Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 9 June 1922 — Page 1

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THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER IN DELAWARE COUNTY THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT

VOL. 2. NUMBER 23

MUNCIE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JUNEdPTl922

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Harding Prosperity, “Just Around the Corner” Will Not Bear Close Analysis

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The chant has gone up from the Harding administration and tlhe “best minds” that prosperity is here, not. the ordinary brand but “an.unprecedented wave of prosperity.” If this be'true the people need not be , told— they can see it and feel it of their

own accord.

But let us analize the situation and see if a real prosperity has settled down over the nation. Nobody will deny the fact that there are some half million anthracite and bituminous, coal miners, out on a strike against a reduction in wage scale. Can it truthfully be said thajt these coal miners and their families are sharing in this prosperity? On the other hand Secretary Herbert Hoover of Mr. Harding’s cabinet, has consented to an increased price of coal at the mines which no doubt makes the coal operators rejoice in the new found Harding 'brand of prosperity. But this increased wealth to the coal baions must be. paid, so the task of paying the increased price for coal has been passed on to the ultimate

year. What more is required than to point to the fact that the republicans have not dared to tinker with the great economic measures passed during the eight years that great statesman and scholar, Woodrow Wilson, sat in the supreme chair in Washington, in which Gamaliel is now rattling around like a bean in a wash boiler. FARMERS CUT ALFALFA AFTER NEW GROWTH STARTS

When should alfalfa be cut for hay? The pratice of cutting alfalfa when the new shoots or sprouts are 2 or 3 inches in length is recommended by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment

Station.

Experimental evidence bears out the common experience of farmers that early cutting* is injurious to the subsequent growth and .stand of plants and favorable to the growth of

weeds.

If the weather is unfavorable, cutting may bo delayed without serious

injury even though the plants come consumer—you" and I, if yoq please, f into full bloom and the new shoots or

F<>r every ton of cogl spipa 100,000,000 American cilizeps copsippe we pass ?. grqft of $1.50 per ton lb thv cadj barons. Mr. Herbert Hoover cikT .this to you. and for the coal mine operators. If you like this sort of prosperity all w'ell and good'. The Afnerian farmer was the first to feel the Hardingl “back to’normalcy'’ cry. 'At one'fell swoop his prodbets were varied back' t° pre-war prides, although the things he bought remained at war-level prices while his taxes were constantly increasing. Thousands of American farmers sold their products for less than it cost to produce them realizing less than enovngh to pay the high rate of taxation let alone the. interest on their mortgages, and other countless thousands of farmers—many of them right here in Jay county—have lost all they possessed via the bankruptcy route. Are they sharing in the Harding

prosperity ?

The bankruptcy courts are literally choked with business failures. The. number is being; added to daily while thousands more business men have fought manfully and are hanging on by theit eyebrows. Has Harding’s 'prosperity made the average small

second growth sprouts become long enough Lo be severely clipped. The largest yield of hay is Obtained by hutting when the plants are in full bloom. Such delay, however, may result ip securing on]v two cuttings in a sen son. A stubble at least two inches long should be left and the last cutting made early enough to permit a growth of 8 to 10 inches be-

fore winter.

RED SORREL IN FIELD SUGGESTS ACID SOIL

business man prosperous ? Agricultural .Students in spine of J Hirtam.Twas electen oh'a 'nacK TgT ^fre^ingTr sUrooisgiiti thtc' western. J5 Art ghormalcy” platform., Scarcely ha a J ” 1 i1 1 ^ 1 - : —

hi's election been broadcasted over the nation until The fires weve drawn in the big and little industrial plants.' Millions of men were, without warning, thrown out of employment, and most of them are still undergoing enforced vacation. But when a mill dees re-open the aborers go back on doe s re-open the laborers go back on still pays the higher prices for the things he and his family consume. Is this an era of unprecedented prosperity for the American laboring

map ?

