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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-18
MANY WH|Pp|NGS
INDICATE SECRET
SOC|ETY'S PLOTS
Tar and Feathers Called Into
Requisition by White
Cappers."
WOMEN AND AGED VICTIMS

BY Associated Press to Every Evening.
Warrensburg. Mo, July 1s-Rich-
ard Johnson. retired farmer. 6s years
old. was seized, stripped and whipped
by three masked men Saturday night
while returning from work on his
sons farm near here with two farm
workers. il became kncwn today.
The masked men covered johnson
and his associates with pistols and
while two Of the men escorted John
son a short distance into the woods
the third covered the others and pre-
vented them from assisting him
After severe punishment, the men
warned Johnson to leave the country
Johnson stated he recognized the
masked men. No arrests have been
made.
Dallas. Tex. July 1s.-FTve in
stances Of individuals being tarred
and feathered or whipped BY masked
men in widely separated sections OF
the South on Saturday and Sunday
nights had been reported today. These
included the first woman victim Of a
score or more similar attacks in re-
cent months. The methods in al! cases
were SO similar as 10 suggest the ex-
istence OF a secret society intended
to mete out swift community justice.
similar to the operations Of the Ku
klux klan in reconstruction days.
Besides Richard Johnson, SIS years
old, farmer. who was whipped near
Warrensburg. No. il was disclosed
/ today, the other victims were Mrs
Beulah Johnson. at liberty under bond
on a bigany charge. who was taken
from hotel porch in Tenaha. Texas,
| by masked men in automobiles, re-
moved To the country, divested OF her
clothing and tar and feathers applied ;
afterward her bondsman withdrew
and she was placed in jail: the Rev
| erend- Philip S. Irwin. white, arch
/ deacon Of the English Episcopal
/ Church. whipped and tarred and
| feathered near Miami. Fla. and warn
/ ed. he alleged, that ne would be lynch
ed If he did not stop preaching social
70 Negroes among whom he
/ has charge of mission work of his
church in south Florida; r F. Scott.
| of Deweyville. Texas. who was tarred
and feathered near Beaumont. Texas.
while motoring with two women, and
/ a man named Mcknight. who was re-
| ported 70 have been whipped near
/ Timpson, Texas.
| In most Of the white Gaping
| cases reported. the aSsailantS wore
white uniforms. masks and headgear
which Scott described as 'conical
| shaped head pieces"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-18

Have you tried Clover Dairy But
tart Telephones Isi0-i54l.-Adv.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-09-02
President Harding Didn't Want To
Be President, He Tells Editors

much that impeled governments and
more that impelled wars, were found
ed on revenge, while today all of us
are thinking of the things we can do
to bring people together to create a
better feeling in the world.
Didn't Want Job.
I have said many times 1 do not
know what there is in the revolution
of the Fates. There was nc particular
eason why l should be President /
claim no outstanding ability. I did
not even want the place q am not
advertising it, but somehow / have
believed with all my heart that by
temperament and practice maybe /
fitted into this peculiar situation in
he world. The tolerance, patience
good will, kindly feelings and desire
to help Is the greatest need of the
world today, and IL while l am the
occupant of this chair in an official
way-and / pledge you l shall always
keep tiff / can put that good feeling
into our own republic and then make
our republic the exemplar of good
feeling throughout the world, my serv-
ices may not have been in vain; and l
shall have done more than contribute
personally my part in the reconstruc-
ton and restoration of the world and
l shall have made a contribute In the
lame of one who vas educated as an
all around newspaper man
President Like Editor.
I wonder If you men who write
specialists l might call you-have ever
stopped to think or even dream of the
call for human attributes aud sober
Judgment and san dealing that comes
to- the average daily newspaper pub
Usher in touch with every angle OF
his business, called upon to pass on
every problem. You would be amazed
to know what comes to an executives
attention throughout an average work
week. 1t is not unlike the varied and
endless program of a country pub
Usher. You have human ailments and
human ills and human woe and every
human appeal on the n hand; you
have the saving of good names or
the other; you have the promotion Of
enterprise and protective activities or
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-09-02

