. r fi I.K I II wx TN I I HOE! PROBERS . ON TRAIL OF KUN ty Attorney '.General and Postal i Departmont.lnYestigate Ku Klux Activities CONGRESSMEN WAY ACT l a Staff Corrf MiAfii . Wftshintfmi. Sept. 14. All thr inn enlner.v of the Federal Gorermnpnt wilt h applied to the nuptircssion of the Ku Klux Klan If l Is found to b vlo Mtlnf Federal lawn. ( Official invetIsetiom are now tindtr Wty to determine whether then- is rround for legal action njtalnet "Colo Sel" William Joseph Simmons, of At lanta. "Imperial wizard" of the order, and other officials and orcanir.or?. These are being conducted by the Da- artmen( of .1itntlce and the Poitoffice Apartment at the direction of Attorney fleneral Uaushertr and I'ostmnster General Hays. It was cald today no atatement would be forthcoming trora cither source for several days. . Chief Burns, of the Bureau of Inves tigation. Ik making the Investigation for Use Department or Justice at air. DaughertyV direction. , Chief Inspector Ruh I). Simmon, of ; the Postoffice Department. Is conducting an inquiry into the Ku Klux to nicer tain whether It is entitled to the ue of the malls. In addition to tliwe Investigation it la understood n resolution for a con gressional invcHtlijatloM will be pre dented when Congress U recomened. Simmon' and his principal assistants in the Ku Klux organization may be sum moned to Washington as witnesses. Evidence of the workings of the or ganization as disclosed in the Bvettikq Funua JiKixiEit and other newspapers . la being carefully studied by oScials of ! tho Government department concerned I with Inw enforcement. i Inforraillr official here express the opinion that the Klan may be reached ) under the provision of n civil statute enacted In 101S, under which persons I may recover damages In tu r cderal court for Injuries resulting from con spiracles to deprive them of the protec tion and privileges, of citizenship. . Taragraph 35)33 of Soctlon 3. com- Tilled stnturrn of 1111S. in the turur In question. Jt provides: I "If two or more persons in any State or territory conspire or go in dUguife I upon the public highway or on lh preml'es of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or Indirectly, i any person or clas of persons of the equal protection of the laws or of equal . privileges and immunities under the laws or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authoritleh of any State or territory from giving or ' securing to nil persons within such i Btate or territory the equal protection l of the laws, or if two or more persons conspire to prevent by force, intimidn-j tlon or threat, any ritizun who is law- , fully entitled to vote from giving his ' aupport or advocacy in n legal manner I toward or In favor of the section of nnv lawfully qualified person as at elector for President or Vice President or n a member of Congress of the T'nlte'd States or to injure nny citizen in per son or property on account of Mich sup port or advocacy, in any eace of con-1 aplracy set forth In this s-ection if one or more persons engaged therein do or cause to be 'done any net in furtherance of such conspiracy whereby another Is Injured in his person or property or de prived of having or exercising any right i or privilege of a citizen of the Cnitcd States;- the party so injured or deprived ay bave an action for the recovery of damAges, occasioned hy sudi inquiry or deprivation against nny one or more of the conspirators." I Even Dlvorcea Cheaper In Gary I Gary, Ind., Sept 14. A general re duction In price Is in effect in Oar' today. The cuts follow closely the big reduction in "age of Mro' wor'ter. Ixwer prices were recorded In restau ranis, houc rents, clnthinc. etc. I'hysl dons reduced their call rhargea to 52. . and attorneys nnuouncd a cut of from ' $100 to $50 for handling divorce cases. MmroiiKraiinm You'll taste the difference! asco Coffee 25c At all our Stores jBmjBTMwaMBrm Market and Fourth Sh. PHILADELPHIA RED TAPE An attempt is beinc made to cut useless red tape from the Govern ment's departments. This institution tins alva.vs been free from , red tape. Its service is designed to make every financial transaction easy, simple, convenient and pleasant for its jpatrons. II Saetv Service I Ml CAPITAL & SURPLUS i t I IL $1,550,000.00 l URGES AID FQR NEBRASKA Governor Calla on Federal Reserve to Kelp Farmer and Cattlemen Lincoln, Nob.. Sept. 