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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1921
SWEEPS CITY: 72.575
Constitution . Revision Is Defeated in Philadelphia and State; Apathy of Voters Is Blamed
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IS "EMPEROR'S" BOAST
irioQcrloc Prnr.lflim Siirrpss
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uity umciais in biooa neage to btana
by Klansmen
Norfolk, va., police chief
AKMbU MbN
Klan Parades Streets of Two
Residents Newspaper Editor Kidnapped and
Ordered to Publish Notice
THE Ku Klux Klnn is trying to, set up tho "laws" of its "Invisible
Empire" side by side with tho ltnvs of tho United States.
This is ono of tho most astounding phases of Ku Kluxism and is a
tremendous leap forward from the ideas that governed tho original Klan.
This dangerous tendency, fostered by a man who has proclaimed
himself "Emperor,,r is of acute interest to every Artierican citizen, even
though he is eligiblo to membership in the secret order.
irv, vnvnlntlnna mnrlo of tho fourfold oath taken bv candidates for
Klanhood and tho Klan's allusions to tho "laws" of the "Invisible Empire,"
and their sacred character for all Klansmen show ono side of this attempt
at super-government.
Another method toward this end which is employed by the "Emperor's"
Grand Goblins, King Kleagles and Kleagles is to enroll in tho order mem
bers of Congress, State and municipal officials, Sheriffs, police chiefs and
court officers.
From the "Imperial Palace" at Atlanta, Ga., Simmons, who m proc
lamations calls himself "His Imperial Majesty," boasts that Congressmen
jhavo taken tho blood-oath of Kluxism.
The investigation in the South develoncd that several police chiefs are
in sympathy with the Klanjs anti-Negro tenets and that they do not worry
about its other phases.
An analysis of the Ku Klux movement brings out emphatically that
prejudice and hatred aro being used as pathways to profits and power for
a little group of "insiders."
Ku Klux in official regalia marched through the streets of Shawnee
and Tccumseh, Okla., last night carrying banners and giving a characteris
tic touch to their proceedings by kidnapping a newspaper editor, whom
they let go with a warning note lor
KU KLUX TRIES TO GRAB
TUB statement that n drive Is being
made to enroll public officials ns
Klansmen and that the campaign to
.some extent has been successful in abun
dantly borno out In the official pub
lications of the Ku Klux Klnn.
Emperor Simmons 1ms on many occa
sions asserted tho membership of mich.
strategically placed men. To cltn one
Instance, in n letter tinted January 1.
10?0, written to nn Alnbamnn who hail
been publicly opjiosins the sprcnil of the
Ku Klux. Inc.. in his State, the Impe
rial Wizard bald :
"Among the Klan's most appreciated
and loyal members now nro members of
Congress, State officials of various
States, court officials, ministers of the
gospel, lending profession men and
legions of others.
"There not only hns been no clnsh
with the authorities, but thero hns not
even been a hint of such. On the other
hand, the law in nil its phases of just
administration has not n moro effective,
faithful ami fearless nrm on which to
lean than our grcnt order.
Quotes Court Official
"Tl.lo fncf (u wnll VlimVII t.O POIirt
officials, wherever occasions Imve war
ranted the test to bo mnilc. As evidence
of this I inclose a certified copy of n
letter written bv tho Solicitor General
of the Atlnnta Judicial Circuit (to the
head of our order), n court official who
baa intimate knowledge of the patriotic,
practical, noble and effective work
. Ings of our order since its relncurnn
lion." Space limitations prevent printing
in full the "certified copy" of n letter
to which the Ku Klux Emperor thus
refers. It bears in tho upper left-hand
comer of tho sheet tho printed nddrcss :
"John A. Boykln, Solicitor (ienorol,
Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Hooms IU5
818 Court House, Atlnnta, Ga."
On this sheet is a letter written Octo
ber 10, mill, to "Dear Colonel Sim
mons," and saying in part.
"Just a few lines to eongrntulntu
you and brother Kluntiiuen upon the
magnificent showing mnde by tho Ku
Klux Klan in tho parade today, i
certainly was proud of them and
heard a grout many congratulatory
remarks from bystunderH. Tho Ku
Klux Klan appealed wonderfully to
the imagination of my little boy, eight
years old; ho looked upon them with
amazement npd grcot admiration.
