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The Washington times., 1923-07-19
NT|-kLAN | AW
IS.SEEN AS
FAILURE
Walker Act to Compel KIux to
Unmask in N. Y. State
Called "Toothless."

ALBANY, July 19.-There is a
general feeling at the capital that
the Walker law, enacted by the last
legislature to unmask the Ku KlUx
Khan, will never accomplish its pur-
pose.
Attorney General Carl Sherman.
it is expected, soon will issue Il
statement setting forth his views of
the new law. Unofficially, it is said,
the attorney general is convinced
the law is "toothless"; in other
words, it is not strict enough to
bring the khan under it's provisions.
When the bill. which later became
the Walker law, was being framed
last winter it was suggested that the
words "Ku Klux Khan" be incor
porated in it so there could be no
Misunderstanding as to the organl-
zation it was aimed at This was
not done because the men who
frame the bills said it could not be
done; that under the present law an
organization like the khan could not
be mentioned in a bill of it's nature.
However. it was thought that by
providing in the new law that all
organizations and unincorporated as
sociatiOns of more than twenty
members mot mentioned in the
benevolent orders law" should file
list of members. oath, constitu-
ton and bylaws with the secretary
CT state once each year, the khan
would have to come under it's pr0-
visions. 1t was pointed out that the
KAN was not mentioned in the be-
neVolent orders law
Shortly after I;u loooo 10 ,v
the "knights of the Ku. K1ux Khan"
and the "kamelia," the female or
ganization, were incorporated at the
secretary o. states E.ffica
The Washington times., 1923-07-19

Louise Robertson gained honorable
mention.
Winners in field events were as
follows:
High jump for boys 9~to IA years
of age-F'irst, Malcolm Mckay, a
feet s. inches; second, Arthur Gle
phane, feet inches; third, Jack
Capers, 4 feet 4 inches. =
Three-Ieggeds race for boys all
ages-First, Arthur Clephane and
Jack Capers; second, Richmond
Chambers and Hamilton Coet; third,
Read Mccartney and Harold Sherer,
Potato race for boys 3, to years
OF age-First, Robert Thorn; second,
Marshall Todd; third, Jack Cham
bers.
Peanut race for girls 8 to 10 years
of age-Ffrst, Mary Layton; second,
Jane. Spengler; third, Mary Craw-
ford. "
First prize in a tether game for
girls IL to 16 years of age was won
by Sally Abel.
The Washington times., 1923-07-19
SCHOOL SUPPLIES ARE
OFFERED D. c. GRATIS

Harry o. Hine, secretary of the
Board Of Education, and John A.
Chamberlain, director of manual
training in The schools, today will
go to Camp I1olabird. Nd. TO in
spect a carload of paper, pens and
with the army of Occupation from
Coblenz. Germany, and which the
War Department has offered the
board for a consideration merely
covering freight charges.
The main point to be established
The Washington times., 1923-07-19

Is whether or not the bulk Of the
consignment is fitted to needs of
school children. Whatever portions
are thought utile may be purchased.
Stationery aggregates 51,114 ponds
and charges, including cost of ocean
transport, storage, etc. are set at 2
cents pound, totaling $1,000.
Contracts already have been
awarded by the school board of
awards for the coming year, and it
is thought the District purchasing
officer has approved the contracts.
The Washington times., 1923-07-19
FALLS 800 FEET TO DEATH
AS MINI SHAFT CAGE JAMS

SCRANTON, Pa, July 19.-One
man was killed, two injured and
seven badly. shaken when a mine
cage damned or tipped in. the shaft
of the Storr's No. 2 mine of the Glen
Alden Coal Company here.
George Snyder, of Dickson City,
was Jared off the cage when it
stopped suddenly and hurled him
down into the shaft, 800 feet. to his
death. Nine other men on the cage
narrowly escaped a similar fate.
The Washington times., 1923-07-19
CHILDREN WIN
PLAYGROUND
PRIZES
Boys and Girls at Adams
School Engage in Handicraft
and Athletic Contests.

