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MORE POLITICS 111
POSTMASTER JOBS
congressman intends To Hoia
' Up Confirmation of Ppstma?-
ter at Goldsboro
pO EXAMINATION HELD
TO SECURE EUGIBLES
Jlolda Nothing Personally
Against Edward A. Simpklni
But Find! Irregularities That
Smack Str ngly of Partisan
Politics; Few Applications
For Loans From South
The Newt and Observe Bureau,
03 District Nation! Bank Bldg.,
By EDWARD K. BR1TTON
(By 8pelal Leased Wire.)
. Washington, Oct. 12.-Midward A
Bimkins is sot going to bi confirmed
I postmaster at Goldsboro tinder pre
Wit eondition if Congressman Brln
Woa emu itop it. The Bepreaentative
from the Third district has been mak
ing some investigations and he finds
(hat the nomination of Mr. Rimkins
molls so strongly of partisan Republi
can politics run IS seed tliat he is fight
Jng the confirmation of the Goldsboro
tnan, who is the chairman of the Wayne
county Republican executive committee,
fending further investigations which
fere on foot Senator "Simmons, who is
fco-operatiina with ConrcHsmnTi rlrin
on in thii nin'.U-r, is ha ins the nomina
tion of Mr. Sim kins held up in the
Senate.
It being sugsestcd to him that there
sjiere certain iriegwlarities in the nam
ing ef Mr. Simkins for postmaster at
Goldsboro, geprescntatiye. Brinson,.
Goldsboro being in his district, 'took up
the matter with the civil service com
mission with the purpose of learning
if the law had leen observed and the
regulations carried out in this appoint
ment He is not objecting to Mr. Sun
kins personally, lie stales, but takes
the position that us the Republicans
wero fo part'san in their treatment of
appointments during the tvnn of Presi
dent Wilson, that lie is determined
that they shall comply with the law
when it conies to appointments to office.
And hence his search for the facts
In the case.
Unsatisfactory- Service As Clerk
First, Mr. Hrinspn made an invostigv
tion at the civ il service commission.
Here the eti'b' -. c that ho collected, he
slated, disclose d that Mr. Simkins was
appointed assistant postmaster at
Goldsboro on March 1, V..1, at a salary
of 11,000 a year. On July 1, lf10, he
had been promoted and his salary had
become 1,300 yearly. On May 16,
1915, he was demoted to -clerk at a
alary of 1,100 per year. The records
show that this demotion was made on
the recomrnend.it ii n of a postoffice in
epector who stated that the amount of
work done by him was m- satisfactory,
tliat he did not hare sufficient interest
in the work and that he would not co
operate with the postmaster in the work
to be done. Mr. Simkins was holding
this subordinate position when he en
tered the army. After l.ing discharged
from the army he was reassigned to the
position as clerk at the salary of $1,100
per year. He failed to report for duty
end was dropped from tie eligible roll
October 1, 1919, without prejudice.
An interesting incident in the inves
tigation made by representative Brin
on shows clearly that the nomination
ef Mr. Simkint for the Goldsboro joh
was without any examination at all
ei"g held, and that the clearly shown
Intention of the Postoffice Department
was to appoint him whether or no, the
.evidence to prove this being in a
letter written by First Assistant Post
master General Hubert Work to the
Civil commissioner this dated August
81, 1921. Mr. Brinson had trouble in
curing this bit of partisan evidence.
' He states that the official In charge of
the files was unwilling for him to m,.l'
ft eopy of the letter, and (w protclid
his taking notes as to its contents. But
Congressman Erinson, who wns a
eompanied by his secretary, U A
Moore,, was determined to get at ir.
'aid facts in the ease, and proceed
la spite of the protests to take nntrs
of certain salient featuies of the let
ter. In this letter, sas Mr. Brinson,
Mr. Work tells of the experience ol
Mr. Simkins in the Goldsboro office and
of his having been demoted upon tie
report of the postoffice inspector while
in another part of the letter Assistant
Postmaster General Work asks the com
mission to 10 arrange the civil service
status of Mr. SiruAins that he could be
appointed, the exact language of Mr.
.Work being:
, IC W V, ,41V VJkl,tll'V Ul ,111.
