Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, January 23, 1925, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUK THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1925 CapitaljLJournal Salem. Oregon n Independent Newspaper Fubllahed eTery erenlng except Sunday Telephone 81; oewa 81 CKORCB PUTNAM. Editor end Publisher Placing the Responsibility George L. Cleaver, state prohibition commissioner, and special protege of Governor fierce, is being "investigated" by the legislature. What will be discovered remains to be seen. That Mr. Cleaver has violated other laws to enforce one, trampled upon the Bill of Rights, infringed treaties with foreign governments and generally been lacking in judgment and tact, is a matter of record, but in all of his actions, he has had the approval of Governor Pierce. Mr. Cleaver owes his predicament to his excessive zeal, his lack of discretion, his appointment of fanatics, crooks and skalawags as deputies, his refusal to cooperate with either federal or state officials, his illegal searches upon unverified anonymous tips, the insults and insolence of his irresponsible snoopers and his control by the Anti-Saloon League officials, who now he has served their purpose, are the first to abandon him. Rut in all this, he has had the support of Governor Pierce. Mr. Cleaver has, however, done his blundering best to enforce the unenforcible laws placed upon the statute books by the legislature itself. He has taken these enforcement statutes literally and the legislature has been given an object lesson in its own folly in passing superfluous sumptuary laws at the instance of hysterical blocs. Responsibility for Cleaver and his actions, rests not only upon the Governor, but upon the legislature itself, which made a Cleaver possible and gave him the money and laws to work with. Any resolution of censure for administration of fool laws should include censure for their creators and pro vide for their repeal. TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE The Great Wet Nurse In a recent senate speech, Senator Bruce, of Maryland, said it was getting to be the popular idea of parties that "the frovernment is nothing but a great wet nurse" and that the Statue of Liberty should be "replaced by a bottle of pap." Since the reign of special privilege has perverted govern ment into an instrument granting special favors for the profit of a few at the expense of the many, there is no end to the demands made, and the government is looked to as the source of all good and evil. It furnishes a convenient alibi for fail ure and loud and lusty is the clamor for pap. If business is poor, the government must remedy it. If farmers insist on raising surplus crops, they must be guar anteed a profit. If competition cuts into monopoly products, it must be eliminated by tariff. If any industry is econom ically unsound, it must be subsidized. In short the govern ment is nowadays expected, as a result of the political demagogy that has run rampant, to insure prosperity for all. Notwithstanding $2.00 wheat and high prices for grain, due not to tariffs or subsidies, but to the economic law of supply and demand, Senator McNary has introduced the McNary-IIaugen bill, first designed to insure $1.50 for wheat, and enlarged its scope so as to have a government price guaranteed on all the principle farm commodities in defiance of economic law. To be consistent, he should also include a guarantee of profits to the prune, berry, hop and other growers of his own country and arrange reimbusoment for losses sustained in recent years. Our great wet nurse should not confine her pap to wheat growers, but pass it out to all of us. A good job should be guaranteed everyone, a