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4. A postmortem examination of the contents of the dead 'man’s stomach would have told the story, but it seems that this was not done, although the man almost with his dying breath declared he had been poisoned. The ofjficers say they are afraid to charge Jimmy Duncan with ! selling poison to Lutz, for fear he might bring a damage
I suit for false arrest. Gall stones seems to be the alibi Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at that has been prepared all around. Coroner Downing the postoffice at Muncie, Indiana, under the Act of March seems to be entirely too ready to stand back of these alibis, o i orrn Flvprvhndv knows that. Tommv Tcafme died from a “shot”
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 19H
THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Dem mocrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the Eighth Congressional District. The only Democratic newspaper
in Delaware County.
CROATIAN PATRIOT FINOS M MH S . REFUSE IN LONDON, ENS. CANDIDACY IS STILL
HANGING IN BALANCE
3, 1879.
Price 10c a Copy—$3.00 a year.
Everybody knows that Tommy Teague died from a “shot : of morphine and the evidence is practically all in that Lutz
, was poisoned, but the coroner, who is supposed to investi-
Office 733 North Elm Street. Telephone 2540' gate such cases has not done so. Failing to get any action GEO. R. DALE, Owner and Publisher. here the son of Mr. Lutz has announced his intention of —-— going before the federal grand jury at Indianapolis to
Muncie, Indiana, February 15, 1924. tell his story.
—Asks For Conference.
victorious at any cost oi - individual sacrifice. The very security of our institutions depends upon it. The appalling conditions, existing in Washington today—corruption, graft, incoinpetency—have created a situation; more dangerous to government thaa bolshevism itself. Those who have betrayed the public trust must bo driven out and laslxed with public contempt and indignation. Those who are fighting me with disreputable methods know that if I had power, I
HERRIN, EXAMPLE OF KLUX IMPUDENCE.
* * * *
WE’RE BETTING ON BILLY.
The exhibition at Herrin, 111., should give thinking; Our idea of a real, rip-roaring farce-comedy is the
people some idea of the things which will soon begin to; coming examination of candidates for the Muncie posthappen all over the country unless congress and the vari- j office job, to be held^March 9. That will certainly be an exous states do not soon recognize the gravity of the Ku “ting and fascinating contest. We are wjlhng to make Klux situation and suppress the lawless organization and, books on that boss race and play the favorite ten to one. send its crooked leaders to prison, where they belong. | against the field. Billy Williams, the acting i. M., has been;
A four flushing, alleged “bad man” named S. Glenn! sitting up nights studying he spelling book ano geography.;
Young, was paid the sum of five thousand dollars to come 1 BllI .y 18 jest naturally an educated cuss, and while his ex- j to “bloody Williamson County” and take charge of affairs. Perience in life has been practically limited to playing ward His employers were the Ku Klux Kian. Assuming author- politics and running the county infirmary, nobody expects ity which he did not have, Young deputized a large army an T °^f: e P°sfoffice employes, who have spent the better of half-baked kluckers, armed them with automatics and . tbeir lives m the postal service, to cut any figure i sawed off shot guns, and began a reign of terror. m the coming examination. . That s what we like
By mere force of numbers Young captured the sheriff sipout our well known civil service; it gives the lowly poll-
of the county and locked him up, together with the mayor t lcia n an opportunity to prove to a scofTinq- world that he, of the city, in the basement of the city hall. Young de- can ^ earn m five minutes what it takes ordinary mortals posed the chief of police, and arming himself with two years to master. We dpn t want it understood bv this that automatic revolvers, and placing two klansmen in charge . we are ending fault with the civil service. We are mereof machine guns in front of the city hall, set up an absolute sympathizing with the less favored of the gods who hope dictatorship based on the strength of his ku klux army and , ^ politicians, who are ab,e to ^bso^b kn^wlon his fake reputation of being a man killer. edae without studying anything weightier that a precinct
In an interview one of Young’s ku klux admirers mod- P?" book. It may be that some will enter the lists aqrainst
