdnv
were almost Jarred loose, firmly
pressed down on their battered hut
beaminR hioivs, the Hurvard football
miuud departed today for Cambridge
and tho Bchotaslic t-'riml, carrying
along the proud consciousness that
It had yesterday annexed the annual
football clasiilc of the Rose Tourna
ment here by dufeatini; Oregon seven
tu nix..
.!eanwhilo tho Oregon snnad.
urieviiiB for defeat, but upheld by the
eonseiousness of having done its best.
prepared to leave for the sequestered.
hhades of KiiKene BOino time late to-l
day. It was announced that the men
uld probably take a nisht train to
fnn Francisco and go thence home
with as littlo deluy us possible. '
Coach Huntington and his men felt
tho natural reaction today, and were
worrying about whut the northweBt
would suy to them. They took the
attitude that their home folks would
consider them a sample of the justly
celebrated Tillamook cheese. How
ever, loyal Oregon graduates, foot
ball fans, and sporting writers galore
managed to hearten them, by demon
strating beyond..- .doubt, .that "if"
tneir luck bad' been r. little bettor
they would have beeii ac therlong end
of tho figures and wilhoat' any "if"
that they had plnyed'a fine game,
giving Harvard all ii could manage.
and had nothing to worry over.
Itoth coaches stood by their senti
ments expressed last night, which
were, as given by Fisher of Harvard,
that Oregon had a better team than
he expected, and by Huntington that
"Harvard has a groat football team."
PEACE WITH
SOVIET NEAR
IN ESTHIJNIA
Bolsheviki and Baltic. Province Siun
Agreement Preliminary to Armis
ticeLiberal Terms Given bv Lcn
inc Emissary Yuti'eiiitch Soldiers
Allowed to Remain Until After
Peace Siqned Both Parties Atiree
to Neutralization of Gulf Finland.
DETROIT. Mich.. Jan. 2. Willim-i
J. Krvan will he entered in Miclii
enn's presidential preference primary
j ns a candidate for indorsement as
I democratic nominee for president, ne
I rordine to local friends of the form
I er secretary of state.
Petition in his favor, which will
rcouire 100 names, will he in circu
lation shortly, it was said. The pri
maries will he held April 5. 1
PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 2. Happy
over Its victory over the football
team of tho University of Oregon
here yesterday ljy a score of"7 to G,
the Harvard eleven planned to start
back home today. The Oregonioi
naturally disappointed at losing, but
declaring "Harvard had a great
team, tentatively planned to begin
tho trip back fo Eugene tomorrow
Coach "Shy" Huntington of. the
Lemon-Yellow aggregation said his
men would go back to the university
with the knowledge they had played
as hard and as clean a game as they
could and convinced they had made a
good showing.
Harvard made its points on a touch
down by Church and a clean goal
from touchdown by A. Horween. Ore
gon scored from goals from the field
by Steers and Manerud.
The story of the game," said the
Los Angeles Times, "is a story of
Oregon fight and condition against a
well drilled collection of young
giants. It was a hard game, one of
the kind in which the teams play the
kind of football that wears and takes
off weight. Harvard fortunately
had a string of substitutes almost as
strong as the first team men and had
the game lasted ten minutes longer
would probably have run up a large
score. Oregon s stand on the two
inch line was magnificent, but she
was getting tired. Considering the
resources of the two colleges the
game was a victory for western fqot-
hall, ana the time Is not rar distant
when the championshif?will go to the
Pacific coast, at leasjifor a year."
Collapses On Gallows.
RAN gl'EXTIX. Cnl.. Jan. 2. La
fayette) Xewcjl. slaver of Jlrs.
Mnrv Keeve.s at Somerset, Kl llorodo
county, October ()!!), was Imnsed
for the crime nt 10:1(1 a. m. here to
day. He was pronounced dead nl
10:27. Xewell collapsed twice on the
gallows.
