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JUL J. 0 i22 CIRCULATION , - THE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight fair; Saturday fair and cooler. Local: No rainfall; northerly winds; clear; maximum, 98; minimum 64; riv er minus .3 feet and falling. pally average for June, 6,169. jjmber Audit Bureau ot Circulation. Member Associated Frees Full leased fire service. FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 160. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1922. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STAN OS FIVE CENTS IT FT3 IC Cap i fl u mSSS 11 ; 11 Lisa ' X VJf : U '- -3gf KIRBY AND RATHIE COOL IN 9 MEASURES 111 TO VOTERS Seven Initiative Bills and Two Constitutional Amendments Qualify for Ballot Space. Nine measures will be on the ballot for action by the voters of Oregon next November seven Initiated measures and constitu tional amendments and two pro posed constitutional amendments which were referred to the people by tho legislature of 1921. Eight of the 15 proposed initiative measures for which petitions were placed in circulation failed ' to make the grade of popular ap proval and were not completed in time to qualify for a place on the ballot. 2 Income Tax Bills Of the seven Initiative meas ures two provide for taxes on incomes. Both are designed to lift, In part at least, the burden of di rect tax now levied on real and personal property for state ex penses. One is sponsored by the Taxpayers league of Oregon. The other Is sponsored by the state grange. The first provides for a flat Income tax sufficient to raise one half of the state taxes, the rate of the income tax to be fixed annually as the needs of the state demand. The other provides for a graduated income tax on all net incomes with a proviso that the total tax raised for state purpos- tsby both the Income tax and the direct tax shall not exceed that lalaed by the 1921 levy. Both pro vide lor exemptions and deduc lions from gross incomes. Five Others, Filed The other five initiative meas ures for which petitions were completed and filed are as fol lows: Compulsory education bill sponsored by Ira D. Sturgess, Dr. Robert C. Ellsworth and others, under the terms of which all chil dren between the ages of 8 and 16 yearB would be compelled to at tend the public schools. This measure which is aimed at the elimination of all private schoolB would become effective Septem ber 1, 1926. Interest rate amendment spon sored by J. H. Albright of Oregon City, limiting the legal rate of In terest to 6 per cent with 8 per cent on contracts. Single tax amendment, spon sored by the Oregon, Single,. Tax league, providing for the taxa tion of real estate only. oaimon lashing and. propaga tion amendment, sponsored by G. t. Green of West Linn. Drohiblt lag the use of seines, traps or fish wheels for catching salmon and requiring that 50 per cent of sal mon spawn must be planted - In streams from which taken, Atlantic-Pacific Highway & Electrical exposition amendment, sponsored by the exposition com K'ttee, under the terms of which the city of Portland would be Permitted to levy a special tax of Jl, 000, 000 a year for three years or financing the world's fair in addition to these initiated Measures two constitutional amendments have been referred the voters by the Btate leglsla jure. One of these would permit Llnn county to levy a special tax tth which to pay outstanding warrants. The other would per- " Linn and Benton counties to J'vy special taxes to pay outstand lBe warrants. Washington, July 7. Investf tttion by a Joint congressional "mission of the advisability of joding federal crop insurance r farmers was proposed In a solution today by Senator Mc " Sfy. republican, Oregon. Brownsville Good Citizens' now baa a membership of """H to 300 perrons. IN NOVEMBER MIRY URGING CROP INSURANCE Ku Klux Promoters Turn To More Fertile Fields; Women May Now Donate With, newspaper attacks, fed eral and state investigations and denunciations of their creed and purposes by fraternal leaders drlv ing their organization into disre pute, and cons the ranks of g promoters of tb Oregon are tu tlon to a new; field In their s ey. j' Ladies, ,,. Enter now visible Empi) knights of S duly incorprf J? ""tly reducing ? le prospects, .j? Klux Klan in a their atten- k i unexploited i for easy mon Eligible. j ladles of the In 5 ter order of the nightshirt, and I under the laws of Oregon "to uovelop the physl- cal and mental capacity of its members and others; to promote better acquaintance and closer association between its members to ' promote and preserve the American free public school sys tem; to preserve tne purity and supremacy of the white race; and to unite, in one inseparable bond, the Protestant women of the world; to acquire by purchase, or otherwise real or personal prop erty; to receive and accept