The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 28, 1923, Page 2

Coolidge Won’t Enter Klan Fight !{ — GERMANS NAB SUSPECTED MAIL THIEVES BXLEADER 1S NOT FAVORED Clarke Accused of Trying to Disrupt Klux Organization WASHINGTON, Dee. 28. —- Prost Ment Coolidge will decline to be drawn into factional controversy be- {ween Ku Klux Klan leaders, Ho and other administration leaders re- Sent tactics intended to embarrass “the government by attempting to mix them in a private squabble, ‘This, it wag learned today, repre. sents tho administration's attitude foward the efforts of Edward Young ‘Clarke, former head of the Klan, to get Mr. Coolidge’s co-operation in a juovement fo stamp out the klan, Clarke, & letter from whom was given to Mr. Coolidge’s secretary yes- terday and in whose behalf a state- ment was Issued later, was said by Edgar Fuller, his agent here, to be recovering from a cold, somewhere In Washington. Clarke's office, in At | Janta said he was atill thero last night, but would be in Washington today. Clarke's next move will bo & re quest for a conference with Prest- nt Coolidge, Fuller said, Clarke documents, Fuller said, to sub- rstantiate charges in his letter that the Klan ta being twis‘od to political ses by its present contro! and that it ia becoming a menace. Among the “aocuments Clarke In- tends to show Mr, Coolidge if he gets @ chance are many letters from “Klansmen and Klan officers. One of these Is a request to Clarke to grant ® special dispensation allowing a} chief of police in a large western} ity to become a Klan member, and} tating the chief promised to appoint - @0 Klansmen to tho police force at ce, or to permit the Klan itself te name the 60. Clarke's attack on the Klan was Met by a statement issued by Milton | Bilrod, director of the department of @ucation and publication of the! Klan. | lrod sald that after seven years ‘ke contro! the Klan had only} tained a membership of 100,000, | Dut that since Clarke had retired as} head the Kian had grown so fast that | in November it was increasing at the | Tate of 70,000 a week. Elrod accused Clarke of having for months been engaged tn an at- tempt to “destroy” the order. — THE SUATTLE STAR Three men, alleged to have shipped in the crew oj the 5. 5. Mongolia for the purpose of robbing registered mail were arrested by German officers and brought back to this country. Here are the men arrested: Edward Balod, Michael Kaire and Edward Semit Prim Little Deaconess Sends Man to Stockade Testifies She Protected His Wife and) Babies From Him She was tired. Every line of her face expressed it, that heavy fatigu that comes from a long and appar: | ently hopeless struggle against pov erty. Her clothes hung about her in tired wrinkles, here eyelids drooped from sheer lack of strength to re- main open; Her eyes were dull with the dullness of dogged despair. “He was a pretty good man b drink got him,” she told Judge Dalton, during the trial of der Smart, 2017 Atlantic st., fc support, “When was that?’ queried the Ar entire store full only six prices— $3.85 $6.85 $8.85 All lines going except Fledated Shoes. Wonde Oxfords and High brands—Van Raalte, of beautiful shoes at $5.85 $7.85 $9.85 Cantilever and Giant rful values in Pumps, Seven leading Onyx, Society, Moss, Mohawk, Waltell, Rivoli. Silk Hosiery 85c Attention Please! a favor to yourself and Up Afternoon throngs are so great, we handle them with difficulty. As us— Shop in the Morning For Better Service Don’t Overlook " This Great Sale We move in February and must sell this s tock. Baxter & Baxter 1326 Second Ave. | Judge, his face expressing displeas- ure as he looked intently at the de- endant. “About a year ago, He han been drunk almost continually for a year! now, and—of course he can’t do any- hing when he is drunk.” A prim little lotte Hollan deaconess, Miss Char. with white ruffled bon eo times Mra, Smart has to me for s eve I went to protect h y from We want to put him some where the family can get some it from his work and they sald me here.” SPECTATORS SMILE AT LITTLE PROTECTRESS Spectators smiled at tho wee bit of a woman protecting a wife and three ing beast of an hands, listening to the raignment of his oth having spent two days in the jail. “The mother and children are dea- titute and must have help,” said the deaconness, him and to pay the $1.50 a day to this | woman and family.” | Scenes similar to this are common in Judge Dal the priso: room, ha bee h Sweetheart sent for A Touch New Year’s Eve with the‘Radiance of your hair “The Shampoo With brings out all the lustrous beaut) in every w ennafog SHAM JACKSON DUE | HERE DEC. 31 Merchants, government attaches, welfare workers and financiers are Included in the list of prominent pas- | |nengera due to arrive here on the President Jackson of the Admiral Oriental Hine from the Orient Decem: ber 31, according to advices from | Capt. John Griffith, commandin, George T. Wobster, repr "i ‘of the port of Portland In the Orfent, |iu making a visit to the States. Dr T. C. Loo, commercial attache to the |Chinese government, is also reported jaboard, en route to attend a confer ence on trade in Washington, D. C. and thence to Paria. | rs include Miss Jane Scott, Ke secretary of the ¥, W.C. A in Japan, on leave home; Dr, Roger or of the Chinese medi + Founda . on route t B. Waite, of Waite & McClave Co., 10 Ni York. Head Commerce Body | YASHINGTON, Dea 28-—-Com-/ ner HH. C. Hall, Color Colo., has been unantm: ing 1924, it The sol to th y adopted by the com: | miss! uuary 13, 1911, that the | term of office of Chairman shall be filled from year to year in the or of seniority of service. } |New Scout Cruiser | on Official Trial | TACOMA, Dec The new scout | m: ft on compa’ wet by he © cum !» now expcrte ufacturers to 7 of Henna” oman’s hair JAN HOMES BUREAU FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1928. 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