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VOL. XXVI. NO. 57
BIG BANKER HINTS
it scindil in sale
OF HARDING'S PAPER
Financier Says Last Admin-
■ istration Is Challenged,
Urges Congress Probe to
Clear Harding's Name
Senate Oil Probers
To Quiz Vanderlip
Lk On Scandal Charges
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.
* Frank A. Vanderlip. New York
. financier, will be summoned be
fore the senate, oil committee for
. examination on the basis of state
ments made in his address lust I
night at Ossining. N. Y.
The references about which he
will be particularly questioned
were those relating to the sale
•‘of a certain Mariß*n newspaper.”
“1 think it is inevitable that
M,r. Vanderlip will be called."
said Senator Walsh, Democrat,
Montana, after reading an ' ac
count of Mr. Vanderlip’s address.
Other members of the commit
tee expressed a similar view.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Frank A. j
Vanderlip today indirectly suggested ’
an inquiry into the conditions of i
eale of “a certain Marion newspaper, i
which sold for $550,000 when it was I
well known to every one that it was
not worth half that sum.”
Speaking before the Rotary club
• t Ossining. N. Y., Mr. vanderlip
startled his audience first into si
lence and then into murmurs of sup
pressed excitement and finally cheers
when he continued:
“Two young men of no financial
standing purchased that paper.
(President Harding sold his Marion
Star for approximately the sum
mentioned by Vanderlip, shortly be
fore his death.) Everybody in Wash
ington know this, but no one wants
to look under the edge of the shroud.
“Where did the money come from?
“Where did it ?o?
“These are matters of public in
terest.”
Urges Hfusecleaning
In his speech, as published here
today, the financier’s utterance con
stituted the climax of an impassion
ed plea for a general hou.tecleaning
by President Coolidge in Washing
ton.
“The last administration,” he said,
•‘stands challenged. We cannot wait
for congress or the courts, especially I
when we reinember that Mr. Daugh
\ erty is attorney general. Rack of
courage and leadership is the under
lying evil in American life today.
Mr. Coolidge has a great oppor
tunity but he needs sufficient cour
age to go to the bottom, regardless
of which party he hits.”
Striking out at different in
dividuals who have figured in the
senate Teapot Dome probe, Yarder
lip said William G. McAdoo, “like
any boy with stolen jam, dropped his
client immediately after the client
had testified before the investigating
committee.”
Os the committee itself, he said. ;
“the associates of Senator Walsh
■are very improper investigators ot
any moral questidtn” He was espe
cially bitter in denouncing Senator
Reed.
' Feared to Quiz Fall
"The senate,” he charged, "did
not go further in investigating Sec
retary Fall because Fall was ready
to ‘peach’ and what he would have
said would have gone into a high
place. They didn't dare.”
Vanderlip then swept into charges
against the veterans' bureau, the
shipping board and “the sinister
of Attorney General Daugh
these things,” he said, “arc- [
going to he scrutinized e.osely ami i
■Coldly sooner or later.
“What was Ned McLean's re’a- [
tions with the government?
“Let us know.”
Then just before concluding >
abruptly, Vanderlip said':
‘T’he president has got to sax' j
something to make us continue ti ;
believe in the great integrity and]
moral courage which wc all tlruk ;
he has.”
A congression at in vest iga i■ on f ,. I
clear President Harding’s good nainij
was urged today by Air. Vanderlip ]
in an interview with newspaper men
at his office here.
He disclaimed any personal knoxvl-i
eh.'i* of the facts in the “kettle ot;
Washington goss'n.” but added that I
“this gossip outrages the name n? ■
th* dead president amt should be I
cleared up”
Vanderitp emphasized that all ho
knew about the sale of the .Marion
Star is “that it was sold for over
$550,000. when it was not worth half
of that" and. "therefore, that Presi
dent Hanruings name is •floating
;>’ound in the kettle of scandal sim
mering <t Washington.*”
Would Protect Name
“Tin to ’Wins Io be a policy of si
,"nee on th, p.tir c-f the press with
regard to u.-i.i-.; I‘resident Harding's
name It: conn .-tian with the Wash
ington scandals.” said Vanderlip.
"The newspapers d, not want io look
ruder the shroud, out of respect to I
ihe deadi I want to look under the |
shroud for that very reason and to I
wotect the name of a dead president.'
