Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 20 March 1925 — Page 4

. FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1925.

Notes From Columbus Ohio First Installment of Expose of the Ku Klux Klan of Ohio, Written By One On the Inside.

(Editor’s Note.) Last week the Post Democrat published an amazing story exposing the fact that Flora Alexander, 1he head of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan in Ohio, successor to Daisy Douglas Barr, with state headquarters at the Seneca Hotel, Columbus, was forced by the police, in January, to marry a man with whom she had been living in adultery for years. Alexander deserted his wife and two children and lived nine years with Flora Whiting who had a child by him out of wedlock. The couple were arrested on the night of January 28, and were married on the 29th. The woman still remains at the head of the woman’s klan organization, regardless of protests, her “pull” with Wizard Evans Judge Comer, national head of the woman’ organization, and Mayor W. H. N. Stevens of Newark being strong enough to offset the wishes of the women w T ho are demanding her removal. We will now proceed wdth a complete exposure of the klan in Ohio. The following is written by a former member of the klan, who know's its workings, inside and out. From time to time there will be further informtion from the same source. It should make interesting reading for Ohio suckers who helped finance the Evans gold brick scheme: Columbus, Ohio, March 20.—Judge Comer of Little Rock, Ark., national head of the women's klan orgajrization, is here again. Since- he can’t be here this time boosting his rum-soak-ed candidate, I can only think ‘tis the fair Flora that attracts him. As the judge is noted for the unusual amount of red likker he can tote without busting his biler, I hope his friends will he careful of the brand he gets while here, so that he will not beccme incapacitated during his so-

journ.

it. Gumpy, old boy. The klan will re-

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ward you next election. If you want a nice, fat job in Columbus, all you need to do is to pull a dirty deal-—the dirtfer the better. Flora, the “Major Kleagle,” can’t get by with that sob stuff—that she didn't know" the gun was loaded, as Alexander's wife interviewed her personally several years ago and told her all about it. Alexander is a Shriner. What are his brother Shriners doing? Flora couldn’t have vamped them all. What in heaven’s name did Flora see in such a human wart? The influence must have been powerful that caused her to peddle doughnuts from door to door to get the wherewith to support him. Alex had better stick now. He’ll never-find another.

Pearl says Mayor W. H. H. Stevens, of Newark, sent the roses to her griinddaddy. Ts he really contemplating matrimony.

CITY ADVERTISEMENT Department of Public Works Office of The Board 212 Wysor Block, Muncie, Indiana Notice to Contractors and to the

Publ ic.

Notice is hereby given, to the public and to all contractors, that the Board of Public Wirks of the City of Muncie, in the State of Indiana, invites sealed proposals for the construction, in said City, according to the respective improvement resolutions below mentioned, and according to rhe plans, profiles, drawing and specication therefor on file in the office of said Board of each of the public improvements herein below des cribed, towit: I. R. No. 1106-1923, For cement curb and gutter on both sides of High Street from 8th to 12th Streets. R. No. 1228-1925, For Cement side walk on North side of Charles Street from Calvert Ave. to McKinley Ave. I. R. No. 1230-1925, For paving the alley running east and west between Jackson St. and Adams St. from Council to Gharkey Stret.

with headquarters in Indianapolis.. It is to be the aim of tins national committee to urge the American people to broaden their vocar>uiaries and to teach the children of the nation the value of ability + o express their thoughts by clear and

correct speech.

FALL’S KINSMAN MUMON STAND Refuses To Answer In Teapot Dome Case Regarding $90,000 Bonds.

SENATE CONFIRMS JOHN SARGENT AS NEW ATTY.-GEN.

