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Vol. II—No. 51
Oklahoma Leader
"FEARLESS AND TRUE"
Full Leased Wire United Press Report—Member Federated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1921
PRICE, THREE CENTS
.1-0
Huggins Men Put Up
Hard Fight to Beat
Back Giants' Onrush
The score by innings: R. H.
Giants .... 100 000 000-- 1 6
Yankees . . . 000 000 000— 0 4
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Farm Products Grading Law
Would End Unfair Treatment
HARDING WILL
lines.)
ccompl'iMhed along; constructive j
tlSditoriul Note—In n hfcrien of articles i hoina Farmer-Labor Reconstruction The aim of our forefathers iu
beginning today in the Leader, lieorg*-1 je„gUO- • forming the government was that the
S™"' The press of tbc state seems to be covernment should serve the people,
plain, one b> une, the legislative de- . worrying a great ileal about these that is, a majority, and not the few.
niandn of the league, outlining whut can j demands. They charge that they One of our demands is a law goN-
are class demands. We contend that 1 oruing the grading and marketing of
they are mass demands. We contend farm products. This law can be se-
BY G10 111. I WILSON. and are amply able to prove that the cured as we believe, only by a union
Much has been said and written mass of people represented by the of the farmer and labor element. If
about the Farmer-I^abor demands as farmers and laborers at Shawnee our friends, the opponents of this
promulgated at the Shawnee conven- j constitute a vast majority of the league program know any other way
It Was a brilliant tion. which gave birth to the OUla- , people. (Continued on Page Column )
BEPf!
[3
IT AT
Prominent Republican Strick-
en With Apoplexy at His
Washington Home.
POLO (.ROUNDS, New York, Oct. 1
light the Yanks put up in the eighth game of the series this |
. ftemoon to stay in the tight for the world's championship..
Honors of the day will go to the defense work behind both
the Giant and Yank pitchers, both of whom wer? wild. Hoyt
totalled in poor shape and the National leaguers scored a run
in the fust inning.
In the next two innings ho was saved on several occasions
only by spectacular work of his outfield. Nehf, for the Giants,
had the same trouble, and his offerings were bumped nearly as
hard and as often as those of Hoyt.
Nehf was having even more trouble, but fast fielding, and [
poor hitting on the part of the Yanks, saved him. At the
■ :id of tile first. Slim Sallee was sent out to warm up. „< n p, „„j d„;i
Three Giants were sent from the bench at the first 01 Majority Of Packers and Rail-
the sixth for "razzing" the umpires. men Give Chiefs Right
101
FOR ONSLAUGHT
Patterson Charges
Commissioner Moore
With "Butting In
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1:1. Tilt sen-
ate today paid sorrowful tribute to
Senutor Philander C. Knox of Penn-
sylvania.
As soon as the senate met. Sen-
ator Penrose announced formally
j the death of his colleague and pro-
! posed a resolution providing for .1
* committee of seventeen senators t«
lake charge of the funeral.
The resolution was adopted, and J
as a further mark of respect the sen - ! LONDON, Oct
ate at once adjourned until tomor- ; peace conference
Lewis Suspends Howat;
Moves to End Kansas
Miners' Protest Strik
IRISH DEMAND
I AMNESTY
If END MEET
Majority of Kansas Diggers
May Refuse to Recognize
Lewis Appointees.
Lloyd George Confers With
King About it and Cabi-
net Summoned.
FIRST INNING.
Giant*.—Burns up. Strike 1, called.
Burns out. Baker to Pipp. Bancroft
up. Jii-ii 1. Foul, strike 1. Bull 2.
Ball 3. Bali 1. Bancroft walked.
Friseh tip. Ball 1. Ball 2. Ball 3.
Strike 1. Strike 2, called. Foul.
Frlsch fouled to Plpp. Young up Foul,
rlk< 1. Foul, strike 2. Ball 1. Ball
Foul. Ball V. Young walked.
Kelly up. Kelly reached first and
Bancroft scored on Peck's error,
Young taking third. E. Meusel up.
strike 1, called. Meusel out, Hoyt to
Pipp.
One run: no bits; 1 error.
The cold w ind appeared to affect
I loyt's" control and he was constant-
ly in trouble. His wlldness also ap-
peared to cause his defense to wab-
ble.
THE LINE-VP
GIANTS
Hum*, rf.
