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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-04
TEXAS GRAND JURY
TO UNMASK HIDDEN
ARTS Of XII KLUXERS
WACO STARTS INQUIRY INTO oP.
CREATIONS OF KHAN FOLLOW.
ING INclPIENT RIOT IN WHICH
THREE WERE WOUNDED.

Waco, Tex, oct Late today N
action had been taken toward aettinl
date for calling the grand jury Z
investigate the clash Saturday nigh
at Lorena, a small village fourteen
miles south OF here. between fifty pa
rading Ku Klux klansmen and Sherii
Bob Buchanan and two deputies. II
which three men received wound.
which may prove fatal and seven were
injured.
Judge X. |. Munroe, who announced
yesterday that he would call the grand
jury, to-day was presiding In murder
trial, prosecuted by County Attorney
+. B, Tierey, Both officials intimated
that they would await the outcome OF
the injuries sustained in the Lorena
riot by Sheriff Buchanan, shot twice;
Louis Grow, bystander, seriously
stabbed, and Ed Howard, policeman,
severely lacerated.
Judge AssaiIs Khan
Austin. Tex, Oct. 1.-THE Travis
county grand jury, empaneled today.
was charged by District Judge James
K. Hamilton to make rigid probe OF
the Ku KluX klan in this county.
This is the second grand jury to be
given such charge by Judge Hamilton.
the other jury having failed to un.
earth any facts. A recent parade of
the Ku Klux Khan here and the tar.
ring and feathering OF J. d. Jams last
week, together with the riot at Lo.
rena Saturday night, prompted Judge
Hamilton to ask for another investi.
CATION of the Travis county and Aus.
tin contingents OF the khan.
Judge Hamilton insisted such or.
CARNATIONS were in violation OF Law. |
and said he is determined to 20 the
limit of his authority in breaking
them up
Five Austin citizens within the last
forty-eight hours received alleged Ku.
KluX warnings.
Severe arraignment Of the Ku Klux |
Khan and similar clandestine orders
was made by Judge Hamilton in his
charge: /
This court has received threats Of /
violence through anonymous letters.
he said. For forty years | have lived .
in Austin and nothing but mob of |
masked towards, by death can place
a paddock on my lips"
The grand jury was instructed to
uphold the federal constitution, the
constitution of Texas, the penal code.
and the code of criminal procedure OF
this state.
Gov. Nefi today declined to be in
terviewed regarding the activities Of
the khan in Texas.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-04

An Arizona entonologiSt claims 10
h6Ve discovered usefulness in the CHG.
ger We don't know villa: it is. hut
our guess is that the chiggcr exists
soIeIy for the purpose of giving people
something TO do when they might 9th.
erWlse be comfortably doing nothing.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-04
Tldes Dlsnose Of Sewage.

IN Boston and many other coast cit.
les the tides are utilized in the
disposal Of sewage, part of which is
he'd in reservoirs until strong outgo.
ing tidal currents have developed. Be
fore the turn of the tide the sewage
has been carried So Tar that it has be-
come mixed with an immense body ot
ocean water and IS rendered harm
less.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-04
VOICE OF The PEOPLE

The Voice OF the People" column
belongs 10 you. II Is especially re-
served for your views on any topic
or Interest to the people of the city
or county-wIthout regard 10 any edi-
torial policy OF the paper. The Free
IraderJournal welcomes your IDEAS
On the timely issues Of the day, and
VIII print your contributions TO the
Voice OF the People" so long as they
are properly signed with names and
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withheld from the column. Use the
Voice OF the People" to tell the
homo folks about anything you think
needs telling.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-04
The Originals.

Adam and Eve were the first people
to put too much confidence in their
family tree.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-04
Coed Advice.

