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ri f r i . - f "I I i i - ' i tn f.ir to i. J .r:i ; J. 4y; Tsexiay fir a4 t.Wr. ' VOL. CX1V. NO. 95. TEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, MORNING, OCTOBER 3. 1921. TEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS i HOUSE READY FOR Attempts Of Lodge and Penrose To Jam Bills Through Meets ; ; WittyFailure senate will Continue ITS DEBATE THIS WEEK Whilw Unemployment Cosier nc lames Eesolutions and Instructions, Urbain Ledoux, Of Boiton, Stirs Washinfton By OaHinf Attention to Con. dition Of Unemployed The Nw and Observer Buro, 601 District Natioaal Bnk Bldf. Bf EDWARD - BRITTON. (By Special Leased Wirt.) w.ahinrten. Ot. 5. Having loafed iv. h f bein in tuion and not being in union line September 21, wit recesses or tore oays "" ii.efir.irs of five minutei in which tl.c time w largely taken up in hearing the shell prayer of the chaplain, the House of Representatives will take it feU oft the desk and begin to hold daily ession Wednesday. Ita extra days of loafing or "recessing as per resolution was understood to be for the purpose of r-llowing the Senate time to get actiou on measures sent it by the House and for the House then to go at the bills again ao aa to iron out matter of differences. But in the Senate very little ter lias run over the dam sine it got back Into attempted action under the Lodge and Penrose boss ship which has failed to boss to. the extent of jamming through an outrageous tsx bill and forcing the adoption of a Tatitkation resolution for the peace treaty with Germony, so fittingly characterized by Fenator John Sharp Williams as being "an ignominious and inglorous post script to American war history." In fact the Senate has not been able to furnish any grist for the House mill, and that body will have to invent some business for itself to do in order to kill time till there is some kind of a tax bill evolved from the chaotic Sen ate, where the cold and chilly Lodge aud the irritable nad petujant Penrose are showing that as "leaders they are failing to lead" in doing anything of xeai value- to the American people. Senate Te ConUnie Debate. n.;. .V in the Senate there will the debate on the tax bill with increasing interest being shown the Smoot U bU wth to aale tax .. tha bar item, and with the Democrats demanding consideration for the amendment ottered By Bimmoas as being the beat business proposition presented for an equitable i.irihutio of taxes, amendments .rfci-h will make it so that the eorpora ,. . th, hi rich will bear their share of the burdens of government taxation and not force upon the shout dera of those less fortunate the major part of fae burden. That the Dem ocrats, even in the majority, do not propose to be stampeded by the Pen rose demands for the passage of the bill, has been made plain by Democratic Senators, aa it has been made plain that t)i.r must be "reasonable con sideration" of the peace treaty. And eager to get back into the fray the anti-beer bill stands just bark of the line waiting for -ita promised turn to b heard and keeping a sharp eye on the suiekersees being wielded by Senators ct..i. Rei) who are after its hile Senator Borah stoi m vi"-""-i . ...iw w.it. the cominz of the ln of October, for action on his pet, the t. . ,...1 hill for free tolls to X a ii. it- - American coastwise Shipping. Outside of the, legislative chambers on Capitol Hill the public is watching the doings of the jobless conference. Thus far that conference, in tesaion for a week, ha done nothing except wan. anm. resolutions from sub-com mittees which tell th employers what 1hV Oil o-ht to do. and prescribe a aet of rule for the getting of jobs. On paper the things offered look good, but the real test will be met when there Is the actual work of getting jobs for the jobless for which the conference was .ailed. Ltdoax 8tirs Washlngtea. As it stands- today I'rbain Ledoux. the "Mr. Zero," who has been doing real things to help the poor haa the undoubted lead in interest as it views unemployment. Ledoux nas been gel ting job's for the jobless, and thuogh he has not mode he doings aa ena linnal here as when he sold "slates" ,.n the auction block in Boston, he i L'ettina: big space in the newspapers liere, which feature him and hia "human documenta" of the unemployed whom h. has trathered here Is well as brought in from other places. Certainly he has vtirred Washington with the jabs he the local authorities about n,.i. want of care and attentin 'tr th nnemnloved. for the "down -ad outera" who have to seek the municipal lodging hcuse and the hatrdout meals As the result there Is a movement on ff.nl to s-ive better attention! to this ' rla of the onemDloyed. With