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Evening star., 1921-09-23
The .Ku-Klux Klan.

Attorney General Daugherty Is
quoted as saying in discussion o. the
ku-klux klan that there ia no need
in this country for vigilance organiza-
tions"; that 1.-The country does not need
any self-constituted organization to
define and enforce the laws for Ameri-
can citizens: that ''it has a well or
ganized Department Of Justice to en-.
force the federal laws. and well Or
glnized state authorities to maintain
the laws of the several states
This does not leave the khan a leg
70 -Land ON respecting it's boasted pur-
i"'se that of assisting in the enforce
mt al IF the laws and the preservation
of trGer
And Mr.. Daugherty is right. The
rcgubAr machinery Of government,
state and national. is sufficient Ia size
and appointment to make the people
-ecure IN their daily walk. It needs
otly T., he speeded uo to perform the
full SET uirs for which it was designed.
The Eu-k!ux Kan has no warrant
for cxistiilca, Its name; its outlandish
regalia: its ;-bsurd nomenclature; its
ridinss by night: its evident object to
strike terror to the hearts of the
ignorant and the helpless, revive
memories of bitter day that is dead.
This is 1921-han century distant
from the> time Of the original Ku.
Klux Khan. The copy organization is
out of date and place. 1t should dis.
band. or be disbanded. 1t adds to the
national unrest, which is regrettably
great enough without it.
Evening star., 1921-09-23
Still q Wet.

Gov Edwards Of New Jersey is still
wet. He is the official quoted last
year as Of the intention to make his
state "as wet as the Atlantic ocean"
On the strength Of that utterance
he was doomed for a time for the
democratic nomination for President.
But the suggestion did not take" and
was withdrawn. The governor did
not even attend the San Francisco
convention.
The governors latest deliverance on
prohibition is IN the form Of an In.
Evening star., 1921-09-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Perpetual Repose.
When man first climbed down from a
tall jungle tree
And stood on his hind legs and
thought,
The joys of a life from all turbulence
free
Were what he most earnestly
sought;
And he busted his brain with far
reaching scheme
BY which all contention must cease;
For ages mankind has INDUCED in a
dream
OF the land Of perpetual peace.
No foeman should threaten the treas
ures he stored
In the cave that he chose for a
home;
No rival would smite at the one he
adored.
All proud and secure he would roam.
He believed that beneath his benevo-
lent sway
From care earth would find a re.
lease
And each Of us thinks he could point
out way
To a land Of perpetual peace. -
Evening star., 1921-09-23
Uncle Sans Machine.

Business as usual at both ends of
the Avenue.
At the White House, the President,
refreshed by his breathing spell. is
conferring with party leaders about
legislation. patronage and what not;
receiving callers who come to pay their
respects; talking over matters of ad-
ministration detail with members Of
the cabinet. AS always, the latchstring
is on the outside. The people are well
come at the peoples house.
On Capitos Hin, Congress, refreshed
by a breathing spell longer than the
one the President enjoyed. has tackled
its task promptly and taken up with
Evening star., 1921-09-23
The Way Men Spend Their Lives.

The Life Extension Institute prints
a chart to show how short . time
men live in comparison with the time
they ought to be alive. The normal
span of human life Is supposed to be
seventy. Actually. however. In coun-
tries like the United States the av-
erage length of life is fifty-one. OF
working period is between the ages
of eighteen and forty-two. And Of
these twenty-four productive years
the only ones In which they are in
perfect health are those between
eighteen and thirty-one.
Human beings who are supposed to
live at least seventy years-in good
health-live only fifty-one years, and
only thirteen of these are at the
high point Of enjoyment. They are
years and ten, and they trade great
portions of their wealth for other
things. They trade and trade and
trade. and finally have left only one
sixth Of their royal estate. They
For the doubtful privilege of being
a business success in life they give
twenty good years; for sleeping too
little and eating too much they give
biles and other unnatural enjoyments
for the sweet delights Of worrying
and complaining and coddlinE them
selves With various diseases they
S.n the rest The e so chs1 h.sn wsh M Sf
youth stealing diversions Of civil.za-
tion and yet live just AZ long as they
lived before they had them: Men
fists. the inventors and the medioal
men are working so hard these
days.-San Francisco Call (inde-
pendent).
Congress might compromise the
thing and pass a law that beer for
medicine must be taken in q capsule.
Colorado Springs Telegraph.
It would be much easier to locate
were fired and bill collectors hired in
,, their place.-Baltiuo-e Sun.
Japan's position seems to be that
to China, diplomatically, but insists
on keeping it. actually.-Tulsa Tribune.
San Diego high school offers a
course In scenario writing. May a.
we'll let them set It over with while
father foots the bills.-El Paso Herald.
Mr.. Zero would probably agree that
fres are seldom put out by the man
who rings the bell-Boston Herald.
Reformer Crafts shouts ecstatically
| that he has discovered the sin In
Icinema.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
These fellows who are engaged in
breaking up the atom into fifteen hum
dred parts may be useful before long
| as aids In calculating the value OF the
mark.-Manchester Union.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

