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'DEFIANCE OF LAW BY KLAN
UPHELD BYKU KLUX WIZARD';
SHARP WARNING BY GOMPERS
SIMMONS REVIVING
GRIM MENACE ONCE
KILLED BY CONGRESS
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pjrtperor" Insists Present-Day Organization Is
Same as Mystic Body That Spread Terror
After Civil War
I SOCIETY STARTED IN SOUTH AS JOKE
SOON BECAME
mrjianized Labor Is Keenly Aware of Evils Inherent in Revival
, or rvieuiuus mai were useu a nan
Century Ago
5 rHE Ku Klux Klan, Inc., is a
' lynchings and outrages more than
fed to be crushed out oy tno uovernmem.
f Jt i.t. 1mm In net A fr IhA tMnnlinn4nlinn IUa T Tla..
Irirltj "Emperor" William Joseph Simmons himself stands as an authority
, fof that statement.
This spirit is eulogized by bimmons in tno booKlet, "The Ku Klux
Pin Yesterday, Today and Forever," which is used by his Kleagles in
iprfiing the doctrines of the Klnn and obtaining members on a commis
ilon basis.
"Throughout the annals of the ages," he says on page 4, "we see
the manifestations of what may justly be termed the 'Ku Klux spirit' the
iplritthat rebels at oppression and even defies law itself. '
Before the great Persian Empire was created there was an
arjiniiation formed for the purp'ose of enforcing justice. It worked
Hcretly, took the law into its own hands (so to speak); but
tie attitude of this early order hundreds of years later was indorsed by
it lew an authority than Thomas Jefferson when he declared:
'"Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.'"
"Emperor" Simmons boasts that his "Invisible Empire" is a levival of
thi original Ku Klux Klan.
Organized labor, looking back at the movement shattered a half cen
tury ago, is keenly aware of the evils inherent in revived Ku Kluxism.
' Samuel Gompcrs, president of the American Federation of Labor,
v (hindered a warning against the Klan today.
( JUttblMVW f, Ull, i,u iN.UGiii' wi
KJuxiun as a subtle and deadly foe
t, ' 'It is now time to look into the
tsirlgiaal Ku Klux movement which Congress suppressed by a law passed in
I SiX SOUTHERNERS STARTED FIRST
: KLAN AS JOKE TO SCARE NEGROES
PRECISE logic (Joes not make open
td-ocicy of open rebellion Identical
with wcretly "taking the law Into Its
ownhndi (so to speak).''
Bo't Simmons does this, and goes on
to Ilpd the Vehmgcrlchts of old-time
ftirope, the religious movements' led by
Iotaer, Calvin and John Knox, the re
bellion of the American Colonies, the
Botton and Charleston '"ica parties,"
ind the old Ku Klux Klan of the re
construction period, as nil enually
manifestations of the "Ku Klux
IHrit." ,
In the peroration of this, booklet, on
plfe 14, he mokes clear his intention
f'mhlng this spirit in the fellow-Ing-
words :
VThat thlB spirit mny live always
irirm the henrts of mnnly men, Is
pi paramount ideal of the KnlglitH or
at Ku Klux Klan."
"Is Genuine," Says "Klonel"
' Since elsewhere and frequently ho
MB claimed his order is the genuine,
I 'Original Ku Klux Klnn revived, nnd
jllace ho lierc claims It is a revival
1 not only of the bod but of the Nplrit
ina craintions, lie stands nbsoiuteiy
committed to revponslbilltj for all that
lit has brought buok to life In Amcr
wa. as well as for all the trimmings
nil propaganda and propagators have
laded to tho origlnnl matter.
The original Ku Klux Klnn was ch-
' wbllBhed in 1SC0 The resultant Ku
Klux movement stnrted nbout n ear
later, and in threo jcars developed into
Wch a nightmare of terrorism nnd veiled
lawIeMiien that its own dliertors grow
jo afraid of its nctunllties and poten-
, uUties that they tried hard to disband
, we order and break up the movement
, jut viere unablo to until Federal au-
,P0fIty took tho matter out of their
Kl.ui Is Orim Joke
i.1',1? a Kilm iohc that Ku Kluxism
.l!I r '" f,l,it-, of Kinpcror Simmons'
iV?3 nt ftrtl.ns there hns never been
!JJ "net parallel in any other coun
EL,10" .thp I'liitl States was a
K '"? "yi'if fn the beginning.