President Harding didn't want to
be president, he claims no special
ability, but he thinks perhaps his
training peculiarly fitted
him for the job. He says so in the fol-
lowing speech rendered in answer to
one by Senator Capper of Kansas who
presented him his office chair in be-
half of the Fourth Estate" of Ameri-
ca. Mr.. Harding's speech on that oc-
casion follows:
It goes without saying that / am
delighted to have this token of the
esteem of the members of the
Fourth Estate. One hardly knows
what to say In response to the many
kindly things you have said. 1t touches
me rather deeply, because after hay
ing spent all of my life from very
young manhood to my entrance into
the senate as a newspaper owner, /
have had a great pride in the part 1
have had as a newspaper publisher.
/ am only the publisher of an in
terror daily paper, sometimes called
a country paper. But if I had my life
to live over, with all the experiences
which have come to me, / would not
change my profession or my occupa-
ton, nor would I alter the policy
which / have 81 long been associated.
Not Reyengeful.
1 thought while you were speaking,
Mr.. Capper, what a strangely fitting
Appropriateness there is in the change
of a bit of the rugged old oak of the
Revenge into a friendly offer such as
this, and if 1t is not unseemly / want
to say it is fitting to give it to me,
because in thirty-seven years of news
paper connections / have never once
allowed my paper to make manifest
a suggestion of revenge in my own
heart, and if there is one thing that
contributed more to my modest sue
cess as a publisher it vas that the
paper was always on a higher plane
than getting even
OF. course, this is a fine manifesto
ton that our government, our progress,
our civilization, have gotten beyond
the days of seeking revenge. 1t is q
fine measure of human progress that
old time conflicts, old time affiliations,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-09-02
WHO RAN WITH HUGHES
in 1915.

Very few can answer off-hand, yet
thousands of dollars were spent in
advertising both Republican candidates
and their names appeared daily on
the first page of all newspapers for
several months. Then the advertising
stopped and we forgot.
How then a any business man
expect the advertising he did last year
to produce for him this year unless he
keeps it up?
Prospective customers must be re-
minded by continuous advertising or
they will forget,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-09-02

still another. You have the main
tenance of confidence and the seabil-
izing of public opinion on still an
other. 1t is so varied that one must
be in touch with all of it. That is
why | think the man who is tolerant
and without revenge, who holds HIM
self above purely personal things and
does what he thinks for the common
good, who bases all his policies on
frankest. fullest justice, is always
sure of a measurable degree of sue
cess.
1t is pleasing to have this express
sion of your good will and esteem,
and l am just as grateful as a man
can be.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-09-02

II is contrary to the traditions OF
the British house of commons for eth
err cards or billiards to be played
within its precincts. Members who
require indoor ~recreations are expected
to content themselves with chess or
Ora ughts-Brooklyn Eagle.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-09-02
To Remove d

Make a paste of bleaching powder
and water and allow the paste to re-
main on the fabric for a day or two.
Keep the paste damp while It Is on
the material. Finally wash the fabric
Ind dry in the sun.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-09-02
EIfty-FIftv,

There are 35.5 persons TO the square
mile In the United States, which Is
about the same as the number OF Jay
walkers to the mile of city street.-
Boston Transcript.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-09-02
THE
STORE

Genuine BARTON Cowboy Hats. The real Texas Hat, Not
$1150 but a whole lot LESS.
Cowboy Boots, Pegged Shank, made to order, | get them for
less and sell them for lees. take your measure. Come and see-
SHOES, SHOES, Leather shoes. Shoes that Bear the Wear.
High Tops for Men, Women, Boys and Girls. Puttees and
Leggings. Wool SWeeters. Underwear. Hats and Caps. over
ais the best kind, Look for the Moose Brand. Silk Hose from Sl25
Down. Wool Socks. Shirts, Pants and Overals. Gloves and
Mittens.
If you are looking for bargains COME TO the Toggery
Store. Ihave got Montgomery Ward, Sears and Sawbuck pushed
plum off the map when it comes to Quality and prices.
You will be sorry if you don't see my goods and get my
prices. When you think of SHOES, think of the TOGGERY
STORE, where you see what you get, and get a fit Quality first
at the lowest cash prices. If we have not got just what you want
in the leather line we will get it for you.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-09-02
Buy al the Leader
Hard Ware and
Save Money

IL and Ia inch Oliver Gangs complete with extra shares S 10000
IL foot star mill with A post 30 foot steel tower . 1880
Inch galvanized pipe plugged and reamed, per foot .m- .35
lib wood pump rod second hand hickory, per foot ... IT
Double disc harrows, s foot cut ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1880
3A iron wheel wagons carry two ton ~.~....-..~..-... 6OOO
30 tooth Guard end steel harrows, per section .-...... 1000
40tooth wood lever harrows, per section --..~--~-----~..-. 1000
Is foot western land rollers 1850
1877 second hand disc drills in good shape ~..~...-...... 10000
Oliver second hand gang plows good as new ............ $500
AZ H. P. Odds engine second hand ....um.-m...mm. $500
One Odds truck for sale, good as new, will pull a two ton
trailer 100000
Garland ranges 6 hole high closet with reservoir ..m $500
Horse collars $1,000 values for 500
80 percent discount on all Blacksmith Tools, Anvns and FORCES.
Buy now while these goods last they are going fast at these re-
duced nrices Thesa PRICES are GOOD ELL Con % 81
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-09-02

