Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-28

word of the things | knew. There is
not woman who knows a thing
about the secret work except myself
that is unless she has found out
from some other source, for l have
said nothing.
Il will say that / know all the OF.
ders, signs, work, passwords and
everything that has transpired in the
Ballard lodge for the eight months
previous to the night my husband
went into the lodge. l have seen
several different things happen there
and they are very amusing After a
time it got rather monotonous to me
and now it appears only the same
routine of work that it does to the
members. l am sure OF one thing,
l can give my husband points on the
secrets of Elkdom, and can give much
of the work that is not in print
Demands Recognition.
"All I want is to be recognized
honorably. | do not care to become
a member of the Elks or to associate
with them in the lodge room, for dc
not think that is the proper place foI
a woman, but now know as much
as any Of them and want the obliga
ton and desire to be recognized in
the position 1 take. II take the OBJ
legation l shall live UP to it, just the
same as have lived up to the prom
ise have made in the past.
81 am willing TO make any demon
stration of my knowledge Of the Sc
crets of the Elks to the proper per
sons, and am further willing to show
them how / succeeded in getting thu
secrets know. am ready to d.
this in order to protect my husband
do not want anyone to think he ha
been telling the secrets OF the lodge
and feel that those who came Il
the house on the night he took tn,
work can say that knew all abou
it. and, in fact, he had no chance 4
/ tell me anything, for at that time h,
had not been initiated
Talks for Her Husband.
Whatever / say at this time II
simply for the protection of my hus
band" Mrs. King reiterated. q nev
er intended the matter should get I,
the public, but now that 1t has be
come so widely known, want Il
place my husband right, because
would not have a single person thinl
he has broken the obligation he ha
taken.
81 think that when some OF tn,
boys came down town this morning
they saw the board in position ant
could see from that the way di,
my secret work. No one thought TO
a minute that a woman could do this
and that is the reason they are s.
much mystifed by the facts whic
they cannot deny.
II will say that have not been el
amined by a single Ballard Elk.
told them that when the proper tim
came. and the proper persons wer
present. wouldy demonstrate m
ability. and this have done.
should not have made a statement
the matter had not been made publ
exclusively by the Times, and nov
make 1t only to protect my hus
band, whose interests in this matte
consider are far greater than mine
When the people OF Ballard wen
to their various places OF busines
this morning they saw a board e1
tending from the roof OF the building
next the old Elks' hall to the win
dow of the hall. Il was an innocent
looking object. spanning the marrow
space OF the alley, and to the ord
nary passer-by il had no significance
To the Elks OF Ballard it had
world OF significance and showed L
them that the defy they had sent L
the plucky woman who had Obtaine'
the innermost secrets OF the Elks b,
her enterprise and courage was an
swered. They had said the feat wa
a physical impossibillty. She place,
the board there TO show that the
we're wrong
Mrs. King put the board across tn
alley last night to show what sh
could do. She declares she can do
again Mrs. King Is a woman Of grea
physical development. She has cor
sidered that by developing her mus
cIes she would be able 10 an ne be-
ter maintain her health and for tina