Ilanrrofl. us.
Frlsch, 8b.
Young, rf.
Kellj, lb.
K. SlfUhel, If.
Ituwilntrs 2b.
Snyder, c.
Nehf, |>.
YANKS
1 fwstfr, if.
Perk. k .
Miller, rf.
It. Meusel, rf.
lb.
Wurd, 2 b.
linker, nb.
Sehuiig, r.
Hojt, p.
I M Tilths—( bill Hi Hie plule; ItlRler
on first; Morarltj on second; (Jnlirlej
nt third.
to Call Strike.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13.—Employers and
workers in two of the largest and
most vital industries in the United
States prepared for a-finish fight
,here today.
With the majority of two million
railroad workers and 75,000 packing
house employes on fecord as favor-
l ing a strike and employers in both
! industries standing pat, events moved
j toward an industrial crisis.
I Strikes in both industries are up to
Says Public Works Commis-
sioner First Tried to Run
PoliCG Then P8rk DGp3rt" J tended to run bis own department.
proposed $500,000 park bond issue
will be spent."
Patterson announced that he in-
row.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.— (By U.
P.)—President Harding,, all high of^
ficials in the government and lead-
ers in congress will attend the
funeral services for Senator Philan-
der C. Knox, which will be held here
lo. The Irish
adjourned today
barely an
tightened up and Nehf and Burns
cutty victims.
Vnnkn—Miller up. so-" • t. «u1I«m) the leaders of the railroad brother-
Foul, strike Ball 1. Miller out. hoods and the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters' and Butcher Workers' Union,
unning catch in deep center. Plpp up.
Yanks. Ruth appeared in uniform j Mall 1 strike 1, called. Ball 2. Plpp
coaching at third base. Fewster up. jangled to left, Meusel falling to make •
Ball 1. Strike 1, called. Strike 2. r!l0'"trl"g, ™"" 1! " 1
. ,, , t, ,, ., ,, i Ward singled to center, Pipp stopping at
swung. Ball -. Ball 3. rewstei 'second. Baker up. Strike 1, swung,
fanned, swinging. Peck up. Ball 1. j Ball l. Ball 2. Ball 3. Ball i Baker
Hall 2. Hall 3. llall \. Peck walked talked. lllling th« ImKe? SchanB up
straight balls. Miller ..n IBa" '• "•' *■ Schange filed
Frlsch to Kelly. R. Meusel up. Ball 1
Ball 2. Ball a. Strike 1, called. Meusel , 4| . , , .
filed to Hums. nin.ln s|..« , ui.,r accordion to the accopted rules of the
organizations
Strike vote by the rank and file of
union membership is the club unions
ment.
The breaking-up of the combina-
tion of the four anti-Walton city
commissioners was furthered Thurs-
day when Joe Patterson, commission-
er of public property, announced that
Warren E. Moore, commissioner of
public works, was altogether too
busy in tending to the business of parks at
the other commissioners.
"It's a pity a commissioner can't
be sick a few days without Mboj*
butting in and trying to run his de-
partment," Patterson announced.
"Moore first tried to take over the
Patterson's ire was aroused when tomorrow morning.
| he learned that Moore had an- burial will be near Knox' sum-
nounced that it was planned to have mer home at Valley Forge, Ya.
at least three of *the proposed parks
used for the negroei
Stricken with apoplexy at his home
here just at the dinner hour last
'I have no objection to letting evening, Senator Knox collapsed and i negotiations before the Irish peace
year." said Patterson, "but when the
colored Welfare Board asked me not
to do it, 1 cut out the appropriation.
Some time ago Bob Parman, com-
missioner of public safety, declared
police department from the mayor (hat hc wou)(| nm rollow Moort,
some of these parks bo dedicated to
the use of the colored people," Pat-
terson declared, "but it is none ol
Moore's business.''
Patterson intimated that one of the
least should be for t.bt
negroes.
"I appropriated money for the de -
veiopment of Riverside park this 100 Families Ordered Evicted
UNCLE SAMUEL
EJECTS POOR
tour
1. Ball 1. Strike 2, called.
Meusel popped to Kelly. Pipp
Ball 1. Ball 2.
I No runs; 2 hits; no errors.
Strike 1. called. I oul, strike ... Foul. The Yanks gut their eyes on the hall
Miller singled to right. Peck stopping 'and Nehf was in a tight hole. Two good
at second. R. Meusel up. Foul, strike <-ai<-he« ii> Burns i-roke up the Vm.i
Ba|| ., batting rally.