gifts and donations of any and all kinds." Klansmen Back Movement. The incorporators are R. H. Sawyer, Luther I. Powell, Rush H. Davis and Fred L. Gifford, all of Portland, and all designated as members of the supreme grand council ot the Ladies of the In visible Empire. To klansmen and Interested on lookers the names have a familiar echo. Powell Is, or was, king kleagle of the Oregon klans; Glf ford is more generally know"h as the exalted cyclops of the night shirted knights, and Sawyer the propagandist, while Davis is an important cog in the profitable enterprise of collecting $10 initia tion fees and $5 dues and selling 50 cent nightgowns for $6.60. Regalia Not Revealed, Aside from asserting their right to "receive and accept gifts and donations Qf any and all kinus," the incorporators cast little light upon the definite purposes of their order in the incorporation articles. Members of the supreme grand council are the only offi cers named and the existance of a queen kleagless, or grand cyclopess is not mentioned. Whether the official regalia is to be a silk nightdress, topped off with a multi-colored turban, for. which each fair lady Is assessed the negligible sum of $10, or a multiple therefor, is also a closely guarded secret in the incorpora tion articles, a copy of which fol lows: ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That WHEREAS, At a regular meet ing of the LADIES OF THE IN VISIBLE EMPIRE, a voluntary association organized for the pur poses hereinafter set forth, and lo cated in tHe City of Portland, H. Sawyer, Luther I. Powell, Rush H. Davis and Fred L. Giffora were duly selected as the members of the Supreme Grand Council of said LADIES OF THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE: AND WHEREAS: said associa tion, by resolution regularly and legally adopted at said meeting in accordance wtih the constuuuuu nrt hv-laws of said association, did authorize and aireci me ou preme Grand Council to make. subscribe, acknowledge ana w written Articles of Incorporation (Continued on Page Six.) HEW YORK CENTRAL CLERKSVOTE STRIKE svracuse. N. Y.. July 7. Rail way clerks employed on the New York Central lines, voted to serine It was announced today by their officials. The vote was a pan ui the general strike vote taicen u all the clerks on ine w Central lines. The union includes clerks, freight handlers auu press and station employes. v.ier. i - a l .-on 1 v had on tne voted to strike. Tih,r fires reported near Bach elor mountain and in the LaPine section of Deschutes county are now under control. Republicans Fail to Enforce Cloture on Senate Tariff Bill Washington, July 7. The republican move to enforce the cloture on the administra tion tariff bill failed today In the senate. The vote on the motion to enforce the existing rule was 45 to 35, or 9 less than the re quired two thirds majority. TAX REDUCERS Repudiation of the non-partisan league was the only important ac tion taken by the state tax reduc tion clubs at their convention held here yesterday in the court house. The attempt of R. D. Coulter ot Portland, former representative of the non-partisan league, to gain the endorsement of the league! for a state owned bank such aa has been tried in North Dakota, fell flat when Seymour Jones, ex speaker of the lower house of the legislature, urged that the con vention make no such mistake. When the question was put to the delegates, but three voted for it. A resolution favoring a farm bloc In the state legislature was Introduced by Peter Zimmerman of Yamhill county and passed. In the report of the platform committee adopted by the conven tion the tax reducers, went on rec ord as antagonistic to further in creases in taxation and larger ap propriations for state educational Institutions, and favoring the re call and Income tax measures ini tiated by the state grange. J. D. Brown was elected to head the state organization following the resignation of J. C. Cooper of McMinnville. EYE SPECIALIST ENTERS OFFICE OF SALEM MEN Dr. L. O. Clement, formerly of Grants Pass, has entered the part nership of Dr. M. C. Flndley and Dr. B .L. Steeves, Salem eye, ear, nose and throat specialists, it was learned this afternoon. Dr. Clem ent, who formerly was a partner of Dr. Findley at Grants Pass, is a graduate of the University of Min nesota. He also has taken post- gradaute work In New York and Boston and has studied in Vienna and London. ERICKSON TRIAL DOCKETED Judge G. B. Unruh of the Jus tioa court announced this after noon that the trial of Dan Erlck son of Silverton charged with the unlawful possession of intoxicat ing liquor, will be held Wednes day. The trial was to nave Been held this morning. Erickson, who was arrested with William Meyers, during a raid staged by Deputy Sheriffs Barber, Burkhart and Smith, claimed to have been merely a guest at the Meyers household. Meyers