estly admitted that the man they had brought to Herrin ^ . redoubtable Bdly* There s really no h^rrn in th^ir to restore “law and order” had killed twenty-six men pnng. there s nothing to lose, and, incidentally, noth-
and could shoot to kill with an automatic at six hundred t0 wln ’ * * * # yards. As a matter of fact, Young is merely a cheap bully * m ~
who probably never killed anybody in his life and couldn’t The Terf .hocked a h t a barn door with a handful of shot at ten paces. The few days ago when at a funeral seriees of on aged co’ored man. klan is easily satisfied, though, and S. Glenn Young ex- held in the Whitely church, they beheld a ku klux fiery cros^ lyingpects to o-ive them their five thou^nd dollars worth, if it on the breast of the good old man who had passed away and was costs ”11 the lives in Herrin and vicinity. home to his grave bearing on his inanimate breast -the pagan em-
The example set bv Youn^ and his blood-thirstv fol- b ? m °r ° j rder ar J,^ disloyalty which seeks to reduce the
lowpvc. may be emulnt^d Pt env Fm° bv the Indiana Hors°- t* orc ^ L ° a . co td i t , on fai below his original state of slavery-
J. A L . 11 !. , e ' ni riorse 1 Two of the prominent attendants at the funeral were Judge Clar-
thief Detective Assertion. Which has well be-n n^med ence W. Dearth and Sheriff Harrv Hoffman both pmmmentmem the Standing armv of the kDn. Tn most counties of the bers of the Muncie Ku Klux Klan. Mystery surrounds the placstafAthe honsethi^ som>t^« h^^n nm’esc^nt, but in big of the ku klux emblem on the body of a man who belonged to some, notably in M^disom Noh 1 e Frankk’n. Tipnecanoe f r ace*that is hated by the klan, but the co’ored pc'op’e of White-
f6W 0therS > they haVe P U,!ed 3 nUmber 0f ***** be a F deliberatefttempt^o'makeluappearThat t'f’kluckers^re This rotten oro-enization has infested nin^tehths pf foeh. 'WitKtte^p^My > ^ct^*bpt > Sel”in^»h
the -fjmfaes hf Tndtgp^. It« thomtiefs nre erme^d and general election due in the .fall, the klux politicia s"of Delaware adorned bv tin stars which oive them the ri^ht to exer- county are trying to coax the co’ored voters back ^to the repubcise authority over citizens who d^ not helono’ to the klan. lca ? ^ mi sbt be stated in this connection that they have 1
There are hundreds of these fallows in every county ^k^ 1 up date \ The colored voters are wide horsethief detective ps^^ci^tion h^s been org»n ; z~ mask ’’ " °s^ n t >s spimg and fall will be, “swat the
Stephan Raditch Escapes From Belgrade Officials. !
— i Wants Followers To Make London. — Stephen Kaditch, the TWicinn On Fntnyn Crmra*
stormy petrel of Jugoslavia, is now in GClSlOIl Ull I UtUre L/OUPSe
London. The irrepressible Croatian pa-.
triot, who has been coitpared to Pat-
rick Henry, Kossuth, d’Annunzio and j
De Valera, fled across six European JJJg LETTER TO PUBLIC w0111(1 scourge the grafters and faithborders unrecognized and found refuge _____ less servants, drive them from every Hritish capital. | bureau and department of government The Belgrade authorities had &c* I , . ^ . . . ., . „ cused him of high treason for defy-! Washington, Feb. 15-William G. and punish them, and all other guilty
of wrong-doing to the utmost limits, ef
the law.
“The powerful financial influence which I had to fight for six years while secretary of the treasury, nn
in Zagreb, Croatia. He is gifted with by the E. L. Doheny Oil Company had j scrupulous ra ii road official* who h*re great eloquence, and all the independ- made him unavailable as a candidate ; filed faIse claim , c . againBt the gove? ^ ent spirit and fiery temper of the true for the Democratic presidential nom- j ment the bos&es and other sinigter
i fluences are determined to control gor-
A request that a conference of such ; emment at any cost. They are arleaders men and women be called ; rayed a g a inst me because they feaar tn in Chicago as soon as possible is ; have a man in the presidency wfen made by Mr. McAdoo in a letter to , knows them and their me thods aa«i lavid L. Rockwell, of Ohio, his cam- , w j 10 canno t swerved from the patfc
paign manager, in charge of national | , of duty and justice .
f , f> ,. headquarters at Chicago. The letter I .. The most imme diate and vital inconstant thorn In the side of the Bel- was made public here last night by ., , , . grade government, which both feared Mr McAdoo SUe before the Amerlcan P e °P lft 58
' ' ± ' whether these sinister and danger*»e
I want this conference to consider ^ ,
, , A forces shall control government or
and determine, the former treasury , .
y , whether honest and clean government secretary wrote, “whether or not the
Washington, Feb. 15—William G.
