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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1926)
1 PAGE POUR THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1926 CapitaljSJournal Salem. Orexon 'An Independent Newspaper, Published Kvory Afternoon Except Sunday at III 8. Commercial Street. Telephone 81; News St. GEO RUB PUTNAM. Editor and Publisher Entered as aecondclass mall matter at Salem. Oregon SUBSCRIPTION RATES Py carrier 10 cents a week: it cent month: 15 a year In advance. By mall In Marlon ana Folk counties, one month 60 cent: I montha i.25; 0 montha 2.2t; 1 year 4.00. Elsewhere to cent a month; t a year in advance. FULL LEASED VV1UE ASSOCIATED I'll ESS SERVICE! The Associated Preae la exclusively entitled to the use (or publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also local news published herein. "Without or with offense to friends or foes I sketch your world exactly w it goes." BYItOM. . An Entertaining Spectacle ; What would we do without elections to lend variety and ! ,olor to our somewhat drab work-a-dav existence? News- ' papers are filled with noisy clamor and the mails burdened mth partisan propaganda and from countless rostrums party ?JEki appeal to prejudice. ' . The unknown voter attains a brief and fleeting import j ance in this Indian summer of the year as he is solicited by inose wno seen to save rne country by securing a place at the ' ; public pie-counter. The decadent party idols are burnished up to a orassy shine and the clan totems appealed to for victory. ; Having sacrificed party solidarity on the altar of its de sires for dictatorship, the Oregonian is barring mention of opposing candidates except to misrepresent and slander them . and prosily and ponderously declaring that the fate of presi dent, party and nation hinges on the election of its protege to the senate or the blacR flag of panic will float over the land. And the Journal is equally vociferous in declar ing that only the election of a fighting democrat to the senate will redeem the state and secure Oregon her share of public plunder. And in the meantime the proven go-getter is leit to wage a single-handed light with little press support to complete the job he undertook. . The most diverting campaign of all is that being staged by our governor who has been on the stump continuously for four years and is now flooding the mails with personal ap peals. He declares "for almost half a century I have battled for the common people. I have indeed, 'fought the fight and kept the faith' " but he forgot to add "as one that beateth the air." The voters are urged to vote for him to save "Christian civilization" which it is inferred might perish if his gum-shoeing opponent is elected. - Most politicians are pussyfooters the twilight candi- pates who "hover between two sets of principles and at tempt to embrace, while vitiating both of them at once. : Afraid to wound the feelings and reluctant to lose the tan gible support of those who are going to the right or left, thev sit amiably and nervously quiescent in the center of the road, wearing high-sounding phrases to mask the fact that they are merely twiddling thumbs in the long-suffering and so-called public interest." An equally vicious development is the Dolitician who olavs the hypocrite for votes, who embraces that which he does , not believe in, such as the unabashed and brazen personally . wet and politically dry advocate of prohibition, and the pro- j ponent oi economic iallacies for farm relief, prostituting pnn l ciple for popularity. I -. Stripped of all of its verbiage of bunk, political campaigns j are little but appeals to prejudice to secure political spoils. ; j.nere is notning leit or tne parties but the labels and the I traditions and little left of candidates except demagogy. ; The controlling idea is that it is impossible to over-estimate I the ignorance ot the people and upon this doctrine partisan- Eugene Debs : In the death of Eugene Debs, the nation has lost one of , its linest characters, one who as the ardent advocate of an I ideal, courageously endured persecution and imDrisonment. I Gentle, kindly and much beloved, he was the victim of the I prejudices of his time. jr. - Because Debs unflinchingly advocated the solidarity of L ine proletariat anu tne estauiisnment oi a new order to se- cure social justice, he was relentlessly pursued by beneficiar I les of the existing system. Because he creached the futility ; and crime of war, in war time, he was incarcenated as a v traitor a victim of war hysteria. . i Debs was a dreamer and sought an economic Utonia : through control of government by workers. He preached ' ! the same doctrines as the Nazarene, and never flinched in a ; cause he deemed right. When sentenced to federal prison ; lor ouscruciing tne orait, ne said to tne jury: "I havo no dispute with the evldonce presented by the Eovern- ment; no criticism of the counsol for the prosecution. I would not take Back a word of what I bollcvo right to save myself from the peniten tiary. 