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I By Arthur Perry.
The um of the "Lie Detector" as
a scientific means or maaing
criminal tell the truth about his
crimes, has one drawback. No way
has been found to wire the Jury so
they will Relieve the prosecuting
attorney, If defense counsel weepe.
By the end of the week University ,
students will be home for Christ'
mas. It will be a welcome respite
from studies, and speeches by fe
male agitators, on the glories of
Communism. Some will be wearing
dinky green caps, and looking mys
terious, like they had the inside
dope on when the revolution will
start.
The Ethiopians have waged a bat
tle with tho Italians, and forced the
latter to retreat 12 miles. Press re
ports Indicate that bullets flew like
folding chairs, at a wrestling matcn
for approximately 10 minutes.
One of the Older Girls was In
rough shopping Jam yesterday, and
came out of It with her hat on
straight. It has been a long time
since Bhe was so mortified.
Upstate areas continue to boast
that spring flowers are blooming in
front and back yards, and sre being
picked, usually by Grandmaws. There
are no such evidences of spring
around here. This region Is so much
In the grip of winter, the Chsmber
of Commerce can't even scare up a
good case of spring fever.
see
The Dub Watson boy Is still skep
tical, and refuses to swallow Santa
Claus.
H. Plewher. the demon baker, has
returned from K. Falls, where he
has bow fixing up a new bakery,
as Jovial as ever. While crossing
the street, he pretended like he was
going to run over your corr. with'
his auto, he Jumped accordingly, i
but not gracefully. This tickled Mr.
Flewher, no end. Your corr. could
see nothing funny In being scrunch- i
ed benonth the wheels of an olive
green auto, driven by a homely
baker. There was nothing malicious
about the playfulness of Mr. Flew
her Just good, clean fun. However.
It Is Just as well for the butt of
this type of poke to Jump fast and
far, before he ta btitted.
COrCO flHEEN WITH ENVY.
(Ilerlnmattnn News)
Boulder Dam will be the pret
tiest power plant In the world,
with warm blue fly-wheels, canary-yellow
generators, turquoise
pumps, vermilion engines, and
orange rlrlveahnfts, according to
Allen Tapper True, consulting
artist of the Government Bureau
of nectnmatlon. The machinery
will be tinted In ten harmo
nious colors.
Townsend Old Age Pension forces
elected a Congressman in a special
election Tuesday. In the present be
fuddled state of the public mind,
considerable significance la attached
to the victory. It means that in the
next Oregon election, a majority ot
the candidates will all be born in
Mlchlgnn, and all personal friends of
the Congressman.
Sir Qnmuel Hoare. the British
foreign secretary has resigned. He
was credited with being the brains.
If sny. behind the recent Frsnch-
Brltlsh peace terms, that provided
for Italy to have control over two-
thirds of Ethiopia as a reward for
Invading Ethiopia. The proposer!
treaty wns a masterpiece of hal
baked diplomatic plotting. BcV.tr
pence treaties have been hatched on
street corners,
e e
Now thnt the relief forces 1 ve
been set to work collect lng the
taxes from which will come more
relief money, we can be fairly sure
of results. (New Orleans Time
Picayune) Cause and effect In the
highest.
"MALE QUARTETTR UNABLE TO
BINO" (Hrtllne Montague Messen
ger) Wherein a long stsndlng sus
plrirn Is established as a blunt snd
brutal fact.
At a New York society wedding,
the enke cost 17 a slice. No doubt
there was considerable figuring on
how to eat the cake and get the T
W1NIXJW GLASS We ell ainduft
glass anrt will replace vou? oroken
window r so 001 J Trowbridge Cto
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MEMBER.
Tie Right
SO Foreign Secretary Hoare of England Tetigni, Herriot of
France follows suit, and the partition of Ethiopia, the
innocent party, for the benefit of Italy, the guilty one, is for
the time being at least abandoned.
In spite of the cynics, the result is an outstanding victory,
for the essential principles of the League of Nations, protec
tion of the weak against the strong, support of open covenants
openly arrived at, and opposition to militant aggression for
the sake of conquest.
rtE stage was all set for the commission of a great wrong.
While the diplomats) of England and France, publicly sup
ported the principles of the League, they privately signed a
secret agreement, to violate those principles by giving to Italy
the territory of a fellow member, which belonged to NONE of
them.
The basis of this action was fear, fear of what Italy might
do, if she were not given, the spoils of war, without fighting for
them. England was fearful of her hegemony in Eastern Africa,
and her control of the Suez and the route to India ; France was
fearful, of offending Italy and thus losing her aid, in the event
of an attack by Germany.
