SATURDAY
Dec 14, 19JJ,
Editorial Page of The S
alem Capital J
The Capital Journal
Published by
The Barnes -Taber Company
GRAHAM P. TAI1KII, Editor and Manager
An Iiideiiendent Newspaper Devoted to American Principles and the Progress
and Development of Salem In Particular and All Orejron In General
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and efiiclcnt sendee your complaints rcitlstered at thin office will receive
direful attention.
( RltfE AMI lTMSIIYIEXT. tiers, capital punishment Is surely not
ja deterrent. Let us then, frankly,
IT is the rirst law of Nature that any admit that we hanR men Just to put
violation of her laws must be pun- them where they can do no further
lshed, and Hho Is Inexorable In , harm, and cease paitlni! ourselves on
t'xecutinfr thlB law. Man, In his weak , the back and throwing bouquets at
way, has patterned after this example, ourselves "because we are prolect
nnd has provided, or attempted to pro-jlng society and deterring others from
vide punishment for the violation of crime."
l is laws. He haa provided penalties,
not always adenuat, for there are i
canes In which It seems Impossible to ;
make the piinlshment fit the crime.
Tor Instance, man has decreed that!
for the crime of murder the penalty of 1
death shall be Inflicted, here In Ore
gon by hnnitlnR, In some other states!
bv other methods, but the penalty In
,
all is death. Now, admitting that the
death penalty Is Justified where a
man commits a murder, bow can a
luan bo punished for committing a sec
ond or a third minder? It will read
ily be admitted that a man who mur
ders a mother iind her four children,
fur Instance, commits a more hellions
crime than he who murders, say, but
one of (be children. Yet, If for this
hist named crime be should hang,
how are you going to punish him for
the other murders? There was a time
iiinler tho laws of our Kngllsli for
bears that many crimes were pun
ished with death. Stealing sheep was
one, hut that was before the ilnvs of
tariff on word which now protects
(lie sheep owner If not the sheep
and I here were Inniiinerablo olhers.
There uro some crimes worse even
tlniu murder. When some big lirnle,
horribly illHeimed, outrages sonic girl.
Ft III a child, Is It not worse, more he
llions than Hie snuffing out of life
llseir? Why not then extend tho list
of crimes punishable with dealh, If
thai punishment will prevent or tend
In prevent crime?
I 'or thousands of years, no far back
ns history or legend goes, mankind
has decreed death to Hie murderer,,
but hns murder been slopped or di
minished? The Orcgonlnn yesterday, ,
Hpenlilng of capital punishment, edl-
torlally said: "It Is heller to have
the law respected and protect society
in the only way II can be protected,
or can protect Itself." lines II make
the law rcspcrtcd, or does It slop the
crime of murder to hang a man? It
Flops that particular person from do
ing further murder, that Is true, but ;
does II servo to prevent others? That
In very doubtful, and certainly far
from proven.
The writer In not opposed lo capllal
punishment In sonic cases, for their
nre flemlH lu the form of men to
whniii society owes nothing - and the
more quickly Ihey are removed from
the world the heller, for Ihey are so
rlal mad dogs, but there lire other'
cases, murder cases, loo, where It 1
would seem that the punishment of
life Imprisonment, with no hope or
'bailee of pardon, would be greater'
than that of death.
Vanishment Is provided for one nf
two reasons, cither as n, deterrent to
crime through the fear of punish
ment, or for the reformation of the
one punished and lu case of the
death penalty It surely Is not for the
latter- II nniHt bo Inflicted then for
Its deterrent iuinllllcs, and In this
line history and experience shows It
to be an utter failure. Watch the Ore
gonlan's news pages, for instance,
nnd notice how many murders nre
committed in Oregon and on the coast,
within the week following the quad
ruple hanging thai tonk place here
yesterday, and of which the whole
country took general notice. See how
much of a deterrent ihls baa been,
and sen how many less than the av
erage number of murders have been
committed In that time.
Outside of stopping the man who Is
hanged from coalmining oilier nnir-
Ladd & Bush, Bankers
Established 1868
Transact a General Bank ins Business,
hsuo travelers' checks and letters of credit avail
able in all parts of the world
The Globe-Democrat, published in
St. Iinls, travels under false colors,
In the last, part of Its title at least. To
lino the expression of the Honorable
I'iiI rick Dnrnn, In a speech In the Ne
vada legislature, against the election
of the late James Fair to tho t'nlled
mini1
senate, when some one had I
Biild of Lair that he was conservative i
in his polities: "Conservative!"
shouted Dnnnti, "conservative! I tell
you, gentlemen, he Is blacker than the
hinges of h 1 painted with coal tar."
