.1 m 9 w - 0 "iimiii KLAN BEDS HATE IfeS. PROBER FINOS i Claim of 100 P. C. Americanism Arouses Theso Discriminated Against, Says U. S. Atterney SIX JUDGES DENOUNCE KLAN Tly tlie Associated rres Oileage, Oft. 4. The Kt! Kln TCIan cnRcnrlcrs. "tlrep hatred" In the hearts of creeds or racrq dis criminated nftnlnt. partlcularlv when the Klnn lnr claim te n ine per rent Ameriennium, .Jehn V. Clinnin, Assistant T'nlted Smtei PWtrlet At torney, vald in a statement tedav af'ei an Investigation of the Klan. The In vestigation was made after reports had reached Federal imtherltiei that a pro posed Klan demonstration might po pe , slbly result in race treuble and prop erty damage. "Tlmm lu nntlnnp in the charter of a sinister or mHie natur" he declared. ' "but It In apparent that membership Is nutematleallv barred te Negroes. , Catholics and .Tews It is unfertuiinH I that an organisatien of this kind flimild be Instituted nt tin- particular time when the uhel world is soeklng te re cover from tlie hell theck sustained in the 'World War " Mr. C'.mnln ftnlld the Klan's 100 per cent Americanism claim, averting thnt all creeds and clases helped wm the war, Ttellas. Te Oct. 4 (TV A. P . Six District Judges in Texas tedns were en record as hnvlnc denounce) the Kn Kin Klnn Most of the .Tinlgp Included all ether Lindred orders in Texas In their denunciation The Judge who attacked the Klin nre Judge Hen H Ponten. Pans, Judge Jnmes II Hamilton. Trails County District Court. Austin; C A. McDowell, Ileaument; Silas Hare. Sherman. V V I.eslie. Swcetwatr, nnd J. It. Warren, Tyler. The Judges tailed upon Grand Juries te inrestlgate mtitities of masked bands. Officials of two i-itle San Antonie and Cameren also gnn warning that parade-" of masked mn would net be permitted. The most (scathing criticism from the bench probably was bv Iitri( t Judge James It. Hamilton at Austin. Chapters of the Ku Klux Klan hate been estab lished througheu Texas, he said, and "bodies of masked men, dressed in white- robes, bearing the American Hag. with the sign of the cress and fling banners giung warning and threats of violence te clflrens who hrenk the law, hare marched in the night time up anil down the streets of tin cities, town and villages of Texas Wace. Te.. (Vt t i r.y A. P i Civil investigation of the clash at I,o I,e rena, near here Saturdav night, of par ticipants m a Ku Ktnr K'an parade and Beb Buehanun. McLennan Ceuntj Sher iff, and his deputies teda was under r etoed te be held in abeyant e pending the outcome of the Sheriff's injuries He was shot through the right lung and leg Nine ether persons were shot and stab bed, two serleuhb Unofficial investigators of the dls. tnrbance have been Informed that T e rcna residents nre withholding comment until after efSciaK hae noted fitl- r.ens of th5 little town pretes te have no knowledge ns te who tired the shot which wounded Shi riff Muchniinn and bvstanders Neither (e thev knew they saj , whether there ,s a branch of the Klan at I.erena or whether the fifty or mere men who paraded in Klansmcn s attire weie Is!tirs from nearbv towns There his bien no an nouncement en the subject bv leaders of the Klan Beaumont. Te.. Oct. 4 "I don't want te kill anybedv, but if anv one of these fellows and T knew lets of them act Mispkieus around me I am selng te kill him." Judge E. A Mc JVwell. of the Sixtieth District Court. lclered yesterday as he faced an ever, flowing courtroom, charged a Grand Jury yestcrdai and demanded Indict merits for white-capping and assault te yjia&SgjMiy iUi MJ'''lJKsSMMM'M MMiMMMMLMM&K33& Wilten 1 -u J'rcscnt 1 'ii F'reseiit Size Price Price Sue Prm- Price 27x54 $14.50 $9.73 9x9 $117.00 S77.00 UGxG; 23.75 13.00 9x12 142.00 92.00 4.6x6 40.00 2G.00 9x13.6 .... 176.00 116.00 4.6x7.6 49.00 32.00 9x15 196.00 128.00 4.6x9 59.00 39.00 10.6x10.6 . 171.00 112.00 4.6x12 .... 79.00 32.00 10.6x12 .. 196.00 128.00 6x9 88.00 38.00 10.6x13.6 . 220.00 113.00 6.9x12 117.00 77.00 11.3x12 . 196.00 128.00 8.3x10.6 ... 134.00 83.00 11.3x15 .. 