T.ave made no formal request 1
to Pres dent Coolidge for such an
investigation. He may say that it is
not his business, and it may not be,
but it seem®'to me that a newspa
per could best conduct the inquiry
—if the publishers abandon their
policy of silence towani gossip which
they have heard. 1 have no unus
ual sources of news.
“Rut 1 have profound faith in the
honesty and courage of President
Coolidge and his abilitx to clean a
very dirtv house. We should give
him our sympathy and patience, and
not criticise him ydt. He probably
felt that he came to his offict by an
accident of death, and that he
should continue the cabinet and pol
lev- to which he fell heir.
"The committee failed to call Fall
to testify, not becaus. they were
sfreid he would nor talk but because
th*> were afraid he wou : d talk too
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
W r orld News
Told In
1 Brief
ROME. —Count Giovanni Mi.nzoni.
newly appointed Italian ambarsado;
to Russia, leaves for Moscow.
WASI i 1 NGTON. —Mexico n insur
gents have evacuated Guadalajara
statement from Mexican embassy
BOSTON.—Special train, carrying
Henry Ford from Boston to Detroit,
kills three brothers out on a hike
| in New Hampshire,
SAN SALVADOR. Conflicting
I reports are received from Honduras
i where both sides of the revolution
; ary conflict claim successes.
INDIANA, Penn.—No responsibil
ity for the deaths of 36 miners in
an explosion at Shanktown on Jan
uary 26. is fixed by coroner’s jury.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Wheel
er, in compliance with Mr. Daugh
erty's request, will propose inquiry
into attorney general's official acts,
SYDNEY, N. S. —Miners’ unions
[ vote to continue their suspension of
: work until a leferendum is taken
j on their protest against wage reduc-
I lions.
I EL FASO. General Candida
i Aguilar is named supreme chief of
I revolutionary armies by conference
jof rebel leaders. El Paso Mexican
i consul general says.
CHICAGO.—GiIda Gray, a dancer
I recently married, reports to police
I that she was held up in apartment
! hallway and robbed of jewels which
I she says are worth $150,000. '
MERIDA. Yucatan. Adolfo de
[la Huerta. revolutionary leader,
; has established headquarters at
Frontcra. Tabasco, and his com
plete navy is with him, radio di-.
] patches said.
JACK SON VIL LE, ~ Fla .—Will ia n i
J. Simmons admits that Ku Klux
Klan paid him $90,000 in cash and
he no longer has any official
or personal connection with that or
ganization.
COLUMBIA. S. C. —South Caro’i
na house of representatives revokes
recent invitation to Senator James
A. Reed, of Missouri, to address
that body; Reed's critics condemn
his stand during war. •
WASHINGTON.—Hiram Johnson
asserts that government should
drive from office every bribe-giver
and taker, and all officials who are
guilty of negligence, whether con
tributory or deliberate.
M ASHIN G TON. —Allorn ey Gen
era! Daugherty asks that commit
tee hold hearings on Senator
Wheeler’s resolution requesting him
to retire from cabinet; Wheeler an
nounces he has no objections.
NEW YORK.—President Coolidge
promises swift and unshrinking
prosecution of the guilty in oil lease
revelations; declares nation is hu
miliated at underminin gos public
confidence in official in-tegF’t/.
WASHTNGTON~WiIIiam G. Mc-
Adoo asks his campaign manager to
call a conference at Chicago of his
chief supporters to determine “cold
bloodedly” if he shall continue to be
an active candidate for Democratic
presidential nomination.
LONDON. —Stanley Baldwin and
H. 11. Asquith congratulate .Prime
Minister MacDonald on his speech
in British commons and general un
official view is labor government
made an unsuccessful first appear
ance, London advices say.
WASH ING TON.—M rs. W ood row
Wilson, in letter to Maj. Gen. Henry
T. Allen, asserts she is sure her hus
band would wish American people
to help starving German children
and she expresses the hope that Ger
man embassy flag incident will not
react to hurt this work.
WASIII NGTON.—President Cool
idge refuses formal request made by
senate by vote of 47 to 34 to ask at
once for resignation of Secretary
Denby; Mr. Coolidge deciares that
dismissal of Mr. Denby, except bv
impeachment, is exclusively an ex
ecutive function. President in fur
ther explanation of his action, said:
“I do not propose to sacrifice any
inocent man for my own welfare, j
nor do I propose to retain in office j
any unfit man for my own welfare." ;
Hoover Calls Parley
To Standardize Nuts
And Bolts for Farmers
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Relief
i for the farmer at last!