Thn
Ml KlllX Klan was nrirntiiznil
1'ulaltl, 'IVuu..
In Mny. 18110, by
r joung Suuthe
nernera just released
wi i service iu the Confederate Army,
"10!t lilll'lmcn 1. no 1 ...I.. Ill'
iil ' """ i'ui iMiciiuiuiiy
Jtt n"!-',?',cnt,; Kven thc nnma was n
i,ii. Miklos" the Oreek word for
ln,was Proposed. "Call it Ku-
4UonfriC,,..a memb7i "'J'1 t,1B
'terlfti,. . KIn" Fnve n titlu n n-
' oelMv "rtrtPnt wh'ch ""I'll tho new
wort 1 s,llr'TSf' from tIle tnrt In its
,MJnbku,e, fun-ma,,1V uml
I .?.!! "Joiner" of 180(1 wlis like his
l,lS1 t"la Miccessor. The
4,t mal"tai, "" oh' of
i JSi d0'lt. .. srotcsnue an
boys had
deep nil's
ittatnin. ' 1.". KVOIl's(lm' nlul Kliostly
SS?2?' M,,lch, tUfy rc t0'l frol
'lni.'"Ie,',"B' '" lln cellur of ii ruined
Out Mn l". ""'SKlrtM of I'uluski, give
Sd.?r i'f ,h". wnIw f tho new
at , uml M:"l mysterious commuul-
.hrlni lllu locul newspapers, to
o :.rn eager ciinillilntnn n,nii.. tn
mem. " B "
Mystery Idea Stressed
. Th. l
ttrr .i i ' ' .,," ot P'-oroumi inys
' cf inniu' c'1'ivcness made the rush
imT .Mi" M,.u'" .ner. Kurthe.
1 BtatAl,it0,rs, ',om ""- Southern
enJ l!'.'.. '.''V 'V.' Kl. ''Inn, bo-
Itn ttirt -Tr; ... " ""l.'"'i.. i"-'"""'""
tma. ."""ii uwnwoji in muir
l'r?wn 'porodlcally, nil overdo
"MITUO. JlfirnfA tainlM l.. ..J..
A FRANKENSTEIN OGRE
revival of a movement which led to
fifty years ago, and which finally
i" ,wtvw., uiituu aus uciu uy
of .labor,
original Klan and the fruits of the
South, and everywhere "Dens" of Ku
Kluxes were enjoying the baffled curios
ity and wild speculations of u mystified
public.
Ilut in March, 1807, Congress passed
the Reconstruction Acts, developing
what was to the South nn nlnrming sit
uation. Almost at onco the Ku Klux
Klnn became transformed from bur
lesqiiers to a band of regulators. The
best available authority on the change
is n little history of -the Ku Klux Klan
written j ears afterward by Captain
John P. Lester, one of the six original
members, nnd the Tier. I). L. Wilson,
pastor of a local Presbyterian Church.
Thev state that the transformation
was effected first by the Impressions the
order inado on those who joined It; sec
ind, by tho Impressions it mode upon
tho public, nnd third, by thc anomalous
and peculiar conditions then prevail
ing. "Mission" Was Undefined
t "The impression made on thobe who
joined was that behind the amusement
features, and expressed in Its ritualistic
work, was n deep purpose n, solemn
mission to bo undertaken later. What
it was none knew, but the feeling
spread that a mission existed iust the
tame.
"The impressions made upon the
public showed that tho organization
poshessed n certain power nobody had
imagined it would possess. This power
was largely one of fright and intlmlda
llon, and was shown in tiie case of the
Ignorant Negro more than in the white
people. Negroes would see the ghostly
nocturnal Ku Kluxes and Imagine they
were spirits of dcceni-od Confederate
i-oldlcrs, and the Klanmnen were quick
to use the idea to thn utmost advan
tage. V
"A figure in white would ride up to
a Negro's houno and ask for a drink of
water. The frightened Negro would
hand him a gourd, which tho rider
would pour into a rubber bag concealed
under his roliu.
"The hooded rider then would demand
a bucketful of water and dispose of It
iu the hame way, remarking It was tho
llrst drink he had tasted since he was
'killed nt Shiloh.'