Just the other day the railroad heads announced a cut of $48,000,000 in the annual wage of 400,000 common railroad laborers effective July 1, followed in a few days by a like cut ir> th ; e wage of an equal number of rail rdad' shopmen. Will these million lailwhy employes be delighted with the Harding brand of Prosperity? It seems this peculiar variety of prosperity has struck a sola’r plexus blow on the body of the masses of American people. Who then is enjoying this prosperity that has emerged from “just around the corner?” Ask Harding, Hoover and the other “best minds.” They alone seem to know, and you and I pay

the bills.

And granting; that prosperity is bring restored, in a measure, it has comb in spite of Harding and his reactionary advisers. The republi cafis ' have been in absolute power for k year and three months and 1 during that time not one economic law has been passed. If, as the apologists of the Hardin/;/ regime shy, prosperity has come because of republican rule, how can they account for prosperity under a tariff law enacted by the Wilson administration? Not ' o'no fundamental law enacted by a Wilson and a democratic congress; has been changed and Harding and his 1 crowd are even trying to effect a foreign alliance which will practically bring America into the League of

Natiims.

'The Press ha s been worrying be cause the democrats have no issue this

An abundance of red topped sorrel indicates an acid condition of the soil which may be corrected by the use of lime, said Prof. A. D. Selby, botanist ,at the Experiment Station, on receiving specimens of this weed for identification. The plant is conspicuous at this season because of the red color of the seed producing parts. It thrives best on acid soil and may become abundant in meadows and pastures where red clover and the better grasses fail because of acidity. In Tact, the presence of sorrel may be taken as a fair indication of the need of lime.

of Ohio whei’c the plant is making its first appearance, are studying it in connection with the loss of lime in the upper soil. Though a weed, it will have served a good purpose, if its presence leads to the use of lime as

soon as needed.

SHORTS AND MIDDLINGS

Watch and spray! Particularly potatoes. • Says Sam: The most important thing for a farmer to remember is his wife’s birthday. Frosted apple leaves now falling in many orchards are the first leaves towards the ends of the branches are generally unhurt, there are plenty left to feed the tree until fall. Artificial incubation of poultry was known to the Egyptians and to the Chinese centuries ago. The window-glass area of a kitchen ought to be at least a fifth of its floor area. i It costs at least $50 to bring any dairy calf to a year old. What do you get for your $50, a sci'ub or something worth keeping ? Of the 71,000 purebred cows in Ohio, 38,000 are Holsteins and 24,000 are Jerseys, the census say. We heartily pray Thee to send Thy Holy Spirit into the hearts of them that possess the grounds and pastures of the earth, that they remembering themselves to be Thy tenants, may poi rack out the rent of their houses and ’apds. A Prayer for Landlords, from the Prayer Book of King Edward YI.

FORGED PASSPORTS Berlin—Secret investigation by British agents here revealed a passport “mill” where hundreds of forged documents had been turned out and sold.

Dublin—An Irishman 'watching British troops embark for England exclaimed to a friend: “Begorra, that’s good. Now we can fight in peace.”

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How About Mr. Cahill (Section 2482 Burns R S 1914) “No sheriff or” other person authorized by Law to appoint special deputies * * * shall hereafter appoint as such special deputies any person who shall not have resided in the state contiriuously for one year and in the county where such appointment is made for at least six months, prior to the date of such appointment * * nor shall any person without due authority, exerase or attempt to exercise the functions of, or hold himself out to any one, or act or attempt to act as a deputy sheriff. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the state prison not more than one year and be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.” Cahill, the organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in Muncie claims, it is understood, to come from somewhere in the south. If he has been a continous resident of the county for six months and the state one year, he is eligible to become a deputy sheriff. If net, he and the officer who appointed him have something to think about.