While legislators wrangle over
i farm panaceas, Secretary Hoover, of
I the department of commerce has i
a-'-.en definite action.
I He has called a eont'er -nce here j
|on F ■brtiary 19 to discuss stand- ;
; ai•di.;ut:on of ...i.s and bolts used ;
ion farm implements and machinery.
i "To help the farmer.” it says.
I ' :
mil-, t. I don • think Senator Walsh
was a party to this, and do not in- ‘
elude rim in m\ statement that !
several of his associates were unde
sirable investigators of any moral
question. 1 think he is extremely
acute and dim a. fanatically high
minded." '
IRREGI LARI IA IN SALE
IS DENIED in BRISH
CLEVELAND; Ohio, Feb. 13
Lewis IL Brush, of Salem. Ohio
who. with It. D. Moore, purchased
:h< Marion. Ohio. Star from Presi
i dent Warren G. Harding, when
shown the statement of Frank A.
! Vanderlip at a Rotary elub address
i last night, entered a flat denial that
I there was .anything irregular in tne
I purchase of the paper.
| "Mr. Moore and myself furnished
all H;e money to buy the Star, out
i side of the sale of some preferred
! stock," Mr. Brush said. "All the
common stock of the Star is owned
i absolutely by Mr. Moore and my
-1 self."
MARION STAR MANAGER
MAY MAKE STATEMENT
MARION. Ohio. Feb. 13. Roy
Moore, general manager of the
Marion Star, who together with
Louis H. Brush, purchased that
newspaper fro mt he late '‘resident
I Harding, said today he had received
j numerous inquiries from New York
'regarding reported implications in a
speech delivered by Frank A \'an-
regarding sale of the St r
i property.
■ "I am considering the matter
i now.” he slid, "and many issue a
statement later in the <1 iy,"
COOLIDGE PLEDGES
THOHOHGH PHOBE
Os 11, S. OIL FM
Pitiless Prosecution Prom
ised by President in Lin
coln Day Address to Re
publican Club
NEW YORK. Feb. 13. — (By the As-
Isociated Press.) —The country today
I has the definite promise of President
| Coolidge that there will be immedi
j ate, adequate and unshrinking - pros
ecutions, criminal and civil in the oil
land leasing disclousures.
Speaking lastnightat the aNtional
Republican club's Lincoln anniver
sary dinner, during his first visit to
New York since he entered the White
House, Mr. Coolidge declared, he was
“intent on the enforcement of our
laws without fear or favor, no mat
ter who is hurt or what the conse
quences.”
“In this effort there will be no
politics, no partisanship,” he assert
ed, referring to the contemplated oil
lease prosecution. "It will be speedy,
it will be just. lam a Republican tut
1 cannot on that acocnnt shield any
one because he ijs a Republican. I
am ;v Republicart but 1 cannot on
that account piosecute anyone be
cause be is a Democrat.”
The president’s references to the
senate investigating committee’s dis
closures and hi.- attitude toward
them aroused the greatest appla.use
of any of the declarations he made
in his address, which was heard by
2,000 men and women guests of the
Republican club.
Appeals for Mellon Bill
He also refererd to the agricultural
stiuation in the northwest and asked
the aid of the east in alleviating it.
Much of his address, however, was
devoted to a discussion of tax revis
ion with a reiteration of his sup
port of the Mellon bill “without mate
rial alteration and compromise,”
The chief executive presented an
appeal to the country to support him
in pressing for passage of the Mellon
bill, saying that unless the people
“make their wishes known to the con
gress without regard to party,
bill will not pass.”
Particular emphasis was placed on
the proposal to reduce surtaxes to a
maximum of 25 per cent despite the
word carried to Mr. Coolidge by Re
publican house leaders last, week that
such a reduction would not be grant
ed by the house.
The Democratic Garner bill was
branded by Mr. Coolidge as “impos
sible in practice,” and “political in
■theory.” One statemigit n-ade by
the president without elaboration
was that any settlement of the Eu
ropean situation “would call for a
European funding and financing,
which would be of doubtful success
without American participation.”
Mr. Coolidge also reiterated his op
position to the ‘bonus, declaring it
would result in inflation and higher
prices and adding that “a few
months of good times are. worth
more to the service men than any
thing they could receive in the way
of a bonus.”
