Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, January 28, 1925, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE R)UK CapitalJlJournal 8al.ni. Oregon Aa Independent Newspaper PublUbed etery eftnlpg except Sunday Telepnone II; GEORGE PUTNAM. What Klan Rule Does Herrin, the mining town of southern Illinois, which on iccount of its feudal warfare and shooting affrays has been jonstantly in the limelight the past few years, offers a con crete example of what the rule of the Ku Klux Klan with its gospel of fanaticism and hate, with its practice of going without the law to enforce the law, will do for a community. Religious strife will bring about the same direful results ulierever tolerated. In the last clash, the leading Klan agitator and two of his lieutenants, were shot down and his arch-enemy, a deputy lheriff, also was killed, a literal fulfillment of the gospel Injunction that "they that live by the sword, will perish by ttie sword." Both principals were gun-toting bravados, ready to draw, on the slightest occasion, and both drew once loo often. Now that the ring-leaders in the battle of bigotry have paid the final penalty, it is to be hoped their followers will realize the folly of their way and permit law and order to resume its sway as becomes a civilized community. More Politics Ousting of the Port of Portland commission by Governor Pierce, is a challenge to the legislature that will probably irystalize the latent animosity to the executive of that body into effective action. It can be explained only as the Sovernor's way of playing politics and making political spoils of public service. The governor has played partisan politics with every department of state over which he has had control, beginning with the reform school and ending with the 1'oi t of Portland. He over played it with the state treasurer and brought about the hitler's defeat. He played it with the income tax, with the budget, with state school funds, with the game and fish commission, with everything that he has acted upon. It will be an interesting struggle to see who triumphs, the governor or the legislature, with the possibility that the session will be deadlocked nnd accomplish nothing which will be a victory for the governor who will thereby retain his spoils. Boobs and Boobery (From Baltimore Erenlng Sun) lloohery, like learning, and In tclliKcnce is purely relntlre. A iackwnods school teacher Is a tountaln of knowledge to his to tality his attainments are scorn fully conettiered by the proteunor ot psychology In a Jerkwater col lege, the professor, in turn, being considered an ignoramus by the more cultured savant. To the barber ot Chatham Square, visit ing the country, the fanner Is an Ignorant "hick" and "rube" be cause he has never seen the Brook lyn Bridge nor ridden In the sub way, while the husbandman gut faws when the harbor asks in nocently which of the cows gives buttermilk. To a Broadway chorus girl a serious young scientist is an "aw ful booh,'' while the latter will find. It he Investigates, that the girl Is a perfect dumbbell in every thing outside her special line of work. To the average nahblt all are booiw who do not concentrate their minds wholly and successful ly on the making of money and a how In the world. A good many other persona consider tho Bab bits boobs. And so It goes. It Barring a few atoriea which were so oft color as to be oi doubtful propriety in a barroom and which should. iie deleted by the eeneor before unother audience including women and children if entertained, tho vaudeville ,-tlio v at the Oregon state penitentiuvv last night was a sucresa from ev ery angle, keeping a packed h'Hic In eeslacy during two hours of amusement. The presentatft. u was somewhat ot a change from the formal old minstrel show which has been put on by penitentiary inmates lor sc many years, and afforded reliei from that form of eiiterlainm'i.l It will be stalled each night for the balance ot the week, aud from the number turned away last nit'.u' will probably be packed to the fin ish. The money derived t.