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SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR
SALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1922
; PRICE; FIVE CENTS
I Twelve Witnesses Called by
I I Special Prosecutor Mott
I in Hall-Mills Mystery at
'J 1 Npw RriinsWirlr
? WIDOW OF RECTOR
MAY Op ON STAND
V Scores of Women Come to
x Town for Sight of Sisters
l ' lit 11 !f AirflinH
III IIIIOIUI lUIIC
t , SOMERVILLE, N. J., Nov. 20.
--By .The Associated Press)
; The case which Special ProBe
v Mtor Wilbur A. Mott has woven
out of the mystery surrounding
: the murders of Rev., Edward
Vi Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor
R. Mills had Us first official air
; In today when 12 persons told
; their stories to the Somerset
. county grand jury.
7 ;w t ' Climax Startles 1
I'l a; startling climax to the
, first session of the grand Jury
; which delred Into the mass of evl
dence surrounding . the murders
s of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and
, Ws choir singer, Mrs. Eleanor
Rlnehardt Mills, detectives "an
: Bounced tonight, they had ' dls
i covered a new witness, whose
testimony might ' overshadow i in
importance that of Mrs. Jma hik.
' ion, the "pig woman.".
Sipel Star Witness
) Strangely enough." " this new
witness, whose name is George
Sipel. is knowa to 'his armer
, h neighbors in Middlebush as the
j "pig man." The particular epi
sode of the tragedy which offlc
v ials say he witnessed Will put TiUn
In thfi TWlRltinn rtf onnAVftntitn.
. . m - IVUWIdllU
, unwuiuu; ui iue pig worn
i an, according to the detectives.
; That Sipel .will be. a star wit
ness before the -grind 'Jury has
been known tof official in the
; ease for days, .' they declared to
night. His name comes up at
this time, they, say, as the result
of a letter attributed to Sipel'
and appearing in Nw Brunswick
i aewspapers while, thegrand Jury
; still was In its first session.
V.;'-'' letter1 Attacks
! ''The letter constituted an attack
on Mm. Gibson for bringing Si
pel's name into the case, and
stated that the "plr woman"
.f sought to enmesh him" as wit
ness io suosianuais ner eye-wit-
aess atory or tne murder.
-events in DeReussay'a lane the
J night of the murders, the officials
f now. disclose. Bis business is
: similar to that of Mrs. Gibson.
'I Mr. Uott Mnpti tn nffer thtt
I evidence' of lb or more other
' witnesses tomorrow; Three wo-
men are sitting on the grand
T v
-t, i Jury, Carefully Guarded
The proceedings today were
I Innrt f din nimllT -arnnrilnil. A
' iquad of - state troopers patroll-
I eu me eourinouse ana surrouna
ing grounds.
'Wumwiitwiwu Af ' them, "rams
sarly. They hung" over the dark
: railed, oaicony ... inside - tne .court
nouse on tne second iioor, m tne
. rain hope that Mrs. Hall, widow
&f the slain minister, or Mrs.
Jane Gibson, who raises pigs,
-vnd has. become the most import
ant witness in the case, might
appear At the opening session,
Mr. Mott; assisted ' by " Azariah
M.'Beekman, prosecutor of Som
erset county, outlined to the
grand jury thej salient features
of ,the case. V -1 ;
- ; Reporter Tells Story
A. J. Cardinal, a New Bruns
, wick newspaperman,' was called
I -.to .tell how the bodies of .the
? insrdered pair lay when, he first
"w them stretched out tinder a
I erabapple tree on the lonely
Phillips farm. Aa .Cardinal tes
tified, his arestarm could be seen
through the low . window IDs
story was to the 'effect that he
- picked up letters and cards about
the body and held them until the
police arrived. 'Dr. E. 1 D. Lob
lfein, a' veterinarian, 1 succeeded
him on the stand.
THE WEATHER
Oregon Tuesday cloudy.
LOCAL WEATHER
(Monday)
Maximum .temperature, "4 S.
Minimum temperature, 38.
River, I 2 feet ( above normal
level. Falling, i
Rainfall, none.
Atmosphere, partly cloudy.