Cheyenne Wyo., March 20.—Jumping speedily from one critical point to another, the Teapot lease annulment suit came to a head late Monday afternoon in a legal haze over the question of whether M. T. Everhart, Pueblo, Colo., banker and rancher, would be sustained in his refusal to testify regarding a deposit of Liberty bonds he handled for Al-

I. R. No. 1233-1925, lor cement curb jj Fall, former secretary of the

The next time Prosecuting Attorney John King goes into a woman’s K. K. K.. meeting to spread the bull, he should be more careful, for he certainly missed the mark when he declared to the women that the woman at the head of their organization, (Flora), • was such “a sweet little woman” and “just the one for the place.* Wonder how John found it out? The records of the police, the divorce court and the bureau of vital statistics tell such an entirely differ-

ent story.

Sheriff Gump, elected by the klan, has filled every position under his control with Roman Catholics. Go to

“Life” recently conducted a prize essay contest on the klan. Following is a. copy of a short essay submitted ; by the writer. Read it and I ask you if it does not come nearer the mark tthan any of those published by “Life”. i ‘‘The Ku Klux Klan is the offspring of the fertile brain of a lazy man | who, realizing that there was one j born every minute, decided that if he could unite them all under ' one head, the Pqpe of Rome would have nothing on him. That he succeeded to the tune of millions and millions of dollars is a well known fact, but ‘tis a long road that has no turn and Evans has reached the bend. Soon the Ku Klux Klan will exist in history

only.”

Flora had the pure, unadulterated gal! to preside over the state meeting of the- women of the K. K. K. held in the Seneca hotel, March 10. She still plays the part of the leading lady, in ^fcpite of her exposure by the PostDemocrat. EVans and Comer are working harder to keep Flora’s escapade down than they are to “keep America for Americans.” Amen.

and gutter on both sides of Brittain Street from Jackson St. to Charles St. Each bidder is also to file with the Board an affidavit that there has been no collusion in any way affect-

ing said bid, according to the terms government

of Sec. 95, of the Act of March 6th,

1905. (Acts 1905, p. 219).

All such proposes should be sealed, land must be deposited with said Board j before the hour of 7:30 o’clock in the | evening of the 24th., day of March 1925, and each such proposal must be accompanied by a certified check payable to said city, for the sum equal to two and one-half per cent. (2 1-2 per cent) of City Civil Enginer’s estimate which shall be forfeited to said city as liquidated damages, if the bidder depositing the same shall fail duly and promptly to execute the required contfoct and bond, in case a contract shall be rewarded him on such accompanying proposal. Said Board reserves the right to

reject any and all bids.

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Mary E. Anderson, Clerk. (Publish March 13-20 1925)

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It may be of interest to the people of Lima to know that Prohibition Officer Effinger has his office in connection with the women’s K. K. K. order. They may not knew that, but they do know that it’s mighty soft for bootleggers in Lima.

Better Speech Is To Be Encouraged

Indianapolis, Ind., March 20.—For the purpose of encouraging better speech, fixing upon the. public the habit of clearer articulation and discouraging the growing use of slang, the American Committee for Improved Speech has been formed

Political Downfall Due To Husband’s Name. She is Now Known Simply As Rosella E. (Contributed by One Who Was There) On Thursday, March 12th, 1925, the W. C. T. U. met in regular meeting at the home of Rev. Sayers, 416 West Adams St. They took in one Mrs. Milton S. Davis, commonly called Rosella E. Davis, of 208 Meeks avenue. v Mrs. Moomaw, the president, called the meeting to order and called attention to the article appearing in the Muncie Post-Demo-crat concerning her activities at the republican meeting at the Roberts Hotel. She put up all kind of excuses for talking for Hampton. Mrs. Davis, the new member, was called forward and pursuant to their custom, she took a sort of an obligation and the president then fastened to her dress either a “Hampton badge’ or a white ribbon, emblematic of the grand order. Then Mrs. Davis was ready for her talk. She said in substance as follows: “This is the first time I ever joined the W. C. T. U. I never thought much about the organization until I heard Mrs. Moomaw speak at the Roberts Hotel meeting, but after that meeting, and after hearing the grand talk by Mrs. Moomaw on the principles of the organization I became thoroughly converted and I am now a member and glad of it. “That miserable Post-Democrat cannot speak the truth; what he said about Mrs. Moomaw is a rank lie. That man cannot speak the truth, and he is always telling the faults drf others instead of his own faults. He will lie about any one. The people he lies about are good people and doing good for the community, etc.” She said she was a candidate for delegate to the Rep. state convention, but Kenneth Cring defeated her because no one knew her by the name of “Mrs. Milton Davis.” If they had called her Rosella E., or the like, she would have won. Mr. Davis was an old bachelor and met her at some summer resort. I think maybe at the summer resort that the Muncie Star started at Knightstown two years ago. But anyway they got married. Some of the women think she wants to come out for an office. She is a red-hot republican. I don’t know which klan she belongs to. For a new member she was rather gabby.