On the basis of the OLD diplomacy, not only were these
fears, but the plan adopted to dispel them, entirely justified.
The cardinal feature of that old diplomacy was that when nat
ional interests are threatened ANYTHING justifies the means.
Tn that old school, treaties are scraps of paper j covenants are
something to recognize when Jhey serve a nation's selfish
interests, and' break, when they don't.
BUT the governments of England and France who made this
secret deal with Italy failed to reckon' with either public
opinion in their respective countries, or world opinion, as rep
resented by the smaller nations in the League. In short they
failed to realize that the world war marked a new era in inter
national relations; that a new conception of what is right be
tween nations, and what isn't, was then born.
IT WAS this new conception that spilled the beans, when the
tprms nf thnt. itpprfit' trpnrv. wam finnllw onvn Ant rn trip
world i and forced two of those chiefly responsible for it, to
retiro from office and from puhlio life.
Whether the fall of the governments in England and
France will follow remains to be seen. '
But so far, so good.
In this column, on Monday last, we remarked the holiday
season would bo a momentous period in world affairs, for a
decision regarding this betrayal of Ethiopia would then be
made. ,
Would it be the lady or the tiger! Would this treaty be
accepted, or would it raise such a storm of moral protest, that
those responsible for it would be forced to flee before itf
The decision has been made. The lady wins.
What tho future will disclose remains to be seen. Sufficient
unto the day is the "Tightness" thereof! '
Is There a Santa Claus?.
FOR many years the Mail Tribune has printed in the Christ.
mas edition that famous editorial from the New Tork Sun
published in 1807, entitled "Is There a Santa CJaust"
It has occurred to us that this imperishable classic is rather
more timely, not AFTER the visit of the gentleman and his
reindeer, but BEFORE.
So here it is not only one
about Christmas but proof that now and then newspapers DO
contribute to what is known as permanent literature:
We tnke pleasure in answering at once and thus prom
inently the communication below, expressing at the same
time our great satisfaction that its faithful author is num
bered among the friends of the Sun:
"rar Editor: j am B yeara old. Soma of my frlnds say thi la
no Santa Clau,. Papa saya: 'If you m It In the Sun It's bo.' pteast
tell me the truth; 1, there Santa Claus?
Virginia O'Hanlon.
1H Weat Nlnety.flfth St."
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been
affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not
believe except they see. They think that nothing can be
which is not comprehensible to their little minds. All minds,
Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little.
In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant,
in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world
about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of
grasping the whole truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as cer
tainly as love and generosity exist, and you know that
they abound and give to our life its highest beauty and
joy, Alasl how dreary would be the world if there were
no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no
Virginias.. There would be no child-like faith then, no
poetry, no romance, to make tolerable this existence. We
would have no enjoyment except in sense and sight. The
eternal liirlit with which childhood fills the world would be
extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus 1 Tou might as well not be
lieve in fairies 1 You might get your papa to hire men to
watch all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa
Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming
down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus
but that is no sign there is no Santa Claus. The most real
things in the world are those that neither children nor
men can see. Pid you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn?
(if course not, but that 's no proof that they are not there.
Nobody enn conceive or imagine .all the wonders that are
unseen or utweable in the world.
You may ti'ar apart the baby's rattle to see what makes
the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen
world which not the strongest men that ever lived can tear
apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push
aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all
this world there is nothing else real and abiding,
No n 1 1 Claus! Thank God he lives and he lives for
ever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times
10 ilioiiMind yours from now, he will continue to make glad
(he heart of childhood.
Wins
of the best things ever written
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, H. D.
Blfned letter, pertaining, to peraunai Dealt b and oyftene not to dlseaae
dlaincnu or treatment will be answered By or. Brady If eta roped self -ad.
dressed envelope la enclosed Letters should be Brief and written to Ink
owing to the large oombei ol letters received only few can be answered
So reply can ne made to queries not conforming to Instructions address Or
William Brady, tit ej Cam no. Beverly HlUs. cat.
HAVE TOO HAD YOUR
In the luncheon of the regeneration
regime you will Una you are to have
one-third of a head of lettuce, repre
senting, amy, 10
calories, with &
tablespoonful o f
oil dressing If
you like, and that
represents 90 cal
ories. Then again you
will be delighted
to find In the
dinner menu an
other third of a
head of lettuce,
with another ta
blet poonful of oil
or Its equivalent aa dressing.