Wind, north. 'p-.'f-'v I '
VET KNl&HT
OF KEY TO
SEND "30"
1. C. Ward, Who Was Boy
hood Friend of Edison,
Plans to Quit Job
VISALIA, Cal., Nov. 20.
"Thirty" soon may be sent over
the wires by J. C. Ward, veteran
,telegraph operator.
Ward, whose 60 years of tele
graphing makes him probably the
oiaest operator in point of ser
vice in the United States, has had
cnarge of an office here 35 years
and he wants to retire.
Ward started telegraphine back
in 1862, working for the Grand
Trunk railroad at Mount Clem
ens, Mich.
During the Civil war. Ward
served as a telegraph operator on
ueneral Grant's staff. Later he
came west for a commercial firm
and worked at Sacramento in the
pioneer days. Siberia called him
and he worked for a , while on
construction Jobs there.
Thirty-fire years ago he came
to VIsalla to set ud reDeatera for
he VIsalla telegraph off Icq. -re
planned to stay some six month.3
to "get things" in runnine order
but he has been here ever since.
Once he was elected mayor ot
Visalia on the Republican ticket
when everything else went Demo
cratic five to one.
Now Mr. Ward thinks he would
like to retire, so the telesrranh
company has asked the state rail
road commission for authority to
close the office. If It Is granted.
the veteran will be through.
U. DP 0. FOLK ' -
WILL ILL!
Event to Boo'st Ten-Million-Dollar
Fund Arranged for
Thursday Night
The "firs Marion county re
union of all former Oregon uni
versity students, graduates.
medics, and summer school regis-
trants Is to be held Thursday wrn in, as the successor to Sen
night at the Gray Belle. beKinnlne atr Watson, and nA i
at 6:30. f"68- '"cations tonight wer0
Jtinira T o wfDnA f Uit. ifitnat ana vmiU
o 4vu a. using v&
the Oregon supreme court is to
preside as loasimasier, ana some-
where
between 100 and
150
guests are expected.
Movies to bo Shown
Tlmao Tw-r A Jlmit.. 0
-""' &,u UUU.1U1 .vii.
the ten-million-dollar endowment
campaign, is to be one of the
speakers; so, too, will be W. R.
Newell, director of the campaign,
and former regent of the univer
sity. Grace Edgington, alumni
secretary, is to speak, and the
Emerald quartet, Glen, Morrow,
Morris Eben, Roy Bryson and
Prof. John Stark Evans, assistant
dean of the school of music, will
sing as part of the program. A
movie reproduction of the 1922
commencement exercises, and
many other scenes on the campus,
will be presented.
Committees Named
Superintendent George Hug, of
the Salem public schools, and
Miss Jeanette Kltetzing, are of
the local .committee on - spankers
and program. Carey Martin,
Walter Winslow. and Grace Bean
are the committee1 'on organiza
tion and officers. Jack Elliott,
Dwight Parr, Ruth Austin and
Hollis. Huntington have the saio
of tickets, and the decorations
are in the hands of Agnes Drls
coll, Muriel McKinley and Maur
ice Selig. Carl Nelson is th pub
licity committee.
Workers in All Towns
Volunteer committeemen havja
operated or will serve in all the
towns In Marion county; Lyle Mc
Croskey at Stayton, Dr. Keene
and Mark Latham at Silverton,
and others wherever they happen
to be.
The. committees are to meet
this evening at the Chamber of
Commerce at 8 o'clock to perfect
their plans. Tickets may be
reserved from the committeemen,
or at the Gray Belle direct.
' JAPS ARB BARRED
VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 20.-A
motion ma.A(4 bv the orovlncial
government calling upon the do-
- . - t.ft.u
minion government 10 proaiDu
th a immigration of Asiatics Into
Canada was unanimously adopted
j 'by the British Columbia legisla
ture tonignt.
MANY PEARS SHIPPED
, MEDFORD, Or., Nov. 20.
During the pear shipping season
just ended here 1326 cars of pears
were shipped to tne eastern mar
ket from Medford, as against tne
crop of 690 cars' shipped last
year. Apple shipping from - the
valley will continue for several
weeks yet. -
HARDING WILL
IKE TO TO i
BOTH HOUSES!
