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IT IS THE GOVERNOR'S SCANDAL.
The governor was not
trol of the state prison, and
to it, since, is not creditable
The flax industry has been
in connection with which the
less implicated has cropped out. While no direct charges
have been made against Parole Officer Joe Keller, read
ing between lines it is easy t osuspett he is the individual
around whom the scandal revolves. According to his own
statement WardenMurphy does not feel friendly toward
him, and in fact he says Mr. Thacher of the Prisoners'
Aid Society and others have conspirtd to "get him". Kel
ler also alleges the scheme had its ongin with "democratic
politicians who desired to embarrass the governor." In
fact Keller makes so many separate excuses or defenses
that "he doth protest, too much." As to his charge that
democrats are responsible all that is necessary to show
that statement is made from whole cloth and has not even
the semblance of truth, is to use his own statement that
there is a conspiracy to bring him into disrepute, the con
spirators being the warden and others connected with the
prison. It can safely be depended on that these persons
having been appointed by the present governor are thor
oughly republican. It is these who iirst gave the charges
publicity, and who are now causing the investigation of
the matter. , ,
The governor would no doubt let the matter drop,
hut Keller has placed him in a position now that he cannot
do this. Keller, points out that he has objected to a sec
ond parole being given Irvin, who is supposed to be the
man for wThom the effort to obtair. a parole was being
made, and insists this proves that he, Keller, could have
had nothing to do with a nattempt to secure money from
Irvin. Instead of this being evidence in favor of Keller,
it is, if evidence at all, against him. He would have to
oppose the granting of the parole in order to make Irvin
come through with money to secure his freedom. Natur
ally it might be suspected anyone wanting to be influenced
to do a certain thing would apparently be opposed to do
ing that thing. Besides when Keller charged the demo
crats with being responsible for the bringing the scandal
to light, he knew it was not true. The doctrine of the
law is that he who is false in one thing is false in all, and
under this rule Keller's whole defense is left discredited.
When the governor discovered there was lack of harmony
between Warden Murphy and Flax Superintendent Craw
ford, he did riot hesitate a minute to remove Mr. Craw
ford. Is Keller of finer mold, or has he strings on the gov
ernor that makes the latter so tender about treating him
as he did Crawford? Now that Keller has openly stated
Warden Murphy and he are at the outs, and the governor
is such a stickler for harmony, as'he demonstrated in Mr.
Crawford's case, it would seem it is up to him to fire
either Murphy or Keller. There is nothing to connect
either with a deliberate attempt to connive at bribery, but
some one apparently had that in sight. It is up to the
governor to make choice between them, much as he would
like perhaps to squelch the whole matter at least until
after the election.
A galaxy of bright and shining four-eyed professors
are having an argument as to where man originated, and
most of them seem to be satisfied he came into existence
somewhere in Asia. They scout the idea of his having
been indigenous to America, despite the remains found in
various localities which the savants give an age of only
about 15,000 years. At the same time they date the arri
val on the planet of the first man or woman, which ever
was first, at anywhere around 500,000 or 600,000 years
ago. However their researches, if they can be called that,
are as reliable as those of certain evangelists just now
prominently before the Oregon and especially the Port
land public who presume to tell the world all about the
future, and the details of the end of the world, which they
assert is near at hand.
LADD & BUSH, Bankers '
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and afterrSaturday, Sept. 28
DOHA C. ANDRESES,
lTwIaVnt,
Sec. anil Treaa.
TELKCRAI'U 11KIDRT
KESbNTATlVES
satisfied until he got full con
what ho has done with it, and
to the high position he holds.
wrecked, and now a scandal
parole officers are more or
I IRFRTY RONDS
be for sale on
The United States government is now proceeding to
prove what every honest, sensible man already was mor
ally certain about that Lenine and Trotsky are German
agents. This fact was apparent from their actions all
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I employed by the imperial uerman government had done
"j their work as quickly and effectively as these Russian
uaiiurs uie Kaiser wuuiu ue
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Eugene Debs in addressing the jury that tried him
said: 1 deny nothing; 1 repudiate nothing; I retract noth
ing." He was found guilty and sentenced to serve ten
years in prison. This will
and before the time is out
pudiate, and also regret he
Austria's peace offensive, and the suggestion that the
fighting do not stop pending the preliminary negotiations
has an element of humor. Austria is doing no fighting,
will do none this year unless forced to by the Italians,
and her peace suggestion analyzed shows she is perfectly
willing to have the allies pound Germany all winter if they
so desire.
