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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-17
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
WALTON
STARTS ON PAGE 1
hereby withdraw from this court.
hou may proceed M you sec
fit."

/
You may proceed M you sec
ft."
Walton walked out Of The court.
room.
Governor WAltou'a counsel fol
lowed him from the room The with.
dfawnl was taken 10 mean that no
defense VIII be presented. In view
OF thus member OF the court moved
10 vote az once on the impeachment
charges, but motion that the trial
proceed superseded this.
The governors action today took
The court by surprise and great com
motion enaued for time, after which
the trial proceeded without him.
shortly after Walton withdrew. tho
senate court was thrown into an up.
roar by tho attempt OF Senator A
rlin, president pro tenn Of the senate
20 attack Attorney spraguc. one OF
Walton's counsel,
Angiin was held off by half
dozen senators and the court
took recess for 20 minutes.
Senator Anglin had stated that ne
understood that ali auhpocnas for
witnesses FOR the governor had been
withdrawn, sprasue. who was leav.
Ing the room, said he did not believe
any such statement had been made.
Anglin screamed something about
being called ''Iiar" and hurled
pencil at Sprague, then attempted to
crawl over the desks toward him
The disturbance finally was auleted
down
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-17
BY MILTON BgoNNER


United Press STAIR carrenpondentl
LONDON. Nov. IL. ~ Aitho ~
makes thousands a year and Is one
Of the biggest film successes. s.year.
old Peter Dear. called the sEneiL4h
Jackie coogan. isn't very happy.
He loses most OF the Games he
plays, And that worries him.
II would like To take on Jackie in
game Of eroquet. he says. .'but /
suppose be would bca, me.
They all do. I'm always being
beaten. ! suppose have played
hundreds OF games. aud lost EN-.
somehow / just can't make the balls
so thru the hoops the way I want
them to"
In spite Of all his travels. praise
and pciting. which he gets wherever
he goes. Peter. the handsomeat boy
IN all England. is just boy. who
puts his love ot games above any.
thing else.
Il like TO play cricket" contided
Fcter to me when I saw him al his
MAZDA Vale home. And | dance and
swim. but | love best to romp with
my little dog.
Il wish they would put me in
picture where ms dog. Club. could
b. the hero.
And I would like also 10 be in a
play where ! hate a happy time. Up
70 now ! have always been ia trouble
and most times have been killed.
oh, no, don't cry real tears in
the pictures. Those tears are only
siyceriue tears The real ones come
Shcn mummy spanks me.
Mrs, Dear smiled knowingly.
Yes" aaid she. 1T Is necessary
every once in while TO spank him
just 20 let him know he IL only
little boy who must obey orders"
When Peters tathor died. his
brothers went 10 work. Peter wanted
% 60. too. Struck By the boys beau.
-. SOME friends suggested that he
might 20 in the movies.
So armed with a letter Of lntroduc
Ion. and accompanied BY the little /
'year-old boy--this was in 1871
hrs. Dear went 10 the offices OF /
Elvcy. one ct the big men /
u the British movie world.
a man came BY and stared nj re. /
or. Then he walked back and did
o once more.
Are you being waited on. sth.
ams7"
NO. ! have letter OF ln,roduc
lon to Mr.. EIyey It's about put.
ing this boy in the pictures
+ am Elvcy and don't care FOR
our letter The boy 10 passport
ight straight into the inner office"
And five minutes later Peter was
engaged.
He showed wonderful adaptabili;y
0 screen work and has been acting
Dr the past two years. taking lead
1g roles In important pictures.
Il want 70 20 on acting" said Pc.
sr when 7 grow up want 20 be
be hero. / would like 10 wear n tin
eImst and tin suit and sword and
G n knight roscuing the pretty lady.
he will have 10 be Malvina Long.
,llow. She's my sweetheart"
Miss LonsfelIow Ia only about %
nd ono Of the fayorite screen &C.
-esses over herol.
And I want 10 make n whole lot
Z money and buy mummy a home
D the seashore and n car and every
ling.
ITS lots Of fun acting and travel
H. but I don't care 20 much about
ssons. You sec don't go to school.
it have o private teacher and
ave to take a whole LOT Of pains TO
rite nicely and have 70 learn By
Fart all the names Of the days and
ie months in French 70 that some
~ I can speak French as well as
uglish.
1T doesn't give me very much
me 10 play and maybe that's why
always Ionn nv gaines"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-17
Absconder Pleads
Guilty of Charge

