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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1922)
J'JL A 7 &2 CIRCULATION Dally average lor June, 6,169. i Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Member Associated Press Full leased wire service. THE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Sunday fair. Moderate westerly winds. Local: No rainfall; northerly winds; clear; max. 90, mln 50; river, minus .9 feet and falling. ,."','.' FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 167. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1922. PRICE TWO CENTS ?AgINiD Si fairy" K4"isi fTfh I 43 Li LI t-S iSaa ViAV ksiJi vyAiL. ? . "y- y v ; t i i i . i i i i i i i i i VMXL.; JUL JUL V20iu ibwi f Km 1 I J j ! 01 i - INIV VOTE M AGAINST fcHOALSPLAN Proposal to Purchase and Lease Properties Is Defeated 9-7. WILL APPEAL VOTE ration by Government Jntrolled Corporation LIso Frowned on by Investigators. Washington, July 15. Henry Ford's olfer for pur chase and lease of the govern ment's nrm'ppf at Mnsrlfl I Shoals, Ala., was rejected by the senate agricultural com mittee today by a vote of 9 to 7. Those voting for rejection were Senators Morris, .rage (by proxy), McNary, ' Keyes, Gooding, Norbeck, Harreld, IMcKinley, all republicans, and I . T7 f J fsenazor jvenaricK, democrat, Ittr i mi . j vv yommg. x nose vonng ior a favorable report were Sen ators Capper and Ladd, re publicans, and Smith, Rans dell, Harrison, Heflin and Caraway, democrats. Despite the adverse votes the Ford proposal will be pre ented to the senate for final decision through minority reports, it Was explained bwer conferences would end in such Chairman Norris. The resolution introduced by Chairman Norris calling for operation of the projects by a government , owned and controlled corporation also was rejected, the vote being 9 to 5. Voting for rejection were Senators Capper, Keyes, Ladd, Smith, Ransdell, Kend rick, Harrison, Heflin and Caraway, and for acceptance were Norris, McNary, Good ing, Norbeck and McKinley.' The other offers. Including those of the Alabama Power com pany, Frederick E. Engstrum and Charles L. Engstrum and Charles L. Parsons, also were rejected without a record vote. The com. mittee also voted down without a record vote the bill Introduced by Senator Norris at request of form er Representative Lloyd of Mis souri proposing a semi-governmental corporation. Senator Ladd, republican, North Dakkota, who Introduced the Wright bill, calling for un conditional acceptance of the ford offer, was authorised by the commission to submit one minor ity report urging the senate's ae eeptance of the Ford proposal. The second minority report will be drafted for the senate by Sen ator norris, proposing his bill for cevelopment of the shoals prop erties by a government-owned and controlled corporation. RUE FIGHTERS inn Olympla, Wash., July 15. The shortage of fire fighters has re tutted in all available men being Placed In those sections where large fires are threatening greea timber. State Forester Fred E. Tape said today. Consequently many small fires of no particular consequence are adding to the gray hue in the atmosphere. CONCENTRATED Landis Refuses to Modify Order; Bill Kenworthy Is Banned Chicago, July 15. Com missioner of Baseball Landis today refused to modify his or der permanently dlBbarring William Kenworthy, former manager of the Portland club of the Pacific Coast league, frofci professional baseball. Judge Landis criticized the agreement which limits pun ishment of minor league club owners to a reprimand. PRDSPEIT OF ENDINGMlL i Possibility of Early Agree ment Expressed Fol lowing Conference At White House Today. Washington, July 15 E. F. Gra- blo chief of the Brotherhood of the Maintainance of Way Employes and Shop Laborers, following his conference here today with Presi dent Harding, sent' out a call for a meeting early next week at the union's headquarters dn Detroit Of all grand lodges and executive of ficers. Washington, July 15 A White House statement issued after a two hours conference between Presi dent Harding and E. F. Grable, head of the maintainance of way unions, said that Mr. arable and Fred L. Foick, legislative repre sentative of the union who also participated in the cliscussions. both expressed a hope for an early settlement and declared that "prop- settlement. Tne presiaeni, is was stated, assured his ' two visitors that "every possible conference was being sought." President Harding, according to the statement, took the position dur ine the Conference that any inad equacy in the law must be correct ed by congress and cannot De eiicct ed by interrupting railway opera tion. Mr. Harding also declared that nnn-comoHance with decisions of the railroad labor board on yie part of the railways had not been brought to his attention until the strike was declared. MINERS REJECT HARDING OFFER Washington, July 15. The con nral Dolicv committee of the United Mine Workers voted unan imously late today to