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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
kLU KLUX kLAN
REPORTED BEING
FORMED IN CITY
Organizer Said to Be From
Neighboring Town; Claim
Made That Big Member
ship Is Already Signed Up

Reports that a chapter of the Klu
Klux Klan is being formed in the
city seemed to be borne out-yester-
day when several persons admitted
Ithst they bad been solicited for
membership. They did not say that
they had joined.
The main organizer Is said to tc
q man from one of the other MD
dle Rio Grande cities, although he
was not registered at the hotel
where he is said to have stated he
was staying.
1t is claimed that the solicitors
stated to prospective members that
there was already large member
ship list in the city.
you'd be surprised If you saw
the names on it, one of those So
licited says the solicitor declared.
Exactly what progress is being
made in forming the organization
here is not known as, out of large
number of persons questioned yes
terday afternoon, none of them ad-
mitted joining, though some had,
been approached. These solicited
did not seem to know exactly wha'
would be the purpose of the khan
in the city, nor against what par
ticular evils it would declare itself.
Speaking OF the purported or
ganization of the khan here, one of
the peace officials declared yester-
day that, like any other organiza-
tion, the klan would be required to
live UP to the peace laws.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
REPLY IS MADE
To CRITICS BY
HARRY SINCLAIR
Intimates That a Refinery
or Refineries May Be Built
in Wyoming to Handle
Dome Production.

Cheyenne, Wyo., June 1-Harry
Sinclair, oil magnate and sports
man and one of the leading inde-
pendent oil producers Of the United
States, today replied to the broad
side that has been leveled against
himself. his company and secre-
taries Fall and DENLY since The
now famous Teapot Dome contract
was entered into with the govern
ment this spring. He intimatad
that refinery or refineries might
he built in Wyoming to handle the
production of the dome, declared
he was as anxious as anyone 10
help Wyoming become indus
trial state, and expressed the
opinion that when the pubic un-
derstood the terms of the agree
ment they would appreciate wn@t
a tremendous potential value the
project has. Mr.. Sinclair arrived
here in his private car and spent
the day in Cheyenne.
I'VE are in Wyoming and want
to be a part of it," he said. I'VE
are pleased to find, for instance,
that this state will be able to ge.
a royalty OF 25 per cent out ol
crude oil brought forth from nc
dome. We are going to be quite
some tax payers in this state and
the more royalty is obtained the
less tax we shall have to pay. In
my opinion it is only question of
time when the people Of Wyoming
will see the situation as we see IT,.
/ believe they will find the govern
ment has got good bargain aud
that the development of the Teapot
Dome will be a wonderful thing
for this state"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08

Santa Fe, June There is no
evidence to support the charges of
Irregularities and wrongdoing on
the part of officers and enlisted
men of headquarters troop. 111th
cavalry. Albuquerque, as made by
Major ]. II. Toulouse, New Mexico
national guard, is the substance of
the findings Of the military board
of inquiry which has submitted its
report to Adjutant General Henry
Rolf Brown, commanding the
guard.
The board which investigated the
charges made by Major Toulouse
was composed of Lieutenant Colo
mel Norman l.. King, 137th engin-
eers, president: Captain r. l.. SAT-
ford, 111th cavalry; Captain. Harry
s. Bowman, j. A. G.. D., and Cap
tain Frank e. Andrews, q. NJ. c.,
all of the New Mexico guard. Tes-
timony was taken from the follow
ing witnesses: Adjutant-General
II. r. Brown; Colonel j. ]. Bonf-
face, cavalry, U. S, A., senior in
structor-inspector of the guard; !;
Major F. w. Armstrong, Captain
Desmond ]. Farrell, 111th cavalry;
Sergeant Fl. o. Claggett, cavalry.
U. S. A., sergeant instructor; Ser
geant Richard Stackhouse, 1ltth
cavalry; j. II. Toulouse, Mrs.
Edith Staekhouse, Mrs. Margaret
It. Barnes.
Reporting upon special order No.
6, supplementary. the board of in
quiry finds that by reason of tho
federal government failing to grant
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
PROSPERITY SPECIAL
LEAVES E. ST. LOUIS
(By The Associated pre.s.)

