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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
D. c. GOBLIN
CONDEMNS
7 TAR BOUTS.
Terrell Says KIan Mispainted
and invites Fullest
Inquiry.

Investigation by city or Federal
authorities of the local Ku Klux
Klan is welcome and every assist
ance will be given persons legally APP
pointed to delve into the inner work
ings of the secrt organizations, ac-
cording to Harry B. Terrell, grand
GO jim Of the WASHINGTON. disf.iet.
h Nothing to aide1 I
."Ahe local Organization has ifothing
TO hide and does not fe4sr an inquiry"
declared Terrell. IF the District gov
ernment, the Department of Justice.
Postoffice Department, or any other
Government agency wants to investi-
gate US. we have no objections. In
fact, we welcome an inquiry
Terrell. who admitted today that the
membership Of the Washington Khan
exceeds 300. took occasion to deny
what he termed wild reports" about
the activities of the khan throughout
the United States.
'Tarring and feathering OF persons
in Washington who commit outrages
will not be permitted" said Terrell,
nor will the khan encourage any in.
dividual. acting as a private citizen,
to commit any outrage.
AS matter Of fact, any local
Klansmen who violates any Of the
criminal statutes will be expelled. And
IL !. as an attorney-at-law and officer
of the courts, have sufficient evidence
to prove that any Klansmen has VIC.
lated a criminal statute, will see
personally that he is turned over TO
the authorities"
No Racial Policy.
is the local Klan waging a war on
the Washington Catholics, Jews, or
negroes?" he was asked
Absolutely no." declared Terrell.
rs the Klan planning. or has il
ever planned. to take the law in its
own hands," was another query.
No! Emphatically no! No Wash.
ingtonian, nor person anywhere else
for that matter, should fear violence at
the hands of members Of the ku Klux
klan. We are sworn to uphold the
law"
Three pamphlets, which outline the
aims OF the khan. were sent TO In.
detectives. today. The pamphlets were
sent by Terrell, who had an interview
with the detective chief yesterday.
Burns Submits Report.
William J. Burns, head OF the
bureau Of investiga alton, today pre-.
scented to Attorney General Daugh-
erty, a digest OF reports on the op,
erations Of the Ku Klux Klan.
Burns recommended that leaders
Of the Ku Klux Klan be summoned
here to be quizzed, but the Attorney
General was not entirely convinced
that such q step would be necessary.
The Attorney General read a tele.
gram from leaders OF the organiza.
ton, offering their services and facili,
ties. in any investigation OF the
Government, but there was no
acknowledgement Of 1t. nor any indi-
cation officially OF what disposition
the Attorney General will make OF
a.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
10000 UNION RAILROAD
SHoPMEN TO ORGANIZE

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 30.-Ten
thousand negro employees in Southern
railway shop enters. including
Atlanta. Birmingham, Dallas. Little
Rock. Memphis. Nashville, New
Orleans, Knoxville and Chattanooga,
today were ordered to organize i'm.
mediately and affiliate with the six
shop crafts union.
Organization Of all negro rail en-.
ployes in the South was said to be
an emergency measure adopted by
the American Federation Of Labor
as a preliminary toward mobilizing a
100 per cent union labor army in the
nation.w wide battle against wage re
ductions ordered into effect by the
Federal Rail Labor Board.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
WANDERER, ON
WAY T0NOOSE,
ADMITS GUILT
Slayer of Wife and Unborn
Babe Dies on GalIows With
Song on Lips.
BY WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON
International News Service.

CHICAGO, Sept. 30.-Carl O.
Wanderer, arch murderer, was
hanged here today with a song
on his lips.
Wanderer, slayer of his wife,
his unborn child and a ragged
stranger during a fake hold-up,
paid in full for the triple murder.
He went to his death singing a
song, in a harsh tremulous voice,
to the woman whose life he snuff
ed out more than a year ago. His
song trailed off into silence as
the death cap" was dropped over
his head.
Confesses His Guilt.
As he began the march to the gal.
lows. Wanderer again confessed to
Jailer Peter Lawrence, the jailer said,
that he had killed his wife and the
ragged stranger" Throughout all Of
his fight to escape the gallows, Wan
derer had insisted that he was not
guilty of the murders, repudiating
earlier confessions.
Lord have mercy upon my soul,
the condemned man repeated after a
minister as he walked on the scaffold.
Father, into your hands I commend
my spirit. God have mercy upon me"
Breaks Into Song.
A moment later, when asked for his
last words, he broke forth into song.
1t was "Old Pal, Old Gal" and he sang
it in a voice that sent shivers down
the backs of the death" audience.
"Qld pal. old gal, are you there7 I'm
all alone.
Old pal. old gal. I'm just a rolling stone.
shadows come through the weary night,
always FIND me near.
crave for you old pal. old gal why
don't you answer me7
Old pal, old gal"
And the shroud ended his song.
When the trap door was sprung
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
STRIKES RAMPANT DESPITE
UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION

Despite widespread unemployment.
the Department of Labor is now con-
fronted with more labor troubles than
at any time since the armistice, Secre
tary Of Labor Davis announced today.
The department has siXty.nin"
strikes, which ii has been asked to set
tie, the Secretary said. The majority
Of these strikes have been caused by
reduction in wages.
Lack of conciliation is hinderinR the
department in it's work of settling tile
controversies, the Secretary said. and
volunteer conciliators have been I'M.
pressed into service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
Senate's Agreement
on Treaty Forecasts
Ratification Oct. ID

Ratification Of the German, Aus
trian and Hungarian treaties by the
Senate on October Il was forecast
by an unanimous consent agreement
submitted to the Senate today by
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,, the
Republican leader. and chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations Com.
mittee.
The ratification Of the treaty by the
Reichstag in Berlin today was hailed
with deep satisfaction in high ad-
ministrative quarters.
Harding Gets News.
The news was Immediately conveyed
to President Harding at the White
House and Secretary of State Hughes
at the State Department, and also to
the Capitol where the treaty is now
under consideration.
In administration circles the hope
was expressed that the action of the
Reichstag would have the effect Of
speeding up ratification by the United
States Senate, the only act now need
ed for the ending Of war and the
final conclusion of peace between the
United States and Germany.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, chair.
man Of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, in charge Of the treaty,
said:
THE action Is indeed gratifying.
It is particularly pleasing to those Of
us who have sought to end the tech.
nical state of war between the United
States and Germany, and re-estab.
lish peace between the American and
German peoples.
Looks for Early Action.
The importance Of the early re.
sumption of diplomatic relations be.
tween the United States and Ger.
many is generally recognized, espe-
cially as it will lead to a complete
restoration OF business and trade re-
lations between the two nations.
II look for ratification by the
Senate not later than the middle Of
October"
The agreement provided that not
later than IL a. m. on October IA final
consideration Of the three treaties
shall begin with not more than half
hour debate allotted to each Senator
after that hour.
1t was estimated by Senators Lodge
and Underwood that this restriction
OF debate would permit ratification of
all three treaties before the end Of
the day designated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
PLANES AID SPAIN IN
STRUGGLE WITH MOoRS

LONDON, Sept. 3O.-Assisted by
bombing airplanes. the Spanish re.
pulsed an attack by Moors against a
Spanish wagon train that was pro.
ceeding to Tizza, said a Central News
dispatch from Madrid today, quoting a
war office communicate which has
been issued on Moroccan military
operations.
There was heavy fighting, in which
both sides suffered severely before
the Moors were driven off
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
MORGAN FIRM MEMBER
PESSIMlSTIc OVER OUTLOOK

1T is dangerous to predict when
business, will revive and the pres
ent depression end said Dwight
Morrow of J. Pierpont Morgan
Company today. THE fact is,
no one can tell"
Asked to comment on the plan of
the Presidents Unemployment Con
ference to frame preparedness pro-
gram to forearm the nation against
industrial depressions he said:
"I am in sympathy with the aims
Of the conference. 1t can accom-,
Elish much good. The public educa.
ton on business and economic sub.
jects is needed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
nv HOMER JOSEPH DODGE.

