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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 19 MISS CATHERINE 37 KLANSMEN First “Official” Marriage of the Hard- ing Administration Will Be Sol- emnized on Tenth of June Arraignment is Postponed Until Tomorrow 108 ANGELES, June §.—Ar- raignment of 37 members of the Ku Klux Klan was postopned to- day until 10 a. m, tomorrow to allow the men to rulse funds for t time M4 of the 37 In dicted Will be ready to give bond, Attorney Paul B. D'Orr, defend ing the klansmen, declared, No warrants were issued as word had been sent the county Prosecutor's office that the in dicted men would surrender or would send thelr legal represent: atives to act for them, ‘The indictments all charged kid haping, false imprisonment and nv. mult to commit murder in conneo tion with the night riders’ raid of nearly two months ago on the home of Fidel Fiduyan, at Inglewood Near here. One man was killed in j the raid. Those indicted inelude William |S. Coburn, former grand goblin of [the klan for the California domain; |G. W. Price, King kleagle, and Nathan A. Baker, Kleagle of the Loe Angcies domain, Coburn and | Price are both “out of the city,” while Baker is in a sanitarium un- der observation as to his mental | condition The investigation brought to ao climax by the indictment of 37 al leged kianamen was started by Dis triet Attorney Thomas Lee Wool wine immediately following the Inglewood raid. Quantities of evidence were taken behind closed doors of the «rand jury room. Most important of this evidence, was the records of the kian and much other material taken in a raid by the district attorney's force on the office of W. 8 Coburn, grand goblin. Not only was mater jal Dearing on kian activities in Low Angeles secured, but membership 3 Yates and other data concerning the of the small size of the |OT#anization in other Const cities Long was taken and forwarded by Weol- Songs eile ShnnePed SOON) Tae te ‘otliciale of the Mistrietd ta and the “necessity” of inviting 0 | Voiyeq the wedding the chief official and s* diplomatic dignitaries, hosts of the) ATLANTA. Ga, June &—The Ku bride’s closest friends could not Log forte is being held responsible |for the Ingelwood night ridings in asked to. the ceremony proper. Hence | csitornia “without Just cause.” Ed the function, immediately following, | ward Young Clarke, imperial wizard at the Pan-American. pre-tem of the kian, declared here Ea: Episcopal school, |tolay. Following recepit here of Miss Hughes berseit in an. meowed |‘ispatchea from Low Angeles that Episcopalian. Secretary and Mrs. | three “high” officials and 34 alleged Hughes, hewever, are old-line Bap- Se ee ee — > Recent attacks on the kian tn con- Rection with the night riding are Mev, Wines ANSOMBY, | «10 saaitional attempt on the part of the enemy to discredit” the or- ganization, Clarke raid. “I notice tn the presse reports of these indiict- menta the statement i» made that ‘bith officials’ of the klan were in- | cluded among those indicted.” Clarke io “This ie absolutely false. | “Our investigation of the Ingel- wood affair up to the present time | gives no fust reanon why the affair STARTS ON PAGE ONE |should be charged to the klan,” [Clarke added. can be made without additional taxa. William 8. Coburn, former grand ' i [ iF ; | fi j ; : i | ? i ; H i . i i i j HERE’S MORE ABOUT - HARDING SEEKS ABSOLUTE REST ARE INDICTED according to the prosecutor's office, | pial con Gc period Pr ne ena Ot goblin of the Pacific coast domain BY THOMAS L. STOKES in governmental expenditures plus | (rine Kian. mentioned among those WASHINGTON, June %.—Prest.| the payment of interest upon foreign ten, Rae dent Harding slipped quietly away Obligations will be sufficient to obvi- j ate the imposition of additional taxa tions with the klan and has returned to Atianta, his former home, where he plans to renew his iaw practice, from Washington today for Raritan, N. J., where he plans to spend a few hours in “absolute rest” as a guest | ef Senator Frelinghuysen. ~~. Tomorrow he will go to Princeton, Ned, to deliver the principal ad- Gress.an the dedication of the Princetom battle monument early in the afternoon, followed by another address, that of acceptance of de- gree of doctor of laws, which ts to be conferred upon him by President | } Hibben of Princeton, | i] The presidential party will return to Washington late tomorrow night. | ton. “If it does become necensary to impose additional taxation, it bs believed we can better determine the amount of the necessary levy it was reported today, Coburn could not be reached. ‘The former grand goblin was _re- cently called to Atlanta, where he was informed the position of “grand goblin” had been abolished. » He is and the methods of distributing [then «nid to have been offered the such burdens for the future at & | “King Kinagieship” of the Pacific | later date when the future condi- | coast. which position he is reported tion of the trensury will be more | to have refused. accurately established.” It was at firet announced by kian Asking support for the measure, | headquarters that Coburn was en |the report sharply attacks its op-|route to Los Angeles to take his job ponents. “stopping at several places on the “The purpose of the bill.” the re | way.” port says, “is to give to the soldier | | who offered his life with his services Se eee ese rane | Drowned in Siberia |: t home, secure fr remained at home, secure from dan: | VLADIVOSTOK, June §,— Kight | er, and whose compensation increas. | DEAD ACT E S enlisted men of the ¥. 