Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, January 19, 1925, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUK THE CAPITAL JOiRNAL, SALEM, OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1925 CapitalJtJournal R.l.m flresan An Independent Newpper Publlthed erery erenlng except Sundty Telephone (1; newi ill CEOHCB PUTNAM. Editor end PublUlter Regulating the Klan A bill U reported in preparation for the Oregon legislature, modeled on the New York law, which would compel secret societies to file a list of membership with the secretary of Rtnte to retain its charter for operation. The bill is aimed at the Ku Klux Klan, which is the only secret organization oneratine in the dark and ashamed of its membership. The bill, if it materializes, will be vigorously fought by the Klan, for publicity is fatal to it. lwo years ago tne juan controlled both houses of the legislature as well as the executive and. even yet, has a scattered membership in both houses. The organization jealously guards its following, lest it be used as a "sjeker list" by other than its own exploiting officials. In Kansas, the supreme court has held that the Ku Klux Klan cannot do business in the state without submitting to the Kansas corporation law, as it is not in any sense a benevolent organization as proven by its sales of membership and regalia, and being a commercial, money-making concern comes under control of the Blue Sky law. Last Spring the Virginia supreme court rendered the same kind of a decision, holding that Klan business methods put it outside the benevolent and patriotic class of societs, and therefore that it must submit to corporation regulations, which require reports upon officers and business. The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon should be subject to the aame restrictions as other selling organizations organized and exploited to enrich a few at the expense of many. Needed Badly Approval of Governor Pierce's suggestion that the Oregon Agricultural college be given entire control of game matters is voiced by the Corvallis Gazette-Times, for then "there could be a course in fly-casting, duck-blind building, and how to tell a man from a deer, etc.," taught by the college. There are no courses needed by the "sportsmen'' of the slate more than those suggested. If the college could incul cate true sportsmanship enough to substitute scientific fly fishing among the pole, spoon and bait club members for hardware, "hot-dogs,'' salmon eggs and dynamite, replace shoot-'em in the back pump-gun pot hunting with wing shooting, and shorten open seasons, wild life might get something like an even break. It is not necessary, however, to turn over game control to the 0. A. C. to secure these courses. The college is always on the lookout for new courses to add to its wonderful assort ment to justify more appropriations and a hint to the wise should be sufficient. Certainly courses in hunting and fishing would be just as useful to the future farmers as baby-nursing, cafeteria man agement, movie picture photography and other established branches of the O. A. C. agricultural curriculum. Stimulating Murder As an incentive to the policemen to put forth heroic efforts to exterminate crime and criminals from the city, a prominent St. Louis business man has publicly offered to pay $100 to every officer who shoots and captures a bandit and $500 to each officer who kills a robber. This places a premium on murder and will go further to increase crime than to diminish it, for many will bo shot on suspicion. Lured by the reward and the certainty of escaping penalty in case of mistake, policemen will shoot to kill rather than capture suspects. In Portland, the police have tolerated a band of Kluxers organized as "vigilantes" to aid in Ihe suppression of crime. They wear special stars and are given police guns. The only result has been the wonton murder of a faithful watchman for which the murderer escaped punishment. Crime has increased more rapidly than ever. When the police fail to control crime, the fault is usually with the police. Either more police are needed, or there are favoritism, politics, demoralization and lack of effective discipline in the force. This is the case in Portland, where the police are Ku Kluxcd. . IIPGIIKS SAYS AMERICA NOT COMMITTED (ConMniiPrt from Psko Ono clio of the war. Tlie 1 1 null, o statement said: "The portion of the agreement rearhrtl at the rtvi'nt confvrcino In lnts which relate to tho jirir tiriiritlon cf the United Sui.