. AAiljAt AA AA
Rippling
by Walt
PLENTY
The lazy man has lots of trouble; he can't dodge labor
worth a cent; no odds ho whe may twist and double, some
jog will track him to his tent. Where is the guy who used
to mutter, "I can't get work, howe'er I try; I'd like to earn
my bread and butter, but 'Nothing Doing!' is the cry." He
used to come, with gall immortal, and hand that kind of
tale to you; you did not shoo
cause his story might be true.
mullin, and said, "Poor man,
ed him while he sat there stuffin' his innards, like a house
afire. But now if some one
work, and fakes like those,
the ceiling and Hood him with the garden hose. You
know at once that he is faking, you laugh to scorn his
plaintive yelp; employers everywhere are1 breaking their
wishbones rustling round for
excuses with which to fool
war has cooked his gooses, nda he must go to work or die.
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By JANE
Ruth Is Sent Away Again. Brian Goes
Out With Mollie King. Greenwich Village.
Ruth, speeding to Philadelphia, her
CHAPTER XXXIII. mind fixed on the work she had to do,
The dav tifter Ruth's talk with Brian ' the plans lnid out on a table the por
and after she had told La Monto broiiRht her, little dreaming
,, , , ,, that Brian, lonely, disgusted at the
her intention to move, Mr. Maudd Call- j itl(, of pti ,,is (11nnor , had
ed her itno his private office.
The t'avy house is nearly finished-; and proposed they dino somewhere to
Xolhiii'', now, but that the others can , . , ...
,1., I,., in hr,r ft xrnnt , t.i
tako the noon train for Philadelphia.
There is a home in the suburbs T have
been ask
islud to look nt, and then sub-!
. . ., , - ...
:u,S.tis,mposs,bIofor.neto:o
in it pla
with you, out La Monto will give you
all tho necessary information."
"Nliall I be there lona?'' Kuth asked !
Tl had conic H'.vain. She would have
another disagreeable seeen with Brian.
"Oh, two or tlircn days. Ptny at tnc
liellevne. Oo home now Bnd pack up
what you want to take with you; (kjieu
return here. La Monte will have your
instructions ready when you como
back."
Kuth nodded. IShe realized that tTie
call on lu. was as a business woman,
and so slu obeyed it without qualm
or hesitation. Yet she dreaded the go
ing, because of Brian.
Wio called him on the telephone 89
soon ns she reached tho flat and told
him what she had to do. This timt
thoer was no Rasp, no askinn her to re
peat her message, lie listened quietly,
then said:
'lf you will let me know when you
are comim; back, I will meet you."
'Onde.-d 1 will! that will be lovely
Mr. Mandel said it might take me
three or four days. 1 am to slay nt the
Hollevue-Mratfoid. It will take nw
longer because 1 am going to go alone
and so wil". have it all to do myself.''
Ruth had added that last sentence
thinking to comfort Brian, and to dis
sipate any jealousy he might feel if he
imagined Mr. Mandfl had accompanied
her. She knew that it disturbed Brian
not to hr.ve her at home; also that it
troubled him not to know where she
jwas and what she was doing every min
i ute of tho time. Philadelphia was a big
i place, and during the day she would
'not even be there, but out in the sub
1 urbs attending to her work.
Ruth hud lately met some friends of
'Brian's, one or two married couples
j (the women had beeu shocked that sho
j worked, ami had shown it very plniu
;fy), and two or three ymmg women
; and their escorts. Brian, before he mar
i riod, had been something of a Bohe
mian and front what he said and what
she had gathered from the converea
tion of others liad been quite friendly
with Mollie King, an artist living in
ji i n- t-
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ruling uie wona loaay.
give him time to think it over
he may, deny, retract, and re
did not do all three sooner.
a a aa A AAAAjAAA A A a al A A A A A A A A
Rhymes
Mason
OF WORK.
him from your portal, be
'You handed him a pie or
your fate is dire," and watch
comes a-spieling of lack of
you bump his head against
help. The lazy man has no
the kindly guy; the stress of
VV Rk
PHELPS
the Latin Quarter
of New York-
called Mollio King on tho telephone
... . . ' . . " " . .