Self preservation is the first law of nature. Now while the
industrial affairs of the nation are running smoothly, while trans
portation is uninterrupted, while coal is b being rapidly mined,
while canneries and flour mills and manufacturers are operating
under favorable conditions, is the time for you to buy your gro
ceries. The prices cannot go lower as long as present freight and
express rates are maintained.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-01

Ave. Jersey city; VIM. Il. Dick. 100
1858 Fred Dietrich Oicterl9). $50 Spring.
1850 Henry Dorech. 54s S. 18Th St, West
Newark; Henry Dorsch. 54s S. 18th st.
1916 Jacob Dweks (Dwek), 1872 Broad
1855 George Fiolkovlta tFialkovits). e2s
s.. 18th st.
clica), 81 South ST
1855 Thomas II. Fleming s62 s. Tramp
Ave; Thomas Francis Fleming, ee2
- $. Orange Ave.
1923 George j. Grey, 713 s.. 1-t'l st.
1854 Edward Charles Haynes. J55 S. 10th
2o7e Harry W Hoffman s77 Grove st,
475 Omar Kassin (Kassin omar>. 1882
broadway. NJ Y.
2S73 Frank Keenan,, 436 8. 10th st.
1850 Joseph Reichel (Reichl), SAT $. nth
1868 samuel Robert Robinson. 5os Spring
1872 chas. Roehn, sEg Springfield Avo
~ Arthur Salter (sattes). saltere. s. c.
sSs3 nernsFd & lThomas' smith Pierce St
1o3i Tong CTony) spitola (spilch. spilioh).
care Of VIM. Brown. 396 S. Orange
1867 Thomas {romie) Teal. 114 Telford ST.
2637 Walter II. Thewer 6z0 S. 1st ST. ;
Walter Harrison Thewer, 620 S. 18th
2815 Joseph whitman. 46+ 11th st.
90 Hardill Wilson (H. WILSON,. 46 Queen
East ST. Gait, Canada.
27S5 Thomas winters 908 $. Orange St.
65S John Yungkunz {John YungkunZi,
John YungSinzi), SIS S. 18th ST.
Local Board No. q. Trenton
1915 Thos Crommwei <CromweN). 244
Cummings st.
Gao Teni Derico, s35 Roebling ave.
264S Valentine (Walentne) Bmiel (HmteD,
SS1 Beatty st.
2149 Anthony Franokowiak, $50 Home
Ave.
2oss Ernest Heydorn, 2I4 Franklin St.
636 Jno. tJohn) Keller. 119 Randall Ave
1850 Wlachiplaw (Wladyslaw) Lewau-
dowski. 1913 fremont st.
1882 Castuni (GaetunD Lofaso. 45 Ander-
son.
l7o1-aowen o'Nen. 7o3 Chestnut
2osS Jacob Prezeniozny (PrZeniszny). 31s
Jersey ST.
al9 Carmlne serrago Lerrago). a. An
derson st.
BAL Jas; Tiberson (Giberson). 7s8 e.
1915 Midas Varsdi, Beaver Falls, Pa, co
Chier OF Police, or Nklos Varadi. 211
Elm St, Trenton.
25oS William Weltman (Weltnann), sos
Adeline st.
1914 Peter zowkesisi <zowkosl1i). 1913
Chestnut Ave
New-York tribune., 1921-06-01
McDermott Wrote Death-Eve
Poem, Picturing Plane Crash

FTom The Trtdane's Washington Baream
w WASHINGTON, May SI.--T h Q g
strangest signs that Isieutenant Cleve-
lard w. McDermott, OF Syrecuse, N. ",
one of the seven killed b. the crash OF
the Curtiss Eagle airplane Saturday
night, received an omen Of his death
were found to-day at Boiling ield.
Probably the most dramatic of these
is poem, hastily scribbled in red
pencil on crumpled scrap of paper,
found this afternoon in one of the
pockets OF the blouse taken from his
body. 1t is believed 1t was written
after the fated plane had left Langley
Field OH the return trip to Washing
ton.
Ry LIEUTENANT CLEVELAND w.
M'DERMoTT
Awakening, / jumped as with q fright.
Outside the rosy dawn, n beautiful sight,
Another hour and far away I must f'v.
a ,aat farewell to my friends ] cry
Then up through the rosy dawn in Hight,
A battle with the elements | must hght;
Lost in the fog and mist and rain,
Tossed hither and yon, | strive In vain
To again win out. as ] have in the past.
Little did know this was to be the last.
sharp crash and my wings broken back;
New-York tribune., 1921-06-01
''The Eel'' at Bay, Shot
After Street Stabbing