The sale of arms by the American
government to the Obregon govern
ment in Mexico, which has been at- I
tacked by Senator Johnson, of Cali
fornia. Mr. Coolidge’s announced op
ponent for the Republican presiden
tial nomination, .was “to exercise a
legal right, while at the same time
throwing our influence in favor of
orderly procedure and evidencing
our friendship toward the friendly I
government of Mexico.”
Greeted h.v Snow Storm
The president, accompanied on his
eight-hour visit to New York by Mrs.
Coolidge, left for Washington at
12:45 a, m. today, arriving at 4:33
p. m. yesterday in the presidential
car attached to a regular Washing
ton New York train. The Coolidges
und their party drove through cheer i
ing throngs, amid a driving snow j
storm, directly to the new Women's I
National Republican club. There I
the president and Mrs. Coolidge ■
shook hanEls with New York's most I
prominent women Republicans, and
drank tea with them.
Thence they were hurried to the I
Waldorf-Astoria, the impending |
darkness being lighted along the |
route by flares and photographers’ .
flashlights. They remained in the j
presidential suite on the third floor,
of the hotel until 7:30 o’clock, when I
they entered the historic grand ball- j
room and were greeted with prolong
ed cheers by the 2.000 assembled .
At the president’s table were some
thirty distinguished Republicans.
Mrs. Coolidge heard her husband
speak from a box in the balcony,
surrounded by flowers.
Printer Dies in Room Where |
He Was Born 79 Years Ago
HAXVILLE. Va., Feb. 12. —Not
only in the same room, but in the
same corner where he was born 79
years ago. James T. White, printer,
died Monday. Though active in his
trade, he never resided in any other
house than that in which his birth
r.nd death occurred. '
The Weather |
FOR EI'AST FOR '.’HU RS DAY
Virginia: Cloudy and slightly
warmer; probably rain on "he coast;
and rain or snow in the interior.
North Carolina: Increasing cloudi
ness and slightly waremr. becoming
u nsettled.
South Carolina and Georgia: Fair
in south and increasing cloudiness I
in north portion: slightly warmer.
Florida: Fair.
Extreme northwest Florida. Ala
bama and Mississippi: Fair: some
what warmer.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Unset
tled.
Louisiana: Fair. j
Arkansas: Fair.
Oklahoma and West Texas: Fair,
little change in temperature.
East Texas: Fair.
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DEW BESIGIM
MTS 11 S. MOVE
TO VDIO OIL LEISES
Lawrence Predicts Judg
ment Will Be ''Suspended”
Only Until Counsel Take
Definite Action in Court
BV DAVID T.AWREME
(Leased Wire Serviee io The Journal.)
(Copvr.'glit, ItL’l.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Edwin
[•Denby, secretary of the navy, is ex-
I peered to resign just as soon as gov
! eminent counsel decide to ask the
ifederal courts to vacate the leases
[given to the Sinclair and Doheiiy oil
; interests.
' President Coolidge's speech in
New 'York, together with his previous
| statements asking for a suspension
j of judgment, .merely mean that
I does not believe the expression of
[ an opinion by the senate or anybody I
else that the secretary of the' navy [
acted unwisely is sufficient basis for
permittnig the resignation of Mr.
Denby.
The president feels that questions
of policy involved in the leases will
have to be studied by special counsel
and if they should decide to ask for
the annulment of the leases, this ac
tion would be a judgment upon the
wisdom of the original acts. Friends
of the president are authority for the
statement that it would be incom
patible for the secretary of the navy
to retain office while the judicial de
partment of the government was
asking the courts to annul an action
taken by the navy department in
conjunction with the interior depart
ment. Mr. Fall, M'ho was secretary
of the interior, must face the ques
tion of whether he was influenced
by the SIOO,OOO “loan” made to him
by Mr. Doheny before the leases
were consummated. Mr. Denby
must answer the question why he
signed the leases in conjunction
with Mr. Fall.
Resignation Inevitable
The secretary of the navy has said
he would do it all over again if he
had another opportunity. Should !
government counsel decide that all
that he did should be undone, the !
secretary of the navy’s resignation i
is inevitable. In fact, even in ad- [
ministration quarters, the prediction ’
is made that Secretary Denby will
not be in office when the Republican
national convention meets in Cleve
land, next June.
Ihe Democrats in the senate are
all much pleaded with the president's
refusal to obey the senate resolution I
suggesting Mr. Denby’s resignation.!
They concede privately that the reso-1
lution was not mandatory and that
Mr. Coolidge is well within his rights
in refusing- to dismiss a cabinet offi- i
cer at the behest of the senate, but '
they believe Mr. Cool'dge has aligned i
himself with Mr. Denby to such ex
tent that the issue of the next cam-I
paign may be Mr. Coolidge’s defense
of Mr. Denby.