Doing "Noblo Work"
"Tho work you nro doing Is n noblo
one. Thouph It Is seldom my pnv
lege to nttend tho Klnn meetings
becausp of tho most pressing ami
jruelllng duties when crime Is ram
pant and theru Is unrest throughout
tne world, I wnnt you und my brother
Klansmen to know that I nm with you
in spirit."
The latter 1b signed by John A.
ijoykln. and below Is tho certification
signed by "V. J. Simmons" thut this
is u verbatim copy of tho original
rm.r ln ,lIs possession.
Ahough Solicitor General Uoykln has
i, never publicly admitted he is n Klnns
jnan, tho phrnscology used in this lcttoi
is sufficient basis for concluslvo Infer
ence, la Atlnnta his membership Is
iWKen for granted, and certain facts
'Hounding his election to his post a-,
cniei prosecuting representative of tho
k J" the capital of Georgia nre taken
oy Insiders there as evidence of a
r wi v".ul seiicmo to put tho office com-
'Vj'y.1"10 Ku Klux Klan hands.
V At tlin oWtlnn Af- I!,.l,l'., nrt-
Ponent was thnt Captain W. S. Co
Ho t nnPenrcil 8 counsel for
jtha fini.:" r " iVcl k a v '??,. iv.'s
I' W.6 K'pnnsn, by a restaurant
Wf w a anom in Atlanta early
ipring. Coburn lift since appeared
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in Fnrnllinor ImHctps and
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offers
IU blANU bT WHIIb KUUtb
Oklahoma Towns, Warning
puoncauon.
CONTROL -
I OF COURTS AND CITY OFFICIALS
as Grand Goblin of the Ku Klux Klan
at Los Angeles. Calif., with II. U.
Pitt, working under him ns n Klengle
nt Fresno. If the Inferences drawn by
the politically "wise ones" In Atlanta
nm inrrrvt. wlilrhpvcr contestant won
that election, the Ku Klux Klan was
sure of having as n member tne supreme
prosecuting authority of Fulton Coun
ty. But there is evidence that the niem
Iwrshlp solicitors of tho organization
hnve nimed higher than county prosecu
inrs. T.nst. snrine King Klengle Mc-
Arthur. of Tennessee, asked one of Ills
KIcngles to obtain for him some
"strong" letters of introduction to
Governor Taylor, of that State. Half
n dozen such letters ere procured nnd
bv if-e of them lie obtnined n henrinc
with the Governor of nslivillo, nnil
nfterwnrd wrote to the Klengle con
cerned Hint tho Governor was consider
ing comlpg Into the Klnn.
Tried to lCnroll Governor
A nortion of the letter follows:
"I hnd n very successful trip to
N'nshvllle. The Governor was very
much Interested, nnd when I left as
sured me thnt ho was fully In nccord
with tho orgnnizntion nnd hoped thnt
t would crow rnnldlr. nnd thnt every
city nnd townjn the State would have
a goon, live iviiwi,
"He stated that lie would like to be
long to the Klan, but thnt just at prcs
m ho felt thnt lie wanted to think It
over nnd discuss the ndvlsnblllty of
joining with some of his friends. If
nnV of Miem tpm your srcunu s iu
Nashville plone seo thnt they say n
word to him. Your letters nro whnt
turned tile trlek for mo nnd I thnnk
you."
Most hlcnlflcnnt recognition of n pur
pose to permente the machinery of tho
courts nnd the lnw was printed in the
Senrchllght. seml-officlnl nowspnper or
gan of the Klan, on July 23, 1021, in
nn editorial, as follows :
"It is sometimes nmiiNliig to noto the
ridiculous sltuntlons into winch ignor
ance oftentimes lends men even of
moro tnnn nvernge intelligence.
Laugh nt Official Probes
"For Instance. It doubtless is nmus
ing to members of the Knights of the
Ku Klux Klnn to uenr n .lutige in
Ktriict n Grand Jury to probe thnt or
ganizntion becauHo of its 'lawlessness
nnil iin-Americnnisin, vwicn niey Know
tlmt nnvwhero from n third to one-
linlf of the Grand Jury aro members
of tho K. K. K., and know that tho
good Judge Is all unconsciously making
nn nss of himself by Attempting to ex
press nn opinion on n subject thnt he
knows nothing about."
This editorial is headed "Ignorance
and Its Consequences."