Girls and boys to the number OF
100 or more yesterday competed in
prize display and athletic events at
the Adams school playground, I'M
der the direction of Miss Helen
Clark, supervisor.
Eleanor McRae took first prize in
a doll exhibit, Doris Malinka Sec
ond, Francis Sasso third. and Susan
Thompson, Doris Robertson and
The Washington times., 1923-07-19
HUNTS GAS LEAK WITH
CANDLE; BLAST FOLLOWS

NEW. YORK, July 19.-Morris
Strasenberg went into the cellar of a
house in Brooklyn with a lighted
candle to look for a gas leak. The
ensuing explosion rocked pedestrians
on the sidewalk above, shattered win
dows in the buildings about4a and so
seriously burned Strasenberg that he
was removed to hospital. ~
The force of the explosion hurled
an iron grating through a plate glass
window in a store nearby, narrowly
missing pedestrians.
The Washington times., 1923-07-19
NAVAL AIR RESERVE GETS
STATION At SQUANTUM

Authorization to establish a
naval reserve air station at Squan-
tGm, Mass, near Boston has been
granted. by the Navy Department.
it was announced yesterday.
There is a. hangar at one end OF
the station there, and the Bureau
of Aeronautics will send two or
three planes there for use in train
ing reserve flyers This makes two
such stations. the other being az
New York.
The Washington times., 1923-07-19
PULSE TEST IN RUM SALES
WRONG ON DETECTIVES

81. LOUIS, July 1.-two datec-
yves here charged Henry Borgelt
SOFA them liquor only after feeling
Ihe pulse Of each in an effort to
uetect unusually rapid pulse action,
wnich he thought might be ex.
pe ~; IN OFFICERS making a case.
me detectives said Borgelt en-
pIoSed this method on all custom
ers Borgelt denied the officers
statement. j.
The Washington times., 1923-07-19

FREQ KLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of
These Ugly Spots With Othine.

There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckles. as
Othine--double Strengths guaranteed
to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce OF Othine-
double strength-from any druggist and
apply a little of 1t night and morning
and you should soon see that even the
worst freckles have begun to disapp
while the lighter ones have vanished
entirely. 1t is seldom that more than
an ounce is needed to com pletely clear
complexion.
BE sure to ask for the double strength
Othine, this is sold under guara nteo
of money back IL it fails to remove
freckles.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
FORTY-FOUR HOUR
WEEK
Fight Will Be Waged To
Last Ditch, Declare
Southern Typos

Atlanta, Ga.-A feature of the an
nual convention of the international
Typographical Union was the unani-
nous decision that the 44-hour week
strike be continued as long as one
member is on the strike rolls. 1t was
shown that today there are fewer
members on strike than on many occa-
sions of business depression.
This strike is the result of broken
agreement with employing commercial
printers, who promised to install the
44-hour week in May, 1921
The employers did not live up tc
their agreement, and they enlisted the
support of every anti-union organiza-
ton in an attempt to destroy the
union The printers then resorted tc
their economic power to enforce the
shorter work week, and they have ex-
pended over $14,000,000 to carry or
this fight The strike has established
the 44-hour week and it has had a
wholesome effect on certain other EN-.
ployers in the printing trades.
Despite the costs to establish the
44-hour week, it was reported that
there is $4,028,731.62 in all funds OF
the international organization.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
RIALTO NEXT WEEK
Ex-Husband and Lover Ri
walls i'm Love

"Is Divorce a Failure?" the Asso-
ciated Exhibitors feature by and with
Leah Baird and showing for two days,
starting Sunday, September End, at
the Rialto theatre, tells dramatic
story in which man finds his great
est rival is the ex-husband of the
woman he loves. Having permitted
his wife to divorce him so that she can
marry the other man, the husband
decides to take a chance at winning
back what was stolen from him.
1t must have been a stormy wooing,
for producer Arthur F. Beck assures
us that there are four tremendous and
spectacular punches in "Is Divorce a
Failure?" First there is a shipwreck
then a man fights shark under water,
then a somnolent volcano erupts, and
then there is typhoon and tempest.
1t promises to be a drama with the
usual powerful Baird punch plus stu
pendous and magnificent scenic effects
and thrills.
The added attraction is Clyde Cook
comedy and Rialto News.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
LOW WAGE TEACHERS
ARE COSTLY TO CITY

st. Paul, Minn.-Low-w wage teachers
mean large teacher turnover, and
is most costly, say organized men and
women teachers of this city in their
plea to the public to support their
request for a wage increase of 500 a
year.
"A city with a poor salary schedule
is largely training school for teach
ers," the educators say without To-
cal ties, teachers stay only long
enough for experience and go on to
communities where adequate returns
can be realized on time and money in
vested in education and experience
A we'll trained teacher has something
valuable to offer. If city wants COM
petent teaching service it must be
willing to paw for it."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

