',;. r 'j, i ll", ' ' r - . Euenina public ffieftger the Weather Fair tonight nml Friday; not mocli tlmngojil temperatures fresh southwest winds. j . . TiorrEitATUBH'AT kauii nuun 110,111 IS I t j 2 8 j 4 I B 75 70 70 1 1 if I 170172 v MIGHT EXTRA Iri w .' r si R. ni Ki8 jjl " '" PBi I o m VOL. VIII. NO. 8 NO OF "BIGTHREE" OF KUN QFFER TO QUIT AS KU KLUX CRUMPLES UNDER HOT FI King Kleagle Clarke and "Empress Elizabeth" Will Under Expose of Police Record of Arrests and Fines Resignations to "Emperor" -HARDING ORDERS FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF SOCIETY BY U. Recruiters for Secret .Ornanization Shown to Have Used Cloak of Masonry fto Hoodwink "Prospects" Governor of Georgia Nails Race War Lie rpHB "Invisible Empire" of the Ku Klux Klan," Inc., is beginning to crumble. Edward Young Clarke, Imperial Kleaglo of the Klan, and Mrs. Eliz abeth Tyler, grand chief of the women's division, have offered to resign as mwpbers of the "Big Three." "Emperor" William Joseph Simmons is the titular head and tho third number of tho ",Big Three," who havo beon amassing fortunes as tho Ku Klux membership grew. President Harding approved a rigid investigation of tho Ku Klux Han after facts were laid bofore hjm by Attorney General Daugherty. Secret agents of tho Government today aro burrowing into the "Hiverns" of tho order and havo the Klcagles or organizers under sur veillance in a number of cities. "Boss Kleagle" Clarke and "Empress Elizaboth" apparently have decided to get out while the getting is good. Catch-ponny tricks nnd mystic mummery form a largo part of the stock in trade of tho Klcagles or membership peddlers of the Ku Klux Kl&n. Many adroit "sales wrinkles" employed by these Klan boosters have been discovered during tho investigation on which this series of articles is based. These agencies comprised, among others, tho use of a moving picture of a typo likely to arouse intenso emotion and glorify Ku Kluxism. Faked reports of race troubles havo boon used as oil for the flames of prejudice. Other means of approach are the selection of prospects through the Masonic and other fraternal orders and tho acquisition of names through coded circulars. The growing menace to America and its institutions which led to this ........ f au- l... Tri.... ttIa. RM41.. ... 4-U rt iUi it. n-...i... I. CAjiuauiu uj. uiu ju iiu. A.iuii aiiBua K 4a htt n nnmnlntpltr nrrl- naf li-hnilnrl f- w ww m .vuii.tkij kr.Vv WW.. hwa.u fifafti control and Regulation of nonTmembers, I TKfl mnnnrn nlr nriena noTKf V IllbliUhV tWVT UlhWlf l'Vtf AV1U UtVlllU U IMUtblJlJltVdl UltU uncontrollablo terrorism which inevitably surrounds even a pretended revival of Ku Klux traditions. The spread of this dangerous order has been made a sales proposition obviously directed and planned with unusually full understanding of mass and individual psychology. Tho favonto method of drumming up recruits for tho order is the roundabout path of "Sh! Sh!" mysticism. This taste for tho weird extends even to the acceptance of membership "donations" which are taken to the Klanish harmony of three whistles and a moan. "CATCH-PENNY" TRICKS DRAW GULLIBLE Open advertising for members bos' n!o been inert, but always nnd every-1 . where the characteristic catch-ponny mystery nttnehod to the order 1ms been played up to the utmost. ' By an Investigator in Dallas, Tex., the following circumstances wcro re ported : "Since the advent Into the South, and more especially In Texas, of the Kn Klux Klan, there" have been efforts Bade to tie the proposition onto the coattalls of leading members of the Masonic fraternity, leaving the Impres sion, both with the public and with younger Masons, that Freemasonry was sponioring tho Klan. "Solicitors approaching a prospect i would mention men of prominence as Klnnsmen, when na a matter of fact omc of thoso mentioned were sitting up nights to tight the spread of tho Ku t Kluk Klan. '"The climax rame last spring when, hy deceitful methods and practices, local newspapers and public speakers were duped during a convention of tho Na tional Shrine Directors' Association. Play Trick on Masons , "Some on got onto tho Shrine Di rectors' prluted program a slogan which t read : "'The jesr the owls were so bad.' y I nsuepeetlng, everybody credited f, the ue of the hPntcncc to some new- .made Bhrlner who whh exorcising n fer- t tile brain. A well-known Dnllns man, making u speech, borrowed tho phrase and the speech was reproduced In one of the leading periodicals of