- in the I'awi alinulLlra h.i-i nlri-a bf'cn iMitiirfhftt in iho m-ivf-papd The full text of i lm n ki'ccmhmi t in on 1U uny to this country nml will be puhlishoil Bonn as rrrrlved In the meant iim It m-iy ho c.iiil: IN'Mik rrmMuii" "(l Tho confeicnri of finimcc mink-tors ht'ltl at 1'aris v:n for the purpu.xp of rfachlnj; an iiKi't'ini'iit hj lo tho nllorallon of tho pay ment cxprcUM thiiumh i ho up- eratlnn of the D.iwos plan. In View of Iho inclusive character uf tlieMi payment it was neceHary for tho United Stales to take pail In tho conference in orjer to pro tect Us interest. "(2) The e inference at Paris was not a bmly. aReivy or com mission provilou for eilhrr by otn treaty with Cermauy or by the treaty of Versailles. In Liking part In IhW conference there was no violation of the reservation attach ed by the fu-nata to the treaty of Doilm. "(J) The agreement reached at Park was simply for the allocation of the payments made umler the IMwm plan. It does not provide for fanctiona or deal with nny questions that miftht arise of the contemplated payment! ahouM n-t be safe. With reaped to any audi contingency the agreement In Par la puta the United State un der no obligation legally or mor ally and the United BUtei will be m frs aa It ever was to take any course or action It may think d vlsnble." ,'(4 Tha agreement at Parla neither surrenders nor modifies ny treaty right of tho United Btatea." I p Til KaeratlTO Suggestions that tho Parla agree ment require submission to con KrtHA aro not regarded by Admin istration ieadeia as valid. They take ihe view that It has been the Immemorial policy of tho Washing t n Kovemment that the execu tive deal with all mitt era relating to tho collection of claims ngalnat other nations. The etato depart ment today reiterate I ita denial of a Ktory that A in ha: wa dor Kellosg had sounht to qualify American 'lun i tut o of the agreement with a re-mhitlon nluolvlng the I'niti-J St itc specifi. ally from any obli gations or commitments In con mctioii with the agreement. It was explained at the department that such a st-p w.n regarded n un-lioees-i.iiy. Thelo appeared to bo every desire at ih department to repaid I'arU in-Huliuli.ins aa a closed Incident, The aecropiry waa nald nt the While llouso to have obtained for his Klat.inent the complete sanc tum oi tho president before It w.w issued. Senator Willis of Ohio, a repub lican member of the foreign rela tion' com m It tee, (l,'iissp, Die 1'acis settlement tod iv wilh the preid. fit but declined to say what ariKlo of the question waa consul- red. Senator .lohlison. whose ra,u th n 1 to come up Wednesday in the foreign relation committee, lecllned to comment on Secretary H UK lies' alateinent oilier than to ' bla resolution wan of ln- qu ry and that he woald aeek all the facta in the case. TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE mU tion of vi-sn-itnws m..i.k MONROHPALLS Bit U np l VBBt lEiMSIUlLlUVOlRl HORIZONTAL I. A nlwll rbh . VmhI 7. Consumed 9. A roding place 10. KplM TC I J. Kcfiiiiic rottftlug ahjift 14. ArabUi (nbbr.) 15. Vuhi 17. An at-Hon (law) IK. Valley in fiermmuy 20. An operative '.2. Aiiierlr-nn pedllloiin ry foi (Hour.) :3. Canine 'J4. Part (f a church 27. A duck 9. (1'orL'in (abhr.) 0. Terrestrial iole :i3. I'ronoiiji SI. lb-fore 10. An KiruMcan liousc cod S 7. Over ZH. Australian bird 10. Itoslelrv 41. Tu double In narrow folds VERTICAL 1. Assht 2. i:ist X. Iionla 4. North AmcrifA 5. Fttvtrrn 6. Koulli American country . Merit . B.irrler 10. lOllher 1 1. '(llee depree is. orriritiiis iKTHim 15. A color 16. FJfrypllan God Iff. Doc. haie 21. Period of lime ?5. TO IKH'l 6. Den I 2. Verily I'.l. Snrru dennllnir leolirl :2. TlioiMlorc ItiNmctelt A3. TyiKtr;ililik-ul nicnurenienl 37. I h.ii :t9. JVfiiosliion 10. I'niiiouu HOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE The way to srilvo Um Oroas Word Pitxzle U to fill In the wbite qtiArea of the diagram with tho worda which asree with the arootn- wuiiii ueiuiiuoiia. 