Offices of America are distributing
which has a two day engagement at
the Rialto, starting Friday, Septem-
Der 7th. The only witness Johnny
Brant had to prove his innocence was
his horse. But the judge said he'd
always believed in "horse-sense"-
and by it Johnny was completely vim
dicated and another man found
guilty. This is only one of the many
unusual and gripping twists to this
production, which features Robert
Gordon and Elinor Fair.
Added attraction, another one OF
those H. C. Witwer Fighting Blood
stories, and Rialto News.
Coming to the Jefferson for four
days commencing September 23rd,
"The Covered Wagon" accompanied
by 20-piece orchestra.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31

ers and newspaper publishers in this
city have ended long drawn out
wage dispute. The increases will date
back to January and are as follows:
From January to June 80, 1923, day
men, $4,000 to $43. so; night men, from
$44 to $4,000. From July 1, 1923, day
men $45; night men, $49.50. Several
months ago an arbitration board made
an award of S43.50 for day and $3.50
for night, but the publishers rejected
the decision. The matter was then
referred to the international arbitra-
ton board, where it was deadlocked.
Then the interested parties resumed
negotiations, with the above result.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
ELOQUENT PLEA FOR
UNITY BY SOUTH
ERN MILL WORKER

Charlotte, N. C.-In a plea for un-
ity among southern textile workers
that is published in the Charlotte
Herald, the writer indicates what is
in the minds of employees in this in
dustry. The letter is an eloquent ap-
peal to wage workers, and closes as
follows:
when a man allows his brain to be
warped and twisted to suit the COM
mercial interests of some industrial
tyrant, he annihilates himself. He
minds, free labor and free thought.
In the physical world, springs make
sacrifices all that is human in him, all
that constitutes the real man. He be-
comes an animated tool--a living
coffin of his own dead soul.
eve need free bodies and free
the creeks and brooks, and they are
rivers, and the rivers empty into the
great sea. So each brain should add
to the sum of human knowledge"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
522,919 ALIENS IN 1922

Washington.-During the last fiscal
year 522,919 immigrants were admit
ted into this country, according to the
bureau of immigration. The largest
number were Germans, 65,543. 9th
ers in large numbers were: Mexi-
cans, 52,709; English, 60,524; He
brews, 49,719; South Italians, 1926;
Scotch, 38,627; Scandinavians, 37,630;
French, 34,371; Irish, 3O,386; Polish,
1920.
New York, with its congestion and
seething tenements, was given as the
home of the greatest number of these
immigrants, 130,142. The broad acres
of Texas were chosen by 1913; Mas
sachusetts, by 41,602, and California,
by 39,093. Michigan andl Pennsy-
vania were selected by more than
$4,000
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
HUGE OIL EARNINGS IN WEST

New York--Net earnings of $5,-
792, ,235 for the fist six months of the
year are reported by the California
Petroleum Company This is against
$2,392,1 last year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
HAS the World Gone Madw

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday -
HAS the World Gone Madw
The whitening pace of our modern
life; the unbridled excesses in which
thousands are indulging; the shams
and the whims and foibles of men
and women in all stations of life are
belabored with shattering blows by
Daniel Carson Goodman's powerfully
prophetic and significant photodrama,
"Has the World Gone Mad!" announced
+! for exhibition at the Rialto theatre for
three days, starting Tuesday, Septem-
Der 4th.
Mothers at forty undergo the tor
lures of face lifting and reduce them
selves in flesh to the point of exhaus-
tion. Others apply the lipstick and
the glowing tints of rouge, and then
sally forth to tempt the male in illicit
romances. Husbands are no less in
discreet.
How long can we play the game :?
HOW IOIlS Can ltllS IiciISI -ShSICSl,
high powered era of jazz and luxury
and wine and song go on?
Daniel Carson Goodman gives his
own clean-cut view of it in HAS the
World Gone Mad!" story of ter
rife drama that spares no ones feel
ings, a production that goes right to
| the core of the problem and reveals
the truth in laundering situations and
emotions.
! Added attraction is Sunshine COM
edy, 'Kids is Kids" and Movie Chats.
Friday and Saturday-''The Myster-
ious Witness"
Can you imagine having your life
hang in the balance-your conviction
or acquittal on charge of murder
in the first degree-depend upon the
testimony of witness that cannot
talk? That was the plight in which
Johnny Brant found himself in "The
Mysterious Witness" the perturbation
of Eugene Manlove Rhodes great
Saturday Evening Post story, "Step-
sons of Light" which Film Booking
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
BATHROBE MAKERS WANT
MORE