I said delighted. '
I offer no apology for the two
thirds of a head of lettuce. That's a
moderate allowance. For moat of us
It would probably be much better
If every Individual ate a head of
lettuce every day.
What thla country needs la more
salad and less pap.
What Is salad without plenty of
crisp lettuce In It?
The reason for the lettuce In tho
regeneration regime la the richness
of lettuce In mineral elements and In
vitamins.
Lettuce provides what too much
of our modern refined food lacks
minerals and vitamins.
What minerals and what vitamins?
Who cares? However, if you must
know, calcium, phosphorus. Iron,
copper, manganese, potassium, sodi
um, chlorine sulphur, 1.2 per cent
protein, 3.0 per cent fat. 2.9 per cent
carbohydrate, vitamins A, B, C, G,
and now and then a caterpillar or a
chinch bug.
Under the law of Moaea the Paschal
meal Included lettuce with lamb and
unleavened bread. The ancient Ro
mans believed that lettuce In the eve
ning meal promoted sleep and there'
Is still a popular legend that lettuce
has some appreciable sedative or so
porific effect.
The outer green leaves contain
most of the vitamins; the inner
bleaohed leaves are comparatively
poor Jn vitamins. Probably moat ot
the Iron In lettuce is contained in
the outer green leaves.
Noted physicians In England and
elsewhere have prescribed lettuce em
pirical y for "nervous heart" and for
other vague "nervoua" conditions.
Today we know that heart muscle
contains ten times more vitamin B
than skeletal muscle, and dlalatlon of
the heart occurs long before the
multiple neuritis of beriberi becomes
evident. Beriberi Is the nutritional
disease due to extreme deficiency of
vitamin B. Some physicians now be
lieve that much of the heart weak
ness of patients In hospitals is due to
partial vltamtn deficiency. Lettuce Is
rich in vitamin B.
An ord.nary serving of lettuce fur
nishes perhaps 60 units of vltamtn O.
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK. Dec. 19. Somerset
Maugham, glutted with the ro&r of
the crowd, fairly drooped through
New York on his
way to the Carlb-
bean recently. He j
appeared very
wrinkled, ex- j
tremoly fatigued, 1
and tvavxd his
gold - rimmed,
monocle at Inter- j
viewers' with an
attitude of de-!
fee.
One thing of
which he is cer
t a I n. He w 1 1 1
never write an
other play. And for htm Hollywood
gold haa no glitter. He will con
centrate solely on writing novels and
short stories. Almost any nviga?lne
will tAke all he turns out and cry
for more. Hla American audience Ls
as eager aa hla British,
He has an autobioRtuphy finished
and will turn it over to a publisher
when he haa thought up a title. A
title to him is enormously Import
ant. He works over It often longer
than the novel. His preference la for
the prepositional. Such aa "Of Hu
man Bondage."
Maugham's home when he la not
wandering la a chaste chateau on the
French Riviera. He has become a
eoctal arbiter among expatriates. To
be Inrited to swim In "Wtllia Maug
ham's pool" la tantamount to being
invited to loll in the reigning dow
ager's box In the Horseshoe circle.
Otto Harbach. one of th better
known and successful librettist, nev
er carries a cent of money in his pock
eta. He haa a pronounced dislike for
paying for things personally, an Irrit
ant also to mnny grent men. Robert
Louis Stevenson, for instAnoe. and
Charles Olokeiw. Harbach scatters
cash around at various clubs and
restaurants agnlnat which he draws.
For more than ten tears he h been
monevlee when he left his apart
ment. In heavier emergencies h!s
chauffeur tiu a supply of vmh handy.
Josephine Baker, the Har'.em K-pla
who nwdf good in Paris. Is becomms
aa widely discussed at the cocketall
bars aa the tateat honey of Duttv
What'a-her-name. La Baiter before
hiking H ol 1 y wood ward we n t t very -where,
into the barn, at the first row
night club tables and to iruvvt d.7zl
ly elf-oon-voue tea of the smart
aleck. Her French apouta Ufce the
sudden gey Bering of a whale and he
can scramble an eye-roll and shoulder
shnig as archly aa those deva-ic id:es
who affect bangs in Paris, Her major
diversion Is heckling the dapper and
harried penoll-muatftched fellow who
aavs he la an Italian count and to
whom she is married.
Theditor of an ixnixvunt maga
!
J
HEAD Or LETTUCE TODAY
Calcium, of which lettuce is a good
source, and vitamin Q are among the
chief factors which better an already
normal condition of nutrition, ex
tending the prime of life In both di
rections. Vitamin O promotes the
health of akin, hair, and nails. Eat
more lettuce and keep young and
beautiful.