James Dalton, alias James Leonard
also known as "the Eel" according to
the police, was shot twice last night
by Patrolman Mietzel, of the East
Sixty fifth Street police station after
he had taken refuge in a passageway
at Seventy fifth Street and First Ave
nue., following an alleged attack on
William Varvara, twenty-three years
old, Of 418 East Seventy y-sixth Street.
Dalton is a prisoner at the Reception
Hospital, charged with felonious as
sault.
According to a statement made by
Varvara to the police, he was on his
way home when, approached by five men,
of whom Dalton was one, and ordered
20 get off the sidewalk. Refusing to
obey, he was stabbed twice by one of
the men, and Dalton is alleged to have
fired two shots with revolver, both
of which broke windows near by. Var
vara said he was trying to escape the
men when the patrolman arrived.
Mietzel pursued the men, who scat
tered. He trailed Dalton to the door
way. where the fugitive mounted a
stairway and threatened to shoot. Met
Eel fired two shots, wounding Dalton in
both hips. He fell down the stairway
and was placed under arrest.
A crowd attracted by the shooting
surrounded Mietzel and his prisoner
and, fearing an attempt at rescue, the
patrolman whistled for help. Reserves
responded and the patrolmen fought
their way to an ambulance in which
both Dalton and Varvara were taken to
the hospital. Neither is seriously
Wounded
New-York tribune., 1921-06-01

livery wire is uselcss, with too much
Down. down, | sWrt and sljp and spin.
Ihinlsing emy of ali nsT pthor sns
Inc earth seems rushing Nls To meet me,
While rugged crags raise their heads t;
greet me.
Az twisting and turning, downward
swirl
| bid sad Eoodby 10 a. little girl,
lower down, into tho tall trees ! crash;
NY plane and | have gore to sinssh
op frcm tho broken. bleeding mass oailet
mo
MY rnieashed untettered spirit fees
straiEhtrto mother waiting above.
1t was learned from Major Scanlon
commanding officer at Boiling Field
that Lieutenant McDermott stayed III
late the night before his death ant
also wrote seven letters, which he late,
gave to a friend with the understand
ing that they would be mailed only il
case Something happened"
The third indication that he had ,
presentiment is contained in tho story
told to-day by Lieutenant Sheridan
one Of the Boiling Field pilots and
close friend of the dead aviator wht
is accompanying the body to Syracuse
Lieutenant McDermott came to him
he said. Just before the ill-fated CHI;
took off, and they made verba'
agreement that in case one of them
should "go west" the other would lool
after the dependents of both.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-01
Hylan Defied
By lanlEalany ON
Economy Plan
commissioners Refuse to
Throw Out SDeadwood'
With Election i'm Sight:
Must Take Care of Bows
Called Cheap Polite
Gurran Declares Mayor
Does Not Dare Enforce
His Expense Cut Order