.
i
President Goes Before Con
gress Today to Present
Wishes in Shippng Bill and
Other Legislation.
SENATOR MRS. FELTON
WILL BE GIVEN TOGA
Steering Committee Expect
ed to Rearrange Sched
ule of Measures
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20 The
67th congress formally opened it3
doors today for the third session,
but It did little more than actu
ally get on the job.
Its life as a special session wilt
be only two weeks, but in that I
time it is the hope of President
Harding that substantial progress
will be made on the administra
tion's merchant marine program
and considerable advance work
done on the armful of annual sup
ply bills which most be handled
In the regular session beginning
December 4.
Dead Mr-mh-rs Honorvd
Historic customs of the open
ing of a new session were enacted
today in both house and senate,
and the regular preliminaries
were gone through in brief rou
tine meetings.
Adjournment follows B.
Lmark of respect to the late Sena-
. .iun oi ueorgla, and the
late Representative Nolan of Cali
fornia. '
The president has arranged to
address a joint session tomorrow
in behalf of the shinninr bill tti-
fmessage is expected to be deliver-
u at iz:30 o'clock.
The senate adjournment post
poned until tomorrow the effort
Of Mrs. W. H. Peltnn r-
the first
vr UCUlgll
woman senator tn ha
i in; received as a
I ffu11 fledged sitting member aad
umze me path for
womanhood," as she desires.
ine roil calls showed 61 mem
bers of the renate and 291 mem-
I bers Of fh. . . .
i uuac on nana to start
th,nfs off.
Bill Up Thursday
House Diana nrnvUo .1.1
Ing the shipping bill Thursday"
put the senate hi.
J??f?d n that measure, will
Mie us attention to other mat
ters. Several new members are
to be sworn in the senat
. w"i '
row and after that it is scheduled
6 uneaa on tne unfinished bus
iness, the admlnlstratiftr, vm
granting a credit of $5,000,000 to
"uer"1 WI"cn was let over from
last session.
fwbenT Withdrawal Today
The Dyed anti.tvnxhi.. .
. - VIII 1UJ-
ipws on the senato Trnr.o. v...
the Republican steorin
. , o VVUIU1H-
tee Is expected to arrange a new
auueume later.
The senate tomorrow i.
celve the resignation of Senator
-.ijr, jxepuoucan, who fig
nrd in the long Michigan contest.
mencuncnt Agreed On .
Republican member, of
merchant marine committee had
agreed today
to the ship subsidy bill designed
to offset losses to American pas
senger ships engaged in foreign
service by reason of the prohi
bition against the sale of liquor.
The , amendment nrovidea thnt
Uuch ships shall be paid directly
aj me government, for carrying
mail, instead of turning the
amount due into a revolving fund
out of which all companies are to
receive compensation.
Representative Bankh pari Ala
bama. Democratic member of the
committee, announced he wonM
offer an amendment providing
that no part of the federal sub
sidy should be paid to any ship
on which liquor was sold, regard
less of any future court rnlin.
Lon the right to sell on the high
seas.
FAMOUS BIG SOLD
SILVERTON. Ore., Nov. 20.
(Special to The Statesman
The "Sibloco bug" built in thn
fprm of an engine, which has
attracted so much attention in
- Oregon and California has been
sold to William McKay, a Ford
man of Seattle. Wash. The Sil
verton Blow Pipe company was
the designer and builder ot the
bog.
MAIL SERVICE
EXTENSION IS
PLANNED HERE
Amount of Postal Matter Re-'
ceived in Salem Increases; j
Employes Swamped
Postoffice Insp3Cton Clements
of Portland was in Salem Moftday
to look over the matter of an ex-
tension of the carrier service for j
city mail. The amount of mail!