14. (By A. P.) Governor MiKelvie aint a letter to W. V. 0. Harding, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank at Washington, today, 8iiggctlng the recrve system operate as nn agency for financial re lief for Ncbraf-ka 'farmers and cattle men. He Huggested the board lend money on warehouse grain receipts. Immediate credit relief for the farmer and cattle men of Nebraska will be necessary to avoid extermination of these industries, already menaced by losses of the last twelve months, Gov trnor McKelvle'i letter said. MRS. KIBLER ACQUITTED Jury Accepta Theory She Killed Husband While She Was Asleep Ijuiriuler, Pa., Sept. 14. (By A. P.) Mrs C'ara Kibler. forty-thre years o'.d. of Neffsvlllc, was acquitted of the charge of murdering Ohrlstlin Kibler, her husband, by n jury thl morning In Lanrater Quarter Sessions Court. The verdict was returned after a deliberation of fifteen hours. Kibler was shot in the hend twice as he lay fclecplng In bed on the morning of May 1'-'. 1D21. The defense claims that the' act was committed by Mrs. Kibler while in a somnambulistic state 'and called physicians to prove that thin wa possib'e. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, CIVIC ASSOCIATION DISOWNS KLAN CALL Card for New York Mooting Thought to Bo Trick of Klansmen USE CRYPTIC LETTERS The American Civic Association, from it lieadqunrters at Washington, las Issued a statement disclaiming nny connection with fcecret societies which tue Its name for their own purposes. Clinton lingers Woodruff, president f the Civil Service Commission, and Mrs. Edward BIddle, Hoelcty woman and club leader of this city, arc vice presi dents of the association. Dr. Henry S. Drinker, of Merlon, is a member. The Civic Association was moved to notion by the circulation In Vew York of cards signed "KKOIE." This eryp the signature is suggestive of the Ku Klux Order of the Invisible Empire. The text of one of the cards follows: "American Civic Association meet Friday, September 0, nt 8 P. M. Bronx Pythian Temple, corner MOth street ss; fsm SAfiWSfc . v,v:: VM-v .w-.:- f ':, :&' ?&.. X&" & :-v:x :::?.'; $. vM ;:-ft: : WW. m. VrKj:.rV::?;:J :&&? V. .VAV Tl Buy Hart Schaffner &Marx clothes Four good reasons: they're very stylish; there's no better quality; they last long and that saves money Strawbridge & Clothier Are Exclusive of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes in and Walton avenue (subway to Mott avenue station). Be sure to attend. ."KKOIE." Cards Widely Circulated Discovery of the circulation of olher cards of the same nature In other cities preceded the finding of the. New York card. The Civic Associations state ment, in part, follows: "J. Horace MacFarland. president of the American Civic Association, which was formed nt the time of the St. bouts Exposition in 1004, makes a vigorous protest against the use of its name by n secret society In Rich mond, Va., and the ubo of the name on a card notice of a meeting held In New York City signed by the injstlc letters KKOIE." Has No Affiliation Miss Harlean James, secretary of the association, in a supplementary state ment, en id : "Since the personnel of thin secret society is unknown, Mr. MacFarland asks that the press give as wide pub licity as possible to the unwarranted nnd unauthorized use of the name American Civic Association by n group Impossible to Identify, but whose ac tivities for this reason tend to bring reproach upon the members of an hon orable association. "Mr. MacFarland stotcs his associa tion has n country-wide membership r.nd has interested itself only in na tional questions, though It has rather steadily undertaken to give assistance through lectures nud similar service to local projects associated with its definite aim that of making American com munities better places in which to live." vm& Aitf Wtt i ::.: tS X? & .s :: '.) ? SSvO m m !.. &-:&m mb Hm m: m mm t$& 7iW m 4 &&. E E Allen Says Western Fanners Are Too Busy With Crops o Think of Ku Klux METHODS ARE DENOUNCED Henry J. Allen, Governor of Kan sas, a visitor In Philadelphia yester day, spoko vigorously In opposition to the Ku Klux Klan. "The EvftriKO PUDT.10 I.EIX1ER." he said, "is "to bo especially commended for the pxrmse it is presenting of Ku Klux KInnism. "Out in Kansas it has not yet obtained a foothold, nnd the probabilities nre that It won't. The Ku Klux Klan gives to mob violence