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SCHOOL PLOT
CHARGED TO KLAN
Oovernor of Oregon Warns of
"' Plans te Cru3h Parochial
Institutions
n,-y. aldermen defied
New Yerk. Dec. 12. Governer Ol
cott, of Orcjren. who. with Airs. Olcott,
I ! im Prince (Jeersfe Hetel, en route
te tlie Ooveriiern' conference nt WtilU'
4iilrhur Sprlnss. W. Vii., denounced
1 J ' Kii Klnx Klnn yesterday n men -
:Vt te American Ii'ciiih nnu mwH uuu
Miitieiie.1 New Yorkers njcahist re
Sin: tee lightly the danger of Man
nrthltle here.
"There should he no rn.lf.tnup nheui
lie Intentions nnd power of this or er or
MnUntlen," wild Governer Olcott.
Thp Ku Klux Klnn put through n
clioet law In Oreceii nlid Is plilnulni;
tb push the wiine leclKlntlen through In
trerv StHte In the Unions
"Tfils" law makes compulsory at-
.L.i...... it n t.nliltr plinn1 In nrrrv
rhllil In the State between the iircs of
fight and Hl.xieen. J ue icKiMauen is
ahird directly nt the Henitm C'ntiieliu
Pfhoels, lint It will npply ns well te
all privnte schoelt attended hj chil
dren of the wealthy.
. "A penalty is provided for violation
of this law and' another for efforts te
evade it h.v parents who send children
t ether States te he educated. If the
jaw heroines effective no child in Ore
jrrni will he permitted te attend any
liut public schools. The originators of
the law were n wn:ill group of Scettisn
llitc Sinuous. Thej; ((litainetl u mif'u
cleilt miinher of elguaturcs In lime it
put en the ballet mid it received u sub
Bianllal iiwjeriO .
"When the Klan began operntiens in
Oregon we 'did net think it could thrive
there. Most residents .rf Oregon arc
descendants of old pioneers. The Klan
jms been at work in Oregon about two
vear. In n very short t,hin it cap
tured the State politically. I believe
tliis organization constitutes the creat-r-t
iiicniicc te American institutions
jinw extant. The Ku Klux stands for
line things en paper, hut in practice
It divides the public Inte hentile groups
nrrajed against each Other in religions
mid racial grounds."
.Members of the Heard of Aldermen
li'ieiu'd jeterday iinonjnieiis i.jmmii
lildilliins liilmengr'iplied en plain paper,
In which the Ku Klux Kl.m N de
fended. The caption under which the
piDipblet appears reads: "Ivcm Ainer
Ira Protestant." Identical paper were
rent t members of both grand juries,
charged with tlie duty of iiivc.sllg.itlug
the Khin. In puit, the pamphlet
reads :
".Majer 11 Inn's order fe tin police
te 'hunt down Klansinen and trent
Itinni nu fiil ivmlfl l,il4 fllwl lirituli
throwers' is proof that the Reman i
Catholic heirarcliy believes itself new i
itreng eneugn te inimiie us minion-.
leal system of iniilItlen ou America.
Jlnnie- bus overlooked the 'itivt that
there arc 7ti.0n0.000 or mere Protes
tants In the United State.-., nlid that
once they arc nwahete the papal con
spiracy they will rise en ninsse and
ilrie cut.v .alien, papist from uup
sheret." ,
WaMilncten, Dec. 12. Oregon poll pell
tieians c8terdey wild that the Ku
KIuxKlan iiiuuencc.iii their Ktnte
Mould name the nest Speaker of the.
Heuse of Kcpresentuthes of I lie Gen
eral Assembly, ami his name i.i K. K,
Ktippell.
That Is n combliiatien. of Ks that
cannot he beaten at this time. Kuppeli
lives In Oregon and Is a lender of the
Klan inclement i which is ery btrens
1hcre.
