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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON
MONDAY, MARCH 21. 1927
CapitalJiJounial
Salem, Oregon
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HTROM.
Barring a Senator
i no 'sovereign state of Haiti has refused to permit
United States Senator King of Utah to set his foot in the
country perhaps on the ground that he is a dangerous radi
cal, a red and a bolshevist. Yet the state department, which
is solicitous about the rights of American citizens in Mexico
and Nicaragua, and flouts the sovereignty of those nations
when American citizens are concerned, hastens to recognize
the sovereignty of Haiti as far as United States senators are
concerned, and cannot even protest his exclusion.
If Mr. King was an oil or banana King, instead of a United
States senator exercising his senatorial rights, there would
probably be immediate protest, with the threat of warships
and marines, lor becretary of State Kellogg does not hesitate
to challenge the sovereignty of nations interfering with their
interests. A senator evidently is not entitled to the protec
tion accorded oil and banana companies.
The independence and the sovereignty of Haiti, however
are myths. Haiti has the same independence and sovereignty
that the Diaz regime has in Niiaragua that of United States
marines acting under orders from Washington. The order
banning Senator King probably has its inspiration in the de
partment of slate, as Haiti is really ruled by American "ad
visers" installed and kept in office by American bayonets to
protect American interests, and Fresimcnt Iiorno is only a
puppet, like Diaz. If Borno docs not follow instructions, he
will lose his job.
Mr. Kellogg is probably striving to form a precedent
whereby Nicaragua can exclude Senator Borah, who like
Senator King wants to ascertain the truth first-hand. As
long as such methods are followed, doubt and suspicion con
cerning American tactics in the Caribbean countries will
grow. There must be something wrong when such tactics
are followed to prevent facts from becoming known.
"Nervous Nellie" Kellogg, who rattles around in the shoes
of Hughes, possesses a genius for blunders that are jeopar
dizing the foreign relations of the country and making the
nation a laughing stock in the eyes of the world.
No Income Tax No Buildings
Governor Patterson's intention, announced in the admin
istration organ, the Oregonian, of withholding action on the
building program passed by the legislature and approved by
the governor, as a lever to force the ratification of the income
tax law b ythe people, with the threat that if it is not approv
ed, there will be no construction because of lack of funds due
to the failure of the tithing bill in the senate, shows that the
executive is again following ill the footsteps of (jovcrnor
Pierce, w ho lonned a million off the property tax to force
inr-nmn find tithing taxes.
Governor Tierce was inspired by the desire to lower
r,.i.,,i-i (,,v,.a while r.riverimr I'litterson is anniniatcd
ostensibly by the desire to make a record for economy and
live within income, in other words give a business administra
tion. Although the people have three times rejected an m
.,m., t;.v uml Mr I'icp-fi was defeated principally because of
his championship of it, Mr. Patterson HTSonally has always
favored it, though he soft-pedalled it during the campaign.
In effect, the governor serves notice on the people that
they must approve the income tax, or there will be no normal
school building, no new tuberculosis hospital and no nurses'
home at the asylum. The two former institutions were vot
ed by the people and the people must now vote the money to
build them. As neither arc necessary, there seems no good
reason whv either should be built.
We venture the prediction that if the income tax is de
feated the state will survive and be in better shape finan
cially than ever, especially with a professed economist like
Mr Patterson, at the helm. Before the next legislative ses
sion, he will probably devise a plan for consolidation and
merging of departments to simplify government that will
effect a real saving in costs, nnd accomplish for Oregon what
Lowden did for Illinois. The business problem is not to se
cure more revenues to spend, but to live within present
revenues by reducing costs.
'T"
Broken Off
By RUBY M. AYRES
CopyrioM, MS, lit
The UcCturc Nctespaprr vd(f
ItOl.l'U 1,1 MINS TIM. Tumi
Ilolf turned nwiiy without nn
swrrhiK- Mi- f It very fur from hup
l'.v. An he l'"k Mh mat from n ser
vant In tli hall, he hesitated, and
looked hiirlc nt tho htk'. lirltliit ntly
lighted ronm behind Mm.
After tonight ho would never
fi'nin to thl hmioe niraln. The
thought hrmiKht II f-Tllntr of regret
with It. After fill, Old Crnntham
lnd fvn koo( to him, very sjnod
And there wns some thins: about
lMnna. . . .Ho walked nut Into the
nlvtit ft'Hlntr stni lively Irritated
Why had she cried like tlcitT He
r-'Uld not foriret the sitml of her
1'ltemm imbhitii:, or the look In
Iter '. H had nevi-r tlked her
it well nn now, whrn she li.nl itout
tilm awny. Only that nflernoon he
hud chnf' l aralnwt hi feiter. nev
er dreaming that (hey wer no anon
to he hrokrn mid now he wax con
scious of a w-np of low, ronrlnti8
of a qiirer ruddei Ivm ffHlnjr as he
wnlked away down the nd. Hhe
hd wild tliit she did not lovo hi in,
and he hail believed her, and yet
row he was away from her, and
nut In (he dark silence of the nUht :
hi kpt n-meriiberinc the shy hap-;
tilnem of her ryes and the wurm.
fn.Mtonni feporive of her Ill's be
fteath hid Mms. I
Rhe hsd lovrd him at fimt. he
ruM swear to it; thin w h-n had
he changed, nnd why ? Wna there
B"me other reason? Mad anyone
been tnnlthiK mlsi-hlef? Who hnd
told her or mtcrrewie,! that there
another girl whom ha loved
heller? Or hnd that been mere
KUCMswotk nn her part? He felt tin
hinipy, At Iho end of the lond ho stop
ped nnd looLptl hack.