the United States, "Dallas newspapers also kept 'tho year the owls were so bad' prominent In their write-ups of tho Shrine Di rectors' Convention. Hut the scheme w use that Masonic gathering ns an advertising vehicle for tho Ku Klux Klan did not come out of tho bag till '& Dallas Klan issued Hh first com munication to tho llcn' public, and '"ere, mid r the date of issuance, wus " hd l'Cn' " llu 5ar t'lc ow wcre 8 "To go further into tills tricky at- Pt to tie Ku Klux and Masonry to- jetner, n Dallas newspaper ieceled a Wank envelope containing five $100 bills i J.i7 a l?tk'r ackiiig that the money be ? i ""s ,0 loc' cliarltnblo Instltu "on. ThU letter, over the date of the "oath, bore tho line, 'Tho year tho owls ere so bad.' The money could well nave been sent directly to the local baby im,n for which It was destined, but ln i ' wou,'l not havo found Its wuy w V? "ews columns as quickly, nnd "tardlcss of their elaborate pretentions ",'fecy, thtso Klan organizers love Publicity. I'se Musonlo Sen! Oil (tin l.n.,1 ,.r .1.1. ,... .. .1 III. I. i ; "l.l "I III1S irili-T NHS Uir fYn!f"l'i. "f t,,n Uo5' Arch Chuptcr, u "leall ." Ml,!,onic body, imprinted ou i . " iu"i inri van iruccci iu Kill orBn'llzcri then working in ill own coin wlilxl, 1... nt..,tnn.i nn . . mi imvinc iiineeii lr. tnern wit "as. ho having placed It thero with OWll ntl 1. 11. I... -t.i..l i . . .li . . '" ". no uuiuincu, on re 'Siiil hU ,rnnk ,n tlmt branch of the .JOnlc order. I nj jlz" . ....... .- u aj,a nayo oeen loducca to Join Entered nt Second-aM i Mttter M Ih. Pontomce M Philadelphia. Pa. Under the Act of March a. 1870 S. ATTORNEY GENERAL jjaiuy xiuiti tuu iuli bittiu lb uiiuiiipis rirtrjiniVntlmi rjirrvino' nnh o rirntrrntvi 0...u w. v. WM-aa.ig, w . WQ...t 'frntr in nrnwri nP 1nrtr1 naannae nnl OF MYSTIC MUMMERY INTO KU KLUX KLAN FOLD tho Dallas Klan on the claim that with in Its ranks would he found certain men of Ioe;il Mnhonle prominence, only to find they had been misled. Young sons just over twenty-ono havo been Cantlnunl on race Thirteen. Column One E. Y. CLARK AND MRS. TY! FR RESIGN AS K. K. K OFFICIALS Couple Deny They Wero Guilty of Disorderly Conduct In 1919 Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. 22. (Hy A. P.) Announcement that they had offered their resignations to V. ,T. Simmons, lead of tho Ku Klux Klan, uns made hero last night by K. Y. Clarl.o nml Mrs. KliVabcth Tyler, officials of tin organization. Afr. Simmons hns made no stntemem and is understood to havo taken no- action on the resignatiouii. Announcement thnt they had offered their resignations was coupled with a donial from Clarke nnd Mrs. Tyler that there was any basis for the police charge of "disorderly conduct" filed against the couple In 1010. Mrs. Elizabeth Tvler snd TMwnrrt Young Clarke, who have offered their resignations as high officials of the Ku Klux Klan, wero part of the "Dig Three" of Ku Kluxism, with William .Tosoph Simmons as the third side of the triangle. Mrs. Tyler, reputed to bo the brains of tho secret order, was known ns the grand chief of the women's division of the Klan. I'larko was Imperial Kleagle," or general sales manager, and as such directed all the Klan's membership peddlers. Clarke Is a professional publicity man nnd drive promoter. Mrs. Tyler also has engaged In publicity work. She directed a "better babies" campaign before her interest was aroused In the Klan. Mrs. Tvler is sold to be the prin cipal stockholder In the Searchlight, a nowspnper published in Atlanta, Oa., nnd reirnrdcd ns the seml-oflielal nrirnn of Ku Kluxism. Sho Is also Clarke' business partnor in the management of tho Southern Publicity Association of Atlanta. On September 10 the Now York "World told of tho nrret of Clarko and Mrs. Tylor in an underworld resort In Allanta which jwliceraen roided about inldnls-ht a few days pilor to October :u. ioio. Clarke nnd Mrs. Tyler were taken to tho city prUon In Atlanta and locked up until morning after they had been hooked ns ".lira ' Slaton" and "Mrs. Carroll." They wero released In ball the following morning On October III, 1010, Clarko nnd Mrs. Tyler, it was Mated, wero ar rattened befuiti a police recorder, who docketed them under their real names. They wero found guilty of disorderly conduct nnd lined $0 taeli with tho al ternative of working twelve days on the ....... Tim fines wern nald. llVlfVtu, ... .... .. . - Inmn Tour Hilth,..Mwe. lli ptrfN BRIDGE SHATTERED BY BIG MOTORTRUCK jb' umv 'tjao . ' ia i i ihk?vo tvrrj " v. 751's 'y , ,r. ' . cirBK:BaiHFvr' B MV v ii S" ' S (JC-IilP,,p. 1Uif)r.HlKJ9Bk. (JEjf '.l sv, . -v.v' .