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Jury Frees Him of Robbery, But Convicts Him On Assault Charge.

Los Angeles, March 20.—Kid McCoy has been found not guilty of the four robbery charges made against him in his second trial. The former welterweight champion, however, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon and on two counts of assault witji intent to kill. The jury findings, returned late Monday after deliberations of 73 hours, carry a minimum penalty of three years or a maximum punishment of 38 years’ imprisonment. McCoy was found guilty of manslaughter last December for causing the death of Mrs. Teresa Mors, with whom he had been living. The sentence was from one. to ten years. The prison terms included in Monday’s verdict will run concurrently with the manslaughter term, making it possible for the Kid to expiate for Mrs. Mors’ death and his wild west rampage during which he shot three persons in the antique shop of Mors, Inc., on August 13, 1924, by a total of three years in the state penitentiary. If, however, the court refuses parole, he will be in San Quentin for the next 38 years. McCoy remained calm while the verdict was read. When asked what he thought of the decision, he looked up quickly and said: “Hell, I didn’t know what I was doing at the time, did I?”

interior, on the ground that he .was within his constitutional rights. Everhart, a son-in-law of the former secretary, refused ’ to answer questions put by Owen J. Roberts, of

counsel, regarding

whether or not he took $90,000 in Liberty bonds to the First National bank, of Pueblo, of which he is a director, and deposited them there with instructions that they belonged to Fall. He declined to answer on the ground that to do so might tend

to incriminate him.

When counsel on both sides took opposite views as to whether a witness in such a position was the sole judge of whether or not his answers might incriminate him, a long argument followed, after which Federal Judge Blake Kennedy took the question under advisement. Questioned as to what would be done if Everhart were sustained by Judge Ken nedj r in his refusal, Mr. Roberts said: “If Everhart is not compelled to testify further I don’t think we will take the trouble to call Mr. Fall to

the stand.”

Mr. Fall is here under subpoena, but doubt has been expressed as to

whether he would testify.”

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Warren Rejects Presidents Offer; Controversy Is Ended. j Washington, March 20—The con j troversy between President Cool idge and the Senate over the attorney generalship ended •abruptly yesterday with the nomination of John G. Sargent of Vermont, for the post and his prompt confirmation by the Senate. Mr. Sargent, a former attorney general of Vermont, and a close personal friend of the President, was selected after Charles TV Warren of Michigan, whose nomination twice was rejected by the Senate, had declined to accept an offer of a recess appointment. At the moment that Mr. Sargent’s name was transmitted to tne Senate, the White House made public an exchange of correspondence between the executive and Mr. Warren which disclosed that the offer of such an appointment had been tendered 1 yesterday after the Senate had acted unfavorably upon his

name.

Unwilling to Intartera Mr. Warren wrote the President that he was unwilling to prolong a political controversy which might lessen Mr. Coolidge's “opportunity for full usefulness to the nation, and possibly interfere with your making wholly effective your poli-

cies.”