Ho wMied now that he had que,
tinned Iter more, Honely: wished
he had won something more defi
nite from her.
Prenontly he found hhnsrlf re-
(riu-linr hi step. There wna
Jtronir 4lt'lrc In hU heart to see
ni:aln that nh:M. -Tomorrow
would he too late. If nhe had so
uro'fafully thrown a barrier he
iwtvn them during ihe last few
hours, he tit U; lit find her tinap-
iiH-h.iMe totuoi row.
Die door of old Cnintlinm's hit
linn? wnn nlHtolInc wide open when
Rolf reached It: hut a manservant
wn ahout lo clou and fasten It
R"lf went forwunl.
"I've forgotten somrthlns;. Where
m Mla ( iranthaiii
The man looked faintly sui pris
ed.
'I believe nhe U hi the smoklnn
m with Mr. Oinmhain, air." He
helta'Hl. ".-'hall I-"
Itolf rut hltn fhort.
"Thatika, no; I kmw my way.
Ho h-ft his hat and rroaned the
hall. Tim door of the smoktni- :
l'lajrr iNano lor Suit
1700 mmlel n1mot new, now pric
ed $Jii. fio finwn. fio a month
(ieo. C. Mill alualc 1ouh, 43
Hint Ht Hnlem. Utabllahed 4k
years.
room was half closed, and he could
bear old Grantham's to!c gruffly
concerned, and then U seemed al
most angry.
Itolf hesitated. Had Diana told
him 7 He wa conscious of his
quickening heartbreaks. Par ha pa
already ha Was too late.
Then came the sound of sup'
pressed subbing. Diana!
Rolf Impulsively raised his hand
to push the door open, then stop
ped as he heard her broken voice.
"Jf I didn't love htm I wouldn't
have minded, or If ha had loved
me! But to know lt'a only the mon
cy he w.ints. when I love him ao
I couldn't bear It, daddy so I've
broken It off. I'm not going to mar
ry him. nfter all.
So that was the truth!
e
So that was the truth!
Rolfs handsome face was crlm
son with shame and deep feel I nit
as he stood there, hla hand still
outstretched to the closed door, his
eyes hot.
Ho he had been right, nnd she
did love him! He had been rlt,'ht.
and there had been some other
reason for their broken enKapement
and that reason was that she knew
ho was marrying her for her mon
y. He turned and tiptoed away
gain across the wide hall. He was
conscious of the manservant's eyes
upon hlrn, and with an effort he
pulled himself together sufficiently
to say:
"Don't mention to Misa Orant-
ham that I came back. It la of no
consequence."
And then he was out In the street
again, carry ins his hat In his hand,
feeling like a man In a dream.
Ho she did love him! Loved him
well enough to refuse to marry
him rather than enter Into a sor
did bargain knowing he had no af
fection for her.
She loved him, and there was no
other man. I
It gave him a queer sense of sat
isfaction to know that her kisses '
had been genuine, and to know that
It was not becaua aha had tired
of him that she had broken their
engagement.
Rolf was not exactly a woman's
man. He had had his various af
fairs, but none of them had been
very serious until the girl of whom
he had spoken to Hansted and Dl
ana had crossed his path. It was
true that he cared more for her
ihun he hid hitherto cared for any
woman. Bhe was young and un
worldly, and Renulnely In love with
him. Shorn of his name and posi
tion, sh would have loved him
Just as well. She understood with
nulet pain when he told her that
marriage was Impossible and that
he had to marry for money.
Ho thought of her now and of
the excuse he had given her, and
he thought of LHana. He was un
worthy of both of them; he felt
ashamed bitterly ashamed, that
either of them should care for him,
Ho wished with all his heart and
aoul that he had gone back to the
Grantham's hous. and yet. on the
other hand, he was glad to know
that Diana had not turned him
down for any woman's whim,
from mere fickleness.
Rut It put out of the question all
hop of Including her to change
her mind and many him. That Idea
had been In his heart when he went
back to the house, but now It had
;;one. liecause fcho loved him he
could not persuade her; because he
knew that she had loved him, she
now occupied an entirely different
position In his thoughts. Bansted
had left the Grantham's house
earlier In the evening, and as he
felt wide awake, and that he must
have someone In whom to confide.
Rolf went to the hotel where his
friend was staying.
He found Ransted In a dressing-
sown with a pipe and an open
book.
Never expected to see you," he
I In Ritrprne, when Rolf was
shown tip to hla room, "Anything
wrong ?'
Rolf laughed.