Germs, says the United States
public health service, are usually ~
band TO mouth affair. Better wash
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-04

Editor Free Traderlournal.
In reference to the address Of Mr..
Gates, former president Of the chi
cago board Of trade, az published In
Your paper il should be observed that
In telling about the operations of the
board of trade he only described one
phase OF its business, the selling Of
a car of real grain He did not toll
how, at the same time, this one ca"
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-04
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The annual business meeting of the
First Baptist church will take place
tomorrow night at the church. 4
picnic supper will be served at $50
O'Clock followed by the annual bust
ness netting and election of officers.
All members of the church have been
invited to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
MOBILE IS AFTER
 ATTENDANCE PRIZE
Rotary Clubs Will Convene in Birmingham March 28-29.
 Hundreds to Attend

Mobile February G.-tspeeial9-A drive will be staged by the Mobile Ro- tary club for the purpose of trying to win the attendance prize at the district Rotary meeting to be held in Birming- ham March 2S-2s. A few months ago the Mobile Rotarians carried off the attend ance honors at the Montgomery conven- ton and they say that they are deter mined to repeat J. I.~ Bedsole, res7 ular hustler, is in charge of the com u,ittee of arrangements for the trip and is working up all kinds of interest.
 The meeting will be attended by del egates from all towns and cities in the
 Eighth Rotary district, which includes Alabama Georgia. Florida Porto Rico and Cuba having RotaryA club. TWO cars have already been engaged by the local club for the trip and others will be
 chartered if necessary to take care ol
 the large number expected to go. The party will take berths on the sleepers
 Sunday night March 27 leaving Mobile about o'clock Monday morning. Ths cars will reach Birmingham via Mont gomery about 10 o'clock that morning and leave the Magic City the Tuesday night following. arriving back in Mopht early the next morning.
 If is stated that the district convention this year will practically take the place of an annual national convention. the international convention to be held 1T Scotland in June, abrograting the hold ing of national convention. f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
REDEMPTORlsT MISSION
Annual Mission Opened at St. Pauls
 Church-Ts Continue All Week

v.eterday a week mission conducted hv two distinguished members of the Redemptorist order opened at st. Pauis .t the last mass. The pastor Father coyle. formally in presence of the con sreeation, turned over to them full spir- it,,aI jurisdiction and during the weeN +fev vill have full charge of all services.
 Each day there will be two mission voas<es at o'clock and o'clock, tol- loved by brief practical instructions The night services consist of instructlon, Rosary announcements, sermon hymn ana henediction These services commence promptly at 7:3O o'clock.
 Last night there was an overflow con praration. Father Moriarty gave the in- atr,sctions and the sermon prayer on ..SaNatabn' was preached by Father Pathe. Both are among the most eio- uuent pulpit orators of the order to which they belong.
 This weeks Ilenten mission IS an an nual feature at St. Pauls. Last year he Dominicians gave the missions. The Je- e,,ite. Vincentians Lazarests, Passion isfs and Paulists also conducted ms sions at St. Pauls.
 4 childrens mission was commenced vesterday at 8 o'clock. It will be neio t,,is evening and Tuesday evening, clos IF on Wednesday morning with spe' ciai childrens mass and communion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
SESSION
 IS SONLY REMEDY
Alabama's Proposed Good Roads System Depends on
 Another Bond Issue

Montgomery, February 27.-(Spe- cial )-The federal bureau of public roads will hold Alabama's share of the governments appropriation for road construction as long as possible, but 1t cannot be held until 1923, the time for the next regular session of the leSls- lature, according to w. .S. Keller, state highway engineer, who returned tooay from Washington, where he conferred with officials of the buereau. MT. kel- Ter said some steps must be taken py this state, if it is to protect the federal funds now held in Washington, and that he knows of no solution of the problem resulting from the decision cf the supreme court on the bond issue except an extra session of the legisla- : ture and another election on bond issue amendment.
 "The federal government is willing to wait on Alabama as long as possi- ble, but the law making the appropria- tion for road construction work also makes the regulations under which the money is to be spent" said MT. Keller. One provision is that the funds set apart to any state must be reappor- toned among the other states, if that one state does not match the funds dollar for dollar within the time pre- scribed. There is some doubt as tc how long the federal funds may be held for a state. We have been as sured that Alabama's portion will be held as long as possible, but it will no' be possible to hold it until the 'lex' legislature can make provision fol matching it. Therefore, it is neces. sary for this state to make other ar engagements, and I know of np means of obtaining this fund except throdgf the submission of another bond issu'
 to the vote"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
SPOONING ATOP BIG FIFTH AVENUE BUS
 IS LEGITIMATE SPORT
Rv ss.ociated Press