VAASlUNflTON', .Jan. 2,--The
sl.'ile ilepai'lment was advised today
ol 1 1 ii armislice aiTaimed between (he
F.slhnn an und iulsbevik forces ef
fective at lll::(l o'clock tomorrow
morninir.
Kstbonia, Let via and Lithuania
have .joined, umilher niessnue said, in
askim; Polmul and Finland to niir-
(ichmlc in a conference at llelsinsr-
l'ors on military defense plans iieuint.
the bolsheviki. Fiiihiiul nice,,,!,, i,a
opted mid l'ohinil prohuhlv will
follow suit, the inessuei. sni.l
IMJKPAT, Thursday. .Ian. 1.
Study of the agreement signed by
Ksthonian and bolshevik representa
tives last night preliminary to an
armistice, particularly tho military
guarantees, indicates the listhonians
nave scored a notable success. The
biggest surprise was that the JOstho
nians wo'iild not be required to eject
soldiers who fought under General
iudcr.'ici! in his recent campaign
against. I ctro'-'rad until-after ratifi
cation of the ireatv.
IIJolsheviK, representatives admit
tney made great concessions as to
frontiers and military guarantees, M
Joffe, head of! tho soviet delegation
declaring: "I far exceeded tho lati
tude allowed by tho Jloscow govern
ment und expect to be called to ac
count when I return but wo have
shown We are able to make peace.
Military (iiiariuitoc.s
The military guarantees prohibit
the presence In the territory o'f eith
er soviet Russia or Esthonia of any
armies other than their own or or
friendly powers with which one of
the contracting parties has concluded
a military convention, but which Is
not actually warring against the oth
er. Recruiting and organizing arm
ies or other states and organizations
hostile to either side is prohibited.
It is provided that all troops not
under th authority of either govern
ment on January 1 shall be disarmed
and that afl army and navy muni
tions and stores excepting foodstuffs
and clothing belonging to such forces
shall be neutralized and Immobilized
until January 1, 1922. Thirty per
cent of such disarmament and neu
Utilization of stores ct non-government
armies must be completed with
in seven days after the ratification
of tho peace treaty and 35 per cent
of the remainder must be completed
each week following ratification.
Uso of Ports
Soldiers and officers in non-governmental
armies may not enter the
armies of either of the contracting
parties with the exception that men
of Esthonian nationality may enter
the Esthonian army. Use of ports in
either hjsthonla or soviet Russia Is
forbidden for the transport of goods
which may be used against the other.
The agreement stipulates that organ
izations may not be formed in either
Esthonia cr soviet Russia under the
pretense that such organization is
the government of all or part of the
territory of either party. In case
there is international neutralization
of the CI ii 1 f of FinluivJ both parties
atiree to join the convention.
ARMY INVINCIBLE, NO
t 4 4 fr i
HOUFAT. Jan. 1. Holslwvilt
Russia is willinir to make ureal
concessions io the biir powers in
the interests of peace but will
not hold mil Ihc olive brunch to
General Denikine. .-i.-coriliin;- lo
K. Klishkc, secretary of the
soviet deleiialiiill. conferriuir
wilh Fstbi.iiiiin doleuiiles here.
jM'. Klishkc lidded that the bol
shevik iiriuv now numbered
:i,IMMI.II(l men und dcclnrcil it In
be "invincible."
SOCIALISTS
DMNTO
IXD1AXAPOLIS, Jan. 2. John L.
Lewis, acting president of tho United
Mine Workers of America, today said
be had reports of operators of mines
in (be bituminous fields discharging
workuienwith a view to breaking up
the unions.
The action of some of the opera
tors in discharging men. is regarded
by the miners as bad faith, Mr. Lewis
said, because under ' tho agreemenl
with the federal government by
which the miners returned to work,
the status of October 31, the day be
fore the strike, was to obtain.
Ulr. Lewis will go to- Columbus, O.,
tomorrow, to' attond the rn-coiivened
convention of tho United .Mine Work
ers next week.