"I'm not sure. I'll leave you to
judge."
"Sit down and help yourelf."
Bansted pushed a decant or and
lass across the table.
"What do yon think of old Gran
.ham?" Rolf asked Irrelevantly.
Bansted laughed.
"I could put up with a much
worse man for the sake of the
prise they have offered you."
"Tou mean the money?"
Tomorrow I landed Has a Plan.
10,000 People Attend
Open House Dedicating
Modern Bank Quarters
DUMB DORA
Comprising the largest group of
Salem resident ever gathered
one place on a single evening,
crowd conservatively estimated
well over 10,000 people passed
through the Ktrst National bank
and building at its grand opening
Saturday evening.
During the-ffrst two hours 8000
people were counted passing
through the new bank's quarters.
After that no attempt was made to
keep track of the number, but
the crowds continued to fill the
place completely nnd line the street
outside for the next 40 minutes, or
until after 10 o'clock. From then
on the people began to come In
smalled numbers, although a few
were Just arriving as late as mid
night. On the assumption, how
ever, that there were half as many
visitors during the two hours and
a half after 9:30 as there were dur
ing the two hours before 9: SO, there
were 12,000 visitors at the bank
during the evening, or nearly half
tha total population of Salem. This
Is considered & conservative esti
mate.
A total of 8,800 people were
counted going up the elevators to
the Uth floor during the main rush
period, and a sufficient number
went up nfter that to bring the to
tal well above 10.000. Fime went
into the new bank quarters and
did not go throuch the rest of the
building, although nearly everyone
visited the entire plant from the
roof above the 11th story, down to
the basement.
It was In the basement that each
visitor took one of the two eleva
tors, and was shot up to the top
floor. From there he went up the
stntrs to the roof.
The evening was clear, and each
visitor .was able to look east past
the Elslnore theater, the new Cap
itol building and theater, the state
capltol grounds nnd Willamette
university south past the recently
enlarged, electric light plant toward
the new junior high school In that
rapidly growing district, west to
ward the lights of West Salem as
they cast their reflections on the
surface of the Willamette river,
and north toward the new subur
ban section there, with Its new
Hollywood theater and its two new
linen mills, the whole scene rep
resenting the most rapidly growing
city In Oregon.
Every room In the building was
lighted, representing a brilliant
spectacle for the street, and capped
by a glare of red light cast upon
the building from the top. prac
tically every room had Its decora
tions of flowers, A few of the rooms
weer vacant, giving evidence that
new bualnesa firms will not be
handicapped by lack of available
quarters for a short time at least.
It was In tha bank quarters,
however, that the largest quantities
of flowers had been showered.
There were hoqueta from bank
ing firms in Portland, and from
apparently every business house
In Salem, as well as from numer
ous Individuals. A large boquet had
been sent from Sir. and Mrs. Dan
I-'ry, who are now on their way
around the world. The boquet was
placed In the directors' room in
front, where Mr. Fry will sit as
head of tho bank.
Stage!
One could wish that Hollywood
moving picture directors all go to
France and study how to make
masterpieces such as "Michael
Strogoff," the French-made film
that will begin showing at Bltghw
Capital theater Tuesday for four
days. If his marvelous version of
Jules Verne's stirring story was
shown here for a pre-view Thurs-
lay night. Representatives of the
press and the many public school
teachers who viewed the film and
then unite In calling It an unusual
production.
Many of the scenes are In colors.
There Is about tho whole thing a
reality, a realism that Is the pe
culiar secret of these French producers.
Vet here the French aret again
setting up a standard that Amer
ican directors may well strive to
reach. The film story of "Michael
Strogoff ' opens In the old Russian
court about 186$ when tha Tartar
wer theratenlng the eastern terri
tory o the cxar. A Russian officer
has joined th Tartars to wreck his
vengeance on th grand duke. In
command of Siberian force.
The czar calls upon hla bravest
courier to warn the grand duke of
the traitor, and this thrilling film
depicts his adventures, hla tortures
at the hands of the Tartars, and his
final nnd oil but uselesa arrival at
the grand duke's headquarters as
the tide of battle threatens to v. Id
cut the Siberian army
SLAYER OF DALTON
GANG DIES AT 69
Coffeyvillo, Kn., March 21. Wl
John Joseph Klochr, 69, expert
marksman, who gained fame when
he killed three members of the
Dalton gang of bunk robber her
in 1 S 9 2. died here yesterday.
Kloehr was brought to Kansas
from Germany by his parents mor
than f0 years ago. Ho soon be
came known aa an expert marks
man and when tho Dalton gang
raided the two hanks here In Octo
ber, Kloehr Joined a posse
and exchanged shots with the ban
dits as they ran for their horses.
He killed Bob and Grat Dalton
and BUI Broadwell, lender of th
gang, which had terrorized th
west He received rewards from
pxpreas companies, the Chicago
Bankers' association and other pro
tectlvo organizations.
Kimball I'uino Burguln
1'pright In good condition $115
ff down, $5 a month. Goo. C Will
Music House. 432 State St., Salem
Established 48 years.
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