Plmkias and the fact that he is strongly
recommended locally for tty position
the department desires to nominate
Mm for the position of postmaster."
This request for setting aside the law,
no examination being held, caused Mr.
Brinson to regard this ppse as a fla
grant violation of the merit system,
that it furnishes further proof that the
Postoffice Deartraent under Mr. Hays
Is being rapidly organized as a political
machine. And some other lines of in
quiry faring upon the prostitution . af
the eivil service establishment to the
political ends of the republican party
Art being followed out by Mr. Brinson
in hi investi? ition.
MARIAN M'ARDLE FOUND
NOT GUILTY BY JURY
Cleveland, Oct. 12. Marian McArdle
was'found not guilty by a jury of nine
men and three women today on a charge
of first degree murder for complicity
- th a4s of hjr Jtj4p Ijt.tin! rr Da n iol
Kaber, stabbed to death .in ts Ike
wood home two years ago.
Th Jury exonerated the 20-year-old
girl of a charge of aiding her mother,
Mrs. tva Catherine Kaber, in Uie mur
' der plot. Mrs. Kaber is now serving a
' ill aenteneo for the crime.
GREENSBORO
IN.
PRESIDENT
FDR MOTH
ER YEAR
W. C. Borcn Succeeds W. A .
McGirt At Head Of State
uooa itoaas Association
r: ME MOREHEAD CITY .AS
NEXT MEETJNG PLACE
Miss Hattie M. Berry Ee-elected
As Secretary of Organisa
tion; Delegates Agree That
v Township Unit For Road-
building Has Gone; Other
Road Problems Discussed
Greensboro, Oct. 12. The election of
officers and the unanimous vote of the
convention in favor of the 1922 conven
tion going to Morehead City during the
middle of the summer was the principal
work transacted at the closing session
of the annual convention of the North
Carolina Good Boads Association here
this afternoon.
Officers elected by the vote of the
convention were: W. C. Boren, Greens
boro, president: Miss H. M. Berry,
Chapel Hill, secretary; M. E. Hogan,
treasurer: Charles Wallace, Morehead
City, first vice president; Iorrard Tuft's,
rinclinrst, second vice president, and
the following vice presidents for each
of the Congressional districts.
District Vice Presidents.
First district, Charles Whedliee, Hert
ford; second, H. G. Connor, Jr., Wilsflfn;
third, Leonard Weill, Goldsboro; fourth,
W. A. Welhorn, Rmithfleld: fifth, Col.
Ilennehan Cameron, ftagville; sixth, Dr.
H. Higlismith, Favettovillc; seventh, W.
N". Everett, Koi kingliam ; eighth, W. It.
Borgass, Jefferson; ninth, Frank Hick
nell, Linville Fails: tenth, J. Q. Gilkey,
Marion.
The executive committee is as follows:
W. C. Boren, Miss Hattie M. Berry and
t'hnrles Wallace, members oftiicio, with
11. D. Williams, Kcnansvillo; T. L. Kirk
patrick, Charlotte; W. I). McMillan, Jr.,
Wilmington; T. L. Gwynn, Hpringdale,
and J. It. Ijorny, Elizabeth Hpringa,
President W. A. McGirt, who has
been at tl.o head of the association for
the past three years mndo a few remarks
in turning over the office, t Mr. Borcn,
inking that the work be kept on a high
plane, so that tho organization can at
all times command thu respect nnd the
help of the pepole of the Mate. He
thinks that much has been douo through
the efforts of the organization and
urged that the members not cease in
their efforts to accomplish still more.
President Boren thanked the association
for electing him it head, declaring
that he will give his best to further
the work to which it is dedicated.
Miss Berrj thanked the association
for re-electing her nnd pledged faithful
work. However, she pointed out the
need for members who are willing to
work in thir- interest of tho associa
tion and also those who are willing to
spend money that its work may be car
ried on. Tlie matter of finances must
not be neglected, she declared, if the
work of the organization is to go for
ward in North Carolina.
Vote For Morehead City.
Vice President Wallace urged the con
vention to come to Morehead City for
its next annual meeting and his urging
was successful as the convention voted
to instruct the executive committee to
call the next meeting for Morehead
City.