"In other enses Ku Kluxes would
wear false heads, ride up to a Negro
nnd, lemovlug thc head, ask that It ho
held ' Tho Negroes soon spread alarm
ing tales to each other nbout the Klan
and its doings, until soon the name was
one that lmokod horror and terror.
It was but natural that knowing this
new power of frightening the Negro,
the members of the strange order exer
cised It to tho fullest extent."
Gregory l.vpla'ned Klan Work
Not alwas, howcier, wyro the means
and methods of regulation by mstery
and terrorizatlon confined to such Inno
cent acts. In an address before tho liar
Association of Texas in iiiuti Thomas
V. (Jregory. later Attorney General of
tho United States, speaking of tU h!s
tcrv of tho old Klau, said:
'It is safe 'to say that 00 per cent
of tho work of the Klan involved no
act of personal violence. Mere knowl
edge that tin; Klan was organized in
the community and patrolled it by
night accomplished most that was de
hired. Hut masked llocrs and mystery
wcro not the only Ku Klux devices.
Tho bhected horsemen did not merely
warn and Intimidate, especially when
the warnings v.'cic not heeded. In mam
inaiicch Negroes ami carpet baggers
wi.ru whlnned and In rare
iiiaiiiuccs
leave thc
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SECRET HANDCLASP OF KU KLUX
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mo secret nanuriasps 01 tno uiansmcn, part of the most carefully
guarded mjstlclsms of tlio order, aro Illustrated herewith, showing the
position of fingers, the above showing tho hand of the "signaler" and
below the answering "clasp" which shows two Klansmcn are together
GOMPERS ATTACKS
KU MENACE
Labor Chief Demands Extinc
tion of Money-Making, Oath
" Bound Klan
SNARE FOR THE CREDULOUS
By a Staff Correspondent
Washington, Sept. 20; Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, today flayed thc
Ku Klux Klan nnd said it outraged
every tenet of faith In Americanism.
Ills statement, given to the Evenino
Punuo Li.nor.n, follows closely a de
nunciation of the Klan made by Mat
thew Woll, vice president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
Mr. Gompcrs statement follows:
"Ku Kluxism, as we have seen It in
recent revelations, is nothing more or
less than the organizing of roving bands
of marauders, setting their will above
the law and seeking to place their un
lawful conduct be) ond reach of thc
courts.
"When an organization of this kind
Is Jiuildod on a mone) -making basis it
is dotibl) dangeious.
"Tho Ku Klux Klnn, as wo have
seen it, is n profit-making machine.
Trained salesmen recruit membership
everywhere. These salesmen derive a
fee from every new member. They
operate according to the best rules of
organized selling. They arc out for
business and its resultant fees.
Seeks to Hulo Country
"What this amounts to Is that a
highly skilled ales organization is
combine the country to find every indl-
l vldual who can bo got to pledge him
self to beconi" pan or an oatn-Dound
society having as its object the ruler
ship of the country and thc defiance of
its Inws and Institutions.
"Tills oignnlrntlon, with its tiercel)
worded oath, its 'Kmporor,' its
'Realms' and nnd 'Oomalns,' Is called
nn 'Invisible Rmplre.' Kvcry tenet of
faith 'n Americanism is outraged by the
Continued on Pase Klulitrt-n, Column 1'lve
CHILD"BURNS TO DEATH:
FOUR HOMES DESTROYED
Hesitation of Bystanders Blamed for
Tragedy at Cape May Courthouse
Ru a '"'jC ( oi respondent
Cape May Courthouse, X. J., Sent,
20. Mildred Srnllli, three years old,
was burned to death this morning in a
fire that destro.cd two double houses.
Many persons sav that the child might
hnve been saved If some of the bystand
ers had been quicker to jump Into the
house when the blaze first started.
A heroic attempt to save tho child
was made by I'rof. Karl Witmer, of
Quakertown, Pa . who is visiting here,
but when he nrrived tho flames had got
too much headway for any one to enter
the room, where tho little girl was
crying in her crib.
Mrs. Frank W. Smith, mother of the
child, left her home on Second street,
Glasstown, n suburb, to gossip with
somo neiguuors, icumig an on stovo
burning on tho first floor. Her little
daughter was sleeping on the second
floor. Tho stove exploded, the force of
the blast closing tho front door and
latching it.