Ing the government and comparing the McAdoo announced Tuesday night he country’s young queen, Marie, to would- leave to the leaders of his moveMadame de Pompadour for her extrav-, , , , _ agance. ment m each state the question of Raditch was formerly a bookseller whether his employment as counsel
patriot. He began his bloodless fight for home rule against the Serbs in 1918, after Croatia had become merged with the new kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Like the sons of Ireland who fought to achieve the independence of their country, Raditch from that time never ceased the struggle for freedom of his countrymen. He was a
and respected him. After warning him many times against his radical utterances, the cabinet had him arrested, but soon ordered his release when his
supporters threatened a revolution.
Raditch is sometimes described as the Mystery Man of Europe, and he has always been an enigma even to the Serbs, who variously call him charlatan, scoundrel and lunatic. But none of these epithets is regarded by outsiders as just, as the Croatian leader had behind him the whole of his little nation. He is small In stature and unimpressive In appearance, but possesses striking intellectual talents, much charm of manner, and many Ideas which tumble over each other in
their haste to find expression.
fact that an honorable professional
Youngster Must Now - Mother Or oh an Puos
IBiisJll
“wakt 1 —- 0 *^^ c . oI ? r « d Wers are wide wher^a korsetbief detective has been orfrayrz- mask, ed. County cornmiWonp^s with klan fcanm^s are dailv hekp’np' to reeru^T this vWns P r mv of o^cnnption in a peaceful state. The commissioners of Madison coimtv two weeks afro swore in nmeteen new mm totems. Recently seven tv-five new memh^’s iouwd the ar^v in C^«s countv and the event was celebrated by a military ball
and o mnk tea.
EARLY HISTORY OF BASKETBALL
time the size of the basket ring and of. the ball were standardi. ed and the free throw system in practically its
present form, was adopted.
By 1894 the main features of the
-- m 1 iixv ica. 1 ^ game were determined, being little This wholly viemus and un-American organization Fifty Players Used On a Side di »'erent from those of the game of has but one purpose in view, that is to force klan rule: —Goals Were Peach the orftSfiTlt Hav rrw “
upon the peonle of Indiana whether thev w°nt it nr not.! Baskets.
It would be comparatively easy, say in Howard conn-1 ——
ty, where the horsethief gang has something like eight wu*, Dr. Natemiti. basket, hundred members, for this army to capture Kokomo and ban, teams were made „i ima nme set ud a reign oi terror similar to the ghastly experiment to fifty players per team—as many as - A - —~ — —
at Herrin. The klan is made up principally of irrespon- c°uid move about in the playing space. J ffect tbe playin g of the s aioe - ha ve sibles, consequently the men who join the horsethief so- ;It vas apparettt that tackling and ) ^ tlvely , unimportant ; There , ciety are the worst that could be picked out and given ' )Ioclnn - ™ ld be dangerous elements c an « es as revo utionaiy !
arms and a tin star and turned loose to prey upon society.
inis standing armv is now hokbnq- itself m readiness png tackling unnecessary. An asso-
the present day. There are critics v ho say that too many changes are made in basketball rules, but a careful analysis of the facts shows that fundamental changes have been few; that the game of 1894 has been modified very little; that the changes, as they
it could be brought into being almost overnight, could be standardized after not more than three years of experi-
d yet win immediate and popularity—these facts
Early Mine Wage Settlement Seen
as the adoption of the forward pass in football or as radical as the foul-
_ ^ jtU6 _ iUlls unnecessary. A n asso- ^ ^ in baSe,balL ™ S is esl5e - for any emergency and the units are ready to co-operate ci&tion football was used and the goals c ' a ly 1 iemarkable in view of the fact if it should become necessary to act against the whole r ere peach baak6ts fastened to the as . a etba11 wa3 devised mor ® or state. The national guard has been largelv absorbed by j waU or galIery at eitber end of Lhe ° SPur ° e momcn ' iat
the invisible empire, the state house is full of kluckers, j Z? nVlT 17 HVlZTr nmety-nve per cent of the sheriffs of Indiana belong-, so thrown m any direction, and a goal
the horsethief association would find mighty easily sailing, ! was made when the ball enteerd mentation ’ and ye t win immediate and as far as official co-operation is concerned, in case thev! and remained in the basket, when j' vlde8P ? ad , po i )UIarit y—these facts
started an offensive in Indiana similar to that which is | ^.*3 I “ ^
now nutting Herrin on the map aeain. _ ! e „ t3 '„ n , 0S3 ITTZ made a loTm ! ^ of the g rea t ill very county in Indiana which IS infested by one of I the meantime. ! S enluses is the annals of athletic
these fake horsethief detective gangs, is in danger. | Naturally, the first experiences with 1 acbievement - Sooner or later the law abiding citizens of Indiana will be the gajne indi(:a tpd ways in which it compelled to meet and vanquish this grotesque manifesta-' COUId be lmproved * For ins tance. u
tion of mass ignorance and mass courage. It will either have to be done bv legislation and the exercise of lawful authority or by a bitter war of extermination. Before the klan came with its hypocritical protestations of Christ-like virtues and its “law and order” pretensions, good feeling prevailed and nobodv felt the need of a standing army intent on starting a civil war. But the army is here and the issue may be forced any day.
