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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1922)
THURSDAY, JULY 27 CapitaJourned Ealero, Cmgon An Independent Newspaper, Published Try rentng except Sundji Telephone 81; newt 81 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher Red Blood Triumphs An interesting case has ju3t been decided at Nahant, an aristocratic summer Resort in Massachusetts, where Henry Cabot Lodge and other blue blooded Americans who maintain ' hereditary mansions were routed by a red blooded American, a jovial rotund butcher hailing from sunny t Italy by the name of Michael di Carlo, and the decision marked a triumph for the rights of the individual over class prejudice, Di Carlo, who has amassed some wealth by industry and enterprise, poached on the preserves of aristocracy by buying a house in the heart of Boston's most select summer resort and there entertaining his friends, frequently children, thirty or forty at a time. His house parties were not enjoyed by his exclusive neighbors. , They wished to be rid of him Mike is a philanthropist. The sign in his front yard, "Any workingmari, regardless of creed, color or nationality, can have a room here free for a week by applying to Mr. M. di Carlo," is known far and wide. The police were notified and raided his house for liquor, but found none. He received mysterious offers to buy his property at a large figure. The climax came last week after an outing Mike gave for children from L.ynn tenement houses which lasted until late, where a Jolly time was had talking, laughing, eating watermelon on the lawn and dancing and romping on the porch, while the phonograph jarred the tender susceptibilities of the high-brows who swore .out a warrant for his arrest on the charge of disorderly conduct. It was not money, but ancesters di Carlo lacked. In his defense, di Carlo said; "Anyone who has a lawn should let children play on it. 'K That is what God made lawns for. Is it disorderly to sing the great operas that Nahant . residents pay big sums to hear in the opera house? Is it disorderly to share my goqd fortune with those who are less fortunate ? People in Nahant have told me it was a mistake to let the kids of Lynn play on my land. They say it does not fit in with the tone of the village. It is an exclusive village with wealthy estates. But is that American? Is that democracy? I say no." Most of us will agree with the bid judge, who after the hearing dismissed the case, declaring that charity begins at home, and most of us also believe that di Carlo is a better citizen and a better American, despite his foreign birth, that his exclusive neighbors, whose ancestors have been in the , community so long that they have forgotten humanity and Americanism, too, and become stratified in classes. There is something, unlovely about New England aris tocracy that srnatters of decadence and dry-rot, and perhaps it is a wise provision of nature that the old stock is dying out, having out-lived ts usefulness, as well as its democracy, and that the thin and rarified cold blue blood of exclusive caste is giving way before the warm red blood of the common people of other lands. It is a case of the survival of the fittest and the di Carlos certainly are as worthwhile as their neighbors and a great deal more fit. What Happened When Sheila Elliston Refused Love? . By Idab. Medium Gibson r rf It is a great blessing to be too poor .'p,?., loaf. The best time of the moon to quit a bad habit is right now. You can t get the better of an argument with a man who refuses to talk. ' It is hard t find a place in any religion where prize fights or horse racing fits in. Married folks who have faith in each other also have sense not to do much snoopin' 'round. Some men don't really begin to go to work un til they marry a second time and get an ambi tious wife. Hez Heck Says: "Men want to marry the most money while gals want to mar ry the best dancer." Copyright 1622, Premier Syndicate, . Inc. T Jt was only itlieii that I turned my letters. Tharo was the usual number of notes o( sympathy and polite 'in- juiry as to the state of my mend- ng fracture. Thero was a state ment from my broker saying that a house in the city that I had set ny heart upon could be purchased for the amount I had offered for it end last a , letter from my brother! I smiled as I took that letter in my hand for I realized how human iy uiiuersi-anaing naa. been my boautiiul . nurse. She must have known it was from my brother by ts foreign postmark even if li claimed. Via l notice a, little spasm of pain contracting the lips of Mi Elliston as I told her my brother was coming! I was not quite sure, for it vas hardly more than a shade that misted the purple violet eyes Tomonjjw Mrs. Wilmington's nana. Bheila Elliston had come to me, hitthly recommended as a nurse, not only iby my physician but ny one of my dearest friends a woman noted for her philanthropic, work, but even she hud told me nothing about Miss Kllislou's private affairs Beyond the fact that she would vouch for her good breeding, hon esty and sympatholia Interest in her patient, my friend had said noth ing. 1 hod found her well educated and better read than most people. 