pleaded guiuy to ie Eierhtv-five pints of oonshine were taken In the raid, at THIS COUPON AND FIVE CENTS will admit any child of 12 years or under to the Special CAPITAL JOURNAL MATINEE Showing Harry Myers in his greatest production "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe." THE BLIGH THEATRE SATURDAY, JULY 8, 10 A. M. Executed Men to Speak Thru Spiritualist A spirit whose earthly habitat was a body unfortunate enough to dangle from the end of a rdpe will speak through amedium by the name of Gorman on Sunday night at 8 o'clock at the home of George Stoddard, 14$0 Broadway street, according to T,. A? Geler, residing at 1497 North Fifth street this morning. The public is invited to attend. Mr. Geler said, and Mr. Gorman, controlled by the spirit of the banged man, will speak on . the curse of capital punishment. The meeting is the result of the executions of Rathie and Klrby this morning at the state peni tentiary. EIGHTH CHAPTER The eighth installment ot the serial motion picture, "The Ad ventures of Robinson Crusoe, will be shown at the Bligh thea ter tomorrow morning under the auspices of The Capital Journal The doors will be thrown open for all youngsters under the age of 13 years who hold Capital Journal coupons together with five cents. There are 18 episodes of the picture and the one to be shown tomorrow is held to be the most interesting of those thus far shown. With each performance the crowd of youngsters has increas ed, but Manager Bligh said to day that all children who appear tomorrow will witness the show ing, even though two exhibitions are made necessary. The Crusoe picture, which stars Harry Meyers, has had the larg est following of any serial ever offered in the city, it is believed. Each Saturday the Bligh has had record crowds. The picture, which presents the Crusoe story known by most American youngsters, wwas film ed on the northwest coast of South Africa, just off the mouth of the Orinocco river; in Algiers, Morrocco and the Madagascar Islands. PEARSON AND NENDELL LEAVE ON RETURN TRIP Portland, Or., July 7. Lieuten ant Alexander Pearson jr., army aviator," hopped off here at 9:15 o'clock today on his return flight to Fort Bliss, Texas. He was ac comnanled by his mechanic. Ser geant E. F. Nendell of Woodburn Or., who made the trip to Port land with him. They arrived here Monday. He planned to stop at San Francisco over night. DAUGHERTY PROBING . BOOZE SALE ON SHIPS Washington, July 7. Attorney General Daugherty has arranged to conduct a hearing next Thurs day on the question of the legal ity of permitting the sale of in toxicating beverages on shipping board vessels, it was learned today the department of justice. S ON TOMORROW FOREST FIRE SITUATION IS LESS SERIOUS Change In Weather Con ditions Favors Crews Battling Flames; Island Settlement Burned. Spokane, Wash., July- 7. Weather conditions in Washing ton today served to mitigate some what the forest fire situation which yesterday was assuming what were characterized as alarm ing proportions. In western Washington, where the fires were most threatening today, a southwesterly wind was aiding in keeping the flames un der control, although It was, not helping fire fighters to any con siderable extent. In the eastern part of the state moderation of the heavy winds of yesterday less ened the danger today oi the flames getting out of control. ' A number of bib all fires were burning today in almost every for ested county In eastern Washing ton and northern Idaho. A fire in Stevens county, Washington, was within half a mile of the town of Ailadin today, and was threaten ing serious damage to timber, al though the town Itself was not be UevecV to be In danger. About men are fighting the fire on Fend O'Reille county side. the Two Lives Lost. Verville, Vancouver Island, July 7. Two are known to be dead many are missing, and ten houses are in ruins from a fire which last night swept from the bush through the settlement here. Scores fled when a shift in the wind turned the raging'bush fires toward the settlement, and no complete check up Is available. Lack of modern apparatus has made difficult the work of fight ing the flames in which soldier settlers have joined with residents of Courtenay nine miles away. Jack .Clifford, 16, and Ernst Layland 42, died from burns suf fered during the destruction of their homes. Campers Are Barred. Chehalis, Wash., July 7. For est Supervisor G. S. Allen has closed the territory of the Cispus watershed in eastern Lewis coun ty to campers until September 10 The sleet and snow last winter and the dry weather this spring and summer has greatly increased the fire menace there, owing to so many limbs being broken off and scattered about. Fire Fighter Killed. Bellingham, Wash., July 7. The second fatality of the season in this district as a result of for est fires occurred yesterday in