East st. Louis, ILL.,, June THE
prosperity special a train of TWEEN
ty oil-burning locomotives this
morning started on it's second lap
If transcontinenta journey, which
began at the Baldwin Locomotive
works near Philadelphia, Nav 2b,
and is scheduled to end at Corsl-
cana, Texas, next Monday afternoon
where the engines will be turned
over to the Southern Pacific rail-
way
The locomotives, said to he the
largest oil-burning engines in the
world, constitute part of the fifty
Of this type which the Southern Pa
cific expects to put into service
Each weighs, with it's tender. 62l'-
900 pounds and is over 100 feet
long.
The trip was described by rail-
road officials as triumphant eX-
hibition and indication that a new
era OF activity and prosperity is al
hand.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT The
CHARGES OF MAJOR TOULOUSE
AGAINST GuARDSMEN, REPORT
Military Board of Inquiry Is Unable to Find
Amy Irregularities on the Part of Albuquer-
que Headquarters Troop Members, Adju-
tant General Brown Informed.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE To MoRNIvG aouRNAN

III H. MohNlNG JOIRN ALI
recognition to Toulouse as d major,
Toulouse did not become member
of the guard. and that therefore
| the board was without authority TO
inquire into any charges against
lToulouse. Some OF the charges
listed for investigation against
Major Toulouse dated back to 1915,
when he was in federal service with
! the guard on the Mexican border.
The findings of the board with
Preference to the Albuquerque troop
are as follows:
after due consideration the
| board finds as matter of fact
| that there is no evidence of NJ
regularities or wrongdoing on the
part of any of the officers or eu
listed men, members of headquart-
ers troop (formerly troop Al 11ltA
| cavalry. n. M. y. G., stationed at
Albuquerque, y. NJ, and that there
is no evidence to support any OF
the allegations contained N the
report of Col. J. ]. Boniface. senior
instructor, to the adjutant general
OF New Mexico under date OF Jan,
20, 1922. which allegations are
set forth in S. o. 6. c. s.. and
were the subject Of investigation
by this board.
THE board further finds that
1 the allegations of certain irregu-
| ilarities existing in said headquar-
ters troop. 111th cavalry. as made
by Major j. II. Toulouse, and
which allegations are summarized
(Ccntinued ON Page Two.)
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
There Is no Talk Of a Walk
out Among the Railway
Workers, Presidents Of
Six Roads Declare.
DOUBT IF EMPLOYEES
FAVOR RESISTANCE
Men Have Been Expecting
a Reduction in Their
Wages and Have Pre-
pared 10 Meet New Scale
lRp The Associated Preks.l

Chicago, June Declaring tha'
there is no talk of a strike among
railway workers. the presidents oil
six Chicago roads tonight issued q
joint statement charging that all
threats of a walkout were being in
spired by union leaders.
The statement which was signed
by Fl. Il. Byram, of the Chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul; Hale Hol-
den, the Burlington; w. H. Finley
the Northwestern: J. E. German,
Rock Island; c. II. Markham, Illi-
nois Central, and S. NJ. FELTON,,
Chicago Great Western, said in
part:
Threats OF a strike, made By
leaders of the railroad labor un-
ions, are appearing with such fire.
quency that the time seems oppor-
tune for questioning the soundness
of their talk. There is very good
reason for doubling whether the
men themselves, that is the rail-
road employees, really are in SYM
pathy with resistance to the decis-
ion OF the United States railway
labor board.
"The truth is that the men have
been expecting a reduction In their
wages and have made or are max
ing preparations to meet the new
scale. There is no talk of strike
among the men,"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
"WHAT AILS
THE CHILD"

This is a question which
arises thousands upon thou
sands of times every day IN
the home and school,
The mother or teacher who
understands the first symp-
tom of illness in child can
almost always prevent the Sc
rious consequences that are
likely to grow out OF neglect.
Our Washington Information
Bureau is now distributing a
free booklet on "The School
Child's Health" which is an
invaluable aid in the early
identification of over 40 of
the common diseases which as
sail the young.
This is an authoritative work
prepared by the American
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with the cooperation of the
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No woman who has any
thing to do with the care of
a growing child can afford to
be ignorant OF the information
contained in this little booklet.
Send for your copy today.
Fill in the coupon and enclose
two cents in stamps for return
postage.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
RAT POISON is
FATAL TO THREE
LEVY CHILDREN