Mollie had asked when she received
the unexpected invitation.
"!She is over in Philadelphia. I
shan't ent alone, "Mollie. so if you don't
come I. shall a.k someone else.'' '
,
Uhnll we go!"
'Meet im at tho Brevort for old
time 'a sake."
''No ei:e wants vou to eat alone.
You couldn't lose little Mollie tonight,
if you tried." she told him, all the time
wondering if there was any. trouble be
tween good old Brian, and his stylish,
clever wife. Shu hoped not; she liked
them both,
She found Brian-waiting for her. He
had engaged a table, one in tho same
old corner where they used to sit lie
fore Brian had married Ruth. With
much laughter and many reminiscences
they ordered the dishes they used to
order. Strangely, the waiter who served
them remembered them, and covertly
witched them, wondering if they were
married.
They had a delightful evening. Brian
had taken Mollie homo to Itlie little
studio high up against tho roof of
one of ti e old houses in the quarter,
and had gone in, in the same old fash
ion, and smoked his cigar, while sho
puffed away at a cigarette to keep
him company.
While the clock in the church tower
ont far away, struck twelve, they both
started.
"Scandalous!" Mollio laughed. "Out
you go, this minute."
"1 should say it was scandalous.
Really, Mollie, I had no intention of
boring yot so long. I had hoped you
would go with me again, some night.
Now, I know you won't."
'Ask me, if you dare!" she. flung
baek, her bright faee mocking him,
'Will you d'yie with me tomorrow
night at the same time and in the same
ASK FOR and GET
BJorliCiS'-s
Tho Ortginad ,
Malted Milk
For Infants and Invalids
OTHERS r IMITATIONS
NO HONEY IS ASKED
JUST OLD CLOTHING
tall is ror lhe Belgians:
art n nm r
Need Is Greater Than
Ever, Says Hoover
A call Is now made to the jA?ople of
Salem to give their unused aud surplus
clothing to the Belgian Relief commis
sion. The call is similar to tho one
made last March when tho peopKi of
Salem and vicinity gave to the Bel
gians 20,000'pouuds o old clothing.
Red Cross - headquarters have been
notified that the quota for Salem and
tliy county of Polk and Marion Is seven
tons and Salem alone will be asked for
one and one half tons.
This call i for anything in the wey
of children or babies' clothing or shoes.
Anything that a woman can wear and
auy old piece of clothing or shoes for a
niau. According to letlv-rs from Bel
gium with the winter coming on, the
need is greater than ever. The Ger
mans are still in control of every foot
of ground in Belgium excepting a small
portion on the coast adjoining i'rauce.
, In Salem, the building on Commercial
street adjoining the Geo. V. Johnson &
Co., clothing Store has been given as a
proper place to sv-nd donations. For
those who are v illing to give, yet can
not make it convenient to deliver pack
ages down town, the city will be di
vided into districts and collections will
be maiV next Thursday and Friday.
People living in the rural districts are
asked to bring in their bundles and
leave them at the store on Commercial
street. Everything must b collected
by Wednesday of Fair week as the clo
thing must be boxed aud shipped to
New Jersey by the 30th. "
Red Cros8 auxiliaries at Dallas, Sil-
ve-rtou and Monmouth havo been asked
to collect and pack their own contri
butions and ship direct to headquar
ters. .
MrB. Russell Cntlin is chairman of
the Belgian Relief committee and with
her will work the sub conimittcva in tho
collection and shipping of clothing.The
can to salem is lor d,UU0 pounds and
contributions may be sent in tp 141
North Commercial street beginning on
Tuesday morning. A man will be on
hand to receive bundk-s all this week
and next.