The Tammany commissioners in the
city departments under the jurisdiction
ef Mayor Hylan have not responded to
the Mayors ultimatum that they must
economize, or hand in their resigna-
t(ons. In fact, the Tammany leaders in
the Mayors cabinet have ignored his
proposals to deprive any one of his job
en- the ground of ineficiency or in
trinity and thus cut down the city pay
roll. They contend that they already
have cut down their clerical forces to
tine limit. They don't intend, even for
the Mayor, to violate the time-honored
policy of Tammany to "take care of the
boys" both old and young.
The Tammany leaders argue among
themselves that if they were to cut out
some of the dead wood" they would
and election workers The fact that
the Mayor may be Tamamnys candi-
date against this fall doesn't worry the
leaders. They can't hear the Mayors
/ call for economy with an election in
sight and will proceed to run the cam
paign according to the old methods.
The s27.oo0,000 deficit in the Board
of Education budget, led the Mayor
aud Aldermanic President La Guardia
/ a few months ago to announce thai
1 they would endeavor to have each city
! per cent, which, it was figured, would
more than cover the educational short
age. Up TO date there has been little
or no saving made in this direction and
] the Mayors plan is recognized to have
been failure. Aldermanic President
/ La Guardia yesterday agreed that this
was so.
Borough President Curran, of Man
haitian, said recently that only about
SIS 900 had been saved under the Hylan-
La Guardia plan and that $4,000 of
this amount had been saved in his de-
partment alone. The Borough Presi-
dent declared the plan had proved a
failure because the Mayor had not
dared to compel his Tammany commits
sioners to economize. The Aldermanic
President now agrees with Mr.. Curran
on that point.
at is the cheapest and lowest kind
of politics." said Major La Guardia
yesterday, "for Tammany leaders. or
or other high Offices not to get rid Of
deadheads and siackers whose utter
useiessness spells financial calamity for
the City of New York. Mayor Hylan
publicly announced some months ago,
when he agreed to the II 7pe7r cent
cut in city expenses, that any commits
sioner who didn't like his plan could
turn in his resignation. None of the
commissioners has thus far resigned
and, from what I can learn, the cuts
asked for by the Mayor have not been
made.
amy commissioner, be he Tammany
leader, or otherwise, who cannot see
his way clear to economize should be
fred forthwith by the Mayor. | recon-
mend this because ! sympathize with
the Mayor in his efforts to save tax-
payers money and because | believe his
Tammany- made commissioners are de-
flying him to his face. If this injecting
of honest city employees with the
Stacker bacili continues for another
generation, real worker will be q
rarity on the city payrolls."
New-York tribune., 1921-06-01
40 Indicted as
SEacke1,s Freed OF
Charges by Court
Judge Ci,atiield Acis When
He Gets Proof Men Are
Innocent; More Errors
Found in New List

On application of United States Dis
triot Attorney Leroy Ross, of Brooklyn,
and with the Attorney Generals con
sent, fcrty-nine men whose names had
been included among those against
whom indictments had been returned
by a Federal grand jury on charges of
violating the draft laws yesterday were
cleared of those charges, The indict-
ments were nolle prossed by Judge
Chatfield.
The action was taken after investi
CATION by MIR. L $ had shown that the
men IN question had entered the mill
tary service, or had been barred there.
from for one cause or another.
The names of 102 more alleged draft
deserters are contained in the War De-
partment list published this morning.
Germaro Morano, Of 203 North Sew
enth Street, Brooklyn, produced an
honorable discharge when a reporter
called at his home to learn If he had
been correctly listed. The discharge
showed that he had served in France
with Company 3, 14Oth Machine Gun
Battalion, 41st Division He was in
Quoted into service July 27, 1918, and
discharged August 2, 1919. He served
nine months in France, and the war
ended before the unit was called into
actual fighting.
Fred Peterson, of 22l1 Belmont Ave-
nue., the Bronx, also listed to-day,
Joined the aviation service and was in
the army for eighteen months, it was
said yesterday at that address.
Ludwig Bernstein, of 795 East 1S2d
Street, volunteered and was accepted,
his mother, Mrs. Freda Bernstein, said.
She heard nothing more from her son
until government official, she said,
called to inform her that Ludwig had
died in an effort to save a soldier com
rade from drowning. The drowning
occurred August IS, 1919, at camp in
this country.
John Bailey, of 44s8M Park Avenue,
served in the army abroad and was
wounded in the'right arm, The Tribune
was informed by neighbors.
William c. Tidd, same address, went
away with Bailey to enlist and joined
the Eighth Coast Artillery, then sta
toned at Fort Totten. He went over
seas with this unit.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-01

Pure Oil Company, in rear room and
took 1853, the days collections made
by Phelps.
Tive bags, continuing Doyle's collec-
tons, were on the desk. After taking
these the two men forced Doyle and
Phelps into room and barricaded
the door with two chairs, table and
other movable objects. The three ban
dts then rode off in PheIps's car.
An hour later, six blocks from the
scene of the hold-up, at Evergreen and
Bayten avenues, Newark, William =.
Mcclure, of 12t North Seventh Street,
Newark, found Pbelps's machine,
wrecked by the roadside. In the
wreekage they discovered man who
gave his name as Morris Franks. of
95 Norwood Street, Newark.
Later, when Franks WAS taken into
custody. the police announces that
Phelps mad confessed that the robbery
was frame-up. He is said to have
/ told Franks that he was deep in debt
and that together they worked out thc
/ details of the hold-up. The police were
unable TO learn the names Of the two
| bandits, who escaped. AS a result o.
! the alleged confession, Phelps was
held on charge Of conspiracy.