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PAGE FOUR THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1925 CapitalA-Journal Salem. Orecon An Independent Newipaper Published ry trenlng axcapt Bunday Telephone 81; new 81 OKOKGB PUTNAM, Editor and PuMUaer Protecting Presidents Congressman Reid, republican, of Illinois, proposes federal laws "to make it unlawful to solicit or bribe any one to assist in a malicious attempt to impeach the president of the United Stales; and to make punishable an attempt to libel or slander the president of the United States, or to maliciously by words, writings, pictures or the like, tending to blacken the memory of any president who is dead or to impeach the honesty, integrity, virtue or reputation or to publish the natural defects of any president who is alive theret. to expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule." .Monarchs and kings from the earliest times have found it convenient to claim divine rights to shield themselves from public censure. Alexander the Great became so obsessed with his own importance and the necessity of confounding his critics that he proclaimed his own divinity. Augustus and the Caesars created themselves gods and set up their statues for public worship, so perhaps it's all in the course of empire for the republic to decree the presidency sancrosimct. This censuring, attacking, ridiculing and libeling the president, is however, part and parcel of the great American past-time of politics. Whenever partisanship becomes pas sionate, the flood gates of abuse are opened and the muddy torrent belches forth. The abler our presidents, the more they are libeled. No one was more villified than Washington in his day, or Jeffer son following. The abuse heaped on Jackson was matched only by that directed against Lincoln, and everyone is familiar with the systematic persecution of Wilson. Yet some how the republic survived and the fame of the presidents shines all the bl ighter to posterity for their scouring in the slime of slander. Better far the abuses of free speech and press than their curLiilment, for when the humblest cannot criticise the highest his public servant, we cease to function as a democracy to ape the decadent autocracies of the old world. TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL 1. Opw,site nf fill X. Jtul!m (nlibr.) 3. Menial liuugv 4. Ky 5. A palb IVone 7. Tattered H. Ignition ft"l of Mlit !. l.jOor 10. limn 11. l orn 1I la. Ixinx H'e 13. tA's join! HOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE The way to antra the Croaa Word Puzzle li to fill In the while auuarea of tlie dluirram wliti the word wlileti airree Willi tlie neeom- uiii)iiiR definition.. The .lifiiiilloui arc uumberol to correspond will) lue nuinuvra on lue oiajrram. Any word defined In the text tinder ,IIOrzO"TAL will beclo at Ha number, alioun on tho dlncnun, and will extend all the wnj nrrose lo llw fifit black nimce to I lie ritrlit of Hint number. That Is, Hie word must begin In the tqunro that contain Ita ldenlirliia; num ber, and extend as fur aa I bo while sunn res continue uninterruptedly. An. word defined antler "VF.ItTICAr." will also beeln. In the white apaco that eonliiliis It. number, but will extend downward aa far aa the nhilo aiKicea remain uiiiiilrrruiiledlr. Congressional Hyprocricy lesumony ivcn m uoiiKressman acolt a divorce case again calls attention to the hypocricy prevalent in congress. which enacts dry laws and remains wet. Referring to social conditions in Washington, Mrs. Scott said: In Washington every tliiiu you turn mound it is n eorktall. We served them to everybody, even to the waiter in the hotel. Thoro woro always efi(,'-ncK partieu in WuuhinKton ut Christinas tlino. We went to them and I went with iny army friends. On the trip to Panama in 1U21 wo wives of congressmen were thrown together a lot because tho men gambled all day and drank. Drinking prevalent in official circles, at the McLean "breakfasts", at the "little red house on K street" on the Tories trips, are all matters of record. Every congressional junket is a booze party. And some of the worst boozers, such D". Congressman Langley re-elected with the support of the Anti-Saloon League after conviction in federal courts for conspiracy in looting government warehouses and selling the bo -to stored therein, arrested last