Statistics show thai the cost of going
to college has Increased from 2'i to
.10 per cent during the past 10 years.
I'reMy soon some of those wise sta
tistical guys will be showing how
much more it costs to raise a man
holding four aces, than It did a few
years ago,
If Hetty Green had turned her crit
ical and unfemlnlne eye on the late
Kail slylcH she never would advise the
women to wear simpler costumes. Our
good old Mother Kvo and the FIJI
Island ladles are about the only ones
who ever wore costumes filling
them any more snugly than do the
present clinging styles of our own
dear Utile girls.
When a man falls In reirard (be
coming of Christ mas w ith Joy. i Is a
sign he Is gelling old. has a big fami
ly to buy for. Is shy of tnonev, has
an extravagant wife, Is a tightwad
or some oilier foolish reason.
mam's mokk mom-.y
koii tiii: mmmhi, scihmii,
President J. H. Ackerinati, of the'
Oregon Normal school, has written to!
luembeiH of the stale board to ascer- I
tain their opinion In the matter of!
ashing the legislature to nppropria- I
thins for certain Improvements at the
liiHlllullon at Monmouth.
The letter explains that the one-tweiity-flfih
of a mill tax Is not suf-1
flclent for the needs of the school, j
The need of a gymnasium, domestic
science and manual training rooms,
additional land, cement walks, lin
pioveinenl of grounds and (he eiiiilp- '
ping of (he new dormitory Is men-;
Honed In Ihi' Idler. ;
A sum id f.'iO.uoO has been expend-
( cd for a central heating plant. The j
appropriations needed, and on which
the opinions of l he members of the,
board are sought, are (he following:1
I Additional land, $:ai00; Improvement'
of grounds. flMlO; i ipilpplug new dor-'
mllory, $x,",inl; total, $la,000.
School Heard Mocllnir.
In a report submitted to the mem
bers of the school board last night by
Enumerator Lee Atchison, It Is shown
(hero nre X: children of school age
In the city of Salem, 21(12 girls and
.'.'.'.I boys. A decrease of sixteen Is
shown from the enumeration of last
year, which Indicates an error either
In this or last year's census, as Salem
Is growing rapidly. Tho rcHrt will
be submitted to County Superintendent
Smith, it having been accepted by the
board. With the exception of working
en the budget, the board did not puss
on any other matter last night.
Evidence of iversonal Identification
of a stranger, supposed to have been
seen but once- Is also K bo received
with caution.
Capital $500,000.00
Comments
Heard on
the Street
GENERAL OPIXION IS THAT GOV
MINOR WEST DID THE OXLY
TIII.MJ HE (OII.D-LET THE
WILL OF THE PEOPLE PKEVAIL
Governor AVcst'B course In commut
ing to life Imprisonment the sentence
of Taylor, and permitting the execu
tion of the other four men yesterday,
brought forth many comments on the
street which were overheard by The
Journal reporter. Here are a few of
them:
"Ira my opinion, Governor West
went the limit and a great deal farth
er than any one man out of a thou
sand would dare, when he stayed the
execution of those five men In ?rder
'that tho people could render a de
cision."
"Governor West exercised very lib
eral executive clemency by giving
those fellows a good long chance,"
"After going tho limit In exercis
ing executive clemency by saving five
lives an long as he possible could, It
seeing to me the governor was sub
jected to no small amount of abuse by
those who opposed the hangings."
"Which is the most aggravating to
jtho people,
onjnslng Governor West's
action in this matter delaying the ex-
edition a few months by exerclBlng
executive clemency, or staying the
hangman for two or three years In
order that the courts can grind?"
"It would be Interesting to learn
Just, what those opposing capltnl pun
ishment would do in the event tho
legislature took the same action ns
did the people next month. Would
they mob the members, now that such
a stir has been created?"
"Wonder If the opposition to capi
tal punishment would rather have the
governor leave tho matter to the leg
islature? Probably (hey would have
another state official or two to kick?"
"Governor West has been subject to
moro abuse; pleadings and threats
thnn any governor ever
governor ever serving the
slalo vf Oregon, lu my opinion. Every
case proved about the same. Webb,
Morris, Taylor. Hasslng and probably
a score of others brought with them
a peck of trouble for the governor."
"The people said hang. The gover
nor did right In giving thorn what
Ihey wanted. So what's the use to
argue? :
"Supposing the governor had re- 1
fused to abide by (he election regard-'
Ing capllal punishment. There would
have probably been some merry times '
In several small towns where the men
were ronvlcled."
"They say capital punishment will
not eliminate crime. I notice it docs
in four cases, at least."