AND NOW IT’S GALLSTONES.
The Star and the Press last week came out with an entirely new story concerning the death of Carroll J. Lutz, the man whq died in a room in the Delaware Hotel after drinking a portion of a bottle of white mule. His death was due to gall stones, according to these veracious chroniclers of local events. Coroner Downing reported that the man died of acute alcoholism. A son of the dead man, who came here from Indianapolis to investigate his father’s
death, declares that he was poisoned and that he made the two years later the present declaration before death that he had purchased the poison of putting the ban into play ^ whisky of Jimmy Duncan, a member of Muncie Klan No. vls(?d A * approximately the
Boy Wanderer Lives on Apple Diet Three Weeks Minneapolis.—John Kumo, fifteen, who left his home in Chicago some weeks ngo to see the world, was picked up by the police here. He was hogging for apples here. Tbe fruit, he said, hud been his principal .diet since leaving home. His parents wired transportation to Chicago.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 15—Early
For instance, it
was seen that teamwork was impeded when too many players were used, which led to limiting the number to nine on a side, the players being designated as follows: home or center forward, right and left wings, center, and
two side centers, goalkeeper, and two 1 settlement of the wage demands of guards. Soon after, the size of the the bituminous caol miners was seen floor determined the number of play- here Tuesday In the action of Phil ers: five, seven, or nine on a side for ( Penna of Indiana, spokesman for the courts containing 1,800 square feet or | operators, who moved that all delibiess; 3,600 square feet or less, or | erations be referred to a subcommitmore than 3,600 square feet, respec- tee of miners and operators, lively. About a year later the num* I Prevailing sentiment among operaber was fixed at five per team and tors was for a renewal of the present
has so remained.
Another odd feature of the game at first was the method of putting the ball in play. Players were lined up at opposite ends of the court, the officials tossed the ball into the middle of th© playing space, whereupon the players rushed for the ball. About two years later the present method
was de-
same
wage scale for a term of one or three years, but not for a four-year contract, i Settlement was declared possible be- j fore the end of this week unless tlm j miners insist on a four-year contract.
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shall be restored to s the people, administered in the interest of all the
service rendered by me to a client, i , , .
, , , . . ’ ! people and not prostituted to the s©rv-
but having no relation whatever to the oil leases now under investigation by the senate committee” is prejudicial to my leadership in the cause of
progressive democracy.”
ice of the privileged and favored few. “I w’ant this conference to consider this situation. I want the progressiva men and women who attended to be
, . cold-blooded adjout it. I want them fceIf they think I am unavailable,”! . , . . .
, ,, j disregard my personal interests or
he added, I shall gladly withdraw
and fight as a private in the ranks: if they think I should lead, I will Jo so with all my power that is in ne. I will do anything that they think is right and best for the service of
the party and the country.”
The former secretary also asked hat there be invited to the confer-
• political fortune and to say in the light ; of their well considered and deliberate ' judgment, what is best for the cauae I of democracy and clean government—• ; what is best for the future of the naI tion. If they think I am unavailable, I shall gladly withdraw and fight as a 1 private in the ranks; if they think I.
,. „ should lead, I will do so with all the nee representatives of progressives . T .,, , .. x... _ , { power-that is m me. I will do any-
thing that they think is right and best ( for the service of the party and the
^ 011 i country
bin’^advisable in order that we ma>
tside of the Democratic party, repesentatives of labor, representatives f the farmers, and any others
t as far as -ossible a true index
f public opinion.”