-oni these entertainment goes into th' amusement fund for tlu inmate. The etiow this yvar one.u nitli a fuur-part prelude by l!n orchestra, the largest orcliestr: ever gathered together In V.i prison and the numbers were lujd lv received. Tha O. 8. P. Synropators then brought tha entertainment tl.iwu to a modernised minute by in::-. aelectlona, Williams, u. Jlorg.ir Lada. Burnett and Layman i-u ticlpatlng. "Shadow." who halls hlnwelf a. "The Laat of t'oxey'a Army." K"' blr laitaha aa a monologist. l though he cou'd rut out a for "hells" and "damn from hts re and still give the audience enough to laugh about. Tbe main course In the vauJ -villa meal Is "When Crime Warm" three-art comedy, with Faltm. Turner and the atate penitent! t:y as the locations. A street scene in Salem la backed by a cleverly painted drop of fltate street, giv ing true local color to the pler. Kred Taylor, Jaime. IlergstHit. Jack Hill, 11. Satscamp, R. Duke. neve 81 Editor and PuulUher nearly all depends upon the point of view. Naturally, t!uso who doftn themselves the Intelligentsia of our fair land look with lofty scorn upon all aud sundry not Included In the charmed circle, or do not fall down and worship it. This rabble does not enthuse over tne art of Matisse, the drama of Eu gene Onclll, the psychology of Kreud, the literature of Gertrude Stein, nor does it road Broom. I'oor boobs! The Intelligentsia is not even quite sure of each other. They are a back-srralrhlng tribe, but one looking at another is apt, In his thoughts at least, to paraphrase the old Scotchman who told his friend: "All the world Is crazy except thee and me nnd even thou art a little cracked.' ' Obserflng the way In which Americans allow themselves to be hag-ridden with fool law, high taxes, official crookedness, bur eaurrary, politics, radios, cross word puzzles, uplifters, four flushers and frauds generally, one must rome to the conclusion that the Intelligentsia Is probably right In counting a great majority ot us among th Incurable boobery. I Tonight the Salem high school basketball team will go to Ncw berg where they will meet the rep resentative of the high school there. A former meeting between the two schools here gave the lo cals a victory by a acoro ot 32 to 15. The game will be much better than the first one as the Newberg quintet has Improved a great deat since the first game although they have Inst nearly all of their games. The red and black five will meet the Kugene team on the local floor Friday evening. The locals have fourteen m-ire games on their schedule. The schedule for tho high school is tho heaviest in ycar, according to Manager tlt-euan. Salem has met Kiuue strong aggregations so far tills season and will have rl.isVl Willi the best in the state before the season cluses. The games yet to be played by the locals arc: Januarv 30, I-V.- r.cue. lu'tv: February 3, nt Mi- Miniiville; yehrnary aud 7, at A'dilaud; FUiruary II, nt Wct.t l. inn; relmmy 13, at Ii.ilins: February IS. West l.iun. hero: February I'd. v. I'. Krosh, here: February it, t ledepende.vo: FcbrilaiT !T. at t'orvallls: Frliru ry 2. Sllveruin. here; Jlarcu 4. Oregon 1'ity. hero: March 6. nt Kugene: March 7, It. of O. or Snrlimfleld. there. Kirlisrd .Maiwticl, Jr., N. Kiggci. .1. Denham and George Moore lire ill participants In this little com edy which Is bristling with gaiw :i ii il sept the audience happy, lu terspersed between the acts "J ni my valentine." sang some sonjr anil llrlnkey and Johnson di.l lob nf old fashioned stepping lUst brought a heavy baud. The ehow Is worth solus to if some board of censorship will ja il in nend and cut out the "rnurh stuff." The tendency of prl.wn snowa tor several years has li.e.l more and more toward Dermltllns the putrid lo slip In. This ver