Tho fact that tho door slnnuued iu
tills manner confused tho neighbors,
who ran to the scene at the sound of
the explosion, and tho delay undoubt
edly cost tho child's life. The flames
destroyed tho house where It started
and tho one noxt door. Mrs. Irene To
cour and her three-year-old son,
Liwls, wero asleep in tho other half
uf the dwelling, but escaped. The
cither tvo homed destro)cd were those
ct Mrs, M. Madden nnd Mrs 131wood
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50 DEPUTIES GUARD
Sheriff, Fearing Trouble,
Swears in Armed Specials
and Warns Voters
WOMEN'S VOTE IS HEAVY
Klankraft Bigotry Is
Seen in Chester Fight
Klankraft has made its appearance
in the bitter primary contest in
Delaware County. Residents of the
Ninth. Tenth and Eleventh Wards
in Chester, found under their doors
this morning handbills reading:
ATTENTION PATRIOTIC
AMERICANS:
"Do not vote for E. M. White.
HE IS A ROMAN CATHOLIC
AND A K. OF C.
(Signed) "K. K. K."
Eugene M. White, an undertaker
and Deputy Coroner, is running for
ro-elcctlon to Pit) Council. lie be
longs to the McClure faction.
Fifty armed deputy sheriffs are be
ing held at Chester's City Hall, to
seri if trouble arises at today's pri
mary, one of the bitterest is many
j'ars.
Though both the MtClurc machine
and the Delawnre County Republican
League, the iial factions, had polled
a heavy vote in Chester in thc morn
ing hours, there was no indication that
the armed mn would have to be called
upon.
They wero ready, however, for in
stant emergency, armed to the teeth
and led by Sheiiff Albert R, Granger,
of Delaware County, who swoio them
in after midnight, intending to hold
them under arms until all possibility of
trouble should be past.
lo carry the armed deputies to ativ
pouir wnero trouble may arise, the
Sheriff hail fltteen big automobiles
parked back of City Hall.
Sheriff Granger issued a proclama
tion louii), warning the citizens lie
meant to enforce tho law to the letter
und guard their right to voto freely
and without molestation nt any cost
Tho proclamation follows'
"I. Albert R. Granger. High Sheriff
of Delaware County, licrcbv give no
tice that 1 will be prepared today to
afford protection to the voters in case
of nny disturbance or disorder in the
city of Chester ur the county.
"My duty is to sec that tho consti
tutional rights of citizens aro not in-
bcrved.
n-nuri-ii wmi unu mat on rp i
pre-
"In easn of any disorder,
telephone
Chester 2720."
The teleiihonn number ia Hint ,.f n.
Chester City Hull.
On Own Initiative
Sheriff Granger swore in bis deputies
after a telephone conversation, held
shortly beforo midnight, with T. Wood
ward Trainpr, chairman of the Repub
lican League Campaign Committee The
t'ontlnutsl on I'mf Two. Column I'l7
LLOYD GEORGE WON'T COME
British Home Disputes Also, to Keep
Curzon at Home
London, Sept. 20. (Hy A. P )- it
has been definitely decided that neither
Prime Minister Lloyd Georgo no Secre
tary for Foreign Affairs Curzon will
attend tho Washington conference on
disarmament and Paclllc problems
Impending devcloniuentH In ,,,,.!
Colltlcs. it. wui. learned this afternoon.
VWW
CHESTER PRIMARY
Primary High Lights
Polls aro open between 8 A. M.
and 8 P. M.
Big fight in Republican primaries
Is over nominations for Receiver of
Taxes, City 'Treasurer, City Con
troller and Register of Wills.
Only contest in the Democratic
primaries for n row office is between
.Michael J. Gcraghty nnd Robert .1.
Sterrctt for District Attorney.
This Is also tho day for epeclal
election of Congressman-at-largo,
and on question of holding n consti
tutional convention.
Those registered as non-partisan
can vote only-for Congressman -at-large
and on the question of a con
vention. Women are participating in pri
mary in this State for first time.
Approximate registration for pri
mary 430,000 of whom about 100,
000 arc women.
Eleven magitratcs are to be nomi
nated by each party; in the Novem
ber election thc majority party will
elect eleven nnd the mlnorlt) sir.