Another source of information to
ennllnc tills plinso of the Ku Klux
movement is found In the Wetkly News
Letter, nn omclnl coniiiicntinl putiiicu
tlon sent out from tho propagation of
ileo of Imperial Wiicnrd Clurko to all
his sales force nnd to tho presiding
officers of nil chartered or provisional
Klnns.
ln u news letter dnted May 20, 1021,
Conllnufd on l'lueTwcntj-lliife, Column Tho
ATHLETICS' GAME OFF
Four double-lionder.s nre in utoie for
tho funs during the niytt six dnys. To
morrow afternoon a twin bill with tho
Browns that wlmltf up the serloa for tho
sensontls on the card,
Friday und Saturday tho hito Sox
will bo met In double- headers. On
Tuesday the Boston Bed Sox will b.
met in u twin bill. Next Friday the
Mnckmcu wind up their homo sty tor
the hbnuon with the Yankees.
Iniur Tour Htnltti-. Jt'h. h vtrttci
win tonic Uiuwr,, a. oi.-v?w,
Investigates K. K. K.
IIARKY 31. DAUGIIEUTY
United Stntes Attorney General,
who today laid tho facts gleaned in
Ills Invest Ignt Ion of the activities of
tho Ku Klux Klan beforo President
I lard I ne
FACIS ON KU KLUX
Attorney General Lays Facts
Cleaned by William J. Burns
Before President
ACTIVITIES OF THE KLAN
"BEHIND SCREEN" SOUGHT
Wasliliifilon, Sept. 21. Informntion
in the hands of the Department of
Justice ns to the nctlvities of the Ku
Klux Klan was laid before President
Harding today by Attorney General
Dnughcrty nfter the lnttor hnd con
ferred with Director Bum's, of the do-pni-tment's
Burcnu of Investigation.
Mr. Dnughcrty recently discussed the
mntter with District Attorner Ilny
wnrd, of New York, nnd several As
sistant Attorney Generals.
Any Federnl action against the or
ganization, according to air. Daugherty.
wou'd probably be under some stntute
covering conspiracy. He made clear,
l.oweer. that on its faco the litera
ture of the Klan wns not in vlolntlou
of the lnw nnd whnt wns to be deter
mined wns whnt went on behind the
scenes.
Urges Congress Proho
The nctlvities of the orgnnizntion.
he emphasized, would he given the most
careful consideration before nny Fed
ernl policy wns determined.
An investigation of tho Ku Klux
Klan is also proposed by Representa
tive Tague, of ainssnchi'sctts, in n res
olution which lie lias prepared and ex
pects to lutioduce today. In the pre
iMiible lis nseits that the orgnnizntion
is "nntl-Americnn" and thnt Its ob
jects nnd purpose nre "the exile nnd
suppression of persons members of cer
tain races nnd religious sects."
"The Ku Klux Klnn hns In more
than 100 irstances been eharced with
unlawful selziue. abduction, trinl and
punishment of certain free citizens and
residents of the United Stntes," Hep
rcsentativo Tngue said in a formal state
ment, "and Is operating in violation of
Articles IV. V and VI of our Con
stitution, which gunrnnteo ngninst un
lawful search for protection of life
Continual on Tnito To, Commit Tour
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Forty-two wards.
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OWN LIFE IN HOTEL
Escaped Hospital Inmate Dying
After Firing Two Bullets
Into Neck and Chest
WALKS UP FLIGHT OF STAIRS,
TALKS CALMLY,, COLLAPSES
"While police were searching for him
on tho charge of sloshing his wife's
throat, Harry Snyder, of Thompson
street nenr Forty-second, entered tho
lnvntory of n hotel nt Ninth nnd Chest
nut streets just before noon nnd shot
himself fatally through the throat nnil
chest.
Dying nt Jefferson Hospital, he nd
mlttcd to physicians nnd detectives thnt
he had attempted to kill his wife Syl
via nt the Thompson strct home. Police
sny ho escaped three weeks ngo from
tho Pennsylvania Hospital for the In
sane at Forty-sixth nnd ainrkct streets.
According to police Snyder, nt 0:.'U)
o'clock this morning, hnd n nunrrol with
his wife. Thoy soy when ho told her
he was sick and wns going to die, she
replied she would get nnotJier husband.
Police sav tho man then became in
furlated and rushed nt her with a razor,
slashing her neck nnd leg.