his conferences with President Harding, with Secretary Hoover, with Samuel Gompers after their nrsi spat of disagreement, and with his personal adventures Washington when posing as a, tramp he, obtained lodging in the city's loek-np and in the municipal lodging house, Ledoux has centered at tention upon the problem of nnem nloment and has done real good by em- i hafcizins it in a concrete form. If in the unemployment conference the- were bic lot of Ledoux there would b mora real results, for "Mr. Zero" is both idealistia and practical. Get Qaartera Far Delegate. The Stat Department, the real" estate' neoole. aad th hotels have had a time of it fixing sp thing for th housing ef th delegate and their entourage., which wilt be her for the disarmament " (Centinaed aa Pag Tw.) JAPAN'S DELEGATES NnvP '''ii-' yS Prince lvesaro Tolugawa, -president Viee Admiral Tomosaburo Kato, minister of the Japanese navy, nill sail Octo ber 15 to attend the' Washington conference on limitation of armaments and problems of the Pacific, according to dispatches from Tokio. The other mem bers of the Japanese delegation to the conference will be Baron Kijuro Shidehara, Japanese ambassador to the photograph is also shown above, will delegates. Intercjiurch Commission Of In quiry Makes Public Report On Steel Strike New York, Oct. 2. The Commission of Inquiry .of the Interchurch World Movement, tonight made public a sup plementary report on the steel strike of 1919. describing the alleged use of "undercover men" or spies by the steel corporations and dotailing its dealings and efforts toward mediation with the United States Steel Corporatipn. Hundreds of original documents are quoted in the report on "under-eover men in the steel strike," which declares that "nidcire!id systems of espionage are an integral part of, the anti-unior 1 1 . . lHjH.4.1n1 .A.TnaiAa policy 1,1 jrri. Juuuabi itu wipi.."'". "Industrial espionage is eonfined to America," saya the report. "What es pionage there is in Europe is a govern ment monopoly; no other civilired coun try tolerates large Kale, privately owned labor spying." Spy Posea a Workman The spy hired by tli steel companies, says the Commission, worked like a workman, talked like a workman, whis pered depressing rumors, stirred np racial spite, and argued failure to the atrikera, and ''even in his daily-mailed spy-reports he advises not so much 'sluggers' a 'influence' by municipnl authorities to close up public meeting Dlaees." Th report also traces the alleged practice of industrial espionage against the Commission and the Interchurch Movement from November, 1919, to the summer of 1920. Th report of. an nn named "under cover man" who pursued the Commission's investigators in Pitt- hureh and inspected the Interchurch offices in New York, designated as Document A, is given in full. It was sent to the offices of the United States Kteel Corporation, it is stated, and was dated two day ter the Commission's first interview with E. H. Oary, chair man of the Corporation. The."anony mous" report called the investigators "members of the I. W. W. arid Beds." Two other "spy reports against the Interchurch were detailed, one of which described as Document B, was llaged to have been mailed by Ralph M. Easley, of the National Civic Federation,- to the offices of the United. States Steel Coroporation on March "29, 1920, with a letter reauesting that the clergymen reported in be "kicked out of their positions." ' Mr. Easley's letter gave as his ren son for sending the report on nen in (I. "Tnt.rohuri'h WnrlH XfnvAment. the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ and the Y. M. C. A." the fact t&at "at this time they are proposing to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for this work." Th Commission said that "none of the men spied on hy hi agent had anything to do with the In terchurch eteel report. A third document circulated in the spring of 1920, the Commission says, had been described by business men who had showed it to them as the ''thing responsible for the failure of th Interchurch financial drive in Pitts burgh.. It comprised 26 typewritten page and Included much of the spy material in Documents A and B, it was stated. ... tpgM,' Dairy Report - -Six hundred alleged daily reports mad by "under cover men or spies in the'town ef Moneesen, Pa,, diirmg the steel strike, -are analysed. These re SPIES EMPLOYED TO BREAK DP STRIKES (Contiaaed pat Two.) TO CONFERENCE lfa of the Japanese House of Peers, and United States. Masanae. Hanihara, whose be one of the secretries to the chiel . ' PLENTIFUL AS YET Discoverer Of Helium Says Not Enough In World To Have ' ' Lifted ZR-2 lAwrenee. Kan. Oct. 2. All the helium-non' explosive balloon-gas