All this, of course, is predicated on [
the theory that Mr. Coolidge will re- ;
tain Mr. Denby and defend the oil
leases. The Democrats have com- j
pel led. on the other hand, certain Re- [
publican senators to go on record in ;
defense of Mr. Denby and the vote j
on the resolution will be a campaign I
issue just as was the vote of the sen- j
ate on the seating ot Truman H.
Newberry, U. S. senator from Michi
gan. who it was alleged, was elected
through the use of excessive sums
of money. Senator Newberry was
personally acquitted, of wrong doing
by I‘resident Harding and the Re
publican group declined to help un
seat him. Very little was heard
about the Newberry case in the east
but it was a vital issue hi the west i
and it figured in the defeat of several ■
senators
See Political Capital
The Democrats who ate angling [
fur western support believe the Den- [
by case will be even more compre- j
hensible to the voters of the ‘west I
where leases and public hinds are a [
matter of every nay discussion than !
was the Newberry election contro
versy. It will be noted that the in
surgent Republicans and farmer-la
bor senators who voted with th? Denr
ocrats in favor of the resolution re
questing Air. Denby’s resignation
hail from west of the Mississippi
river.
At the moment the Coolidge sup- :
porters feel confident that the pres
ident’s course has gained prestige [
for him and that he will not lose by [
suspending judgment. That is un-1
questionably the view in this atmos- !
phere. Whether the west agrees or [
whether it will speak an adverse
opinion at the polls next autumn i.s [
the most important political query [
that has arisen out of the Teapot I
Dome controversy.
Don’t Disappoint
Yourself
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of a month—ot sending back numbers to those who
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tember of next \ear.
SIMMONS HEADS NEW ORDER;
SELLS ALL INTEREST IN KLAN
CARTER ABANDONS TUT TOMB
AS PHARAOH’S BODY IS FOUND,
AFTER ROW WITH EGYPTIANS
Jarring of Excavators’ Wives
From Scene by Native Of
ficials Cause of Sudden
Cessation of Operations
LUXOR', Egypt. Feb. 13. —(By the
Associated Press.)— Owing to what
he characterized as the “discour
tesy” of the Egyptian public works
department, Howard Carter, head ot
the excavation work, closed Tut
ankhamun's tomb today and aban
doned operations. It is understood
the crisis was precipitated by the
refusal of the Egyptian government
to permit the wives of excavators
to visit the tomb this morning.
The following notice was posted
in the hall of the Winter Palace
hotel this afternoon:
"Luxor, February 13.
"Owing to the impossible restric
tions and discourtesies on the part
of the, public works department and
its antiquity section, all my col
laborators in protest have refused
to work any further upon scientific
investigation of the discovery as
the tomb of Tutankhamun. I am
therefore obliged to make known to
the public that immediately after
the press view of the tomb between
10 o’clock and noon, the tomb will
be closed and no further work will
be carried out.
(Signed) “HOWARD CARTER.”
FLOWERS OF TUT S QUEEN
TURN TO DUST BY CASKET
LUXOR, Feb. 13.—A pathetic lit
tle wreath of flowers was crumbling
into grey, discolored dust today be
side the gold and glitter of the gor
geous mummy case that contains
the body of Egypt’s once, most
pompous pharaoh, Tutankhamun.
Those flowers were fresh and
fragrant thirty-three centuries ago.
when they were' placed upon the
golden jeweled head-piece of the
dead monarch as the final tribute,
it is believed, by his wife, Queer.
Ankh-Nes-Amen.
Scenes on the painted casket
walls, done in the weird unrelieved
lines of ancient Egyptian art, tell
of the affection of this beautiful
queen for her great lord.
Her simple flowers, until exposed
to the outer air, persisted in tribute
to the aw lent king, as defiant , ot
time as the masses of gold and
jewciiy that banked his tomb.
All so far seen by the scientists
—itself a sight never before known
by modern man—is the mummy
casket, an affair of gold and jewels,
the most marvelous and lavish
thinsr of its kind ever unearthed.
Within this, under a series of
swathings, the body that once ruled
all the then known world, is lying.