Threatened to Kill aiotlicr-ln-Law
While his wife lay bleeding on the
floor, Snyder is alleged to have told her
that he was going to kljl her mother,
who lives on Fifth street below Spruce.
Snyder then left the house in n rage,
pollco say, and purchased an nutomntlc
pistol nt a store in West Philadelphia,
intent on carrying out his threat
against his mother-in-law.
Apparently,' ho wns on his way to the
mother-ln-lnw's home when he decided
to end his own life.
lie entered Hie hotel quietly nnd went
to the lnvntory in the bnsement.
Attendants were horrified to sec him
step beforo n largo mirror, draw "a pis
tol and press it against his throat. Be
fore he could bo intcrctpted, the mnn
fired two shots. One bullet pierced the
left side of his thront nnd the other
struck the apex of his henrt.
With blood gushing from the wounds,
Snyder, pistol In hnnd, walked up n
flight of stnlrs to the first ffoor and
Wont into the billlnrd room.
Several players stood back in con
sternation, ns tho mnn threw the pistol
on a billlnrd tnblc.
Collapses on I?Iour
"Don't worry," ho snld. cnlmly.
"I'm not going to hurt nny one. I hnd
a wife, a good wife, but I wns
wronged."
Loss of blood wns wenkening the
mnn. Ho stnrtcd to speak ngnln. mum
bling something nbout children, but be
fore ho hnd finished the sentence he
collnpscd on tho floor.
C. C. ainnger, manager of the hotel,
who studied ns a physlcinn but Is not
practicing, gave the men temporary at
tention while nld wns summoned.
Snyder was rushed to the Jefferson
Hospital. While surgeons were oper
ating he remained culm nnd told of cut
ting his wife's thront.
Snyder's wife, discovered by neigh
bors, wns tnken to the office of n nenrby
physician. Sho was weak from shock
nnd loss of blood, but her conditions is
not serious.
Nabbed for Attempted Theft
Jnmes Pcttnford. seventeen yenrs old.
a Negro, was held in $r00 ball this
morning for the Grnnd Jury by Magis
trate Price in the Twenty-second street
and Hunting Park nvenun stntion,
chnrged with attempting to steal a
motorcycle belonging to George Steven
son, from In "front of the lattcr's home
1(105 St. Paul stieet. Pettaford was
nrrested by n wntehiuan who saw the
Negro loitering about tho machine.
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Fruitless Victory Costly
to Combine, Says Mayor
"No explanations from me," said
Mayor aioorc this afternoon in
Heading. "If nny explaining is to
ho done it is up to others to do It.
It wns a complicated political situ
'tlon, full of denls, selfishness nnd
trenchcry. I 'don't wonder the
voters were puzzled, women ns well
is men.
"They mny call it n victory, but
t wns n very expensive one. How
much do you think It cost the
bosses? Don't you think it will cost
them a good dcnl Inter on? And
whnt did they ngaln? Not a thing.
They merely hold what they held.
"The Register of Wills wns nl
leady In their hands. So wns the
Controller, City Trcnsurer nnd Ro
eeivcr of Tnxcs. They nlso hnd icp
resentntlon in the District Attor
ney's office. So where wns the vic
tory? Will they dlsplnco the em
ployes in these offices for tlielr now
Combine friends? If they do, whnt
will become of the faithful who
helped them win tho victory? It
will be a very expensive victory.
"Will the city Administration's
policies be nffectcd? Only ns this
so-cnlled victory may Inspire ob
structionists. .In no sense can the
vote be accepted ns nn expression of
the people ngninst that which Is
decent ln government.
"The Administration will ecr
tnlnly continue to uphold its civic
standards nil nlong the line. We
now know who is who in Plillndel
phln'polltlcs." Mrs. Annette Harris and
Thomas Robinson Victims
of Spill
OTHERS ARE INJURED
airs. Annette Ilnrris nnd Thomas
Robinson, of Chester, were killed nnd
three other occupants of n motorcnr
wcro hurt nt 1 o'clock this morning
when the mnchlno overturned on the
ailddletown rood nenr aiedin.
airs. Ilnrris wns killed Instantly.
Robinson died nbout noon in the aiedin
Hospital. Tho bodies were sent to the
morgue of Deputy Coroner W. C.
Rlgby, of aiedin.