8. gunboat | ed from 200 to 300 per cent and, New Orleans are believed drowned | measured by the amount of labor ac ; t y formed, = — t Amurday, Siberia. They were sail-| ‘ually per' f dae in a small craft in a high wind.|beyond figures. === = Marines Firing Squad at No trace has been found of the men| “Puring the wor ar paid | Lilli R HI Ps illian Russell Burial percentage far ince Sunday. jour soldiers $30 per month or $1 per | day ininscisnrtationoescligc } PITTSBURG, Pa., sune 8.—Thon- “A fair estimate of the cost to * saris of spectators lined the route Some People Will [and clothing would be above $2 per | o¢ rinian Rossetre funeral here to [the government for his maintenance | Say He Was Right |” We might therefore say that /day, paying their last tribute at the the private soldier received a com: |cataifaque of the famous woman. Police were searching Thursday | pennation for his services equivalent | The procession was ed by a de for a burglar who robbed the apart-| 1, 33 per day,-which was very much tachment of United States marines, men rs. H. Mcintyre, 718} ‘ aoe tse Wedntodin miene Vale {eae than received by the lowest paid |o which she wasn non-comt” on Jewelry and clothing were | *0rer |recruiting duty during the war. Stal- ce | OPTION OF FIVE wart marines accompanied the cas: |ket nn pallbearers and as {t wan laid Patrolman R. H. Scheibie thinks |PLANS PROVIDED saw tne burglar enter the apart-| Briefly the McCumber bill provides |" rm ged pete Repl bap Ment. Scheible thought he was «an option of five plans for adjusted |j,,, "°" Veterans fired three vol plumber. | compensation: Stole Silk Socks for Wooden Legs!) CHICAGO, June &—Mrs. Vera} Lamb, 17, possessor of two wooden | legs. was held by juvenile court au-| 1 1, Adjusted service pay, limited to|the gift of President and Mrs. Hard. ¢ casket bore a solitary wreath, Veterans whose service credit is notling. Wloral tributes from notables more than $50. jthruout the world filled the home. 2. Adjusted service certificate, per-| Notables of the stage and persons mitting the veteran to receive a paid |from all walks of life packed Trinity up insurance payable at the end of church and heard Dr. Edward &. 20 years ‘and allowing $1.25 a day | Travers who officiated at de serv: for domestic service and $1.75 for|ices. dwell on Afias Russell's muc- | snsagdhedegsnga Of theft of a pair’ eien. The bill further provides (cesses on the stage and in the wortd, She blamed her plight on her hus-|%@nks may loan on this certificate |@n4 I aad conduct of her band, who, she said, left her when|"P '© 50 per cent of full value. {Private life, Secretary of Labor Davis was an discovered her physical defect. | plus 40 pe t, att © of $1.75 le dincovered her physical defect. | plus 40 per cent, at the rate of $1.75/, oa) palihearer, Others were eo girl's ow cozen | expense the e s nope the girl Syne ere fr me pent as. “ A. giby res bad 40 senator. Hiram Johnson, Congress when she was « girl, aking amputa- |a qual to his adjusted service, | nin gtephen Porter, William A, Ma tion n wary. plus 40 per cent at the rate of $1.75 gee, mayor of Pittsburg, and Howard Chandler Christy. per day. 4. Farm or home aid, enabling vet crans to receive from the covernment Suspends Fulkerson . f . loi un ol akin, i prove. From Police Force |(y.)2'tn homes oe te mann exe \Killing . j Patrolman Glen Fulkerson was in-|ments on home or farm, an amount | Brakeman Confesses in Hold-Up definitely suspended from the police! equal to his adjusted service credit, | Pty EBLO, Colo, June 8—W, T. force by the order of Chief W. B.! plus 25 per cent jFlaish, railroad brakeman, today con Severyns Thursday. Fulkerson was fessed to killing Martez Gomez, ex red } Land settlement aid which | nenge Denver & Rik charged with asaeult for beating his | preen memenger ons Denver v4 j&ives a veteran preference on the ; je Western train and to the S-year-old daughter until she fainted 2 bh indie jrande ain 8 jopening of public or Indian lands | hojding up of the train near Alamosa, and on all reclamation projects now | Golo, Webruary 19 DELEGATES from the 37th sena-|!m_ existence or hereafter estab-|} Raigh, who is being held in fait al diatrict to the republican state | ished here, was arrested last week, He vention at Chehalis Saturday will | ‘The committee estimated that denied at that time any knowledge Ma caucus at & p. m. Thursday at|per cent of the veterans will elect|of the robbery, altho some of the the certificate plan, 22% per cent the |stolen loot was found in his home. farm, home and land settlement and| He said he shot Gomez as the punty-city building. Credentials ¢ wtate convention will be is- aod 2% ver cent vocational training. latter reached for his gun, THE BRITISH FIGHT | IRISH REBELS! Insurgents Are Driven From| Post at Belleek BY ED L, KEEN LONDON, June §.