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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1922)
MONDAY, OCTOBER" 16, 1922 SATURDAY GRID SCORES UPSET ALL FORECASTS Surprises were the rule rather than the exception in. the foot ball world last Saturday after noon and fandom has not yet com ,.ti covered from some of k. ohnfiks it suffered. Yale's defeat by the Iowa eleven was the first news to upset the old dope tmcKei aim woo in ranid succession by re tiorts of the Washington-Idaho in which the Vandals held the mighty Sun Doflgers to a lone ,., fnr two points, and the ..ODt administered by Coach Frank's Pacific University aggre gation In blocking the supposedly powerful Oregon asbw The Aggies nosed out a 3-0 vic tory. Oregon's defeat by the Mult nomah Club eleven was not wholly unexpected, but the size of the score, 20 to u, was siarumg tn the lemon-yellow followers. The purported strength of the Washington State College eleven was also disputed by the results of its Saturday clash with Gon- laga. The Cougars had difficulty in edging out with the long end of a 10 to 7 score. In the south Southern Cali fornia defeated Arizona 15 to 0, Stahford won from. Santa Clara 7 to 0, and California recorded the only walkaway in trimming St. Mary's 41 to 0. ROOSTERS BARRED FROM MAIL BUT CHICKS TAKEN Washington, Oct. 16. The old barnyard rooster can not travel by Unted States mail, but day old chicks, according to a post office department announced to day, still mR be shipped from place to piace, provided their Journey may be completed within 72 hours. Moreover, these chicks may be insured against loss, but not against death. Harmless live animals, rated as Inoffensive, and not requiring food or water in transit, may go by mail along with baby terr ains, soft shelled crabs, blood worms and chameleons. Under I new regulations live alligators up to 20 inches in length are the only live alligators Uncle Sam will handle. People of Oregon Really On Trial In Coming Election (From the Oregon Voter.) Ben W. Olcott is not on trial; it is the people of Oregon who are on trial at the coming election. me question is whether the people of this state really anDre elate a nonpolitical administration that is honest, economical and above all, efficient. The efficiency is due to the quality and caliber of the governor's appointees. The most capable men in Oregon were api)oi"i-eu, ana were chosen re gardless of politics. Will the vot ers of this state remember this, and does it mean anything to them it they do remember it? The politicians are either against Olcott, or are lukewarm. Many are against him because he refused to play their game. They are supporting Pierce, just to get Olcott out, hoping that four years hence they can elect a republican governor who will play the game in a political way. Many republican politicians are simply lukewarm. They are sup porting Olcott, not because tuey like him more, but because they like a democrat less, especially Pierce. They are also afraid lest Pierce will prove a bull in a china shop doing immense damage without any constructive good to make up for any part of the dam age. This fear and dread of Pierce is real, ana prompts reverisn ac tivity in the republican camp to re-elect Olcott, but there is no love for Olcott behind their activity. No organization in Oregon to day, and no great newspaper is be hind Ben W. Olcott for re-election in any way that implies enthus iasm for Olcott. That reason is that Olcott has done the bidding of no organization and no news paper. He has been governor for all the people, and a good govern or, one of the best governors of any state. He has maintained his appointed men who would admin ister efficiently, asking no politi cal support from them in return. He has conscientiously avoided dictating patronage to his ap pointees, or even recommending job-hunters to them. He has held them responsible, not for political or personal loyalty to the appoint ing power, but for results for the state of Oregon. . Olcott is a marked contrast to the old type of governor, who usually was a political spellbinaer, a political boss or the creature of a political boss or machine. This is the type the people of every state have been familiar with. We have had several governors in Ore gon who were not of that type, but none who was so entirely dif ferent from that type as Olcott has proven himself to be. Olcott has proven faithful to the whole people. He has proven to be an economical and able ad ministrator,, who had the faculty. of selecting the best men for ap pointees and of inspiring them to