In spite of the large number Of un-
settled questions before the world the
type Of mentality is still in evidence
that regards itself as doing the public
q favor by digging up more problems.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

There is no strong popular interest
in the speculations as to communica-
ton with Mars. Earth has so many
perplexities of its own at present that
it cannot be expected to encourage an
effort on the part of another planet to
tell it's troubles.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

The arms limitation conference
would make an interesting subject for
Col. Bryan should he decide to revive
his .eportorial syndicate which has
inquired 80 prominently at conventions.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

An intention Of coming back to
America is attributed to Bill Haywood.
who is apparently one of those persons
who always seem to have possibilities
Of usefulness in some place where they
are not at present.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

Getting a constitutional amendment
into working order may prove as slow
and laborious q process as the original
establishment of the Constitution it.
self.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

1t is feared that the eminent visitors
from abroad will miss one of the most
attractive phases Of American interest,
owing to the fact that circumstances
will not permit them to see Babe Ruth
knock q home run.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

The high cost of living has asserted
itself as a problem the world over; but.
as In the case of the housing prob
lem. every community assumes that
its own situation is one of peculiar diff
Guilty.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

A warden of a western penitentiary
has observed that crooks do not play
tennis. A really Industrious crook sell
dom has the time or temperament for
the polite accomplishments.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

It is stated that $4,000 has been
paid for pound of sugar In Russia. A
certain amount of local competition
for the control of. food distribution is
perhaps not unnatural.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

The oyster is supposed to be due II,
September, but so is autun.. weather.
Neither food nor the temperature
shows great Difference to the calendar.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

The bulls and the bears do not af
feet values any more than a guessing
contest influences the actual facts to
which it refers.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

Occasionally organizations come to
attention whose most important prac-
tical function appears to be the col
lection of dues.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

John Barleycorn is making almost as
much trouble for the tax collector as
for the prohibition agent.
Evening star., 1921-09-23
Tha Charm Of Sound.

at cannot be denied that the audi
ence applauded your opponents
speech"
you must bear in mind" replied
Senator Sorghum, that speaker, like
a musician. may be applauded for
his technique. regardless Of any ideas
he may be attempting to express"
Evening star., 1921-09-23
Effective Equivalent.

''There is no equinoctial Storm"
Say scientists. Though reform
And vow that there is no such thing
I'm drencked with rain each fall and
spring.
Evening star., 1921-09-23

Some men keep on arguing" said
Jud Tunkins, mot because they are
sure they're right, but because they
hate to end an interesting converse.
tion."
Evening star., 1921-09-23
Readable, at Least.

II have Just read novel Of which
I thoroughly disapprove."
81 hope you will lend 1t to me-" said
Miss Cayenne. II haven't found a
novel in a long time that interested
me sufiiciently to merit my disap.
prevail"
It's easier" said Uncle Eben, "to
sell q man some kind Of gold brick
dan It Is to give him valuable advice
free Of charge"
Evening star., 1921-09-23

Very fine georgette
crepe, fine tucks, .ine hlet
lace, 6neness and dainti-
ness emphasized in quail.
ity. White, bisque and
combinations of bisque.
with navy-one OF these
latter pictured.
JeIlefrs-Main Floor.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
Converts Autos
Into Aeroplane

Paris, Dec 26.-Rapidly con.
vertible from motor car to aero.
plane and back again, a novel ma
chine, invented by M. Tampier
mas been tested before a French
technical commission at the Bleir-
OF aerodrome at Buc.
In the air 1t is a two-seater BIZ
plane with 80 horsepower Hispano
engine. The wings fold back along
side the fuselage. When working
as a motor car it uses an ordinary
lOh horsepower automobile en-
gine, which can also be employed
for starting the airplane motor.
The machine first flew for 20
minutes and then, after its wings
had been folded back it ran into
Paris as an automobile. The idea
is that motor airmen will be able
to keep the machine in their gar
age and motor out to the flying
where, after setting their
wings they can take the air.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
DEADLOCK
OVER DIVER
TONNAGE
Japan Wants $4,000
Tons of Submarines
Instead of $4,000 Un-
der American Plan