Mr. McAdoo’s letter, under date
C yesterday, follows:
“I want you to call a conference in ’hicago as promptly as possible of be representative men and women aders in each state of the so-called TcMoo movement. I want this con•'reifce to consider aiul determim hethcr or not. the fact that an hon>rable professional service rend red
“To this conference it would pleaxe me immensely if you would invite ail representatives of progressives outside of the Democratic party, representatives of labor, representatives of the farmers, and any others you think advisable in order that we may get as far as possible a true index of public
opinion.
“Wo must all fight and s?-crifitfee the limits of human capacity the vieiou’S and simster combination of fn»-
Wlieu (^ueenie, u Collie dog. uaS run over by an automobile In Chicago a policeman was called to siipot iier and put her out of her misery. After a cartridge in the police gun had failed to explode, Roland Schneider, four years old, who owned Queenle, begged the policeman not to shoot her because she was a “mamma” dog. A kindly veterinary set the leg in splints, hut there •were other Injuries more serious and Queenie died. When the photographer arrived little Roland sat in the back yard with a basket full of puppies whose eyes were not yet opened and murmured through his tears, “Gotta do something.” And just as Roland was alone with his dead and his little family the photographer made this picture of a boy grieving for his dog.
, , ance, transportation, bosses and graft, . Tr "L ( \ t ~_ C1 ' “ t- J T' bl ^ n ° ' Fl ' ’which has destroyed confidence in gov011 \ na 0 ' Cr ° , e , ‘ l ! '°'' ■ ernment and will destroy demociacy mder investigation by the senate com- , ... t ... , J . , , i itself unless it is whipped into obli-
nit'ee, is prcdudicial to my leadership i .
n the cause of progressive democ- ;
racy.
„rri h - . . . . . , ’ j Washington, Feb- 15.—The largest This has nothing whatever to do i .. . ,. , ^ , , ' peace-time appropriation bill ever be-
with the betrayal by former Secre t, i fore congress—the annual treasury- | postoffice supply bill, carrying apprpxii mately seven hundred and twenty-nine
fary Fall of his public trust and the discovery and revealment of others j who have been guilty'of wrong-doing !
in the oil scandal.
“What I am concerned about is not; McAdoo. My political life is of no consequence as compared with the 1 cause of progressive democracy. That ! cause must be preserved and made!
million dollars—was passed Tuesday by the house by a viva voca vote. The measure goes to the senate pra'cticaly as drafted by the house appropriatiens committee only a few amendments of importance having^ been adopted by the house.
THE KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX
KLAN UNMASKED.
Flag of India Leads to Jail. Napur, India.—Because of their persistence in displaying the national flag of India, th? local jail now shelters 540 Indians and the number Is growing. The flag is purposely curried in parades, with the knowledge that the marchers will be apprehended.
Mistakes Asylum for University Worcester, Mass.—A young fellow In a big cur drove up to an Imposing building recently, jumped out and rang the bell. An attendant responded and looked the stranger over. “Well, I’m here,’’ stated the youth, smiling. “Yes, and how long do you expect to stay?” was the an-
swer.
“Why, right along until I get an education,” replied the boy. “Isn’t It ail right?” ' “Say, where do you think you are?” queried the attendant. “At Holy Cross college, of course.” “Well, this la the Insane hospital and—” But the student had made a wild leap and was piloting his car out of the grounds in rec-ord-breaking time.
By Captain J. A. Cummins. Captain Cummins, who is a Protestant and a veteran of the Spanish-American and the World Wars, and an ex-commander of the American Legion, of Portland, Indiana, made the first public speech against the Knights of The Ku Klux Klan that was made in the State of Indiana, on July 15, 1922, from the corner of Main and Meridian streets, to some two thousand people of Jay county. Captain Cummins, through a great deal of hard work and expense has been able to furnish the public with the secret ritualistic work of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, just as they give it in the Klonklave and charge their members ten dollars for same. Captain Cummins is now offering a complete exposure of the secrets of the Klan, including grip, pass word and signs, including seven reason^ why we should oppose the Klan. This information will be sent to any address in the United States on receipt of one dollar, payable to Captain J. A. Cummins, 135 E. Water street, Portland, Ind.
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