Especial Cor, espondepcc TO The journal
Levy, n. NJ, June 7.--Ihree
sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk
Dudley, Louis, aged q; Willie,
3, and j. G., 4. died Sunday
night and Monday from the cf-
fects of eating rat poison. Fun
eral services for two of the
children, held Monday at
Mountain View cemetery. we're
delayed and the grave left open
until news was received of the
death of the third child, which
was thought by physicians to
be dying when the funeral pro-
cessiOn started for the ccme-
terry. The three little bodies
were buried in the same coffin.
When the body of the third
boy was carried out, the moth
err tainted and was unable to
make the second trip to the
cemetery.
The Dudley family had only
recently moved to Levy and the
can of rnt poison was found by
the children In n rubbish heap
left on the place by a former
tcnans
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
j. U.S.FR|ENDSH|P
kEENLY DESIRED
BY ITALY, SAYS
SChanzer Believes That In
tervention in Europe Will
Come Sooner Than Is
Expected.

Rome, June 7 (by the Associated
Press. )-Belief that American in
tervention in Europc's economic
difficulties will core sooner than
is generally expected, was expressed
by Foreign Minister Schanzer to-
day in speech in the chamber of
deputies i'll answering interpella-
tions concerning the Genoa con-
ference.
THE government fully agrees
with the opinions expressed by sew
eral deputies that Italy must culti-
yate American friendship" he said.
I'VE keenly desire the friendship of
the great American people, of which
we had unmistakable signs at
Washington and also afterwards. ;"
The Genoa conference, he said.
was a historic event of exceptional
greatness. Some considered it a
failure; others that not only was it
a success, but turning point in the
history of the world. Similarly,
some thought the reconstruction of
Russia indispensable for Europe,
while others believed Russia would
piNC iiNNlt VI i'OliiiliB w iSui wv b'NA
that it was better to have nothing to
do with her except TO intervene
against the bolsheviks or to main
tain political blockade.
The Russo German treaty signed
at Rapaollo had produced a pro-
found impression, providing the
necessity that the rest Of Europe
conclude an agreement with Russia
or prevent her from falling into
|Germany's arms. Otherwise, the
economic understanding now link
ing the two hundred millions of
Russians and Germans might be-
come a political understanding.
After enumerating the important
economic resolutions adopted at
Genoa, M. SchanZer said.
ITALY considers The Hague meet
ing a continuation, of the conference
and will uphold at The Hague the
same ideals she upheld at Genoa,
maintaining that the Russian prob
lem must be put on a practical
footing"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
LETTER TO STOCKHOLDERS OF
Three Steel PLANTS GIVES
Terms OF PROPOSED MERGER
MidvaIe Inland and Republic, With Issued
Capital of $l32,Sl4,5S7, Plan to Consolidate
and Take the Name of the North American
Steel Corporation.
tBv THE ASSOCIATED PRFss.,

Steel corporation, the letter ex-
planned, and this corporation will
acquire, subject to its liabilities,
the assets of the Republic COM
pany.
Before the unification of the
properties" the letter added,
"Midvale viii place its Nicetown
plant and certain assets and liza
bilities connected with the opera
ton of it in a separate corpora
tion, stock of which will be dis
tributed pro rata among the stock
holders Of the Midvale company.
This separate corporation will
thereafter continue as a separate
enterprise for the manufacture of
the ordnance, armor plate and
special steel products to which 1t
1t is adapted.
Capitalization, under the con-
summated plan. comprises S79,-
173,500 in bonds and other fixed
charges obligations, s50,S31.47 rs
new preferred stock of 800 par
value and 3,309,612 shares of new
common stock without par value.
The bonds and fixed charges
obligations will consist OF $780,
$4,000 bonds and guaranteed OBJ
legations of the Midvale company
or it's subsidiaries: $13,357,000 and
other obligations OF Republic or
it's subsidiaries and $5,127,000
bonds and other obligations OF
Inland, all Of which. in addition
to other liabilities of the three
companies, are to be assumed by
the corporation.
The preferred stock is to be
z per cent cumulative and con-
vertible until July /, 1884, into
common stock, four shares of pre-
ferred for five OF common and
is to be redeemable at the option
OF the corporation at lis per
cent and accrued dividends.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
CLASS ONE RAILROADS
INCOME FOR MONTH OF
APRIL $50,256,O ,OOO