With breath-bated awe, with some
thing even of fear at their intrusion
upon a death that had brooded in
the Valley of the Kings for more
than ten centuries before Christ
the scientists tip toed into the tomb
yesterday and set in motion special
ly devised machinerj'- that lifted the
great stone lid from the golden
couch where Tutankhamun has re
mained undisturbed so long.
There may have been some shud
dering, though, even among cold
and abstract men of science, at
that, fearful curse of old. said to
have been placed by men of magic
in a day when magic was mighty,
upon all who should affront the
pharaohs.
The. golden mummy rase was in
rhe form of the king himself. The
face, crowned with precious stones,
is believed to be an excellent like
ness of King Jut. The arms a;<
folded upon the breast, the “sacred
serpent,” the ‘ vulture” and “the
crown of justification,” gv.'v n rep
resentations of olive branches, are
worked in geld about the bier and
upon the case.
Resident of Yuma
77 Years, Woman
Dies at Age of 125
YI'MA. A’iz.. Feb. 13.—Mrs. The
resa Estrada, reputed to be the
oldest person in this section of the
southwest, died yesterday at the
age <>f 125. Her death was attrib
uted io natural causes.
Mrs. Estrada, who has relative-'
here, r.-ime to the sit?, of Yuma from'
.Sonpra. Mexico, in 1847, it is stated.
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, February 14, 1924
M'fflO GJLLS OH
FOBS TO OEGIOE
OK !I;S CMOW
I
; .WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The
' question of William G. McAdoo's
availability for the Democratic
presidential nomination i.s to be put
up to a conference of state leaders
fostering his candidacy, to be held
at Chicago, at his own suggestion
' In a letter to David L. Rock wed
lof Ohio, campaign manager in
[ charge of his national headquarters
, at Chicago, Mr. McAdoo last night
asked him to call the conference to
determine whether his service as
counsel in the handling of the Mex
ican interests of E. L. Doheny “is
prejudicial to my leadership in the
cause of progressive Democracy.”
He also recommended-that “progres
| sives outside the Democratic party,
representatives of labor, represen
tatives of the farmers, and any oth
ers you may think advisable” be
invited to participate, "in order that
we may get as far as possible a
true index of public opinion.”
Mr. McAdoo declared that if the
conference should decide that "an
honorable professional service ren
dered by me to a client, but having
no relation whatever to the oil
leases now under investigation by
the senate committee,” had made
him unavailable for the nomination,
he would “gladly withdraw and
fight as a private in the ranks.” If,
on the other hand, the conference
thinks he should lead, he “will do
so with all the power that is in me.”
“My political life,” he asserted,
“is of no consequence as compared
.with rhe cause of progressive Dem
ocracy.”
Calls for Conference
Mr. McAdoo's letter follows:
“J want you to call a conference
in Chicago as promptly as possible
of the representative men and wom
en leaders in each state of the so
called' McAdoo movement. 1 want
this conference to consider and de
! termine whether or not the fact that
an honorable professional service
rendered by me to a client but hav
ing no relation whatever to the oil
[ leases now under investigation by
I the senate, committee,- is prejudicial
j to my leadership in the cause of pro-
I gressive democracy.
I “This has nothing whatever to do
with the betrayal by ex-Secretary
Fall of his public trust and the dis
covery and revealment of others
who have betrayed the public inter
est or have been guilty of wrong
doing in the oil scandal.
“VVhat I am concerned about is
[ not McAdoo. My political life is of
' no consequence as compared with
the cause of progressive democracy.
That cause must be preserved and
made victorious at any cost or indi
vidual sacrifice. The verj - security
of our institutions depends upon it.
The appalling conditions prevailing
in Washington today—corruption,
graft, incompetency—have created a
situation more dangerous to govern
ment than bolshevism itself. Those
who have betrayed the public trust
must be driven out and lashed with
public contempt and indignation.
Those who are fighting me with dis
reputable methods know that if I
had power. 1 would scourge the
grafters and faithless servants, drive
them from every bureau and depart
ment of government and punish
them, and all others guilty of wrong
doing,. to the utmost limit of the
law.
, “The powerful financial influences
which I had to tight sot six years
while secretary of the treasury, un
scrupulous railroad officials who
have filed false claims against the
government, the bosses and other
sinister influences, are determined
to control government at tiny cost.
They are arrayed against me be
cause they fear to have a man in
the presidency who knows them and
their methods and who can not be
swerved from the path of iluty and
justice
Willing to Withdraw
“The most immeditae and vital is
sue before the American people is
whether these sinister and danger
ous forces shall control government
oY whether honest and clean govern,
inc-nt shall be restored to the peopl°.
administered in the interest of all
the people and not prostituted to th *
service of the privileged and favor
ed few.