REGIME
(Continued from page one)
German general staff in Petrograd. On
tho bottom of the protocol the German
adju ant acknowledges receipt of the
two incriminating circulars with his
cipher signature. And to complete the
cvidenco tho circulars are themselvos
penciled with the cipher signature of
lhe hoad of the German secro service
bureau.
Imperial Bank's Part
The part played by tho German Im
perial bank in financing the Russian
bolshevik movement, the care taken by
the German military authorities to pro
ven spread among their own people of
tho soialist preaching of their Rus
sian tools, and the plans laid for Ger
man control of Russia economically and
financially during and after the war
feature tho disclosures in the second
installment of the sensa ional series of
secret documents which .tho American
government is making public.
Hun File Numbers Carried
Copies of the documents, given out
carry carry the file numbers of the
lieiehsbank of he German general
staff, and in some instances notations
by Lenine or Trotsky, the bolshevik
lenders, now shown to havo been in
the pay of Germany since long beforo
they overthrew Russia's new democrat
ic government and virtually turned the
country over to the Teutons. There arn
illuminating explanatory notes by Kd
Sar Sisson, of tho committee on public,
information, who directed the investi
gation which resulted iu the disclos
ures. One of the Reichsbnnk memoranda,
dated last January, announced to the
commissar of foreign affairs (Lenine)
that 50,000,001) rubles' of gold had been ,
placed to the credit at Stockholm of i
the renresen ntives of the commissars I
in finvnt. Hia pn.it nf fti'd mmrda an d i
agitators
a 'niescomnwfisirthees'Vioffonight.tsI d
' Scheme to Destroy War Supplies
Another of a few days later tells of
a ercnit ot a.uuu.uw mines for tfte as
sistant naval commissar in the Far
East, who is entrusted wi h the thsk of
carrying otf or destroying tho great
American and Japanese stores of war
material at ladivostok a scheme that
proliably was well under way when the;
lunding of American and allied forces
a V ladivostok. ended the sway of the
bolsheviki there.
A resolution adopted by the Germaa
commercial banks under the auspices
of the Reiehsbank outlines an elaborate
program for control of Russia by Ger
many and tho barring of America and
the allioa from tho Russian commercial I
and industrial field after the
What has happened to this scheme is
not definitely known, but it is sug-
i
plaee, Miss Kingt" Brian asked wnh
mock humility, h'S eyes dancing.
"Certainlv, Mr. Hackett! I accent '
your Invitation with much pleasure. " j
Ana juouio swep: mm an eiaoorate
courtesy.
"Mollie's 30.ua nice girl, ail right!
It was a heap sight better than stav
ing home lon. I must tell Crawford
not to got dinner home, tomorrow night
No use wasting good grub" Brian so
liloquized as he prepared for bed.
( 1 omorrow Brian Takes Mollie King
To Dinner a Second Time)
jested that it may be the subject of
one of the secret sections of the Gef-man-Bolshcvik
treaty.
Russian Socialists Betrayed
How Lenine and Trotsky were be
traying their socialist friends along
with Russia is disclosed by a sharp
note to Lenine from the Nachrchten
bureau demandiag to know what steps
he wfiild take to make good his per
sonal promise hat socialistic and agi
tational literature would not be circu
lated among German troops. Trotsky
wrote on the margin, "I ask to discuss
it. L. T. ' '
The concluding documeut of the in
stallment is a German warning on Jan
uary 29 to Lenine that unknown agi
tators were circulating propaganda
telling in advance of the plans of the
bolsheviki to surrender openly o the
Germans, as they acluaHy did later.
AUSTRIA'S APPEAL
Continued from pago one)
many would like to strike the best pos
sible' bargain at thi8 time to save the
Hohenzollern rukrs. But it is regard
ed fully as fe that auy bargain at
this time would discount the enormous
sacrifices the allies have made without
making the world safe from a German
war threat in the futuiv.
Victory for the allies and America
is too near at hand to iose it through
a basic examination of peace matters
such as Austria proposed, according to
the view of military and international
affairs experts.
Thw Austriuu proposol which is sent
to all neutral countries and the pope,
says:
unswerving Aim Alleged.