While several of the speakers on the
program for today were not on hand
a live meeting was held both morning
and afternoon. W. M. Jones, of Char
lotte, executive secretary of the Cnro
lin.nj Automotive Association, delivered
a very interesting talk this afternoon
on beautifying the State highways and
memorial highways.
A paper on beautifying the State
highways prepared by Dr. L. H. Morse,
of Henderson, was read, the doctor be
ing unable to attend the convention
himself.
Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt, of Chapel
Hill, slated to address the convention
(Continued on par Two.l
AID
American Delegates Map
Out Conference Policies
Washington. Oct. 11. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The American delega
tion tothe armament conference held its
first meeting today, effected a -perma-ment
organization, made a general eur
vey of the data gathered for its guid-
auce and began discussion of the qucs-
Ltions of policy that are to characterize
the position of this government in tho
coming negotiations.
Consider Open session
One of the first specific subjects to be
considered wns the problem of open or
closed sessions for the conference, and
discussion is said to have revealed con
siderable sentiment for opening the
loort whenever the entir body of dele
gates meets to register important de
isions. Other and broader questions of policy
also were given detailed examination
during the threegtd a half hour meet
ing of the delegation and tonight the
delegates continued their discussions
and heard the view of President Hard
ing at a White House dinner. No date
was set for the next meeting, but It
was Indicated another consultation was
probable early "neTt week.
Want Foil Pnblicity
None of those present at the meeting
would reveal details of the deliberations
regarding publicity for the conference
sessions, but the impression was given
that this government might lay before
the delegates after they assemble here
on..iJvwii.beE'U, proposal tout D fall
sessions of the conference be open to
the press. The recommendation, it was
said, would not apply to the meetings
of individual national delegations, com
mittee or other subordinate bodies
wber the real decisions of th nego
tiation may be made, but would give
Senator Philander C. Knox
Dies at Home in Washington
Veteran Statesman Passes Away Suddenly ' As Result of
Paralysis; Was Former y. Secretary of State And At
torney General; His Remarkable Record
, !:
Secretory of State B.fer President
"".w " -!L . "
evening ai bib num uv
strieken with paralysis after descending
the tairway on his way to the diking
room for dinner an passe away, fif
teen minutes later without regaining
consciousness.
Mrs. Knox and the Senator'! aecre
tary, W. 1'. Mhrtin, were near the Sena
tor and hurried to his aid. Vr. Samuel
Adams wns summoned immediately, but
he found Mr. Knox beyond medical aid.
Just Back From Vacation
Senator Knox returned to Washington
only last Monday night from a trip tc
Europe with Mrs. Knox and he attended
the sessions of the Senate yesterday and
tcvlay. Leaving the chamber about 5
o'clock this afternoon tho ixiiator took
na automobile ride through Potomac
Park and stopped on his way home to
purchase tickets lor a tu. ater perform
ance tonight. Beaching home, the tjeta
toi went to It is library, where he re
mkii.cd until sumuiom i to dinner.
News Come as Shock
President Harding, Chief Justice
Taft, Senntor Lodg'', of Massachusetts,
the Republican leader; Senator Poarnse
of Pennsylvania, and other friends and
close associates of Mr. Knox wcro soon
notified of the Kent-tor's death. The
news came aa a sh ict to all official
Washington, for the Senator, through
his services, first as Attorney General
under Provident! McKinley and Boose-
Vclt, and later as Bccrcar? of ftate
under President Taft, had a wide circle
of friends io all walks of public life
congressional, diplomatic and legal.
Funeral Arrangements
Arrangements for the funeral will be
mude tomorrow after the arrival
Another Cornerstohe Laid
By Masons At University
POGUE CONE DENT
OF GREATEST FAIR
All Have Been Good But Growth
Is The Natural Order of
Things, Says Secretary
W have irow reached the stage
where we can climate safely the magni
tude of tho fair of 1921 and I can
say with absolute confidence that the
fair this year will be on a vastly larger
scale than ever before," said Col.
Joseph V.. rogue, secretary of the fair,
yesterday.
"All the fairs of recent years have
been good and the attendanco has been
constantly on the increase," continued
Col. rogue.