fat pension for those too lazy or too old to work, and big profits assured all business thus will the modern statesman assure his promised Utopia. HORIZONTAL I. Near a. Walking stick 5. Ait nl fulling Bw Mentally uunnal !. I.rallllril 11. I'luulorncd 12. I'.ike IS. Hon! of rcfmtnl II. IVopIr 15. Hirreii IS. Not 17. Without IS. MrnuYr nail U. ruu-rliil :tl. Llrulriuiut I. liUrimlu 1. A fish 2:1. Kilb-ia I. A Kolf terra ill. .Moist 7. IM-t')tUn -H, U f refusal 2S. .Not I It lit Itnl oviile of Iron 31. I.JU' M,1N .13. .Vxtli'n ltfl A3. N.iknl SI. s hool for both acxes .15. North Kail (abbr.) :10. Ilvbriil 117. Timlin- SlIIKllllll III. Delmce 41. I'liiiit wrd caiauilea 13. Olilixiilkin IS. Long 1,-luntl (nlihr.) .SOLUTION (If YL-VIKKDA S fl 7.7.1.1; an eilAMXll I wiLm'i. if. 'i n H & W' u. ?m !L II WL v v H z W i H M1! mz !L J1j 3 Witt I) I t i" II upIp ATTetrfro E ri cnSock SEEPiKiPooD PEEL iQ H A R O ": S.H Bik iXs i y.s.IiF em.du e : 3 Egg D J N D. s i E m IS: Copyright I Ml George VERTICAL To ninkc tUcl.t bonniing atlditloa North Knxt Walk heavily A hoy Old Dominion (ublir.) Shr-Htr for sleep liming conn-it Sodium Ciiloriilo iiilT of JX'iiiiuirk Venture Tree covering 'OIK'll Supplicate 25. l-Jt'incnt in vnruuni tutie 4(1. S3. S6. M. 30. 27. 24. j, I. 10. 13. 10. W. 37. 34. 31. Matthew Adam Perform Mire Women iletolotl to religious life Authority t ncouth Melt .Mull A ixrcl CatM.itesa of Victory Knot SlriKle Tin 12th letter In Greek nl- ItlllllH't A round vessel Surfeit 11 under 1'overiy StisK'iiauce Kil In nrithmetle A Modern Marriage , By ID AH McGLONE GIBSON S THE ACCUSING FIXCEH Rodney did not annwer for a moment and Dick Surmount re peated the question: "Can you tell me what you and Ka'.hlyo quarrel ed about r "But, Rod, that tell me nolh Ins. Probably a hundred men in this town have quarreled with their wives and sweetheart about Kosa. I never hav been able to conceive what the women saw- In him." 'Neither did 1, Dick. I had been rather Jealous of him a week or so, when someone at the theater told me In a ettaual manner that Kathtyn was betas seen almost daily with Kofis. I was furious. I forgot I had promised Kathlyn that I would not Interfere with any friendships she might make. I did not realize at the time that I had been seeing very little of hor for the last two months while I had been putting on my play and reveling In Its success. 'I did not take Into considera tion that Sada Fillmore had usurp ed more of my time than was neces nary. I had been with her con stantly nnd flattered her outrage ously. I thought much of my suc cess, you kne, depended on my leading woman. I forgot that Kathlyn was a modern young woman and that one of the first rule she had laid down fer our modern marriage was that each of us should come and go as we pleaded. '1 found that ill alright as long as I was tho one who pleased to come and go, but It. was very dif ferent when Kathlyn took upon hciself the same privilege. I went to th- studio last night and up braided her. "Her coolness and determina tion infuriated me almost beyond control, especially when she re minded me that she was still a youn woman and that I could not expect her to remain alone night after night while 1 went dining and dancing fancy-free. "I asked her to dine with me, but she said that he had another engagement. "lh?n I ht all seiwe ot decency and accused Kutlilj it of caring ir-we for other men than she did fi me. She elmply told n;e to g and not to come back until 1 coVid treat her with res-peel. Said he had known for a long while that I had been paying very com-j promising aiteitliutm t Sada Fill more, bite explained carefully that lte had played fair, f r she had cuid nothing about it. When, however, he wi-nt out to dine and danct It was another tttory. 