HELD FOR PLOT TO KILL HIM,
WIFE ASKS HUSBAND'S AID
SEENA OWEN, FILM
ACTRESS, DIVORCED
BY GEORGE WALSH
Court Upheld? Acter -Husband's
Charge of Drtlen
tfiluu .. faCl? v' yA ,.A
73Mfg 'jyrx ltt
V'rMNHtl'H
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1, -..ifriM (.. , n-.C-iW
Fairbanks, Jehn Fairbanks nnd Dennis
V. O'Hrlen ar the Incorporator with
50,000 ca)jtal stock. ,
Incorporation papers of the Jackie
Coegnn Production, Inc., a flrm,er',
gnntzed for the production of moving
pictures were fifed yesterday In the
office of Secretary of State nt Sacra-,
mente. Headquarters will be In I.es
AngclcH. The dlrccteru nre II. 13.
Wheeler, It. M. Kenry nnd Xell H. Mc
Carthy, all-of 'this city. The cirpltu!
hteck is .$000,000.
MASON MITCHELL
SKKNA OWKX
Iis Angeles, Dec. 12, (Uy A. P.)
tleergu WaWh, film actor, wnR
granted n divorce Yesterday from Sccnn
Owen, film actress, whom he charged
with desertion.
Articles of incorporation of the
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corpora
tion, incorporated under the law of
New Yerk, te produce nnd sell moving
pictures in Xew Yerk City, were filed
in Sacramento jesterdny. Douglas
KOHLERLAW DECISION
GIVES WORK TO 4000
i ii
Scranton People Disappointed at
Judgment Rendered by Court
Scranton. Dec. 12. Failure of the
United Stated Supreme Court te up up
eold the Kehler Aline enve Law in
full wes n disappointment te pcople
of this city, yhe were rospenidble for
Its panssiRO ut tne last session of the
Legislature. Preparation of the bill
followed the wrecking of mero than
$1,000,000 worth of buildings in tills
city in the last few years,
One effect of the decision will he te
give work te nbeut 4000 mine workers
employed In four Glen Alden Company
collieries. The company refused te op
erate these cellerles en the ground that
they could net be operated without
violating the previsions of the Kehler
law.
ADVENTURER'S LIFE ENDS
New Londen, Conn., Business Man,
Once a Chinese Sailor, Dies
New Londen, Conn., Dec. 12. Ilnst
nnd West were strangely mixed in the
Hfu of .Inines 11. ii ill. i niiichc-Auicrl-caii
business man of this city, who died
here vestcrdny In his seventy-sixth jear.
Hill was born in China of white
pntvr.tn nnd lived there until lie was
fifteen years old, when he shipped en
n limit. It wns the Inst time hn saw
his native land. Three days out te sen
U. S. CONSUL, SHOT
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Wounded by Unknown Assailant
in Malta Attack Arouses
Indignation
Zanzibar, Chungking, China, nnd Apia,
Snmea. When the World Wnr broke
out he foek ever the British and French
interests tin German Hamert. He has
traveled extensively through Seuth
America and the Seuth Hen Islands, nnd
has written extensively.
While CeiikiiI nt Cerk in 102L he nar
rowly csenped being shot. He was rid
ing with n friend in an nutomebllo from
Queenstown te Cerk when u group of
soldiers ordered the car te (mil.
llclnir somewhnt deaf, he failed te
hear the challenge nnd the soldiers
HIS CAREER PICTURESQUE
livai luc uijiiit.-iihi; mm nir ni'mii.i
leveled their rifles preparatory te firing.
'I lie mnnaKcr et tlie Hibernian Uiiiik u
Cerk, who happened te witness the in
illcrs, exclaiming: "Don't sheet! That
is the American Censul." Itillcs were
lowered nnd lie was allowed In proceed.
Bu Associated I'rcai
Valetta, Malta. Dec. 12. Masen
Mitchell, of Xew Yerk, American con
sul en the Island of Malta, was shot
nnd wounded today near Uaraecn. Ills
assailant escaped, but pursuit was im
nieillntelv taken up.
Mr. Mitchell was slightly wounded,
the bullet Imbedding Itself In his chest.
He was taken te his home where this
afternoon he wns confined te nls hen,
but with the expectation that he would
be about In a dny or two. The shoot sheet
ing is generally attributed te a madman.