being received in Salem is grow- j
ing stjadily, and so rapidly that
the carriers are fairly swamped
with the flood of mail that pours
in upon them
It has been impossible to get
around on the schedule that was
In vogue two years ago. because
the quantity of mail to be de
livered, and the distance to cover,
won't fit on the old force. There
has been no increase in the num
ber of carriers for a long time, i
but it's now up about to the can't-'
be-done point. i
The changes in the Inside ar-j
rangement of the old postoffice j
are now being made. The fenced- j
in space for the handling of
stamps and registered mail has
been quadrupled, and there is one
more window in the enclosure,
making it possible to have three
clerks in service there during
rush hours. A new and much
larger parcels post window has
been opened, that will take in the
larg2st of the large things that
now ko by mail automobile tires
and all sorts of bulky things
More space is being allotted for
the general delivery. Two clerks
could work there if necessary. ;
Thi office will probably get
settled down to a smooth-working
business basis in its new arrange
ment before the heavy Christmas
holiday trade comes on. There
isn't any way to make more room
in the frpnt lobby for shoppers
and shippers, but the clerks will
be better able to Laddie the busi
ness once it does get Into the of
fice. F
TO BE
ED
Second Week in December
Designated for Big Agri
cultural Event
Salejn and Marfan county will
have a corn show ihe second week
in December that ought to be a
revelation to even the best-seasoned
Oregonions who believe ev
erything will grow to perfection
in Oregon.
A meeting of the board of
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce last night resulted in the
appointment of a committee of
five to raise the funds for the
coming show. It isn't a high
priced attraction. It is to cost
only about $250 in all for gen
eral expenses and cash premiums.
The committee men are George
Griffith, Dan J. Fry, Charles
Archerd. Z. J. Riggs, and P. W.
Geiser. They will formulate their
plans and get their! money by
solicitation or in their own way.
Paul Carpenter, Polk county
farm agent, who was one of the
mam spirits in the Independence
Corn show staged Friday and
Saturday, made an address at In
dependence Saturday ,afternoon,
urging all the exhibitors to show
their wares at Salem also. A
large number of them will do so
and they had 349 exhibitors at
the Independence show, which
was one of the most elaborate af
fairs of the kind ever held in
the west. Salem ought to have
a fine show also, even without
the fine stuff from'the other ex
position, for the corn crops in
this vicinity were said to be the
best, in the history of the valley.
Ejected from Ball Park'
Court Holds Deserved it
OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 20.
The supreme court today upheld
the King county superior court
in dismissing two actions insti
tuted by James L. Finnesey and
wife which when Finnesey was
ejected from the Seattle baseball
park. The court ruled that the
proprietor of a baseball park is
engaged in private business and
man control it as he will in ab
sence of any statute.
DINNER SERVED
SILVERTON, Ore., Nov. 20.
(Special to The Statesman)
The Trinity Ladies' Aid society
gave a chicken dinner Saturday
neon and during the afternoon
the society held a fancy work
sale. The proceeds of the day
was some over $225.
1
SHOW
PROU
JUST THROW !
$4000 OVER I
THE TRANSOM
That Amount of Money Much
Needed for Completion of
Episcopal Church
If some good friend would only
drop about MO 00 into the slot or
thove it under the door or throw
it over the transom, the new St.
Paul's Episcopal church would be
ready for services by Christmas
time. Lacking the money, it will
not be ready.
Rev. H. D. Chambers, the archi
tect, contractor, janitor and pas
tor, has been working away stead
ily up to th-s limit of his money,
but facing a sure shortage of
funds, he is expecting to incur no
big bills without the money in
c ght to pay.
The church is enclosed, and the
windows are now being fitted.
The stucco work on the outside is
an urgent necessity. The two me
morialwindows on the east side of
the church are not yet ready, but
the other windows are being set
in tliia week. The radiators are
bein.? set, so that the building can
bo heated and the interior dried
cut ready for finishing. Most or
all of tbe furniture is already
here, having been bought early.
It had been expected that the
church would be finished and oc
cupied before now.
CITY COUNCIL
Question of Sawdust Ob
struction on Trade Street
Considered Important
The. question of allowing the
P. R. L. & P. Company to pile
sawdust or "hog" fuel on a part
of Trade street forming an ob
struction to traffic on the Bouth
side; the legality of accepting city
warrants as payment on street as
sessments and th question of the
cfty's vacation of North Commer
cial street were the most import
ant matters brought before the
city council last night.