the Washington national forest near the site of the hydro-electric plant ot the city of Seattle on the Skagit river when Roy Godell of Belling ham was killed. Goodall was em ployed as a fire guard by the for estry service. IS Motion for a Jury trial in the Phez company against members of the Salem fruit union for al leged breach of contract involv ing approximately $130,000, was overruled by Judges Bingham and Kelly of the circuit court this morning. Since the circuit court judges found that facts of the case in the previous trial one way and de cided in favor of the fruit union, and the supreme court reversed their decision, and that a Jury might find the facts to the same effect as the circuit court judges, the court found It necessary to overrule the motion. San Franclseo, Cal., July 7. The California-Hawaiian refiners innounce an advance of 30 cents per hundred pounds in the price f refined cane sugar, instead of !0 cents as previously announced The new price is $6.90. ION'S M01N Alderman Here Had Man's Cow and War Is On Temporary practice of bovicul ture with the species moo-cow- moo has dragged George Wende roth, Salem councilman, into a lawsuit. A milk cow of the common, or garden especially garden vari ety, Inadvertantly precipitated the impending legal battle when she deserted the green pastures Into which she had been led and nib bled her way Into Mr. Wende- l'oth's garden and, Incidentally, Into trouble. J. Eugene Jones, a neighbor of Alderman Wenderoth's, yesterday made Mr. Wenderoth the defend ant in a suit to recover his cow plus $35 damages, plus costs plus disbursements. . It all happened while Mr. Jones was 'in Seattle, according to Bra zier Small, attorney tor the plain tiff. Jones admits that his cow probably transgressed and that she likely tasted ot forbidden veg etables in Mr. Wenderoth's gar den. Nevertheless, he insists, his agents, W. F. Fupltz, offered to pay for all damages and he de clares that Mr. Wenderoth said right then and there that he'd just keep the cpw so there. And, ac cording to the complaint, that's just what Mr. Wenderoth did. It was reported that Mr. Wende roth had today promised. to return the cow. The suit will be pressed, however, It was said. AUTO LICENSES E TO If the business of the automo bile registration continues for the remainder of the year in propor tion to that conducted by the de partment during the last half of 1921, the total receipts of the de partment for this year will reach $3,250,000 with registrations numbering between 125,000 and 130,000 automobiles, according to Secretary of State Koser. Regis tratlons for 1921 totalled 118,615 automobiles with receipts aggre gating $2,334,931.25. A total pf 109,001 automobiles were registered during the first six months of the year with re ceipts aggregating $2,973,378 as compared to registrations of 102, 274 cars for the first six months of 1921 with receipts for the per iod aggregating $2,153,843.75. Washington, July 7. "There will be no adjournment of con gress until the soldiers compen sation bill has been made a law. will be taken up and disposed of under a special agreement as soon as the tariff bill Is passed." This promise was made today by Senator McCumber of North Dakota chairman ot the finance committee, to Mrs. R. H. Smith of Whitman, Mass., who delivered a third petition bearing a million signatures for enactment of the bonus bill. Mrs. Smith, dressed In the uniform of the Salvation Army, was accompanied by a score wounded veterans from the Walter. Reed general hospital when she presented the memorial. Its heavy and certainly has some weignt, saia senator Mc Cumber as he grasped the bundle. 'We hope it will have some weight in the senate," Mrs. Smith responded. "It will," the senator replied. TRAILER OPERATOR IS FINED G. O. Bradley of Aumsville was sentenced to pay a fine of $12.50 this morning when he pleaded guilty before Judge G. E. Unruh in the Justice court to a charge of operating a trailer on which there was not a proper license plate. Bradley was arrested by Bert 3mith, county traffic officer. FACE OF DEATH; DECLARE INNOCENCE IN Double Hanging: Brinsrs Crime To Three; Witnesses Faint as Youths Drop Trough Gallows Trap In "Death Chamber of State Penitentiary. The state of Oregon is der of Sheriff Til Taylor to death during a jail delivery at Pendleton in July, John Rathie and Elvie participation in the jail break and slaying of Taylor, were legally executed in the death chamber of the Oregon penitentiary this morning by hanging. At 8:28 o'clock Rathie, W. Lewis, with two prison officials by his side and followed closely by Father Roche, assistant pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church entered the death chamber. He was dressed in a neat dark suit. His face was pale, but he did not waiver as he mounted the 13 steps to the scaffold. About 15 minutes