T. G. HENDRICK'S OF
EUGENE ESTATE IS
Lusk Committee Investitiation Shows
Socialists Involved With Commun
ists and Oilier Redicals Lenine's
TMchiiius Studied No Belief in
God. Hoii's or Patriotism Ameri
can Federation of Labor Is At
tacked Miiiht Makes Ritiht.
EUGHNE. Ore., Jan. 2. T. fi.
Hendricks, pioneer merchant nnd
banker of Eimene and first rcuenl of
the University of Oreiron. who died
here a short time nuo, left property
valued at $415, 000, aceoriliinr to the
Petition of probate. The petition
states that the personal property is
valued at .Mlo.Oul) with the rest in
real estate. The proeprtv consists
for the most part of residence and
business: lots in Kmreno.
Mr. Hendricks left to bis trand-
daimbter, Miss Mary Hendricks
Chambers of this chv $200,(100 in
cash and considerable, real eslate,
while the rest of (lie properly was
bediiealhed to his widow. .Mrs. Mar
tha Hendricks, and Irs two daughters.
KOCIIKSTFK, N. V., Jan. 2. - The
socialist party was conucclcd with Ihc
ciiiMiuuiiisI and other radicals in tes
timony placed beliire Ihc l.usk lei;is
lulive committee invest inn t inc. red ac
tivities in Xcw York slate nt its ses
sion lodnv. Il also was shown Hint
bv the constitution of the pnrtv
aliens can hold olTce ill its counsels
and eoiilriil its official nets. t fur
ther Was hroiiLdil out Ibal socialist
held nicotines in public school bouses,
at which lileratiire written bv l.cn
ine and sent here from liussia was
discussed. -
Literature seized in Hie raids an
unheal slroimliolils here Saturday
nmhl liist was exhibited. Il attack
first belief in nnv iliviiiitv; second,
the home and morals of Ihc hoine. and
third, dcer'cs patriotism in nnv form.
Hmlicnl litcralure from the'dreat
Western I'ublisliiinr ipnnv, Chi
cago, attacked Ihc American federa-
lion of Labor, and showed svnipalliv
with lint (jerinan sparlacists.
Might Makes Right
SPOKANE. .Ian. 2. I'resenlalion
of testimony bv the slntc in support
of ils mot ion for a periuanenl injunc
tion lo restrain the aclivilics of nl
leirod members of the Industrial
WorUei-K ol Ihc World in this eounlv
ciliilinlii'ir loila'v iii the licu'riiis; on tliol
motion in superior court.
"Mmbl makes ricjil," J. II. Clark, a
prisoner from Ihc eilv jail, where he
is sorvimr a sentence upon Ifs eon-
viclion on n chiu'ce of criminal svn
dicalisin, declared in oullinimr ( In;
doctrines ol the orminizalion.
"When Ihc I. V. W is stronu'
enoiiuh we will lake over the iiulus
Iries nnd dictate our own terms."
He testified I ho oru'ani.alion had
no interest in politics and few mem
bers ever voled.
John Grndv, prcseuliinr Ihc case of
Ihc defense because of bis inability
to obtain an allornev, also was called
auain as a wilnosx for the state.
I'roseculinu' Allornev ,1. 11. Lindslev
said he did not expeel to finish bis
case (odav. (Irmly has indicated Mini
ihc defense will have i(. testimony.
NEW OKLEANS. Dec, 2.-Ilelc-i-ales
to Ihc supreme assembly fnni-lli
dceree, Kniahls of Columbus. I.l..,v
uisciissed plans lor ,v widespread
campaiun lo promolc Anicricnnizn-
lion. ediicat on nnd mil riot i sin fitiil
io iitilil holslievism.
ST. FRANCIS EMPLOYE
VETERAN OF THE WAR
CONFESSES TO THEP1
.la
'- S.N FK'ANCISCU,
W lib the cloud ol' a $111,11011
' theft liain:iiin over him, .1. J.