no available in the world would have been entirely inadequate to lift the ZH the dirigibl thnt waa to have been the nucleus of America's air navy, ae cording to a statement today by Prof. H. P. Cadv. of the University of Kansas department of chemistry. Doe tor Cady discovered that helium was a constituent of the natural gas of Kan aa. Oklahoma -and Texas, and per formed notable experiments in the early days of the World War in de veloping processes for the commercial production of helium. Before the wsr, he said, probably not more than a hundred cubic feet of this gas had been obtained in a fairly pure state, and that was for experimental purposes, secured at a cost of $1,700 to $2,000 a cubic foot. Total production after extensive experiments by th United States government probably does not exceed 300,000 euhie feet up to the present, but while the cost of production has been reduced greatly still this cost, compared to the cost of hydrogen, commonly used for inflating balloons, is tremendously high. Hydrogen Much Cheaper. "It is not strange, then,"' snid Doe tbr Cadr, "that England used the com paratively inexpensive hydrogen for the ZB 2. During the experimental stages the gas ba., had to be emptied at'times to anow changes in structure Practically the only place to get the helium is from the natural gas of Kan sas, Oklahoma and Texas, and thus far processes i.' reduction have not been perfected. Only one per cent or Ipss of the natural gas is helium, and this helium has to be refine.', to a purity of 90 per cent or better before it has the non-inflammable quality demandel for the safety in balloon construction. "I am inclined to tV"V helium never will come into general use for com mercial airships, if rnih vehicles be come common. The limited quantity of the material, its high cost, and its value in war balloons will probably make it imperative for the government to reserve all helium for its own use." Doctor Cady explained that even the best balloon eover did not prevent entirely the escape of the lifting gases, ard it is necessary constantly to sup ply fresh gas. This is more true of hydrogen than of helium, but the wast age is there, and the continued opera tion of even a small fleet of war bal loons wolud demand a constant sup ply of fresh helium. Experiments at the University of Kansas showed that the helium must be nearly 90 per cent pur in order to.be safe. Similar ex periments 'in Canada showed compara tively, small explosions when mixtures containing only 75 per eent of helium were ignited. Start Prodactlon In 1918 The attempt to produce helium in commercial quantities in th United State date from 1918. The year he fore, the English government had sought samples of ga from America in its search for neiium for nse in air ships Th United States was tint then at war, and proceeded cautiously. Pr, R. B. Moore of the United States Bureau 6f Mlnei, nhd'htd teeelWd Wf British communication, recalled that Dr. Cady and hi assistant P. F. Me Farland. had discovered the- ra in un usual quantities in the mid-continent BALLOON GAS NOT (Oatlaaed ayage Two.) HARDIN G VOICES H!BHPRAISE FOR THE "DEVIL DOGS" On Historic Virginia Hills. The President Review Field ' Force Of Marines AFTER CHURCH SERVICE HE SPEAKS TO SOLDIERS Chief Executive and Mri. Hard, inf Spend Night At Marine Camp; View Spot Where Stonewall Jackson Lost An Arm In 1863; Presidential Party Betnrns To Capital Wilderness Bun, Va., Oct 2. On th Virginia hills, where once th Union and Confederate armies clashed in the battle of the Wilderness, President Harding today reviewed a Held force of marines and voiced his pride in 'them aa an effective factor in the defense of a reunited nation. Infantry, artillery and many special quits were represented imong the 5,000 men who marched In formal parade before the President at the conclusion of his week-end visit here to witness the maneuver of the Marin East Coast Expeditionary Force. As the rigid ranks of brown went by he turned many times to the staff officers about him to express his respect and admira tion. ' Praise "Devil Dog" A half hour earlier, at the conclusion of church services in a natural amphi th eat re-on the maneuver grounds, Mr. Harding had voiced stronger praise for the "Devil Dogs.'' At the invitation of Brigadier Oeneral Smedley Butler, commanding the expeditionary force. he mounted a military truck which had served as the chaplain's pulpit, and said : Ueneral Butler has asked me to stand before you for a moment mainly that we shall be better acquainted, be cause it is our lot to serve together and I have only taken the platform to say how mueu I have been inspired this morning by meeting you in worship and to say how very greatly