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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-29
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IN L0UISIANA'S
KLAN UPRISING
Two Confessions Reported De-
livered Thursday Involve
That Number.
DETAILS NOT REVEALED
Documents viii Be Kept Sc
cret Until Hearing - Ar
rests Expected Soon.

= BASTROP. La. Dec. 2s-(By a.
5P)-Forty-fve persons were impl-
Gated in the MorehoUse kidnapping
and murders OF last August. accord
ing to two confessions reported late
today as delivered BY department OF
justice men 20 state authorities at
New Orleans. The authorities
would neither deny nor affirm the
report.
The confessions viii not be made
public until the open hearings be-
gin at Bastrop IN January. IL was
thought here.
Signcrs Granted Immunity
II was stated the sIgners of the
confessions have been granted i'm
munity By the state and are being
secreted along with other witnesses
and w1u be called upon to testify.
II is regarded as probable. how
ever. that the arrests OF some or all
OF the men named will occur be-
fore the opening hearing begins.
The suspects are reported TO be
under constant surveillance OF sec
ret service men. At New Orleans
today Gov. Parker, Atty. Gen. Coco,
his staff Of legal assistants and the
four department OF justice men
we're mapping out the future course
in the Investigations into the death
OF two men. Watt Daniels and
Thomas Richards, believed 10 have
been victims OF a rObed and masked
mob
What occurred at the morning
session was not disclosed. At its
conclusion the governor announced
ne would leave for Baton Rouge and
/. would not attend the night session.
Officer After McKOin
Friends OF former Mayor Or. B..
NJ AIcKoin OF Mer Rouge, under ar
rest at Baltimore on a charge Of
murder in connection with the case,
are raising a fund IN this and ad-
joining parishes TO be used In de-
Tense OF the physician. In the mean
while a deputy sheriff armed with
a warrant charging McKoin with
murder was en- route 20 Baltimore.
Sheriff Carpenter said today he
expected McKOih would join T. p.
Burnett, former deputy sheriff ar
rested last Saturday. in the Paris
iail here by Tuesday. The jail Is
being guarded by state troops and
machine guns are trained on II.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-29
CANCEL POSTAGE INCREASES

PEKING, Dec. 2s.-(By A. P.)-
Owing 10 the decided opposition OF
the various provinces OF China, the
cabinet today decided 10 cancel the
postal and teIegraphic Increases.
which have been IN effect since No
vember 1.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-29
Must Maintain Law.

Mr.. Daugherty declared he was
''wholeheartedly' IN sympathy with
the boards declaration demanding
maintenance OF the supremacy Of
the law and overthrow Of those des-
tructive forces which oppose the or
derby processes"
So long as the mass of the people
realize. the attorney general said,
that government can endure only
through righteous observance Of law
and order and justice. the nation
has nothing 10 fear.
"Our government today is passing
through a critical stage the Phila-
delphia chamber was told. Not since
the Civil war has the nation been
confronted with economic conditions
so acute. so complex, so fraught with
danger.
Other Nations Disturbed.
yet we are not isolated IN this
respect. All the nations Of the earth
have felt the blight. some more
seriously than others. Some have re-
covered. others are recovering and
a few possibly never will recover.
AT this period of our history.
especially the economic or substan-
tial basis OF constitutional govern
ment must be preserved and foster
ed at all hazards. for out OF unste-
ole economic substances pour the
fumes OF unrest. distrust, rebellion
against organized and lawful au-
thOrity. Placidity Of nationalism
throughout the world Is more es-
sential today to peace and prosperi-
~ than ever before in our civilaza-
ton"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-29
FIGHTS ExTRADITIoN

BALTIMORE. Md, Dec. 2S-(By
A P)-Attorney Il. Carman. coun-
gel for DIT. b. NJ. McKoin, former
mayor OF Afer Rouge. La. declared
today ne would appeal 10 Judge
John G. Rose OF the Federal Circuit
court or appeals for a writ OF hao-
eas corpus should GOV Richie of
this state grant the request OF Gov.
Parker OF Louisiana for the return
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tContinued on Page Two.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-29
TIE WEATHER.