-.'-.i k, Js.ti.awujj -.7 .; - "- -, " irmmT7T. . Tt.'sxm .v.' Kir-, TTtrrrrrm'r- rrfTiniTriraiiTTnTrrTnTTf - rrfnrt-fr'TBTifirmrY r in-nnriiTmrimrr'"rMr All (elephono connections between Washington and northern cities wero cnt off" by the buckling of a brldgo over tho Mltlo I'afuxcnt Itlver at Savage, Md. Tho bridge crumbled when a five-ton truck, loaded with concrete, sldcsulpcd a touring car and plunged downward, Imperiling flvo lives, including two women. Two big under ground cables, carrying 300 telephone wire, wero severed " ' E .K. K. Postmaster General Directs In quiry in Addition to Probe by Daugherty OFFICIALS ON KLAN'S TRAIL Rv a Staff Correivondent Washington, Sept. 22. With two Government departments investigating the Ku Klux Klan and a congressional investigation in tho offing, tho official outlook favors a thorough airing of tho Klan's propaganda and practices. Chief William J. Burns, of the Ilurcau of Investigation, noting tinder direction of Attorney General Daugh-crty.-nlready has agents at work In Norfolk, Atlanta. Richmond, Philadel phia, New York nnd many eastern and southern cities, trailing tho Ku Klux to'its scctct lairs and ferreting out its purposes. For the, present nil efforts are to be centered on nn investigation of the methods and arguments used to win new members to tho "movements be hind the screen'' of Klan secrecy and mystery, nnd to determining whether or not tho organization is subversive of law or organized to set aside the law. Meanwhile inspectors of tho Post offico Department, acting under in structions "ifrom Postmaster General Hays, are conducting n separate In vestigation to determine whether the Ku Klux is using the mails for Illegal purposes. If this Is found to he the ense It will be burred from the malls nnd its officials prosecuted for violating tht, postal laws. President Harding has given his ap proval to this progrnm, following a talk with Attorncv General Daugherty on the subject. The latter is under stood to have laid before the President jus plans for a searching investigation ot tho Klan's practices nnd to hno re ceived assurance, thnt ho will have the backing of the "White House. K.esolutioii in Congress Uenresentntive Peter 1 Tague, of Itoston. who has introduced a resolution ( lit tUO ltOUc CUHlllK lur u cuiiKiucaiunui Investigation of tho Ku Klux, which he characterized ns "bora of greed and bigotry," declared he would ask im mediate actlou on tho measure. In a stntemeut accompanying tho resolution ho chnrged that tho organization vlo latest Articles I, TV, V, VI, XIII and XV of tho Constitution,' and declared It "operates with grotesque degeneracy In the darkness." "Hither this iniquitous secret order miiBt )o blotted by legal process from our American life, or our Constitution I must become meaningless, a document possessing only historical value," he asserted. Petitions began to reach members of Congress today urging action on the Tnguo measure, and It Is probablo it will reach consideration In the IIousu at on csrly date. Opposition Is ex pected from a small group of Congress men from Southorn States who are mombers of the Ku Klux. It i? not anticipated their objections will be suf- Contlnutfl on Tub Two. Column Four DECLARE MASONS VIOLATE OATHS IN JOINING KLAN Missouri Grand Lodge Urged to Act on Members Entering K. K. K. St. Louis, Sept. 22. The Missouri Freemason, a weekly Journal of Ma sonic news and teachings, published here, In a leading editorial In a recent h-suo attacks tho Ku Klux Klan. It says a Freoinawn who Joins tho Klan violates his oath ns n Mason, nnd recommends that tho questlfm of Mn eons Joining tho Klnn be brought up nnd acted Pn' by tho Grand Lodge of tho Missouri Older at its centennial meeting and celebration which com menced hern Saturday and which will (ontlnuo until September 22. This recommendation on tho part of im Mnnnnie mni!n7lno follows u series of recent nrticles :ii thnt publication on the Klan and tho question of FreoransoiuT Joining It. JERSEY FARMER KILLED William Dill, of Mulllca HIM, Crushed Beneath Truok William Dill, forty-flvo years old, a farmer of Mulllca Hill, N. J., was killed instantly at 7 o'clock last night when his motoi truck skidded and over turned on Mantua pike, between Wood bun and Mantua. hail lemlered the nlku treueherous. and ns tne licuvy irucK iouk n uown grime It Bikddcd to one side of the road, turned i.in...l).i iiyiiI tlimi rwiirtiiriiPfl tit n ilftth OllIU(Vlr)U v .Mw w ...