our joy is in being: in camp with you. "I shall not exaggerate a single word when 1 tell you that from my boyhood to the oresent hour, I have always had a very profound regard for the United State Marines and I am leaving eamp today with my regard trengthened, and a genuiu affection added. No commander la chief in th world eonld have, a greater pride in, or a greater affaetion for an army of national ae fense, than I bav eome to hav Xor vnu in this more intimate contact. My pleasure is genuine inai i couia be one of you in this splendid camp on , . ...... historic ground. With Mrs. Hardinc. who also had snent the night under canvas at the Ma rine camp, the President left at noon for Washington by automobile. Enjoy Life In Camp Desnite the inconviencrs of camp life, Mr. and Mrs. Harding slept well in the- specially construct, tent, wjucu served aa an overnight White House and like good aoldiers appeared promptly when 1he buries blew mesa call, at o'clock thi morning. They breakfast ed on ham and eres. at the officers mess, took a stroll down the headquart era" conmany street, and then walked to the church services more than half mile awav. Just before his departure for Wash inirton. Mr. Hardin spent a nan uou watchinir the Marine infantry form living silhouette for himself. Near the ooint where the demonstration took nlip. v.. a. Krravestone marking th hnrial nlace of an arm of General "Stonewall" Jaskson, amputated be ontiaa of wounds, shortly before his death in 18C3. The President inquire for more information and was told tha the operation had been performed by Confederate snrseons in a farm house a few hundred yards away. PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON FROM OUTING Waihinirton. Oct. 2. President and Mrs. Hardinff reached Washington ahort Iv after 3 o clock this afternoon Irom Wilderness Bun, Vs., where they had Dent last night at .the field Head quarters of the Marine East Coast ex peditionary force. SANDY CREEK BAPTISTS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING Ranford. Oct. 2. The Randy Creek TUntiat Association, which is the second oldest in America, closed its one ban drcd and sixty-third annual session to lnv with a lermon by Kcv. I. V. rrfiV of Liberty. This session of the wso ciation. which convened Thursday morning with the church at Bennett, considered by the oldest attendants as perhaps the best within this generation The old Handy trees; Association on of the few which still holds on to the enstom of having a four days scs sion, including Hunday, instead of two, But the hundreds of people who alien each day seems to justify amply enn ine: to the ancient custom. Victor Johnson, of Pittsboro, was re loetp.l moderator: J. ti. Beawell, of Siler City, was elected as clerk to sue ceed Joe U Phillips .whose untimely death occurred some months ago; and C. II. Bmith, of Banford, was re elected treasurer: Walter M. Oilmore, or oan ford: C. C. Yates, of Carthage; J Griffin, of Pittsboro; n. G. Jennings of Carthage, and J. Q. Peawell, were lected th executive committee. One of the oufftanding feature was th. .lection of Rev. W. 1L II. Lawbon nf Cnrthsare. as missionary of the ass eiatlon. Rev. Mr. lawhon is the "dean f .t1i- asaoc4AtioB,. having preached within ita bounds for 52 year and nav Ins attended th last fifty on annual sessions of the association. In filling his new position he i fir absolute liberty to go whenever and whewer he pleases. AMERICA PAYS ITS HIGHEST TRIBUTE TO General .Pershing Lays Con gressional Medal Of Honor On Poilu's Tomb CEREMONIES CONCLUDED WITH MILITARY REVIEW Battalion Of American Troops Lead Procession, Which Is Beriewed By President Mil lerand and Other High French Officials In Addition To General Pershing Paris, Oct. 2. (By the Aasoeiated Press). The United States today paid s highest tribute to the dead soldiers f France when General Joha J. Fersh- ing in the presence or an immense throng, including President Millerand and other high officials of the Republic, laid the Congressional mej.il of honor upon the tomb of the unknown poilu nder the arch of triumph. The cere mony was the most impressive expres sion of France-American community ince the United States declared war on Oermany in April, 1917. A military review, second in site only to the historic victory purad, fol lowed the ceremony. A picied Battal ion of American troops representative of all units comprising the American forces on the Rhine, led the parade, which was reviewed by President Mil lerand. General Pershing, Ambassador Hcrrick and all the Marshals uf France. The presence of a large body of Auieri can troops in Taris for the first time since 1919 caused an outburst of en thusiasm from the thousands of Pari iaos