tne ape Has Keen res hed. Some ot the stuff, il put on In a dowi town show shop, would causo the house to be pinched. TODAY'S CROSS WC&D PUZZLE HORIZONTAL Daughter of Tunlalua For (iumiro (abbr.) iVriuit In iIks flirtM-llon of 1WHnrtl Ventilate 'I'ttw ant 11-1 till Hit! -!iMir'k M.HI fi-li Thirteenth h-tter In Mlplriliet ott- relullna; o BiHt'iiil jb j (Mil.) FriHie Xtiiuie organism linieil VERTICAL No ltaitt (ubbr.) 0w-u S.tiin letter til (;revk ii-i'.ct In lilbrllever .Mull curriers llcuty slimline Thi'e imtsoiis F.illier Solicitude A mum II Klt Senior (lib.) Killlor (ub.) I.ITION OP VKSTKItDAi'S l-l.ZI.fc; APPEARllP. S. Inodeiape aradige rm 1 D E,iE LT 1 O J So Do tA NlOlliiBl A1NI an A" BRINGING UP FATHER (YOU MAKE ME 'biCK.L- win oont ou WEMI rT7r) A COUF &UT UlE ALL ) fw,-,H it) THE OTHNEj gej BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG SO 10UK That PAIS AHE. Cl!IM(S YOU AMO SPASK PLUG Tfc-LLS A BENSFIT A W5EK FROM BARM. tM V"o. YOU t BOUGHT BEEM COuCiH IN ONE OP TwS TiCkETe IM 'TZIV A That SV-IP ME KRAZYKAT I "That PM6. THING SOV b)t Vsr5 CJV BeMAbfASriUG VOUft 'PROPOSAL T6 A1V fH'ftPM'- OVEfc TH& WHOLE POPVLAriCA. If MUTT AND JEFF- IHIS JArMlAL JVJUlUNAli, SALiCjM, KJR&VjKJIM HOW TO SOLVE THE Ttie way to wive tha Crosa Word Pnxzto Is to fill In the white squares of tbe d tit cram with the words wiiich agree with ttie a ceo in -Mu)i' kiii.it km. Tlie 4kflmUon are numbered to correspond will) tbe numbers on the diagram. Any word defined to the text ander "HORIZONTAL" will begin at l(a imnilwr, Hhoun on the diagram, and will eitcnd all the way n cross to Hie first blick siutce to the right or that number. That la, the word must begin In tie Mjiu.ro that coutalna lu ldentiftnc num ber, tend extend as tar as the white square continue uninterruptedly. Any word defined under VF.RTICAr." will also begin. In tbe white apace that emiialiui .IM number, but will extend dowuwurd as far aa tho while spaces reiiaain uninterruptedly. Copyrlclit 12I Ccorge Matthew Adams Ol92S av was Fimu of Xou.Buo t just hao ins aocKs.f tri.ua M6 AQOUT 700 RSSe!Eiy SOLO .TulO DOUARS EACH ! BCUEMS MS . I WISH TheVO U TvE DOUGH AS IT ROUS X AIMT GOT A DIME ANO HUMGftV DO TuftN .QUO IF Vou Hckt IT Tfc TUB.' RADIO ' MdtSlHE. CVf U(efiwuJs H y AexvT lr ? I r j ' i - ' ' ' " CROSS WORD PUZZLE m m CjCA-V yjlT HOHl vihst would the. ! 3 CAvMC, -bf IF THEN bUIT? - Urx FeAnmc Service. Ihc Crgsi Britain rigliu rrtcrvrd. ' Well, Anyhow, Barney Cashed In On the Eats Iff331 "m OWe (MTb TiAIS I JZ ,--r r ' llTTti'ilS'Tl Tuivr T,r I i III roast oogk 'il :?r' B m ilk h-, , sterns v, .v'mit,.v rttws&mx lmm mmw Sizzling Wires Mow. caul km VP OA) ths 'Phoue: ' Avo See (p hb's ACCPtb VfJU ' , Jeff Establishes A Modern (, An Absorbing Novel l By IDAH McGLONE GIBSON j WHY WOMAN KILLS ''You, yourself, told ma she quarreled with Kosa. You, your uelf, told roe sha threatened to kill him. You. yourself, saw him fall M "It cannot b my God; It can not b. I won't believe it, I'll ku to the chair first." As Dick Stai mount went down th stairs where the reporters were waiting he could not aee Kitby anywhere. lio was not sure wheth er hia friend wanted him to talk, consequently his legal caution mada him keep still until Jim could tell him what had happened and had been satd while he waa in conference with Rod. "Where's Klrby?" he asked. I left him here." "He was called from the room a few moments ago. 1 thought he waa with you," said one of the men. "What la Evans clng to plead?" asked another reporter. "Why do yon ask that question? What can he plead but 'not guil ty'? Gentlemen, my client la inno cent," answered Starmount solemn ly. "The fellows have 'doped It out' that the prosecution will try to make out that the men quarreled and that Evans killed Koss." "That theory is completely dis proved, Haskell," a poke up Jim Klrby, who at that moment made bis appearance. "I've just been talking with Skelton. Koss was murdered with his own gun." Dick Starmo.unt whirled about and faced the rpeaker. "Then the girl did it," someone said In a hushed voice. "What girl?" asked Starmount quickly. "Kathlyn Leonard, of courne. What other girl could I mean." Starmount, knowing that he must save Dick from sacrificing himself for Kathlyn. answered. war po you asa to TH PROPOSIL. PRAM b Al&fcftmfi-j; I MiNt Al to SOU OVA-TH'QAOIO fMORNHV- ir-l pilM-TV" f IT'-S TOO . 