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THE CAPITAL JOiRNAL, SALEM, OREGON
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1925
CapitalJtJournal
R.l.m flresan
An Independent Newpper Publlthed erery erenlng except Sundty
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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
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9. A roding place
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15. Vuhi
17. An at-Hon (law)
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(Hour.)
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VERTICAL
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6. Koulli American country
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16. FJfrypllan God
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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? The writer
ot this says that Elton Foss be-
t rayed the wives of many men and
that he got only what was coming
when hs was shot to death at the
hand of a wronged husband."
"What do you make of this, Ev
ans?"
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