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ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT PARTY The effort upon the Dart of the law breaking element of the Democratic party in Muncie to start another so called democratic newspaper, with the avowed intention of putting the Post-Democrat out of business, is not meeting with a favorable response from the democrats of Delaware county. Last fall the Post-Democrat had the 1 courage to oppose the candidacy of former Mayor Rollin H. Bunch, our opposition being based on three things: First, that Dr. Bunch could not serve if elected, because of an Indiana statue which automatically rendered him ineligible to hold office. Second, because the former mayor had an inner cabinet of political advisers who were known violators of the law, and who sought political success for their idol in order that they might make Muncie the most lawless city in the state of Indiana. Third, because the candidate had used his organization time and again to elect republicans to office and to strengthen the organization of Billy Williams, republican county chairman. The opposition of the Post-Democrat, whose columns were filled with exposures of the rottenest bipartisan machine in the state, had much to do with the defeat of Dr. Bunch, and the losers have simnly carried their fued into the county election, and the gang that is back of the proposed new paper hope to secure enough support to destroy the PostDerpocrat. It is known that the crowd that is pushing the new paper deal expect to double cross several of the democratic candidates. For instance, Obed Kilgore, who was pushed into the democratic county chairmanship by Doc Bunch and Billy Finan, will find himself knifed next fall by the very men whose; dirty work he is doing now. Van Ogle, the republican nominee for-prosecutor, received practically the solid vote of the Bunch-Finan “democracy” in the jeeent primary, just as Horace Murphy received it in 1918 and Clarence Benadum in 1920. Obed Kilgore is the democratic nominee, but the very men who are using him now will cast their votes for Van Ogle in the general election, just as they did in the primary. It is possible that Mr. Kilgore is trusting to the honor of the bi-partisan conspirators to stick with him at the finish, but the experience of others who have been betrayed in the past, ought to teach him better. They will use him until they have no further use for him, and then they will toss him aside. Adolph Silverburg, democratic candidate for judge of the Delaware circuit court, is another who has been marked for the*slaughter by the noble band of democrats who are going to start a\i “official organ.” Right at this minute, while hypocritically begging support for the “official” monstrosity, they are laying their plans to defeat Mr. Silverburg. John Carey, demoefatic candidate for sheriff, is another who has been selected for the harpoon. . The bi-partisan “democrats” .ire close political friends of Sheriff Hoffman, who is a candidate for re-election, and itj-he fails to receive the votes of Doc Bunch, Billy Finan and their followers, he will be one of the most surprised men in Delaware county. Harry belongs to Billy Williams’s rPphblican machine, which is merely a half brother of Doc Bunch’s so-called democratic tmjehme. Doc and Billy have fixed things up an by a nice series of “trades” they have agreed upon who is to be elected and who defeated next November. " , . Jf >. ■ There are several candidates on the republican ticket who are obnoxious to the Williams standpat machine and in returp .f r the support of the “official organ” gang, the Williams gang will support two or three • emocratic candidates who happen to be favored by the fii-pai tisan- democratic crowd. The deippcrats never had a better chi ^ce to win than they have this fall, and those who .M . 1 reall.v i 1 .• u • i . si Ijftdi'gna n 1 a I tV ni tempt made hy the Kit---gore proxy organization to destroy party harmony. As it stands now the two party organizations have one thing in common, and that is a common hatred for the Post-Demo-crat, a newspaper that isn’t afraid of the cars. Some democrats, possibly some of the candidates, may fall for the bunk Obed and his little band are trying to put over. They may be impressed because of the fact that the “organization,” bossed by Billy Finan, is promoting the schema to start the organ. To such trusting individuals we will state that the Post-Democrat is an organization of its own and when it comes to knocking the props out from under Billy Williams’s and Doc Bunch’s double barreled bunch of cross readers and political outlaws, the Post-Democrat has got what it takes to do it. We take it for granted that the people of Delaware county are not quite ready to turn the county over to Billy and Doc and let them divide the pot. Neither are the people going to support a newspaper whose avowed purpose is to do the bidding of the gangsters.

PolithI Klu Klux Slip the High Chief Klicker on a Jury in Court Asher Case

Stranpe things are happening in Muncie these days, Hundreds of citizens here, many of them being men of hif|h character, are joining the Klu Klux Klan, but; we quer/do:/ very 1 much whether or not a Very large percentage of these are really aware of the things pulled off by an inner circle of Kluckers, who, most likely, refrain from informing the rank and file of the flan of their maneuvers. For instance, the organizer of the Klan is a man named Cahill. He resides, with his wife in the Alpha Holoday house on West Charles street, having leased the house of Mrs. Holo-

day.