who lined the avenue des Champs Flvsees and the Place d F.toile, where the Arch is located. Vole Shake with Emotion Before niacin- the decoration on the unknown soldier's tomb, General Persh ing stood liefore it at salute for several minutes. Then in a voice stinmng wnn emotion, he decrared: "In the name of the President and of the people of the United Klates, as a token of our perpi tuul belief in the righteousness of the cause for which you died, and as a mark of respect and admiration to you and to you countrymen, I place this Cougressiona medal of honor upon your touiu. The American headquarters ban from Coblent then slaved the "Mar seillaise" and "The Btar jangled Banner.'" tjital Pushing speech made nrofeund Impression upon th as sembUgo and brought teara to man eve. Referring to the unknown Foldier of France, dear friend and my comrade.'' the General said: I salute yoh, in your noble life and i your tragic death you have become to the world an immortal symbol oi ae votion to the highest ideals of man kind. Your valor on many fields wi ever remain an inspiration to nvin mothers who weep over your grave as they recall the heroism, of tlmr ow brave sons. .Symbol of Supreme Sacrifice "Your allied comrades remembc itli doep emotion how you cheered them as you fell. They praise gallant deeds while they renew vows of allegiance to tho principles for which vou fought. Dear friend, you battle is over. -Vou sleep quietly amid the noisy traffic of a givat city, lu you, the victory is won. You gave you last uroo of your life s blood for lib ertv and in the glorious sacrifice your youth w-as born the hope of those vou left behind, lu your heart there is malice toward none, but charity fo; all. It is this spirit and this alone which will establish sacrifice among nations. "You fought agahit the calamity o war, but your work will not be com pleted uutil the burdens which th preparations for war imposes are lifted from the shoulder of all peoples. You gave your all for peace but your gi will be barren unless a generuus spirit f unselfish co-operation arises to take the place of hatred. Lnknown soldier, to you of whom thousands of mothers ask is it my son! , to your tomb, whic is fox Prance the altar of the country I bring the love and affection of th American soldiers who fought besid vou and the valiant soldiers France." DISCUSS HEADQUARTERS FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS Geneva, Oct. 1. Organisation of the Secretariat of the league of Nation on which a committee has been work ing continuously for fojr weeks, wa discussed by the assembly of the leaun this morning. The committee s repo is generally favorable to enhancin the efficiency of the secretariat and provides for extension of the press publicity sections. It recommends re rruiting of the secretariat s stuff, as far aa possible in suitable proportions, from all the ftates members or the league. A change of the seal of the league, the report asserts, is a question that cannot be influenced alone by the high cost of living in Geneva and by the . disparity in exchange rates, bnt involves far more important con siderations. Hence, it has been decided to take no action on the suggestion of investigating committees that econ omy would ,be realized by such trans fer. The assembly approved the re port. TENTH DISTRICT DOCTORS . TO MEET AT MURPHY Asheville, Oct. 2. The Tenth District, Medical Society will meet in annual session at Murphy, Wednesday, October L. ,Mor than, a hundred Ijhysicians ar expected to b present and Murphy i preparing to extend a cordial wel come. Th Woman' 'Club, Murphy , bard aad other organisations will give the visiting doctor a banquet. E DEAD EXPLOSIVES PLACED ON TRACK; REPORT STATES Government Investigation 0! , Georgia Wreclc TalJies WUh That Of Local Ken- Waahisgto. -Oct. . 2. Deliberate placing of xploive on th rails of th Atlanta. Birmingham aad Atlaa- ti Railroad at Cascad Cross! ag, Ga, caused th wreck 8eptenbr T ia whiefc on trainmaa was killed aad three i jured, according to ngiaer aasigsed by th Interstate Coaamere Commtt- vestigatioa by the State authorities. conclusion agrees , with.' that reached sion to investigate th affair. Labor trouble has existed on th line for many months, ths wreck of th freight train aad shooting of aa engi neer having been the subject of in- The commission's sngineers found that a high explosive had been placed beside a rail, and set off by a detonator htch was actuated by the drive wheels of a freight locomotive passing over the spot. A crater waa formed In the road bed, the rails twisted, and ties scattered for a considerable die tanre around. Discovery of pieces f wire, presumed to have been used n lashing the charge in