--.- -'vn Dill was caught beneath the truck.. Ills head was crushed. A man passln a fow minute later iq nji automobile discovered Dll, - HAYS MAY CLOS MAIL TO K PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1921 ""mr "" t t mm ''-a .zjmjmmt im. . 1''bsIhHwSm Wrrz . AjrBmmm Wt,Wk . 1. m.S.rHIB-' . . A i. '7. V.t T.B ''stcmm z-'.t . w iiH .-i .TuGSffli 2 MORE DIE AS RESULT OF POINT BREEZE BLAST Thomat Kaldltls and John Patrlskl Succumb Deathi Reach 14 Two more victims of the Atlantic Refining Company explosion of Septem ber 14 died early today In 8t. Angee' Hospital, In spite of heroic efforts to save their lives. The latest deaths wero those of Thomas KaldltlB, forty-two years old, of Fort Mlfflln and John Patrlskl, thlrty-flvo years old, of 2825 Jackson street. Eleven men were killed outright by tho flood of blazing oil which descended on them when a naphtha still exploded. A twelfth victim died last Sunday In St. Agnes' Hospital, and the two who succumbed today bring the totul death toll to fourteen. One more victim, seriously burned, Is In St. Agnes' Hos pital. It Is ejpected, howover. that ho will recover. ST. BRIDGE CLOSEDTOTRAFFIC Mayor Also Bars Vehicles From 5th and Glenwood and 40th and Westminster Spans "ALL LIKELY TO FALL" South street brldgo and two bridges over the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, one at Fifth street and Glenwood ave nue, tho other nt Fortieth strct and Westminster avenue, havo been ordered closed to all vehicular traffic by Mayor Moore. This step was taken to prevont any possibility of repetition hero of the Chester bridge trnjedy In which twenty five person lost their lives. Trolley cars will bo permitted to run over tho structures until some way can bo found by P. R. T. officials to rerouto them. Immediately after the Chester acci dent, Major Moore ordered an Inspec tion of nil bridges within the city limits. Tho Inspection made under the supervision of CMcf Dunlap, of the Rureau of Ilijliwajs, disclosed that the fact "some are likely to fall nt any moment." Chief Dunlap made this statement in his report. No one of tho bridges will ever again bo open to traffic after they aro closed permanently with the rerouting of the trolleys. A messagoto Council will be sent by Director Cavin asking appropriations to cover the csot of rebuilding tho struc tures. Tho South Street bridge, said to be in the worst condition of the three, has been condemned, repaired and reopened beveral times. Ilids aro now being asked by the city to robulld It. The cost is estimated at about $l,ii00,000. During the inspection of the bridges many were discovered in almost ns bad condition ns tboso which were ordered closed. These Included those nt Forty ninth street and Pnschnll avonue, Front street near Cambria nnd two which carry Sixty-second and filxty-eighth streets over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Tho South stroet bridge was built in 1880. The others havo been In Ube several years longer. The Fifth street structuro Is n second -hnnded ono, having been brought here from Its ori ginal resting placo across tho Junlatu Itlver. TWO WOUNDED AS OFFICERS FIGHT BAND OF FOREIGNERS Easton Policeman Shot and Mem ber of Gang Fatally Injured Easton, Pa., Sept. 22. (By A. P.) In the hope of capturing Paul Spnno nnd .Too Masslnl, two local foreigners wanted In connection with the murder on June 14 at Cat's Swamp, N. J., of Paul Koster. following the hold-up nnd theft of u silk-laden truck, officers of tho l'aston nnd Itetlilehem police force, accompanied by Chief of Police J. C Irons, of Franklin, N. J., engaged, in a pistol duel with gang of foreigners in Lower Saucon Township, about eight miles from hero, today. As n result Rush Stehlln, nn Kaston officer, is in the Easton Hospital, shot in tho left hip, nnd n foreigner known rb Angelo Cnrljino, is In tho samo hospital ex pected to dlo from a wound In tho left breast. Onrblno was shot by Officer Irons after Stehlln had been wounded. Tho pollco have four other men under nrrcst, but refuse to give out any in formation at this time. The raid to day was tho result of n confession mnde at Allcntown a few dnjs ago by Joe Cirello, after ills nrrest for an nu'tomo bllo theft. Ho confessed his part In the Cat's Swamp murder nnd hold-up. While tho pollco refine to igive out additional facts now, It is said that by the nrrest of the men now in custody. they expect to clean up most of tho