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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
-SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1925
CapitalJUournal
Salem, Oregon
An Independent Newspaper .Published Kvery Kvcnlnff Tlxcopt Sundny
Tolephone 61; News 82
GEOHGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publlnher
BIBLE THOUGHT FOB TODAY
Bhc caught Jim'a arm and wung him. he might well attract any
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of-l
our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for erer and
ever. Revelations 11:15.
To Be Expected
Tlie acciuital of W. 1). Shepherd of Chicago on the charge
of murdering his foster son W. N. McCIintock, by administer
ing typhoid germs, so as to secure the latter's fortune,
causes no surprise, as the evidence against him consisted
largely in the unsupported testimony of an admitted crook,
whose word no jury would accept. In fact the entire case
appears the result of a frame-up to secure a redistribution
of the McCIintock estate, inspired by the enmity of Dr.
Harry Olson.
This case, so abounding in startling and sensational
charges, is one of those in which the accused is tried in the
newspapers. In the eftort to prejudice the public and
create a sentiment against the defendant that would influ
ence the jury the wildest kind of accusations followed each
other. Shepherd was charged with" all the crimes in the
calendar, while the cemetaries were robbed of the bodies of
those long dead to convey the impression that the accused
was a multi-murderer.
The prosecution was so bitter that it savored of persecu
tion and when there was no evidence worthy of the name to
support the many accusations, the natural reaction brought
acquittal. Where the prosecution has a strong case, it does
not have to resort to such a propaganda of publicity.
Let the Battle Rage
The great pitched battle last week in the fastnesses of West
Virginia between dry agents and moonshiners in which one
agent was killed and two others seriously wounded, turns out
to have been a clash between two groups of prohibition
enforcers, one national and one state, each of which mistook
the other for rum runners, and started shooting.
There is nothing surprising about this as it is the estab
lished custom of dry agents, who are a law unto themselves,
to shoot as they search, on suspicion, and investigate after
wards. Being immune from punishment, they are perfectly
safe in perforating the innocent public.
. Near Corvallis recently a woman driving to see her sick
husband was shot at, scared half to death, searched and
insulted by dry sleuths because she had no booze. It is a
common pastime for them to puncture tires and autos with
bullets on suspicion. They have shot men dead, carrying home
candy to children and have even shot down, with immunity,
a United States senator.
Now that they have taken to shooting each other, they
have found a proper outlet for their lawless activities. Let
the battle rage.
Criminals Intelligent
It has been commonly supposed that a majority of
criminals were mental defectives, subnormal, but mental
examinations of prison' inmates in many states by Dr. Carl
Murchison, professor of psychology in Clark University, who
during the war was one oC the chief examiners in making
intelligence tests of drafted soldiers, shows that the
percentage of intelligence considerable higher than among
the drafted men, and hence among the general public.
Some surprising results materialized. Dr. Murchison
says :
Aftor hcarlnir the Kimnls In a rert.iln pciiltoiillni-y dracrlhe In
cowlosconilliiK ti-rma lliclr lilcus ot rrtmlnula, llio author had nn
opportunity to compare tho mental test acorea of the. guards with the
mental lent srnreH ot tlieae same criminals. The averaKO seoro of t lie
criminals wan Ju.it sevenly-fivo per rent higher lhau that of the
Kuanlit.
While 41 percent of the prisoners ranked in the three
highest metal grades, less than 30 percent of the drafted
men fell in the same catagory, showing that criminals, as
rule, are otiite as intelligent as the mass of the people.
Contrary to general belief, the tests show that it is the
prisoners who pass the highest mental tests who are most
likely to commit more than one orime and become second
nnd third termers, and Dr. Murchison concludes that "great
harm has been done by the propaganda that creates the
impression that the criminal is feeble-minded and ftn
individual to be fawned over and petted."
One Wife on Approval
gj lly Violet Dare B
A TltlP TO THK IMMi SHOW
Cynthia cnuhl not bcur to iiuur
r with .Ilm; hulf an hour after
Ruins to Imm- room Bho wanted
notliii b vUv mut'h n lo make
up with him. She wnshcil her ftnf
brushed her hair, and ntartril down
stairs, ready to beg him lo torsive
her; half way diwn who met htm
coming up on the name emmd.