''The management - is grateful to the
public for tho fine recognition the State
Fair has received at the hands of the
people of North Carolina, This year
it will be on a vastly larger scale than
ever before. Exhibits in agricultural
products and live stock, the two basic
crops of tlie State, will be seen thi year
in such a variety and of such high
quality as will thril lthe heart of
every patriotic North Carolinian who
comes to tho fair and looks over these
two great department. The accommo
dation for live stock has been increased
greatly this year and tho entries to
dato indicate an overflow which speaks
in loud and no uncertain tone of the
progress tho live stock interests are
making in North Carolina. The great les
sons which the Agricultural Society has
tried to teach the people for years have
been to increase tho agricultural pro.
ducts, live stock and food stuffs and to
curtail in like proportion the so called
money crops. Tlie exhibits at the fair
(Continued on Pare Two)
publicity to tmch gatherings as that
which will mark the opening of the con
ference and to the sessions where for
mal votes on pending questions arc
taken.
The question, however, is one which
the conference itself must decide, and
it ia expected that the American dele
gation will take every precaution not
to appear to urge its -opinions on the
representatives of the other powers. 11
is pointed out that the plan for open
sessions for the fu'l conference is in
accord with a resolution prc'.ited by
Senator Harrison, lemorat, Mississippi
and now pending in the Scnsrte.
Hughes I Spokesman
Today's meeting of the delegates was
held in the office of Hecretnry Hughes
head of the delegation, whose col
leagues, Ehhu Boot, Senator nenry
t abot Lodge ami Senator Oscar Under
woou, iormany aeiegarea dim to act as
spokesman in making public such dc
tails as seemed practicable.' Afterward
Mr. Hughes announced the eleetion, of
Basil Miles, a former chief of the do
partment's Russian division, as secre
tary of the delegation, and made
known that the rpee'ing wa taken up
argciy witn a review of the data col
lected by government agencies for the
information of the American repre
sentatives. I Most of this datn has been put Into
he form of monographs on diplomatic,
wtiitary and navel stibjeetf fhtit ifo
likely to come before the conference.
Similar exhaustive compilations or,
other subjects now are in process of
preparation and will tie supplied to the
delegates a thef? work progresses. Ir
(Con tinned on pag Two.)
Waahlngtoa of flemaUr Kaai'l oi.
Beid Knoi, of Valley rorfe, Fa aad
Hugh 8. "Knox, of! Stratford, Pa.,
daughter, Mrs. Jama . B, Indall, of
Val ey Forte. A third soa, Philander
Clras Kaex, Jr, reeidoe ia Wsshiagtoa.
The Senat will meet tomorrow aa
adjourn oat of respect to the 1U Beat
tor and with th House will at at a
committee to attend the funeral. Beta
tor Knox's horn wal 1a Pittabnff a aa
he also had a summer horn at Valley
Forge. The place ef iaterment hi not
yet been announced.
Was f Year Old.
Senator Knox was 69 year old and
was serving is the Senate for a second
time, having first been appointed ia
1904 to succeed the late Senator Matthew
Stanley Quay. He was elected to sne
cecd himself in 1905, but resigned four
years later to become Secretary of State.
Held Important Posts.
Philander C. Knox was attorney gen
oral in the cahineta of President Mc
Kinley and Boosevelt, secretary of state
in the cabinet of President Taft and
in the interim between those two offices
and afterward, waa United State Sen
ator.
Senator Knox was an active figure In
the fight in the Senate in 1919 and 1820
against, the ratification of the peace
treaty of Versailles. Even when the
treaty was being drawn up he delivered
speeches in the Senate and out, -of it
in which he demanded that the League
of Nations covenant should be separated
from the other part of the treaty. He
introduced a resolution to that effect
which was adopted by the Senate and
also presented a resolution sgainst the
appointment of American represent
tives on the reparations commission,
tie aiso araiiea one or the various
(Continued on Page Two)
Elaborate Ceremonies Feature
Observance of Founding of
State Institution
MANY ALUMNI RETURN
TO HONOR ALMA MATER
Honorary Degree Conferred
Upon Major John W. Ora
ham, of Hillsboro
By BEN DIXON MaeNEILL
(Staff Correspondent)
Chapel Hill, Oct. 12. Standing beside
ts 128th mile post, the University of
North Carolina turned anew to visions
of growth today when it commemorated
th laying of the cornerstone of its
first building by laying the cornerstone
of the first of a series of great build
ings that mark the beginning of a new
era in the development of the institu
tion.