- QUESTIONS AMI ANSWERS
Headaches
Being subject to frequent head
aches, I took for relief . (an
acetanlllde concoction) and now I
find I have to take a 25 cent bottle
of this every day ... (L. R. O.)
Answer Yes, a good many victims
become addicted to the coaltar de
rive ties In such pain killers. Readers
subject to headaches should have the
monograph on Headache, obtainable
by request If you Inclose a stamped
envelope bearing your addres. Victims
of the acetanllld habit need medical
care. If they drift along with the
habit sooner or later they surer phys
ical or mental breakdown.
Exercise for Transverse Arch
I have had a lot of trouble with
cramping of the foreioot, which I sup
pose Is due to falling of the trans
verse arch. I find your suggestion of
an oval pad of soft leather length
wise under ball of foot Is a .great com
fort. Are there any special exercises
ot other measures which would be of
any help for this condition? (L.H. D.)
Answer Spread a towel on smooth
floor, and sit with bare feet on tow
el. Alternately grasp the towl and
wrinkle It with the toes aa tho to
pick It up with the foot. Or place
pencils, marbles or small blocks of
wood on floor and pick them up and
put them down again with the grasp
of one foot, then the other.
Sterile Petrolatum
When you speak of sterile petrola
tum do you mean the ordinary kind
or some special kind? Would carbo
lated be all right? (J. A. W.)
Answer Petrolatum is otherwise
known as petroleum Jelly. Sterile
means germ-free. Petrolatum heated
to boiling point or higher for at least
five minutes on three succestve days
Is sterile. If dispensed In collapsible
tube, so sterilized, It remains prac
tically sterile until the last drop Is
used. This or any other salve or un
gent In Jar or can or box Is likely to
be contaminated each time the con
tainer Is opened or some of the un
gent Is used. I think carbolic acid
should never be used In any form In
first aid or home treatment It Is
dangerous, predisposes to gangrene,
retards natural healing process; has
no virtue not available In less dan
gerous remedies.
(Copyright 1D35, John P. Dille Co.)
Ed. Notet Prrstmf wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Or.
William Brady. iM. D., ito E)
Camlno. Beverly Hills, Cat
zine recently summoned the author
of a story which had been rejected
because of sheer obscenity. The au
thor belonged to what has become
dubbed "the speakeasy school of lit
erature" and recently in this maggoty
mood perpetrated a fast-selling book.
Inquired the editor: "Why don't you
try writing clean stuff?" The writer
countered: "How old are you?" The
editor replied 44. "That," snapped
the patron of the swill barrel, "ex
plains your attitude. You are an old
dodo and don't know what makes
good writing.' Whereupon he swung
grandly on his heel and departed.
George S. Kaufman continues to be
the stage's most expert collaborator.
His style la merciless and nothing ls
sacred, the attitude of unforglving
ness for letting fools live. But In an
age of cynicism It delights the multi
tude. Hla most recent collaboration
also, restored Jne Cowl to her former
lofty place In histrionics. The act
ress has encountered rough going pro
fessionally for several seasons and Just
as they were saying ahe was through
she's out front again.
Another fine actress whose path has
been dappled by the uncertainties of
her calling comes In for a long run
with Miss Cowl's triumph. She ls
Reglna Wallace who has broken the
long hoodoo of being unfortunately
cast so many times she had almost
despaired. But such chancey victories
make acting the fascinating trade It
is.
Thingumabobs: King George keeps
a bowl of old-fashioned horehound
drops at his bedside to nibble when
wakeful . , . The next Illustrators'
Show will have a screaming burlesque
of "that raid" . . . Gen. Hugh John
son likes to be the first to arrive at
a theater . . . Ersklne Gwynne's ex
wlfe. "Poxey. ls a partner in a nwly
opened dressmaking shop near the
Crillort in Paris.
Bowery barbershop sign: "Shave
and all that goes with It Five Cents."
Sounds like a threat I
(Copyright. 1035. McNaught
Syndicate.)
walkeFmayIegiven
JOB IF FARLEY QUITS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. (AH
Frank C. Walker's relgnatlon as na
tional emeigency council director
gave strength today to reports he may
become postmaster general if James
A. Farley quits to give full time to
the new deal's election campaign.
Walker's resignation was announc
ed yesterday at the White House.