"Cynthia dtur!" Ho took her In
his arms tin they at (tnwn on the
Btun on which they had met. "I'm
ho Borry 1 wouldn't have hurt you
for tho world t Hut knowtnK moth
er nnd my mI.Mimh, find how they'd
feel when they'd rtnaiiKed a party
In your honor and then you'd for
gotten nil nhou tit, of eourxe I
mpoko hastily."
"J know It, ii ml I'm nony, too. I
won't do mn h n thlnp ay.dn,'' nlie
promised him.
"All right. U ' n harnaln ho
twecn ui. We'll hoih do the bent
we fcnn, nnd fdralKhten tltinH out
somehow. Now, how ftbout din
ner?" "I'm nfrnhl it'n told by this
time," nald Cynthia dubiously.
"Then let's fro downtown to din
ner; wo haven't dno It since we
were married. And what do you
Bay to going to tho Jog show niter
that?"
."I'd love It,' he cried delighted
ly. "Come on I'M race you to the
top of the atnlrn."
Their dinner pnrty wnn pure de
light to Cynthln. Ever nlnro her
ninrrlfiRO nho nnd been a gupt nt
aon.eone'a house or a hostewi In her
own, It Roemed to her. She nnd Jim
rnrely dined alone, nnd when they
did, dinner nnd been ordered hyl
hi mother. In reality, although!
Mr, l.elaud Keillor always protend
od that Cynthia bounht Just what
he wanted to when they went
marketing.
ltut tonight she and Jim could
eat w hat ever they liked, without
reKard for whether It was ft well
balanced meal or not. And after
ward they could saunter conipan-
ionably through the brightly light
CM streets to the big armory where
tho dog nhow wan being held, not
bothering to talk. Junt enjoying
being together.
tilaru lng up at her husband. Cyn
thin he;ui to hum softly to her
self, sho was no happy. Just bo-lau-.e
.-he waa with hhn. Of emirm'
It wnd no wonder that his mother
adm-rd htm co; who could help it.
They entered the armory to the
accompaniment of the bulking of
hundred of dogs; a moment later
they were walking along the mid
dle aiM looking at tho dogs that
were placed on either Hide In partitioned-
off benches.
Cynthia adored dogs; he could
hardly bear to leave the wire-haired
terriers, but two minutes later
was lewtt in admiration of a genial
Newfoundland who had Inatnntly
taken a liking to her.
"Cynthia Herbert!' She looked
up quickly at the eound of a fam
iliar voice, catling her by her
maiden name; the big, broad
nhonlderrd young man who had
spoken clutched her hand delight
edly. "After all thin time, to nee
you here! How are you, nnI what
are you doing in this town?"
"Oh, I'hlltip. how wonderful!"
she exclaimed. "I'm married and
live here .Tim, thin la a dear old
friend of mine, 1'hllllp Oraham."
him round to face Graham. "But,
Phil, why are you here?"
"Exhibiting these," he answered
waving his hand toward the New
foundland and hla companions,
"Interest in these dogs hun been
dying out no of late, that I was
eager to revive It. I was always
crazy about 'em, you remember ,
Ho I've been ruining them at my
plnce in tho country, and Allowing
them there's nothing more excit
ing to do. I'm going into the ring
now with tht fellow
Kagerly Cynthia followed him
through -the crowd, and found t
place at the low fence that sur
rounded the ring where. dogs were
Judged. To .Urn, who stood nt her
elbow, who briofly outlined her ac
quaintance with Philip.
"ile was the brother of a girl
chummed with at boarding school,'
he explained. "I used to see a lot
of him; wo wore awfully good
friends. Their parents were dead,
and nfter his sister married he liv
ed alone at their country place
except in winter, when he went
south or abroad. He used lo give
wonderful parties out at Chimney
Corners."
"And wanted to marry you, I'll
bet," Jim cut In, laughing.
Cynthia flushed rose pink.
"Well, yes, he did,' 'she ad
mitted. "Hut I'd got into the habit
of thinking of him as n good
friend, really ns nn older brother,
and I couldn't cure for him any
other way. Maybe, if you hadn't
come along "
He glanced at her sharply, not
sure wlwther she meant It or was
trying to tease him. But Cynthia
was not smiling, as he had half
expected her to be; she was Intent
m tho judges, and on the group
of people who were entering the
ring with their dogs.