silk robberies that havo occurred in the Eastern taction of the country in recent nion SOUTH uontbs. if 7 llirrln L Kwlnir AUTO DEATH JURY Judge Discharges Panel That Disagrees on Clubman's Re sponsibility for Accident UNABLE TO COMPROMISE Tho jury disagreed in the ense of Warren L. Irish, wealthy clubman, on trial nt Norrlstown for running down with his nutoinobllo nnd killing F.d wnrd Tolcy, of Villnnovn, nt Rose inont. The disagreement was reported to Judge Swartz, nt Norrlstown, ot 1230 o'clock this morning, and nftcr ho had called the Jury into court he discharged it. Tills means theie must be u new trial of the care. The reason for the jury's disagree ment could not be learned. Mrs. Marian Jones, one of two women jurors, said "tho jury had been dis missed with a clear conscience on the purt of every member." Mrs. Jones said nn effort hnd been mnde unsuccessfully to rench a compro mise. "I do not feel I ought to divulge tho reasons for the disagreement," said Mrs. Jones. "This was my first expe rience on jury service. I con say we came to a deadlock, and though. "we tried hard to reach n compromise verdict we were unsuccessful and finally decided to report thnt we could not agreo. I tfilnl; that every juror left the courthouse feeling that n conscientious decision had been leached." Judge Swarfs did not begin his charge until lato yesterday nfternoon, and it occupied nn hour and n half. It was nfter 0 o'clock when the jury reached their room nnd began to deliberate over tho evidence. Judge Swartz, In giving the jurors their finnl instuictions, told them to senl the verdict when they had ar rived at one. nnd lenve it to be opened in the morning, so thnt they could dis-pei-sp s.n (heir homes. . Tho Jud;e, however, believing there would be u prompt decision, waited at the con it house, planning to take tho icrdict in pcrxon if it weie delivered cnr!j and dismiss the jurors. Ho waited hour nfter hour. After two hours of deliberation the jurors sent out to him asking further Instruc tions, which he gave them. They nsked for lntiuctlon8 again shortly before midnight. In spito of the Judge's very full ajid specific instructions, howeci tho jurors could not agree among themselves, nnd nt 12 :."i0 o'clock votwl to send word to Judge Swartz that they could not ngree. Tho Judge immediately ordered them to return to court nnd there, nftcr he hnd received confirmation from them of the news that they could reach no agreement, he dismissed them from fur ther consideration of the case. District Attorney Renninger has not announced what will be the next step by tho prosecution. It is considered certain that Irish will be brought to trial again. Irish, wealthy clubman nnd coal operator, heard himself accused of "moral cowardico" by the district at torney in summing up yesterday, for running away nfter ho had hit young Foley. Charles D. McAvoy, former United States Attorney, nppearlug for the de fense, argued thnt Irish wus Justified in not t-topplng his car, ns ho thought ho had run ovor a dog, nnd also was afraid of highwaymen. FIND BRIDE'S BODY IN LAKE Mrs. Kettelle Disappeared From Con necticut Camp During Honeymoon Union, Conn., Sept. 22. (By A. P.) Tho body of Mrs. Norah Johnson Kettello, who as a bride of a few days disappeared from a camp at Lake Mashapnug, whero sho was on her honeymoon, on September 13, was found In the lnko today. It was not removed from the water pending examination b the Coroner and State police. Mrs. Kettello, twenty-three years of age, n graduate of Radcliffo College disappeared while her husband, John Dunster Kettelle, of Cambridge. Mass. was absent from the camp. When he returned he found her gone, most of her clothing left behind, nnd tho boat belonging to tho cottage, together with her bathing suit, missing. The boat was found near the opposlto shore in the search which Kettello made in n cunoe. PERSHING SEES BARTHOU General Will Visit President Mllle rand of France Tomorrow Purls. Sent. 22. (By A. P.) Gen oral Pershing will visit President Millcrand at the Klysco Pulaco to morrow. I V M. Batthou, the French War MVB Uter, conferred with the General toip&, SPLIT OVER M Published Datlr Ricept Sunday. Copyright. 