| Show i The Th Sen Sentinel tinel FRANCO FRANCO-A FRANCO AMERICAN N TREATY TWO DIE IN DUEL IDAHO PARDON SESSION GRAFTING POLITICIANS C Just at present present- n negotiations CIC s' s sare are going on on- b between tw n nm America m and France looking t toward a pact that wilt will ill outlaw war between them With all th the costly lessons lesson provided provided by past experience It t does seem impossible im im- Im- Im possible le that tw two such should fall fail to to adopt a treaty of this sort cort It it-is it is to be beard ardently be-ardently hoped that In this Instance th the statesmen and not the politicians may prevail S P Speaking of ot statesmen statesmen and an and 1 politicians politicians poli poli- tlc tlc-ians we wo have felt for some some time that thae tIle tHe diff difference re ce between the two is about as follows A A statesman Is is a public servant with the mind of ot ofa a a. prophet A p politician is a public the he ml mind d of a P cr C C S SA A group of t French Trench and American capitalists are are planning the erection erection erection tion of ot a palace of ot Fran France e on Fifth avenue avenue New NewYork The proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed building will cost approximately approximately and will house a hotel for French Tench travel travelers rs as well as as rooms on the first floor for showing moving pictures and dis displaying dig dig- playing samples of ot French Frencl goods good The venture a appeals peals to one one- on first first- hearing Anything that will bring the peoples of the world together In closer closer bonds bonds of association and un- un Is to be highly com corn mended I S SS S'S In Wai Warsaw saw Poland two men blindfolded fought a duel at arms' arms l length with automatic pistols The occasion was a remark by one of I Ithem them that failed to suit the other I They both emptied their thelL pistols and were were mortally w wounded Just what did that recourse to jungle methods settle if it anything The chances are a a million td to one th that t because of ot that duel hatreds have been born which h it will r require centuries to heal heat C S a Just now th the board of ot pardons for the state of Idaho Is ls In session two Sixty-two appeals ls for pardons were on file for consideration Two things will be discussed by the board at this this' session session- One One is the them m merits of ot the for par pardons par dons The other othe is the matter of ot th the preparation of oi a course of study par I. by the the state state board of ot education for forthe forthe forthe the Improvement of the inmates of the penitentiary Of the t tWo vo questions questions ques ques- the latter should rec receive lve the major portion ot of the boards board's atten atten- tion Just now the country is being flooded with crime crin It It is no time for the floodgates of ot penitentiaries to be opened thus l letting loose ad additional additional ad- ad criminals t to swell the ranks of ot those now at larg large S C S It seems to this writer that It Is high time t that Am Americans approached ap ap- ap- ap the problem of crime from the thes s. s standpoint of protection rather than clemency Our Ourt penitentiaries are r filled to to overflowing overflowing- with I y young ng men men Instead of f letting them loose to o prey upon the public why not try seriously to educate them 1 to higher standards and better modes of living li We realize that education will not do everything I Far from it But Jt it will help Th Those e who will not respond to edu edu- opportunities should be I compelled to work Give the crImInal crim crIm- inal a 4 chance to improve Ills his heart and his mind mind behind behind the bars If It ItI I h he refuses to i respond to 10 the ox ox- ox then the responsibility fo for his failure is on him and not on society Turning the average criminal crim crim- inal ma loose to begin all over again is pretty much like 8 a a woman marryIng marrying marry marry- ing a man to reform him The he ex exception exception exception ex- ex proves I the rule S S S Philadelphia seems to be a pretty I rough place for so quiet a town Mayor 1 Mackey Is reported to have said that if all the grafting police men were fired there would not be left sufficient officers rs to look after the city Consequently Mayor Mackey has has' offered them all a chance to reform It Is often said that it is a a. difficult matter to teach an nfl old dog new tricks Which re reminds reminds reminds re- re minds us that a Philadelphian once asked a Ne Ne Ne-ar Yorker why they did not lay out New York like Phila Phila- delphia The New Yorker replied re that they would they uld uld when It was dead |