Phillip was coming In, and re
luctantly Jim admitted to himself
that the fellow was good looking.
He had the ruddy, healthy com
plexion of a mnn who Is much in!
the open air; his well-worn tweed
clothes were the right kind for a I
man of his type, and sauntering
woman.
Jim knew his first pang of Jeal
ousy. Hitherto he had accepted
Cynthia as his wife; she was- Just
that, completely. But now he be
gan to wonder. Cynthia was a re
markably pretty girl. "Mnybp, If
you hadn't come along " Tho
words rang In his ears.
Monday Out of the PaM
CRATER LAKE
JAUNT CAUSE"
OF SQUABBLE
(Continued from page one)
avowed destination ut the - time
the caravan started.
Announcement of the fact was
purposely loft until the last mo
infMit it is believed, and at that
time a vote taken among the en
listed men on the question of go
ing on to Klamath Falls or return
ing directly to Medford and camp.
i lie men voted almost unanimous
ly, to go on to Klamath Falls, a
trip that meant an additional' 150
miles for the civilian automobile
drivers who -bad voluntereed the
services of themselves and their
car3.
The fact that the state traffic
officers one in particular did
use strenuous methods to coerce
drivers Into taking their cars on
to KJumain rails 16 not denied by
officers. It has not been shown
however, that General White is re
sponsible for the traffic officers'
ictions. Nobody denies that the
tra'fic men one particularly,
named J. J. McMahon, exceeded
their authority .proclaiming that
the caravan was under military
law, which they through some un
known process, claimed to repre
sent. Names were taken of some
few who defied the officers and
urned back but tho same negli
gible results occurred in their
cascM as in the cases of the com-:
panv P enlisted men who went on
to Crater Lake from Union creek,
where camp was made Saturday
ilong with tho huge dog beside nin;iit.
OPEN FORUM
Contributions to This Column must be plainly written on one
aide of paper only limited to 300 words In length and signed
with the name of the writer. Articles no4, meeting these specifi
cations will be rejected.
To the Editor: I believe you are
very much too hard on the Evan
gelical churches In your recent
comment on the debate on evolu
tion in Portland. Of course evo
lution, when broadly and properly
defined, is taught In practically
every ' college in the land, and In
pretty nearly ' every high school.
Of course it Is accepted by prac
tically every man of science in
the world. Much as they may try
the fundamentalists cannot read all
many of the evolutionists out
of the group of Christians and Into
tho atheist class. I have no doubt
but that there are five and more
church members evolutionists In
America for every atheist evolu
tionist. And I have no doubt but
that the same proportion holds be
tween Christian and atheist teach
ers of evolution in the colleges of
America nnd also In the high
schools of America. It is doubtful
that there are as many as two
protestant theological secretaries In
America where a majority of the
faculty have not accepted the scien
tiflc theory of evolution ns a pret
ty well established fact and ex
planation of God's method of crea
tlon. Quotations from John IVes
ley, recently cited in an article In
the Methodist Review, prove that
the founder of Methodism was
very much of an evolutionist about
the time that Darwin was born.
The fundamentalists recognize
this situation In the thinking of
Christian scholarship, and some of
their aggressive leadership does
not hesitate to seek to play the
part of Protestant popes in the
excourmunicatlon of their Christ
Ian brethren. In the language of
tho' Baptist Standard such would
be Protestant popes are alarming
ly increasing in number. I have
er speaking In a large Salem
church denounce Protestant theolo
gical seminaries and universities as
manifestations of the Antt-Chrlst,
practically concede that there were
no ChrLstttn universities any more
and declaro that we hope soon "to
have (1. e. to found) a Christian
university. And I have heard the
man who is today the cho.sen lead
er of the Kederation of Churches
In America tell a Salem student
audience to follow truth, and when
truth as thoy found It in their
studios conflicted with their creeds
to roviso their creeds. Were you not
too hard on the churches even as
some fundamentalist leadership has
sometimes seemed to be too hard
on God which Is the reason why
much of fundamentalism has nev
er been orthodoxy In church his
tory generally, but In large meas
ure has been, and Is regardless as a
one-time Portland Presbyterian
pastor termed It to me as "tolerat
ed heresy?" A large part of tho
people In the churches who call
themselves fundamentalists today
are quite unwilling to follow the
leadership of that line of thinking
to the goals that that leadership
wouht take them. Most of them
will concede that those whom the
popes excommunicate are their
very good fellow Christians, and
that the essence of Christianity Is
not involved in there controversies.