Washington, June T-Net II
come of class one railroads for ne
month of April amounted to VOW
256,SOO, according to compilations
made today from interstate COM
noerce reports by the Association
of Railway Executives. The com
panies reporting operate approxi-
mately 100000 miles of the total
of 100000 miles Of road in the
country.
The amount represented an
earning rate of 3,93 per cent on
the tentative valuation OF ;ha
property of roads reporting h9
association said, and compared
with an increase of s29,S56,0O, or
a rate of 2.S3 per cent reported
for the same month last year. Ths
total revenues from operations ior
the month was s416.S53,0oO anu
expenditures were $3S6,1iS,OOO.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08

Cannon had influenced her not to
testify, at a midnight meeting just
before she went on the witness
stand. He was found guilty of OBJ
structing justice. Served twenty
days in Jail
Then the perjury trial, The
woman was the chief witpess. She
and others testified he was at the
scene of the shooting. He had tes-
titled that he left the machine two
book away previous to the shooting.
The verdict was guilty.
And so William II. McGannon.
shed his judicial robes for those OF
the convict.
And behind the gray walls of the
prison the former judge is now a
comradc of crooks. thugs and gum
men, many of whom he himself sent
to the pententiary.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08

New York, June THE terms
of the proposed merger of Mid
vale Steel and Ordnance COM
pany, Inland Steel company and
Republic Iron and Steel company,
with issued capital of s132,S14,-
$50. were made public tonight in
a letter to stockholders.
1t was signed by w. Il. Corey,
r. e. Block and John A. Top
, ping, chairmen of the board OF
the three companies. They, stated
that details Of organization had
not been definitely settled and
that the plan was subject to
changes to meet conditions.
The Midvale and Inland COM
panies will consolidate and take
the name of the North American
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
Ex-Judge, Convict, Rubs Elbows
With Thugs He Sent to Prison
(BY Central Press. }

Columbus, O., June 7.-The
heavy steel doors of Ohio peniten"
tiary swung open.
A. heavy-set man, grayed with
the weight OF trouble, but with
figure erect, faltered as he stepped
inside.
The doors closed. The bolt
caught.
William r. McGannon, former
chief justice of the municipal court
of Cleveland, now convicted per-
jurer, was starting an indetermi-
nate term Of one to ten years.
Two short years ago Chief Justice
McGannon was looked upon as
something Of genius. His reor-
lganization of the Cleveland munich
pa; court system won nationwide
lpralse.
Then one May night in 1920 a
IMAM was shot to death. McGan-
mons car was found abandoned on
the scene. Witnesses to the shoot
ling said they saw a tall man, an
Iswering McGannon's description
escape through side street,
Detectives visited the judge a.
Ibis home two hours later. He de-
clared he had left the machine two
| blocks from the scene of the shoot
ing his two companions remaining
| in the machine.
Police told him that one of them
had been killed. Tho other was
missing. He denied knowledge of
| the shooting.
The missing man, John w. Joyce,
was apprehended, tried and acquit-
tied
Then woman entered the case.
| A former sweetheart whom the
Judge had spurned.
She told Of trailing the judge on
1.-THE fatal night and seeing him at
1.-THE scene of the crime.
McGannon was indicted. The
jury disagreed. He was retired,
At the second trial the woman re-
fused to testify against McGannon.
He was acquitted.
Then it was discovered that Nc
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
81 ALLEGED KU
kLUx kLANSMEN
ARE INDICTED
Los Angeles County Grand
Jury Charges Felony in
Connection With Raid at
lngleWood April 21.
(By The Associated Press.)