"Tho people of California raised a
big row because Governor West
obeyed the people of Oregon yester
day. Those Californians hud better
look to homo a little, I think. Their
feet are not so spotless when It comes
to being barbarous lu executing Jus
tice." "Several officials lu California
roasted West for inaugural ing bis
'honor system.' Now they give him
fits because he refused executive clem
ency. Probably Ihey had belter come
up here and try a hand at satisfying
the public."
"West gave those men a chance.
The people of Oregon did not agree
with him. lie Is simply the agent mid
representative of the people, and he
obeyed the recently impressed com
mand, the only thing he could do,
and that's all there is to II."
tor FAN ( I liK I II VI' II WKACIIK,
Pain along the hack, headache and
general languor. Get a package ol
Mother Gray's AHON V ITCI KAF, the
pleasant loot and herb euro for all
kidney, Illadder and Urinary troubles
When you feel all run down, tired,
weak and without energy use this re
markable) combination of nnture's
herbs and roots. As a regulator It has
no equal. Mother Gray's Aromatic
I eiif Is sold by Druggists or sent by
mall for Ml rents. Sample sent FRKK.
Address, The Mother Gray Co., U'Roy
New York.
The t lirMiuui Dinner.
in spite of the fai t 'that the word
dyspepsia means literally bad cook. It
will not be fair for many to lay the
blame on the cook lr they begin the
Christum dinner with little appetite
and end It with distress or nausea. It
u, ay noi be fair for any to do that
lc; us hov so far the sake of the cook'
The disease dyspepsia Indicates a bad
stomach, that Is a weak stomach, raih
!l an a bad cook, and for a weak stom
ach there Is iioiliing else eiual U
Hood's Sarsaparilla. It gives the
Moimu'h vigor ami tone, cures dyspep
sia, creates appetite and makes eating
Ihe pleasure It should be.
When you have a bilious attack give
Chamberlain's Tablets a trial. The)
are excellent. For sale by all dealers
He
i CHURCH SERVICES
First Presbyterian.
I Church street, n ar C!j.-ii,eketa, Hen
ry T. ISabcock, pastor. S-mday school
at 10 a. m-; morning S' rvico at 11.
pi caching by Dr. F. H- 'ioseibracht. (lf
Albany. Music: Quaret. "Jeru.sa
ilem," Parker-Shepherd; soprano solo
1 by Mrs. Morrison Reid. evening ser
!vice at :30 p. m preaching by Dr. F.
II. Geselhracht, of Albany. Music:
! Quartet, "Father in Heaven," Mere
Idlth. Bass solo by Mi- Walsh. C. E
piayer meeting a' ':-". .vim-ween
prayer meeting Thursday at 7:3" p. m.
St. Paul's.
Chemeketa and Church streets, Rev.
I'crr G. Lee rector. Third Sunday in
Advent. Holy comn. anion, 7:20 a. m.
Sunday school, lu a. m.; morning
prayer with sermon. 11 a. m. No ev
ening service. Subject for morning
sermon, "The Stewardship of the Sa
cred Ministry." The public is wel
come at all service:;.
First Melhoill-I Episcopal.
Corner Church and State streets, Dr.
It. N. Avlson, mlnispr. li:la a. m., '
morning prayer; n:3'i a. m., sermon:1
"ChrlRt the Reason of the rniverse."i
7.30 p. m., an elaborate program of'
Christian music by the choir. 12 m.,
class meetings; 12 in., Sunday school;
2:30 p. m., The Rev. Sam Small, the
noted southern orator will deliver his
famous lecture on "Ills Majesty, the
Devil" In this church; D p. m., Rev.
Dr. Edwin Sherwood will speak at the
Old People's home; p. in., Fred M,
Chil will talk to the University V. M.
C. A. on "The New Educational Sys
tem of China." C:l" p. m., Epworth
League, subject for discussion
"Strength of Certainty in Relief;" Mr.
Errol Gilkey will b ad. The meeting
will be dismissed promptly at 7:10 in
order that the Epworthlans may so
fi'.re seats for the choir concert. 0:1.1
p. m., Intermediate League; topic.
"Joseph a Hero Servent In Egypt."
Leader, Lloyd Lee. A Christinas pro
gram will be rendered by the league In
the Sunday Bchool room, Dec. 22 at 5
p. in. Parents and friends are very
cordially Invited.
First Coiiirrcirullinml.
Corner of Liberty and Center streets
Perry Frederick Schrock, minister.