Manager Speaks
In- setting forth his reasons for
obstructing the south side of
Trade street near Liberty, W. M.
Hamilton, division manager, said
that in order to convey this cheap
est of fuels from the sidetrack on
Trade street to the plant it was
necessary to build a conveyer and
that as the sidetrack was not ad
jacent to the company property it
was necessary to extend the con
veyer out into the street. He
pointed out that practically 9d per
cent of the vehicle traffic along
Trade street between Commercial
and High was on the north side of
the sidetrack while orfly 1 per cent
was on the south side, whereon
was located the conveyer. In ad
dition, he said, the plant had been
constructed at a cost of $ 175,000
and had been Installed solely for
the purpose of giving better ser
vice to the citizens and industries
of Salem
After Mr. Hamilton had con
cluded his address Alderman L. H.
Suter suggested that the (question
be deferred until the next meeting
so that it would be possible for
the street committee as well as
the aldermen to investigate the
condition before any definite ac
tion be taen which might be "re
gretted later on." His suggestion
was adopted and the communi
cation placed on file until the
next meeting.
City Warrants Discussed
The question of allowing a tax
payer to pay for street assess
ments with city warrants was
brought up. Ray L. Smith, city
attorney, stated that although it
might be possible it was not a reg
ular procedure and that if there
was not enough in the city fund
to pay at the time it would not be
at all feasible. Alderman J. B.
Qiesy moved that the matter be
referred to the city attorney and
the ways and means committee
The motion was carried.
Junk Shops Bothersome
A measure for the vacation of
North Commercial street by the
icty was brought up bu failed to
j carry. .Alderman Thompson con-
tended that it was dangerous
! business to give city streets away
and that it would be very apt to
I reflect later on back to this coun
i cil.
City Attorney Smith was in
structed to prepare an ordinance
confining the locations of Junk
shops- The. city attorney has
been making an investigation of
junk shop locations for an extend
ed period. '
Grading Heidi Possible
Sixteen applications for soft
drink licenses were read. At the
(Continued on page 8)
ITT W
GOVERNOR IS
LOOKING FOR
IN TO NAME
Groesbeck Does Not Propose
to Have Michigan Repres
ented in Upper House by
Figurehead.
DOZEN CITIZENS ARE
SPECULATED UPON
Charles B. Warren, Ambas
sador to Japan, Included
Among Possibilities
Senatorial qualifications of n0
fewer than a dozen men promi
nent in the public life of Michi
gan were being scanned today by
Governor Alex J. Groesbeck,
seeking a successor to Truman
H Newberry, who Sunday tend
ered his resigns tion as senator
from this state.
Governor Shooting Square
The governor meanwhile said
that he intended to withhold a
decision until all interested par
ties have had an opportunity to
be heard and that he did ' not
propose to have Michigan re
presented in the upper house of
congress by a figurehead. In
these words the governor took
occasion to put at rest reports
that he might appoint some one
who. could be counted upon not
to seek re-election in 1924, so
that the chief executive then
could make the race for senator
ial honors.
Leading Men Mentioned
Although the governor - declin
ed even to intimate who had
been under consideration already
for Mr. Newberry's seat the
names most prominently heard
today were those of Charles B.
Warren, at present American
ambassador to Japan, former
Senator William Allen Smith of
Grand Rapids. W. W. Potter,
state fuel administrated, and
John S. Haggerty, Wayne county
Republican leader. Later today
another name was advanced,
that of Marion Leroy Burton,
president of the University of
Michigan. Mayor James Couzens
of Detroit also was drawn into
the speculation today.
Confession, Says Hull
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Cor
dell Hull, chairman of the Demo
cratic committee, in a statement
today said:
"The first fruits of the recent
nation-wide Democratic victory at
the polls are seen in the resigna
tion of Truman H. Newberry,
which amounts to a 'confession of
moral guilt of the offense
charged.' "
"If Senator Newberry's resigna
tion,' 'he added, "is the result 6r
administrative pressure and ad
vice, the president has made a
good beginning and is to be com
plimented therefor. It would be
evident that he, at last, under-
stands that Newberry and New -
berryism were repudiated utterly
by the people on November 7 last
Harding Censured
"In whatever degree, if . any.