week in Washington for drunkenness, are the loudest adherents of prohibition and staimchest advocates of the Volstead act. If congress is in earnest in drying up the country, it should pnend a fraction of the 55,000,000 spent for prohibition enforcement in drying itself up. Civil War Memories Among recent books of the civil war period, few are more interesting than "Some Memories of the Civil War'' by George Haven Putnam (Putnam & Sons, New York) who served as major in the 170th Regt. N. Y. S. Volunteers, and suffered incarceration in Libby prison. " Tis sixty years since"' reads the forward, "and two generations of American citizens have grown up since the war was begun with the firing of the first gun at Fort Sumter. It had seemed possible to Major Putnam that there would be interest for some members of the citizens of later date to have recalled to them a few of the incidents, and perhaps something of the atmosphere of those strenuous tvars 1861-G5." With war reminiscences and letters written while at Libby r'ving a vivid glimpse of treatment accorded war prisoners, are n number of lectures given by Major Putnam before his tori -1 ocieties upon topics related to the conflict and its origin, including addresses upon Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and other figures of the day, most of whom the author knew personally and intimately, making the book a valuabl contribution to civil war literal tiro. P an BANK BOARD JOS IK NAMED Frank C. llraiimell was yester day te-elec-ted slatu superintend eut of haul, a by unanimous vole hi the state liaukini; board, eeui nriseii of (iovernnr Tleree. S.v retary of state Kozer and Slap treasurer kuy. '1 lie appointment is for a period of four yearn. Hi h unveil has served as wiper intendent for four years, lie ,i same,! the duties of the offiee Jan uar, 2. 1921, ,y appointment of tho board, wbirh then cumpri I W. T. Vinton, anion governor: t) P. Iloff, state treasurer, and Sin: A. Kozer, secretary of slate. Vin ton was acting aa governor white liOTernor oleott was altendlui; a convention of governors at II ir rlsburg, Pa. After liia appointment yester.lay 'lr. Ilramwell announced the wlgnation of his assistant. W. t. dalr. which was effective No vember II, 1124, so Dial he eould become president o. the reorgan ised Lincoln county hank at To ledo. The board confirmed ap pointments made by llraaiwell yesterday as follows Mrvwirt. K. SI. Watson. II. () o:-et, I luKiiam llilliert; a.-Ut in e.iminers. t'. K. t'u.sUk. A. II 0! ion; tuvretnrr. Kdna A. Simouton iicnoxraplicr. Doris Allen: deputy -atperlntelid.Mits. lavl( K. Crah.i of Nyssa, A. li. famphcll of K: it: nn rails, (.corse K. Huston of l.a I'm.-, Georeo X. Hosteller ut l lie Dalles, William t'. t'ln i.-t.-n on of Newport and 1'. H. Norli -i of Shr.i w -o.l The do! -in -,. ,.r,, under s la I-:..., lino! :i, 10 iMiuiuate the ,v- els of Insolvent anil reorg.inil.e'l nanus. PRiSOHRUCiMiiTS" STATE PRINTER'S AUTO A lniHnr t Wilkin-, life IM-nlt.uill-uv, driven by II printer, colli nek ditven by l.lovd lermer of the state and an niitontoldle 8. ItowhRi-d, state il yesterday at Court -urn i-nureli streets, with heavy il.iioiiue t) llosshard's car. The truck, according 1o liosshards titeo,nt nt the poiiea tuon. "truck the left rear side of his car smashing a wheel, and bending a fender and an axle, lie snva the truck driver was looking In the opposite direction from that In which he Intcudrd. to ao. Warden Patrymnle torfiv ani.1 that Wilkin. ! one of the mo.i aref il and trustworthy men wlih a truck In the city and that he hi. ine conritietice of llhlyl1 gFP ' PIP SOM.TION OP VKSTEIlDAlt'S 1 I VERTICAL y I A Modern Marriage An Absorbing Novel kBy IDAH McGLONE GIBSON 1. Tlm-e-lcirced device 1(1. Manner II. I'ficoutli in. One uho uses IS. Iln'luro (ublir.l) 17. Vex -sl'iiil Itlnv of (ho (lead Slide To Mlt t'enliiry plant To testify Copyright 1921 Gcorgo Matthew Adams BRINGING UP FATHER THE ARltFST "A II Us Leonard opened the door." Rodney Evans continued Ur explanation to the officers, "we were able to recognise, just aa you came up. that the man was Kl'.on lose, a friend of outs." "Well, tho man is dead murder ed probably' roushly decided the policeman. "Here a a gun in his pocket. He must have had some enemiej or he W3uld not have sona around armed." I "I never knew that Mr. Fosa' waa in the habit