The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-03-07
CORVALLIS, OREGON, MARCH z 1908.

among the little toilers, is general
sof5ening and chemical change of
tissues, due to lack of sunshine,
light and air and the lack of that
upon which the child thrives. 1t
comes of malnutrition, and is q
prolific source of nervous disease in
later years.
"Children should never work
from medical standpoint, before
thay are fourteen or fifteen, when
their hips and shoulders have de-
veloped. The little victims of child
toll now are worn out, run down
and stunted at seventeen-old when
/ they should be their freshest. /
have heard it wondered why they
marry 80 young. One should. not
wonder, when they remember that
their lives are over at forty. These
child toilers are doomed to short
and miserable lives.
Tuberculosis, which I have men
toned as one of the baleful fruits of
the child labor system, is distinctly
preventable and unnecessary, but
it always will be dreadful scourge
as long as the present system of
child labor is allowed to go on.
"God will forgive you,' said Rich
ter, for stinting your children in
bread when it is so dear. But what
will he say to you for depriving
them of his free air? The air, alas
is not free to these toilers.
In seventeen years of study Of
the question have found that par
| tents by the hundreds misrepresent
the ages Of their children so they
can 60 to work. They are greedy
for money. The children them
selves may be heard to say: You
can fix the Board of Health if you
only know how "
Hamilton, O., March 3.-Knapp
this afternoon confessed to another
crime.
He says he is the man who in
1885 assaulted a young girl at New
Madrid, Mo-, and that be YVES
chased by mob which he held at
bay with a Winchester. He escap-
ed ao4oss the Mississippi IN The
darkness.
He told the story without appar-
1 ent emotion and laughed when he
explained how he got across the
river.
New Albany, Ind, March s.
Edward King, Of Cincinnati, arriv-
ed here this morning and viewed
the body found yesterday and pos
itive1y identified it as that of Han
nah Knapp. Kings wife is sister
of Knapp.
The chief of police, of Hamilton,
arrived at o'clock this morning
and further identified it as that of
Hannah Knapp.
King tried to secure possession
of the body for burial, but the au-
thorities ordered that it be taken
to Hamilton, where Knapp's trial
will be held. She was petite, be-
ling only five feet in height, and
weighing only 10 pounds.
Hamilton, o., March 3.-Knapp
has not been informed that the
body has been positively identified
as his murdered wife. The sheriff
keeps the news from him as he does
not want to interrupt the braggado-
clio confessions constantly being
made and added to by the murder
or. He is afraid he will become
mute when he learns the case is
positive against him.
New Albany, Ind, March 81
| Charles Goddard, uncle of Hannah
Goddard Knapp, arrived here this
afternoon. He identified the body
as that of his niece.
Lewiston, Mont, March 4.-Orin
johnson, rancher, left home yes
terday in binding storm. While
or ossing the hills his horse sank
into an old prospect hole which had
been partly filled and covered with
snow. The horse got wedged in
the timbers, but johnson kept on
the floor 20 feet below. His way
out being barred by the horse.
Johnson began digging with his
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