'live defuiliioua aro DuiuDcrcd to cori-epoad wtui tuo nuiiioera on tua auivm. Any word defined In the ten nnder "HORIZONTAL will befrin at Ita number, altown on the diaenuu, and will extend all the way mvrwm to the first black aiiare to the rUfht of that number. That lb, Hh word must begin In tiie Miuiro that coutalns lu ldentlflna; num ber, and extend as far a the white Minorca continue uninterruptedly. Any word il'Tined under ttVf.nTlCA1.m will also been, In the white spa oo that contain it number, but will extend duwuward as far as Ihe white spaces reualn uninterruptedly. A Modern Marriage ; An Ahfwirhinir Novel 'yBy ID AH McGLONE GIBSON f BRINGING UP FATHER "f-MAGGIE WHV CAN'T I HAVE jOME TVIIH TO CAT THAT I LIKE? CopyrlRht 1921 Gcoreo Matthew Adams WHAT WOULD THE PEOPLE I Think if the- -saw . -J U EATING t)OCH COMMON 1 U V uraH" At TOO UIKE? A STRANGE MARRIAGE PACT Richard Starmount waa afraid of letting his satisfaction show in his face when the coroner decided to proceed wit h out Kath ly a Leon ard'a testimony. "In a moment another officer came up," the policeman continu ed, "and leaving; him to guard the body X went Into the house to tela phone headquarters. I was for bringing both Miss Leinard and Evans over to the station, but ! tective BKeiton, who had come with the ambulance, aald he would answer for the woman. You have all that Evana said when question ed at the station." "That wilt do," said the coronsr 'Call Officer fcieglw." "Did you find any finger prints on the gun?" Starmount leaned forward In his chair. "Some of them were blurred, but we found a surprising number of thumb prints on the gun. One or two very good ones evidently a man's. One much smaller might be a woman's. One, on the end of the gun. we identified as Officer Murphy's, who picked the weapon up. And one other that was so blurred that It can never be iden tified. We know only that It is different from all the others." The man placed photographs of the prints In front of the coroner. "That will do. Call Murphy again." "Hud this gun been fired?' "Yea, air." "How many shells were empty?" "One. And a bullet of the same caliber was found this morning In the body of Elton Kosa at the autopsy." "That will do. Call Mr. Rodney Evans." After telling his name and oc cupation the coroner asked Rod ney to teM his story in his own words. This he did, giving It In even more detail than he had told It to elLher the police or Star mount, his attorney. He did it with no show of emotion as if he had do thought that anyone would connect him with the case. "You aay you were calling on Miss Leonard between half past eleven and twelve o'clock at night?" suddenly interrupted the coroner. "Yes." "Are you in the habit of calling on women at that hour?" "Mii Kathlyn Leonard la my wife." There was a distinct stir at tills assertion, "How long have you been mar ried ? "Nearly a year and a half. It was a secret marriage." "Miss Leonard has gone by her own name all this time?" "Yes. Not even our most inti mate friends or relatives know of the marriage." "Where were you married?" "Down in hte Great Smoky mountains, by one of the traveling preachers that happened to be at the place where we had stopped hoping to find a j istlce of the peace." Again there was a stir in the courtroom. "It was hla day for wholesale marriages, which is a custom down there, and we were just one cou ple among the rett." "Have you your marriage cer tificate ?" Fo r an 1 ns t a n t Rolney's face became purple. It ha I not until this moment ccme into his mind that anyone would doubt his word about the wedding. Dick Starmount Interrupted soft ly: "The certificate is usually giv en to the bride. It Is probable that Mrs. Evans has it among her treasures. However, until she is able to recognise anyone ehe will not be able to tell where It may be found." A took of incredullity passed be tween the officers. "Were you a friend of the mag who was killed' "I have known Elton Foaa for many years." "Don't evade the question." "We were not friends, although we were not open enemies." "Was Mr. Koss a friend of Mrs, Evans?" "I do not know." "is it possible that husbands do not know whether their wives are frieiully to certain men?" "I did not. The condition of our marriage, ma-le between ourselves were that each should have his or her own house, his or her own friends, and live his or her own life." "That was a queer sort of mar llage, was It not?" "Perhaps. liut It suited Miss Leonird und myself. We were t-atLsftcd that the only bond should be our love." "Mr. Kvans, have you any theory about this murder?" "None whatever, but I was hand ed this letter by your man at the Information desk as I came in. It may provo a clue for your detec tives." Ho handed the typewritten sheet to the coroner. "Why, this was written cither by a crank or someone who knows about the murder. Skelton, will you take care of this? 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