The lareest cave temple In India
is at Karll. a village In the Poena
district. It contains a great hall 126
feet long. i& feet wide and 48 feet
high, and It carving dates from the
first century B. C.
Red river, which separates Okla
homa from Tetm on the south, got
Its name through being fed In part
by the waters of Red creek. Mud
creek. Muddy Boguy creek and lep
Red run.
GUNSMITH rtepairf r,.i ; cnsin
of fdii. aim &roa i ft. nr.
Comment
on the
Day s News
By FRANK JENKINS
BIO headline news at the hour these
words are written:
Hauptmann reported to have con
fessed that he and.Isador Flscn col
lected the ransom money but DID
NOT kidnap the Lindbergh baby.
P YOU'E at all in the frame of
mind of this writer, you'll prob
ably refuse to believe anything fur
ther about the Hauptmann case ex
cept that Hauptmann should go to
the electric chair with aa little re
maining delay as possible.
(That sounds like a bloodthirsty
statement. It Isn't Intended aa such.
Hauptmann was convicted In a fair
trial, on unassailable evidence, and
the efforts to save htm from paying
the penalty of hla crime are coming
close to making a travesty of jus
tice). THE Republicans have chosen
Cleveland as their convention
city for next year prompted thereto.
It la stated, by the equable nature of
Cleveland's summer climate, cooled
by Lake Erie's breezes.
But do you suppose there's any
way the Republicans can avoid a hot
time at their convention next year?
They'll certainly have a lot of hot
subjects to handle.
WHILE we're on the subject of
politics, Hugh S. (former Crack
down) Johnson, in a speech at Den
ver, says:
"Where are we going?
"The Republicans can't tell us, and
the Democrats won't tell us.'
Do you suppose ANYBODY really
knows?
ABOUT the onlycertaln answer to
that question ls that we aren't
going back to where we started from.
We'll probably wind up. In the end.
a LONG WAY SHORT of the goal the
radicals have set and a long way
AHEAD of where the conservatives
would like to stop.
THIS writer, who ls a conservative
(In the sense that conservatives
refuse to believe that wealth can be
created without labor, that water will
voluntarily flow up hill or that you
can spend yourself rich) concedes
nevertheless that radicals perform a
valuable service In this world.
Conservatives, broadly speaking, are
those who are fairly well off as things
ARE, and therefore don't want to
see any change. SINCERE radicals
are NOT satisfied with things as
they are, and wan them DIFFERENT.
Reasonable conservatives are oblig
ed to admit that without the radi
cals things would REMAIN as they
are, and so there would be no pro
gress. We can't get along In this world
without progress.
(Note, please, the emphasis placed
upon SINCERE radicals. About half
the political troubles we suffer from
are due to the fact that so many of
our political radicals AREN'T SIN
CERE, but are merely seeking votes
In the easiest way).
KK'KERNICK"
Ondergarmentt that fit at '
Ethel wyn B Hofimeno'a
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V
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(Continued From Page One.)
erly Love have shown an unwilling
ness to loosen their purse strings for
a convention fund. They figure they
will get the convention anyway. Thus
there ls a strong question whether
Philadelphia will raise the necessary
money. If It falls, the convention
will be taken elsewhere. But It will
be kept close to Washington.
President Roosevelt has not said
anything about it publicly as yet. but
he has tipped Farley that he Intends
to appear before the convention for,
a speech, and therefore wants the
convention nearby.
The quadrennial socialist presi
dential candidate, Norman Thomas,
was supposed to have been a leading
speaker at a large dinner last week,
attended by the president, members
of the supreme court, etc. He was
to have been the opposition speaker
to Mr. Roosevelt. A motion picture
was shown to build him up. It was
called -"The Newer Deal," envisioning
his inauguration In 1937.
But Mr. Thomas failed to show up
for his inauguration or his speech.
Friends later explained that bad fly
ing weather prevented him from leav
ing Boston on his scheduled plane.
However, no explanatory wire was re
ceived from him at the time and
promoters of the dinner became
fidgety.
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the "G"
men. heard about it. and offered his
services. He said that, If Thomas
was wanted at the dinner and wa
In the city of Washington, he. Hooven,
would guarantee to deliver the miss
ing speaker within 15 minutes. The
offer was not accepted, but the prom
ise Indicated that the "G" men have
developed unheard of facilities for
fast delivery of other than gangsters.
Careless Townsend arithmetic men
tioned in this column recently does
not apply to the McGroarty bill. That
measure avoids arithmetic ontirely by
levying certain taxes and authorizing
that the revenue therefrom he split
among whatever annuitants there are.