"I knew nobody who could hnve done
this," exclaimed Mr. Mitchell ns
assistance came te him.
The Censul is described as persona
grata here nnd he has taken keen in
terest In the welfare of the island nnd
Its people. The attack upon him bus
aroused Indignation.
Masen Mitchell hns hnd n picturesque
career ns nn actor, writer, trnieler,
soldier nnd diplomat. '
Uerfi in Hamilton, X. Y.. in JWO.
he went oil the Mage nt the age of
eighteen nt the famous old llreudwii
Theatre in Xew Y'erk. He plued with
IMwIn lloeth, Lawrence Ilarrett and
Jehn McC'ulleugh, Inter becoming lead
ing mint with Mme. Medjcskn. He ac
companied Mary Andersen during her
theatrical engagements in lirent
tlie shtn wns bearded by pirates, who i llrllain. At one tlnie he. mannged the
stripped it nnd left it n wreck. A fewiunrrick Theatre, Iscw Yerk
days later it wns hikiucu ny an Ameri
can frigate nnd Hill was found In n
cabin. The captain adopted him, bring
ing him te 4ew t,onuen
The hev wns nnjned .Tames Haines
Hill and wns sent te American schools.
Hill later became u successful rcdl cs cs
tute dealer.
He was chief of scouts -in the Cnun-
dlnii Government through the Kiel re
bellion and was promoted for gallantry
in net Ien. In the Spanish War he was
u member of Itoesevelt's Heugh Itiders
nnd wns wounded tit the battle of San San
tiaeo. He served as American Censul nt
Declares He Is Obliged te Give De
fense Financial Help
Kelreit. Dec. 12. City A. P.' -Xej
.1. 1'eril. we.ilthv Wit lie County fanner,
rti.ij haw te pit for the defem-u of bis
wife. Ala It. Feld, who is clitnged
with mi attempt te hire u gunman te
kill him. Attorneys for Mr.s. Ferd
nil! inter it motion in ciiiuit court that
lord nd. line KltH.lt) for preliminary at at
terncjN' f, , anil $,'(11(10 for the cprii-c
of tie defeiihc -lien d Mrs. Ferd be held
fer 1 1 in 1 at her examination Fridav.
I'liiiiiii-itil support of the ilefeiwc. the
niinneis contend, ih ii husband's legal
obligation, regaidicss of the unusual
situation iuthe present case.
rerd'b first public hlutemcnt relating
tn his domestic nffniis was made public
tedjy. "Women and death lime been
sjnen.Miintts in my two mnrriage en
Hires," lie -.tUI. "When my first wife
I'Munie angry, she threatened te tnke
her own lite and I was. kept busy re
straining her. Mj becend ife threat
emsl ni life. 1 de net knew which is
worse. At nil rate I'll be u single
nun from new en."
THIRTY THOUSAND ALIEN
TRUSTS MAYJE RETURNED
Differences Over Amount te Be Held
te Protect U. S. Claims
Washington, Dec. 12. DecWnu has
hri'ii ic.ieliid b Administration leaders
Ie pieai for eniictinent at the present
s"-pieii of Congress legislation which
Villi lltllllfirtfi. llin .i.ln.i.n r.C 'II lUUt
.' .in- i in. ii?." ,u iw,tnf
tllKtu fllm..l ..I f.... W1ltlM ... C,r,flJ.i,
-- .miikii ii iiiiiii rwinnr te .Hl.euu
JtfM lii the Alien Prepei t, Custodian.
It dew loped jesli'rd'iy there is differ
eji'e of opinion nmeur; (ieverntiient etli-
'.ii-' im te me huiii wiueli slietld hcheld
t'MUlileil li Atliei'ii'.'in cIiiIiiih liitnliilf
MMKliMlfKI. (If thevc chums about
S1!KIIHM,(HH) gt..w out of the milking
of tlm l.iiMiuntn. mol Miipe ellicmls
Ji'ire expiesved the opinion tlint class of
C'llniK, ns well as most of the ether
elJisiticatiens, will be nuiterlallv re
lucDil when they cemu te be adjudi
cated. Mr. Miller has expressed the opinion
Jlmt the 7 per cent of the trusts remain
"'J in the IiiiikIk of tlm custodian would
in ample te satisfy IcsUittinte Ameri
Mn iliilnv.