As it was a hundred and twenty-eight
years ago, the Grand Lodge of Masons
of North Carolina laid the cornerstone
with the full ceremonial of the Mason
order. Then William Bichardson Davie,
father and founder of the University,
was the Grand Master presiding over
the ceremony. Today S. M. Gattis. act
ing for Grand Master, J. D. Owen, di
rected the mystic rites.
Preliminary to the Masonie cere
monial, brief University Day exercises
were held in Memorial hall, with an
address by Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase,
president of the University. Th de
gree of doctor of laws was conferred
upon Major John Washington Graham,
of Hillsboro, on of th oldest and
most distinguished sons of the Univer
sity. The exorcises were simple tnd
impressive.
Perfect Day For Exercise
Scores of alumni turned back to the
campus today for the celebration of
the birthday of thir alma mater. The
day was a masterpiece of weather mak
ing, a brilliant October sun, with just
a tinge of frost in the air. The leaves
on the campus maples, and on th old
Davie Poplar were shot with red and
gold, and the grast was still green. It
was a perfect day, just sam sort of a
day that tradition remembers th ori
ginal University Day U8 years ago
when the first coraerstone was laid.
No University event is complete
without its academic p rsaiun. and
the procession today, with it regaliaed
Masons at the head, was even more im
pressive than the usual processions.
Forming at the Alumni building, where
everybody v ho o-itiii bark drifts to, the
Freshmen first nnd the undergraduates
following, the line wound its way in
the course that tradition has laid down
fer it, much ia th fashion of th first
academic procession on October 12,
17M.
Invocation by Dr. Euclid MeWhorter
began1 the exercises in the Memorial
hall. Visitors in the baji of th hall,
accustomed to not heariug" any speaker
were astonished to find that they could
hear today. The hall has bon treated
by engineers in acoustics, and th chief
fault of it, complained of thes many
years, has disappeared. The treat
throng sang the National anthem, and
the vast plsco reverberated with it.
Memorial hall has been stripped of its
chief fault.
President Chase Preside
President Chase, presiding over the
exercises and speaking briefly, touched
upon the remarkable growth in regis
tration this year,- with vr 1,800 tu
dents enrolled, and prospect of more
thnn IWO before the term is many day
older. He reviewed briefly th part
that the University ha played in the
history of th State, and in th nation,
(Continued on Page Eight.),
ATAL MISCUE BY
WARD GIVES GUI
to mm in
Giants Win Seventh Game, 2
To 1, and f.:ed Only One
More To Get Title
MASTERFUL PITCHING
BY DOUGLAS AND MAYS
Game Th Best Played and
Snappiest of The Series;
Sawlings Scores Winning
Run 7or Giants After Get
ting On As Result of Ward's
Error; Count: 4 To 3
New York, Oct, 12. (By
the Associated Press). Frank
Snyder, the Giants' bulky
catcher, poled one of Carl
Mays' underhand twisters into
left center field for a two-base
hit in the seventh inning at
the Polo Grounds this after
noon and thereby sent home
the tally that won the seventh
game of the World s Series for
the New York National League
champions.
The Giants, by winning this
contest from the Yankees, two
runs to one, went for the first
time into the lead in the world
championship race, making
the count stand:
.Won Lost
New York Nationals . .4
3
4
New York Americans .3
Need Bat On More
Th McGraw men need but one more
victory to give them the aeries and tho
big end of the money. If the Yankee
should win tomorrow and a ninth gams
is necessary, the Giant will be the
horns team, th Yankee batting first.
Thi was decided in the club-house at
th Polo Grounds late thi afternoon,
Commissioner Landis tossed a coin and
President Btonehim,of th Giants, call
ed the turn.