.Bible school at 10 a. m. Young Peo-
,de'8 nit.etinir at the same hour Morn-
le worshln at 11 a. m. Snliiect- "Tho
.Wise Men of tho West." Evening wor
ship at 7:30 p. m. Dr. .lames II. Falr-
. child will be the speaker of the ev
ening. Topic of address: "Some
j Things Wo All Ought to Know."
Church olice.
, Unity church (Unitarian) corner
Cottage nnd Chi'ineketa streets. Ser-
vices at 1 1 a. m. Rev. Lewis G. Wil
son, of Boston, secretary of the Amer
ican Unitarian association, will speak.
Sunday school at 10 a. ni. No evening
service.
liefiirined Clinrcli.
Corner Capitol nnd Marion streets.
W. G. Llenkaemper, pastor. Sunday
school at lu a. 111. Morning worship
in German at 11 o'clock. Subject:
"The Ministry of John the Baptist."
Kvenlng service In English at 7:I?0.
Subject : "The True Estimate of Val
ues." Iiisiin I, ce Methodist Fplsropal.
James II. Irvine, pastor. Bible
school at 10 a. m. Sermon at 11 a. in.
Subject: "The Law of the Sabbath
is u miii iiimnng or Has It Been Ah-
lvigated?" Epworth League at (1:30
p. in. i hiss meeting at V p. in. Ser-;
inon at i:.,o p. m. "Seeing God the
Cure for Hero Worship." The Irvine
male quartet win Kjng Ht the evening
service.
I'nlted Evnngellenl.
Cottage street, near Centtr; G. L
Lovell, pastor Divine worship and
preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.;
Sunday school at 10 a. m.; Christian
Endeavor at 7 p. m.. W. A. Baker.
leader; prayer meeting
at 8 o'clock1
on Thursday evening.
Fast State Slreet Lutheran Clinrcli.
Rev. P. H. Schmidt, pastor Sunday
school, 9:30 a. m.; sermon, 10 a. m.;
English services, 7:30 p. m. every first
and third Sunday of month. Every
body luvlted to attend.
German Ituptlst Cburrh.
Corner North Cottage and D streets, !
O Schunke. nnntor s..nH rvi
. , -v.,.,
1(1 n m Cti.l.,.. t 1. ...
" ' Btuuui, ii a. m.,
preucning service; 7 p. m., young peo
ple's meeting; 7:30 p. m., preaching
service; Wednesday. 7:45 p. m.. prayer'and later
TO WEEP YOUTH
and beauty to prevent
foot" nnil iloon Lloel.-
---- -
nothing is as yood as
PiSce s FAlrWHTE
fiivfi ir n f-iii trlol -f.M. l,n
a?
womanly functions. It eradicates and
weaknesses that make women miserable
1I.X-. U it I,., I-. , L. ... 1 t.v .
........ ,u,,ioimxti. cverv mo her ree.U it It i "."'J K11 1
for the temnle system. All medicine dealers Im-e J if t " 'nv'Bratinir tonic
customer,, for the past 40 vears. It is n w ol ' nabl i. t . 8aUst'i. to
atdrugstorvs-or send 50 one-cent .,am Sffi.' ftSftg
DR. PIEHCCS FLEASANT
regulate and Invigorate stomach iiv ,, .
Sugar cecd,,,. Wnulglfc
Blood Humors
Cotrmmily cause pimples, bolls, hives,
eczema or sail rlieum, or some ,
form i.f eruption; but sometimes uuy
ex!--t I'l the system. Indicated by feel
i.,.'r of weakniss, languor, loss of ap-pc-li'.o,
or g-n.ral debility, wlipuut
can i.'ig ar.v biwiklng out.
They aro "expelled and the whole sys
tem ! ia.no. ate-J, i ;reng;lRia:d and
tuned by
Hood's Sarsapanlla
Gt It today In us'nl II
-.hecoluted tablets tailed
pild form or
liarsatabs.
meeting. All German speaking people
heartily welcome to all services.
Friend.
Corner Highland avenue and Elm
street, N. Blanche Ford, pastor Sun
day school, 10 a. m.; meeting, 3 p. m.;
Y. P. S. C. E., 7 p. m.; evening service,
8 p. m.; prayer meeting, Thursday, 8
p. m.; prayer meeting in South Salem,
Wednesday, 8 p. m. All are cordially
Invited.
( all for Illds,
Notice is hereby given that the com
mon council of the city of Salem, Ore
gon, Invites sealed bids for the mak
ing of an improvement of Rural av
enue in the city of Sale l, Oregon,
from the east line of Commercial
street to the west line of Twelfth
street with crushed rock concrete
pavement, gravel concrete pave
ment or crushed rock macadam
pavement In accordance with the
plans, specifications and estimates on
file In the office of the city recorder of
said city, which are hereby referred
to and made a part of this notice.