New York. February N.-Spooning by young couples atop Fifth avenue buses was officially recognized today as le- gitimate outdoor sport.
 Sheriff David H. Knott, in statement made in reply to an anonymous cores pondent who complained of the practice declared that it seemed to him that "a man must be either a grabbed old bach, eior. or one who has been disappo:ntea in love who will seek to invoke officia aid in putting an end to heritage ? nature as old as the world
 "Certainly there is nothing clansdestinf in spooning atop bus he added. My advice to men who cannot stand tn, sight of the loving meeting of minds ane eyes, and in some cases Fps. on F1ftt avenue bus is th0t they ride in the sup way. A trip or two in the rush nour' there ought to cure them.
 Let the spooners spoon. They alway did. they always will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
Daily Financial Gossip
'nv HOII.AND

The French republic recovered paid the billion in indemnity which Bismarck demanded and within a few years got almost all of it back by means of its commercial and trade relations with Germany
 None of the authorities doubt that notwithstanding the reaction which came after the armist1ce was signed new capital is now being ac cumulated in the United states. The reports of the savings banks prove that. The heavy investment in high grade securities represent for the most part the gaining of new capital Re- ports which come from Great Britain justify the opinion that thore is also fresh capital under accumulation. It is true of France, and to a striking ex- tent true of Belgium. Therefore, 1T time be given for the payment of debts then revived industry and the accumu- lation of fresh capital will in all prob ability make the liquidation of these billions comparatively easy. If the debts be all eliminated in this way the world will stand upon an even footing.
 READY TO GRANT TIME
 The presumption is commonly held here that in the negotiations which are to take place between the new Secre- tary of the Treasury and the official representative of Great Britain for the purpose of perfect;ng a method by which Great Britains debt to the treas ury department may be paid, time will be the chief consideration. So also it is the impression that when MT. Hard ing is President he will favor tho largest reasonable extent of time. Con- gress also will undoubtedly, actina probably upon the recommendation or the President authorize the Secretary | of the Treasury to perfect negotiations which probably will include the fund ing of the debt of Great Britain to us i and perhaps the granting of 1t may De 1 30 years for the liquidation of the bonds. That means the recognition or | the importance of time.
 | If Great Britain comes to an agree ment with the United States in this
 matter, and in this wa< here seems to be no good reason why her authorities l may not perfect similar agreements with those of the allies who are indebt-
 ed to Great Britain. Given time ana the world will right itself There IS
 none of the allies which does not pos sess natural resources of one kind or another upon which reliance may be placed through the development ol l these resources for securing the means | whereby tn edebts to other nations can
 be ultimately paid.
 It is spoken of as of special impor- tance that the United States assume the leadership in the granting of time. rms could be done by extending credits Il necessary over long periods But care l must be taken in the granting ol credits. There is no doubt that the
 United States is now and will here- after be in position to grant all tht
 reasonable credits which are asked Our natural resources make that pos s;ble, and if this be done the economic effect will be healthful, whereas no one can say what the economic effect o
 the cancellation of these internationa
 debts would be found in the long ruI
 to be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
TICK EXPERTS ID
 MEET HERE TODAY Mobile Doctors Will Be Among Those Who Will Take
 Part in Session

Mobile. February 7.--tSpecial)--Dr. c E. Smith federal inspector for 12 south Alabama counties. and Dr. B. II. Moon, an assistant in Mobile county, left here Sunday night for Birmingham to attend a conference of federal tick inspectors that will be held in the Magic City Mon day The inspectors will discuss the sta tus of tick eradication work and plan programme for work in 1921.
 The conference was called by Dr. c. J.
 Becker, federal agent for Alabam There are 16 inspectors in the state and all of
 these will attend the conference. Juds- ing from information at pr. smiths of flee. there are counties in the state where county commissioners have re- fused to appropriate funds with which a carry on the work in 1921. This will be part of the work to be discussed at the Birmingham conference. It was only a short time ago that the county com nissioners of Mobile decided to appro- priate money for th $ work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
COTTON MARKETS
 FOR WEEK TREND
 ID LOWER LEVEL
Bottom for the Season Was Reached When March Fell to 11.17c and July to
 12.O1c-Prospects Bad
By Associated Press