FIFTH INN INC.
( Munis—Bancroft up. Strike 1. called.
Strike 1. Strike 2, swung. Ball 1. strike 2, called Bancroft popped t..
Both runners advanced on a Wild ; |-' -^ster. irisch up. Friseh out. Ward
pitcll. Ball 2. Fotll. Pipp OUt OU J? l'n P on an easy play Noting in
1- oul, strike 1. \nung singled to center.
Strikes. Kelly up. Strike 1. swung. Strike
No runs, 1 hit, no errors. called. Ball i. Foul. Kelly fanned, i railroad workers
Nehf also was wild and Slim Sallee iHwinguiB. , -The interstate commerce com-
Started his perennial stunt of warm- j H°y( e„e;l( ' „„in lu thl8 mission will he asked to reduce
ing up. , ning. Young's single
Giants, Rawlings up. Ball 1. Raw- hit ball.
lings doubled down the third base blinks—Hoyt up. Strike l, swung
line. Snyder up. Snyder sacrificed, j ^
Hoyt to Plpp. Nehf up. Kawlinas was strike - oalled Poul r w«Ui
run down near the plate when Peck fouled to Keii> I'ok up. Hull i Bull
j Ball Feci; walked on four straight
balls. Miller up. Bail 1. Ball - Strike
1. called. Ball .1 Miller forced Pe< I:.
i Rawlings.
and now he seeins to be attempting fjPht for the retention of Chief
now hold over the heads of employ-j to inform the public about how the . of Police < arl Olitsch.
ers while treating in matters of
wages and working conditions.
Executives Shield Names.
Itpilroad executives who arrived
here today refused to allow their
names to be used. Most of the exec-
utives spent the day in inspecting
their Chicago holdings.
These will be the things planned
at the conference, according to best
information. ♦'
Ford 4ssures He Can
End Jobless Crisis
n,„P i 1 The United States labor board L. ... , . .
mt' ... , , . , . the government will let me ha*
<e 2. i will be asked to reduce wages of v , . ,
.. . , Muscle Shoals. 111 teach it som
meu, i i nilrnn rl vvrirupni
the only hat.I freight rates. This, however, will
i depend upon the success in cutting
wages.
3—Recommendation to congress
will be made to legislate the United
States labor board out of business.
Congress will be petitioned to.allow
matters of dispute between workers
and executives to be settled by the
interstate commerce commission.
• Another Cut Is Strike.
threw Nehf's grounder to Schang.
Nehf safe at first. Burns up. Strike
1, called. Foul, strike 2. Burns
singled to left on a pop fly. Nehf
stopping at second. Bancroft up.
Strike 1, called. Bancroft out. Peck,"'" "m"
to i ipp. ul nt*—Umpire Chill run Jpnb But k*tl' leaders of some railroad unions -that
No runs: 2 hits; no errors. !off ,he bench. Chin ais„ chase,, Ton.., another cut ln waKea lB addition to|iMlt "■ gentlemen? as he turned to
The Giants began to bat Hoyt sav mil Iiouttla. from Ihp ainnls' bench that lnnne.l of! lli8 son Eds''1 and "lree executives
agely in this Innlns. but Peck, fas, --- -MJCi! " 8""«" "
handling ol Nehf's fast grounder was „tnke , strike ... „wu„e Me„„, out ,neaI1 a 8trlke. u E. Sheppard. b«ad I «- towltaB-who are accompanj-
ihe only thing that prevented a Schang to iv, Th- Yankee- ot th„ 0rii,r of Railway Conductors lin« hlrD on bls tri|'
Giant run [complained that Rawlings interferred , , . .
uutiii iuu. h - denounced the wage cut proposals
Copyright. 1921, by United Presi
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct.
" ave
some
thing about solving unemployment
problems."
Henry Ford, automobile manufac-
turer and owner of the Detroit,
Toledo £t Ironton railroad, made that
statement in an exclusive interview
here prior to his departure for West |
Virginia coal lields Wednesday
night.
"There are jobs in this country
for every man who wants to work,"
he said. "We have shown this coun-
try something about employing men.
% j . but that is only a start to what we
has been definitely stated by ,
, . ,u , i can do it we get .Muscle Shoals.