1 Sincerely yours,
F. G. FRANKLIN.
Bank Reserve Drops.
New York, June 27. The actual
condition ot clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week
shows an excess reserve of $22,-
isz ,9SU. This is a decrease in re
serve of $21,209,800 compared
myself heard a fundamentalist lead wit'i last week.
ACQUITTAL
SUFFICIENT
SAYS CROWE
(Continued from page one)
of using typhoid germs to kill Wil
liam Nelson McCIintock, his mil
lionaire foster son, after the jury
trying him deliberated five .hours
and forty minutes last night.
Within a half hour he was freed
from the county jail, whoro he has
boen since March 13 on his person
al bond of $5000 on the charge of
slaying Mrs. Emma Nelson McCIin
tock, William's mother.
It was said, at tho criminal courts
building that six ballots had been
taken by tho Jury, the vote for the
first standing 1 1 to 1 for acquittal.
I-Vcl Case Kndotl '
Tho verdict was considered by
tho Shepherd attorneys as ending
all possibility of further criminal
uctlon against him. It gave hhn
the presumptive ownership of the
McCIintock estate, left him by Mc
Cllntock's will, pending flnul ac
tion In a suit to break the will
started by nine cousins of the dead
youth.
Despite the Jury finding, Judge
Harry Olson, municipal court chief
Justice and Instigator-of the .Inves
tigation ot McClintock's death will
continue to probe and prosecute, if
that Is possible, he said.
During the trial Judge Olson ex
pressed keen disapproval of the ef
forts of the state's attorney and
reiterated his criticism when in
formed of the acquittal.
A burst of cheers, despite warn
ings of bailiffs against any demon
stration came from the crowded
spectators when the verdict was
announced by William Burnett,
foreman.
Shepherd Elated
Flashlights as news photograph
ers snapped tho jury and a broad
slmle wreathed the face of the ac
cused.
Shepherd and his attorneys. Wil
liam Scott Stewart and W. W. O'
Brien shook the hand and thank
ed each juryman as he filed from
the box.
Mrs. Julie Shepherd, his wife was
not In the courtroom. She wait
ed with friends at a downtown ho
tel where ahe was Joined by Shop
herd, his brother J. Henry Shep
herd of Little Rock, Ark., and
Robert Stoll, his former law part
ner. Today they planned - triumph
ant return to the home In Kenil
worth, a suburb, where they lived
w!thyoung McCIintock since the
death of his mother 16 years ago.
State Satisfied
"The state made a good fight
and lost," said Robert E. Crowe,
stato'a attorney. The verdict speaks
for Itself."
Attorney Stewart, who argued
throughout the trial that his client
was the victim of a plot, said "tho
verdict Is In reality a finding -of
guilt for -the plotters. It Is an
other proof of tho sanctity of tho
Jury system."
Miss Isabelle Pope, fiancee of
young McCIintock, who waited at
his deathbed with a license to wed
him if he recovered, said the ver
dict was what she expected.
"There was so much left out
so much detail that was important
to tho whole story that I did not
see how the Jury coma convict
Mr. Shepherd," she said.
DISPUTE OVER WATER
LEADS TO SHOOTING
Bend, June 27 A dispute over
hot water led to a shooting affray
last night at Opal City in which
two men were Injured, according
to Sheriff Ray J. Freemnn of Jef
ferson county who brought one of
the men to the Bend hospital this
morning. At the request of Free
man, Sheriff Roberts of Deschutes
county placed Jesus Manzandera a
Mexican seotlon hand under ar
rest this morning In Bend. Manzan-
era admitted that he was the one
who did the shooting.
A man named Carlos who was
shot In the hip is at a local hos
pital while Pedro Coyns, who had
flesh wound in his leg Is at
Madras.
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