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.WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (Capital News Service). The senate without debate has adopted' the Copeland resolution for an Investigation by the senate committee on education and labor of alleged "diploma mills." The Investigation will be of particular Interest to Washington, as the resolution directs the committee to ascertain and report to the senate whether the laws governing the practice of medicine in the District of Columbia are being observed. The committee also will make inquiries to ascertain whether there are in the employ of the public
health service And other branches of
the government persons holding "de grees" or "certificates" from "diplo ma mills."
- Senator Borah, who reported the resolution, said Senator Copeland
will be chairman of the investigating committee which will start its work
early in January. This resolution is in line with recent activities of the postoffLce de- ' partment in issuing fraud orders , against alleged "universities" which ; grind out "graduates" by the simple ; process oftaking a fee and writing a "diploma." The practice is debauching of real education when its practice is Confined to making "Doctors of Philosophy" and "Bachelors of Science," but when it extends to ; making "doctors" and "dentists" it lets . loose upon ; an unsuspecting public lhosT who can injure " the health of the nation, and so take from its wealth and its strength.
CASE STARTED WITH
ALL SPEED POSSIBLE
Believed Committee Will Go to Texas to Hold Some of the Hearings
Congress Scheduled to Get Into Action Darin? Latter Part of Week
CONGRESS NOT YET J DOWNTOBDSINESS;.
Stubborn Battle Has Been Go7 ing On Since Decern- ' ber Third
ALIEN SURVEILLANCE ; NEEDED, SAYS SENATOR Would Draft Law That None But English Schools Be Allowed in America
WASHINGTON", D. C, JJecISL Americanism and, the immigration
problem were r.t&e topics of an ad
Much Sw rwT Snrrnnnda Vellon Ta-e 4 " " "fliKiS W SB Mn V f 7 tos "w Senator Pet Harrison, &
Reduction Program to Salt
Progressives
28.
Butterfly f aught in Wisconsin . SUPERIOR, Wis., Dec. 2S. A live butterfly was caught here Christmas day by Mrs. John S. .Arnionsen.
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(By Eyewitness) WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec.
The Senate committee on privileges
ana elections has not turned a wheel this week owing to the absence of so many members of Congress from the city. Most of them are spending the week at their various homes throughout the country and will not be back in the capital city until the first of next week. Congress is scheduled to reassemble on January 3 and then things will begin to hum for the remainder of the long session maybe. At the office of Senator Spencer, chairman of the Senate committee on privileges and elections, it Is learned that -the subcommittee oppointed to consider the evidence in the contested Mayfield case is subject to the call of the chairman. As Senator Spencer is out of the city for the remainder of this week it is
not believed the call for a meeting of the subcommittee will be sent out until sometime next week. Before leaving Washington for the holidays, Senator .Spencer said he would call the subcommittee together early in January, and get the Mayfield case started as early as possible, as he
was anxious to take up the case at
once and' dispose of it as soon as possible. To Hold Hearings
. The subcommittee that is to hold
hearings in the Mayfield case and go over the evidence presented is made up of Senators Spencer of Missouri,
chairman ; Ernst of Kentucky, Greene
of Vermont, Republicans; and Nee
ley of West Virginia and King of
Utah, Democrats.
It is thought by some that this subcommittee may go to Texas for
Leome of its hearings in this case, as
most of the witnesses will come from the Lone Star state. It is said none of them will be adverse to a "jaunt into Texas," and those interested in Mayfield sincerely hope the committee makes the trip. They feel that the general "tone" and "Klan atmosphere" In Texas will only tend to strengthen the well-established fact that Senator Mayfield was sent to Washington by the best citizens of Texas at a ratio of 3 to 1 over those interests who now oppose him Jl purely a Klan issue.
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KLAN VICTORY WON
AT SPRINGFIELD BY ' DISMISSAL OF CASE
Black Chapter in Persecution of " American Order Erased by . . Action of Prosecutor ,
Mississippi seat out 'broadcast 'over
the radio from Washington last night.