“I want this conference to con
sider this situation. I want the pro
gressive men and women who at
tend to be cold-h!ooded about it. J
want them to disregard my erp'sonal
interests or political fortunes, and
to say, in the light of their well- 1
considered and deli:•crate judgment,
what is best for the cause of De- i
mocracyand clean government—what ,
is best for the future ot the nation. [
If they think I am unavailable I ■
shall gladlv withdraw and fight
a private in the rariks; if they think j
I should, lead. I will do so with ■
all the power that is in me. I w'l! ■
do anything that they think is right
and best for the service of the par’v
and the country.
“To this conference it would pleas* !
me immensely if you would invite ;
also representatives of progressives
outside of the Democratic patty. [
representatives of labor, representa- *
fives of the farmers, and any nth t
ers you think advisable in order '
that we may get as far as possible
a true index of public opinion.
"We must all fight and sacrifice (
to the. limit of human capacity the
vicious and sinister combination of
finance, transportation, bosses and !
graft, which has destroyed conft [
dence in government and will de j
strov democracy itself unlers it is j
whipped into ob’lvion.”
WILLIAM JOSEPH SIM
MONS, emperor of the Ku Klux
Klan, who, it is understood,
has compromised his differ
ences wi’th the Evans faction of
the klan and disposed of all his
interests in the invisible em
pire.
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TOI,BOO IK BITTLES
AGIST FimCS
BY WALTER J. ROBB
(Spnoial Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Diily Nev.-s—Copyright, 11124.)
MANILA, .Feb. 13.—Eighteen hun
dred colorum fanatics have been
slqin by constabulary riflemen on
Hie islands of Bucas, Surigao and
Leyte since the first little battle on
Bucas Island a few weeks ago. After
each killing new fanatical Bolomen
appear I'ke sprouting dragon’s teeth.
The. situation is now such that Gov
ernin’ General Wood himself will
leave Manila the end of this week for
a personal tour of investigation.
The renewed strength of the fa
' r.utics is probably explainable on the
ground that the relatives of the
slain (who are not themselves ad
herents of the strange faith) take, the
field in an attempt to avenge their
t.ead kinsn en.
Colonel Bowers moved this morn
ing with SdO riflemen who have al
ready deeply tasted blood against 400
colorums. The fanatics’ stronghold
is located near Socorro mountain.
Ewers’ force has two machine guns
in addition to mountain niece# and
will bombard the. stronghold before
commencing the assault. A fearful
slaughter of the fanatics is a.ntici
i pated owing to the fact that few if
[ any ha ve rifles.
Students of Malayan psychology
believe that conditions will grow
[worse a- the killint;s increase and
regret that the constabulary was
s unable to capture the ringleaders of
| the. movement at the outset without
killing so many hundred ignorant fol
lowers’.
Shot 21 Years Ago,
Woman Now 11l From
Bullet in Her Lung
GREENSBORO. N. ('.. Feb. 12.
Miss Bernice Euless, of Graham,
N. t'., is on her way to Philadelphia,
where doctors will make an effort to
remove a pistol ball embedded in her
left lung. She was shot twenty-one
years ago. Unless the bullet can
! be remova <l. it is doubtful, physicians
1 say. whether she can live.
When nine years old. Miss Euless
was playing in the kitchen with her
sister. Outside a neighbor shot at
■i dog. The children attracted by
the noise of the shot, ran to a win
dow just before the man shot again. [
The second bullet struck a stone]
and glancing, hit the young girl in i
the neck, directly in front and un
der the chin.
Miss Euless nev»T suffered from
the effects of the wound until three
weeks ago when she became ill. An
x-ray picture disclosed the fart that
the bullet had worked its way from
the neck to the lung. '
World’s Oil Struggle i
To Center in Auction j
Os Rich Osage Lands
■ PAWHUSKA, 0k1a... Feb.. 13. I
The world struggle for oil will center I
in this small city in the Osage In-i
dian country when, on March 18 and
19 -100.305 acres of land will go
under the hammer at a government
oil lease auction.
Leading oil companies will bid for
the 1 GO-acre tracts to;be let out for
mining -and oil production. And as
the millions of dollars offered for
leases mount under call of the auc
r.ionrer. the Osage Indians, richest
of the world's people, will see their
wealth mpunt.