Best Played Gaaa
Today' game, probably the best play
ed and certainly tho snippiest and
tensest la th series, was one worthy
of the two pennant winning ehib. It
was witnessed by a holiday crowd of
36,503 persons, a crowd which wal by
all d8 th most demonstrative of nil
thS.CTMt thngs which have gathered
for tbcM fames. It teemed almost a
if thtr that greeted "Chick" Fe
ster, th Yankee lead off man, again
substituting for the disabled "Babe"
Rath, when he stepped to the plate In
the first inning was continued without
pause until Phil Douglas, of the Giants
tossed out Wally Schang for tho last
out in the ninth. One side or the other
of tho partisanly divided throng eithe
found an ever present occasion to cheer
or took the occasion regardless.
Phil Doaglsa Win
Once more and for the third time, It
wo a rase of Douglas against Mays and
for the second time th verdict went
to Douglas.
"Shuffling'' Phil Douglas pitched
masterful ball, settling down after a
somewhat uncertain time of it after
the first two innings, in th second of
which Yankees scored their only tally,
and either turning tho American Lea
guers baek io order or skillfully foiling
their valiant attempts to put another
run across the plate. He was aided by
wonderful support of his Giant team
mate, not a fielding misplay being
made on th Nationals' side. .
May Hurls Great Gam
On the other hand, Carl Mays, while
th loser, has to be given credit for
an equally notable, if les successful,
performance on the mound. The blond
Miasourian was steadier than Douglas,
not issusing a pass and allowing but
six hit to eight for hi opponent, and
(Contlnaed oa Pag Vine.)
Senate Runs Into Chewing
Gum Tax And Sticks Hard
Washington, Oct. 12 Adoption by th
Senate of the Bepublican compromise
plan for repeal of all the transportation
taxes on next January 1, waa completed
today with the acceptance without a di
senting vote of an amendment removing
the tax on parcel pott packages. Sen
ator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, sought
to extend the repeal to levies on mes
sage by telegraph, telephone, cable and
radio, but his motion wa voted down,
32 to 26.
Amendment Accepted.
Committee amendmenta to the bill
accepted inelnded those ipipofing license
taxe on broken and others and manu
facturers' taxes of two cents a gallon
on cereal beverages, still drinks snd un-
fcrmented fruit juices: 7 1,2 cents a gal
lon on finished fountain syrups and 5
cents a pound on carbonic acid gas.
Until the chewing gum tax was
reached the- Senate made fairly rapid
progress on the bill. But there it atuck
for nearly two hour with a discussion
of chawing gum, tariff and other sub
jects. A Republican proposal to repeal
the two per cent tax on this gum was
opposed by Senator Red, who said the
Senate had voted to retain (28,500,000
in taxes upon sender and receivers of
menage by wire and radio while it
wae proposed "to refund one twenty
eighth of that amount to Wrigley.''
Stick Op Cans Tax.
"Who made th bargain!'1 asked Son
ator Rm4 with xfa. to- the -earn
premise plan to knock out ho chewing
sin tax. "Who overturned the action
of tho committer. Whep. wa it agreed
tot It demands an explanation when
a gentleman eaa escape 11,000,000 in
taxe on something that it useless and
worthUs. What waa th influence that
FOUNDER OF K;K.K.
VIGOROUSLY DENIES
NUMEROUS CHARGES
A 8PABK NtQM CHISEL
CAtJSBS DISASTROUS Pill
ON FARM KIAI LAIBINBUEG
Laariaharg," Oct. II. A ark
frsa a chisel that was kelag aad
aear Bat eottoa ceased a
rua th aad dollar tr th
fan f A. L. McKsasle, who lives
fear ml lea south f thta place. A
oottoa gin, grist ttIL comsakaMTy
garag, IS kale ( cottoa, cotton
ed from TS bale ( cotton, ire
kindred baaala of eora aad a year
apply of forage wr alckly coa
tasked by tho lass which spread
rapidly accoaat of a strong wind.
Only tlf.toa la inaaraac was carried
on th property.
F
E
Supreme Court Backs Up
Bond's Refusal To Dissolve
Injunction '
In an opinion written by Chief Just
tie Walter Clark th Supreme Court
vABfAfdnv affimiAd Judire W T Rnnd
in the eontlnnnne. of a restramina or-
der enjoining th Commissioners of
.tion of troDrtv of W4 Ui mveri in
It. snaiiST. At at anUlinn .n at If I
" fttt1,Hvv """" ...