8ho was Intensely interested in everything I wished to talk about provMod my eonvorsntinn did not touch on personal matters mine or her own. Srlio never tired or bored mc, but she teamed determined that I should look upon her as my nunc uuil nothing mora. I was gtad that I was financially ilo to keep her after 1 had been brought !aelt from the hospital and . I determined to keep her with mi1 'indefinitely if sho would stay. She eld a pluce in my hmismjold and hi my heart that I could not fill if she left nie. Already I found myself planning a trip abroad with Wieila Klliston my eompaniou and secretary duties she really had taken upon herself ever since the had been with me. ".Shall I put the flowers hero bo aido you, Mrs. Wilmington f" "Yes, if yon will, my dear. And please go out and enjoy yourself Jt Is too pleasant for anyone to stay indoors who is able to be out. Why don't yon go down to the pier ami take a short swintf The water will be cold I know but you look to me like a girl who would jtiai enjoy It." "Oh, I would, I would, I would love HI I won't stay long. You urely wiU pot need me, will jonf" "Kim" along child,, here eomt's the Jotman and I will be reading ni.v letters while you are gone Kho waited until eha had opened mr letter and laid them in an or derly pile beside me. 1 did not pick up my letters im mediately for my mind Was still on the girl whom presently I saw run ning down to ithe sea in her bath ing suit. Then my lettors ha4 to wait even a Jittio longer for the loveliness of that ytiunj; woman filled my uoaury loving soul. 1 caught my broath as I saw hor without her nurse's uniform. Iter bathing suit was of black jfcrieeuy pmin. in raot it waj only a ono-pioce tight fitting gar ment mat eovered her .bndv fmm her white shoulders to hardly bo- iow nor nips. Her skin was so whito that it dazzled my eyes. Over her hair she Had tied a crimson silk liandker-chief. viu ana sped with the grace of a young iiuuin. Far out. into the water she went until a gigantic wavo reared its great body toward her and she dived under its foam ing crest. A moment I her leisurely floating on the compara tively still water beyond the surf. Tiiere fa notSiIng In the wlioJc i;t of flesh henina; remedies that .in approach Liquid Iiorocono lr. ! lie rapidity with which it heal: ."H, wounds, Bare, burua os icalils. It is a marvelous iliseov pry. I'ri.'e 30e, 60c aud 1.!0 iid by Daii'l J. Fry. (adv) Will Radium at Last Open the Door of the Great Unknown? If you are sick and n nnf . n. Well and Keep Well, wrile for lit erature that (ells u.mm ..t ii'K.. ..... uuiciiuwn ana wonder ful new element brlnsrs relief to so many sufferers from Constipation. Kheumatlsm, Helml, Oout, Neu ritis, Neuralgia. 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A less sympathetic and more stup person would have put Thil' otter right on top cf the pile but Miss laiiston with that knowlediri f the childish vagaries of the sick ftad hidden that letter under all the others. It was to ba the "bon ouehe' of my morning's corres xmdeneo. lho letter was postmarked Paris and in it Phil told me that- he ad just como out of Hussia where had ibecn llr ten weeks. He had had neither of my letters nor my cables during that time tear, dear old girl," he wrote you cannot tell how ashamed 1 as when I road .your letters and realized how aloud you must have rolt after your occidentj how mucli you have wanted mo all this time But sistor-o-nnno, my duti seemed to lio over here since th. rmmnce. iuy aecision to remain here was made easy at the time b your plun Jo visit your husband's ?ravo at Chateau Thierry. it was tho worst kind of luck :hat I was laid up with that ghastly fever when you came over to visit Itlake s grave, and I have not ve forgiven the American counsul foi forbidding you the hospital when v ,,ls. i tninK That von oamo au rae way over here and Had to return without our oach other was a 'trial. 