Not long since he was appointed depaty sheriff by Sheriff Harry Hoffman, for what particular reason the sheriff has not seen fit to disclose. Not withstanding the fact that Cahill, the local organizer of Muncie plan No. 4, is a deputy sheriff under Sheriff Hoffman, he was “picked qp” as a juryman this week by Sheriff Hoffman £0 sit in the case against Court Asher. Prosecutor Benadum is an exceedingly active member of the local Kluxers, yet, in examining’ Cahill before qualifying him as a juryman, the prosecutor pretended to be a total stranger to him. He even asked two police officers, in the hearingl of the jury, they knew the man and when the policemen declared they were not acquainted with Cahill, the jurymen say that Benadum also said that he did not know him. Benadum does know Cahill, for less than two weeks ago Benadum, Cahill and Wilbur Ryman, the latter being a deputy United States Distinct attorney, attended a Klan meeting together in the Young block and each made speeches in which they demanded of the city administration the removal of Captain John Moles and n etectives Jerry Curran and Albert Rees. Moles has been more active than any other police officer in Muncie for many years in attempting to rid (he city of the lawlessness which

brother attired in a shimmy shirt, peaked cap and white mask. The corts are Ahe final resort of citizens, seeking fair play. If unscrupulous members of the Ku Klux clan make any further attempts to put over funny business in the court room there is bound to be a reaction. The attempt on the part of the highest officers of the local Klan to cause the removal of officers who have been especially active against law breakers, ought to make the honest members of the Klan sit up and wonder why an order which claims to stand for lav/ and order should attempt to destroy officials who stand for law and order, at the command of men who were elected to office by the solid vote of the law breaking element of Muncie.

WESTOVER WINNER OF BALLOON RACE

PEASANT INFLUENCE IS MARKED IN NEW SUMMER BLOUSES '

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The peasant influence is mak-j elusive makers,

ing itself felt in frocks and wraps samples. Either of them could white l.inpn elaborately embrqiderbut nowhere has it burst forth boast of being imported from the ed in bright red and colored laco m all its glory as in some of other side. The truth is that both to match is genelouslv used a A

the newest blouses shown by ex-'are. ppodpets of American work; 1 trinimin".

LILLIAN RUSSELL DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS AT PITTSBURG HOME

Husband and Daughter of Former Stage Beauty At Bedside When End Comes.

Pittsburg, Pa. June 8.—Mrs. Lillian Russell Moore, wife of Alexander P. Moore, publisher of the Pittsburg Leader, and noted stage

Tuesday morning after an illness of

several days.

At the bedside at the end were her daughter, Mrs. Doro*hy Calbit, Mr. Moore, *er meep, Mildred A. Martin, and Dr. C. B. Schildecker. Following a crisis in Mrs. Moore’s condition Saturday night, her physicians had expressed belief that she would, rally, but late last night it became evident that she hajd suffered a relapse. While it was rec-

less made known late in the evening that no alarm was felt.

2 YOUTHFUL “NOBLEMEN” TRAPPED AS SWINDLERS Geneva—The Swiss police have been notified of the arrest at Brussels dL two youthful swindlers who had long been sought. They posed as Count de Balessa and Baron Zumbacher. Both the prisoners are about 19 and their youth aided them in their

vaded every nook and corfior during the joint reign of dayor Bunch and Prosecutor Benadum, and it is known that Benadum bears undying erynity toward Moles because the latter, he. believes, had something to do with calling attention of the federal grand jury to unbelievable crinies in which the name of Benadum and others figured prominently. The crowd that was in’ danger of federal prosecution also fears Court Asher, who, though a convicted violator of the state and national liquor laws, knows many things which might sound bad, if related in Judge An-

derson’s court.