an artificial respectability which the, people of Kansas will have none. of. "Tho. South since the war has been handling the race problem In Its own wny. and It would seem a shame after nil these years if thl movement should spread over the TJnlted States. "The Eastern States are more cosmo politan than the people in Kansas. Out there we nre too busy tending to the i.yX' fl & wm & &. .': m & m $& m :m m tit m if5 i(.i. ?m&i KANSAS GOV RNOR SKLANISM SEPTEMBER 14, wheat and corn crops to pay much attention to the Ku Klux and the white robed terrors with their tar, and feather parties, .lohn Brown's soul and the invisible Empire don't march1 well to gether somehow. , , . "Qur peoplo would certainly, regard It as 'untAtnerlcan and not 'at nil cour ageous to don sheets nnd pillow, cases and then g out to' tar and feather an innocent man or woman. "I feel that this hysteria will die down, and, that the public In general will register n sane nnd calm disap proval qf the Ku Klux Klan and its un-Aincrlcan. methods." VETERANS CONDEMN K. K. K. Spanish-American War Men Dlsousa Report of Committee Minneapolis, Sept. 14. (By A. P.) The annual encampment of tho United Spanish War Veterans today discussed the report of rhe Resolutions Commit tee, wblsh condemned tho Ku Klux' Klan. The report also charged that "Brit ish propaganda" was evident in re vised editions of n history used In pub lic snhoils. The report stated that the kinl nmU Mntnrlrnt fnrtfl. mich nn the Boston Tea Party, Bnttlcs of Lexing ton and uunuer mil, cuiogizen jienc diet .Arnold and sacrifices historical jtnl. Ih fat'nn nf 1nfrnnttnfifl 1 vain ft Ant between the United States and Great Britain. Another favored resolution demands support of' all former service men to legislation making piofitcering in time of war n felony. S5K52S&JS - vy'Ki hy :' ', . "S" sXv :-s&':.; fcW. WW iW. VWIil Distributors Philadelphia 1921 SHADOWS DOT URB KU KLUXKLEAGLE Henry Wagner. Gets Nervous When Hi3 Footsteps Are Dogged by Strangers The "Kluxles" haven't taken in any city detectives, according to Grand Goblin F; W. Atkin. but his assistant, Kleogle Henry Wagner, wishes they Had. "They might help us now," said Wagner, darkly, nt the Klan's head quarters. For be it known that a dank and direful mystery Is putting lines of worry In Kleogle' Wagner's counte nance. He is being followed. Three slcuth-llke individuals have been podding after him on rubber heels wherever he goes. He spent most of yesterday in City Hall on "business." ho said, though ho refused to stntc the nature of the business. Wherever he went the mysterious three dogged his footsteps. They kept tabs on him when he went to lunch; they watched him In and out of the corner cigar store; thoy stuck to his trail until he went to headquarters late yesterday afternoon, nnd then, incon siderately, when he went downstairs to point them out they had disappeared. cM",r,i,.tii.HBiijofcw- FRAiW and SEDER ;; llth & Market Sts i!" our :: Third I Birthday SALE X n l A a v - Irm Ml r or over 3d1 - ! m o n f k ;. " a o nn have been thinkinrr! o about this big event; i f. O .. I 0 mi over o monthi we have been plan ning and buying! '"' And WA uranf U . h phasize this fact :: that the Philadel- t phia public is coinir t to have the opportu- Jt nity right at the be- ;; ginning of the Fall Sea o on to buy New Fall ' Merchandise at price " that will make them V think It is 1907 instead of 1921. :'TWe are SAC - -RIFICIIVIG l OUR PROFITS, of j; course, to give the ;;kind of VALUES i the event deserves. BUT the manufac :- a Lurers nave aonei more than their JI .i .. snare in tne way or con ' cessions and thev should I ', I be given the credit for i the harojnnu vmi d - ' - nB. j WM . going to get. t MTT You know that I Hi, Frank & Seder:: i are the fii-nf nns to' T - - -- , "start things"-;; especially in getting ' nw;A, . i - a ti iv.es iu' i u w c r , . leviU Wll ,. HIST ? WAIT, and WATCH- ' and oc.b what s going to happen. f Men, women f J- and children will talk about Frank & Seder's 3d Birthday SAL for a urlinltt v a n r to t come. It's going to be a real old-fashioned Bar sain lubilee and if you ' r ' .. . . , . have been talking about d savings We are going to give you a cnauw to save. M ORE N E W S- f ABOUT T H I S B I G- j EVENTTOMORROW tjjkK-i jm' ; .JZ!m-v.fkm,jjt -f .& ;.-.. .!!,?
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