Charged with absconding with
$4,000 in cash and securities OF the
Salt Sea Fisheries company. Harold
Butterworth. former president OF
the firm. pleaded guilty before su.
pertor Judge Everett Smith on
Friday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-17
DEsERTER CAPTURED

TACOMA. Nov. i7.-After chase
Of nearly q block on Commerce carly
today in which two shots were fired.
Police Officer William Farrar cap.
tured Paul Young doqericr from
the army. as the man had Just rob.
bed tho cash register In tho Mecca
Social club Of $50.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-17
ETHER TO HUM WHEN
RADIO SPELLING BEE
ON COAST is HELD

SACRAMENTO. Cal. Nov. IL
~ The well.Isnown ether viii
suffer severe strain December 3.
a radio spelling bee involving
sections OF EmcrHon's cmnys and
high school seniors Of Oregon,
Washington, Nevada, Arizona and
California. viii be held on that
day.
WIN G. Wood. state nuperIn.
tendont OF public instruction. Us
arranging the trouble. lie mys
ihousnnds Of radio fans Will tune
IN on Il, Wood snyB radio
doesn't sound any worse when n
word IL miAspelled than when Il
Is correct.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-17
RIPE RASpRERRIEs y

exhibited Saturday by Mr. Andrew
Olsen. OF o'Brien. Wash. Tho bor.
RIGS were picked on November II and
brought 10 Seattle from the White
: .-Ssr Eallcy ranch Of the owner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-17
LAST RITES for nornco 2. Mann

''T NIT To TOT HOIHCc T, Mann,
80, were to be held from the Bon.
ney.Watson parlors ut 2 y. m. Sat.
urday. The Rev. DR. ]. Ralph
Magee. Or. Crowther and the Rev.
George A. Landon were to officiate
Mann. a veteran OF the civil war
died Thursday night OF injuries re.
eeivcd in an automobile accident
Tuesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-17

BERLIN. Nov. H. The British
embassy today advises It's women
and clerks TO return 10 England 10
nvold possible hunger riots md other
outbreaks in Germany this winter.
This action Is considered very zig.
nlficant.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-17
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
MAYOR
STARTS ON PAGE /

Columbia city. Damn wapte.,
Georgetown. l must have men WHO
viii cooperate with me in enforcing
laws; so must tho chief chNs sew,
eryns has carried out ms orsisFs
without a moments delay.
And l want 10 say that there
hasn't been a letter complaining OF
evies that hasn't been promptly sent
TO Chsf Seyeryns for Investigation.
and a prompt report made on il
SAYS COMPLAINTS OF
DEPARTMENT UNJUST
The mayor declared that ron.
plants against the police depart.
ment are unjust. 'Remcmber. thar
although ] have reorganized tho DO.
lice department. that the detective
department IA still under the con.
troll % Mr.. Charles Tenant. ana
that he Is responsible Tor It's acts.
Perhaps Dir. Erickson can con.
vince the people thar the police III.
ficials are all crooks and that
Erickson isn't cruok-but / think
Ire viii have hard Job doing IT,"
When Al Lundln was prosecutor
Dick f1emlng ran a dance hali
that was a disgrace to civilization,
Mayor Brown said. "He wanted
10 run dance hall during my adj
ministration. but I said, NO. Not
on your life. Dicki'
SAYS ERICKSON PEEyED
OVER CITY APPOINTMENTS
The mayor declared the reason
Erickson has attacked vice condi.
! tons is because the mayor named
George Russell, superintendent o.
the water department.
Erickson has had pet scheme
the Cedar river dam and Cedar
river basin sealing operations
that has cost the city hundreds o. 4
thousands Of dollars and il has aill
been wasted" the mayor charged. 4
Erickson knows am compiling
data on this prolec; and that I am
going to tell the people OF Seattle
about IT, That waste Of money IL
going TO Be stopped. Erickson
doesn't ukG II -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-17
Starts Battle on
Medill Mccormick

CHICAGO. Nov. 17.-Former Gov.
eFnor Charles s. Dcnecn today
launched hts campaign TO unscat Ne
Jill Mccormick az United States
senator from Illinois.
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most IN fact, since prohibition went
into effect.
Also. ! would suggest that
grand jury ia now IN session. and
~ Mr. Erickson has any evidence Of
such things aa he intimatca. there
would be the place 10 take H."
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
Mankato, Mimi,
Nov. 25th, 1923.