USSfJl'9 f" mb
i Th action was entitled J. R. wu
ham. et al, tax p.yeri, v. County Com-
of it was to lestrain th. commissioners
from raising the levy of taxe. after
th. date prescribed by law. The re-
straining order wVs granted by Judge
Devin, August 2, and motion to dissolve
was denied in Baleigh on August 22,
by Judge W. M. Bond, who continued
th injunction to the hearing.
Aecording to chief Justice Clark
review of th. ease, th. Board of Com-
missioners on ine secona luesuay
ter the first Monday in April re.om-
mended a horizontal reduction of forty
per cent in th value of property in
f mnklin county Thi. wa. certified' to
th Stat Tax Commissioners and ap-
proved Juno 15.
Minion .d Half Raia.
Oa th econd Monday July, the
defeadant commissioners met as the
Board of Equalization for th purpose
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of hearing complaints and equalising of negro witness from Boston aad
values. Consideration of th matter Chicago had nrgod a Congressional in
was continued pending an Investigate 4uiry of tho Klan, th Imperial Wii
and personal inspection uutil July 26 ard, first asking to b (worn, told th
when 901 noticei to tax payers were committee the Elan weleomed th la
tent out calling upon them to show vestigation, but protested against at
cause on August 2 why their assess tack 'n tome of th pending Bout
ment thould not be increased. In- resolutions.
creases included a million and a half
dollars in two township, flO.OOO in
another, with substantial increases in
th towns 0 f YnufiMvUle and Fraak-1
linton. There are ten townsbipt in th
county.
Rvlv,. Th. Law.
Tn cordnc. with Retinn S . nf
th .rt .nthoririnff reductions of val.l-
ationt, it is provided, sccording to
Judge Clark', review of the law, that
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday, the commissioners may muko
horizontal reductions in the valuations,
reporting to the State Tax Commission
not later thaa April 20. I'pon this,
th Commission shall act not later than
July 1, 1921 and its certificate it bind
ing.
Th forty per cent reduction In valu
ation, it appeared was made in ae
cordanee with the law ana was ap
proved in eomplete agreement with
the statute.
Section 28 b. provldot thtt during
any time in May tlie Commissioners
ninj act uijou cuuiiiminin, inimi i . mi
or equalling valuations ia individual
ILOWlinura on i age imp
reached behind the doors and took tho
tax off Mr. Wrigleyf"
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said the information before the finance
committee was that factories of the
American Chicle Company were closed
down and that the removal of tho lax
had been suggested to get those plants
started up again. He doclared that so
far ss the committee knew Mr. rig
lev" did not care about the tax; that he
never had asked that it be removed.
Agricultural "Bloc" I'p.
During the course of Senator Reed's
address there was reference to the agrl
cultural "bloc"' and Senator Moses, Bo
publican. New Hampshire, wanted to
know how many agriculturists were in
that "bloc. This led" later to an ad
dress by Senator Ashurst, Democrat, Ari
zona, who declared the time had come
to quit referring derisively to the agri
cultural "bloc" He warned that it as
composed of Democratic, and Bepublican
Senators who were determined to get
legislation through the Heniite for the
benefit of th farmers and who were
equally as determined that the "minions
of Wall street'' should rot control tax
and tariff legislation.
After an address by Senator neflin,
Democrat, Alabama, who told of the
work of tho agricultural ''bloc" and
again attacked the Federal Reserve
Board, the excise tax section was passed
over. Those in charge of the bill ex
plained- that it would ba advisabl tn
wait until trie Senuje had paused on tlie
excess profits repeal ard othsr major
proposals belorc finishing with the mis
cellancous taxes, as it might be ncces
sary to raise more revenue from tltbse
sources than th committee had eon
templtted.