Said bids will be opened on or aftc
the ltith day of December, 1912, at or
about 7:30 o'clock p. in., In open coun
cil meeting in the city hall In Salem,
Oregon. Each bid submitted must be
accompanied by a certified check equal
in amount to ten per cent of the
amount of the bid. The city reserves
the right to reject any and all bids
This notice is published for five suc
cessive days In a dally newspaper pub
lished In the city of Salem, Oregon, the
('ate of first publication being Decem
ber 11, 1112.
CHAS. F. ELGIN,
12-ll-5t. City Recorder.
fiat 1'her Medals.
Members of Company M., O. N. G.,
were recipients this week of medals
for pistol shooting In 1911. Tho badges
are of bronze and arc distributed by
the government as awards for pistol
marksmanship. Those receiving the
prlz.es are Lieutenant Roy Neer First
Sergeant W. G. Pearmine, Sergeants
Judson Reigleman, Maynard, Hickox,
and Corporal KIspass. First Lieiiten
i ont Max Gi hlhar was also a winner.
Two .Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses were issued yes
terday afternoon to Hans Jensen, of
Silverton, aged 32. and Anna M. Moe,
cf Silverton. aged 23; Russell 0. Hig
ginbothiun of Aurora, aged 24, and
E'.lznbeth Chapman, of Woodbtirn,
aged 21.
THE
LOCAL TEAM
DEFEATED PORTLAND
By a score of 15 to 12 the business
I men's Indoor baseball team of the Sa
lem Y. M. C. A. Inst night defeated the
business mens team from the Port
land Y. M. C. A. The game was ex-
citing, but not
,ionlll' playing.
brilliant with sensa
Bolh batteries did
good work
safe hits being numerous.
The teams lined tip ns follows:
...i,,-,u vi.uii icison, c; Anderson, p;
Baker, lb; Reiphiirt, 2b; Schramm,
"O, huh, ss; Prlne ss; Dver If
rf. Roth,
Portland Cunningham, c
p: Scbute, Hi; Strong, 2b;
; Backus,
Benedict,
i; Jaeger, ss; Mills, ss
Brewer, rf.
Fleming, If;
s 11 lfi,i,KI) (ICAINE
IX FROM CAXADA
IMTKP IMIKSK 1X1SED WIBR.
'an Francisco. Dec. U.-United
States customs officers are Investigat
, ing today ft reiwrt contained In a let
ter to Deputy Surveyor Charles A.
I Stephens that cocaine valued at W-
nna nn , . , .
i ' ZZ7h Z , " t-amorn,a
!.. "'e "lur 1 that
,ne (Inig d
"
be located at an ad
,roS9 )n thIg
city. Several Buaoecta
are under arrest. It Is MIcved thev
landed
rrarrv aaaa
wrinkle rm,i
crows
eii - nl.o I o
muwo unuur me eyes
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PRESCRIPTION
o
e distressing rains
or
d' -ov, "Vem-?ii f'nh)Ui " the
and ohi t. 1(1", r "nplainU.- and
' 11 llleir t me. l'V.,r,r
DO YOUR
CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING
At Salem's livestore, that shows the latest and newest goods in au
departments. You can always feel safe when you trade hero. We
have built up this big store on, honest dealing and giving the peoie
all the time strictly reliable merchandise at lowor prices than other
stores. Come hore and save money on your Xmas purchases.
SUIT
Bargains
The greatest values
in Salem. All new
and stylish
tkice
$4.90
$7.90
$9.90
and
$12.50
WA
V'.r
Coat
Bar
gains
The biggest and
best values we of
fered. All new
X0W OX SALE
Xollilng
$3.95
$5.90
$7.50
and
$10.50
Silk Waist
or u
DressPattern
One
Piece
Dresses
In wool and Silk
All New
SEE THE PRICES
$4.95
$6.90
$8.90
Xmas Specials
We show a complete line of
MEX'S (J00DS
rLOTHIXG, HOSIERY
I'XDEinVEAU
XEfKMEAU and
SISI'EXPEItS
miCES THE 'LOMEST
Chicago Store
Sakm, Orison The Store That Saves You Money
Xmas
Toys
Books
and
Games
' X0W OX SALE
Our whole floor
filled. Come here
and get
Useful
Xmas
Presents
Silk Hosiery
Kid Gloves
Silk Umbrellas
or fancy
Neckwear
Extra Specials
Percales, yard Co
Dress Ginghams, special, yd.. 9c
Muslins at Mill Prices
llg Sheets -Sc
Cotton Dats, all prices from
6c up
Bargains
Bp-
Sip
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