New Orleans, February 27.-The treni of prices in the cotton market this week was strongly downward, and after the middle of the week new low levels were made session after session, with the low est levels of the week and season on the close, when March fell to 1l.17c and Juiy to 1201c. Losses in the contract market amounted to 132 to 15S points. In the spot department, middling lost 125 points in the net results, closing at 11.5oc a pound. against 4O.25c this week last year.
 The heaviness of the spot markets or the interior was the main reason Tor the slump. Spots led at the decline con stantly and at the end of the week for. Worth. Tex in the extreme western belt, quoted middling at He. There was very little demand for spots at any time In any section of the belt, while telegrams from the interior constantly referred to forced liquidation of spot holdings.
 In some instances banks were said to be advising holders to liqudate 1urthrr as the only means of alleviatlng ma.- tors A feature that caused much sell ing was the announcement that spots were being bought in Liverpool for snip ments to this side, the parity pet"een' English and American markets allo"ins this to be done at a profit. TWO iots oi cotton one of a hundred bales and one of a thousand, were heard of as beins on their way across the Atlantic from I.,verpool to be rendered against March contracts in the New York market.
 First notice day for March on wed nesday went off better than expec'ea' particularly so in view Of the iai aN ~ amount of tenders, estimated at o'"V bales in this market and 75,ooV pales .a' inc New York market After tenaeis ,vare ont of the way the market weak ened on the belief that the cotton to pc taken would not be moved out, but wou,u be allowed to remain in stock, especiaiis in the New York market, TOT the pu' ,,ase of being retendered against May contracts ad foI1owing M0wins r repoAd Sof serious rioting r Alexandria and there was consioeIap's sel,;,,p on the close on the fear that 'ne narket might open Monday on furtne' ,,nfavorable political news. The situa',o, ,. vras further unsettled after the close io' inc week by the announcement that .ii' head of a large cotton organizatioii Ma' seeking to have legislation passed .o Pr hibit short selling. and this Ilioee'nr tn, may have an all-important eIiect oh s'' early fluctuations of next WeeN. X,ro
 r-aders generally argued that to pro h;h;t short selling would destroy .n -,,.rlet Bullsh traders pointed out ma inc foundation of many advances IS ,arve short interest In some quarter +ha opinion was expressed that the l,.' ,nadiate effect of this new move hisli M ha to cause further liquidation or io,
 contracts. and consequently 1urther ue ,ressions in the price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28

New York. February 27-(Special.)-- )--- created by the international debts ol our allies to the United States and to one another. For the equation can be solved in the view of those who nave given the subject careful thought II it be recognized that sufficient tune Is needed for that solution. speaking this morning of this factor, man or long experience said that time is the essential condition whereby those who have been unfortunate in business through no fault of their own are at last relieved of their embarrassment Almost all of the corporation of5anl- zations and particularly the festora tion of railroads to condition or health have been based upon the grant ing of time.
 Relatively speaking. the condition in which the former Richmond Terminal railroad system, so-called. at last founu itself can be compared with the inter national financial situation so Tar as indebtedness is concerned There were various interwoven and underlying ob- ligations Some of them were very dif- ficult to unravel, although this was necessary to be done if the reorganlza- ton and quickening of the old Iilcn : mond Terminal was to be achieved This work was done by the late MT Coster of J. r. Morgan & Co He un- dertook it after the work had been abandoned as impossible by several ol the ablest reconstruction experts in New York city There was much com ment and many were the suggestions which the embarrassed condition of the Richmond Terminal caused. These sug- gestions and comments were similar Tn some respects to the many propositions which have from time to time been made for the handling of the debts or the allies. MT. Coster abandoned all \ these suggestions. He looked upon time as the chief requisite He applied common sense to the proposition. He at last untangled the various inter woven obligations and the system was | reorganized into abundant health. | Great Britain owes the United States | treasury, and so {ao France ana other allies But France is indebted to Great Britain and some oft the allies are under l financial obligations to France. IL IS not necessary, in the opinion ol lhose whose have been giving study to the situation either to put an end to it nA common cancellation of all the debts or. on the other hand, by creating ar | elaborate method whereby the inter woven debts can be disentangled. IT
 fact it seems to be the opinion here
 that if abundant time be given. thei
 these obligations can be and should b' ended.
 FRESH CAPITAL COMING
 The point was some time ago that nc
 matter how great the devastations o other wars were, or how many citle
 had been razed or how much damage had been done to agriculture sections rayar+halass within a few years by tn, irresistible energy of underlying force
 much of the harm that was done wa
 eliminated, fresh capital was created f so that in a comparatively short tim recovery was secured. It was so witl } France after the Franco Prussian wal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
MOBILE HOPES ID ]. LEAD ALL PORTS
 ON MEXICAN GULF
Present Improvements Will Equip Harbor to Handle Vastly Increased
 Business