"If the figure is right, 1 have told
my secretary to notify officials of
the road that 1 would be interested,"
he said.
The road would be converted into
a branch of the Detroit, Toledo and
Ironton road.
B. H. Kroger one of the principal
owners of the C. M. & B. train line,
j announced
option on th
Because They Cannot
Pay War Rent.
LORAIN, Ohio. Oct. 13—(By U. P.)
Because they cannot pay their
rent of $11 a week and support three
and four children, one hundred fam-
ilies have been ordered lo move from
their homes here, which are owned
by "Uncle Sain."
Most of the families living in this
shipbuilding colony are poor, some
have not paid their grocery bills for
two months, the light and rent bills
are unpaid, and winter Is upon them.
Some days and weeks there Is n«
work and other times when they are
able to get work they gel $2.40 a
day.
' Uncle Sam" is still charging the
rents, $35 a month the same that
was charged during the war when
these men earned from $10 to $14 a
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1 (By I'J
P.i President John L. Lewta of thq
United Mine Workers, today tot
drastic action 4o end the strikes
coal miners In Kansas.
By a special order i!ie Kansas
miini.- Hi'ii: ietno\«'<! i roll) the jurij-l
dieti<mi nf Ah-. Mownt and placcil
ii!c<!i\ under the national or^ani-]
/.at ion.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 13.—(By U..
Otfu i.iIs ut ihr United Mine Work-I
ers ol America today suspended Aim
ami"! llou.ii. imprisoned president!
ot district It, ,iii-l appointed GeorgJ
I'♦ 1 U .'iid Thoiua - Harvex anti-l
Howat leader.-, to take charge of thej
district. ,
Peck u ; - 11.• ilie. | by Prfsidei.il
.l"lni I. I.- wit in act as presidtll
• •I the district. Harve\ to handU <if
J llnances.
Howat Man Won't Budge.
John Fleminu. a director of th«J
.i trict board who w.i- left in chargd
by Howni when Howat and Augus^
Oorchy, vice president, were
inanded to j ill for violation of th^
Kansas industrial court, refused
Tuesday s opening sessions had been furn or hnances over
swept away when Sinn Fein dele-1 ^ Lew,H appolntoen.
ati and BritiBh cabinet members j W|th pract|caily all the iL'.ootl
resumed the conference at 10 Down- m|ner# Wh0 "Btruck" when HowaJ
ing street at noon today. was sent to Jail still Idle, plans were
Crowds again awaited and cheerad declared by Howat leaders tod if
the delegat* as they drove to the j,e afoot to offer the leadership
prime minister's residence about a the "Kansas district" to Frank F-jH
quarter to twelve. The fact that rlngton of Illinois, also opposed
after a session la
hour.
Reports of serious difficulties over
the Irish demand that all interned
Sinn Felners be released immediate*
ly gave rise to rumors that all was
not going well within the couucil
chamber at 10 Downing street.
LONDON, Oct. 13.—(By U. P.)—A
flat demand from Sinn Fein for re-
lease of all Its interned prisoners to-
day threatened the course of smooth
conference had fairly begun.
| The optimistic atraospher
of
(Continued <
I'olumn 4)
r
Reads Long Statement
Effort to Prove Organi-
zation Guiltless.
I Uv l\
"When the nev\
must move it was
t h.i
that Ford held an j in the family," saic.
I. : I lot, mother of thr
one of the evicted
e childr
iimilles.
i death
M. El-
-n, and
Henry Ford Road From
Detroit to Mobile Seen.
Copyright. 1921. bj United Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 13. The possi-
bility of an all-Henry Ford railroad
extending from Detroit to Mobile
was seen here today by railroad
men In Ford's statement that he had
secured an option on the Cincinnati.
Mil ford & manchester, which gives
his Detroit. Toledo * Ironton an en-
The Muscle Shoals plant
Tanks. Wurd up. Ward fouled to | t"™;^.V'T'IT'. ran'rouT off! | by the sovermnent durl.r
Snyder. Baker up. Htrlkc 1, swunn. i Koul Btrlk„ , KoUl, strike 2. Foul. dais. Hi
Strike 2, swung. Baker out, Rawlings j Snyder fanned, pwinglng Nehf up. Hall
to Kelly. Schang up. Strike
railed. Schang out. Bancroft
The question of wages is not In-
volved in the strike between work
ers and packing town executives.