The injured nro John Cnvnnnugh,
Elizabeth Kelly and Anna aicLaugh
lin, nil of Chester. The. were treated
nt the aiedin Ilospitnl for minor in
juries nnd were sent home.
John Burthnrt, driver of the nuto
mobile, wns nrreted by Constnble
Mathews, of aicdla, and is being held
to await the action of the Coroner.
At a point on the ailddletown road
near the home of Clarence Bonsnll,
Burthnll lost control of the automobile.
It kidded to the side of the rond nnd
overturned.
Gn,..n nt flio nprMinnntn wprn lmfllml
elenr of the wrecked mnchlno, hut airs.
Harris aim uouiusuu -ie iuuiii miu
crushed.
Iti.ncnll nnil nMinn momhnrs nf filu
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tims, aiiev niteii mo overturned auto
mobile, airs. Hnrrls wns dend when
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CHESTER AUIOISIS
KILLED IN OVERTURN
REVISION IS BEATEN
NPHILA. AND STATE
BY LIGHT VOTING
Incomplete Returns Show Little
Interest in Program Asked
by Governor Sproul
VARE AND PENROSE MEN
VOTED "NO" ON PROPOSAL
Revision Defeat Halts
Program, Governor Says
"A tremendous educational and
constructive progrnm for the Stntt
will be held up by the defent of the
convention, particularly the for
cstry nnd good-roads plans," Gov
ernor Sproul sold today.
The Constitutional Convention hn
apparently been defeated In both city
nnd Stnte.
Voters throughout Pennsylvania np
penr to hnve been more interested In
the nomination of ciiudidnti's. nnd in
many sections there wus only n passive
Interest in tho convention.
In Philadelphia the revision project
received more votes thnn in nny other
county. This wns due lnrgply to the
aggressiveness of the Voters' Lenguc,
which rnnstnntly urged support of the
convention during the campaign.
Indifference of Vnre followers to re
vision wns responsible for defent of the
plan in Philadelphia.
Instruction were sent out enrly yes
terday by Vare leaders to Ignore the
subject. These orders were obeyed by
the dyed-in-the-wool Vare supporters
and nlso by the Combine adherents who
recently seceded from the Penrose
camp.
Question Wns Secondary
Support of the revision plnn was given
In spots In the Stnte. but where there
were hot rights on candidates the ques
tion' wns lost in tin shuffle.
W. Hnrry Baker, secreiary of the
itepiinuenn Mate Committee, polleil nil
sections of the Stnte lr night from
the eommittee headquarter, ."il'li South
Broml street. aiont of the county
chnlrmen reported thnt there was' little
Interest in the plnn.
"The iiMintion of the voters was
concentrated on other Issues of th'
uitiipnlgn. nnd thev hnd little time to
consider the proposed constitutional re
vision plan." f'ouncl'mnn Gnffnevsnld.
'The complexity of the ballot nlso wns
lnrgely responsible for the fnct thnt the
revision question wns overlooked."
Wns Favored by Governor
Tiie proposed convention to revise
the State Constitution wns advocated
by Governor Sproul
It was projected for the purpose of
bringing tho Constitution up to date
to properly deal with affairs of the
State along modern lines. Through
revision It was contemplated to create
a Stnte budget system, to provide for
borrowing money for improvement of
ronds. leorganize the Stnte Government
to prevent the overlapping of adminis
trative functions, abolish the office of
magistrate In Philadelphia, merge the
Philadelphia Courts of Common Pleiih.
abolish the fee h) stein in public office
Conllnitnl on I'mre Klht, Column Dm-
PARALYSIS KILLSCHILD
Coroner's Aide Says One Death Is
No Cause for Alarm
Dora Herman, twenty-two months
old. of )."". North Fifth strccf, died lat
night of iuiaiitlle parnl.Nsis, nccordiim
to n repoit made today to the Coroner.
Dr. A. A Cairns, chief niedicnl ex
aminer, sniil that one death from the
disease at thih time qf jear is not unusual.
THIRD MAN ACQUITTED IN CAPE MAY TRIALS
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE. N. J., Sept. 21. James McLln
den, road supervisor, of Rio Grande, was today cleared of the
charge of malfeasance in connection with the Sea Isle City road
case. After the taking of testimony the court ordered the case
nolle prossed. This mnkc3 the third man to receive an acquittal
in the trials here.