—Hritish troops captured Kellock today, according to announcement from Beifart | Airplanes, howitzers and armored cfrs were used by the British in their advance upon and capture of the bor | der town, according to Dublin ad | vices, which described the defenders as free state troops. The Dublin dispatches said the at jtack involved a large scale move |ment, The defenders fired upon the | advancing Britixh, whereupon British jeftiliery opened fire, shelling Belieek | fort, which iy on the free state side of | the border. | . |Bombing, Burning | Again in Belfas' | BELFAST, June &.--Thousands of republican rebels, concentrated at Rappahoe, are arthed with the latest | type of Amerioan rifles, it was report- ed here today. $ + Bombing and burning of business premises in Belfast broke out afresh today, There was extensive looting, , along with incendiariam., : Armed rebels looted Lord Clan: | carth’s mansion at Ballinasioe and | ordered loyalists to leave town, on | penalty of death, | | Several thousand British troops | have arrived at Londonderry, it is | reported. | | | HERE’S MORE ABOUT | _ SEVERYNS | || STARTS ON PAGE ONE | orders, but I'm going to treat them all alike, lke human beings. “I believe that I am peculiarly fitted to do this because I have no personal friends in the police depart- | ment; 1 don't owe anyone anything: “The boys are under their superior | officers, of course—their sergeants and Heutenants and captaine—tut I want them all to feel that, if they're in the right, they can always appeal to me for support. “Suppose, for instance, that a patrolman should find a cane of law | | violation in which he believed one | of his superior officers to be in- volved. He needn't be afraid to re port it, for fear that his superior will ‘get’ him. He'll get exactly the fame treatment from me as if he were officer of high rank—and if he's right IU back him from the! word go.” eee Severyns neither looks nor tatke Ike the ordinary chief of polices, A well-built man, above average height, ‘with @ boyish face, a contagious amile and a pair of eyes that twinkle but never waver, he has none of the characteristica of the “copper* who has pounded a beat for yearo—es Mort of hin predecessors had. Nor dowa he use the mme gif “professional” attitude that most chiefs do in talking to reporters, He says what he has to say, In a force ful, rather Picturesque manner—and then shuts up. He hasn't yet become “acettmated” to his job—and frankly admits it. “I'm not in very good trim to [@ay.” he said laughingly. “T've been trying to 40 #0 many different things, trying to learn everything all {at once, that my head's in a whitt, Why. I haven't even had a chance to get © uniform, I've been so busy. But I'll get straightened out pretty soon, I guess.” . ee Severyns makes no sweeping [Promises for his administration, He is apparently as modest a man an ever headed a police department— and as tolerant. “I don't know how well I'm going to succeed.” he explained naively. “Maybe Wil pull some awful boners and get the whole city on my neck-— I'm only human, and human beings jmake mistakes. “But if 1 do make mistakes they won't be intentional. I intend to en- force the uw to the very best of my ability, and there'll never be a hint of seandal attached to the depart- ment if I can help it.” Despite this readiness to “take his Medicine” if he has {t coming, Sev Jeryns believes the public and the} press should make more allowances than they do for the policeman. “I'll wager that Henderson, up tn the street railway offices, ts firing men every week for stealing money from the city,” he sald. “Yet you Inever hear anybody say that all con- ductors are creoks just on account of that. So why should you blame ithe whole police department for the ldefections of a few? | oe . “And remember—the policeman ts bject to more temptations than a man in any other walk of life, | There's a whole lot of laws that rome of the people don’t want *nforced— and they're always ready to ‘slip’ the policeman something. “Maybe it's just a cigar, or maybe it's a thousand bucks—the principle's all the same, and sometimes it's mighty hard for the policeman to |stay straight all the time. All of us jare just a little crooked, somewhere, ‘you know. ‘ “put I don’t believe anybody can be crooked and get away with it for any length of time, He may not be caught—but stolen money never did anybody any good. “Look at Jafet Lindeberg. (Sey- leryns was expecially employed in this case to try to bring Lindeberg baci to Tacoma for trial.) We got his money in at least a quasi-tegal way. “Rut he never got any pleasure out of it, Why, he jumps three feet if anybody looks at him. | “r’ve seen so much of that sort of I thing in my investigation work—and | | that’s why I belleye I'll be able to} | rive the public a square deal while Um chief.” NEW YORK, June 8.