7000 PENNA. DEER KILLED
Season Best In Yeare and Hunters
Generally Obeyed Law
IJairlsburg. Dec. 12. The total kill
W deer In l'eiinsylvanlii during the ten ten
en which doses December 1.", will ex
ceed 7000 bucks, Selh Ooiden, seere
"ry of the Suite Uame Cominlsslen,
Predleteil yesterday. The season is the
in ,ears und the kill in many dis
tricts exceeds Hint of lust jear by from
-J Je -10 per c,nt, he tald.
. npertuneii through 'the State nre
willing the department's men te up up
rhenil hunters who mw killed deer
megiilly, nnd generally am ebejtlug the
an belter than ewr before. Secielnrj
eidiiu di'i-liiieil. He ic ported the l.lll-
";' el fewer d t und short spike bucks
"'i In an icicnt season.
, llnd ceiiKiiletable senlimeut mnniig
"ltileis in luvev of u law te pieleit
1M liuchs and In limit lesnl Kills te
I V" I'm "l or better antlers," Mr. IJei -
'en said. "Mirny of the camps' tire
I'HTnik lO.in.. ii. lu ...i . . i...
,'ll'5' that are killed tire brought down
""J uunicis."
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Largest Manufacturers Custom Furniture in Philadelphia
11 12-1 114 Walnut Street
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We are SHOWING SOME VERY GOOD BARGAINS THIS
WEEK in discontinued patterns and fleer samples in furniture for
-the LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM AND BEDROOM.
If you have looked at ether stores and found the price a little above
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THIS HANDSOME 3-PIECE SUITE, HAIR FILLED.
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GREAT SHOWING OF THE NEW IDEAS IN FANCY AND
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LARGE LINE OF DAVENPORT TABLES, CONSOLE TABLES, AND
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SPECIAL
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Motertruck delivery anywhere within reasonable distance
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MANUFACTURERS
1112 and 1114 Walnut Street
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Dally use of the Seap keeps the
kin smooth and clear, while touches
of the Ointment new and then pre
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Pre-Inventory
Sale
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A National
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Our entire stock of Cadillac cars and cars
of ether makes has been repriced te very
low figures en account of taking inventory.
Yeu unquestionably canjnake a better pur
chase of a renewed Cadillac than any new
car selling at the same price.
It is our opinion you will be able te purchase
a used car at a lower price during this Pre
Inventory Sale than will prevail after the
first of the year. Purchases can be made en
liberal time payment plan,
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3723-25 Walnut St, Philadelphia
oAnneunced as Tew Haynes Distributors
BHROUGH an official an
neuncement of The Haynes
Automobile Company, Ko Ke Ko
kemo, Indiana. Coolbaugh-
Macklin Moter Ce. become distribu
tors for Haynes character cars in Phil
adelphia and adjacent territory.
This acquisition of the selling rights
for the popular and desirable Haynes
character cars is a significant event for
the motorists of Philadelphia, placing
Haynes representation with a larger
and finer institution, equipped te render
a mere careful and attentive service,
which will justify the utmost cenfi
dence from the present and future
owners of the Haynes.
The Coolbaugh-Macklin Moter Ce
extends te all owners, users and levers
of fine meter cars, a cordial and hos
pitable invitation te visit their sales
rooms and te familiarize themselves
with the perfected mechanism of the
famous Haynes-built six cylinder 55
and 75 meters. In their 1923 presen
tation, these character cars stand forth
as an engineering achievement that has
been made possible only by an unparal
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ful automobile manufacturing.
The Coolbaugh-Macklin meter Ce. has established a thoroughly equipped service
station for the benefit of Haynes enners in Philadelphia, at 3712-16 Sansom Street
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