1 was ashamed. Rod. and 1 said to my-i-elf that she was il;:tit. 1 was al most ready to apologize then but my stubbornness would not let me. 1 went away thoroughly out of sorts with myself but as soon as could get away from the theater 1 went back through the storm to ask her to forgive me. You see. that wasn't what I told nt the inquest. 1 snld then. that 1 came back to talk over the play. I couldn't tell those unfeel ing men that it was to ask Kath lyn's forgiveness an I to tell her 1 loved her. "As I told you, I had just gotten near the studio when I saw the door open and heard the conver sation! repeated to you. Kathlyn's face was a whit mass of anger. I did not hear a gun go off, for peal after peal of thunder was rocking the earth. 1 did see that mask of fury turn to one of tnig- dy ns she turned to go in the liou.se. I was only too certain he had louud KIton 1'oss as he real ly was. "There, I have practically told you tho whole quarrel. Kven if it were Kathlyn who fired that gun, and I will not even now believe It was. It was 1 who killed Font and It is I who should suffer, if j had not neglected her she would never have gone about with Kosa at the start. "Of course, you know I have as yet had no time to listen to the entire explanation of the scene to which I was an involuntary spec tator, but she will tell it all to me if she ever comes to herself and remembers. As It was, you know she told inc enough to make the killing of Kuss Justifiable." A moan was heard from the room where Kathlyn waa lying and Itod started for the door. "I must go hack, Dl'.-k. 1'erhaps even now she has begun to sense what is going on around her and wonders why I am not there." "Itod, I saw the doctor Just aa I came up. and he told me that you must nut talk to your wife. He said that even If she was not able to understand, your constant ques tions worried her. He said that unless you were quiet he would have to deny your being In her i pom." Then, to keep Rod away from her roam longer, Dick told the episode of tho hat. Rod frowned. "I understand what you are trying to do, Dick, but It won't work. I'm go Lug back to Kathlyn nov and stay as late to night as the authorities will let me." "That ts up to you. Rod. I'm go ing to try to find Kir by. He should be at The World now." At the newaiwiper office Dlclc found the reporter, who bad Just returned from his vacation that afternoon. Tomorrow A Mute Witness. ... rz rv it - rr: --....-. .-i 3 BRINGING UP FATHER Bv George McMunus NOW tVU lr.UYc O .-TJr-r---- U'bE. TAl fc-ltvl I V A. in v. . . . . GOV ANY NEW HACT OOrTT tii t. n Johnson Fails To Appear At Hearing Dickson Testifies After waiting for more than an hrur for tho appearance of Clyde Johnson, former district attorney of Utno county, who was to testl fy in regard to the operations ef (eorgo Lt. Cleiver nnd his agents In Iuie county, tlie Joint cotnntlt tee investlirating the uffairn of the elate prohibition department thin iftomoon ortk'iod Mr. Johnson to le Mubpoenae.l nt a later date, tvhen he and Mr. (.'leaver will face pai-h other ueroMS the witneHs ta ble. evening It itevelopeil that Mr. Johnson wan tlelnyed In Port Inntt, wln-ro he w.m a upeaker he for. the convention of hheriffs, sod did not ultimo :.n S.ilem until titer five o'e' n'k. An uiKcmenti han b.'i-n in id. i to have li Lin ap ical bed. ;o tlio committee at S o't lock Monilay evening. Mi. Johnpnn Volnnliully offered to appear hefni e the eoinmil t ee. nnd bis ttwllm ed to ha vt to do Willi nlleced Htteinpts of ti'Mver ant? hi d pin i,s. p ir tieularly one imnied llcidy, to 'Trail V viih'in-o ;u:,i(iut him. Uti le walling for Mr. John-on In nji-'e-ir thf com in it t ep he u d the tiMimeny ;if As!'bv l'. ij, kson, for mer Jud :t of dt pirliiu-nl .No. 1 tf the 'liMrivt court of Multnomah county, to which portion he w a. appointed by t'owinor I'teree. JitU'p Dickson was essentially i Cleaver witnr-Ki. ard bin te.stimoni t.