realize that they were free to dotferences are being used as effec- their best for the whole people. He has not played politics. He has avoided building up a political or personal machine or organization. He has been on the square with the whole people.'The question is, do the people of Oregon appreci ate this high type of governor, or will they turn back to the old type of spellbinder, boss or politi cal manipulator? It really is the people of Oregon who are on trial. TRANSMIT POWER FROM MA TO NEW YORK New lork, Oct. 16. Transmis- ion of power from Niagara Falls to New York is a possibility, of tne future, in the opinion of Dr. VV. E. F. Alexanderson, chief engineer of the Radio Corporation in3 prediction followed the sue cess of 16 hour test of electron tubes in place of large alternators in transmitting wireless messages across the Atlantic ocean KLUXERS LOSE GRIP (Continued from Page One.) lower house of the legislature without marked complaint from her constituents, had the women's vote solidly behind her, would have received the Purity League vote without aid of the klan, and ine result of the balloting showea her to be the favorite In those precincts where the klan was a negligiie factor. ; Open Fichts Lost. In the only two instances where endorsed candidates had nothing ut the O. K. of the Ku Klux to recommend them, the outcome of 'he election was a direct repudia tion of the nightshirt party, al- though the strength shown in one oi these contests by the yellow ucnet candidate was disturbing. Despite the factj, that the klan threw the strengh of its machine erectly behind Rev. Joseph Jef frey, for the republican nomina- ""a for state representative, against E. N. Hurd, incumbent, jd lames Mott, and instructed its members to "single shoot" for -irey, the minister was decisive ly defeated. uue perhaps to the concentra- "01 of the klan forces nn a nrn- eram to completely control city Wices, S. A. Wold, with nothing recommend his candidacy save the endorsement of the klan, came "urn n votes of defeating E. G. earhart for the office of city po judge. Wold was practically ".uwn, vbile Gearhart has "ed for years in the capacity ' Police judge and had never be- oeen opposed for election. He iai1 displeased ever, by 'neir or the klan, how- flatly refusing to join rganization, and his office the Practilly the only one in dictatjonn0t Contro!lea by visible Police Officers Fired. nat?ejaUnt ' the klan to domi for tv, possibIe- cty government clearw , U secured, was 'early evident t),.,. Mux " lue Mavor u "e kluxing of of hi. mner aad the entrance Chief of i,- poIitical appointee, w'r. f C"UD- int the diatel. h foIlowe'1 aInost imme the J'irl , ""eaniiation" of MtlT lepartm't that elimi--a two patrolmen. Ln n,.m. and John Cornos, who had been raised Catholics, and their re placement with members of the klan. Repeated attempts had been made to secure the discharge of Fire Chief Ed Foster, also a Cath olic, on trumped up charges re garding his conduct of the duties of plumbing inspector, all of them trivial, but in this direction the Koo Koos have so far been un successful. It is to be noted with significance that prior to the klan's entry into Astoria Foster had heen generally acclaimed an efficient officer. Except for the-fact that the vot ers approved the proposal to scrap to old form of city government and substitute the city manager plan in the spring election, the klansmen would have had reason to rejoice over the success of their city ticqet in the primary. For mayor they nominated O. C. Nar- vestad, understood to be pledged to the perpetuation, of the policies and practices ofthe Bremner ad ministration; E. B. Hauke for city treasurer; R. A. McClanathan, city engineer, and J. A. Hellberg, F. C. Green and J. D. Snell as councilmen. Their candidate for constable, W.' E. Blackstock, was also nominated. Foreign Vote Controlled. The acceptance of the city man ager plan, however, did away with all of these offices except that of constable, and left the candidates with nominations for offices that did not exist. Analysis of the vote cast in the primary proved the strength of the klan in the precincts popu lated by the foreign element, and its weakness In the purely Ameri can portions of the city. While the results of the primary election did not react to any na- ienai local advantage to tne Ku Kluxers in Clatsop county, the campaign, had enabled them to subordinate a large part of the public office holders to their dom ination. It is always difficult to determine definately who is and Vho is not a member of the Ku Klux Klan, except those