Washington, Dec. 26.-(By AS
sociated Press) - While formal
negotiations of the arms confer
ence continued in suspension
over the Christmas holiday, the
controversy which has arisen
over the question of submarine
tonnage promised considerable
activity in the way of informal
discussions among the delegates
today in an effort to find an ac-
ceptable basis of settlement. Any
material change in the situation
appeared to wait upon receipt by
the French delegates of instguc-
tions from Paris concerning the
American compromise proposal
whereby France, Italy and Japan
would accept status quo tom
mage in submarines and the 90,-
600 tons allotted in the American
limitation plan to Great Britain
and the United States would be
reduced to 10000 tons each. The
French reply was looked for be-
fore the next meeting tomorrow
of the full naval committee.
With Japan standing out un-
qualifiedly for $4,000 tons in SUBJ
marines instead of the $4,000 she
would have under the compro-
mise proposal and the French
having indicated no recession
from the 10000 ton figure sug-
gested for their navy, the situa-
ton today appeared to offer lit
tie promise of an early agree.
ment. Upon the decision Of these |
two countries apparently hinged
the hope of settlement, as Great
Britain has Joined the United
States on the proposal and Italy |
mas indicated willingness to ac- |
cept any reasonable figure so |
long as it places her on a parity |
with the tonnage allotted France. |
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
German Xmas
Day C Gloom

Berlin, Dec. 26. - Christmas
once time of great family cheer
in Germany, this year only empha-
sized the depression Of a defeated
nation.
AT Potsdam, where formerly the
entire Hohenzol.-rn family faith
gathered at the new palace to cele-
brate the anniversary, there is
only handful Of former royalists
still mourning for the dead ex-
Empress Augusta Victoria.
The former Crown Princess Ce-
ellie and her children are at Oets,
Mecklenburg, and residents at
Potsdam are convinced that the
former crown prince will celebrate
next Christmas at Oels as pri-
vate citizen. 1t is believed he will
forward an application to enter
Germany as soon as possible.
Fifty per cent of the families of
Germany were without Christmas
trees owing to their scarcity be-
cause of exorbitant prices.
People actually fought for them
in Berlin. Two fathers attacked
a third carrying a tree, all tearing
away at the bundle. A mob of 900
gathered and minor riot was
threatened. When the fight end
ed only the stump of the tree re-
mained.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
Labor Will
Soon Control
Great Britain

Detroit, Dec. 26.--That the Brit
fish labor party will soon control
the government of Great Britain
was,the prediction of the Rt. Rev.
Charles d. Williams, bishop of the
episcopal diocese of Michigan, who
nas just returned from an extern
sive study of the British labor
movement.
''The British laborer is more
ractical than the American labor
er, +" declared the bishop. ''He is
!, thorough propaganda and is
hostile to ideas. But there is no
one so reactionary as the average
American.
/ The bishop said the workers in
England have grouped themselves
together for educational purposes,
noosing their own courses and ia-
structors. The courses they select
,ie declares are almost invariably
cultured ones.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
Chill to Accept
Peru's Proposal

Santiago, Chine, Dec. 26.--(By
Associated Press. THE corre-
spondent understands that the
Chilean reply to the latest Peru
Wan note will contain acceptance
Of Peru's proposal that plenipoten-
tiaries of the two countries be ap-
pointed to meet In Washington for
the purpose Of continuing negotia-
tions looking to a settlement OF
the dispute over the provinces of
Tacna and africa.
The latest Peruvian note in
commented upon favorably by the
newspapers Ell Mercurio and La
Nacion. They agree that It is a
development bringing the negotia-
tions to a more positive stage.
LaNacion thinks that meeting
of plenipotentiaries in foreign
capital will be a satisfactory meth
cd of determining just what is to
be arbitrated.
Ell Diario Ilustrad0 dissents
from this view. 1t declares there
is nothing to arbitrate other than
fixing conditions for carry out
article three of the treaty Of An
con, providing for plebiscite to
determine the sovereignty of the
disputed provinces.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
HIS TASTE FOR ODORS
LANDS HIM IN JAIL