Imperial Wizard Simmons Says
net wouia Disband Klan
U ifJne-Thousandth of -
Charges Were True
DRAMATIC DEFENSE OF
ORGANIZATION BEFORE t
COMMITTEE OF HOUSE
"There Is No Room In Our Or
ganization For Those Who
Take The Law Into Their
Own Hands," Declares Xlan
Head; Investigation ol
Charges Against Imperial
Eeagle Clarke and His As
sistant, Mrs. Elisabeth Tyler,
Now In Progress; Witness
Explains Purposes of Organ
ization and Financial Poli
cies; Does Not Countenance
Lawlessness and Lawless
Members Are Automatically
Dropped; Not Antagonistic
To Religious Sects or Ne
groes asmngion, UCt 1Z.
Sweeping denial of charfftS
l"at l"e KU KiU On-
t A 1 Tl &f wHVlftl If ailr m 1akts
w.iiv,v w a va in imj A m III TT"
les8 band of h00ded hoo"
was maae oeiore a House com
mfttee today by William J.
bimmonS. Ol Atlanta, its found
er ana imperial Wizard.
Turning SQUarelv UDOn mem-
bers who had listened intently
fnr .i,r t v.,,-. . j
l0r "er1 tW0 to
ucieune oi uie orgamza-
tion, Simmons declared that
"standing here in the presence
of Qod h(J wanted the wor,d
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to nof thatrf one thousandth
part Of the Charges Were true.
he Would forthwith call to.
gether the Grand Concilium of
il. fk ..
h6 Kla". PWPOM of
forever disbanding it in tery
l section of, tpe United States.
""Proteata Against Attacks.
Called lata In th day after a aambsr
the Wiiwrd wa permitted t read his
tatemnt witkfout interruption, although
ftt th fssion tomorrow ht will be
questioned by committeemen, esneeialir
with reference to published report of
various acts or. vandalism, charged to
lne c-la,n-
... No Room 'or Lawlessness.
Tn0re ' no roO" ' OUr OrganUa
,7" tot wh? ka th. law Into
''''' ?7" h declared, banging
the table. "We have been charred with
everything from the wave of high prices
to the swoeping march" f the boll weevil.
it has been charged that our primary
aim was intimidation of thi negro in
the South. But it might surpris this
committee to know that th growth of
the Ku Kim Klan has been greater in
the North tnd th East than in the
South." .
Asserting that the Klan could not do
"anything outside of its lodge room"
except by specific orders of Its Imperii!
wizard, so ss to hold Its membership
jn unei Mr. Simmons added :
Preach Respect of Law.
iicroro lioQ. 1 nave never siirnert n
instructions that could be construed or
cnrriert not. nm a vinlntlnn nf taw Th.
Klan doe. not tnlef. t..h U-
lessness; instead, we preach respect
for the law."
At times there was Intense quiet
in the room, and at one of those mo
ments the witness, rapping the table,
declared that no man could charge dis
order in any city where the Klan was
well organized.
The Klan, the witness testified, 1 (on
ducting an investigation of its own into
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inip(,r,ul KicKia anil head of th oro-
pagating bureau, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Tyler, his sssistant, and will issue n
official- statement when it comes into
possession of alt the facts. Mr. Bim
mons also stated that when th chargea
were first mad Clarke and Mra. Tyler
presented their resignations, to be acted
Upon afjor full opportunity has been
given for a thorough sifting.
Revocation of Charters.
The revocation of charters at Pensa
cola, I'la., and Mobile, Ala., was ordered
by the Klan, Mr. Himinont testified,
L(l( it ha(i be(,tt found lbnt somebody
purporting to be members had violated
its best traditions. At Bensacola three
men wearing robes ordered a (ireek to
leave tho city, but it never was estab
lished, he said, that they were Klans
men and the charter was restored on as
surance by the local officers that they
would keep up a relentless fight to find
the offenders.
The Mobile incident, Mr. Simmons
continued, waa due ''to the S'lly act' of
a member, who, ''imagining he had the
power of Nupoleon," posted Klan warn
ings "to bootleggers and others" that,
tho organization was preparing to dean
up tho town. The notice was signed,
he said, ''by a man who had no tense."
Lawless Member Dropped.
Discussing charges of violence on the
part of -alleged Klimsmen, Mr, Biesnroaa -declared
that when a member took the
law into his own hands he automatically
nfi dropped from the organization.
"And I have never yet failed,1 he
added, "to turn over to the local au
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