awe AcSAA3 ASHo'
Dear "Twilight:"
Arrived in this fair city last Tues
day night, by buss. Will tell the
world we were glad to get here. Folks
tell us this is only about 95 miles
from the Cities. We travelled 1875
miles: Ninety-fve miles straight
ahead and 100 miles up and down.
What am trying to say is, the road
was sort of rough.
Lot of folks here all "het" up over
the Ku Klux Klan and it's no Won
der they are; the Klan here is one
"hot baby" A fever heat, you might
say. Some of the boys on the out
side have the fever so bad that old
man ]. B. has to carry club to keep
'em from coming in faster than he
can write their cards. He's lucky in
that he formerly was a school teacher
and writes with both hands. He had
to stop using his typewriter as the
bearings got hot and burned out. We
took swing around LeSueur and
Nicollet Counties last week and talk
ed to lot of Klansmen and a lot of
men who wanted to be Klansmen.
Most of their wants We're fulfilled.
Most Of them are Klansmen now. We
naturalized one class in COW stable.
They aren't "the Bull either, but
sure enough he American citizens,
and rearing to 60. We hate to
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
"D0N D0UCHNUT" WRITES TO TWILIGHT"

think what will happen to the boot
leggers in these three counties pres
emily. -.
Talked to one old gentleman who
fought in the Civil war, he informed
US in rather forceful language that he
certainly was a 1000 American if
there was any such animal and the
room got so hot when he told US what
he thought of the people who are
| fighting the Khan that we had to open
the windows. By that time neighbors
had started to gather in and we had
quite a party. One nice red-headed
lady told US we ought to 60 see her
nephew Charley in st. Paul, so we are
going to send Charley's address to
the Mayor and let nature take its
course. 49,. ~ -
Our friends, the self-appointed en-
emy, have confined their activities in
this community to spreading the usual
anti-stuff and are trying to put forth
the idea that Klansmen are sworn
Vigilantes and if the officers of the
law don't enforce the laws, the Klan
will disregard the officers and enforce
the laws themselves. l wonder how
they get that way. Here we have
been telling the world what our prin-
ciples, our aims and methods Of oper-
alton are, for eight years and some
folks haven't learned yet, can excuse
ignorance but ! haven't ever had
much use for bonehead or dumbbell.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
TRI-STATE MEETING
OF KLAN SUCCESS

Baltimore, Md.-The Klansmen of
the Maryland, Deleware and Virginia
shore staged a great ceremony at
Pocomoke City.
Pocomoke Klan had raised a fiery
cross on the fair grounds, thirty five
feet in height and at 8 o'clock in the
evening the parade of several hun
dred Klansmen led by a large band
started and paraded the city. After
the parade the cross was lighted and
by its light DR.. Burke, of Ocean City
Klan, Realm of Maryland, delivered
a very forceful address on the prin-
ciples and purposes of the Knights
of the Ku Klux Klan to several thou
sand people who received it with
great enthusiasm. He was applauded
to the echo. .T
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12

Also would like to suggest that some
of our inventor friends put on the
market a device to stiffen knees and
an artificial back bone. These de-
vices could be used on weakened
Protestants who have shoe strings in
stead of back bones. Here is. a won
derful opportunity for somebody. A
man sprung new one on us the
other day. He said, young man,
you'll have to be some salesman, if
you sell me the Klan idea" We told
him we didn't aim to sell him any
thing, and if he was the sort of man
who had to be sold on the idea of
being an American citizen, and stand
ing up and telling the cockeyed world
about it, we couldn't be bothered with
him." He is one of these noon-day
luncheon boys who boost their COM
munity and holler, "Trade at home" !"
then go to the cities to buy an over
coat and votes against improved
streets. Says he, won't obey the
eighteenth amendment because it in
terferes with his personal liberty and
was so patriotic that he waited until
liberty bonds were worth $S7 before
he bought any. Say, buddy, ! sure do
love guy like that.
. Go to it Buddy, E. g..
,ITsuB,
--.a.~ DON.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
WHAT AvAILETH A CAR
LOAD OF REPORTS?
ST. PAUL MUST BE SCRUBBED CLEAN!