~ BY HOMER JOSEPH DODGE.
Price avarice, inherited from the
war boom, is the grit in the Ameri-
can industrial machine, which has
slowed up employment. This is the
discovery of the Presidents confer
ence on unemployment, and is the
point on which the sharpest attack
will be made.
When the conference meets in
plenary session late this afternoon,
the principal resolution looking to-
ward emergency relief in the unem-
ployment situation will be directed
toward prices. 1t will arise from the
manufacturers committee. where q
minority of business magnates, con-
vinced that prices must come down,
have won a fight against oldfash-
ioned reactionaries who insisted that
labor must be clubbed into wage re-
ductions.
Low Prices-More Trade.
Lower prices and bigger business
is the alternative proposal which has
won out.
Coupled with the price situation 10
a plan for better merchandising The
conference has been shown that
many business establishments lost
their efficiency during the war he
cause the demand for goods was go
general that purchasers disregarded
price. The sellers built up clumsy
and expensive overhead charges be-
cause they could get any price
charged. This situation has been
partially corrected. The conference
will tell the business men of the
country that they must get back
they can take the initiation out of
retail prices.
One of the problems which has con-
fronted the conference since it started
work has been the manner of making
the recommendations reached effec-
tive. This has been solved.
The President will be asked to issue
q proclamation calling upon the pub
lie in general and governors of States.
mayors OF cities, local public officials
Of all kinds, and chambers Of com.
merce, boards Of trade, Rotary Clubs,
and other commercial and civic or
ganizations. In particular, to get be.
hind the recommendations Of the con.
ference and see to II that they are
made effective.
The Secretary of Commerce is ex.
pected to supplement the Presidential
proclamation by communications to
the persons and groups mentioned,
urging them to follow up the recon-.
mendations, and, by adequate pub.
licity, leave the business community
no opportunity to shirk.
No Federal Cash Aid.
The conference has interpreted the
warnings Of the President and Secre-
tary Of Commerce Hoover that no
financial aid can be expected from the
Federal Treasury to mean that the re-
sponsibility for unemployment has
been laid at the door of business it.
self, and business must administer
the remedy by the application OF bust.
ness methods and not by the use Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
IOWA MOTHER HAS FIFTH
SET OF TWINS IN 8 YEARS

WESTON, Iowa, Sept. 30.-Mrs.
Rose McCombs, wife of farmer
living near here, is the mother of
the fifth set OF twins in eight years.
All the ten children are well.
A sister Of Mrs. McCombs, Mrs.
Annie Forbes, of Sioux City, recently
became the mother of her second set
of triplets.
Another sister of Mrs. McCombs.
who lives in Sacramento, Cal, has
two sets Of twins.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
DOUG AND MARY GET
WARM WELCOME IN FRANCE

CHERBOURG, Sept. 3O.-A tumul.
tuous greeting that took on a semi
official character. was given Douglas
Fairbanks and his wife. Mary Pick.
ford Fairbanks upon their arrival here
today on the liner Olympic.
The daughter of the mayor of Cher.
bourg presented Mrs. Fairbanks with
an enormous bouquet of flowers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
v. S. USING 100000
POUNDS OF GARLIC A YEAR

The nations breath is becoming
weaker, and prohibition is not 20
blame.
Garlic is rapidly losing out as one Of
the great American smells.
Return Of thousands of foreign ho. II
garlic-eaters to their original homes ut
the close of the war has caused Amer.
ica's garlic imports to drop from 1O,.
900. 900 to 100000 pounds a year, De,
partment Of Commerce figures shove ed
today.
But 1000, 900 pounds is a lot Of garlic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
Cold Spell Seen in 'Norther.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Sept. So
A "nrother' described as fierce and
raging. swept the Texas Panhandle
from Texline to AINErillo yesterday
Railroad men said $-sr was the earl.
lest ''northcr" in the history of
Texas and indicated the seasons first
cold spell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
Times Own Inquiry
Spikes Klan Denial
of Violent Policy

ATLANTA, Sept. 30.-A grim and
conclusive answer to the denial Of
Imperial Wizard Simmons that the
Ku Klux Klan countenances nightrid-
ing outrages has been brought to light
through investigation by the Washing
ton Times into staying that was a
Continued on Page 2, Column 5)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
International News Service

BERLIN, Sept. 30.-The German
American peace treaty was ratified
by the Reichstag today. The Reich
stag committee on foreign affairs in
its report upon the treaty had rec
commended ratification.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
Dies at 115, Wife Lives at 1902.

Ell PASO, Tex. Sept. 30.-Juan
Flores, 115 years old. died here yes.
terday. His wife, 1O2 years old. and
son. eighty years old. survive.
Mr.. Flores witnessed the attainment
of Mexicos independence, the cen.
tenary celebration Of which was OBJ
served recently.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
U.S.'TREATY
GIVEN 0. K.
By. BERLIN.
Committee Report Is Adopted
BY Legislators After
Short Debate.
By International Ner. Iseryie.,.