224.00 160.00 Bundhar Wilten Carpets $5.00 a Yard; Were $6.50 HARDWICK MA.GEE CO. I220 MARKET ST. SNMMMH MURDER VICTIM murder against every member of the lo cal Ku Klux Klun Judge McDowell said he saw hefere him in the courtroom mnnv menbers of the local Klan whom he knew well. D4UGHERTY TO GIVE AXTl-KLUX PL4NS Washington Oct 4 "TnUsible gov ernment" will have te go. The Ku Klux Klan and all its nc tiilties are te be the subject of n sweep ing investigation h the Federal Gov ernment Attorney General Daugherty will an nounce today that the Department of Justice is te act officially against the great M?rref organisatien. The pos- bllit of criminal action against the Klan' will hinge en the dis closures te come. Simultaneous wirh the probe by Gov ernment deteothes will come the con gressional investigation te be recom mended by the Heuse Hulls Committee, of which" ltepreHcntatKe Campbell, of KaiiBns, Is chairman The joint investigations were deter mined en following conferences between William I Burns ( iiirf of the Bureau of Investig itien. Depirtnitnt of Justice, and Itepresentative Campbell. The department s itnestlgatien of the "Inilsible r.mpire ' will be made with the full iippieval of President Harding, with whom lMughertv discussed the mutter two weeks nge. Postmaster General Havs plans te announce seen the rei-ults of the m qulr b Postal InFpclers te (liter mine whether the Klan hus vluluted the postal liws. If anv infractions of the postal laws are uncovered vigorous proseuitlens will be sought. In addition te barring the Klnn from furthei use of the muiN for such purposes Itepresentative Kecht, of Pennsvlva ni i has joined the forces in the Heuse which are d mantling a smeping inves inves ligatien of the Klan it- officers und its organ, the Searchlight. Kecht returned from a trip ever his distilct during the recess "het under the cellar" because he bad been so licited te join the Klnn. Incidentally he revealetl that the Klan had raised its ante for initiation "donations ' In Rugs and -jKlfcr,. 'Six' i'wS.fS wBf s ird IHE: -Wwm mmKm AT NEW LOW PRICE LEVEL The very considerable reduction in the price of all domestic fleer coverings (an average of about 40e ) convinces us that no advantage can come te our patrons by a longer delay. This is especially true at 1220 Market, as our assort ment of grades, sizes, designs and colorings is such that we are able te care for every conceivable need. Representative of the offerings and the savings which extend te every Wilten, Axminster, Velvet and Tap estry rug and carpeting throughout our store, we quote a few prices which apply te our grade of Durable an Iren EVENING PUBLIC AND CHILDREN Mrs. Hej-er I). Knctlalic, 1'hllailel- pliliiu, funnil slain at Colonial Uracil, and her n, Itescr, Jr , and (laughter Catherine that part of the country from $10 te jrn The young man who approached the Representative wns frank about it He said a Kliagle had been several times nt Beaver Springs, where Fecht was asked te join, and had pictured a golden future for him if he would organize a local Klavern. The Kleagle told the local man says Fecht. that he could get S.'O Initiation donations and keep 510 himself One hundred members would be required te erganise, which would mean 1000 for the organizer at once. Feehf snid he would Fiippert the effort te bring about the Congress in vestigation. He brought back the blanks given him te till out in appl.vlng for membership In the Klan und will show them te his colleagues In Congress CHESTER RECOVERING FROM FEAR OF KU KLUX TROUBLE "Beware" en Pesters Is Merely Trick of Film Publicity Man Chester. Pa., Oct 1. After two ilavs and two nights of abject far. Negro residents of the wctern section of the city were somewhat improved m spirits jisteriluy when police assured them the Ku Klux Klnn had no idea of chasing them from the city. Last Fndiiv night nn enterprising promotion ugent of a motion - pit hire house flooded the western part of the cltj with stickers, with a catch phrase of the title of a picture whlth cm phasUnl the finrful word "Bewaie The notice nnd the Ku Kluv. Klan were Imnicduitelv linked, and a positive state of terror prevaibd ever tht wetk end At both th morning and evening service jchttnlaj in the Calv.irv Baptist f hureh. Uev .1 It Beunttt the pastor, p'eaded with his con cen con gngatlen te ignore, the signs, explain ing tlie.v wire merelj the work of e si hemlng publicity agent When the police were Importuned te take action thev were sent out as mis sionaries and tedaj a mere pcuu fill atmosphere prevails. City officials de clared thev would ask that some sort of censorship be placed ever futuie publiuty stunts of theatres. Carpets ah LEDGER-PHIIiABELPHIA, TUESDAY," Nurse Glad te Be Tried if Man Is Freed Cnntlntifd from re One turned ever te the County Prosecutor, nnd the stair b en them will be subjected te expert