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MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1913.
CRIMES OF PAROLED PRISONERS, j
The fact that some paroled pris
oners have been guilty of crimes,
and particularly that one paroled
prisoner should have killed a Dayton
typist, has been used as an attack
upon the parole system by some peo
ple, who neglect to make an honest
comparison.
Says one newspaper: ‘‘It is be
coming apparent tuat too many fatal
mistakes are being made by those
who open the gates of prisons to men
who have had all the benefits of the
courts and who have been adudged
guilty.”
The argument, logically, should car
ry out to the conclusion that for all
offenses imprisonment should be for
life. Convicts who have completed
iheir terms and been discharged fre
quently commit other crimes. If it
is a fatal mistake to discharge, un
der parole, a prisoner who has showr
ed evidences of reformation because
some such released prisoners have
committed crimes, 't is even a graver
mistake to discharge at any time any
prisoner, because of the fact, easily
shown by statistics, that the majority
of discharged convicts are later re
arrested for some other crime.
The parole system is comparative
ly new in this country. Its workings
in this country, at least, have been
highly satisfactory. There is not the
slightest question, on the facts, that
tne paroled prisoner here, at leasi
is far less likely to fommit new
crimes than the man who has serv
ed out his full term and on whom the !
law has no hold unt'l he commits j
further offenses and has been con- i
victed.—Seattle P.-I.
PRICE-FIXING AGREEMENTS.
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The Department of Commerce and ,
the Department of Justice have de-1
cided to co-operate in an effort to ]
break up the practice of price-fixing i
by manufacturers «nd wholesalers, a 1
practice that the Supreme Court of;
the United States has declared to
be in violation of the Sherman anti-!
trust law. Secretary Redfield of the ;
Department of Commerce announc s
that he will begin an inquiry into the
extent of retail price fixing by man
ufacturers and the violators of the
law will be prosecuted under the di
rection of the Department of Justice, j
Retail dealers throughout the;
country will welcome this activity by j
the federal authorities as they have j
been compelled to be parties to a!
plan which has stiffled competition1
and exacted too large a tribute from :
the consumer. It is well known that
in most lines, like hats, shoes, hos-;
iery, practically all of the proprietary .
medicines and druggists’ supplies, col- j
lars, and many brands of canned j
goods, the prices are fixed uy the ]
wholesaler or manufacturer and the i
retailer is penalized if he cuts the'
prices fixed. The price-fixing agree-1
ments apparently work almost ex-1
clusively for the benefit of the ntanu-1
facturers and the jobbers By this j
plan the retailer is compelled to pay !
more for certain well known staples ]
than he would if competition were]
open and his margin of profit is ac- !
cordingly reduced. He is not per
mitted to cut the prices, even to get
rid of surplus stock, and the consum
er is deprived of the benefit of com
petition.
President Wilson lias declared for
free competition by enforcing the ex
isting laws in both letter and spir
it, or by making new ones if they I
are needed, and the campaign against
price-fixing is a step in that direc
tion that should prove helpful to both
retailers and consumers.—Ex.
Philadelphia wants to borrow eight
million dollars. She can’t get it from
us as long as she remains in part
nership with certain politicians.
Moreover, if the price of beef con
tinues to rise restaurant patrons will
have to be satisfied with only one hair
in their oxtail soup.
The charity that covers a multi
tude of sins begins a< home.
BASEBALL DOPE BY
SPDRTINE EDM
Some Winter Comments by the Sport
ing Editor—Troubles of the
Baseball Magnates.
When the wires go down and it is
impossible to secure news from the
outside an Alaskan pewspaper is
obliged to call upon all its reserve
force for items to fill up the paper,
and during the winter the last reserve
called upon is ye sporting editor, for
items from the “coal stove” league,
but as we are desperate, here goes
for some notes gleaned from the out
side papers pertaining to the nation
al game.