BRIAND FAILS TO SETTLE TEXTILE STRIKE
PARIS, Sept. 21. Efforts on the part of Premier Brinud to
settle the strike nt Roubaix and Tourcolug have been futile. He
tried to induce the strikers and their employers to agree to nibi
tratiou, but tho employers me reported to have icfuwjd. The
bttilfcih incepted the Picuiicr'a plan.
SAMUEL REA 66 TODAY
Pennsylvania Railroad President
Celebrates Birthday Quietly Here
Samuel Rea, president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, today is
observing his sixty-sixth birthday nn
nlversnry. He was born in Hollfdnys
burg, Blnlr County, Pn.
air. Ren's first, "job" with tho Penn
sylvania Rullrond was in the engineer
ing department ns rodinnn and chain -man,
where he begun In July, 1871, In
1012 he was elected president of tho
company.
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Vote for the Winners as
Shoivn by Latest Returns
COUNTY OFFICES
Receiver of Taxes
Kcndrlck. Combine .... 14.1.008
Kemp, Independent .... 08,701
Register of Wills
Campbell, Combine 142,807
Gnble, Independent .... C5.078
City Treasurer
Wntson, Combine 133.025
Graham, Independent .. 03,153
City Controller
Ilndley. Combine 130,012
Wolf, Independent '00,000
District Attorney
Rotan 171.051
Lewis 20,015
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
No 05,834
Yes 43,018
MUNICIPAL, COURT
Walsh, Combine 72,040
aiuurcr, Independent . . . 42,801
REPUBLICAN MAGISTRATES
Beaton 07,007
Coward J3.O05
Dugan 87,1103
William Glenn 03,755
Hnrrignu 07,535
Holland 01.452
O'Connor 07,400
PerrI 00,010
Roberts 02.800
Scott 40,400
Complete returns from forty-two
icanfj arc shown for nil dnndiiTatcs but
magistrate, for which returns from
thirty-six tcards arc complete. The
Municipal Court returns arc complete
from ttrenty-ciflht wards.
T
BYV0TERS1EAGUE
White Says Independents Will
Accept Primary Result on
Row Offices
WILL TRY FOR COMMITTEE
Independent lenders nre likely to ac
cept the verdict of the primary elec
tion yesterday nnd probably will make
no move toward fusion with the Dcm-
crnts for n gropplc in November with
the Contractor Combine.
The Voters' League, which carried the
fight against the organization into
every ward, plans to eoncentrate on the
Republican City Committee with a view
to reorganizing it.
Thomns Racburn White, a leader of
the Voters' League, was questioned
about the possibilities of fusion.
"Speaking for myself," he said. "I
believe the independents will abide by
the results of the primary."
air. White's views nro snld to be
shared by Franklin Spencer Edmonds
mid United Stntes Dlsdict Attorney
Coles, other leaders of the Voters'
League.
Independents today discussed the
possibility of pre-empting n new partj
C'nnllnnril on I'n&r Tno. Colunin'Tnii
OLD TRICK NETS $5.50
One Camden Family Mulcted, but
Wise Maid Fools "Slicker"
The ancient "package trick" wns
worked successfully .esterday by a glib
"slicker" on the family of Dp. Thomas
Lee. 022 Cooper street, Cniuden.
Tho youth, in the physician's ab
sence, brought n "collect" package and
got away with $5.50. The package wns
bluffed with waste paper.
At Dr. Wesley J. Rnrrett'n l,r.,r,
000 Cooper street, n similar package
was offered, but refused by the maid.
NAB. OPERA SINGER
Man Claiming to Be With Metropol
itan Company Later Released
A mnn claiming to be Henri J. Duffy,
a aictropollton Opera Company singer,
wns nrrested in tho Sixty-ninth street
police stntion Infct evening. Ho told
Delaware County authorities ho lived
at Sixty-sixth street nnd Lebanon nve
nue, Overbrook, nnd hnd only been In
this country a short time.
The nrrcst camo after he had had
an altercation with a, gourd on an ele
irated train. , lie was rcleused ou bin
own promise, to keep the peace.