follow the recommendations of John L. Lewis and other national officials for the rejection of President Harding's offer of arbitration in the coal strike. The meeting ad journed until Monday and Mr. Lewis said no formal statement would be made in advance of presenting the answer to Presi dent Harding. The vote was taken after a comparatively brief discussion. All the union officials withheld comment upon tnelr action, but it was understood a committee had been authorized to go with Mr. Lewis to the white house as soon as a letter incorporating the re- sponse to me prra'" - had been prepared. GREGOH CITY-CANEMAH HIGHWAY JOB TO WAIT The award of the contract for the grading of the Oregon Canemah section oi mo rdt.u. highway scheduled ior jujj has been indefinitely posipuiiu. according to notices being sent to contractors by the highway de partment today. It is understood here that this action is due to the inability of the tomin. the city council of Oregon City to agree on me locawuu . ,ay through Oregon. f y i IKE il MP nin nim u uvc ivwwuj WIELD MAUL .' Tr il Suspect Held In Tucson For Brutal Murder of Los Angeles Rival De nies Guilt of Crime. Tucson, Ariz., July 15. Still refusing to admit that she is Mrs. Clara Phillips,, wanted in Los An geles for the murder of Mrs. Al berta Meadows, the woman held here under the name of McGuyre today issued a signed statement proclaiming her innocence of the brumal hammer murder. The statement was authorized by the lawyer who was said to have been engaged by A. L. Phil lips of Los Angeles to protect the interests of his wife, indicted by the Los Angele3 grand jury for the killing. "Here is the message I sent back to Los Angeles: ".'I am innocent of any crime. But when Sheriff Traeger calls for me I will be glad to go back and face whatever the unknown holds in store for me,' " the state ment concluded. , Tucson, Ariz., July 14. Three diamond rings were found in pos session of the woman arrested here as Mrs. Clara Phillips, charged with the murder of Mrs. Alberta Meadows at Los Angeles, July 12, according to Chief of Po lice D. S. Ford. The local authorities are said to have been advised today that Los Angeles police were told by Mrs. Peggy Caffee, in her admission, that she had been an eye witness to the slaying, that the rings were taken from Mrs. Meadows' body by the assailant. .' Los Angeles, Cal., July 15. The veil is being lifted today from he life of Clara Phillips, former movie- bathing girl, and A. L. Phillips, oiVpromter, by detectives seeking to uncover the chain of circumstances leading to the ham mering to death of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, 20-year-old widow, last Wednesday afternoon on a lonely hillside road in the northeastern section of Los Angeles. Police say all doubt as to their conviction that the widow was beaten to death by Mrs. Phillips was removed by the graphic tale of horror recited before the grand jury yesterday by Mi's. Peggie Caffee, chum of Mrs. Phillips This was the story of eye witness participation in the tragedy, which led to indictment of Mrs Phillips upon a charge of murder. Her story is awaited by the au thorities she being expected to be returned here tomorrow afternoon from Tucson, Ariz., in custody of Sheriff W. I. Traeger. "I will stand by her, love her and help her. forever," said Phil lips today in discussing his wife's predicament. I have received or fers of help from friends in Texas and I have engaged attorneys to defend her. There will be money available for the possible legal de fense. 'She always wanted to give her self up and she will not resent It because I made up my mind nnai lj to tell the sheriff's office about the killing." COURT HEARS EVIDENCE ON MARKET ROAD CASE Arguments dn the appeal of the injunction suit brought by C. M. Calkins to enjoin Lane county from snendins market road funds on state aiguways weie puu before the supreme court here Fri day afternoon. Judge G. E. fckip- worth of the Lane county circuit court held that the plaintiff, grant the eounty appealed to the supreme court. The point involved in this ease is one affecting every county in -the state, involving s it does the right of county eonrts to use funds voted for market road purposes in coop erating with the state nignway oe- partment in the improvement ot main tninK. roau- ; f"'fr " ' 'p V Greatest Authority On Cancer to Talk Here Tonight Free Boy Who Beat Mother To Death Committed To State Asylum Here Portland, Or., July 15. Walter Weir who beat his mother, Mrs.' Susan Weir, to death with a hammer here June 5, found lnsarie today by at commission and ordered re moved to the state insane hos pital at Salem. He will be taken there next week. NDIAN STORIES A real treat, something that isT unusual is in store for the boys that make the trip to Cascadia with the Boy Scouts who will hold a two weeks camp there August 1-1 6. George W. Bent, an Indian by birth but a white man at heart, Is to be one of the lead- rs of the camp, and he has prom