Up to date the activities of members of the Klan, outside of a few outsider harmless demonstrations of white robed Klansmen, have consisted Y.Tf'YU to destroy men who have defied, the mprudent bi-partisan mg that Judge Anderson scored in Gre federal trials of last December. The fact that this man Cahill, of whom little or nothing is known, was placed on the jury to try Asher, the pretense being made by officers that he was a stranger to them, the concealment of the fact that while sitting as juryman he was actually a deputy sheriff within the jurisdiction of the court, and that it was further concealed from the judge that he is not only a Klansman, but the organizer of the local organization, ought to give respectable members cf the Klan something to think about. If such business is allowed to continue what would hinder unscrupulous Klansmen entering the court room some day and taking possession of the bench, throwing out the judge and seating on the bench a worthy

Honeywell Second With Lieutenant Keed Third, Aero Club Announces. New York, June 8—Major Oscar Wcstover and his aid, Lieutenant Carlon F. Bond, are'the winners of the Milwaukee balloon race .which started May 31, it was officially announced by the Aero Club of America. Major Westover’s craft landed in the Province of Quebec, covering an estimated distance of 850 miles in seventeen hours and fifteen minutes in the air. Second place in the balloon rac was captured by Captain S. E. Honeywell, with J. H. Wade, Jr. as aid, civillian entrants, who flew a distance estimated at 530 miles. Lien - tenant Reed, the naval flier, was third, with an estimated flight . 440 miles. Prizes are $1,000, $800 and $500 for first, secojid and third places. SUGGESTS CABINET QUIT

Premiep Takahashi in Japan Tells ,(JuIleag;ues It.’s Advi _A-Y • TOKIO, June, 8.—Premier Takahashi again suggested to his colleagues the advisability of joint resignation of the cabinet. Oh May 2 several cabinet ministers tendered their resignations at the premier’s request, the reason being that reorganization of the ministry was contemplated. Several executive sessions of the cabinet followed this action and on May 6 Premier Takahashi announced that he had withdrawn his request for the resignations and that there would be no changes until several itepis of

FOUR GIRLS IN A BOAT

Durham, Eng f —Four girl students of Durham College went for a boat ride. One rocked the boat. All spent three hours clinging to the overturned boat before being rescued. COWS DERAIL TRAIN Edinburgh—Dashing 50 miles an hour in a herd of cows, the Edin-burgh-London express was derailed near Goswick. Several coaches left the track. ROBBED TWICE SAME DAY

Chicago—Luther Vernon was robbed of his watch on an elevated train. Continuing) to his office after reporting the theft at a police station, he was robbed of his pocketboqk. CROW STEALS $10 Chicago—A crow flew into the open window of Charles Snyder’s home at Riverside, stole a $10 bill laying on a dresser, and flew away with it.

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Here's The White Cap Law (Crimes Against Public Peace, Section 2,335, Bums Revised Statutes of Indiana, 1914.) “If three or more persons shall unite for the purpose of doing any unlawful act in the night time, or for the purpose of doing any unlawful act while wearing white caps, masks or being otherwise disguised, they shall be deemed guilty of riotous conspiracy, and, on conviction shall be imprisoned in the state prison not less than two years or more than ten years, and each be fined in any sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.” Several nights ago the Ku Klux took forcible possession of McCulloch park, a public domain devised to the citizens of Muncie for their use and benefit. Men, women and children who attempted to enter their own park were ordered out, some being taken out forcibly. The public highway in front of the park was blockaded and Klansmen with flash lights threw their lights in the face of curious automobilists. The white cap law was openly violated by men who claim to be the only “naturalized” exponents of law and order. One of the most prominent members of the Ku Klux Klan is Clarence Benadum, prosecuting attorney, who allowed two attempts to murder the publisher of the Post-Democrat, by armed assassins, to get by the grand jury without investigation. If the Kluckers expect anybody to take them seriously, they had.better wake up and find out whether those who are directing the movements of the organization are in it for patriotism or for politics and revenge.

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