'But cheer up, dear ffirl. The lnno long trail 1 have spun about th part or tlio world is now loadine ...o siraigut nacit to you and home l have o many interoatint. tilings to tell you and no doubt yor are chock full of things to tell "me I hope among other thintrs vnm lawsuit is coining out all O." K. As I road your letters I realized for the first time that there is iust yon and I of all our family, dear. ma wo must stay somewhere nest each other in the future. I will be with you almost aa soon aa yoa get this. .Phil." In a twinkling all my nlnns k,l been changed. I forgot the trin ibroad which I had been contem plating. I began to plan a letter tc my broker telling him to buy that house as soon as possible. So engrossed had I been in mv ioy Ofer the proapect of oeeW mv brother again that I did ont at first uouca that Miss Klliston had urned and was standing beside me. aiy brother is coming!" I ei- seeing Modern Ku Klux Klan (Continued from Pafre One. ) that he was eligible we ,had no trouble enlisting him in our ranks." In other words, some of, the best and most efficient police officers in ho United States are Irish-Catholics, aud since, according , to the Ku Klux Klan, they are foreigners and to. bo classed with the negro, it is highly important, first of all. io ascertain the religion of the chinf of police. As ha probably is not an active churchgoer thig task was ratnor difficult, but when he was found to be a Protestant, ho was eagerly sought after. Now that the chief has taken the oath, of alleg iance of the "Invisible Empire," and has surrounded himself with his two hundred and sixty Ku Kluxers, i would not give much for tin chances of a Catholic to get on the -vorroiK police force. It is also in teresting to read the fact that this particular Klan states that it i muitaryi and that a military com paiiy will be trained and drilled ina mat nflos will 'be issued tn this secret organization. If this is a straw indicating the way in which rne tvu Klux wind is blowing, it is not v unreasonable to suppose thai in the course of time thore will be gigantic, secret, national orcani- xation drilled as soldier. lor the autoemtie onmmn.i nf 'Emperor of, the Invisible Empire." ine .newsletter" above quoted igaiu riRikes an extract from the report of the Exalted Cyclops of the Norfolk Klan, which is really more itnngerous to the TTiiit.i at...,, .v.... he one previously discussed. It i more dangerous for the reason tha t reriects the insane light of reli". ious fervor and fantieism in con nection with thit movement. nnH snows now the attempt of Simmon Duitd n secret Empire on the re- igloos idea is bearing its frnii bespeak for this effusion a P,.r tin readintr: I did not think it possible that ny enthusiasm for our noble ord could be increased, but your lotto h fourteenth instaat. has fill d ms with added inspiration. Hav ing been offered an opportunity for service in the fietu m jaiMoun, x am resigning my position with, the government here and hope soon to be among the chosen disciples of new freedom to the world. Beyond the simple office" of treasurer in my home country I have never sougnt nublic honors nor craved politica preference, but in the glorious work of this God-inspired order every ounce of my energy will strive for excellence. I shall never eek the honor or preferment of office cx cept wherein I may contribute to the honor and preferment of my Klan. My fellow Klansmen have here seen fit to confer upon me tne highest honor within their power. and God being my witness, I would not barter it for any other honor that life may told. My only con solation in leaving my faithful Klan for a time is that I may aid in the promulgation of the glorious institutions of freedom which my sons battled for beneath the Stars and Stripes for which I have pledg ed my blood beneath the flaming syni'bol of an unconquered race of men." These "News-letters" are valua ble as showing the mental attitude of the workers and members of the Ku Klux Klan. They show that wherever it is possible the nation al organi.ation desires to throw its net around the officers of the law. and enroll them in the system. Un der the guise of assisting the au thorities to enforce the law this is done( and to my personal knowl edge many conscientious and capa ble officers of the law Believe that the idea is a goad one. At the eame time it is an alarming situation when police " officer 'and sheriffs who have already iaken one, oath to the States in which, they reside take another a vicious and illegal obligation to an "'Invisible Em pire," ruled-autocratically