NO FUSION SOUGH
MACHINE CRUSHES
J
ALL CANDIDATES OF
VOTERSM.EAGUE
Kendrick Heads Combine Slat
With 143,608 as Against
67,791 for Kemp
CAMPBELL CLOSE SECOND
IN ROLLING UP BIG TOTAL1
Tho Contractor Combine nom
inated its entire ticket at the pri
mary election yesterday. W. Free
land Kendrick. candidate for Re
ceiver of Taxes, led his Combine col
leagues by a slight margin in tho
forty-two wards so' far completely
tabulated.
Kendrick's total for these wards '
was 143,608, a majority of 74,817
over Colonel George E. Kemp, tho
Voters' League candidate, who de
veloped as the strongest candidate
of the independent forces.
Mnjristrate William F. Campbell,
Combine choice for the fee-sweetened
office of Register of Wills, had
a total of 142,897 in the thirty-nlno
wards. Vivian Frank Gable, his op-
ponent, polled 05,078. But several ol
the strong independent wards aro
still to be heard from.
The proposed constitutional con
vention, which had the backing 'of
the Sproul Administration, wa'a
smothered in the city. The convert;
tion was a State-wide issue and
returns from other cities, towns and
boroughs in Pennsylvania jndicato
its defeat.
The Successful Slate
The successful candidates for tho
"Row" or County offices are:
District Attorney Samuel P. Rotan, 0
Twenty-seventh Ward.
Controller Will B. Iladley, Twcnfy-
seventh Ward.
Receiver of Tnxcs air. Kendrick,
Seventh Wnrd.
Register of AVills aiagistratc Camp
bell. Twenty-fifth Ward.
City Treasurer Thomas F. Watson,
Twenty-second Wnrd.
The defented cnndldntes of the Voters'
Lenguc were Edwin Wolf for Control
ler; Colonel Kemp for Receiver of
Inxes; air. Gnblc for Register of Willi.
nnd Arthur G. Graham for City Treas-
I urer.
I Kemp Got Good Vote
j Colonel Kemp, on the fnee of incom
plete returns, led the independent ticket,
I which hnd the support of ainyor aiooro
j nnd the expressed support of Senator
Penrose.
District Attorney Rotnn wns the sole
candidate having the support of both
the Voters' League and the Combine.
He carried nil forty-eight wards, but
was cut in some in fnvor of Evan B.
Lewis. ,
Penrose Wnrd for League
Senator Penrose's home ward, the
Eighth, was carried for the Voters'
League ticket with one exception,
aiaglstrnte Campbell was given 2203
witcs t 001 for Gable.
Register of WilU Sliechnn, who waB
turned down bj the Combine for nu-
ouier term in tnnt lucrum o oflice, man
eged to deliver the Twelfth Ward for
the men who reieeted him II,. u unl.i
to be slated for a mercantile appraiser
ship. aingistrnte Campbell more than vln
dicnted his predictions for the Twenty
fifth Ward, lie forecast early yester
day he would roll up n 5500 majority
for the Combine slate. The majority
was marc than 0000.
Knight Helps Campbell
Coroner Knight, who defeated
Campbell several jears ago for the
npminntion for Coroner, proved that
the trucotbetwoen them is genuine.
Knight's lorty-tifth Wurd gave 3104
votes to Campbell and 001 to Gable.
Subordinate in interest to the race for
"row" office nominations were those for
C'nntlnurcl on l'ue Klcht, Column Two
WY0MISSING BANK ROBBERS
GET 11 TO 20 YEAR TERMS
Two Who Pleaded Guilty Qlvstt
Lighter Sentences Than Others
Rending, Pu Sept. 21. (By A, P.)
Severe sentences were imposed here
today on six men who figured in the
robbery of the People's Trust Company,
nt Wyonilssing.
Jnmes ailnogue and Harry Bernstein,
both of whom pleaded guilt, received
eleven to twelve years ami twelve and
thirteen years, respectively, while
Stewart S. Wallace, Charles Stark,
Curl Scott and John Russo, who stood
trial nnd wcro found guilty, got nine
teen to twenty years each.
Tho men were snld to have obtained
$180,000 when they looted the bank
lust spring. They were pot arrested
until after several months of search
they were found in New York,
The totul sentenco imposed on the six
amounts to 105 years. In uddltlon.
they were given lines vnrylng (row
$3000 to $5000. The total Is &8,00,
They will servo their time iu the Jm4 '
em Penitentiary. .U ,
Stark's counsel garenotlcs of XtkMT
to higher court. His tall wsm teaTX'"
$85,000, which it id not MHWmS h
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