xxx

the courage to go down the line in
battle for better conditions. The
spineless citizen, knowing facts which
would reveal the exact Conditions,
sinks to one side and thus permits
matters to go from bad to worse.
We know thatA courage is a neces-
sary element in battling for right
eousness. Up to date this courage
has been lacking to a startling de-
gree. Any man or woman who will
join hands with the Call of the North
can accomplish much in making our
fair city, st. Paul, better place in
which to live and raise a family.
Alibis are useless, hedging is out of
place, lodging is unadulterated cow
ardice. What we want is the man
and the woman who not only is will
ing to report facts but dares to stand
determinedly for thorough ,investi-
cation, willing to take part in any
possible court action.
The Call of the North is out to get
any public officials who fail to do
their duty. We want people to know
every instance of failure, so that the
electorate may use the ballot-box as
effectively as good housewife uses
a broom. There is no need for pay
rollers, who are more interested in
their salary checks than their oaths
of Office. We must have officials who
truly appreciate the necessity for do
ing their duty, regardless of whether
it involves the rich or the poor. The
underdog can be browbeaten and in
timidated so as to make police rec
ords look like some things they are
not. Although all petty violators of
the law should be punished, yet if we
can wipe out the big birds the little
fellows will hunt their holes. -
We don't care who the police Off
tials are, so long as they do their
duty. If Chief Sommer can clean up
st. Paul, much power to him. If he
can't let's get rid of him-the sooner
the better. When the Chief of Police
starts real cleanup of the capital
city, all real St. Paulites will get BE-
hind him. The Call of the North is
patiently waiting for action-and ac-
tion so effective that every brothel,
every gambling joint, every booze
den, every dope-hole, every low-down
hotel is closed and every CRATER,
every vice agent, every imp of hades,
is apprehended and placed before the
bar of justice and fearlessly punished
to the limit ow the law.
Come, folks, all of you who believe
in cleaner St. Paul, pull off your
coats, roll up your sleeves and do
your duty. Do it with a determina-
tion which will brook no intimida-
tion of any kind. Enter into the
housecleaning with a fearlessness
born of an awakened citizenship.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
THE ANSWER
DR.. Samuel F. Kerfoot,
St. Paul, MINI.

St. Paul, MINI.
Dear Doctor:
The foregoing letter 1 read with
much interest. l note that you ac-
cuse the Ku Klux Klan of being "un-
American" because that great organ
ization covers up it's identity and
Frequently takes the law into their
own hands," Of course, assume
that you have evidence of this and
/ would certainly appreciate it very
much if I might be favored with
names, dates and place of at least one
instance, proving this broad state
ment. Doctor, please do not general
ize, but be specific. We hope you
will not hedge and squirm, but get
down to facts.
Frankly, don't grasp the mean
ing of the last paragraph in your
letter. l was not aware that the
Klan was using methods that were
"devisive between races and reli-
gions." l have always supposed that
the Klan conceded the right of every
individual to practice any religion he
chose, provided he does not use it for
political purposes. You, Doctor, not
being asmember of the Ku Klux Klan,
know whereof you write. We trust
that you will give us definite infor-
maticn, clearly presenting real proof,
showing that the worlds greatest
Protestant organization is what your
accusations point it to be.
If it is un-Christian to believe in
separation of church and State, then
the Klan is no more un-Christian
than the Constitution of the United
States, or, in fact, than the Meth
odist or other Evangelical churches
which stand forth on the same basis.
will be glad to learn of that
brotherhood you speak about which is
at present seeking to safeguard the
inheritance of our Fathers within
this Protestant nation.
In closing, let me urge a FORE
square answer and emphasize the i'm
portance of facts, and the foolishness
I of fancies.
Awaiting an early reply, I am,
Yours for PrOtestants that Protest,
P. J. ORN,
Editor Call of the North.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
DIR. KERF00T'S LETTER
CALLSF0R ANOTHER
Generalizations Reveal Astounding
Ignorance OF Klan Affairs.
THE LETTER