All sporting writers agree that the
heart and spirit of the Giants were
broken during the late lamented world
series (my judgment was poor) and
that the best they can hope for next
year is third place, with a strong
possibility of landing in fourth. That
the contest for first honors next year
will rest between Philadelphia, Chica
go and the Pittsburg Pirates. Mc
Graw, however, has been brought to
a realization of the weakness of his
team and is already endeavoring to
make trades which will strengthen the
team. He is extremely anxious to
land Ed. (Konetchy, first baseman,
and Lee Magee, outfielder, of the St.
Louis Cardinals. Konetchy is con
sidered the best first baseman in the
National League and these two play
ers are considered the backbone of
the Cardinals. In exchange for these
two players Manager Huggins, of the
Cardinals, wants Merkle, Herzog, Wil
son, Shafer and Burns, and some dol
lars. I guess the hitch is in the coin,
for the trade of players (leaving out
their personal feelings), would
strengthen both teams, strange as it
may seem. The Cardinals would re
ceive a pretty good Infield by the deal,
at least an improvement on what they
now have; while McGraw with Ko
nechy, Doyle, Fletcher and one oth
er good player would have an ex
ceptionally strong infield and a good
autfield.
Lynch’s reUrement from the pres
idency of t e National League was a
foregone conclusion after the num
erous disagreements he has had the
past y ar with t' e different manag
ers. The election of ex-Gov. T nny,
of Pennsylvania, as president of the
league has been well received by ev
eryone.
In the games played in the I'n’ted
States by the world-touring Giants
and White Sox the White Sox seem
ed to win the majority of the games,
even the reliable Matty as been hit
pretty hard during these games. It is
doubtful whether the players who par
ticipate in this tour will be in good
condition next summer, as they are
liable to go stale after a year and a
half continuous playing.
The Federal League is worrying the
two big leagues considerable this
year. With the Player’s Union mak
ing demands upon the managers, de
mands which they do not want to
concede; and the Federal League own
ers offering special inducements to
the players, the winter rest of the
managers and owners o fthe big lea
gue clubs is certainly not a bed of
roses.
The husband of an eminent sing
er wants alimony. This is where the
singer who is wedded to her art alone
has a great advantage.
Schedule of the Donaldson.
The following schedule for the
launch “Lieut. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Daily, Saturday and Sunday except
ed:
Leave Fort L.scum, Alaska, 8:15 a.
m. and 1:15 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. m., 2
p. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Tuesdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 8:15 a.
m„ 1:15 p. m. and 5 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. m.,
2 p. m. and 5:30 p. in.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 1:15 p.
m. and 7 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 4:00 p. m.
and 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the 2nd and 4th Fridays
of each month, these days being us
ed to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
R. G. SHERRARD,
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
termaster.
DURATION OF DREAMS.
In 8lumberland One May Live Hour*
In a Few Second*.
In the course of a discussion at
the British Medico-Psychological
society, Sir George H. Savage, who
lias always been a dreamer himself,
and no sooner closes his eyes than
he passes into dreamland, gave
some interesting data upon which
he bases the belief that dreams,
even of an apparently prolonged
. haraeter, occupy but the shortest
space of time.
“Dreams are almost always as
sociated,” he says, “with the mo
ments of waking or falling asleep.
They may be of the briefest time,
yet may appear long.
“I was once benighted with a
party when climbing without guides
in Switzerland. We were finally
forced to stop in our descent by a
precipice, and we got into secure
but narrow places. The only change
of position 1 could get was by plac
ing a foot on a rock opposite me,
but always to be recalled to my po
sition by my foot falling.
“Once I fell asleep for a moment
between placing my foot on the
rock and the foot falling, and in
this fraction of a second 1 dreamt
that I had to go home, dress for
dinner and then drive to the house
of my hostess. I arrived there to
find that I was rather late. I took
the hostess down to dinner and was
asked by the butler if I would take
mulligatawny soup.
i nu Boii|j was uw 0111 y ruciiui
traceable association with the dream.
The night before, at our bivouac,
one of the party produced some
compressed soup, which turned out
to be mulligatawny, a soup we
thought unsuitable for thirsty souls.