—The Amer. ican Cottage Exchange, yesterday convicted by a jury of bucketing, was fined $5,000 today by Justice Marcus in the state court A move for stay of execution by the exchange’s counsel was denied. SEATTLE STAR HUGHES TO WED ROMANCE BINDING BALKANS | ( Still another link in the chain binding Balkan nations into an entente will be forged by the marriage this month of King Alexander of Jugoslavia and Princess Marie of Rumania. HERE’S MORE ABOUT PORT STARTS ON PAGE ONE fees of the port shall be distributed into the three major departments of engineering, traffic and finance, headed respectively by @ chief engt- neer, @ traffic manager and a port auditor, The department heads hall have the power and reaponntbil- | ity for appointments and removals of employes under their control, sub. ject to such ctvil service regulation 4s the commission may All operations, employments and ex. penditures shall be pubject in thelr general character to the authority and limitation of the comminsion. The commission shall constitute its members into three committees, corresponding to the three depart- menta. One member shall act as eo- gineering comissioner, one as traffic comminsioner and one aa finanée commissioner, and each shall serve as chairman of the corresponding commit tee, The department heads will act as advisory members of the committecs. Inerensed efficiency and dis- patch in ag Another important feature ts the appointment of an executive secre. tary. This may be one of the de partment heads, and in addition to keeping the records of meetings, will have charge of a epecial division of Port service under the head of “Pub- Ucity and Promotion.” No io in set for the completion of the survey of the port, which, it was mado clear is one of positions and activities, and not of individuals. MAY NAME KATO JAPAN PREMIER Shidehara Is Possibility for Foreign Minister BY CLARENCE DUBOSE TOKYO, June &.—Admiral Kato, who played an important part In the Washington arms limitation confer. ance as @ member of the Jafanese Gelegation, today was considered as the man most likely to be named as the new Japanese premier. In case he is elected, it waa be lieved that former Ambassador Shide- hara would be named foreign mints- ter. As yet no definite announcement has been made, however, as to who will form the new government to suc ceed the Takahashi ministry, which resigned early in the week. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 8. District Attorney Weeks today plan- ned to ask the grand jury to return a first degree murder indictment against Walter 8. Ward, millionaire, for the killing of Clarence Peters, al- leged blackmailer. The county authorities want to threrh out in open court the issue of whether Ward, former police com: missioner, was justifiéd in shooting Peters. ARVEY CHANGES MIND AND PANTS LONDON, June 8.--Ambassador Harvey has placed respect for roy- alty before the aesthetic effect of his nether limbs in knickers and has changed his mind and his pants at the 1th hour, Tonight at court, Harvey will ap- pear in the traditional knee breeches, whatever the effect upon certain susceptible senators, Twenty-one American ladies are to be presented at court by Mra Harvey. In Belgium women have been em- ployed in the railway, postal and telegraph service since 1882, prescribe. | ‘SERBIAN KING _ WEDS PRINCESS All of Traditional Pomp Is Repeated BELGRADE, Jun: ‘With all the Picturesque ceremonies handed down by Serbian tredition, King Alex: ander Il, ruler of Jugo-Slavia, and Princess Marie of Rumania were Married today in Belgrade cathedral. All the color and life of the Bal- kans was represented in cheering thousands that lined the wedding route, while every monarchy and re- public of Burope had its official rep- resentative at the elaborate nuptials, King Alexander had no best man and Marie no brideamaids. Serbian tradition prescribes that a koom or sponsor shall act for the bridegroom and hold the wedding crowns over the heads of the couple after they are Pronounced man and wife. The Duke of York acted koom. ~A master of ceremonies directed the courne of the nuptials, and was in attendance upon the bridge, whose parenta, King Ferdinand 1, and Queen Marie of Tumania witnessed the ceremony. Hundreds of young Serbian giris, Greased in white and carrying daisies, formed « guard of honor at ‘the ca thedral door. Thousands of troops and especial police surrounded the cathedra) and lined the wedding route to prevent a rumored attempt against Alexander's life. eee RELGRADE, June 8.