Baxley. Ca, Dec. 26.-Sweet
essence of cologne! 1t got Sonny
man" Green, eolored, aged seven
teen, in the hoosegow here. He is
charged with burglary. Sunnyman
is alleged to have confessed to
Sheriff Carter that he entered the
Peoples Pharmacy and Goodman's
drug store and took from the lat
ter quantity of perfume.
Sonnyman's trading with white
boys in fine pens and, pencils.
which he exchanged for small
coins and pocket knives gave the
sheriff a clue.
But to cap the climax. Sonny
man saturated his overalls with
expensive cologne. and Sheriff
Carter didn't need bloodhounds to
take up his trail. He says a white
boy helped him. but could not
IDENTIFY his alleged confederate.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
Three Lives Lost
California Gale

San Francisco, Dec. 26.-Three
lives were lost and number of
persons suffered minor injuries as
the result of an 80 miles an hour
gale which ragged in the vicinity
of San Francisco today.
The dead:
Elgie Silverman and Louis Sill
verman of Haywards and Ray
mond S. Mcconnell of Berkeley.
The Silvermans were fixing a
chicken house when the structure
collapsed and they were buried
beneath the wreckage. Mcconnell
was trapped in a duck blind off
the Alameda shore and when he
tried to reach land was attack
ed by cramps.
The lives of 100 passengers
were imperiled when the steering
fear of the Southern Pacific fer
ryboat Garden City was put out of
commission by the storm and the
vessel crashed broadside on into
the key route pier. The passeng-
ers climbed to the trestle, the men
helping the women to safety.
When the storm was at its
height signboards were blown
down, telegraph and power wires
were Frustrated and plate glass
windows suffered severely.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
Portland Area
of Methodist
Church Gains

Chicago, Dec. 26.-The Port
land area of the Methodist Episco-
pal church of which Bishop w. O.
Shepherd is resident bishop, has
the largest percentage increase
in membership for the fiscal year
ending December 1, 1921, accord
ing to statistics compiled by DR..
Oliver S. Baketel, editor of the
Methodist Year Book, New York,
and released December 21st by
the committee on conservation
and advance of Chicago, Ill.
The total membership of the
Portland area to December 1st is
75,177 with an increase of 1892.
This increase is in communicates
or full members and not in adher-
ents of the church.
The net increase in the mem
bership of the Methodist Episco-
pal church is 90,4O4. The mem
bership of the Methodist Episco-
pal church is 3,93S,655 in the
United States and 542,0S7 in for
eign lands, grand total of A.
4S0,742. Benevolent enterprises
of the church received $19,472,-
423.87. OF this the committee ON
conservation and advance receiv-
ed $14,364,154.61, the woman's
foreign missionary society $2,-
64,634.94, and the woman's
home missionary society $2,S43,-
634.32. ....
There are 40,918 churches and
34,500 ministers and
local preachers. The average year.
ly salary of the Methodist pastor
in this country is $1576, although
in the Pittsburgh conference it is
$2171. There are 1870 educational
including. 43 colleges
and universities, "a professional
and graduate schools and 10
schools for negroes, and "a hos
pitfalls with a total valuation with
other property belonging to the
church and endowments of ap-
proximately $450,000,000. il
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
M00NSHINE BOOZE
IS KILLING COWS

Bluefield, w. Va, Dec. 26.-
Moonshining is killing a lot of
COWS in West Virginia, according
to M. M. Day and other federal
prohibition officers at work in
this section. The latest instance
was brought to light at the head
waters of Bottom creek No. 2. in
Mcdowell county, where an eighty
five gallon still and $50 gallons of
mash were seized. Beside the still
was found dead COW, which the
OFFICERS say was killed by eating
too much mash from the barrels
A large number of big stills and
hundreds Of gallons of mash have
been taken by Mr.. Day and his as
sistants in Mcdowell county He
says there are more illicit stills
IN operation in Mcdowell than in
any other county in the state e
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
Ten Million To
Build Highways

Washington, Dec. 26.-The gov.
ernment has allotted $1O,389. .OoC
toward the construction of 1900
miles of improved highways in %
different states during the first
three months Of the current fiscal
year, it was announced Saturday
by the department of agriculture
Included in the highways are two
miles of important bridges. the to.
tai cost Of the projects being esti-
mated at $26,SS1,0OO. with vari-
GUS states paying the balance.
The department also reported
that 35,402 miles of highways had
been built by federal aid to date.
With total cost of $587,321,00O,
the government has spent s202,-
toward the projects.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
Train Instructors
by Correspondence