1021. by M BODIES TAKEN 21 ARE INJURED German War Plant Explosion Blamed on Experiment! for New Gas TOWN WIPED OFF MAP FOR SECOND TIME IN HISTORY By the Associated Pres Mayencc, Sept. 22. While esti mates of tho number of dead from Wedncnlaj's explosion, which destroyed the Badischo Company's grent chemical plant nt Oppau. continued today nt npproxlmntely 1500, tho total of per sons actually found to have been injured exceeds the first figures iy n wide margin. Already 2."00 persons havo received treatment for hurts suffered from tho effects of the explosion. Bodies of tho dead to the number of 850 had been recovered this forenoon. Tho French nnd German authorities in the district wero continuing tho res cuo work today In the closest collabora tion. A Gorman hospital train has ar rived at Frankfort, and n French train at Treves with Injured from tho scene of tho disaster. It is reported, ndd the ndvlccs, that the explosion occurred during experi ments for the compression of n new gas, the qualities of which had not been fully ascertained. Rescue Work Hampered There were hundreds of workmen at or near tho ill-fated plant at 7:30 o'clock, when the explosion occurred, nnd there were wild rumors regarding the loss of life yrbterdny aud last night. Immediate! nfur tho blnst etcrj means of res 'ulng injured and bringing out the dead were utilized, but several minor explosions prevented workers from entering the grounds for a long time. Grent clouds of chemical fumes hung over the ghastly scene of ruin, nnd the first mn to enter tho plnco were compelled to wear gas masks. The fumes spread ns far as Mannheim and Ludwigshafen. and tended to heighten the fears of the frightened i"oplc. An investigation of the explosion hns been ordered by tho authorities, but those who have visited tho ruins de- rlnrn thprn is Httln linoll which n find- I Iftg can be based. The buildings of tho Hadischc Company nave disappeared, and only n grent hole In the ground marks the site of the main structure. Town Destroyed Once Before This is the scrond time Oppau has been destroyed. In 188!! a dam hurst above the town and the placo was bwept by a wall of water. General Degoutte, in commnnd of French forces of occupation, went from this city to Oppau, nnd immediately sent for the sanitary ttaff of the arm on the Rhine. He hns organized kitchens to feed the families of victims of the disaster, nnd the High Commissioner bus given 7.". 000 marks to the workers" syndicate to alleviate distress. Order i" oeing maintained by French soldiers, thnt district 1 elng within the French zone of occupation The base of the Ficnch forces in that region Is at Ludwigshafen, on the west bank of the Rhine, from which piece tho troops wero rushed to tho scene. It is n theory of those familiar with) Continued on raid Two. Colnmn roar HYLAN ATTACKSPAPERS Official Proclamation Asks Curbing of "Hate-Crared Publishers" New ork, Sept. 22. (By A. P New York newspapers today published nn olhi lal proclamation by Major Hjlnu. calling on "business men. hit (hunts and shopkeepers" to curb "hate crazed newspaper publishcns" who are aligned ugoinht his re-election lu No vember. Of five morning papers which published the proclamation four are opposing his re-election. Tho proclamation declared tho news papers were advertising the city n "pnradiso for criminals" and a "gold mine for thieves." and urged thnt husl- ! n ess men "think this over, place the oiainc wnere u oeiunss nnu nccnc-i cordinglj i The Major criticized the treatment by the newspapers of the police handling of the "near riot" in Bryant Park. Monday night, when crowds gathered in ' hope of seoing I'rbain Ledoux conduct an auction of unemployed men nnd women. FROM OPPAU RUINS EX-PATROLMAN GETS IS MONTHS FOR BEATING MAN John Riclinrdbon. foiiner pntrolmnu. wns sentenced to eighteen mouths, in the county piihon by Judge Davis in Cihnlnnl Comt to dny foi njrgiavated assault and batteiy on Chailes Coyle, 8309 Cnipintci street. POLICEMEN ARE CLEARED OF BRIBERY CHARGE The Civil Scivice Commission todny exonerated Lieutenant Willinm MacBiide and Detective John J. Clny, Jj , fiom all chaiges mnde by Daniel Hirsh, saloonkeeper, -who had complained that Clny accepted a biibe from him ami that MacBiide had attempted to huh the matter up later. WOMAN, EIGHTY, COMMITS SUICIDE BY GAS Mi. Matie Schnffei. eighty vcnn old, 2540 West Seltzer street, ended her life today in hei home by inhaling iliuiuinntiuf, Bus. LI e was found in the bathioom with one end of a g.