“On another occasion, returning
from fishing, I threw myself into an
armchair and said to my companion,
T will sleep for a few minutes be
fore changing my clothes for din
ner.’ 1 may say that ] have the gift
of voluntary sleep.
“This was at 7:25 o’clock. At
7:27 o’clock 1 awoke, having had a
long dream, in which 1 had had a
serious difference of opinion and a
prolonged and vexatious argument
on a question concerning a young
relation having a butler at Oxford.
“Thus, by the clock, in the two
minutes I decided to sleep, I slept
and I dreamt.”
In a paper on “Dreams and Their j
Significance,” which Sir George ]
read to orte of the branches of the j
Medico-Psychological association a j
iittle time ago, lie quoted the sug
gestion of Hutchinson that there
might be reversions to ancestral
habits in dreams and that our float
ing dreams might really be memo
ries of an arboreal existence of
simian ancestors. — Pall Mall Ga
zette.
Water Puts Babies to Sleep.
The people who live in the moun
tains round Simla have some very
eui;ious customs. They believe, for
instance, that children benefit by
having cold water poured on their
heads, though they are unable to
state wherein the benefit lies. Ba
bies, from shortly after their birth
to the age of four or five years, are
daily put with their beads under a
small stream of water, remaining
there for several hours without wet
ting its clothes. The water hits the
top of its head-and then runs off
without wetting its clothes. The
water has a decided soporific effect,
putting the child to sleep almost at
once—which may be the explana
tion of the popularity of the prac
tice. One or two women usually
remain in charge of a bunch of ba
bies.—Wide World Magazine.
Making Sure.
Two old Scotsmen were discus
sing the domestic unhappiness of a
mutual friend. “Ay, ay,” said one,
“Jamie Thompson has a sair time
wi’ that wife o’ his. They say
they're aye feditin'.” “What else
can ye expect?” said the other
scornfully. “The puir feckless crea
ture marrit after coortin’ for only
seven year. Man, lie had nae chance
to ken the woman in sieh a short
time! When 1 was coortin’ 1 coort
ed for twenty year!” An amused
listener to this dialogue ventured to
ask if this long courtship had in
sured connubial bliss, whereupon
the old Scotsman replied, “1 tell ye
I coorted for twenty year, and in
that time I kent what woman was.
and so I didna marry!”
A Worthy Antagonist.
“Did you visit any of the old
caves when you were up in Scot
land?” Jorkins was asked by a
friend.
“Yes,”- replied Jorkins reminis
cently, “and, by gum, we had to
forcibly pull Maria out of one cave.”
“Good gracious! She was fasci
nated by its beauty, I suppose.”
“No, it wasn’t beauty. You see,
there is a wonderful echo in the
we, and Maria couldn’t bear to
think of the echo haring the laat
word.”—liverpeol Mercury.
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WE ARE SOLE AGENTS
The Snake and the Umbrella.
“I spout u pleasant hour with a
traveler,” said the truthful man,
“who told a lot of snake stories. aI
remember the last of them. It was
about a man who took a nap in the
woods, laying his umbrella on a rock
tiesidc him.
“After awhile it began to rain,
and the man awoke, lie was all
wet. He took hold of his umbrella
and opened it hurriedly. It seemed
rather stiff in going up, and there
was a ripping, tearing sound. Then
a live blaeksnake fell to the ground,
split in two from its head to its
tu i 1.
“You see, it had swallowed the
umbrella all but the handle, and
the man did not notice what had
happened till, putting the umbrella
up, he halved the snake from stem
to stern.”
Living In Poise.
.To improve yourself the first es
sential is to prevent all waste of
energy by living in poise. The sec
ond essential is to use your imagina
tion in picturing those things that
you want to accomplish now. And
the most practical use that can be
made of the imagination is to pic
tun; vour talents and faculties
larger, greater and more perfect.
To imagine in mind a larger'and
more perfect talent is to give the
creative forces in mind a better
model, and as these forces always
create after the fashion of the latest
model they will consequently create
the larger and the more perfect
talent.—Larson.
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strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
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