1. ; 1 Foul, fdrike 1. Foul, rflrlke
: Nehf fouled to Baker.
No runs; 2 hits; no errors.
Kelly. i The Yanks broke up a batting rally
No runs; no hits; no errors. when the Giants fell down on an nt
The Yanks began to find fault with j templed hit and run play. Irish Meusel
Chill 6 decisions on bails and strikes. Vlink, Mf,ur,.] u|(. 'M,usel lilied to
TMllil' INNING. Hawlingti, who made ;i spectaei^lar catch
Giants*—Frlsch up. Strike 1.called. i'ipp up. l-'oul. «tiik« i l'ipp out
Frlsch flied to Miller. Young up. ' «*| crofi to Kelly Ward up Strike 1
ill ti 11 i Ti ii n ij..il ' 'died llnll 1. Hall j. \\iir*l out, Han-
Strlke 1, called Ball 1. Ball B.ill (;rnft (n Kj..
3. Young walked. Kelly up. Foul. ' No runs; no hits; no error*.
strike 1. Foul, strike 2. Kelly The yanks were hitting Nehf -i
Dopned to Peck B. Meusel up. Foul. l v this "'"'n8 reinarkablf city hall. Thursday
atrlke 1. Strike 2. Young stole sec- , "twin down.'"*""18 «nc~" h'f offlce 'mmxHat.!)-
i the war for the manufacture
i nitrates. Ford has offered to take
i over the establishment to manutac-
t ranee to <
if Ford
Musclc SI
Alabama,
plan to s<
ture fertilizers but his offer has not i tied ion
ln this case
installed by the packers, is the issue.
DONNELLY BACK
Mike Donnelly, commissioner of fi-
nance, has returned from a trip to
California, w here he attended a bank-
ers' convention, it was said at the
He w as to be in
incinnatl.
obtains title to the great
oals plant in northern
t is believed to be his
secure an all-Detroit con-
nth Muscle Shoals with a
extension to Mobile, which
not concerning itself with negotia- will gi - the auto manufacture a di-
tions for purchase of other railroad rect line from his plants at Detroit
lines. Ford announced that his sec- 1 to tide water at the gulf, tapping bin
retary was to consult with officials West Virginia coal properties, the
of the Cincinnati. Milford and ! Muscle Shoals plant and the Birm-
the open shop, recently been accepted. Although his part} Is southern
S EV ENTH 1N NI N<;.
(•lantx— Burns up Hal) 1 Strike i
.'ailed. Hall 2. Foul, strike 2. Hall 3 |
i Hums walked. Hancroft up. Foul, j
strike 1. Hall 1 Hall .. Foul, strike 1'. i
i Hancrott fanned, swinging Frlsch up.
; Frlsch ille«i to R Meusel. Young if
Hall 1. Strike 1, called. Young filed t<
I Fewster, who made a beautiful running
• catch.
No runs; no hits; no errors.
Young's drive appeared to he a certain 1
I three bagger, but Few ter dragged the strik
t'lill down after s long run to left cen- j fRniI(
ond. Meusel fanned. The third one
was called.
No runs; no hits; no errors.
Hoyt looked better in this inning.
He was using a curve ball effectively
for the first time since he started.
Yanks.—Hoyt up. Foul, strike I.
Hoyt out. Friseh to Kelly. Fewster
up. Ball 1. Ball 2. Ball 3. Strike 1.
called. Fewster walked. Peck up.
Ball 1. Ball 2. Strike 1. called. Peck
hit into a double play. Bancroft tc
Rawlings to Kelly. tanks-
No runs; no hits; no errors.
Nehf was wild again and fast field- j)he , n ii
ing by Bancroft cut off a possible 11
V'ankee run.
FOURTH INNINt;
Giant*—Rawlings up. Hall 1 Raw
ing« doubled to left. It was his secor
double. Snyder up. Snyder sacrifice.; runs; i hit: no errors
Baker to Pipp. Nehf up. Nehf flied t< EIGHTH INNIN'i;
R. Meusel. Rawlings holding th.: 4>lnnt> — Kelly up Strike 1, swung.
Hums up. Hall 1 Strike 1. called. Ball I Strike 2, called Hall 1. Foul. Hall 2
2. Strike ". called Burns tinned. Kelly fanned, swinging. E Meusel up
■winging -Strike 1. . tiled. >trik called Meu- I W -d
No ndfc: i Mis >o — il out, Plpp unassisted* Plpp slid Ink i Frieh
H^fi Started tins inning bad but I the bag tor a cUnh; play. Kawling4 up. .No tuns
Hall 1 Foul, strike 1 Ri
Ward to Plpp.