CAMPBELL IN
ROW
WITH WAR V
ETERAN
Sys Magistrate Threatened
Him Ballot-Box Stuffing
Charged in 7th Ward
ARRESTS IN THIRTY-NINTH
Eugene L. McOill. a war veteran and
Administration worker, told Hie Vot
ers' League h0 was threatened with n
heating (odny by Magistrate Willinm
r. Campbell. Combine candidate for
Register of Wills. , .
McOill, who io first national vice
commander of the Disabled Soldiers'
League, said he drop up in a motor,
ear this morning to (lie polling p'ace
of the twenty-eighth illvKinn nt ilio
Lwentv-ntti! wnrd. at Relgrade and
Somerset streets.
As he was about to alight, he al
leged. Magistrate Campbell, who va
on tnc sidewalk, ordered aim to stmsl
in tlto machine He said Campbell
threatened to whip him if he ap
proached the polliii; place. MrGill had
planned to visit the woikers there. He
had cast bis own vole in another di
vision. Sajs Campbell Was Kuragcil
McGill left the polling plxec nnd re
potted the occurrence immediately. He
said several days ago Campbell" asked
him to go along with the Combine. lie
snid the magHrato promised to take
care of his friends in county office.
McGill said he rrfused to support the
Combine ond thnt Campbell became en
raged. A report that election officials in t''e
seventeenth dIUsion of the Fifth Ward
were ignoring challenges made by In
dependent rtntclic-s was made to the
Voters' League. The polling place Is
on Locust s-trect near Fifth, not far
from the scene of thc fatal election dls;
orders of September, 1017. '
Many voters were allowed to have
assistance, the rcpnit stated, although
they were not required to make affidavit
that assistance was needed. Mevs
Ruth, a Voters' League watcher, paid
he was elected from the polling place.
An cxcltid woman, who did not give
l.er name, telephoned to the Witers'
League 'icadquiirters thut siie had been
(.'ontlnurd en Tnie Four. Column Four
TO BURY BIEG AT ARLINGTON
Widow of ZR-2 Victim to Receive
Body Today
Mrs. Valentine M. Uleg. of Haver
ford, widow of the commander of the
uirigible ZR-2, which exploded above
the Hiimber River. Eng.. with her
mother. Mis. R. II. Unrlow and a
number of intimate friends, has gone
to New York to receive the body, which
was brought to this country Satur
day. Ilefore leaving. Mrs. Rarlow. who
Is which known as a golfer, said that
the bod of Lieutenant Commander
Uleg would be taken to Washington
on a spfi'Ial train and buried nt Ar
lington Cenieterv.
TRAIN KILLS TRUCKMAN
Driver of Motor Vehicle Fatally
Hurt at Westvllle, N. J.
A man whose identity lias not been
fully ivtabllshed was killed shortly be
fore noon when a li'jht motoi truck wns
struck In an Atlantic City train at
South W estville. N. .1.
Tie motortruck belonged to a baking
conipuiy In this i ity.
AMERICAN BALLOON LANDS
Belgica I Comes Qown in Wales
After 420-lYllle Flight
New Wk. Sept. 20 -illy A. P.)
The llelglca I., an American' entrant in
the International balloon race which
started from llrussels Sunday, has
landed at Urach-y-Pwll, North Walej.
Ralph Fpson. one of the pilots,
cabled this Information to the Aoro Club
of Auieiico today. The balloon traveled
120 miles in twent) -scti and one-half
hours,
Sneak-Thief Gets Fur Coat
When Mr, and Mrs. George II Smith
leturncd to their home nt rR!J2 Wood
bine avenue Inst night after a week's
ubsencc they discovered a sneak thief
had stolen Mrs. Smith's fur coat, valued
ot S1000. The theft was reported to
the police. ,
League Gives Women
Voters Powder Puffs
Every woman who voted nt the
ninth division of the Thirty-fourth
Ward. Fifty-sixth street and Haver
ford avenue, was ghen n powder puff
tied with blue ribbon by workers for
the Voters' League.
Facetious persons said that the
puff was a reminder that tho women
should "take things nt face value,"
while the color of thc ribbon subtly
urged them to be "true Wuc."