analysis te determine whether they arc human bleed. Governer Takes Hand Governer Dunn, of Virginia, took n hand today In solving the mystery. He sent fingerprint experts from Hlclimend te go ever the little house at Colonial Beach where the former Philadelphlnns, Fastlake, his wife nnd their two chil dren, had lived. The fingerprint experts studied and photographed every article thnt mlghl have had te de with the murder, nnd went ever the house almost Inch by Inch looking for linger marks. They frankly said they were net sanguine, because tee ninny persons had been In the house since the crime. The Governer was asked by n dele dele dele gotien of citizens of Colonial Beach, who called en him today at Richmond, te furnish Westmoreland County with special legal aid In the coming trlul. The Governer's visitors requested him te assign the best lawyers in the State's service. The Grand Jury will begin it In vestigation October iM. It will be neiessar jte take the defendants back into Westmoreland County, whence thev weie removed early Sunday after a mob had thrcutvnetl te lynch them. Ne "Third Degree" Tried The ntternevs retained te defend Hns'lakc and Miss Knox are T. Ij. Hunter and W. W. Butzticr. They have been in frequent consultation with their clients, and huve had every courtesy from the authorities. Ne ef fort has been made te break the man or the woman down by "third degree" methods, although It Is said that this niav i eme later. The attorneys have refused te make anv Mntcment. Thev indicated, how ever, that they would ask for a thance of venue, demanding that trial beheld In Frtdericksburg, which is in Spot sylvania County. The lawyers say they will insist en separate trials DOUBT CLARKE RESIGNED Cl-devant Kleagle Said te Be Direct ing K. K. K. as of Yere Atlanta, Oct. 4. Edward Yeung Clarke, discredited Imperial Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klnn, nftcr keeping under cover mere than two weeks, was found yesterday by newspaper report ers ns he left Klankrest, the home of Imperial Wizard Simmons. He refused te answer questions, but jumped into his nutomeblle and drove away Attendants at Klankrest admit ted Clarke hnd called en Colonel Sim mens almost daily for mere than n week. They snid he was precnt at n meeting of the Imperial Klencillum last Thursday. Klnn observers In Atlanta new de clare Clarke's "resignation" a week age was a bluff and that the Kleagle is continuing te direct the policy nnd publicity affairs of the Invisible Kmplrc. Werk Conference Leaves TNT Trail Continued from Paie One ers, "none of the ?500,000,000 is te be spent in ether than rniTenu repair shops." Seme one made n hanpv centribu tien te the railroad problem. "This Is the time te get rid of the Adntn'eti eigut eigut heur net" which was mit en the statute books during the Wilsen Administra tien. Anether enn of dvnamlte. Mr. Hoever did net let one of them erplede. though he had te give up at least temporarily that part of his pre prospects of mere general employment gram which Involved improving the among rnllread men. Seme think that the explosions will begin when the com mittees report and the conference re assembles. But Mr. Hoever Ib helped bv the fact that only a few extremists ...nnncv 4V,. AninlnvAra n ml tllC lnllOr ni,i"ik kM- v.".i'.. v. i ...... leaders really think this Is a moment when they would like te hear things going off with n loud bang. If one of them docs there may be a i'U nil OlTU-mi, JJI1.13. .'iii'iv ,..... pleyment was net covered by any of the recommendations of the conference. Or dinarily n conference like this one Is an opportunity for the Secretary of Laber te take the center of the stage. This one wasn't. Mr. Davis recognized that it wasn't. Net Davis' Conference narlv In the proceedings some one encountered Mr. Davis and congratu lated him upon "his conference." "It Isn't my conference. It is his," said Mr. Davis, nodding In the direction of Mr. Hoever. Right here It must be said that Mr. Hoever is nn overflowing kind of per sonality. He overflows the Commerce Department. He Is ns hard te confine nn home-brew. He has large abilities Plants roses in children's checks Victer Bread 6C Big Leaf At all our Stores MJgBMf 1 M f FimmmiiiaraiiirrKiiiiiM u muni irmt mmmtew ' Safe as a Bank ! Why de you se often hear that expression? What makes banking the gafest business? What does this mean te you? Yeu believe in figures accurate figures, and enough