Hohin-on, ti.rinerlv a Irusted em
' plovc of the St. Francis hotel
here, enlisted in u. I nilcil
Stales army in lleuvcr, scrcd
ylhrouah several hard caniimians
in France, aceoriliinr lo his storv
lo the police, ami then siirrcn
' derc.l hiniself today.
li'obin-,011 disapi.ealeil in Mav.
IOLS, niter bavini.' been "ivea a
$10.111111 check bv Hie bold lo
't oa.-ll. lie said be visiled laiiiiv
y of the bie- cities in Hie count rv
filially enlist in- in Denver. Me
was rclon-cd on $.1,0(10 bonds.
lioliinon told the 1
OOO ol
IRDERERIS
KUNG BEFORE
CELL MATES
rcliirne.l
ulicc
I be
he In
sloli
;e of
VENUE FOR ELEVEN
1
S
AIIFHi.:.:x, Wash., .Inn. a cleo
vaiHiurveor, attorney for the
eleven alleged 1. V. W. n, m tnil
hero charged with the murder of the
lour American Legion men ut Centra
lia on Armistice day will apply this
afternoiin for u change of venuo to
Tacomn. The grounds of his npplica-
11011 lire unit .Moiilosano lacks accom
modations for tho lurgo number of
juiors, wiinosses and altorneys who
win Do directly Interested tn the ease
iiu siiues unit 1110 stale will have 20(1
witnesses, and thiitjho defensu will
can at least Kill, while it lie Jury
venire nuniliers 225. lie also avers
unit the Montesaiio American Legion
una- engaged nil the available hotel
rooms, so that his witnesses will lie
unable to socure any accommodations
in the (own.
IERI
VIENNA CHILDREN EBERT APPEALS TO
E
ING FIGHT
WITH AUTO BANDITS SAN
liOKEHUHG, Or.. Jan. 2. Two
men trivintr the names of J. Wnlsh and
Fred ,1. Johnson are under nrresl
heril land unothcr, bolieved to be
wounded, is at lanre. followim; their
apprehension willi a car believed to
have been stolen from John lSeu
netcy of Seliaa, (,'al. The third mem-
ier of the pnrtv escaped from Sheriff
Ouine and Constable Dillard after a
thrilliiiL' J i'-'ht yesterday. Dillard emp-
ied a revolver nt the fugitive with
the result that the man fell to the
eroiind, hut quickly recovered, heat
off the officer and made his escape.
Walsh claims to have come from
Portland. Johnson said Colorado
Springs was his address.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2. Famine con
ditions in Vienna are so acute that
children's relief kitchens have lo be
uarded closely lo protect them from
pilfering, accordim; to a copy of III
newspaper Mortren just received
here. Ifeorous rules have been mini
onanist takinir food awaw from
kitchens where children are broii'.dil
by Hieir molhers lo be IVd.
I be newspapers ,snvs lll.'i.OOti
children in Vienna are fed daily in
kitchens established by Ihe American
relief administration's European
childrens'. fund. The daily value of
meals served bv (his fund llirout
out Austria is estimated lit 2,100,000
crowns.
WILL BOYCOTT EGOS
SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 2. A
impaiL'ii to "force the profiteers out
into the open." lhroui:h a restricted
3 of cl'L's nnd milk products is 1
be undertaken today by the House
wives Lea-uie of Sun FVaneisco in
conpniction with similar Icniriics in
other San l'Vnneiseo bay cit '.
reiiuesf to the city authorities
nskiiiL' the ordinance fiirbiddim; tin
ale of skimncd milk be rescinded
tvas to he fi-nmod 0U0,
Rations designed to announce (1.
merchants "nit the wearer is looking'
for linruaiis and is cnmpa;t:niii'.'
against biub prices were to be dis
tributed to the housewives.