place, and par tides of the explosive the report said all supported the theory that a dolib rate attempt had been made to wreck the train. The report included a copy of a train order ent to the crew of the wrecked freight in which they were warned to proceed with unusual care and "look out for trouble." The order was issued, the report said, because officials hnd been warned of activities aimed at the road's operation 0 LIKES THIS STATE Kentucky Solon Impressed With Observations Mad; On Recent Visit Here The News and Observer Bureau, fl03 District National Bank Bldg., By EDWARD E. BRITTON. Washington, Oct. 2. North Carolina has an ardent admirer in the person of United States Senator A. O. Stanley, of Kentucky. He says so himself. As it would hardly do to apply the term booster ' to a member of the greatest legislative body in the world that word will not be used in connection with remarks which Senator Stanley makes about North Carolina and ita people, but all the same the Kentucky Senator when the subject of North Sarolina get into conversation doe not fail to say the nicest things about the State. Becently he visited 'the State, making an address at the New Kern fair, his address receiving high praise, and dux ing a conversation concerning Ins lm pressions of North Carolina he said some things which ought to be passed along, for he spoke of tho wonderful progress made by the State, tho unstint ed hospitality of its peoile, and of the genuineness which animated their dealings with visitors. "Coming of old fashioned 'rebel stock' and Southern in every fibre," said Senator Stanley, "I can feel a pe culinr pride iu ths solid and wholesome advance of the so-called New South The almost unprecedented progress of North Carolina in improvement in the methods of agriculture, the fertility of the soil and the marked increase in the production of such staples as cotton and tobneco; and with it the great State's vivid appreciation of the economic advantages of converting her own raw materials into tha fiuifiicd product this .securing the double pro' its of production and conversion ol such staples as cotton and tobacco- is well known to every obssrver of the forward strides of Southern Staffs. "The thing which has impres sed mo most during my most pleasant visits to the State is that while the 'New South' of this State, the present generation, is able to givo many North cm communities cards ami spiles in the game of thrift. North Carolina still preserves that which is 'more precious that gold, yea than mch fine gold,' the spirit of the Old South j the t)lil South s hospitality its ehivnlne rev erences for women and for tho mar rioge relation, its respect for law and an absence of that licentiousness the bane of so many socilled modern and 'up-to-date' communities. Its sturdy manhood still treasures the proud mem ories and traditions of the pnst, and Is ns intolerant of so-called sharp prac-1 ticcs in business involving fraud or falsehood -ns wore their Confederate sires in the old plantation days. ''This new fangled idea that a few factories, and a few shares of stock, should change the fixed principles of generations and make protectionists of the planters of North Carolina has no place except in me iiiagn.im-s and with "a few mill owners to whom an imagined income is of more valnc than the independence of a people, or the eternal principles of justice for which the sturdy sons of North Caro lina have stood since the Revolution. The Democrats of North Carolina will not soon abandon the political prin ciples which they believe conducive to the best interests of the whole coun try for some special privilege, even if "you offer to take that particular North Carolinian in on a part of the legislative graft. For that reason you find the De mocracy set North Carolina solidly be hind the such old line Democrats as Simmons and Overman in the Senate and Kitchin in- the House, even with in tho shadow of the great mills and factories of that Stat. "A Southerner and a dyed in the wool 'tariff for Tevenue only' Demo crat and a Kcntuckinn -could tlot but feel at home and enjoy to tho utter most the unbounded horplutlty tf ion genial spirit in North Carolina, It is alwsvs with Vcure thnt I biok for ward to a yisit to that State, prjgr?