1 Ski &L His Credit and Also His Refreshing Ignorance Marriage "I'm not ao sure abe did It. boys. It was not her gun, you know. "Everyone knows," said a re porter, "that atiss Leonard, or Mrs. Evans, as Mr. Eva as says sh U. was a great friend of KuaJ. Indeed, it la well known about town that she had been with him constantly of late. In every cafo and dining place they had been seen together and people have wondered what Evans was going to do about it. It looked as though Evans and she had quarreled. "Under these circumstances what would be more plausible than that ross had loaned or given her a gun whl'-h he had purebred cith er for himself or for her?" 'Dut why should she kill him? One miu: look for a motive you know." It waa Kirby who asked tbe question' quickly, sensing that Starmount wanted fur ame reason to turn attention away from Kath lyn. "There probably was tho u?ual teasun, Klrby. , You know why a woman generally kills a man, aud everyone knows what kind of man Elton I'osa was. Tho affair may have progressed until Koss lost his head nnd, believing what everyone also believed, that Kathlyn Leon ard nnd Rodney Evans were not married, he thought perhaps hia chances were good, now that they had quarreled. "Did any of you fellows see him on 'change that day when he en gineered that gigantic corner? He was drunk with excitement and success. And ho had been drink ing all day. Knowing that he had made a million, it could be pre sumed he thought that he could buy Kathlyn Leonard even If she didn't care for him." "Oh, shut up, Haskell, " Kirby said In a disgus.ed voire. "You know your paper U asking you only for news and not theories." "There Isn't a paper in town," i-aa eityt'ttov tVClJiXtjSUAl, JAWUAKY 28, llJ5 came back Haskell with annoy ance, "that will not print theories. Every reporter has them and they creep into every reporter's story. It's wnat makes his stories inter rating. You know, it as well as L There is do reporter in the whole city more likely to try any case In hia columns than you." "Say, fellows, have you seen the Evening World? The edition Is just off the prea. I think I've a 'beat' on you. I've had an inter view with Vernon Stedman." "Where did you find him?" came in a chorus. "At the home of the sl&ter of his latest wiie.' "Doe3 that man keep his wife's relations as friends after he has gotten rid ot the wife?" "St-'ems ao. What kind of story did yu get?" "If tha truth must be told It wasn't much. He is badly beaten, an J as he'j lost-about a million I think he is down nnd out finan cially. "H-s seemed very much frighten ed when I t ilked to him. Insisted that he could account for every moment of time all that evening, but when I pinned him down hi cuuHn't do U. He insisted thai for about three hours he was wita a woman whose name he could not divulge. I asked him, 'Waa ahi near McDouffal St ? You were sees pasMing- a garage at the cornet near Kathlyn Leonard's atudle about 12 o'clock." "This 'fusaed Stedman very much, and I could get nothing more out of him. '1 will not talk until I eee by lawyer,' he said." Tomorrow For and Against. SILVERTON VOTES FOR . $20,000 CITY HAU Silverton. Or., Jan. 28. (Spe cial.) Silverton councllmen ara rejofclnff today over the victory at the special election held Monday at which time citizens voted to build a $20,000 city hall at Sil verton. A total of 379 votes were cast with JUrt for and 39 aiinst. By George McManus By Billy de Beck By Herrimaa By Bud Fisher I