Indiana: Fair Friday and probably
Saturday: slowly rising temperature.
Lower Michigan; Fair Friday, slow
Is rising temperature In north and
west Saturday increasing clOudiness
with rising temperature.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-29
u R GES BUSINESS
INTERESTS AID
IN UNFOLDING LAW
Daugherty Declares Trade Or
CARNATIONS Can Help to
Prevent Unrest.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S-(By A.
P.)-Action by business and indus
trial trade associations to maintain
respect for the law and the govern
msnt would go far toward prevent
ing unrest among our people en-
gendered by certain dissatisfied ana
radical elements" Atty. Gen. Daugh-
erty declared today in a letter to
the Philadelphia board Of trade.
The letter was in response to a
resolution adopted recently by the
board declaring its opinion that the
time had come for the business in
terests to rally TO the support OF the
gvernment
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lContinued on Page n
Evening journal., 1922-01-13
Defend PASSES,
PRIVATE CARS
! Rail Head Says Expenses
A Are Not Increased
Thereby
LOWER WAGES
AGAIN URGED

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-two
railroad presidents completed state
ments yesterday in opposition to
railroad rate reductions at the In
terstate Commerce Commissions in
vestigation into the reasonahlity OF
transportation rates. Daniel Will
lard. OF the Baltimore and Ohio in
sisted that lower costs OF railroad
operation could not be attained by
abolition OF passes for railroad en-
ployes, private cars for executives or
similar alterations OF policy, be-
cause their relative importance was
little.
s. NJ. FELTON,, president OF the
Chicago Great Western. said rail-
roads cannot be efficient in the en-
ployment OF labor until the Railroad
Labor Board allows them to estab-
lish rates OF pay which correspond
10 wages paid workers OF similar
occupations in the communities
which the railroads servo"
For section hands. shop workers
and the general run OF employees
WHOSE nffAptA4DH j. nut rptiAdlANNAt
Mr. FELTON, said. wages are now ap-
preciably higher than in enterprises
outside.
There would be little hope. in
deed. for the railroads OF the United
States. he said in his general argu-
ment against rate reductions. III
now at the first signs OF an ending
70 a period OF depression the Inter
state Commerce Commission should
require the reduction OF rates or de-
crease the percentage OF return
which railroads are TO be allowed
on their property Investment"
The decline in traffic volume dur
ing 1921. Mr.. FELTON, said. was "un-
precedented in severity" and pro-
portionately greater than that which
took place during 1894 and 1895.
Both he anG Mr.. Willard said that
reductions or rates on specific COM
modities had so far failed 10 stimu-
late traffic, citing agricultural pro-
ducts and steel manufactures as ex-
amples OF experimentation.
Evening journal., 1922-01-13
cnANGEs nnEArm INro wATER

CHANGES BREATH INTO WATER
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-An ap-
paratus which It's inventor. c. W.
Armhurst. Albany. \. Y, said would
transform vapor from tho human
breath into water. was shown yes
terday to members OF the House
Merchant Marine Committee. who
were told that shlpwrecked sailors
never would be short OF drinking
water n they had one OF the vapor
transformers with them.
Mr.. Armhurst declared his inven-
tlon was as necessary on shipboard
as life belts. and urged that the gov
ernment adopt the contrivance FOR
use on It's vessels
Evening journal., 1922-01-13
Sore Throat Prudence

Your medicine shelf is not well stocked
without bottle Of TONSILINE, for you
don't know what moment it may be
needed to relieve a sudden case Of Sore
Throat. Relieving Sore Throat is TON
SHINES special mission. It is made for
that-advertised for that-sold for that
one purpose. TONSlLlNE is the Nat
ional Sore Throat Remedy, Il sold in
every State in the Union. You -
will need TONSILINE one Of LY
these days, OF some night when
the drug store is closed-better
have bottle ready at home
when you need it most. 35c,
and Coo. Hospital Size, $l.O0. "a
Evening journal., 1922-01-13

A mystery story crowded with
thrills and holding its suspense until
the end: THE Step on the Stairs"
by Isabel Osirandcr. America s.
greatest detective story writer. First
installment in The Evening Journal
Monday, January IS.
Evening journal., 1922-01-13
BertOnBraleyS Daily Poem
ICMc lWce Of kzHce

submarnes-spnts disarmament
conference)
the France has spoken,
suffered and fought beside;
by er dream been broken,
by her hope denied
France OF ambitions.
proud. imperial countenance
a Of politicians
And the living and breathing France
Surely the whose glorious spirit
Held in her darkest hour
Shall speak peace the world shall hear IT,
A voice Of beauty voice Of power!
The politicians march forth TO battle
Sounding a shril and a wild alarm
jngoes with their swords a-ratue
Shreking, ruined, should France disarm!'
Bu he France has had the vision,
The Of Joan and OF Lafayette
viii length to the worlds decision
Despite her. statesmen who fume and fret;
For by her shall dream be broken
or wrecked the triumph for which we seek,
Surely has not spoken.
We wait faith till her people speak
Copyright. 1922, NEA Serdce)
Evening journal., 1922-01-13

