The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 8, 1921, Page 2

Rr AOA ob MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1921. TEXAS GOVERNOR MOVES AGAINST KU KLUX KLA Judge Br ands P ractices of Organization “Damnable a Grand J ury Probe feather a man in Childress and man pumped lead into his would ip a killing one of them. “°* | Childress Klan has let the propa | victim alone from that time on, a ba. its qui 6 since the death of its mem cool, level heads Texas say, the will never succeed, and m disband, are these: The Klan and any actions its kianemen are unlawful. Ch ter Il, United States on code, section 10,183, gives citizen of the United to fair trial for his nors, says mere ship in an organization to prevent this makes any be rliable for the deeds of organization as « whole, says each member may be fin up to $5,000 and imprisoned f 10 years. THE SHATTLE STAR 57 years establishing happy, cozy homes! service for YOU— - here is ready for you a gath- ering of home- furnishings un- surpassed in Your Credit y stated that I was born under mm of that Hes in Toxmn moaning ington in view of the attempt to America! An ap- pealing store serv- orenniee the MK. KK. In this ics, filling your every oP aah expectation, A credit service ye ial Southern Texas does 1 developed in the highest point seom so strong for the K.K of practical usefulness to the homefurnisher. as Dallas. Waco’s plan, after Cummings — but Waco defends the action by say we bought them quite special and price them even more so! wa? 7950 head who put his wife on the strect, He didn't get half what he deserved.” The kian went to the Cumming» regular price $102.50 —aetting ready for fall? Well, this is your range oppor- tunity. For quick selling we have put the price way down. Only forty in the lot-—so come early. All you ‘home the night of June & to get Kay” and were met by an angry Mrs. Cummings, w them away with shots from a carefully S2-caliber, “Saturday need bring is $5. Pay the balance in small monthly “Come here, antestion there ind tee payments. jtalk to you,” the klansmen invited tainly is not the imperial wizard exactly aw pictured; beautiful nickel trimmed; large fire |from. a motor and “Kay” oc |of the Knights of Ku Klux Kian,” FORT WORTH, Tex., Aug. box and wartning ovens, panels and splasher back enam. cepted the invitation, The next] Which—when it was, published—|Benny Pinto is suffering trom eled in robin'wegg blue or in gray; Léxifinch ove thing he knéw he was being whirled | made the Texas kiansmen more |Verely lacerated back today, fo six B&inch lids; concealed pipe, Armco rust-proof steel. like lightning to Waco's deserted! mixed up than ever. If Colonel Sim. |ing @ terrifying experience Satu THIRD FLOOR Camp MeArthur, and he discovered | mons was thetr “imperial wiz |Might with five masked men, the other men in the car were wear | ard,” who, was? If a man, a|took him into the country and jing goggles which were no big they | state legislator, almost admittedly a |Ministered a heavy beating. He | served the purposes of masks klansman, called their “imperial wiz |then Ordered to leave town. @ Out to @ deserted shed at Camp | ard” a “charlatan,” what were they | ~ McArthur the cavalcade went and | to think of their kilgrappa and their | therg Cufmings was stripp kleagies an@ all the other’ local and cl § a vette und you n Baker | imperia own empise abductors, wored HOUSE 18 TREATED TO A DRAMA conclusions, been conspicuous in andiloquent k hand of the} forth to defile the @ir daughters of this South |land,’ no power in hell or out can p wm from protecting our girlie!” nhouted I want that m bresident at Was nd given to the governor Texas,” he ad dea i A representative made the point | of order that Baker wan spe against the ed of the state and ked that he omit remark The speaker of the house sustained the point, bringing down his gavel APED IN SHADOW Jhard on the eubject | iE CITY HALL 1 know this man Simmons,” One month later, to a day, they| Baker told the newspaper men. “E approached Cummings as Was have been in his office at Atlanta, | standing almost on the steps of the | Ga. and have talked with him. He| |city hall at 4:20 o'clock in the after |is not head of the Ku Kiux Kian. noon. | Ho in the head of a little fraternal n he became ne As long an the enegumbian reach in he 6 went’ to the ‘ such night” | | 'Horribly Handled by 5 Masked Kay, We want to|o over car, . then Ithe waist, his body artifict national officers? daubed with creosote and feathers| Texas for a tong time did not know stuck in the mees. Then two large |Governor Neffs attitude. on the placards were dragged out of some |kian and could not find out. The hidden’ secden. One anid governor hedged at every inquiry, Now, however, he has taken a stand. In a special message to the | legislature he has Toorsumanded | i¢gislation to