- sivo and prosperous, with a greater Jutttr stored up for it." riiiTnn otihi r ClIIZBISDELlAir CHARGES BE FILED AGAINST. SHERIFF Claim That Officers Precipitated Shooting Which Broke Up Ku Klux Klan Parade ' ISSUE STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF CHARGES County Attorney Eefnsaa To File Complaints Bnt Will Ask Grand Jury ' To Investigate Affair In Texas City In Which Ten Men Were Wounded, Three Perhaps Fatally "Waco, T, Oct. 2. County Attorney F. B. Tierey here Ute today refused the demand of a committee of on hua- dred prominent Ijorena citixens that, he file complaint against Sheriff Bob Buchanan and Deputy Sheriff Burton in connection with last night's fight t Lorena between parading Knights of th Ku Klux Klan and a sheriff a posse, in which ten men were wounded, three perhaps fatally. The county attorney declared that the grand jury here would be ealled to in vestigate the incident and that pend ing its action he would take ao steps in the matter beyond an investighton liy bis department for evidence for submission to the grand jury. Claisa Shootiag Precipitated. J. D. Willis, local attorney, acting as spokesman for the Lorena delegation, charged that the sheriff ana his depu tie precipitated a "promiscuous shooting and cutting affray which endangered the lives of Lorena men, women and children." Following . the meeting with the county attorney, the Lorena citixens drew up a resolution, signed by Zw additional Lorena citizens. "In order that the world may know the facta we desire to mnlef. public th following statement," the resolution said: "1 We do not believe that the mem bers of the Ku Klux Klan who staged the parade violated any law or that they had any intention of violating any law. "3 We attempted to prevail upon the sheriff of this county and his deputies through the medium of doze us of repre sentative citizen to permit the parad to be held, guaranteeing that It would be law abiding and orrly. "3 We induced the leaders of tho parade to accede to the sheriff's demands that two of th paraders should la uatnaaksd. ' .-. - 'sVr-We implored the sheriff not to jeopardize the lives of our women and children. "5 We unequivocally place th blom for the shedding of blood on the sheriff. "6 We admire and we honor the spirit and the individual that kept the American flag from being trampled to the earth. ' "7 JVe conclude by affirming our be lief in the preservotion of America for Americans and by offering tribute to the little band of men who Inst night Lshowed by their calm and dotermincd action that their lives supported this principle." The third statement in the above resolution repudiates the assertion of Sheriff Buchanan last night when brought to a hospital here to th effect thai the masked men would not un mask. Asked if he had any statement to. make regarding the resolution County Attorney Tierey said he had "nothing whatsoever to say." Physicians attending Sheriff Buchan an wouUL.not permit him to be qucj tioned in view of his serious condition. He did not make a formal statement last night. Attempts To Camask Men. The light took place when Sheriff I'urhnnan, with Deputies Burton end Wood attempted to disperse the march ing Klansmen who were masked aud robed, after, according to the 8heriff, they had refused to 6ulge their idea tity. He had agreed to permit them to parade, he snid, if they would allow him to identify those participating. After a conference with two masked leaders at a house on the outskirts of town, where he tried to persuade the Klansnien to desist from violating what he interpreted as the law against un known masked men marching in a pub lic, demonstration, the Sheriff declared there would be no parade, according to eye witnesses. Immediately afterward the throng ot more than 3MltJ people gathered to wit ness the parado faw the column of white clr.d figures begin their march toward Iorcna, down the road leading in from Waco. As. the marchers advanced, cheers from the crowds whicjj lined the road, greeted them, mingled with hoots and jeers from those admonishing the Sher iff not to interfere. When the leader of (Vo column bear ing an American flag reached a point a blork from the main business street of the town, Sheriff fiehaiinn, followed by his two deputies, and a crowd, of curious spectators halted the standard bearer and grappled with him in an at tempt to snatch the mask from his face. Other marchers then came to the assistance of their leader and in the melee which followed the Sheriff was knocked down. A single pistol shot was heard an! ns the Sheriff fought hi way to his feet, 15 or 20 more shot were fired in rapid succession. Unsheathing his knife after he was heard to exclaim: 'Somebody got iny gun while I was down," Sheriff Buchan an quickly cleared a space around him, but son after he was seen to totter and fall. All ef th- wmoV ep. Sheriff Bucbanan ware reported to hav been Innocent by stnuders and today onld give no iniormation as to ttf tr' lisnil . ants. They ar welj knows Sker ami at Lorena. V "w T 7
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 3, 1921, edition 1
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