1 am accused of crime, but I look the court In the face, I look j the Jury In the face, r look tho world In tho face, for In my hoart no .' accusation of wrong festers. "Gentlemen, I have been accused of obstructing war. I admit It, gentlemen, I abhor war. 1 would oppose war If 1 Btood alone." When released, he replied to a question as to what had been his greatest experience in prison life, he said: "I havo discovered that lovo Is omnipotent. AH the forces oh earth ennnot prevail against It. Hatred, war, cruelty, groed and lust must all glvo way beforo It. It will ovorthrow all tyrannies. It will empty all prisons. It will not' only emancipate the human race eventually but to a great extont It llftH us Individually above the struggle while we are In tho thlclt of tho fight for human brotherhood." Debs rose from the ranks of the poor, with little" educa- , tion, to become the leader of a national railroad strike and ; afterwards the choice of over a million pooplo for president, the "grand old man" of Socialism, beloved by many who were unalterable enemies of his social theories, His feeble health was broken by prison life, but he lived to see his lead ership smashed and his party ruined by the inner fight re sulting from the Russian revolution the fight between tho advocates of violence and the calmer tactics he advocated. ,To the last, however, he continued to utter protests against injustice. Hearts Adrift By Mildred Barbour 1 An Incxplornlile Chnperono. "Patricia," Mad no said -the morn- Ins beforo the boat docked nt CherbAirs, "Just what have you In mind? Tou don't know for an Instant fancy that you'ro (folnsr to romnln with Btan and me, once wovo arrived In France? ) Patricia was sitting at the front Of the berth, absorbed In a bit of neodlework. She looked fresh and eool and wholesome. An excellent tailor always, she had risen early, had her tub, followed by a brisk turn or two of the deck, and had breakfasted well In the salon. Miire, dishevelled and pale, re garded hor blackly from her rum pled pillows. A tray with a cup of coffee, scarcely touched, and toast, broken but uneaten, rested on a fold in a table beside her. Ehc didn't daro look at It without n dlaturblnff physical reaction. To her petulant question, Patric ia lifted calm cyen. "Madge dear, 1 have told you be fore. Wo are Rnlnjr, you and 1, to visit my good friend the Marquise do Mantel at her seaside villa. If Mr. Cartwrtght cares to come with us, he will be n welcome guest. When I say guest, I mean a paying one, because Madame de Manse; Is poor since the war which wid owed her. She will be happy to have us not entirely as a means of livelihood though. Tou will find that we will bo Tory welcome. The villa Is a charm ins; place. I stop ped there with her Just before I sailed for America. Tho house la delightful. And the garden! It fair ly runs Into the sea. "Don't mention 'sea' to met I never want to hear of an ocean a bain. Ugh!" "Ah, you think so now, because you have been 11L But you'll forget that quickly." Madge flung a pillow petulantly onto the floor. "Tou make me tired. I wonder now, why I never made a friend of you. Pat, I'm beginning to hate you!" "I'm sorry," she said In a low voice. 1 knew, of course, that you would. And yet, all I've done, I've done because I love you and I don't want to see you pay too dear ly for a momentary folly," "Momentary folly ?" echoed Madge Indignantly. "How dare you aay that? My love for Btan Is the only big thing In my life. It's mag nificent, eternal." "We shall see,' said Pa trie la tently. "Madge, darling, If you can prove to me that It is magnificent that it Is lasting. I will withdraw ovorythlng I've said and done. But so often, you ve gone chasing will o' the wisps In the guise of love. Fortunately, you've never before allowed the chase to carry you this far. You've kept on the right side of decency. But now" "Now I've tossed everything to tho winds because of a wonderful love," Madge cut In. "Stan la my man, my mate, the one destined for me. We belong to each other. It was not our fault If Fate made us meet too late, after we had con tracted other alliances. But fortun ately we're, big1 enough, courage ous enough, to have each other In splto of the petty standards of a foolishly conventionalized world. Stage Whispers The six Brown Brothers head the Pontage vaudeville blU at the Capitol tonight The act Is one of the most noted to vaudeville to day. Secured by Frao& Bllgh, owner ot he Capitol, at a heavy cost, this headline act carries a special minstrel orchestra of 14 pieces with It. Tom Brown is at his best. Tho other acts on the bill are "Four Pals," a famous quartet with plenty of pep In "Laughter and Song. Burnum In a sensa tional song classic entitled "Is It He, She or It?" Toy La Pearl and Lillian Oonno present "Just for Fun," a comedy riot. Billy Car men and his mystery xylophone. Viola Vercler and her Capitol orchestra will also be on hand. Red Grange, king of the football world and an actor of no mean ability, takes the screen at the Ore gon theater today In "One Minute to Play," for an Indefinite engage ment, coming over from the Elal noro yesterday where tt played a one-day showing. Besides Its spectacular football aspect "One Minute to Play" has unusual dramatic qualities, and In Its Interpretation of campus life Is said to be the greatest American college story ever filmed, not even excepting "Brown of Harvard." An engaging love theme runs through the story and the acting of the en tire cast Is well above the ordinary. A week of olg offerings opens at the Elsinore this evening when the Moroni Olsen players present "Dear Brutus." ' Friday evening will be the regular weekly vaudeville night with a strong bill and on Saturday! "Stella Dallas" appears on that screen. "Stella Dallas" Is pro claimed as one of the big pictures ot the year and has been warmly reeclved everywhere. In Portland it ran for six weeks at the Peoples theater. Oh, what's tho uao!" She tossed petulantly on her pillows. "Why go over It all? I've explained ovorythlng to you often enough." Patricia rose and folded her em broidery. "What Is the use, indeed?" she echoed qquletly. "We understand the situation and each other very clearly, you and Mr. . Cartwrlght and I. The fact remains that, un pleasant