"With this consciousness, and in its
unswerving endeavor to work in the in
terests 0f peace, tho Austro-Huiigarian
government now again conies forward
with a suggestion with the object of
bringing about a direct discussion be
tween the enemy powers.
" The earnest will to peace of wide
classes of the population of all the
states who are jointly suffering
through the war the indisputable ap-
proachment in individual controversial
questions as wc" as the more concili
atory atmosphere that is genvral, seems
to the Austro-Hungarian government to
give a certain guarantee that a fresh
step in the interests of peacvf, which
also fakes accounts of past experiences
in thig domain, might at the present
moment offer the possibility of success.
Pathfinder Task Volunteered.
"The Austro-Hungarian government
has therefore resolved to point -out to
all th0 Ixsligorents, friend and foe, a
path considered practicable by it and
to proposo to thorn jointly to examine
in a fioe exchange of views whether
those prerequisites exist which would
make tho speedy inauguration of peaco
negotiations appear promising.
"To this end the Austro-Hungarian
government has today invited the gov
ernments of all the belligerent states to
a confidential and unbinding discussion
at a neutral meeting place, and has ad
dressed to them a note drawn up in this
sense.
"This step has been brought to the
knowk'tlge of the Holy See in a special
note, and an appeal thereby made to the
Pope 's interest in peace.
"Furthermore, the governments of
thu- neutral states have been acquainted
with the step taken.
"The constant close accord which ex
ists between the four allied powers war
rants the assumption that thy allies of
Austria-Hungary to whom the proposal
is being sent in the same manner, sharo
tho vieks developed in the note."
General Accord Insufficient.
"If is true-, it must be remembered.
that an agreement on general principles
is insufficient, but that there remains
the further matter of reaching an accord
upon their interpretation and thvir ap
plication to individual concrete war and
peace questions.
To an unprejudiced observer there
can be no doubt that in all the belffivr-
cut states, without exception, the desire
ror a peace of understanding has Secn
enormously strengthened; that the con
viction is increasingly spreading that
the further continuance of bloody strug
gle must transform Europe into ruins
and into a state of exhaustion that will
mar its development for decades to
come and this without any guarantvt
of thereby bringing about that decision
by army which has been vainly striven
after by both sides in four years filled
"mi enormous sacrmces, gunerings ana
eXertiOnS,
"In what manner, howwer, can the
way be paved for an understanding anr
an understanding finally attained! Is
there any eerlous prospect whatever of
reaching this aim by continuing tire dtr
cussion of peace problem in the way
hitherto followed?
Earlier Discussions Held Misfits.
"We have not the courage to answer
the latter question in tlw affirmative
The discussion from one public tribuno
to another, as has hitherto taken place
between statesmen of the variou9 coun
tries was ivally only a series of mono
logues. It laeked, above everything, di
rectness. Speech and counter-speech
did not fit into each other. The speak
vrs spoke over one another's heads.
"On the other hand were the pub
licity and the ground of these discus-
?" '' w"" n ." ,sa t.nem 01 e Poss'
"In all publie statements of this na-
,uro' a r,,rm of c1lq",,'w used which
reckons mm me eirecx nx great ens-
lances and on the masses. Conscious
1" or unconsciously, however, one there-
by increasing the distance of the op
ponent's conception, produces misunder
standings which take riot an,i are not
removed, and makes the frank ex
change of ick-a more difficult.
' ' F.very pronouncement of leading
statesmen is, directly after its adver
sary and before the authoriative quar
ters of the opposite side can reply to it
made the subject of passionate or ex
THIS WOMEN ONLY
11
fa Burbank Takes Tanlac
And Now Weighs 127
Pounds.
One of the most noteworthy fea
tures, and one that stands out more
'sdnuiod aoii0 .ius UBqi .(luoupuojj
in connec ion with Tanlac is the very
large number of men aud women wha
have reported an astonishing rapid in
crease in weight as a result of its use.
One of the latest to testify to ths
remarkable reconstructive powers of
tho medicine is Mrs. Anna BurDank,
who resides at 3232 2d Ave-, West, Se
attle, Wash. Mrs. Burbank came in the
Bthtell drug store in company with hor
husband recently and made the follow
ing statement, ta ing that she bad
actually gained thirty two pounds.
