Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-17
KLAN RIDES PENDLETON

MLHN hiUEO TENULLIUN-
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county's printing business, and on {
the district attorneys office, {
charging inefficiency and failure
Ito enforce the law, added to the
faction hostile to the Tribune the
J political and personal friends of
the officials under fire.
The klansmen, led by Kleagle
J, Rogers and Cyclops Charles
(Palace Carr Conroy, were quick
: to take advantage Of these rup-
' lures in community sentiment.
e With their unfailing eye for busi-
k ness they invaded these factions
d | and capitalized and inflamed their
!. animosity toward the Tribune, en-
! riched their own bank accounts
,s and the Golfers of the khan by sew
eral hundred dollars, and added
scores of subjects to the empire of
the imperial wizard.
70 Public Officials Join.
M While the anti-Catholic preach
~ ments and doctrines of the khan
A. were used with some success by
al Rogers and his associates in Pen
90 dleton. the bulk of the member
cd ship of the masked menace wal
gained through capitalization Q
Of the factional animosity toward tn
ad Tribune. This is amply evidences
by the membership in, or close as
.of sociation with the khan and 1t
AS leaders of such men as !. M
all Schannep, county judge; Manue
Ffiedley, councilman; r. p. Bean
n county commissioner; r. l.. Kea
N tor. district attorney; Charles {
is Randall, deputy district attorney
as Joe H. Parkes, justice OF tn
by peace; "Jenks" Taylor, chief 0
he police; William Ringold, fir
of chief, and others who had at on
.gel time or another been under tn
en-. fire of the Tribune.
Of To these existing prejudice
th- factions the Ku KluxerS cleVerl
mt contriyed to add another by pre-
the cinitating an open breach betWee
certain Protestant churches
md pendleton and the Tribune on tn
nty law enforcement issue. This the
wn accomplished by bringing to Per
ec- dleton that hell and brimston
# a Ievangeltistic artist known to a
OF most every oregon community
ash l"Three Fingered Jack" Goodwin.
hes Too Much Even for Klan.
lpt- Goodwin, who soon after his a
rival became the klokard, or OIL
eV- cial lecturer for the khan IN re-
rom dleton. Immediately drew the II
'teo of the Tribune by attacking y
-lrst means it had employed IN q
| a nopncing public officials for the
jail. conduct in office, and succeeded
on creating an open controversy
anu tween the Protestant mlnlste
ooA and their followers and the
'oor' hume. Godwin's methods, no
!. over were even too sensational
pe- 80 liberal minded a community
GUS pandleton and it is signlIlca
that his promiscuous alegat'c
= y of vice and immortality peca
.'ies' even too promiscuous for the
lorl- K1uxers and he was forever ps
ID II isbad from the "delectable boul
was Of the invisible empire" follow
lear- an attack on moral conditions
es- the high school that genera
hrought down the wrath OF p
Jan ants unon his head and threat
le IN ed TO blight the golden harry
o. being reaped by his fellow kia
was men.
!, w va Boycott Started.
,.,on It was Goodwin who first lnli
ed the boycott on Pendleton'
"a had organized. as deterrant
). -o- .;co he said, Girls Purity
: ~ protective League" and to tina
I. I ~ the organization, which smac
e not loudly Oh Delns r,1iarv to
Ku Klux Khan, projected a coo
food sale on the part OF the 9
! oo, Refusal Of one large Pendi'
- ~ = II store Alexander'ss to donate
- - use Of its store room to the
~ brought forth the public call
, the M boycott OF this place Of b'isi
other and patronase - - - oent 4,
! For store Dy an ~ 70 a.ora ws
! thea : = stronghold for admitted klansl
lucky Cromorro"- ',.,.a, ~ rorc
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