& hose lu hci luuul The other end wut attaclud to the yas jot. COURT PROTECTS GIRL Judge Restores Young Woman Dis charged for Absence Judge Audeiirled today brought into court Thomas Wolsteulioline, Jr., of Thomas Wolstenholmo Sons Compunj, Inc., ItltOO l'rnnkfoid atomic, aud di rected Mr. Wolhteulioliiie to In mhhc way censor Joseph Carrigan, cmplojcd by tho firm us a foicman, and to m-i thnt Mary Slasku, 21!l."i Salmon street, is lcturncd to her employment. Carrigan had been ceusuivd by the court for discharging tho girl because she was absent to attend court severul days as a witness, 4 Bubwrlptlon PrW in Year by Mill. I'ub'lo ledger Company Would Divorce Beauty "MISS NKWAUK." Her real name, before her mnrrlago lo William It. Heyer, of NewniU. was Marngarrt Bates. She won the hcimly contest nt Atlantic City early this month, using "tho pseu donym, and three dajs Inter her husband brought suit for legal sep aration on the ground of desertion GIRL GETS THREAT, THENJSAPPEARS Goldio Brodheim, 52d Street, Vanishes After Warning Not to Identify Shoplifters DISREGARDED CAUTION After n warning thnt she would he abducted for testifying against two alleged .shoplifters, Goldie Brodheim, sixteen enTs old, li"2 North Fifty-second street, disappeared from her home Saturday. The girl, the daughter of Max Brod heim, a furrier, helped to w-nit on cus tomers nt the North Fifty-second btreet uddtess. Three weeks ngo two fashionably dressed girls .appnrcntly of foreign ex traction, wen to tho btores. They in spected scternl furs, stdectcd one and made n deposit of u dollar, haUng thej would cull Inter. Two sables were missed after the "customers" hnd gone. A day or two later two girls were arrested while tiving to steal furs from a store. Miss Brodheim read of the arrests nnd went to the Fifteenth street nnd Snyder avenue nation, where the defendants wero nrrnlgncd. Miss Brodheim testified she recognized the prisoners ns the young women who hnd been In her father's store. Before she took ihe stand, two men, foreign ers, approached her brother Michael, a professional boier, known ns "Mike Burns." Tho brother was told that if his sis ter testified ngalnst the prisoners she would disappear. He told his sister of the thrrnt, but she disregarded it. Last Saturday, the girl left her home ' about noon fo go to a motion-picture show. Sho did not return. Sho woro a red suit, brown slippers, hlaik lace stockings nnd no hat. Sho has black hair, Is 5 feet tall and weighs abi'Ut 120 pounds. Pollco aro searching for the missing girl. MORE READING ADVISED Credit Men Urged to Take Up Con structlve Program Atlantic City. Sept. 22. The tircl hiisiniss man, who u often i barged with d Milmg his time between rush of1 ni'inej -mak'ng and attending girl show, h.id better take up constructive read ing, according to members of the busi uesg literature department of tho Nn tionnl Credit Association, whoso Board of Trustees is in session here. Tho report made today soys, "We doubt whether tho business man of the present period dejotes enough time to good, i'ontructio rending," nnd goes on to recommend thnt, "We bhould re double our efforts to mnho the credit man nt least, a good reader and ng gressno bluilent " Represcntathes from several sections of tln ciiunlr counseled thrift, nnd de clared that "tin only way to ha,o low puces is to work tho farms and innLe food plentiful." HAS RJGHTJN HOME Court Sets Aside Support Order When Wife Bare Husband An order, of $12 a week on David Stem, of Rt ei side, granted his wife three weiks ngo, when he wns refused it dnorc.'. was set aside today h the Camden Court of Chancer. J Wnrieu Davis. reuresentiii!? I Stern, petitioned the Court to set aside the older. Ho chnrged that Mrs. Stem hnd refused to let her husband enter I their home. ' "Every, man lias a right in his own bous," Mid tho Vice Chancellor, at- "b "" nw mucr uu tnciii. PRICE TWO CENTS VARE BOOMS KEMP, '1 FOR POSTMASTER ) IN HARMONY MOVEl Congressman Urges Opponent of Combine for U. S. Post as Primary Aftermath PLAN MIGHT WIN VOTES OF FORMER SERVICE MEtf A boom to mnke Colonel Oeorge !? Kemp Postmnstcr of Philadelphia was started today by Congressman Vnre. Vare's announcement caused some as tonlshnient because the colonel wns cnn dblnte for Receiver of Taxes on tho Voters' League ticket, which was crushed Tuesday by the Varc-CunnWC-ham steam roller. With this unlooked-for dcvelopmenl! camo some secret political history ol tho last few months, when local loaders were rushing to see Senator Penrose; nt Wnshlngton. In nnnouncing ho will try to land the Postmnstership for Kemp, Con- , gressmnn Vnre said thnt neither he noj his brother, Scnntor Vnre, hns any animosity toward the former com mnnder of the 110th Infantry for tin pnrt he played in the nnti-Vnre cam palgn. Vare Sponsors "Round Robin. ' TI10 Congressman said he will havt every member of the Philadelphia dele gntion In Congress sign n petition ask ing for Kemp's appointment as the suc cessor of Postmaster Thornton. Mr Vnre said ho will also try to interest a lnrgc section of the American Legion, in tho boom. Colonel Kemp is now superintendent of tho West Philadelphia Posta' Sta tion. The Congressman said Kemp i fully qualified for tho postmnstcrshln nnd that his appointment would be 11 tribute to former service men here. Independents who have been fighting ' contractor politics hero for years weru Inclined to regard tho Congressman's boom ns an adroit move to lino up tho votes of former hcrviee men at the primary next car. Tho "inside" history relating to Colonel Kemp, ns related by tho Varea, discloses that the Combine was ready to place him on Its ticket for City Treasurer. - The proposal was dropped when Sen ntor Penrose rcfiibcd to drop District Attorney Rotan In return for the sug gested turndown of W. Freeland Ken drlck for a third term as Receiver of Taxes. Penrose Stuck to Rotan When politicians here were journey Ing to Washington for brief conference with Penrose, the Vnro narrative cots on, Councilman Hall ncted ns the Com bine ambassador nnd saw the senior Senator several times. One day Senator Penrose telephoned to Hall. It Is said, that he hfld An one mind on he ticket here nnd thnt h wanted to sec Hall. Tho Councilman conferred with Senator Vnre and then, hurried to Wnshlngton. At the interview Senntor Penrose, it is said, made the statement thnt Re ceiver of Tnxes Kondrick hnd had "enough" nnd that he should bo dropped from the Combine slate. Hall, spenk ing for Senator Vnre, retorted that! Kondrick could not be thrown over board when Penrose was Insisting on another term for District Attorney Kotnn. Thisphase of the matter caused Pen- -roso tf remark, It is said, thnt ho wan not interested In Rotan, nnd that tlm wl.olo "slate" should be cleaned off nnd wiitten anew. Hall then hurried back to tills "ity. The Councilman, so the narratlvo goes, met Senator Vnre and other Com bine leaders in the Manufacturers' Club. When Hall related tho remarks attrib uted to Penrose, Vare said lie did not think thnt the senior Senator really meant to drop Rotan. Kemp's Name "Agreeable" As the Combine discussion continued. Senator S'nre Is said to have written tlm namo of Colonel Kemp on a piece ot paper with a notntlon he could bo "slated" for City Treasurer. The pro posal was to take Kendrirk off tho ticket if Rotan was taken ofT. nnd shife Thomns F. Watson to Receiver vt Taxes Hnll went back to Penrose at Wash ington with Senator are's ideas. But when lit was told the A'nres wire wll -ing to turn Kendrick down. It is mid. the Senator balked fit treating RotRI in the same waj. He is said to havi remarked that "certain persons" would have caused too much trouble. Tho attempted dicker ended there, but the Vares allege that lVnrofce took Kemp's name and slipped it to repre sentatives of the Voters' League Kemp then was at the National Guard camp and n delegation went there. Majov (Seneral Price was interviewed and wai nsked to request Kemp to run for Re ceiver of Taxes on the Voters' League ticket. Colonel Kemp consented to make tho race with the Voters' League When ho returned to this citj, the Varei urged him to withdraw, but he replied he was not going to he a candidate on day and wlthdrnw the next, according to the Vare narrative. Congressman Vare's inteiest In Col onel Kemp for the postmastersblp, it is pointed out, ma be due to the known ambition of Oscar 13. Noll to sue cced Postmaster Thornton. Noll is Penrose leader of the Thirty-seventh Ward and carried that ward for tha Voters League ticket. LEAGUE ADMITS 3 NATIONS Esthonla, Letvia and Lithuania Voted In by Assembly Geneva. Sept. 22.-(By A. P.) Three additional nations were admitted to tho League of Nations todny by thu Assembly. The trio comprised Ksthonla, Letvia and Lithuania. Usthoniu was the first of the statef admitted. The vote in her favor wan unanimous. The Jugo-Slav and Czecho slovak delegates were absent. Letvin also wns elected iiunnliiiously. Ten stntes Including Jugo-Slnvlo, did not vote. The election of Lithunnln like wise wus without opposition, the Polish delegation, which in committee hnd op posed Lithuania's admission, not beJagy present. The Czecho-Slovak and Vtmm delegates refrained from voting. T" , ;,........ mu.... I. . 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