Mobile, February 27.-(Special)-. MaJ' Earl North, United States engineer in charge of the Mobile district stated to- day that with the completion of the coal terminal on Blakely Island. the nstalia- ton of two 55,000-barrel capacity oil tanks on the same island to serve as shipping board fuel station and the com pletion of the 90-foot channel from Mo bile to the gulf, Mobile will possess the potential possibility of becoming the greatest of southern ports.
 The statement of Major North was made after he had received notification that the Senate had ratified the rivers and harbors bill, which has already passed the House of Representatives Major North pointed out that Mobiles | natural advantages surpass those of New l Orleans, the latter being about 100 miles from the gulf up the Mississippi river' l whereas Mobile is only about 30 miles, | or less than one-third that distance from. 1 the gulf With the deepening of che channel, affordng easy entrance of ships to Mobile, the coal terminal and the oil station to supply fuel and a prolific as- l ricultural and mining section to- draw from, from the mines through the War
 rior river system and agricultural prod
 ucts both from the surrounding coun- try and from upriver points, Major North thinks that Mobile within few years should build up a trade surpassed by no | port on the Gulf of Mexico.
 l Authorization will be asked immediate ly by Major North to begin resumption | of work on the channel from Chickasa- -Ebogue to the gulf. He proposes to use
 both the dredges Gulfport and WahaiiS int finishing up the work.
 When dredging for the coal tefmlna, lis completed it will involve the remoVal
 of approximately 225,000 cubic yards ana
 about 230,OO0 yards will be removed oy
 dredging the channel for the oil station
 Work on the latter is expected to be Tn II ished by the middle of March, almos'
 half of it having already been completed
 About half of the dredging for the ter
 ninal was done before it was suspended 4 This being enough to allow ships up " | the. island to carry material for buiidine !. the terminal, the full depth of 30 rec will not be finished until after th' . wharf is built.
 The englneer's office is waiting lol 7 comics of specifications for the termnai As soon as these are received bids 1o' sthe contract to do the work will be ad' : vertised for When the dredging Tor VI oil station is completed plans Will p' drawn up and bids advertised TOT tii'
 installation of the two tanks. The dreos ; ing for the terminal and oil station VII : cost approximately. s25,c00 and sSooV, re spectively.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
"SPONGING" ON PUBLIC
Firms Instructed to Keep Sponges
 Proverbially Light
By Associated Pres,

Ny ARSOctuteu T aCss ,.
 Washin gton, February a.-To protect the sponge-buying public, and. incident ally. to preserve light as sponge as a figure of speech. the federal trade com mission has ordered number of firms
 engaged in packing and selling sponses
 to refrain from increasing the weight oL
 sponges by soaking them in solutions ol salt, epson salts. glycerin. glucose, susar cr other substances. The commission, m announcing issuance of it's order today, said the practice of loading sponges grew up in the industry many years ago and was brought to the Florida fisheries from abroad.