TACO.MA, Jim. 2. A picked num
ber of alleged 1. W. W. prisoners will
be released from the cily jail 011 their
own recognizance unless a cleaner
place can he found for them, Prose
cuting Atotrney'W. u. Askron an
nounced this uftornoon. Mr. Askron
today Investigated jail conditions,
about which tho prisoners have been
compiainmg. rue city jail Is not
tho worst place on earth but It Is bad
enough," ho said after his Investiga
tion. ,
1 no prosecutor will recommend
that nioro recent nioiubers of tho or-
ganlzatloa be freed on their oath that
tlioy will ho present in court to stand
trial.
u. K. lOddy, W. Itandnll and A
i.ross, alleged I. W. Wi. who are hold
under a federal charge, today with
drew Iholr pleas of not guilty and
nieii demurrers to tho charges or se
dition under which they were arrest-
ou. Previously the threo men had
reiusod lo obtain attorneys, tloorge
1'. Viinderveer and two associates
represented them today. The argil
mollis on tho demurrer will bo heard
January 10. Tho trial of the men
had previously been set for January
1 o .
Experiment in Psvcholoqv Tried bv
Chicatiu Sheriff When 200 Crimin
als Are Forced to Sec Durrnqes'
Execution "When Do We Eat?" Is
Crv Front Jail Tiers and Refrain of
Death Too Much Coddlinq of
Criminals Declares Sheriff.
CHICAGO. Jan. 2. (bit at the
c.iiintv iail in Ihc urizzly dim hour of
dawn an cvpcriiiienl in nsveVilocv
was made Ibis moruii.Lf when 2(11)
I risoncrs were forced to witness the
haimiinr of liiilfaclo Durraue, con
victed murderer. Hardened crimin
als other murderers nnd felons
m hose expiation is not vet the cal
lows were placed ill cells, tier oil
lier of which surrounded the square
in which Hie sen I fold had been
creeled.
s Ihe contention of Sheriff
thai Hie s:ubt of the irrue-
some Iruiipium, Ihe wntehimr of tho
noose adjustment, the listening to the
c.dniinistrulioii of Inst rites, tho
sound of the click of Hie sprimr trap
and Ihe jerk of Ihe rope as its slack
was snapped up bv the fallimr body
all these would have a most saluta
torv effect upon those in whoso life
future temptations to
Pete
IIEHLIN. Jan. l. President Ebcrl
requested Hie chancellor In publish
the followim: new year iiiiiiiifeslo to
day; "fn Ihc year just closed ehnos was
averted and the unity of Hie empire
was inainliiincd and consolidated.
Under pressure of a reckless force we
were compelled In conclude n
Ihrealenin..' tho honor and welfare
of our nation und pliieim; the fruits
ol our work ot past nn, future yearn
ii. Ihe mercy ol forcitrners.
"The year which be.-'iis inn-l ,1...
cide whether Geruiiiiiv, despite nil
dilliculties, will mninfnii! herself ns
nation and slate and develop h
"' mie life on 11 Hound basis ,
whether, llirniiuli inlerniil iniarrels she
will (Julinilclv collapse and liarv lb,
Hopes, even ol her intuition.
'W.th these nrn-ipecls of ,.nr f,.l,.
before in V eves I ur-.c all IbosH cull.
Iliemselvcs tiermnns. ... vi....- ..1'
wie common dnnuer. to close their
iiinks in order (bat each one. accord
ing to his capacity, mav help to the
utmo-l in the resloration of the
I'atheilnn.l."
L'cnern-
Admir.il Jellicoe. retired first lord
of the l!r tisli admiralty, today visit
ed Ihe New York Slock E.'-haiiirc ns
the L'licst of Charles M. Schwab.
TEAR UP CARDS
EUltEKA, Cal., Jan. 2. Tho I it ill
ber mills In this vicinity started on a
new basis today, as fur as labor con
ditions were concerned, following the
repudiation of the Timber Workers
union by 0 3 of Its members Wednes
day because o'f their conviction that
the union was affiliated wilh tho In
dustrial Workers of the World. The
workers tore up their membership
curds.