before : - Rathle's entrance, some forty guests present by invitation of the warden, assembled . In the great hall ot death. Some smoked. All wore the strained look of sus pense in anticipation of the trag edy which was to come. Shortly after the guests had taken their place along the wall opposite the scaffold three men mounted the steps and sat down behind a par tition to spring the trap. Declares Innocnce. As Rathie entered the room, his arms strapped by the wrists to his legs, the only sound was the faint snurrnng or his feet, and a mum bled prayer. When he had placed himself be neath the crossbar of the scaffold Warden Lewis said: Jack, have you anything to say?" The prisoner's throat swelled, but his voice was clear. I know I am innocent of the crime for which I am hanging for," he Bald. "I pray God to-for give the men who have sentenced me. I forgive everybody. I have no hard feelings toward anyone." Father Roche leaned toward the man. Rathie a voice fell to a murmur-i-perhaps a last prayer. Dead in 13 Minutes. A black strap hanging on the wall was taken down by one of the two men who had been wait ing to adjust the noose, and placed about tbe boy's knees. A black silken hood was slipped over his head, and tbe rope which dangled behind his back was slipped around his neck. Instantly the trap was sprung and the body of the condemned man fell and hung two feet from the floor the head leaning slightly to one side. Slowly his hands turned black. but death came quick. Thirteen minutes after he dropped be was pronounced dead by tbe three doc tors who were in attendance. ' Kir by Calm to Last A rude grey bench, the color of the walls and scaffold was placed n position, the rope was loosened and the corpse placed upou tbe bench and afterward carried away n a huge brown wicker basket. Exactly 24 minutes after tbe execution of Rathie, Elvle D. Kir by, his accomplice in crime, enter ed the room. Pale, perhaps from long con finement, but not from fright, Klrby stalked up ine steps. H1b suit was grey. He wore a starch ed collar. His face was calm. There was not a tremor in his six feet ot bone and muscle. As he stood beneath the cross bar. He looked down upon the pectators with a clear, steady, piercing gaze. Tbe eyes ot a few of the watchers dropped as bis glance caught thelr's. He acted as a man acts when he has made his peace. Chews Gum on Scaffold. "Jim, have you - anything to sayT asked the warden. "No, sir." Father Roche leaned toward Li ST WORDS Executions for Sinirle duly avenged for the mur of Umatilla county, shot D. .Kirby, convicted of preceeded by Warden J. him. Kirby's throat swelled. "I forget ," he said, chewing vigorously on the gum he had in his mouth and leaning his head toward the priest. "I am Inno cent. Everybody knows," he said almost defiantly. The hood and strap were ad justed. The trap was sprung, and the body swayed, and the rope grew taught. , As the hands of the man grew darker and as the doctors listened to his falling heart beats, one of them paused long enough to say: "He was some man. Certainly a fine looking boy." Eleven minutes after the trap was sprung at 8:64, Klrby was pronounced dead. Convicts Are Quiet, From the time that Rathie en tered the death' cell at 8:28 the two executions were completed In 37 minutes. They were pro nounced "clean" nanglngs, and except that two of the spectators fainted, they passed off without unusual Incident. The two men were reported by Warden Lewis to have slept well during the night, Rathie having slept clear through, Klrby getting up but twice. At breakfast they both ate an egg, hot cakes and coffee. For the first time in the history, of the institution the remaining prisoners made no demonstration ! and trusties were allowed out ot ' the building. This was due to the speech made by Warden Lewis to (Continued on Page Five.) NORTHWEST DOCTORS STUDY NEW METHODS Spokane, Wash., July 7. The second day of the huge post-grad- ; uate school of medicine, in session here as the annual meeting of the ' Pacific Northwest Medical associ ation, today presented 15 hours ot tree technical training for the more than 500 doctors attending. Though the sessions are being held at a downtown theater, this morning's program included aa ' hour and a quarter clinic at a Spokane hospital. WOULD ALLOW SEARCH OF SHIPS 18 MILES OUT Washington, July 7. Prohibi tion enforcement officers could board and search vessels within six marine leagues (eighteen geo graphical miles) of the coast of the United States under an amend ment to the tariff bill proposed today by Senator Sterling, repub lican. South Dakota, a member of the judiciary committee. " Two thousand five hundred dollars is to be spent by F. B. Guthrie, of this city, in erecting a dwelling at 365 south 24th street, according to a building permit issued yesterday by Mark Poulsen, deputy city recorder.