Little tots and growing girls tail
ored styles. in Velvet Hats. Values to
S4.0O. Special. $1.O0.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
usuRuSBnlHaUu1H . M

ing me lots at home then. He
showed mo through the. Capitol and
through many picture galleries. I
remember In Washington I was
on that stone where you can hear
whispers all over tho place. We
went to Washington Monument.
too, and all the other places OF
Importance. He was good to me
and kind"
AS she spoke. sincerity SOUNDED
through the rough. boyish voice as
Florence. recalling jack. tried to
pick up the thread of her wander
ings with her grandfather. He.
by the way. is James Gray. an
intellectual, retired Southern Judge
OF seventy.five years. manifestly a
man Of culture. whose softened,
slurred speech IL in marked con-
trast to the hard. fiat monotone Of
his granddaughter.
One visualized him, as Florence
spoke, Of leading the child. who
was tuggtng literally and figura-
lively at the leading strings. and
seeking to implant tho seeds Of
knowledge or the craving for
knowledge into the gypsy soul Of
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auuuuuuuHnuu

remember, and I think we went
over the United States. clear to
California and back.
QUAINT NOMADS. ..
But people got to think Il was
funny seeing me travelling with an
Old man and they began to ask q
lot Of annoying questions. I got
afraid that they would take m,
away from him, 30 he put me In a
public school when we got to st.
Louis.
But people got suspicious there.
too. suppose we were a quaint
pair. and people began to say 1t
wasn't right that a little schoolgirl
should be left with only an old
man, and SO some kind Of officials
came and arranged to put me in a
home.
But next day grandfather put
boys clothes 1on me and we went
away again. We went to Chicago
end took q boat to Detroit, and
there he sent me to public school.
I don't know how long we stayed
there, but we moved on to Grand
Rapids from there. ...
IT got In lots Of fights. Most
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

knocked all the culture out Of me
that grandfather ever put into my
head.
"once when we were shooting
crap in Cincinnati, a cop chased
us. He tried to get me, but I
ducked and he fell over me. I ran,
and he threw his night-stick to trip
me. I grabbed It and flung It
into a sewer.
"Soon after when I was shoot
ing crap again, he jumped on us
and got me and said. Now got
you, you little bum. I'll give you
a nice long ride in a taxi with a
bell!
"I went with him to the box and
he rang for the wagon while he
held me by the collar. While he
was ringing I said to myself: You
can have my coat for a ride, not
me, "copper" wiggled out and
beat 1t.
"I could outrun most any Of
them. He hollered and started
shooting, but the bullets went wild.
I went into alleys and over fences
and ran rusty nails through my
hands scaling the fences. Grand
father saw the blood and 1 had to
tell him.
ct was sorry for him, because
he was afraid that every time I
went out I'd get pinched, and was
always saying that I'd be a jail
bird and would disgrace the family.
All this time, we never heard from
my father nor got anything from
him. My grandfather used to
write to him, though.
AGAIN ON THE ROAD.
After that trouble with the cop,
we went to Cleveland. and after a
while I got a Job as an apprentice
machinist. I wanted to learn q
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
Aoo,G ,GNI4-aEs

"HERE'S WHERE ! FADE
AWAYr-So might "Whistling
Jack" Mcconnell bid goodby to
Florence Gray, who has taken
his place in the world and who
Is finding the position no easy
one for a girl to fill.
out a prize fighter in the ring in
an exhibition bout at a Philadel-
phia theater. Jack had beaten
picked swimmers in long distance
races, and had guided a five-ton
motor truck and had stocked a
steam crane and worked along
shore without ever a suspicion Of
sex being aroused.
LET FLORENCE TELL 1T.
But there isn't any way to un-
derstand the strange history so
well as to let Florence Gray tell It
as she told 1t to reporter for The
Times the day after the battle
bruised Weaver was sent up for a
stretch. And this is the story Of
"Whistling Jack" Mcconnell rs
recalled by Florence Gray, who
succeeded to the bizarre tradition:
''I was born right here in New
York city twenty-five years ago,
My father was a Buckeye boy
and my mother. an old New
Yorker. Mothers dead, though.
long ago, and I've got a step
mother down in Asheville, N. c.,
with my father. was an only
child. ,..t =
when I was a baby we moved
from New York city to Philadel-
phia and then to a farm back
Of Morristown. Mother died sud.
denly. after getting her feet wet
taking me to. a kids party when
I was two years old. My grand.
mother and grandfather took me
then to Asheville. and I lived there
about four years.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