New York.-The union shop, sani-
tary work places, wage increases, and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31

the 44-hour week are demanded by
bathrobe workers, affiliated with the
International Ladies Garment Work
ers' Union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
PRINTERS RAISE WAGE

Vancouver, British Columbia.-As a
result of direct negotiations, print
Evening star., 1923-11-05

No one can. least Of all himself He
doesn't seem to have an adequate
idea Of his own power-cannot for
mulate, at any rate. such idea. some
time, perhaps, we shall have pene-
of a psychic secret like schermann's.
Today we only know that we don't
know what It Is, though wo see Its
workings. can test It and verify 1t
by producing expected results.
We know what schsrmann.s giIt It's 10
not: 1t is not graphoiogy as gen
orally practiced. 1t il not a sample
case of telepathy or mind reading
either, for often Schermann knows
a good deal more, as subsequently
ascertained. about a subject than the
Ing the subjects handwriting. The
Intermediary merely starts q psychic
process in which transference OF
known thought contents may or may
not play a part. This process may may
electrotechnics. .psycho-inductton.
There is only one adequate name
for Schermann's power-but q name
which is no explanation, rather It re-
quires explanation. Schermann mas
clairvoyance induced or stimulated
by handwriting.
One point deem extremely impor-
tant to emphasize. Schermann's 8
faculty is not infailible. His score is
farrfrom one 100 per cent-in fact.
out of my 2oS experiments with him it
was II per cent full hit. per cent
error and 81 per cent Indifferent.
His very failures furnish the most
important evidence in his favor. His
faculty is, ultimately. q biological
function, and as such uncontrolled
by will and spbject to moods. to
psycho-physical conditions. If 1t were
mere trickery 1t would be more near
ly infallible.'
Copyright 1929 U. s. and Canada. by Eu-
gene s. Bagger.
Evening star., 1923-11-05
HAYS COPIES FORD
IN MOVIE ECONOMY
Picture Industry Eliminating
Waste as Auto Maker Did,
Says Statement.
Nv the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press
NEW YORK, November 5.-An ex-
planation for the widespread curtai!-
ment Of motion picture activities Is
given by VIII H. Hays, supreme ar
bitter OF the industry, who said in
statement that the acrion of the pro-
ducers was taken to eliminate unnec-
essary expense in production and dis
tribution of films.
There will be no slowing up of mo-
tion picture progress. declared Mr..
Hays, who Is president of the Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors OF
America, Inc, nor will there be any
curtailment Of the supply of motion
pictures for theaters and the public.
There is now in progress a sharp
curtaflment ~of unnecessary expense
in picture studios, in selling, In dis
tribUtion and in exploitation" he said.
"This purpose to eliminate waste is one
OF the objects of our association. 1t
Is the determination of all companies.
1t Is simple common sense. The ap-
plication of the details Of the purpose
by the different companies is a mat
ter for their own good judgment
Whatever proper methods may be
necessary completely to cure the con-
dition will be used.
All OF this aCtlon Is In the ulreC-
tion known by us to be necessary for
q sound future. 1t Is prompted by the
same type Of business judgment that
caused Henry Ford to take drastic
action. 1t is the same sound judgment
which translates itself into success
by eliminating waste and unnecessary
expense in any industry. 1t is all a
part of the determination to make
sound business methods the rule and
not the exception in the motion pic
ture industry. 1t grows directly out
Of the knowledge on the part of the
producers that unwarranted extrava-
gances have existed and do obtain.
and that elimination of unnecessary
expense is essential to the successful
future of motion pictures.
1.-THE industry has taken a more Sc
we're accounting of itself than has
been realized. 1t has quietly but
sQuarely faced its own problem and
now has a firm grip on ITSELF
Evening star., 1923-11-05
ACTORS BODY ASKS
CLOSED SHOP PACT
Stars of Stage Approve New
Agreement-Sympathy
Strikes Barred.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 5.-A pro-
posed agreement between the Produc-
ing Managers Association and the
Actors Equity Association. based
largely on equity closed-shop terms.
was approved in substance yester-
day by the actors at an equity mass
meeting attended by many leading
stars. The new agreement would be-
come operative next June.
Final action was left to the equity
council, with the proviso that unless
an agreement is ratified by the man
ayers within three weeks the Equity
Association will be free to open
negotiations with any other assocf-
alton or managers as individuals
Under the proposed agreeme mt
equity guarantees for a twenty-five
year period to accept into member
ship any actor employed by man
ager; that IT will not interfere with
casting OF plays or dicate to authors
as 70 subject, plot or text Of plays.
Other terms cover a shorter period.
The managers agree to accept the
equity policy in all their companies.
Evening star., 1923-11-05
Mental Maruel's Gift Mystery
Euen to Himself, Tests ShO,vI
Schern,ar,11 Unable
to Explain His
Mind Power.
Science Car, Find
\ No Name for
Puzzle.