ised to tell the boys stories of days when there were no white people in' Oregon and to show them many of the ythings that makes the Indian race noted for their wood craft. Mr. Bent has been a leader of boys for years and has been sought by many eastern camps to act as director but the appeal of the west impels him to remain here. He Is a graduate of Carlisle Indian school and is now disci plinarian and athletic manager of the Cbemawa Indian school. Be sides this he has had experience in two of tb largpt Tndtft.i schools in the United States. His stories of his life and his wonder. ful appeal as a real sure enough Indian chief with his drawings and interpretation of hieroglphics are a few of the wonderful things in store. Mr. Bent will also accompany the boys to the Oregon Caves where are to be found on the sur rounding cliffs scratchlngs done by Indians generations ago era The people of Salem tonight will have an opportunity of hear ing a free lecture on "Cancer- How to Beat It," by Dr. Joseph Colt Bloodgood, held to be the greatest living authority on the subject. The lecture is to be given at the First Congregational church at the corner of Center and Liberty streets, and will begin at 8 o'clock It will be followed by another lec ture which Dr; Bloodgood will de liver to local members of the med ical profession. ' That the press of America can save more lives from death from cancer by the frequent and con tinuous publicity of the warnings of cancer than can any other agency, is the belief of Dr. Blood good. By publicity of the facts and In no other way may cancer be beaten, he declares. Salem people are urged to at tend the lecture which Or. Blood good is offering in various parts of the United States. His visit to Salem was assured largely through the efforts of Dr. F. H. Thompson. -10 the United States alone can cer causes no less than guou deaths each year. If information concerning cancer may be gen erally distributed over the coun try, the death toll will be greatly lessened, it Is claimed. LOTTERY PROMOTER IS PLACED UNDER ARREST Seattle, Wash., July 15. War rant for the arrest of W. R. Fick, editor of the American veteran Weekly of Seattle, on a charge of proposing a lottery" on Pacific coast baseball league and other baseball games was issued today on complaint or me prosecuting attorney of King county and fed eral post office officials here. SHOTS FIRED IN STRIKE RIOT Ennis, Texas, July 15. First disorders here In connection with the shopmen's strike occurred shortly after midnight this morn ing when more than a hundred shots were exchanged between al leged strikers and sympathizers and thirty guards In the Houston - Texas Central (Southern Pacl Ic yards. No casualties were re sorted and the disorder was quelled in IS minutes. Am SOCIETY IS REVIVAL OF SECRET TRIB UNAL OF MEDIEVAL TIMES Truth About Klan Proves it Menace ( To Our Country Is the modern Ku Klux Klan anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, anti-Negro, anti-Forajgn born, a skillfully contrived organiza tion for making money, or is it a sincere, genuine fraternal order emphasizing the true principles of Americanism T The contention of the author is that the modern Ku Klux Klan Is a distinct menace to the American people and is set hp in defiance of all legal and constitutional provisions. PLANES SENT TO EUGENE; PATROL DUTY IS STARTED San Francisco, July 15. Six airplanes of the 91st aero squad ron of the army departed from Crissy field here at 9:45 a. m. to day for Eugene, Oregon,, to par ticipate in forest air patrol throughout Oregon. They will be joined at Eugene by two airplanes from Camp Lewis, which were also ordered to start today. The employment of the army patrol is due to big forest fires in the state of Washington. Eugene will be the base of operations and all of the natonl forest in the state will be kept under almost constant surveillance. The United States forest service hopes through this patrol to prevent any repetition of the Washington fires. The forest service announced recently that there has been no appropriation for forest air jiatrol in California. There is no such patrol in Washington. T PLACED IN USE Washington, July 13 Inaugura tion of the use of motor trucks to transport the mails, due to the in ahilitr of railroads to move mail matter on account cf the shopmen's strike was announced today by Postmaster General Work, who said it had been determined to use motor transportation between iBedford and Switz City, Ind., between which two points ell mail trains had been annulled. New York, July 13 Prediction that E. F. Gamble, president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Ways Employes and Kailway Shop Wo.ers, would issue a strike order to the 400,000 men of his un:in "at any hour" was made today by William Parker, leader of the New ,York Central mainten ance of way men and president of the union's association of eastern chairmen. The New Tork Central men, he dcclred, are "up in arms" against Grable's action