Sti
DOBSON, ON GRILL,
ADM
SLAYING
HIS WANTED WIFE
Runnemedo Highlands Man
Says He Boat, Kicked and
Robbed Her
FAILS UNDER, QUESTIONING
ON RETURN FROM CANADA
George Dolnon eontesicd shortly be
foro noon toihi) that he beat his wife
Isabelln with a police club until she
w.ui semi-con. clous, then struck her
with a fence rail, placed her in bed, and
kicked her before be (led from their
homo at Rtiniiemcde Highlands, N. .1.,
'September 8.
The body of the wife was found by
neighbors September 0, terribly bruised,
lying on the bed, where Dobson con
fessed he left her dying.
Dobson confessed to Prosecutor Wol
vcrton, of C.tmden County, and Detec
tives Smith nnd Doran. who brought
him to Camden this morning from Do
troit, following his capture in Canada.
Ho also confessed he took $140, part
of the mjncy Mrs. Dobson raised by a
mortgage on her home, and her wed
ding ring before he tied with her nephew
and niece nnd his son.
Dobnn got his wife through nn ad
vertisement. "She was friendly with another
man." wns the only rtatcment Dobson
would make In defense of his crime.
Aftor e grilling in the County Prose
cutor's ofhec, which began shortly nfter
the fugithe arrived in Camden, Dob
ton's sttibborr resistance to questions
wa3 finally broken.
Tells I)talN of Crime
"I had n quarrel with my wife (lie
day before I disappeared," be said.
"It was about her fricndlincos with
another man. In this quarrel I beat
her with iny fists.
"Next da) the day I disappeared
the fight was renewed I told her I
wns going to quit her. I said I didn't
want to live with a woman who was
friendly with another man.
"She was ugly that morning. I
walked out into the slied of the bunga
low where I found a police dub. When
I came back in she asked me not to
lenve her. She told me she would ex
plain everything.
- "Then I beat her with the club.
There was a fence rail nearby. 1
grabbed it and hit her with it. Then
I put her in bed. She was still semi
conscious. ""I kicked her while she la, in bed.
Then I put a sheet over her. She vas
still living, but 1 thought she might
die. So 1 took 8140 an J her wedding
ring and then left the house with my
son nnd her nephew and niece.
Dobson sent his wlfe'n nephew to
Slount Holly from Camden.
Saw Report of .Murder
Then in his Might with the other
children, he snid. lie went to Detiolt
nnd theme to Wood- '.c . 'nn., to the
home of a brother. While there lie w-as
given a clipping, sent by a relative in
New Jersey, which said he was wanted
for the murder of ills wife, he said.
He then fled for Ourtland. leaving
the two children with the relatives at
Woodsley, lie said.
Detective Doran said that when be
visited ( ourtland. in ptnsuit of thc con
fessed "layer, he was told Dobson had
gone to isit nnother relative, twenty
miles away.
Doran said lie ont an nutomobib'
salesman to learn if Dot son wns at the
homo of this relative. The salesman
icturnel to ('ourtland and reported i
bud t.coii a inn answering Dobson's
description. When Doran arrhed at
the relative's homo, he aid. he found
the fugithe c-.lml) smoking Inn pipe,
and ariestid him.
After Dobson's onfession today ha.
son. Rajnuind. and ills wife's nio.
Itarbaru, wre turned over to relatives
in New Jeise .
Dobson nrihed nt North Philadel
phia at S ,.".! o'clock this morning. To
the children with lilm. petted and given
candv b' other pissengers. the trip was
very much a picnic
To Dctcctiw Smith to whom Dobson
was slim kleil all the way, if was a
"tought tup. .t the detei-the frscly
described it when he stepped oft the
tiniii. Dileitne Doia-i. the liftli mem
ber of the part. had charge of the two
children, .md h the time Philadelphia
Centlm rd on Putte Two. C'o'mn Tito
MARST0N.3 UP
ST. LOUIS,
phln. vTi S wp i
Sept. 20. Max MuWoi. K---.-i
n Fn-ncis Ouinu-t, Roster, -it rlu
eighteen holes in the
tourney here today.
first round
PENROSE NOT COMING TO VOTE TODAY
Senatoi Peiiiuse telephoned to his local 'ti t today he -vil!
be unabli to mint to Phibuh iphia to vote ut 11. pwinaiy He ex
plained In is biiby with n upi-cch lu- is to deLvti on tin- Uooi c th,
Stiintc tomoiK-w !u pien-ntiin; tin. tevenue ui-n.u lj.ll.