as my task, I hold the trump cards and I Intend to keep on playing them. You and I are going to bo the guests of Madame tho Marquise. Mr, Cartwrlght may join us If he wishes. There can 'be no scandal in such a situation, no matter what the world suspects or hints at." "But Just what good you think such an utterly .ridiculous situa tion can do?" "Just this: It will give you a chance to come to your senses, to decide seriously what you Intend to do with the rest of your life. If, after you'vo had a fair trial at this new and dangerous mode of life, you find that your - love for Mr. Cartwrlght la enduring, I have nothing more to say. But, if you regret well, you can go back to the world to which you belong without too much mud clinging to your skirts. Never to America, of course, unless you can marry Mr. Cartwrlght. But thoro are other places which will accept you." "How sweet and thoughtful you arc," murmured Madge sarcastic ally. . Patricia made no renly to that She went up on deck and leaned for a long time on the rail looking ot tho Illimitable expanse of sky and sea that met along he rim of tho world. Cartwright joined her presently. He asked grimly; "Tou Intend to remain with us after we land. Miss Fleming?" She looked him squarely In the eye. "I do, Mr. Cartwrlght." HANEY SPEAKS ON CAMPAIGN ISSUESTUESDAY Bert B. Haney, democratic can didate for United States senator and a former member ot the ship ping board, will outline tho prin ciples and policies upon which he is Bceklng election in an address at the armory next Tuesday evening, October 20, Mr. Haney's talk, It is anticipat ed, will not be confined to the issues he has defined and promulgated In his statement of platform, but will also embody a reply to his partisan critics who seek his defeat solely because he is a member of the par ty in opposition to the national administration. To these critics Mr. Haney's reply has been that "I will support tho administration with the democrats or with the republicans or with the progressives whonever its program is in Oregon's Interest; and I will oppose It with the democrats or with the republicans or with tho progressives or alone whenever its program and policy is not in Ore gon's interest." Along this line Mr. Haney will discuss his controversy with Presi dent Coolldgo over shipping board policies which resulted In bis resig nation. Court Hovse Happenings An amended complaint has been filed in circuit court In behalf of Miss Helen Brandenburg, who Is bringing action against school district No. 115 of Maron county, for six months' salary, which she claims is due her. The school board took the keys to the build ing from' her on November 3, she alleges, without cause, and would not permit her to continue" teach ing under her .contract. She states that Bhe was paid only two months' salary, or up until October 23, 1925. Since she had been hired to teach a full eight months' term, and since she was to receive $100 a month daring that time, Miss Brandenburg demands $600 more from the school board. The pres ent members of the board, A. Y. Myers, Fred M. Shafer and R. K. Crawford, are listed as defendants In the complaint. A report has been filed in circuit court by J. C. Siegmund, referee in partitioning an estate In action brought against John J. Dwyer by Catherine Abbot, Claronce Abbot, Sarah Ferdon, James O'Neill, Em ily O'Neill and Lyle Page, the last named being as guardian ad litem for John Morris and James Mor ris, The report declares that tho property demanded and proceeds divided between the piaintina has been sold. The property con sisted of land In the Burlington and Glen Oak additions to Salem. Four lots In the Glen Oak addi tion wore bought by the Salem general hospital at a price of $500 for the four. Notice was received this morn ing U. G. Boyer, county clerk, from Sam Kozer, secretary of state, carrying instructions with respect to tho nomination ot . Louis R. Bean of Lane county, as republi can candidate for public service commissioner.. The nomination was made by tho Oregon state central committee of tho party. An order of default and decree, quieting title to a tract that was originally part of the Gideon Sen- ecal donation land claim, has been issued by the Marlon county court. Action to quiet title was started by Lyman A. Whitney. Iran M. Keene has been appoint ed guardian over Dorothy Lo Vel io Keene, Virgil M. Mossey has been ap pointed administrator of the estate of Stella P. ' Pokorny, deceased. Appraisers of the estate have been appointed as follows: M. J. Lln duhl, John Hunt, C. C. Geer, In a dismissal issued by County Judge Hunt, a petition by Cora 8. Smith and Doyle B. Smith to bo made executors of the estate of Horace W. Smith, deceased, has been refused. Tho two were at a previous date mode oxocutors of the estate, but through what they claim was a misunderstanding ne glected to list household furniture amounting to about $300 in valuo. They listed other assets of tho es tate, amounting to $3,800 in real property and $509.23 In personal property. Following the refusal of the county court to appoint them oxecutors a second tlmo, they have Indicated that they will appeal to tho circuit court. W. W. For, rural school super visor for Marlon county, today visited schools at Ablqua and near by points. Cambridge, Mass. Tho will of Mrs. James II. Woods, wife of a Harvard professor, stipulates that her diamonds shall be cast Into the sea. Her body was found In the Atlantic, after she had vanished from a steamship. DU?B DORA By Chick Young TCu!s0G.OD.l 1 HE'S A BIS VmjMKO I I CUTOUT TAAT fOOGH STUFt MOO I'"1'!!! 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