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Palace Officials Astounded
to Learn of Simmons' Or
ganizing "Knights of Flam
ing Sword” in Florida
William Joseph Simmons, emperor
and founder of the Ku Klux Klan,
has disposed of all his interests In
the invisible empire for a considera
tion of $145,500 in cash, has resign
ed as emperor and as a klansman,
and, according to information receiv
ed by imperial klan officials here,
has placed himself at the head of a
new organization known as the
“Knights of the Flaming Sword.”
The transaction by wheih Colonel
Simmons disposed of all his copy
rights and royalties in the klan, and
also renounced his annuity of SI,OOO
per month, was concluded last Sat
urday, according to official announce
ment. Under the terms of the con
tract on which the deal was based,
he agreed to cease all opposition to
the Ku Klux Klan and the regime of
Dr. Hiram W. Evans, and pledged
himself not to participate in any
movement or organization the pur
pose of which is to disorganize, dis
rupt or in any way interfere with
or cause dissatisfaction among the
members of the klan.
Colonel Simmons, receiving the
cash payment of $145,500 in lieu of
all future payments of annuities,
retains “Klankrest,” the home which
the klan gave him many month*
ago, on Peachtree road.
New Order Established
Concluding the transaction on Sat
urday, Colonel Simmons left At
lanta for Florida on Sunday, and,
according to imperial klan officials,
was present Monday at a meeting
of klansmen in Jacksonville, at
which, it is said, there was severe,
criticism of the Evans’ regime, and
the “Knights of the Flaming Sword”
formally organized with Colonel
Simmons at its head.
Formal announcement of the con
summation of the transaction, and of
the meeting in Jacksonville at which
the new organization was formed,
was made by Paul S. Etheridge, of
ficial counsel for the klan and chief
of staff under Dr. Evans.
Klan at the imperial
palace said they were astounded
Tuesday when news of the Jackson
ville meeting reached them from
private sources.
Under the terms of the contract
between Colonel Simmons and’the
klan, which was approved by the
imperial kloncilium and signed, by
Colonel Simmons, his wife and Dr.
Evans as Imperial wizard, all pend
ing litigation between the Simmons
and Evans factions is to be dismiss
ed. There are several suits pending
involving receivership petitions and
' legal proceedings to oust the Evans
regime.
It is understood that the afrnount
paid Colonel Simmons, $145,500, was
arrived at by an actuary who com
puted Colonel Simmons’ expectancy
of life, and figured the total amount
of annuities he would receive if h«
and his wife lived out their full ex
l>ecta uc.ies.
Allowed to Keep Home
It is also-understood that Colonel
; Simmons offered to return to th*?
. klan his home on Peachtree road,
but. this was declined.
Amos VV. Braselton, president ot
the Bras“)ton Mortgage < ornpaij; .
handled the transaction throughout
its course, dealing with all parties
involved purely on a business basis,
and acting as a broker for Cblonei
Simmons, Dr. Evans and the Ku
Klux Klan, Inc.
Friends ot Edward Young Clark*,
former acting imperial wizard of the
klan, who, with Colonel Simmons,
has headed the opposition to the
E'ans regime in the invisible em
pire, were undecided Tuesday as to
the effect of Colonel Simmons’ re
| tirement on the movement to oust
I Dr. Evans. A congress of klansmen,
called by Mr. ('larke to meet in At
lanta on February 26. was expected
by them to result in some definite ac
tion against the- Evans faction, but
in view of the present situation, it
is not known what the outcome
may be.
For many months there has been
friction, recently developing into ,
open warfare, between the Evans
and Simmons factions of the klan.
Not long after the retirement of
Colonel Simmons as imperial wizard
and the election of Dr. Evans to
that post, differences began to arise
between the two leaders, finally re
sulting in litigation to oust Dr, '
Evans from control of the order.
This opposition was headed by Col
onel Simmons and E. Y. Clarke,
whose contract with the klan was
revoked by Dr. Evans not long after
h? became imperial wizard. • f
Several months ago a compromia*
agreement was effected in the Ful
ton superior court, whereby Colonel
Simmons was to receive SI,OOO per /
month during his lifetime, and the
imperial kloncilium was to be made
tip of representatives named by hint J
and by Dr. Evans, thus preserving
the balance of power.
Coburn Slaying Recalled
Subsequently, however, efforts were
made by klansmen in Philadelphia. i
members of the Simmons faction, to
throw the klan into the hands of '
a receiver on thp ground that the ■
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