of them te show clearly just where your business, or any borrower's business stands. Therefore you believe in the business principle embodied in Burroughs Ma chines, in their accuracy, time-saving, and profitable service te business. Doubtless you pest your ledgers en a Burroughs most banks de but If Yeu Yeu certainly desire te run your business as well as the banker does his te be sure that accounts are posted, balanced and proved daily; te have an automatic check en ever-extension of credit, te make prompt collections and avoid bad debts. Then why net de it? It requires no big investment you can buy a Bur Burrou Adding Bookkeeping Calculating C9 Machines Burroughs Telephenes: OCTOBER 4, 1921 nnd experience nnd his mltld haj Ideas as easily nnd frequently as n rabbit has young, Jie overuewcu into iuici -latlens nt first. But Mr. Hughes has come te occupy the Held, iie oyer eyer oyer fletved Inte farm marketing nhd Mr. Wallace, being ft wise man and farmer, let III in have It. Why Duvls Deemi't T He overflowed Inte labor nnd Mr. Davis Is the Bpet of least resistance In Washington. Mr. Davis Is n very geed fellow. He shook hands all the wuy up from nothing te the Secretary ship et Laber. His much admired de scription of n Cabinet meeting Is "every, body talks but me, alid I say nothing because I don't knew anything about it." Of course, Mr. Hoever tried te keep Mr. Davis In the picture. He was after IrT m JW5MnJiiHpHllhqc; $45.00 Suits Illustrative of Reed's f I&COB MEED'S 1424 If Yeu Are a Banker: are you familiar with all Burroughs can serve you? Are a Business Adding Machine Philadelphia Offices: 1122 Walnut Street Key.tene, Race 4039 Bel!, Walnut nil Secretary of Laber nnd this was n conference en labor. But Mr. Hoever trying te keep Mr. Davis In the picture was Tike n steam siren trying net te drown out n penny whistle. He could net de It, for reasons Inherent ill him self and for ethers Inherent in the ob servers. Mr. Davis had one Immense moment nt the conference. A committee had reported thnt there were 4,000,000 tin eniplrfycd. Mr. Davis thought he hed been left out of the account. Ills depart ment had said there wcre "1.700,000. "I object," he exclaimed. The two fig ures really agreed except that iMr. Davis' stntlstltlen had Included the floaters nnd Mr. Hoever's had net. "Let us make It four te six millions." said pacific Mayer Ceiirens. of Detroit. Mr. Hoever stepped en him ns If he were n lighted fuse. s)cirr"ffir'''T?,,g!:;w Value Giving In our display windows we are making a special exhibit of Fall and Winter Suits at the popular price of Forty-five Dollars they are forceful, tangible demonstra tions of our value-giving. 1$ They arc high-grade unfinished worsteds, chev chev eots, tweeds and serges in this season's correct models, which are made in accordance witli Reed's exacting Standard of Tailoring. Our reputation and experience arc back of these garments we knew that they arc net equaled elsewhere at this price. ,9, - 26 CHESTNUT ST. the ways Have you seen the application of Burroughs Calculators te interest and analysis, or of ether Burroughs Ma chines te teller's proof, transit letters, check and deposit journals, and many ether bank uses? If net, ask us for information, you'll find it interesting. Man : roughs Machine en easy terms. Yeu will be surprised te see hew quickly it will pay for itself, by preventing costly mistakes, saving time, and giv ing you a check en all your operations. If you don't feel sure that it will mere than pay its own way, we don't want you te take it. Call us en the telephone and let's talk it ever. d Company 4291 and 4292 . ti "Let us say Just millfens iJT! pleyed," auggesled some one, ! "'I'linf lu tii-,.t..l. M.j. u than, .lie. , " cncaW "Well, then scvcrnl millions." "But several mentis time' ..ij . thoughtful delegate. ' Ml iT Se it was decided te make the VJ her H.OOO.OOO te 5,000,000. wh el. , ...., ,..).! tli I,.. ....n'e u.l " :KU et ii'i""'"1" 11 V . ""mate, a k It "was Mr. Davis' s.ole rnemeJi i eninlnvment. ll Hitchcock and Wilsen te Confer Washington, Oct. 1 (Bj a p. Senater Hitchcock, ranking I)emw en the Foreign iiemtiens CemmiuV plans te confer with Woodrew WlW within the next few dajs, prcsumS .ll., tin, AilmlnUli-nll,,.,'.. r,"1 reguiuiiii, " .......who rca.. ... i.. .. til. (Inpinnnt' "' J Il'lllV nun . ' SON? t m n f EPEWwwmrwwffiflragfflff 9 4 I V T J& ,.
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