wrote notes when I was In school.
You know: Roses are red and vio-
lets are blue. and all that Girls
kind Of hung on q lot. and was
always stalling with them to pro-
tect myself. ..s
Grandfather did not like this
gang business. for he was scared
I'd get into trouble. He thought
they'd get me to do some Job and
leave me to pull tho red-hot chest
nuts out Of the fire. He wanted
me to be q gentleman, grandfather
did.
He was always telling mo to be
refined and what he called acquire
culture like my own father, he
said, who always had servants
waiting on him, and never left tho
house without Q servant accom-
panying him
WANTED TO BE WILD.
But I wanted to be husky and
rough; that's the truth. Many
times I got chased by the cops.
I was the youngest Of the gang
that had got into through O boy
I played ball with. and the gang
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

$50 LONG, JACK; BE GoOD"
Can't you hear Florence Gray
bidding "Whistling jack Nc
Connell, her other self, a visit
full, reluctant but brave goodby?
But she'll always carry his in
itials on her right arm--for re-
membrance Of the gay old days
of her boyhood.
the young one. The futility Of 1t
never seemed to have entered the
old man's mind: nor does It even
now. But let Florence tell II:
1--WE lived In Washington two
or three times. Then we drifted
TO Cincinnati, and I got my first
job there, driving n grocery wagon,
when I was about thirteen.
81 was big for my age, and I
know I wore long pants and I was
q regular boy, too. II was Just a
single team. Gosh, since then I've
driven four and six horses right in
this town, and never an accident.
"I always seemed to fit in with
the gangs on the corners every
where. I'd get Initiated in the
regular way-fighting-and got
to be a fighter, too. Sure, I'd go
with girls when the gang did. so
they wouldn't get suspicious. for
/ couldn't take any chances on
that. Was foxy7 You tell
them!"
FLIRTED FREQUENTLY.
Florence's generous mouth was
swept by a fleeting grin and you
realized at the thought that
"whistling Jack" might well have
been. popular with the sex he
scorned for so many years. Built
for a dancer, surely. and quick as
a cat 20 think and act, you'd guess.
The girl is going on:
II used to walk home with the
girls when necessary and even
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A BOYs. NO, A MAN!


As Florence Gray went into this
phase of her wandering, adventur-
Gus life. the MILDLY blouse and the
blue skirt and the sill<en stockings
seemed to disappear and under the
spell Of her street patois you could
have seen "whistling Jack" Nc.
Connell, overhauled. bare-armed,
grimy with sweat and SCOT, stocking
a crane-and you would have won.
dered as the narrative went evenly
onward:
This was after the man on tn.
midnight shift had failed to show
UP and they gave him the air and
me the job. We'd run the crane
down to n barge, load the iron
from there and bring Il back to
the department. that Il belonged
Continued on Page ~
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

Then grandma died and that
broke up that home and my father
got married again. My grand.
father took me away up North and
supported me as he had done from
the day was born. buying my
baby clothes and everything. We
travelled on boats and trains, as I
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

every new scholar has to be ini.
tiated. and I wasn't any exception.
I had to fight my way through.
Once I got expelled, when I was
about nine years old.
First place ! remember much
was Cleveland. and then Cincin.
natl. My grandfather was tessch
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
DAUGHTER
OF A RICH
FA MILY
Gangster and w a r
Worker Unmasked
Proves to Be Heiress
of a Wealthy South
ern Family-Arrest-
ed ON Charge of Girl
Companion.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2

NEW IOfSh, sept. z.
l RUTH Ii 30 much stranger
than fiction that even In
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

"FIGHT7 HAD TO FIGHTr'-H there any pride
in Florence Grays voice she recalled the exploits Of
Whistling jack Mcdonnell she may be pardoned for it.
girl who could remember knocking out Kid oNei in live
rounds who could think of swimming three half miles
against the tide Of Delaware River victory where
competitors failedh there pride in the girls recoec
ton wouldn't you pardon It?
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