Ann Arbor, Mich, Dec. 26.--
Training of instructors in manual
and industrial arts by correspon-
dence school methods was urged on
delegates to the annual arts con-
ference here by representatives OF
Mississippi valley educational in
stitutions.
If the universities aim to give
service to the people of the state
they will have to adopt the CORE
spondence system to. reach those
who are anxious to obtain an ed
ucation but who still are unable to
leave their work, declared William
r. Bawden, assistant to the COM
missioner of the United States bu-
reau of education.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
Community Churches
Hold Conference

Virtually all of the SO commu-
nifty churches in Washington and
Oregon will be represented at the
first Community church confer
ence in the northwest, to be held
ON January and 4 at the Y. M.
G.. A. at Portland 1t is expected
800 delegates will be present at
the conference at which Leslie
Butler Of Hood River will act as
chairman, and Professor i. S.
Hopkins of Ridgefield, Wash, as
sociate chairman. The committee
on arrangements is composed of
DR.. Ralph S. Stryker and the Rev.
George V. Mcclure of Ridgefield,
and the Rev. D. Elmer Eourse of
the st. Johns CommunityS church
of Portland. i
The singing of the convention
will be under the direction of
Bradford L. Gaukel, choirmaster
at the Ridgefield Community
church. Churches are expected to
send their pastors and two lay
men as delegates, who will have
the right to vote. The purpose of
the conference is to enable Com
church workers in the
northwest to discuss their prob
lens. On the morning of January
3 at 10;45, the delegates will be
invited to meet with the Portland
Ministerial association. The first
regular session will be at 1880 p.
m. A devotional period will be
followed by the chairman's state
ment of the purpose and hopes of
The convention.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-26
FAIR BILL
DEAD SAY
ATTORNEYS
Fair Board of Man
ayers Named by Leg
islature In Closing
Hours

The special session Of the legis-
lature Is dead, and so is the 1926
fair program of that session, In the
opinion of many lawyers, unless
the supreme court shall be called
upon to inject into it the life blood
of constitutionality.
4 After week of struggle aud
contention, during much Of which
the senate and the house went nc
place but around and around, the
session came to quiet ending Sat
urday, with the senate and house
adjourning at $3.50 o'clock.
The assembly has sent to the
governor the two fair proposals
over which bitter war has been
waged throughout the week, the
ohe a proposed constitutional
amendment creating a commission
if IS members to conduct the 1925
exposition and providing for its
financing by a tax on gasoline;
the other-the Fletcher bill
which amends the gasoline tax law
of 1921, increases the tax from 1
to 2 cents per gallon, and gives
during four-year period the total
sum of $4,000, 900, and no more,
to the exposition fund.
Names Managers.
The Legislature has named in its
proposed amendment to the consti-
tuition the 15 men who are to man
age and conduct the exposition, If
the amendment is held valid by the
courts and is approved by the peo
pie at the special election on May
10 of 1922.
The last hours of the session
were consumed by the legislative
delegations from the three con-
gressional districts in the selec-
ition of the five men from each
district. They are as follows:
From the first distriet-W. A.
- ylGl VI ASlOllh, " L. HdLCS Vi
John Humphreys of Ore
gon City, j. w. Thornberg of For
4st Grove and G. e. Apperson of
McMinnyille.
From the second district. N.
Williams of Prineville, Henry w.
Collins of Pendleron, A. =. HIN OF
La Grande, e. G. Van Patten of
and Il. P. Mahaffey Of
Bend.
Question Is Raised.
From the third district Julius
L. Meier, Emory olmstead, A. L.
Mills. J. C. Ainsworth and Edward
These are the same men named
by the city of Portland at the re-
sent special election held there as
of the "ity in its
in the conduct Of the
/. So, to summarize the action OF
he legislature insofar as the expo
sition is concerned, it has, ac-
,ording to the records Of the
louse, enacted the gasoline financ-
ng plan about which the battle of
he closing hours ragged. 1t has,
according to the records of the
enate, declared by a majority vote
Il is to "A that 1t has regularly
'hacted these same measures, But
has, In its own record, raised
he question OF the regularity of
rs proceedings and the consequent
pnstitutionality Of its measures.