—Serbtan | mounted police today crushed a riot |of communists which caused grave alarm and wild rumors thruout Bel. | grade on the morning of the wedding of King Alexander Il to Princess Marte of Rumania. Fifty communists were arrested and additional guards were thrown around the royal palace STRISE TALK UP TO UNION HEADS Railroads Claim Rank and File Not Agitating CHICAGO, June 8—Tatkk of a railroad strike does not come from the rank and file of employes, but from union leaders, executives of Western railroads said in a state- ment today. The executives sald their men had expected the $110,000,000 wage cut ordered by the United States railroad labor board. ‘The statement was signed by the following presiden’ R. BE. Byram, Chicago, Mitwaukee & St. Paul; Hale Holden, Burting- ton; W. EB. Finley, C. & N. W.; J. B. jorman, Rock Island; C. F, Mark ham, linols ‘tral, and 8. M. Felton, Chicago & Great Western. eee CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 8&-—~ The vote of the roliroad workers on the strike question may be the only answer of railroad union chiefs to the statement of six railroad ex- ecutives, isued in Chicago, declar- ing strike talk the reauit of union agitation. B, M. Jewell, head of the rafiroad department, A. F. of L., said here today he would make no reply to the executives’ statement for the Present, SEMENOFF IS ON WAY HOME VICTORIA, B. C., June 8.—Gen. Gregory Semenoff, Cossack ataman, will arrive in Victoia shortly, on route back to Asia, according to news received here, The difficulties which he met when he went to the States, and which! his friends said would be removed as soon as the Genoa conference was ended, have all vanished, and he is free to act as he desires, i} His friends say that the proceed ings taken against him in the United States were designed to delay him, so that he could not reach the Genoa conference, and in this they were| successful. That meeting being over, he has no further interest in going to Europe and will return to Siberia via the Pacific, —in white cambric, waistline, $1.25. line, $1.00. T | Yonkers the minutes. 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Special $1.9: oe Ever-ready Waist Linings A Great Convenience to Home-Dressmakers long-waisted style, 60c. —in silk-and-cotton mixture, pongee color, regulation —in black silk-and-cotton mixture, regulation waist- —Notion Section, First Floor Carpet-size Axminster Rugs at Very Low Prices HE three best grades of Axminster Rugs, made by the largest manufacturers of floor coverings in America. Purchased advantageously, and correspond- ingly low-priced as follows: Carlton Price ‘ Size | s+e+- 826.00 8-3x10-6 ... veesees 32.00 9x12 we. (Third Floor) Clothes in the a foe In the Downstairs Store: Black Kid Slippers, $3.50 For House Wear last, with round toe. Sizes 4 to 8, widths C, D and E. Priced at $3.50. WOMEN’S BLACK VICI pattern, with hand-turned sole and military heel; excellent-fitting and comfortable, widths B, C and D, $4.95 pair. ,comfort features. HE soft kid in these Strap Slippers, the very flexible, hand-turned soles and the rubber lift on the military heel are all Made over short-vamp KID PUMPS in on Sizes 4 to 8; —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE ROTARY ELECTS OFFICERS SOON: Expect Spirited Contests | on Nominations Today LOS ANGELES, Cal,, June 8- Rumblings of what--in a spirit of fellowship, of course—will develop Into the convention's most spirited contest were heard as the Interna- toinal Association of Rotary clubs re- sumed session today, ‘The big Rotary flywheel was cast- ing off names like sparks from: the emery in connection with every big office in the association, and these were to culminate in the nomination of officers late today. Blection fol- lows tomorrow, Outstanding among those mention- ed to succeed Dr, Crawford C. Me Cullough es international president are Ralph W, Cummings, now first vice president; William Coppeck, sec- ond vice president; Raymond J. Knoeffel, New York attorney; H. J. Lutcher, Stark, Orange, Texas, cap!- talist, and Ray Ravens of Kansas City. Fellowship and service, Rotary" passwords, were repeated again and again in addresses by the leading members at its convention here yes- terday. “Rotary deliberately sets out to} create an atmosphere of friendliness and good will, and it succeeds,” de clared Joseph A, Turner, of Roanoke, Va., one of the principal speakers, Strict honesty in classifications of clubs and members was advocted in an address by Arthur G. Pierce, Pittsburg, chairman of the advisory tee on classifications. GURNEY | (Northland) Refrigerator $17.50 FREDERICK & NELSON 23 Inches wide, 17M Inches, deep, 42 inches high; BO-ID, toe capac: ity ‘(commercial measurement) 26 tnches wide, 18K inches deep, 44 inches high; 1D-Ib. ice capac-

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