"1 can't say," stated Mrs. Burbank
in describing her case, " that 1 had any
special ailment but for the last four
years 1 have been gradually losiuf
weiuht aud strength, and going dovva
hill. My appetite was so poor, that I
never cared for auytinng to eat. i
dreadfully constipated, and suffered a
grea deal with headaches and pains in.
mv back. I was completely rundowa
and tired out all tho time, aud hardly
had energy enough to ding myself
around. Nothine did me any good, ani
I fell off in weight until 1 was hardly
more than a frame.
'When 1 began taking 'lanlac, l
weighed only ninety five pounds. I
had been reading so much about how
others had been benefited, and wer
gaining in weight by taking Tanlas,
that 1 made up my mind to see wnat
would do for me and the results have
been far more than I ever expected. I
now weigh one hundred and twenty
iseven pounds having actually gainci
thirty two pounds m a utt'e imire maa
a month and am still gaining. I am
always ready for my meals now with a
fine appetite, and have gotten rifl of
all the headaches aud pains in my
(back, and my tired wornout feelings
are gone, too. I get up in the mornings
now feeling thoroughly rested and
strong, and full of lifo and energy. I
can recommend Tanlac to anyone in a
run down condition, for it certainly
has built me up wonderfully."
Tanlac is sold in Hubbard by Hub
bard Drug Co., in Mt. Angei by Bea
Qooch, in Gervais by John Kelly, i ';
Turner by H. P. Cornelius, in Wood
burn by Lyman H. Shorey, in Salem
by Dr. S. C. Stone, in Silverton by Geo.
A. Steelhammer, in Gates by Mrs. J
P. McCurdy and in Stayton by U. A,.
Beauchamp, in Aurora by Auraro Drus
Store. (Adv.)
aggerated discussion of irresponsible ele
ments. "But anxiety lest they should endan.
ger the interests of their arms by un
fabornbly influencing feeling at horns
and lest they prematurely betray their
own ultimate intentions, also causes the
responsible statesmen themselves t,
strike a higher tone and stubbornly t
adhere to extreme standpoints.
"If, therefore, an attempt is made ti
sec whether the basis exists for an un
derstanding calculated to deliver Eu
rope from the catastrophe of the suici
dal continuation of the struggle, then,
in any case, another method should be
chosen which renders. possible a direct,
verbal discussion between tire represen
tatives of the governments and only be
tween them.
Individual Issues Included. ,
"Opposing conceptions of individual
belligerent states, would likewise have
to form the subject of such a discussion
for mutual enlightenment, as well as the
general principles that shall f-orve as the
basis for peace and tiro- future rela
tions of the states to one another ani
regarding whiehj in the first place, and
accord can be sought with a prospocl;
of success. .
"Ag soon as an agreement were
reached on the fundamental principles,
an attempt would have to be made ii
the course 0f the discussions concretely
to apply them to individual peace ques
tions and thereby bring about their so
lution. '
"We venture to hope that there will '
Iv no objection on the part of any
belligerents to such an exchange of
views. The war activities would ex
perience n0 interruption. The discus
sions, too, would only go so far as was
considered by thv participants to offer
a prospect of success.
' ' No disadvantages would arise there
from for the states represented. Far.
rrom narming, such an exchange of
vKws could only be useful to the cause
of peace.
Formal Invitation Issued
"The royal and imperial government
would like, therefore, to propose to the
government f all the belligerent states
t0 send delegates to a confidential nu3
unbinding discussion on the basic prin
ciples for the conclusion of peace, In
place in a neutral country and at a
near date that would yet have to be
igrced upon delegates who were charg
ed to mak known to one another the
conception of their governments regard
ing those principles and to receive ana
logous communications, as well as te
request and give frank and candid ex
planations on all those points whick
ne.d to be precisely defined.
"The royal and imperial government
lia3 the honor to request the govern
or ? throngU the kin
mediation of Tour Zxeellencv, to brin
this communication t0 the "knowledge
of the government of .
(The names of the intermediary gov
ernment and Of that addressed in the
particular note dispatched are left