President Harding is responsible
for Nwberry's resignation, the
credit is largely nullified by his
insistence upon the ship bonus
bill. The ship bonus bill and the
Fordney-McCumber tariff were as
utterly repudiated at the polls
November 7, as Newberryism.
There is as yet no evidence that
the administration has learned
this fact or intends to profit by
,it, but there is the possibility and
the hope that the assembled mem
bers of congress who have Just
returned from personal cont
with their constituents in the
election and will act upln it ac
cordingly. Slackerism is no less
obnoxious than Newberryism."
Doctor Found Guilty of
Violating Blue Sky Law
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.
Dr. John Eckes, dentist and al
leged former kleagle of the Ku
ICIiit Klan was found ruiltv of
viAiaiinr ih. .tat. Kin w law!
by a jury in superior court here
.today. Dr. Eckes was charged
(with selling stock in a Texts
j company without first having ob
tained a permit from the state
corporation commistioner. ,
JURY GOES TO MOVIES
YAKIMA, Wash.. Nov. 20.
The jury hearing the trial of
Claude A. Labbee, charged by the
state with the murder of L. A.
Wright, a rancher, 'went to the
movies this afternoon. The trial
will be resumed tomorrow morn
ing after a day's recess.
SCIOASKS -SALEM
AID
FOR -ROAD
Delegation of Business Men
From ynn County Waits
On Local Organization
A delegation of representative
business men from Scio attended
the board of directors' meeting of
'the Salem Chamber of Commerce
Monday night to ask for help in
getting a paved road from Green's
bridge across the Santlam to Scio.
Dr. A. G. Prill, Fred T. Dilyeu, J.
D. Densmore. J. S. Sticka. I. V.
McAdoo and G. H. Coin were th3
visitors presenting the request.
Linn county has graded the
road in question a distance ot six
miles and it is practically ready
for paving. Marion county is
planning to grade the two and a
half miles from Jefferson ta
I Green's bridge. If these two sec.
of road, which connect at j
the county lire at Green's bridge,
were built. Scio would " on a 01,
rect paved highway which would
open up a splendid section of
country for much better develop
ment than it has ever known be
cause of a lack of good trans
portation. What the Scio people ask is
that Salem join in an appeal to
the state highway department for
the building of their six miles in
Linn county. With the road al
ready graded, they figure that
the state as a whole would be
greasy benefited, and that the
road would be a worth-while state
asset.
Tbe matter will be taken up
through the proper channels at
once.
M
Further Horror is Added to
, Disaster "In Gulf of
California
MEXICALI, Lower California,
Nov. 20. AJnew estimate ot 80
lives lost in the disaster to the
steamer Topolobampo early yes
terday at La Bomba, 60 miles
south of Mexican, on the Gulf ot
California, was received here to
night. Twenty-one bodies have been
recovered, it is said. Eleven wc-e
of children between 4 and 15
years.
Big Families Aboard
Official estimates of the nam-
; ber who were drowned when the
steanter capsized rose from 60
last night to 80 tonight, and it
was declared the disaster was the
greatest in the history of the
Gulf of California. '
Although only 86 passengers
were listed, it was said, it was im
probable it ever would be accur
ately learned how many persons
; had crowded on the small steam
er, as many of the men known to
have large families with them
had listed only their own names.
Most of the families were said to
have more than six children.
Immediate Burial Needed
The passengers wre on the
way from Sinaloa and Sonora to
the cotton fields of Lower Califor
nia. An added horror attending
the tragedy, on which only mea
ger accounts are received here, is
in the fact that the bodies must
be buried as rapidly as they are
recovered, and in open trenches
which Mexican soldiers dug today
above the beach line.
There are no facilities at La
Bomba for the work of the under
taker. The dozen people who live
at that port are isolated from
medical and other aid by the
stretch of 60 miles of nearly im
passable desert between them and
the outposts of land cultivation
below Mexicall.