BY International NeWs Serviee.
President Harding hopes to have
an American ambassador In Berlin
by December 1, II was said au-
thOritatively today, following the
ratification Of the German treaty BY
the Reichstag. ss L.
II Is understood that three Of the
names which have been considered
are William Boyce Thompson, of
New York. chairman of tlls RepuhIi-
can finance committee during the
last canlpaigu; Dr. David Jayue Yfifi,
former ambassador, to Germany,
and r. Loring Dresel, the present
American commissioner In Berlin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
Capitalists to See Harding.

President Harding late today will
Cuba's transportation and
problem with Horatio
New York financier, who has
large holdings in Cuba.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
.N0RMALCY
DEPENDING
ON PROFIT
SLASH|MC
Job Conference Told Today That
Greed for Gain Must Be Drop
ped for Humanity's Sake.

The army Of unemployed in the
United States numbers 5.5O0.0
according to q revised estimate
announced to ssy by the committee
on statistics Of President Harding's
unemployment conference.
The committee yesterday fixed
the number OF unemployed at be.
tween 3,700, 900. and 4,000, 900. IL
was discovered today that no &C
count had been taken of the 1900
600 people who constitnts the num-
ber Of normal unerrpIoyed, snd the
estimate was revised.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30

<AihOtA tANoh
OTHERS later will name great
American triumvirates, Washing
!, toni and Lincoln will be among
thd three, the third will change
frdm time to time.
President Harding's triumvi-
rate is interesting because it is
printed beside Theodore Roose-
vett diary, in which "delay, stu
pi4ity, no management, no head,
no energy, no intelligence, no
pl$ns, no staff, rail system in
collapse, widest confusion prev
alent, ETC." express Roosevelt's
opinion Of the United States
War Department and officials
GENERALLY.
The condition that Roosevelt
sdw in the Spanish war led
ub to and encouraged the profi-
t{ering in billions, the utter
iIefficiency of the flying ma
chine and other departments in
the big war. 1t is President
Harding's business to make sure
that the conditions Roosevelt
saw no longer exist and that
his adjectives are out of date.
Socialists of the Third Inter-
national, the Bolshevik brand,
admit that Bolshevism is in dan
ger and has been compelled tenn
porarily to COMPROMISE
WITH CAPITAL. The diff
Guilty with theoretical Bolshe-
vism is its refusal to recognize
facts as old as human beings,
especially the fact that what
q man does he does to ACQUIRE
PROPERTY-he works for him
self.
From the bow and arrow to the
seventy-mile gun, from the bright
brass beads to the safety vault full
Of bonds, men have struggled TO
GET SOMETHING. They have
cleared and cultivated land be-
causs they were allowed to OWN
it. They have raised families be-
cause they We're allowed to own
THE FAMILIES.
There may be some other plan,
+ but no one has founi it.
In the Arbuckle case, the prose
cutor, trying to punish man ac-
cused of killing a woman, is hissed
BY THE WOMEN. This smazes
you if you don't know women,
haven't studied their history.
1t means that women have i'm
proved each other by their sever
ity.
Woman will stand a great deal
from a man, forgive almost any
thing. She has made her own sex
far superior to men by demanding
of women everything and forglv-
ing nothing. That is the wisdom
of PROVIDENCE.
Lieutenant McCready flew up
40, 1900 feet, seven and three quar-
ter miles. Up there the tempera-
ture, so degrees below zero, caused
his engine to DIE. He glided down
safely, sliding down hill on the air
without an engine going, and es-
tablished a new record for high
flying on this earth.
He wore a fur suit heated
throughout by electricity on his
flight up into the space where the
lightning lives. That amazes the
world now. 1t will seem the sim
plest thing in the world a little
later, when the big airships all
travel six miles or more above the
earth, sending passengers down
with smaller ships, not coming
down themselves except rarely for
important repairs.
4 In that future day men will
90 up to the low-temperature
heights to freeze out disease
germs. GO UP EIGHT MILES
AND KILL YOUR COLD will be
the doctors advice.
New York's electric show ex-
hibits the various uses Of cleo
tricity that once frightened men
in the clouds and now acts as
his slave in a thousand ma
chimes.
With electricity YOU cool
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30