OFFER $25,000 SEATTLE
FOR ALASKA AIR RACE
SEATTLE, Dec. 31. Cliff Burnnt.
aviator and automobile race driver,
probably will enter an air race be
tween Seattle and Alaska planned for
next spring, It was announced here
to.lay.
Captain Sir Arthur Whltten Brown
non-stop trans-Atlantic flyer, several
days ago wrolo that ho probably
would enter. The Aero club of the
Northwest which is arranging for the
i ace, has received inquiries from sev
eral other aviators.
A capital prize of J 25,000 prob
ably will bo offered.
uncut come
slnv oi to roll or to burn.
Disregards Protests
And so firmly did Ihe sheriff be
lieve in the rITicnev of this idea that
lie persisted in it despite protests
from scores of oilier persons who!
Ihoimhl the scheme was unnecessar
ily briitnl. '
Acc.ordine.lv the slncrc was set in
the death chamber.
Durrnue was led forth. Tho nuiet
Ihe deiilh chamber became 11 hsn-
lule for a moment. Then the noose
wns slipped over the murderer's
head. ( From one of the hiirher tiers
came n slFdont shout : 1
"When do we eat?"
Tier by tier, cell by cell tho crv
was taken up. It bcennie 11 roue
above- which Ihe warder's voices.
could not bo heard.
When Do ''o Kat?
The Irap was sprunsr. Durrnim
dropped into the space beneath the
sen I told dead.'
"When do we ud1" was his re- '
iiuiem.
Sheriff Charles W. Peters Inter is
sued a slalenient answerinc critics
which kii id bis notion in permittine;
Prisoners in the jail to witness the
hinigiiiL' ns 1111 object lesson. Tho
.slalenient reads as fohiws.
Too Much Coddling
"In in v opinion the modern coddling-
of criminals bv well ineanmg.
but misiriiided, sympathetic, theo
retical reformers and self eonstittit- .
ed oruiinizalions is one of the creat
es! causes of Ihe present crime wave
in this eilv. Their interference with. '
Ihe viu-oroiis enforcement of tho law
has destroyed Hie fear of punishment
bv criminals to the extent that it vt
110 longer a deterrent to the further
commission of crime to he inenreer
aled in our penal inslitulions. A
lartre number of prisoners mieiilv n.
knowledge Unit thev would prefer to
ho incarcerated in Hie county iuil
where thev lire better fed nnd where
siiniturv conditions nro far better
Ihiin in (heir ordinary environments.
Rcfori -s Wast Kneiny
I'hc reformers are constantly ad-
Vocilliinr (he adoption and ennctmAnt
of Iiiwm which are for the purpose of
allevialimr Ihe punishment of the:
criminal, fonrottintr and losinir sight:
of the protection that the 1 11 w fthiri-
imr nnd peaceable citizen is entitled
to ns airuiust these human nnrnsn'too
"If one halt' of the enerev now-
spent in sympathy on murderers nml
friiniiinls would he devoted to tho
liirnilies ol Ihc victims and Ihe r.thci
half to brimrinir to justice the brutes
who have blotted out the lives of law
nhodim? and peaceful citizens and
darkened forever the lives ot othors.
this would he a huppier nn.l Rafm
world to live in."
Borden Thanks Rockefeller.
OTTAWA. Jan. 2. Sir Hubert rtnr.
len bus written to John D. 1?
lor expressing his deen ni.nrnci,,!,',,,.
for Mr. Rockefeller's irift of ft)0.000..
"00 to promolc medical education in
Canada.
Former President Fein.' Kuo-Clinn?
of China died Thursday last. In u
circular telegram issued from hit
deathbed to warrinsr coventors.' ho
nrsred cessation of civil strife ami
reconciliat:on between the faction-)
of the north nnd south.