Heat Prevents Removal
Military authorities who have
taken charge of the situation de
cide it was "out of the question"
to attempt to remove the bodies
of the victims because of the deb-
ert heat, so the
funerals are
prompt ana strictly military, as
there is no minister nor priest to
offer religious rites.
A. Libreau, owner of the Topo
lobampo, was brought to Mexicall
today. He had neither shoes, hat
nor coat, having fared no better
than the passengers in saving
personal belongings.
j Arraignment Ordered
He and Captain Gomez, of the
j steamer, will be arraigned on
I chareres of nerli
row, according to announcement
by officials tonight.
Witnesses will Include surviv
ors and military guards on duty
at La bomba.
80 OEAO IN
SHIP WRECK
SUBJECTED TO
President Harding Says Gov
ernment Will Help -Fight
Ku Klux if Federal Inter
ests Involved.
.... : -
CONFERENCE HELD WITH
LOUISIANA GOVERNOR
Southern Executive 'Takes
Exception to Washington
Post Articles J
WASHINGTON, Nov. . 20. As
surances wert given Governor
Parker of Louisiana today by
President. Harding that whera .
federal Interests were Involved
in the alleged activities pf tha
Ku Klux Klan tn that stats th
federal authorities were ready
to extend full cooperation.
This waa the reply to a re
quest hy the governor for gov
ernment help In cutting oft from
the organization in Louisiana th
support and encouragement
which he asserted it was .receiv
ing from the outside. : ';
State May Handle Situation
At the) White House confer
ence between the - president and
Mr. Parker, attended also by At
torney General Daugherty and,
the attorney general of Louis
iana. A. V. Coco, it was agreed
that the state government would
be fully able to take car of the
situation. The governor tailed
attention to the campaign ha has
been conducting against the ktaa
ror months and declared In a
formal statement issued -On leav
ing the White Mouse that "re
gardless of cost or consequen
ces" a most thorough investiga
tion would be made ot reported,
outrages. ..,:t iv'TM.'
At tha same time, he vigorous
ly : denied that there was In
Louisiana any such situation- at
that described 4a articles writ
ten by a staff correspondent of
the Washington Post and pub
lished over the country. : 1
State Machinery Working '
VI did not see your' correa T
pondent," the letter said, "and
he made no application for aa
Interview. . Most of his state
ments would have been dlsprovea
had he made even the most su
perficial Investigation'
The . governor declared there
was "absolutely nothing" on
which could have been based the
statement that "the machinery
ot state government has almost'
ceased to function," adding that
there never had . been "the mot
remote idea on tbe part of 'any
one in Louiiana of appealing to
the federal government 'to go. tn
to the state ' of Louisiana and'
take over the adminlstratloa pi
government.' "
Article Hold Damaging; ,
. Asserting that the article' waf
"90 per cent inaccurate,", and;
conveyed a totally wrong Im
pression," the governor wrote
that ."the damage done by It"
and the Importance given it by"
the display . in the Post would
"be made the subject, of con
ferences on my return to Louis-
decided as to the further action
that will be taken."
"Masked 'men and Invisible
empires have no place in Am
erica," the letter continued, "and
I have denounced the K. K.
as vigorously as I knew how ta
its own stronghold. We f)ave
only begun to fight this move
ment which strikes at funda
mentals of orderly government.
We will be able to rid . Loalsia-
ua ui mis iitiuus ucTciuyuiGuv
the more completely if we can
have tbe help of other states
and of the federal government.
We can deal favorably with our
Jocal situation if it can be cut
off from the support and en
couragement it is receiving from
the outside." ' ,
JCDGE DISSOLVES ORDKR
OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 20.
Judge John M. Wilson today dis
solved his recent temporary order
restraining the . department of
public worka from interfereing
with interstate v motor stage op
erations. An order had been
granted upon complaint of A. D.
Schmidt, of this city, who op
erates between Seattle and Port
land. .
OT GUILTY
PEN3AC0LA. Fla.. Nov. 20.;
(By the Associated Press) Sid
ney J. Catts, former governor of
this state, was found not guilty
by a Jury in federal court, hers
tonight which tried him on sj
charge of peonage. J