-aa chiefly In pratce of tho man tiT in which Cleaver's deputies operated in his court. He miitV that they observed thw law every particular, and that their sean h warrants were sit taken out in ncjoidanre with the Urmi ot the law. He taid that he had Is sued no flranh warrssts until after the fimous Labbe tdw. lender cross euaitaatloa by Penator Hare and Butler the wtt- besa said that he hnd aevar smetl- ed any liquor on the terrain of any of Cleavers officer. aa that, in sofar as ho was able to Judge, they worked in perfect harmony with the other peace officers. Aik'd if he had any persoonl observation of the aianaer ra which t'lenver'a men made arrest Judge Dickson answered: "So. but no complaints were ever made In my court." It win brought in tho cross ex amination that two of Cleav era agents had admitted on the stand in Judge Dickson's court that had been con Tided of criminal violations. One of these was Special Agent McMilts, no longer with the department, and the name of the other was not di vulged for publication because Uie man is still on the force. At-kt'nn.m & Hirrln, have aecur l whit thi'V .ntl nnp of the bst irts In v.iuiM' lllp fur tlit'lr iH'iul ;ikt ln-ii Snn.l.iy nt tho lllluh. t la Hip l.i) Mi Siiiii troiMio of five I'hlMi'si- imit ot lililulo. Thri ll thiM? ii-1vi3 'The Wonder ot kiMn.-' M uiv of lliolr stunts are li i'!:r. i 1 ti be am iztnc. "Aiti.ou- M inent' u the offer ins I'J l'i l.l! Ii k anil He Vere. It italtir-'H fievi'i.il ,flpit!on. from tnlisii-.il ti;meilli'. The act la one arranwd by the perf.irmer. anil ha been ptei-lni; au.llenecil all ov er the elr.'uit. M m He Veie Is the cipiit.ir of all the ilaneea pre senteil ami ilexicner of the rarioue cnituioea the ill.pl.iya. Mr. l'ed drlck la the eomponer of many melinite, ami author ot Ilia apeak niR' tinea. Kvana and Hoey pnnent a com eilr lalklnc. .l.,ln ami lUncina kit called "All In Klin." illai Bv ana la a capable comedienne and the poa-u-iuor of real personality. Tha ait cirrlra uprcut scenery. Landon Lee la a eartmintai. Ha la called the "Hoke of Chalk" and ttTaa up la hk atlvanea bllllnir. Ha makea ftinny aa well aa artfetlc drnwlnca and carrlea on kreeay ckattee whlla naklnc hU a4rturea. Dra MrKlnnnn. ballad ainrer. la rJaead ka a et.aa by hlnieelf bv crltlca over the circuit. BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG An Early Start By Billy de Beck 5 "ooo PUQss .A Sons Aho a hw O'kAih- .. .. .u ' (tie WINWUC alaam clock" ' t ARe6IJs ITCH" . ' E0D8 nowuu&s DoolbV ; TwO 0OM Auo A SiiJK , ALL ftULL - A VAHO Li06 JTOLtOO TO00L6- 5Auvb Sisrea. . CMoaA.fcAii CMAMC( 6REAT jA 5PARK PUIS 1 ; -T an J . -M6 LIST I 16 PRlMTeR V Mi-tAK-e e 7 Tms S Wicny , YouR wosse AlW'T IM "fn6 U.T OF . ENTRIES FoR' OMORRWi'.J HOW . COME V CDM61 -T1-1111, by King FwNrw Vidic.tfc Im. BiHain rifhi. rwrrW we u- Be om "ME JOB IP w I MMll? Tn ?Tav SE . . V -l - KRAZY KAT And This Isn't Leap Year By Herriman AllVD TO VVP A) f(y ffpa. k have, yoy rtf My 5repiiiviiiA -' How cam i Ooir, (it Kinw rai ? V ir 1 tla" QoTDHiia, ( oy.'", I I Sure Vow ) hum - w riP (TsA S is Also 1 A Ovtyy - " mi ii " a MUTT AND JEFF For Once the Little Fellow Proves He Has Brains. By Bud Fisher ce-r to Florida : M0T0RCVCL . BftCat TO rUi". OOwAH..; Virtue, not pediaree. 1 jeFr.HouiM) You THiwie oe Trs l6e? c coukb KVSS You I Pt.oR,6A. K,n k " .I J ;r V., v WBC-T Momcy! ReTvRN'. IF it. mv,TT: DeTAifOiNCi i.vJ tJ curfe3s jr"A .--7 .Er.v-.si--kf,ii?vy houlJ characlerlie nobility.