AMERICAN REPORTED KILLED BY MEXICAN SOloHUKS
WASHINGTON, Stpt. O. Call II Tabb. ... Am- i it.m .m
ployo of tin- Mexican Pen oleum Company, w.im .hot uucl killeu
Sunday night "by Mexican aoldiers" m the oil tu I U MAfT&di
pico, the Amerlcau tousul ut Tnmpk.) reported to the St.tte
Bepaitmuut
OUST SPRINGFIELD CHIEF
Byoher Discharged Following Dis
closures of Wheel Pump Raid
Charged with uejloct if duty iu fail
ing to acquaint himself with gambling
conditions in Springfield township,
brought out in the .recent raid on th
Wheel Pump Inn, James G, Hysher.
for many years chief of police hi that
district, was discharged by the Roard
of Commissioners last night
Rjsher'b dlsciiarge I ala-H effect Im
mediately and he has been ordered ti
vacate tho township property where
kft.ln now Kvtnv. " i
A Vote for Decency
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MRS. JOHN WAXAMAKEK, 3d
Casting her vote today for tho.
Voters' League candidates she hair'
already aided greatly during the
primary campaign
MAYOR, IN JOVIAL MOOD.
COMES TO CAST HIS VOTE
"Up to People to Support Good Gov
ernment," He Says
Ma) or Mooie nnd Mrs Mooie i aim
up by auto from Island Heights to vote.
They reached the polling place of thc
ninth division. Fifth Ward. !!04 Cypress
street, at 10:."(i A. M.
"I am hoping that "-ne people will
vote for a continuance of good govern
ment." the Ma) or remarked In a jovial
wa) .
The Mayor and his wife entered nd
joinlng booths. The Mayor was iu the
booth ten minutes. He emerged a few
seconds before Mrs. Moore.
As he stepped into his uutomobile
tho Mayor said, "The results of-today's
election will speak for thcmsclren."
UNDERWOOjTsEES HARDING
Thanks President for Appointment
as Arms Conference Delegate
Washington. Sept. L'O. (Uy 4. P.)
Senator I'nilerwood. Democratic
leader of the S -nate. who lias been so
lectcd by President Harding ns a dele
gate to the armament conference, called
at the White House toda. to thank the
President for the appointment, and to
formally assure him of fullest co-operation
in carr)ing out the policies of the
American Government in the negotia
tions. lie said afterward that he did not
regard the question as a political one,
that he was heartily in favor of reduc
tion of armaments, and would work
wholeheartedly toward that end in the
conference.
DUKE DIVORCE REPORT IN
Findings of Master Filed, but Not
Made Public
A report in the divorce action
brought b Mr. Cordelia Riddle Duke,
daughter of Major and Mrs. Anthonv
.1 Drexcl Riddle, against Angler R.
Pe.kc, son of lienjamin N. D'ike. mil
lionaire tobacco king, has been filed in
Common P'ea-, Court. It is understood
action on the report will be taken in
the near future
I'l.e timllns- of thc master appom.ed
to mar testimoiu . Reiijnniin M Gol
dei , ha- e lut been made public. While
he nnd counsel for Mrs Duke liae re.
fi.sed to discus the case, it W rumor d
iti'iiiiimenuarion oi a divorce for Mrs.
Duke hns been made.
OK OnMET
(". C . Pliilntl-'-iirt
ot' the first
of tin national nm.-teu colt'
BROWN CASTS BALLOT
Votes "Penrose Ticket" Mrs. Har
mon Just Missed Him
Judge Urown, president Judge of the
Municipal Court, voted at 10:10 o'clock '
this morning ot Spring Garden street '
near Fifteenth, the polling plan- of the
fourth division of the Fifteenth Ward
Ho asserted lie had voted the entire
"Penrose ticket" and that he stands
with Penrose us strongly as ever.
Mrs. Archibald R. Harmon. -iin t.
tr)Ing to drive Women voter into the
wiru loin, called ut .lur i?e llmwn-a
III
polling nUce and expressed regret that
ibe reached then after the Judie vot.d'
BOTH SIDES SEE
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BUTTLE WAGES
f
Combine Confidont as Roporta
Indicate Strong Early Sup
port in South Phila.