in holding off on the strike "for whkh they had voted overwhelmingly. Pressure is brought to 1ear upon Grable by chairmen in ell parts of the coun try who in turn are merely rciny- ;ing protests of the men, Parker said. If Grable persisted in h;s refusal to order a strike, the general chair men undoubtedly "world take things into their own hands," OR TRUCKS TO CARRY MAIL mm K One must go back to middle ages to find a similar irresponsible tribunal, clandestinely administered, military in organization, politi cal in aims, headed by an "emperor", proclaim ing itself an "invisible empire," and assuming right of community censorship over men and morals. This is the first installment of Mr. Fry's great book ex posing the Ku Klux Klan, the secret society seeking control of Oregon. It contains the preface and introduction. Publi cation will continue serially, a chapter a day in The Capita Journal. By JIENRY P. FRY, (Copyright 1922 by Small, Maynard & Co.; Published by arrange ment with author and publisher.) It seems strange that, in narrating events and analyzing an organization existing in the the year 1922, the most appropriate introduction to the sub pct consiits of a few pages from the history bf Germany during the Middle Ages. There existed in mediaeval Ger many a secret organization, which, in its highest stage of development is said to have numbered over 200,000 mem bers the Vehmgericht, or secret , tribunal. Its origin is clouded in obscurity, some authorities claiming that the sys tem was first founded by Charlemagne, while others say that it was handed down from the most remote pre-historic Germans, but it understood ed in the year 1180 in Westphalia, after which it scattered all over Germany. Its head was the Emperor, court, and with them men of all ranks, associated together for the formation of "free courts," to try persons accused of crimes against persons and property. The members of the organization Were known as They were bound by solemn stances of a trial or the sentence imposed on the offender if found guilty; and in order hood the applicant was required to be of good character, and have two sureties who were already "free judges." A ceremony of initiation, usually place, inducted the outsider thereafter, he was required under his solomn oath never to reveal the facts that he was a member of the brotherhood. The initiated ones recognized each other by signs. Headed by the Emperor The Vehmgericht could be sumirloned at any time and place, in private buildings, in the forests, in caves, or in the open fields ; they were occasionally held publicly, but usual ly they were closed against all but the initiated and the ac cused person. The Emperor, or, in his absence, the count or noble of highest dignity presided, and if any uninitiated person intruded, he was immediately put to death. The se cret tribunal met when necessary and received complaints, to answer which they assumed the right to summon any one in Germany. Ordinarily, the accused was arrested and held by his captors for the secret trial, but if he had not been ar rested, he was summoned to appear by fastening on his door or gateway the summons of the dreaded court, which usual ly had enclosed in it a small cojn. If he failed to appear or send a messenger, he was condemned, as despising the ju risdiction of the Holy Vehmgericht, and once condemned there was little chance of his Germany. The condemnation of an offender by a Vehmic Court was known to the whole brotherhood in a short time; and even if it were the father, brother, or son of one of the initiated who was condemned, he not only might not warn him of his danger, but was bound to aid in putting him to death under penalty of losing his own life. Death Penalty Meant Hanging The death penalty, the usual decree of the court, was gen erally inflicted by hanging. When executed the victim was hanged to the nearest tree, nothing of value which he might have about him being removed, and a knife was thrust into the ground as a token that the deed had been committed by order of the brotherhood. The Vehmgricht, although sessing thi3 extensive and power so formidable that Carles IV, in 1371, stipulated for its official recognition. Exercising its despotic dominion under such obligations of severity, the brotherhood, how ever ,in 1461, incurred the hostility of those who feared to become its victims, as all as those who saw in it an engine capable of terrible oppression, and an association was form ed to resist it. The result was that, in 1495, Maximilian I established a new criminal code, materially weakening the secret tribunals. Secret trials are said to have been held as (Continued 3m United States of America in generally to have first appear assisted by the nobles of his "Wissende," or initiated ones. oaths not to reveal the circum to become one of the brother held in some out-of-the-way into the organization, and life while he remained in an irresponsible tribunal pos dreadful authority, became a on Page Six.)