No runs; no hits; no erroi
?aa ks—Peck up. Strlk<
Peck oul, Rawlings lo Kelly.
Hall 1 Miller flie.l to Hum
sel up. Ball I Strike 1. sw
2. swung. Meusel fanned, sw
No runs; tto hit.- : no error:
NINTH INNING,
(•luntn—Snyder up. Sny-
l ipp on the first ball.
Miller up
R. Meu-
ng. Strlk.
ingit
Hu
sr up. Hall 1. Hall 2,
d. Rail n. Baker foule<l
made the catch over neat
lioxes. Schang up. Ball
chang rued lo E. Meusel. Hoyt up.
| Hoyt singlet] to center on the tlrst ball
It was a drive through the box. Fewster
up. Strike 1. called. Fewster forte.'.
I Hoyt. Rnwlings unassisted
[ strike 1
swung,
to Pipp
Foul, i
1 Stride . called Ball 1 Ituth
Kelly unassisted
Ward up. Hall 1 Hall . Hal
Strike 1. called. Strike ca
Ball 4. Ward Walked*
Baker up. Ball 1. Hall Strik
swung. Strike 2 Foul. Foul. Hal
Foul. Baker out. liHWlings to Kelly
doubled at third, Kelly
i hits; no <
Blanchester'line here today.
BUMP OFFICERS
ARE SAVED WHEN
MOORING^ BREAK
NORFOLK, Vn„ Oct. i:i. Vn
army blimp carrying three offi-
cers, fell in Hampton Hand* at
noon today. Officers were res.
cued b) navy launches.
The blimp broke from its
moorings at Langley field and
was carried oul to sea by a heavy
wind.
BRECKENRIDGE SUBURB
IS REPORTED IN FLAMES
BREckENRIDOB, Texas. Oct !3.
Town of Rliasville, thirty miles
north of Breckenridge, i ; reported to
be burning. A telephone message
from the operator there at 7: :;0 a. in.
stated that the building containing
ihe phone exchange was on fire.
T^e Breckenridge fire engine left
I soon, afterwards to render any as-
{ sistauce possible.
1 ingham iron and steel industries.
FIRE SWEEPS
TEXAS TOWN
Approximately 50 Buildings
Destroyed in Eliasville.
Near Graham.
Explanation Demanded
For Evicting Tenants.
WASHINGTON. Oct.. 13. An ex-
planation as to why he ordered the
evictions of 100 tenants from ship-
ping board houses at Lorain. Ohio,
was demanded by Chairman Lasker
from Williams Towers. Philadelphia,
in charge of the board's houses,
when he appeared before the chair-
man today.
After denying that the board had
ordered the evictions, l«isker found
the order had come from Towers.
W0 KILLED IN
"LITTLE ITALY"
ST. LOFIS, Oct. 13. -Seventh* and
Washington streets, known as "Lit-
tle Italy," had a taste of war today
The casualties were two killed and
two seriously injured.
Several men in a curtained auto-
mobile yesterday fired into a crowd
standing in front of a butcher shop
Michael Adragna, 2b. and Joseph
Oiamanco, 29, fell victims to the as-
sassins' bullets.
The district has been tin scent'
of numerous blackmail operations-
and vendetti feuds.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 13
P.i -"Colonel" William J. Simmons
"Imperial wizard" of the Ku Klux ^delation
Klan, today shouldered the burden of
proving to the house rules commit-
tee that his organization is guiltless
of the charges of inciting religious
hatred aud mob violence.
11 has been decided by the iflleials
of thi klan to present no other wit-
nesses at this time. Paul Etheridge,
Atlanta. Ua.. supreme counsel of the
organization, is the only other wit-
ness called by the klan, and he
merely corrected "a few Illusions"
concerning the amount and use of
money by the imperial officers.
"We will disprove every charge
against us." Simmons said when he
appeared before the committee for
crosa-examlnatlon.
Although ill from a seven attack
of bronchitis and plainly showing
the Lewis conservative element.