It does not promise 200 a month,
but specifies that no annuitant would
be permitted to receive more than
that;
Where the fantastic arithmetic
comes In Is In the Townsend club
circulars and speeches. A trust
worthy authority who attended a New
Hampshire meeting recently under
stood Dr. Townsend himself to dwell
on the thought of $300 a month and
explore the possibilities of a 1 0,000
a year income for everyone.
Of con r Re, every sound economist
around here believes the McGroarty
bill would wreck a large part of the
economic system of the country and
produce less money for the aged than
the social security plan eventually
will produce.
Mr. Roosevelt, leaving a dinner par
ty here recently, came face to face
with Col. Frank Knox. They did not
exchange a greeting, but Mr, Roose
velt observed another arch-Republican,
Charles Hllles. nearby and shout
ed: "Hello, Charlie."
Only the briefest obituary notices
balled the passing of Ted Clarke the
other day. Aa official adviser to Cool
!dge and unofficial counselor to many
other Republican statesmen of the
past 20 years, he probably had more
influence on our times than any
dozen congressmen. However, he al
ways worked in the name of ' others.
Radio politicians thought that Mr.
Hoover's delivery at St. Louis was far
better than ever before.
A top cog in the Kelly-Nash ma
chine says that the prominent negro
contender for the heavyweight prize
fighting' championship (Joe Louis)
has been made a precinct committee
man In Chicago.
STRAIGHT RYE WHISKEY
AVAILABLE IN OREGON
Flight To Time
Medtord and Jacksoo Coimt
nlslurv from the llles ol Ul.
stall Trlbnn, 10 and eo fear.
AS'O.
TEN YEARS AOO TODAY
December 19, 10-3.
(It was Saturday)
Arkansas congressman flaya Presi
dent Coolldge aa "granlte-laced na
granlte-souled."
Gus Kiocker who won a pig
the Elks' Christmas tree celebra
tion had the pig cut up Into roast
which he gave to 14 trlendi.
Thirteen autoa wrecked In Bis
kiyousaln past two days.
Christmas trade In state best tn
years, merchant report.
Prohibition In America loslnc
popularity, survey shows.
Welcome rain, amounting to .35
Inches tails over the city and valley.
The Pluhrer Bakery receives a
shipment of "Tebkuchen" and "Pffer
neuse" from Germany for the holi
day season.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 19, 1915.
(It was Sunday)
Allies abandon Turkish campaign
and call oft army of peninsula.
$100,000 sought In bill befor.
Congress for Crater Lake Improve
ments. County Attorney E. E. Kelly ha
returned from a conference of prose
cutors at Salem on the new Oregon
"Bone Dry" law and Its enforce
ment. Boys with rifles sought for shoot
ing bullets through windows of East
Side homes.
C. E. (Pop) Gates Is selling Ford
autos. aaoo down, and 925 per
month.
DeveloDment of lumber Industry
of southern Oregon forecast.
Editorial Comment
Recovering Cost from Criminals
Announcement of the decision of
the Oregon supreme court affirming
assessment of $3962.35 as court costs
against Earl H. Fehl In the action by
which he was convicted and sentenced
to a term In the penitentiary for
Jackson county Dailot thefts la a
sharp reminder of the high expense
of criminal prosecution.
As a matter of general practice th
great bulk of such expense ls paid
for out of the public pocketbook. Sal
aries of prosecuting attorneys, judges
and court attendants, fees of Jurora
and wltneses, and all other costs and
disbursements are required by law to
be paid to persons rendering the serv
ices, by the county In which the pro
ceeding originates. The law further
provides that In case of conviction
costs and dl.sburscments must be tax
ed against the defendant. But cur
sory survey of criminal defendants,
however, ls needed to demonstrate the
usual futility of such taxing; crim
inals are rarely in funds.
Costs and disbursements, In the le
gal sense of the phrase, do not cover
all the expenses of a criminal prose
cution. They are Just certain allow
ances such as the fees of necessary
witnesses. Attorney's fees, pay of court
officers and employes, various ex
penses of trials, are not Included In
costs assessable against a losing de
fendant. Fehl obtained a change . of venua
to Klnmath county and the trial was
held thero with obvious Increased
expense to the public. Undoubtedly
the amount taxed against Fehl was
but a small part of the total cost of
the prosecution. It ls legally and mor
ally proper that It be collected from
him If possible. And firm effort
should likewise be made to recover all
the law allows In every criminal case
in which It can be done. Portland
Orcgonlan.
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