A REAL TOMBOY-Florenee
Gray fooled the world for six
teen years by posing as "Whist-
ling Jack" Mcconnell. gangster,
stoker, mechanic, truck driver,
and freight handler. Frequently
arrested, she preserved her iden-
tity until arrested for "beating
up q friend. The photographs
show the extraordinary young
woman as "Whistling Jack" the
reckless gangster, and as Flor
ence, the flapper.
trust me with one horse, because
they don't know me. Nobody
knows me. don't know my
self!'
A BOY FOR A MINUTE.
So Florence Gray went forth
disconsolately and entered a soda
shop to think It all over: Along
came Charley Weaver, who had
succeeded ~whistling Jack" to the
chieftainship Of the Iron Gang
and he stared as he saw her.
Then he exclaimed:
"well Jack-and in girls
clothes!
He roared with laughter at the
sight and Florence answered him
with a biting comment that
carried a barbed fighting word
in it. Weaver sprang at her and
In the furious minute that fol-
lowed Florence forgot she was a
girl. II was Jack McConnell's
left arm that guarded, 1t was
Jack McConnells eye that judged
the distance and 1t was Jack
McConnell's right fist that stab.
bed and jabbed weaver's face
with wicked half-hooks.
But 1t was the skirts OF Flor.
ence Gray that interfered with
"whistling Jacks footwork and
Weaver whipped over a left
swing that terminated on his
adversary's nose-and 1t was
Florence that went down for the
count and then to the hospital.
So few days after when she
was forced to prosecute or be
arrested herself, she appeared as
complainant against her old gang
mate. They sent him up for a
year, but not until the secret,
suppressed for nearly eight
months by the court, was re-
vealed.
STRANGE ROMANCE
REVEALED.
SO the truth that was stranger
than fiction-too strange to be
made known when the courts dis
covered it-ultimately emerged to
be accepted or rejected. Before
all the details are considered let
It be repeated that Florence
Gray is normal, wholesome
girl, not immoral in the least, as
the word is generally understood,
and that "whistling Jack" Nc.
Connell was just the same.
What amazed those who became
interested in the extraordinary case
was that in the rough life of the
girl, her sex had never been guess
ed. The answer was that since
she was six years old she had lived
as a boy among boys, man among
men. That statement concerning
the rifflihg Of ribbons over a double
span Of heavy draught horses was
found to be true and much more
than that.
"whistiing Jack" had knocked
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-10-06
BIGGERS
we are

Several from here attended chnrct
at Datto Sunday and Sunday night
Rev. w. E Cooper was here be.
tween trains Saturday. He report,
about forty conversions at the pro
tracted meeting at Dstto.
w. II. Phipps and Hunter Per.
rim we're here Monday on business.
Biggers doesn't seem like the same
place since there are so many stran-
gers he-e.
Ed K. Maynard Is building a
new garage.
The patrons of the school here
are almost solidly against the idea
of vacclnating their children.
Hiram Stephens and John Upton,
who are working at Rector, are at
home for few days.
Aunt Josie Johnson IS 10 St Louis
this week on a shopping tour.
Carl Sutton was found shot to
death IN a lane near here late Sun.
day evening. Jim Boyd Is being
held awaiting a preliminary hearing
in p court here Thursday, being
charged with the crime
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-10-06

J. w. Brown of Manson was {
business visitor in this office Friday
Special value in childrens dresses
-Wyllie Sisters.
K Duty of Walnut Ridge RI
was IN town on business last Thurs
day.
Q. p. Jones returned last Thurs.
day from a business trip to Mem
pbis.
W. q. Hunter, a good farmer OF
the east side, was In town on bust
ness Friday.
Harnden Bros. Elevenpoiut, Ark.
are paying 25 cents per dozen for
eggs this week 6tf
Miss Liberia Roberts of Walnut
Ridge was visiting relatives ard
friends here this week.
j. T. Clements and family Of
Jonesboro were visiting IN Pooahon
tas Saturday night and Sunday.
Jobnston's Liver Tonic Is purely
vegetable. Try it. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Johnston Drug Co.
. W. Fender, prominent planter
of Holmes, had business IN town
Saturday.
K. K Riggs attended the Tn-
State fair at Memphis the latter part
of last week.
Our young friend, D. @. Carroll
of Maynard, was in town on bust
ness Saturday.
See Riggs & Jones before buying
a second hand car. They have
them. 7-2t