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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
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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!
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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 . .
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'Siiil hU ,rnnk ,n tlmt branch of the
.JOnlc order. I
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.- 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
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'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.
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BRIDGE SHATTERED BY BIG MOTORTRUCK
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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
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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
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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
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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" ,
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