by one man who has in mind plans he does not reveal to his followers. What is to happen when tho chief of po- ice of a city swears to obey "un conditionally" all laws, regulations, decrees and edicts of the Ku Klux Klan "whieh, have been or which may bo hereafter enacted." Whatever excuse teh original Ku Klux Klan may have had for its existence,- it is impossible to con- eive any situation arising in this ountry at the present time that calls fo any extrajudicial organi zation, functioning in secret, and composed of men wearing robes and maks to c ) 'al tho identities. And along this line, I want to call at tention to a historical fact. The original Klan was organized and functioned at a time when the courts and law-enforcing machinery of the South were paralyzed, but. as soon as the courts began to ad minister justice, General Forrest, the Urand Witard, of the Ku Klux Klan, issued an order disbanding the oreanization on the ground that it was no longer needed. Surely, if the originl Klan( having functioned as an enormous -vigilance com mittee" in several States, found that its services were not required, what real excuse can be advanced for the continuance of an extra judicial organization in these days of ample courts, able offioert oi the law and the administration of just ice f It seems to me that there ere more than enough law-enforcement agencies in the United States, If the system of judicature in the United States is to helpless that a secret, masked, "Invisible Empire" is necessary to enforce the law, thon the cold truth is that the Federal and State governments are abject failures. This then, being the case, it should be the duty of the people to devise ways and means to create and maintain a new sys tem. In tho face of the fact that this country has grown from a few small colonies to one of the great est of the world powers, and that the Constitution of the United States has been the basic law under which this has been done, and that our system of law enforcement is entirely adequate, the attempt on the part of any organizifi0what- evcr to take upon vtseir tne en forcement of the law is a piece of presumptuous impudence. All laws are made and enforced by represen tatives of the whole people. They aro not enacted by or for the bene fit of a class and they cannot be enforced by a class. The "News-letter" also indicates that the teachings of Simmons are taking firm root in the minds of the religious element of the coun try. While I may be disputed on this point, I believe, from my ob servations in various sections of the ountry which I have visited, that the people of the' South, as a whole ake their churches and their re igions more seriously than do peo ple elsewhere.. The .ifrhole structure of modern Ku Jvluxism. is an at- cmpt to "clothe its real purposes and intentions in the garb of the bakwoods religious revival. Its rit ualism is of the camp-meeting or der, and all its ceremonies, as 1 shall show later tend to awaken the emotions of provincial Protest antism. History has shown in num- rous instances that where this re ligious fervor is aroused, it produces blind fanaticism that is one of the most dangerous forces in the ody politic when it is turned loose. The inability of the fanatic to differentiate between the polit ical activities of the Roman Catho lic Hierarchy and the Roman Catho lic Church as a great religious in stitution is one of the greatest men aces of the Ku Klux movement. The "News-letters" show further that already the fanatical "citizens" of the "Invisible Empire" are catching hold of the idea of auto cracy, and that the "suojeote are addressing their rulor as ''Your Majesty." ' Were the situation not ao serious and of nch vital momeirt to the American peopieTlilTTS B.u Jtluxism would be '"' greatest pieces of fc11Sl M ', petrated upon the AmJ"" f lie. cntl i. (Continued Tomor A Ff M I S.S.S.WillRidYouofIUl r, - Blackh...rSk1. a hnii i . - . eh. ;i 7,.i? '"""'-rottf v. "fw, i ?,."," th., ' "bolllnr ud" unlil ."Wll , completely by the lis. of eS"2VJ Of th txmat nn..,..i . . ".8.8 . known to aclence. 8 s a i Iki the test of tlme7 Tn.'5'J1 Ins-redlsBt. i. ackno" oritlea. Its medicinal T,?' n VlKIlt nrr. it f Aura V "'If Pies; bolls, blotches, blacE,0'" eczema, rash and othiV, Jktaj1' 1 and does it thnm..DM "V mptv.. t- 7. - -"-". II (IHi,.. iu umjuu lmpurit a fct,! .'" f pur. build, 'up lost nlfi M Ar. y -op to th. k- U U4 to- VotUSI ft ,rltt.t 8. 8. 8. i. on. .1 th. imfrt 2S drV "tor'ln two J V hlMd-vulnsrs known. 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