Editors note:-second installment Of
DR.. Fischer's article on Rafael Scher-
mann. whose name In Vienna and all
central Europe is AZ widely, known as
the name Sherlock Holmes is here. Until
recent dispatches announced Schermann's
coming to America early this month. few
here had heard OF his amazing powers,
which are well recognized In Europe by
scientists of established reputation. To
think that any human being has 80
called second sight" Is. repugnant to
in the following article is worthy Of
serious consideration. The achievements
Of Schermann. Polish citizen. in his
adopted city Of Vienna. have aroused the
curiosity Of American scientists and
police officials. During his stay in this
country Schermann will give demonstra-
tions before various scientific bodies. and
may be employed in connection with hith-
erto unsolved criminal mysteries.
Evening star., 1923-11-05
5 FREED IN ARKANSAS
KIDNAPPING CASE
Man Who Secured Warrants
Against Supposed Rich Man
Fails to Appear,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT SMITH, Ark. November 5.
Five persons arrested In connec-
tion with the disappearance of three
year-old Pearl Turner from her
fathers home in the Scott county
mountains over two weeksNag were
released when Chalmers Ferguson.
who caused the warrants charging
kidnapping to be issued against them.
failed to appear to testify in the
scheduled preliminary hearing in JUS
tice of peace court ...
Those released were G. B. Corey,
said to be a millionaire: N. r.. Wal
dron and his wife and their son, w.
W. Corey: Mrs. w. w. Corey and a
deputy constable: whose name could
not be ascertained here. -".-
Lem Turner, father of the missing
child, who was under arrest, was also
released.
Much i'll feeling between residents
of Waldron. Boonville and the noun
tain districts is evident.
Chalmers Ferguson secured the
warrants charging kidnapping on the
claim that he had seen the missing
child in the home of G. D. Corey.
Evening star., 1923-11-05
UNUSUAL farewell
ACCORDED HARVEY
British Battleships Thunder Trib.
ute to U. S. Envoy Sailing
for America.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 5.-The signal
honor paid to Ambassador George
Harvey when he departed from
Southampton Saturday was the great
est tribute to an American since the
gay Wnen hrl.,sn r.a "afships itt sallea ZOE
Whitelaw Reid.
When the Aquitania drew abreast
of the battleship line assembled in
the Solent the American colors were
run up on all the. foremasts and in
stantly the vice admirars flagship
Barham thundered out a farewell
salute to the ambassador. who stood
with barred head on the bridge beside
the liners commander. The crew of
the Aquitania stood at attention and
the British and American national
anthems were played by the bands.
Evening star., 1923-11-05

ReprOduces Scripts.
Still another test consisted in let
ting Schermann, blindfolded, touch
the handwriting of various subjects
and then asking him to reproduce my
name in the respective script. The
results may be ascertained from the
adjacent illustrations. In this series
the most fascinating experiment was
when 1 made him touch a typewrit-
ten sample. He thereupon proceeded
to print out my name in block letters.
Now, there was an uncleanly printed
letter in the typewriter copy. In al
most but not quite the same place
Schermann's pen made a detour.
l made a point of laying traps for
Schermann frequently. Once l blind
folded him and made him touch
piece Of paper on which there were
a few lines in his own handwriting.
He began to describe a person ap-
proximately like himself. Then 1 un-
tied his eyes, after hiding the script,
and asked him to reproduce it,
Schermann laboriously began to imi-
tate his own hand. He had already
written few words when he ex-
claimed:
But for Gods sake. what are you
fooling me for? This is my Gown
handwriting"
You ask me by what means or
processes Schermann produces his
miraculous analyses. / don't know
can't even describe these processes.
Evening star., 1923-11-05

Both sides ynust agree to retain q
cover general stage conditions.
A special committee Of the Pro-
duGing Managers Association il ex-
pected 10 discuss the terms tomorrow,
In spite Of its af1liation with the
American Federation Of Labor, the
equity has agreed not to 70 out in
sympathy strikes. A refusal of ac-
ceptance OF the agreement by the
Producing Managers Association may
mean q split in the managerial ranks,
with Lee Shubert and other man
ayers on the actors side, 1t was said.