wim m the interests of the klan's activi ties and growth have to make their identity known, hut person al associations and alignment in political activity in Astoria had defintely placed District Attorney J. O. Erickson, Chief of Police Carlson, John Fry, councilman and county commissioner; John Arnold, councilman; O. C. Narves- tad, councilman; Leo J. Tuomala, justice of the peace; E. E. Gray, school board member, and Mar shall Thurston, Warreuton, all in the camp of the klansmen. Sev eral other officers and public em ployees in the county were strong ly suspected of membership in the klan, but definite proof of their af filiation was lacking. Klan Packs Juries. Of the law enforcement branch es of government! however, the klan lacked control of only one of fice, that of sheriff. Juries in the justice court at Astoria were be ing packed with klansmen, and it was openly charged and never de nied that through County Com missioner Fry the circuit court jury list was also made to read like an accurate roster of Ku Klux members. Crystalization of sentiment which had long been voicing dis connected threats of recall against Sheriff Ole Nelson for alleged mis conduct in office, was brought about late In the ipring through the klan's control of the executive committee of the Purity league, or1 Law Enforcement League, as It is now called. Because of his loose ness in the matter of law enforce ment, especially as the laws re lated to liquor trafficing and vice, Sheriff Nelson had not been bit terly fought by the klansmen, al though his wife was a Catholic. .But Nelson's flat refusal to dis charge Vince Bakotich, one of his deputies, brought upon his head the full ire of the klan. Bakotich, a veteran of 20 years or more of police work in Clatsop county and an efficient officer, was,, as an of ficer, objectionable to the klans men for two reasons; first, he was a Catholic; second, he had been an active enemy of the klansmen and his personal investigations had revealed not only the identity of many of thaKu Kluxers, but had uncovered and hindered much of their conspiring. Offered to Compromise. That it was Sheriff Nelson's re fusal to discharge Bakotich and not his own shotcomings that cost him his job in the recall election of August 11, and that it was the klan that engineered the recall through the Law "Enforcement League, is amply evidenced by. the fact that after the recall petitions had been perfected a-ad an opposi tion candidate named. Nelson was given a chance to save his official head by certain officers of the Ku Klux Klan, who informed him that if he would then relieve Ba kotich of his star the recall would be dropped. Nelson's reiteration of his re fusal to fire Bakotich, although the deputy, who knew of the offer made by the klansmen, volunteer ed to quit, resulted In the calling of the recall election. When the recall started O. B. Setters, Astoria attorney closely THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, :haiging clansmen OREGON PAGE THREE affiliated with, if not a member of the klan, was put forward at the recall candidate. He refused to make the race, however, and those in charge of the movement then put Harley J. Slusher, e klansman, forward for the office. Recall Successful. With sentiment general against Nelson by reason of oft repeated charges of misconduct in off let and the added fact that he wa. then under indictment for disor derly conduct, the recall was suc cessful and Slusher went Into of fice with a majority of about 500 votes. His office is now being con ducted from the outside by Lem A. Dever, editor of the klan papei in Astoria, and the klan's defeated candidate for state representative, Rev. Jeffrey. " . The klan's fear of publicity wa; well examplified in Astoria. When the first organization work was in progress the Evening Budget, edited by Merle Chessman, took a determined stand against it and exposed the movement in its trui light. When threats failed to si lence the Budget a boycott wat proclaimed against it, pnd when this failed the klansmen organizec a stock company and attempted tt buy the paper. Unsuccessful iii this move the kluxers launched a propaganda organ of their-own, the weekly Western American, placing at the disposal of Editor Dever some $20,000 to be expend ed on a plant. Dever, up to a week before he accepted the editorship of the Western American, was known as the most rabid anti klansman In Astoria Boycott in- tivey in securing business for the Western American as were direct threats in lining up members for the klan. Elan Breaking Apart. As I said before, the Ku Klux