INDEPENDENTS PUT HOPE
IN CLOSING HOURS' RUSH
Vare and Brown Followers Said
to Be Opposing Constitu
tional Revision Openly
WOMEN FLOCK TO POLLS
Complaints of Irregularitios
Made by Faction Chiefs as
Contest Grows Warmer '
The Contractor Combine exerted all
its strength early today and rolled up
heavy vote In South Philadelphia, whil
In other sections the tide of independent
votes began rising this nfternoon.
The polls opened nt 8 o'clock thin
morning and will close at 8 o'clock
this evening. The crest of the Inde
pendent wave is expected in the Inst
three hours of voting.
The Combine supporters were re
ported to be working solidly ngninst
the proposed constitutional convention.
Some Penrose leaders nlso were opposing
the convention. The Voters' Leagus
marshaled its forces 'for a revision of
the State's basic law.
The Voters' League announced ft
would prosecute all cases of illegal
assistance to voters. .Tail or hesvr
lines fjee every offender, the League
stated. Tiie announcement followed re
ports of numerous cases of alleged il
legal assistance in wards where Com
bine workers were active.
Charges of ballot-box stuffing in the
?eventh Ward alv were reported to)
the Voters' League. There were scat
tering arrests in various ward for al
leged infractions of thc election lawi
by Vare workers.
The big issue is The Vares or the
people?
Tii" Voters' Lenn-je. supported by
Movor MooiV 'and Senator Penrose and
their followers, are backing the ticket
put in the field, under the Republican
party name, by the Voters" League. Thi
ticket is fo- Colonel George 1J. Kemp,
for Receiver of Taxen; IMwio Wolf,
for City Controller; Arthur G. Graham,
for Cty Treasurer: V. Flank (table,
for Register of Wills, and Samuel P.
Rotun. for District Attorney.
Vares Knifing Rntan
The Vares, nided by ward leader
who hnve refused to follow tiie leader-fhi-i
of Penrose such as Tom Cun
ningham and James A. Carey. ar
baiking this slate: W. Freeland Ken
drick. for Receiver of Taxes; William
F Campbell, for Register of Wills;
Will U. Hadley. fc r City Comptroller ;
Thomas F Watson, f.-r City Treas
urer, and Mr Rotan, for Dis'trit At
torne) . although there were reporti
that some of the Vare men were knifing
Rotau in favor of Hvan P. Lewis.
Vare workers are urging their fol
.owers to vote "No" on the question
of lolding a Constitutional Convention.
Sample ballots distributed by Vare men
to voters are marked against the con
vention The Voters' Lcngiip. on the
other hand, is calling for a "yes" on
the iiuestion
l'lecfn-s throughout Pennsvlranit
me noting on the proposal to hold ft
Const'tutlonnl Contention for the pur
pose of ietiing and bringing thc Con
stltution up-to-date.
Hrowti Against Re Ision
Judge l'rown's workers in the Fif
teenth Ward distributed sample bal
lot" suggeting "No" on the conntitu-
tlonal (intention The ballots were
checked for all the "row" office can
didates supported l thc Voters' League,
Oiilj three (amlldatea for Magistrate,
i;ii.is Abrains, Robert K Dead) and
Charles Smith, were marked.
The Volein' League issued this state
ment .
"Our reports fiom ward represent
titts indicate t-.it t ne eanv vote Is a
( mitlniinl on l'na I hup ( nitimn Tffl
Rival Candidates for
How Offices Today
Keiciver of Taves
Colonel (Jeorje V. Kemp. Voters'
League
W. Fiee'and Kendrii-k, Vare.
CItj Trrusiuer
Arthur (!. Grubain. Voters' League.
Thomas V. Watson. Vare.
Register of Will.
V. Frank Gable, Voters' League.
William I". Campbell, Vare.
( it) Controller
IMwin Woll. Voters' League
Will It lladlcy, Vare
Dlstriit Attorney
Samuel p Rotan.
indorsed b) both eietneuts
DKMOCRATIC TIKCF.T
District Attornry
Miihacl J. Geraghty
Robert J. Hterrett.
Receiver of Taxes
William M. Moore '
Register of Wills
John V. Graham, Jr.
City Treasurer
Mrs. Jeg L. Collett,
City Controller
Nicholas Albrceht.
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