"Ah separated of
think Of and Anna said Herman Patrick Tape New
York exclusive of when asked
that he and his wife living
that is But there change hearts, Anna
loves the eheaters dancing rocng
have time alone with thoughts So Anna
and living We lunch
together often day. older
little
Mrs Tape, before her 191S
mode in Anne
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30

american Triumvirate,
jBoIshevik Mistake.
hen Wisely Severe.
y Sky Record.
ARTHUR BRISBANE

Copyright. ls31.)
!. Harding compares Roose-
veil with Washington and Lin
coli putting those three in the
"gr| pat American triumvirate."
9th later will name great
American triumvirates, Washing
!, toni and Lincoln will be among
thd three, the third will change
frdm time to time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30

Thunderstorms this after.
noon or tonight. Much cool.
er tonight. Saturday fair
cooler. Strong southwest
shifting TO west winds
probably reaching gale
force. Temperature 8 .. m.
IS degrees.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30

New York's electric show ex-
hibits the various uses Of cleo
tricity that once frightened men
in the clouds and now acts as
his slave in thousand ma
chimes.
With electricity YOU cool a
room and heat it, carry freight,
sharpen knives, sweep the floor,
wash the clothes, rock the baby,
electrocute rabbits in Australia,
shock burglars anywhere, talk
without wires in different parts
of your dwelling. The whole
tendency is toward an age in
which mans hardest work will
be pressing a button.
By-and-by some Marconi will
announce the successful trans
mission Of power without wires
and that will permanently solve
the flying machine question.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-29
UNSOGIABILITY AND DEATH-LIKE
 CONTEMPORARIES OF ENGLISH CLUBS
 MAY BE 0vERTEIR0VvN BY YOUNGER SET

the saIutatio1 of a fellow member.
 To the old fashioned clubman in discriminate conversation is an out rage. And if promiscuously address cd by a member junior to himself ne would probably resign there and then There is a story of weIl-known and highly-respected member of Whites Club severing his membership be- cause another member had said good morning. to him without being for mally introduced.
 T can't stand these noisy, il1-nan- nered, ill-bred fellows" was his ex- plantation to the committed
 At another old-fashioned club-of Scotch origin-the story goes that the inmates had attained to such a pitch of calm and serenity that no one ever spoke at all. Imagine then the sur prise when, one morning, an old and respected member rang a bell and summoned a club servant.
 Waiter" said he, remove that member. To my knowledge he has been dead for two days"
 But the rumor that at the Athenaeum Club a waiter was assign ed each morning to sweep out the members who had died during the night is denied on the best authority.
 In any event tke younger genera ton is getting reStive. They want clubs to be places of freedom and sOciability, not weighted down by an absurd conventionalism. And if they succeed the older clubs are likely to suffer sadly in membership
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-29
Lack Of Package
 Uniformity Is
 Loss Of Money

this has caused the general adoption of the short-measure package, and there is no end to this procedure, for once the short measure is recognized as the standard a. still shorter one -s put out by an interruptions min ority.
 The 6-quart market basket. the IA quart peach basket. the 7-S busheI hamper are easily confused with peck baskets.
 Another factor which has caused the addition of many unnecessary packages is the lack of a unit which IS accepted as the basis for all pack age standards. If a manufacturer wishes to introduce a crate into a barrel instead of using the bushel unit, the tendency is to offer a barrel crate. or half-barreI crate. At the present time the crates and boxes are being manufactured in sizes based on the United States standard barrel COS quarts) with it's subdivisions, the United States cranberry barrel CSC 45-64 quarts) with its subdivi- hushel, and the volume bushel. These different standards are used because of competing packages.
 The result may be seen at a glance at the following table:
 Three series of crates which can not
 be readily distinguished from
 each other. .. Crates based on U. s. apple barrel:
 1-barrel crate-quarts-105
 1-2 barrel crate-do-52 1-2.
 1-3 barrel crate-do-35.
 Crates based on U. s. cranberry bar rel:
 1-barrel crate-Quarts-S6 45-64 1-2 barrel crate-do-43 11-32 1-3 barrel crate-do-2S 3932 Crates based on standard bushel: 3-bushe1 crate-quartS-96 1-2-bushel crate-do-4S 1-buSheI crate-do-32 A standard unit of measure should be permanent, definite, and of fixed and uniform value. The heaped bu- sheI, which is in common use, is far from being fixed, and in many in stances the heap has practically dis appeared. say specialists of the Blu reau of Markets. A proper heap has never been defined by Congress. and