November %, 1928
The Rev. w. Rothwell,
ClaremOnt, Minnesota.
My Dear Brother Rothwell:
/ have your letter of November "a
relative to the publicity given . my
name in connection with the National
Vigilance Association.
It is true that l had agreed to the
use Of my name on, the National Com
mittee seeing on the letterhead sent
me the names of some of the most
reputable and sane men in the var
ious states of the nation; among them
the Governor and Lieutenant Cover
nor of this State. The papers did not
represent properly my own statement
which was that these names were
presented ON the printed list of the
Committee. The organization sup
posedly was for the conservation of
law and legal procedure under the
Constitution and not to fight any
single group. AS an educator, was,
with a score of other college presi-
dents, interested in what would en-
phasize the necessity of such conser-
vation. 1t has been heralded, how
ever, as if l were interested in a per-
sonal fight to destroy the Ku Klux
Klan, which is a matter in which
have only passing interest. Many of
the tenents of this organization are
worth while; the only trouble being
that in their creed in believing in law
and order their procedure seems to
be contrary in their un-American
method of covering up their identity
and their procedure in frequent cases
of taking law into their own hands.
am, however. only interested in
the constructive program and not in
any anti conditions whatsoever, be-
lieving that things which have real
worth in them will continue to exist,
and that things lacking in such worth
will speedily pass.
1 appreciate your taking interest
enough to write, though I presume
our preachers would do well to side
step relation to any organization of
any kind which is so radical and un-
Christian as to endeavor to develop
devisive methods between races and
religions. What we need in our day
is more of brotherhood, and in doing
so it need not mean that we are not
worldly wise enough to see that the
inheritance of our fathers in a pro-
testant nation is thoroughly safe
guarded.
Cordially yours,
S. M. KERFooT,
President
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
KHAN FLOAT AWARDED
FIRST PRIZE AT FAIR

Williston, Fla.-A beautiful and
spectacular float, entered by the Levy
County Klan was awarded first prize
recently at the Levy County Com
munity fair here. @
The float led parade of several
hundred Klansmen and was attrac-
lively decorated with American flags,
surmounted by a huge, electrically
Illuminated fiery cross. The Knights
were mounted and the pageant was
unusually spectacular.
This is the first instance, so far
as is known here, of Klan having
been awarded highest honors at any
state or county fair. =
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
ST. JAMES POP-CUN WEEKLY WHlMPERS

of falsehocds, lie monger in other
words.
Your little periodical spasms Of pie
bald piffie is only as fly scratching
the cuticle of an elephant. Your
caterwaulings only provoke laughter
from your neighbors who tolerate you
as they would a pup-dog and coddle
you into the belief that you are an
editor. The fact that your 800 week
circulation is on the decline should,
however, serve as a gentle reminder.
.Heavyhash Dear, apply unto thy
self your gangreenus CAB and spike
your bazoo, you are making a fool of
yourself. Every community has it's
coocoo-nut and from all reports you're
it in St. James.
For "little feller" you make lot
of noise, but your anti-Klan fight is
vain. You might as well go out, af-
ter the evening meal, and bay at the
moon as to fill much space in your
"groaner" with attacks on the Klan,
expecting to accomplish your pur-
poses. Heavyhash, if you could have
seen the pile of letters sent to the
Call Of the North after the EXPOSE
thanking US for the write-up, you'd
call bootlegger so that you might
give your ego stimulent. The only
reason we are coming back at you is
to let you know that you didn't silence
us with your pop-gun publication
Little flea butt not thy head against
wall, you'll injure yourself" Come
Heavyhash, get out of the pantry, the
furnace needs. coal.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12

Somebody at St. James, Mimi, has
a grudge against the Call of the
North-he or she sent US a copy Of
the "Windypendent' filled with
"odors." We don't mind having over
ripe tomatoes or ancient eggs thrown
at US by tolerant backyard CATS" but
we can't overlook the son-of-a-
swamp-slipmuckero-kokus mixing our
mail with compost. i
The "Windypendent" is a weekly
spasm of whimpereens which is being
inflicted on a long suffering public at
St. James. It looks like a movie
screen that has come in contact with
a cateract of tobacco juice or a roller
towel used by the printers devil. The
pages reek with mad screeches char
acteristic of that mental type which
is properly placed in a padded cell.
One Heavyhash mixes a stew that is
a most delectable dish for web-footed
sloppersnappers and then smears it
generously over the pages OF the
Windypendent.
Come, Heavyhash, pull up a chair
and let us have a heart to heart talk.
Just how many fanatics do you know
that hold membership in. the Klan.
Please uncork your mighty intellect
and tell US just what the Klansmen
have done in your neighborhood that
stamps them as outlaws. You insist
that the Klan is a lawless organiza-
tion-don't generalize so much, but
name a>sirgle instance under your
observation where the Klan has TAX
en- law into it's own hands. Just one,
Heavyhash! Dumboozled, eh? We
caught your catbird that time. Show
us your stuff or well have to write
you down as deliberate pandered