TOPEK V, Kan., Oct. 13. (By U|
P.i A majority "i Kansas miners
will refuse to recognize the Lewl^
i order suspending officers of
Fourteenth district, inclutUng Alex-J
ander Howat, thus precipitating
most bitter industrial struggle wltfl
I
in labor circles here today.
Ivan.-; Federation of Labor lead-J
. i hei t today said u E. Freeingfl9
. . I
all Kansas labor organizations
come to the aid of the strikers.
Plans ro carry (he tight to Samuel!
Gompers. president of the Americas
Labor, were undei|
discussion in some labor circles.
\\ i; Fret man. president .of the|
t;it edcrat ion, has been working
alongside Howat in his tight on tho
Kansas industrial court, making
speeches in the mine lields.
th'
until he had
Tyler,
i larkt
Mr-
contlne-
standing
Mward Young
Tyler
not
nber
the
itemization and merely Is In the
mploy of the klan "as any other
(lice worker," Simmons said.
After Simmons Is questioned, the
ommittee expects to hear from rep-
esentatlves of Jewish organizations.
Decision probably will not be
reached for aev
committee as
recommend an
tion of the kla
committee.
. by the rule
to whether it wil
exhaustive investiga
l by a special hous
GRAHAM. Texa
P.i Approximate!
were wiped out in
in the main buslne
ville, a few miles !
today, according
here by men who
during the blaze.
The fire is believed t
Oct. 13. (By I
fifty building,
fire which raged
section of Kllas-
ith of here, early
word brc
re on the *
ed in a rooming house o\
river. A high wind fanned \
toward the river where
« topped
Two men were injured
fire fighters dynamited so
It was not believed there
i other casualties.
HIGH RAILWAY RATES
Are they due to big
aimed by tbc ral
Are they due to
railroad brot
•!%<■ I.eadrr
ater
ene
ul . itoi
brotherhoods, ii:
thai the total
Rock Island ral
the Interstate < '<
Hon. Is only
• apilal. nbllgafj
ness of (he ens
rhoods?
ill print an article
Glenn E. Plumb,
y for the railroad
n which he shows
aluntio
fixed by
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 13. (By C
P.i Grand Goblin •W. Love of the
Great Lakes domain of the Ku Klux
Klan resigned today.
Love, who Was heatl of the strong-
hold of the "Invisible Empire of the
North," comprising Indiana, Wiscon-
sin, Illinois. Michigan,
st Vlrgi
"Impel
Ken-
ent his
a I Wi
resignation to
Wm. J. Simmons, who is now
Washington.
It. B. Love, brother of the gobl
also resigned Ills post as king kleai
of Intliaua.
Both brothers said they were let
ing the city to engage in busln<
and their resignations did not neci
sarily mean they were out of t
The king kleagle denied hi
nation was the result ot t
crtiSHlonal investigation.
resig-
e coil-
Farrington Won't Talk
About Leading Kansans.
Sl'lt INGFIELL), 111., Oct.
President 1' • arrinuton of the)
I
in con-|
ference today with the Illinois ei
ecutive board autl refused to diMWfl
•I . i i.i in b. in- offered!
I
trict during President Howat's
! journ In jail.
Earrington's clerk declared
Illinois president knew of ihe
polntment of Geor 1 Peck t< be Ihtsi
Kansas district presideut.
TRAPP IS SUED
IN BOND DEAl
n-i.nt 'nvprn«*,|
'I
by the|
board of education of the town o
.1 • nk -M-1. i- ' 'day.
• wen I
I
ago, if is ;.li' ged Trapp is a dealerT
in bonds.
MAN KILLED WHEM CAR
FALLS OVER BIG CLIFF
1 ORT COLLINS. Colo.. Oct. 13.-
Ilenry J. Baxter, 43, Palmyra, Mo
wa dead here today as the result!
of the automobile ill which he an
his son were riding falling over
100-foot cliff near here.
His ton, Thomas H. Baxter, <
Eort Collins, was only slightly m-|
jured.
ARBUCKLEATT0RMEYS TO
REQUEST A CONTINUANCE
SAN FRAWlSlO, Oct. 13. I By I
P.i Request for a continuance c
the case ol Roscoe Arbuckle chargi
3
death of Virginia Rappe, will
inad«- when Arbuckle ^ case is calle*
m tlie superior court here today, Ue-
1 fenso lawyt*. < announce^
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