Los Angeles. Calf. June t.
Three high officials and thirty-four
alleged members OF the Ku klux
Klan were indicted BY the Los An
geles county grand jury today on
five counts OF felony charges in
connection with a raid at lngle-
wood, near here, on April % last.
The klan officers were William
is. Coburn, grand goblin Of the Pa
cific domain and supreme attor-
ney of the order: G. w. Price. king
kleagle of the state of California
and n. A. Baker, kleagle and or
ganizer for the county of Los An
geles.
Baker is under arrest here while
lCoburn and Price are understood TO
be in the east.
six other persons were indicted,
each as John Doe" The charges
are false Imprisonment, two counts;
KIDNAPPING, two counts. and assault
with intent to commit murder. one
count.
Officers Suspended.
! Although the three officials have
been suspended, according to word
from Atlanta headquarters of the
khan. they have continued to func-
ton here and have been recognized
by klansmen as having possession
of all the authority of their Of
fices.
Bail was fixed for each OF the
defendants in the amount OF III ,OO0,
! except in the case of Nathan a.
Baker, self-admitted leader in the
raid, in whose case it was set at
100000. He is in custody in the
psyhopathic ward of the county
hospital, owing to mental break
down.
An attorney for the klansmen
announced that the other indicted
klansmen would appear in the SUI
perior court here tomorrow and in
view of this no warrants were is
sued.
The attorney afterward explain
ed that the appearance tomorrow
would not, so far as he knew, in
clude Coburn and Price and that
Bakers condition would probably
make it impossible for the Kleagle
to appear.
Walter Mosher and Ruegg are
| under $4,000 bail on complaints
charging assault with intent to
commit murder, filed in the town
ship court soon after tho raid. II
was stated at the district attorneys
/ Office the3a ro,cplaint5 probably
would be dismissed.
| The Inglewood raid was directed
at Fidel and Matthias Elduayen,
proprietors of licensed winery.
The Elduayens were taken from
their home az night, bound and
I carried to the police station at
Inglewood and Redondo Beach. at
both OF which places the authori-
ties refused to accede to a demand
by the captors that the prisoners
be locked up as bootlesgers.
While the raid was in progr ,ss
Frank Woerner, deputy marshal OF
Inglewood, appeared and ordered
the raiders to disperse. Eevolvers
were leveled at Woerner and he
emptied his pistol into tine crowd.
| Constable M. B. Mosher, Walter
Mosher, son of the constable, and
Ruegg dropped. The constable
died later.
Coburn and Price, at the inquest
over Mosher's body, testified that
they received a report tho~ raid
was in progress and went TO the
scene to ascertain whether any
klansmen were mixed up in the
affair.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
BOY, kEPRlMANDED BY
GRANDMOTHER, SHOOTS
AND KILLS HIMSELF
lRx The Associated Pres..l

San Jose, Calif., June - EAR
winslow. 12-year-old. OF san
Francisco shot himself through
the heart with pistol late last
night, following a reprimand from
his grandmother, Mrs. Fred. H.
Allen, at whose home he has been
living. according to a report at
the police department. .
The lad returned from school
with several tubes Of paste. His
grandmother, dissatisfied with his
explanation of how he got the
articles, told the boy she would
telephone his teacher and find
out.
While she was at the phone the
lad stepped into his grandfather's
room, procured the pistol. fired
and died instantly.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-08
SECRETARY FALL
GIVES HARDING
OIL LEASE DATA
Personally Submits a Report
Concerning the Contract
Made for Development Of
the Teapot Dome.

Washington, June 7.-Secretary
Fall today personally submitted to
President Harding a report con-
cerning the contract made by him
for Secretary DENLY with Harry
F.. Sinclair for the development of
the Teapot Dome, Wyoming naval
oil reserves, whereby the navy
would obtain fuel and other oils
with storage facilities above
ground in exchange for the crude
product. At the same time Mr..
Fall sent to the senate copies of
all contracts. documents and letter
files bearing on the nations Pc
tToleum reserves, both naval and
those in other public lands which
were called for in the senate reso-
luton. The documents, number
ing $500 separate volumes, were
sent to the capitol in a mail trunk.
In his report to the president,
Secretary Fall was understood to
have covered the entire subject of
oil reserves, beginning with the
first petroleum Withdrawals in
1909 and the naval reserves with
drawals in 1912 and 1915. After
an historical review he was said
to have reviewed the policy of Sec
retaries Lane and Daniels with
reference to the naval reservs,
pointing out their plan for storage
under ground. Then taking up the
question of loss of oil through
drainage as reported by geologists
of the interior department, Secre-
tary Fall, il was underst ood, point
ed out the necessity for change
in policy, not Of reservation, but
in method of storage. This, he
was said to have pointed out. in
veived developing Teapot Dome By
private enterprise so that the navy
would receive permanent storage
facilities and oil from the reserve
in exchange for the privilege of
drilling wells. The Teapot Dome,
it has been asserted, was believed
to be sealed until geologists dis
covered oil was being drained from
the reserve from adjoining wells
of private companies.
Going into specific leases and
contracts. Secretary Fall was said
to have given the president "a full,
frank and free explanation of the
whole transaction"
The president. it was understood
at the White House, will send the
report TO the senate.
In a letter to Senator Smoot,
chairman of the senate public
lands committee, transmitting the
mass of documents to that COM
mittee, Secretary Fall said that an
estimate so far made showed that
the cost to the interior department
in compiling the data in response
to the senate resolution was more
than $4,000. Accompanying the
documents was an Index of 249
pages.