Announcement of the selection of Mr. Sargent who lives in the little village of Ludlow near the President's hiirthplace was made after the President had conferred with Republican and Democratic floor leaders in the Senate. He was unwilling to submit th a name until he had been assured Ids old friend would not be subjece l tc the haz ard of such an attack as was made on Mr. Warren. Immediately upon receipt of the nomination the Senate moved swift lv to dispose of it. Chapman Cummins of the judiciary committee took the unusual course 'f laying the appointment befo.v the body in open session and then called a meeting of his committee to act on it. There was little discussion in the committee. Senate-* Dale (Republican. Vermont),.appearing on behalf of Mr. Sargent, explained that he would bury “political differences” with the nominee because the issue was “above political controversy.” o— Speaks To Farmers At Marion Meeting

Marion, Ind., March 20.—Representative farmers from the ten counties in the Fourth district of the Indiana Farm Bureau. Grant, Adams, Wells, Huntington Wabash, Miami, Howard, Tipton, Blackford

and Jay, met in til's city yesterday, and heard addresm:^ by W. H. Settle, president of 'he Indiana Farm Bureau, and Mr. Cu-.'M!. of. BlackCounty, on she value of co-op-erative marketing, and lax and land

appraisement problems.

Mr. Settle indorsed the McNaryHaugen bill, which was lost in the last Congress, and urged farmers in the district to get behind the movement to have it introduced in the next Congress. As proof of the value of co-operative marketing, Mr. Settle stated that 75 per cent of the wheat growers in Indiana, outside of the pool, sold their wheat last fall before the price reached $1.25 a bushel and only 5 per cent of the farmers in Indiana had any wheat when the price reached $2 a bushel and that the average price paid outside of the pool was $1.26 a bushel. He said members of the pool ali ready have received $1.25 a bushel j as an advance payment on their wheat, and that there are two more payments to be made to them.

Added Move In Plan. Although the North Atlantic rum. fleets still exceed any known to be riding outside American territorial ! waters, coast guard officials let it be i known that they have an eye on the j activities of the fleet loitering in the i Gulf of Mexico. It was expedient, they said, that this fleet seeks to ! take away some of the trade now carried on from islands off the Florida coast, and so the patrols are watching its activities with some success.

MOVES TO CUT RUM SMUGGLING IN GULF Coast Guard Chief Transfers Attention To Southern Waters for Liquor.

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DEMOCRAT CAUCUS (Continued from Page One) all democrats who don’t like that kind of monkey business !f It is ridiculous that democrats should attempt to ape the performance of the Billy Williams machine. In numbers here the democrats are in a woeful minority but the people as a whole have been looking to the democrats to lead them out of the morass of republican misgovernment. If the democrats expect to get any where they must get out cf'the old time rut and play the game according to Hoyle instead of using the Billy Williams’ formula. ’ The Post-Democrat sincerely hopes that there will be no further attempt to cut-and-dry the coming primary | election. The voters in both parties are not in a humor to be bossed.

A railroad has but two things to soil—transportation of freight and transportation of passengers—but this does not mean that either freight or passenger transportation is a standardized product, which, like coal or wheat, is the same wherever you buy it. It is true that the price

at which transportation is sold is fixed by law. There is no competition between railway companies as to rates, but there is competition in service and the individuality of each railroad is reflected in the service it renders.

The Chesapeake and Ohio takes pride in the quality of service it provides its patrons in both freight and passenger transportation. The management supplies the material from which satisfactory service is produced—motive power, equipment,

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road-bed, track, block signals and those other factors which go into the making of a safe and dependable transportation system. The employes, “the railroad family”, supply the vigilance, courtesy and attention to duty which distinguishes Chesapeake and Ohio service from the un-

satisfactory product.

All railroads offer service, be it good, bad or indifferent. We strive to render good service, because we understand that the railroads and the public are dependent upon

one another. Because of their close relations with the public, the railroads, as a whole, are striving to have their problems dealt with as economic questions, which they are, and not as political issues, which they are not.

W. J. HARAHAN, President,

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.'