Klan is now high in the saddle in Clatsop county and riding hard. But they are riding to a fall. Al ready discord and dissatisfaction with boss rule are wrecking the movement. The leaders are fight ing among themselves over the ivision of spoils already secured and in prospect, and the good members are losing their enthus iasm. In the heighth of its power the klan was reputed to have i a the neighborhood of 800 members in Catsop county. At a recent meeting called to select and en dorse candidates for the general election ticket only 200 were pres ent, and these were so divided as to be beyond control of the lead ers. The sponsorship of the com pulsory school bill, which is a di rect blow at the Lutherans, lost the Ku Kluxers scores of mem&urs and more votes in Clatsop county. Nothing but the vague hope of success for their local cautrrdates in the coming general election, with its prospect of public plun der," graft and patronage to be dis pensed, is keeping the klan from splitting wide open. At its recent nominating and endorsing meeting the klan pin ned its token of approval on Wal ter M. Pierce, for governor; O. P. Hoff, state treasurer; B. F. Han son, stata labor commissioner; S. S. George, superintendent of pub lic instruction. Dissention in Banks. Principal interest centered, however, on the selection of can didates for city and county offi cers, where the spoils would not be so foreign to their clutches. To reco.yer the loss sustained when the voters deprived their success ful candidates of offices to fill in the city charter, the nominated a complete new ticket for city' offices, with Mr, Setters at Its head as the an proved candidate for mayor, thus maKing me contest for mayor un 1erl,the new charter a three cornered affair. For city commis sioners they endorsed G. A. Hell berg, A. S. Skyles, E. B. Hauke and John Arnold, all klansmen. Because R. W. Skallsrud, who had received the yellow ticket en dorsement for port commissioner in 'he primary, riled the Dever faction of the klan in opposing the mayorality candidacy of Setters, it is reported that the Dever force will now "single shoot" on a dark horse in opposition to Skallerud. The Ku Kluxers hope to profit materially by- the patronage to be dispensed by the port commission, as all of the three successful can didates for the commission carried the approval of the klan in the primary and are unopposed for of fice now, Skallerud and his fol lowers in the klan are' reported to be against Setters because Setters refused to serve his brothers when he declined the recall nomination for sheriff. Would Discipline Mott. James Mott, who has invited the displeasure of the Kluxers by re fusing their advances, and declin ing to pledge his vote as a prob able state representative to "Kap" Kubli for the speakership, is an other office seeker for whom the nightshirt brigade has its guns out. The word has been passed around that in this contest the klansmen are to "single shoot" for another dark horse, who entered the race too late to get his name on the ballot. He is A. A. Ander son, attorney, and a kla'nsman of the first water. Before drawing tne curtain on Astoria it might be timely to enu- l merate a few of the others who have graced the klan meetings with their presence and who have been actively interested in the or der, men such as Dr. M. H. Smith, Dr. C. B. Pittinger, Dr. Swart, D. E. Lagassee, shoe merchant; Olaf Anderson Jr., Ash Houston, George Cobb, S. P. & S. conductor; Rob ert Grubb, S. P. & S. conductor; Dad" Reed, S. P. & S. conductor; Frank Berg, druggist; Fred Wil son, photographer; Jack Burgess, contractor; Tony Canessa, aan nery foreman and supposed Cath olic; Mr. Noble, local manager for Lang & company; E. H. Flagg, ed itor of Warrenton, and the follow ing United States postal employes; Tell Willikson, Andrew Olsen, Ray Grush, Louie Ness, Louie Torkel son, Arne Larson, O. J. Peacock, Hans Bue and William Wilson. , (Tomorrow The Klan in Pendleton.)' That's Why Yon're Tired ! Oul of Sorts Have No Appetite Your Liver is alooaisb CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER FILLS will help put you right In tt four Anvrn J. iHt" torn ER5 III I SwKS. IVER (PILLS Y7"E state it our honest be ' lief that for the price asked. Chesterfield gives the greatest nine in Turkish Blend cigarettes ever offered to smokers. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. So different h this ciga 'rette that it is mild and yet it satisfies. Its mildness is the more unusual be cause of its satisfying body V and flavor. 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