of currying Sun, did you, KoJ?" spoke up Kathlyn, whose mind was working hard, knowing: that everything cither she or Rodney said would reyUur Itself on the officer's mind to be told at the inquewt. "Not this gun!" exclaimed the policeman suspiciously. "This gun Is wet.1 Neither Rodney nor K.ithlyn mi use J th fact that the policeman in handling the gun had taken it In his two fingers at the end of the barrel. Instantly they knew that he was thinking of fingerprints. Wrapping It carefully in his hand kerchief, the man dropped tt in his own pocket and, turning to Kath lyn, he asked: "You say you know this man?" "Yes, I know him very well. He called upon me this evening." "What time did he leave?" "He stayed quite late because of the storm. At last ho decided that he would have to brave the rain and left my house only a short time before Mr. Evans rang my bell. I was Just getting ready for bed when I heard Mr. Evans ring I though it was Mr. I-oss who had come back for something." Tho of floor fa.ed Kathlyn. "Who are you?" he asked. j I'm Kathlyn Leonard, a painter and Illustrator. I live here," she antnrered. pointing to the still op en door. "You know both these men well ?" ' V es, t hey bo t h have been friends cf mine." "Officer," interrupted Rodney. "I am Rodney Evans, an author and playwright. You probably know that I have a comedy on ai the Oritirton now. I have lived ut the Seven Atu club for five years. " Alias Leonard, you are drench ed with rain. Don't you think that you had better leave this mystery to be cleared up by thb officer and myself?" "The lady will be called upon to tell what she knows as well as you. I'll telephone now for an imbulance to take the body to the morgue," snapped the officer. The policeman blew his whistle and, ns though out of the air, two policemen came running to the spot. "A man has Just been shot here. You take care of tho body. I'm going into the ho us- of this lady to telephone the station. Come along Evans." Kathlyn and Rodney followed the officer Into the house. "Where's your telephone?" he demanded. "Right there on that desk." Aa the man va;ked toward It. his back was turned for an ineuant. Rodney's and Kathlyn'a eyes met. Rodney put his finger on his lips and Kathlyn slightly ndded. "Snd ovor the ambulance, Con roy, to twenty-seven eighty lie Doucrat. A man has just been murdered over here. "Yis, a man and wjmnn were standing ever the body, which was fount Just in front of where the. woman lives. "Yes. I'll bring them both over. You'd better send Skel.'on it he' there." "Surely, officer, you won't take Miss Leonard cut again in this storm. She Is wet and shivering now. She should be changing her clothes. I'll go with you if you want me and will annvvtr for the appearance of M iss Lena rd to morrow niormnt." "Oh, I'll go wit., the officer willingly," broke in Kathlyn who wanted to heir If possible what Kidney would say la explanation. "I'm sure you'll wait a littie until I change into some dry clothes." "Yes. go and do that, lady," the policeman shortly ordered. "Hers cuiiiva the ambulance.' Ho opened the door wide and Kuih'yn haj a confused uight ol many people gathered at her step. The raiu had suosidd into an Inten.ilttent drizzle. "How Ions will we be at th station, offir?" asked Kathlyn, taking a sudden resolv;. "C in't tell," was his gruff reply. "Well, I think I'll chance my wet cluthes a lil'Je longer. 1 don't think I'M change." "What's all this, Murpl.y?" au thoritatively asked a man in plain cluihcs coming into the room. "I found that body out there nnd tlicvu two people standing over it a few minute ago." Rodney Evans came forward eagerly. "You know me, Mr. Skel ton. do you not." Tomorrow Kaihlyn's Dark Hour, v K'La& mf Milk Forlnfantt, Children, Thm Ared Rich Milk. Malted Grain int. in nniul.. onu.n)n!ieThe Food-Drink for All Aje. Digestible No Cooking. A light Lunch aluray, at hard. Also in Tablet form. A?k for "Horlick't," at all Fountain,, ifctf" Avoid Imitation. Subttitutea ' ..... ......vf v. ninny DuaintW I men about town. v. .... ....... Aaaiatant auDerint.nrf.nt. flnvlrrAm 11-111,1,.. u , . .. N. Illroek; examiner, Stanley L.'boIIc atailun. Iv Gcorrre McMnnus I"" 7 .T I I I AM! flU fbET THM-t, 1 J I r ( WELL -,T w.. , I I I II I III ?OKT TEl-t- Voul- I - " Dius av Int-l Fti ' I ' V . 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