break up such organi GRAND JURY DOWN ON YOU HERE TO. :/TO PROBE PLAN . : MORROW NIGHT. :| At the mme time complete grand 7 “They fwere going to put the eign > os when the cops cam Klan, or any other organimtion vio- lating the law in that county, has | Cummings said. “We were all in a car driving back to Waco, The} been ordered by Judge C. W. Robin copa arrested fhe men who had son tn criminal] court at Houston. |... APY organization that attempts | * to try citizens without a hearing in jtarred and feathered me “ open court before a jury of his peers, APPROVAL SEEMS TO a damnable owns thing” the | LEAN TOWARD KLAN judge declared r That seems about aa far ag the |” The jurymen’ were ordered to ap- case is destined to go. The best! oy “the cold steel of the law” in men in Waco went on the bonds | investigating to the Very root every for the three men the police beld. | organietion that has for its purpose and it doubtful whether the grand | violation of the laws of the state and Jury does anything to them. nation. They had previously been “Waco doemn't approve of the Ku | asked if they belonged to any secret Klux Kian,” seems to be the senttjorraniztion which would prevent ment in the town. “But Waco nev-| neir making the Investigation as er did approve of Kay Cummings.” | ordered. Cummings and his wife were at | No matter how good the men Fested on @ vagrancy charge ®00R forming the Klan and kindred or- after the tar and feathers incident | canizations may be, they are acting Cummings still is in jail there, be against the law and are violating ing “lessened off’ to cure him of | the bill of rights, the judge de the dope habit. His wife bas left | clured. town. “That kind of rule ts sending A hundred of the town's leading | America into a worse anarchy than |’ citizens thw down the gauntlet jexists in Russia,” the judge said, to the kian in @ petition cireylated adding that he had go objection to |a week ago. It saye: the use of tar and feathers as a form of punishment if it was first authorized by the state legisla ture, THIS MAN SUCCESSFULLY DEFIES THE KLAN The Beaumont Kian tarred and feathered Dr. J. 8. Paul; beat, tarred and feathered R. F. Scott, an ex: marine, then told Scott to teH Dr. Paul that if the doctor didn’t leave town his head would be cut off and placed on his body. What were the results of the threat? “Imperial Wizard” Simmons PA WAR: NG” To EVILDO! 1s The other pli —solid oak case, white enam- eled interior provision chamber; size 22x16x40 * inches; 45-lb. ite capacity; " regular price $27.50; spe- cial for the week. .$19.85 grass rockers and chairs; UNUSUAL SALE a very special purchase $615 regular $12—value —another shipment of these splendid chairs and rockers that sold out in just one day the last time we had them on sale—100 in the lot—several very attractive rns, 3 of which are exactly as pictured. Every one a remarkable value. price $12—; special for the week or while they last, $6.15. MAIN FLOOR FOLKS LAUGH AT CORNS eee They Stop Them by a Do fou know that one met! now ter some corns for mi of nator tt yi They never let a cord pain ¢ The method is Blue jay the ti or the plaster. It is made by 8 1 house of « rice $8.50 Bt - - ih size with blocked bottom; double sewed cor- ners; moire linings in a great variety of colors; specially adapted as an over- night or week-end bag. that it is subversive of consti- tutional government and civil liberty, and we plodge our moral support to our officers in their effort to protect citizens against the unlawful violence of such -organizations.” Austin—the state capital, and still further south than Waco—also seems to be bearing down a little on the klan, altho the klan posted stops instantly, corn loosens and sa out, ¢ way is gent ntific, a you know it, you will at corn ja ply i et Blue-jay now—a ; night. Watch the effect on. corn, Get Blue-jay at your its glaring notices on the state capitol grounds. Representative Wright Patman, a young American Legion member, is | revoked the charter of the Beaumont “Kian” and Dr. Paul hired himself jan imposing bodyguard and stayed in Beaumont past the time allotted for gist. Liquid or Plaster e Blue-jay | conducting an antiklan fight in the state legislature. epee eee A klan argument came up before Corns Quickly the Texas house last week and Pat- }man more thih held his own in the melee. Representative O. D. Raker, riteng | to a point of personal privilege, de- | |fended the klan and said that the newspaper headlines saying the Klan was to be purified by the | ministrations of Colonel Simmons the “imperial wizard,” from Atlanta |needed the explanation from his that the klan needed no defense from “that charlatan.” Baker's action in calling klan’s “highest of the high” charlatan” was a big surprise the house. “Are you a member of the Ku! 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