PAGE 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