senator Harrison insisted the immi
gration problem should be dealt with
(Department of Publication and Ed- in a non-partisan way and for the
neat Jon) best interests of the entire country
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 28. "Every proposal," said Senator
The present Congress, which has not Harrison, "looking to betterment of
yet gotten down to real business,, was I conditions whether it he registra-
elected by the people a year ago last tion and rigid surveillance over the
November. .Some fourteen months 7,000,000 aliens i who, tonight, roam have passed since the election and the streets of American Cities or business in the two houses of Con- work in American factories without gress is just getting under way. In yet signifying their intention of be-
fact, the Senate is not yet fully or-1 coming American citizens; whether ganized.. m be a more enlarged or advanced
This state of affairs, of course, scheme of -educating those aliens brings up the question of who is to who have taken out naturalization be the new chairman of the Senate papers, or whether, a more rigid recommittee on interstate commerce, striotlve immigration ;iaw invites The people are asking the question, co-operative! efforts 'and united ac-
will he be a Progressive or will the tion. i ' -.r. . Senate lnsargents go over to the iiWheh the literacy or edncationai Democrats and select a chairman test was annlied In 1917 we took a
from the mirfbrity side of the cham-I verv forward and nrotier Bteo. When
ber? Or will the Republicans give n in, 1921 r we adopted the S pGr cent
ana eieet senator la oneiw, oi wis- j quota law, we Inereby prevented mu-
consm, wno ia tnef ranging , mem oer h BoneMof undesirable. Imraigrftnts frem of the majority party on that "com- coming to our shores.' But the law
mittee? Or again let us suppose. ia not Berfect and the immigration
Are we likely to have a compromise question is far from being settled-
candidate chosen? There was a time when immigration
In other words, what is to be the was regarded solely as an economic
outcome of the stubborn fight that problem, but the great world war
has been going on in the Senate since revealed certain circumstances that
Congress met on December 3 over caused the racial qualities oi tne im-
the selection of a chairman of the migrants to overshadow the econo
KlassHieR Were Arrested on Way : From FuneralDismissal Meets 9 AfprotaU! TBasand-
mic phases of the question
"If 1 had the power I would write
a law that none but English schools
be maintained and no newspaper
committee that has to do with the
Tailroad legislation of the country? Action Called Horse Play
l, i, HrIv I ' periodical or magazine be published Jl.thiiJt" in the United States unless it be
.r" printed in the English language. Im
He Advocates1 ST cee JJ
eoins ahead without a chairman,
'BIBLE IN SCHOOL' BILL
IS AGAjNAGFTATED Opponents of Measure Will Have to Fight in Open at Next Legislature
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BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 28. If the American people approve the plans selected by the jury of the $100,000
; American peace award offered by
! Edward W. Bok, Mr. Bok will take I n aeonnA fttftn trtwnrri the arivnftfA-
ment of world peace with a far wider scope and intent and an award
larger and more important in every respect, is announced in the January
issue of the Atlantic Monthly. Mr
Bok gives no hint as to the nature of his "second step."
country and care so; little about our own as to take no steps to learn the English language and have no ap
preciation of the ideals of tne American people are undesirable.
""Undesirable immigration is a
menace to American institutions. It
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saying that it does not make any difference to the country who happens
to sit at the head of the committee table and who sits at the sides of the
table.
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f hi vfet an nthAr middle west " 18 aangerou juai iu i-uC calCut
states, and esnecially the far north-
western states, made the railroad Strengtbe&ed Law Needed
legislation of the last enactment a what the United States needs is
camDaifen issue and fougnt out me f ran(uflf.tinn nf oitr nresent im-
campaign on those lines. He says mjgratlon iaW8f but a strengthening the members of the Senate are fight- - fu We should see to it first
ing for a principle involved, a live every in the United state3 issue, if you please, and declares " registers, and if he fails . Within a
is -not a- cWia"ilay by any P::iirtain -time ta sistnify his intention-
senator wneeier poinw io iu of becoming an American citizen he
that every candidate, wno aavocawm gbouId deported. The present the retention of the Esch-Cummms baSig upon vhieh our qUota is based tranRnortation law was defeated at t tmm ism tn ism.
the polls in the last election and that whch would not oniy effect a reduc-
every candidate tor tne aenaie wu tioQ ln numl)er 0f immigrants al advocated a repeal or a change in lowed t0 come annuaiiy from 350,.
the railroad legislation was eiecieu. g0 . 241.Z0S. but would permit a
He is of the opinion that tne coun- larger nt,mt)er of desirables and a try is watching this fight over this ewer number ot undesirables to en-
imnortant cnairmansmp auu uiai. v,a TTnUod stntea
is a mosi imporani r.nt manner of selection
standpoint. . , t flntfniiated. hut inefficient
The Senate, tnereiorc can u ' mii nnwiaA Within the nuota oniy
to have done practically nothing np thoge wnose record reveals them to
tn this time except xo nave ugiccu i . . w. nnA Htispnit anil whose
upon other committees for the work 8 aro consonant with the princi-
that is ahead. Kveryi""8 " Dies upon which our government is
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Over in the House end of the Capitol things are not much better and there is another fight on the rules tn rnme or Is likely to happen.
It will be recalled that when the House met early in December there arose a deadlock situation over the election of a speaker because, of the demand that was made for recognition hv the Progressives in that body.
nnii rails ensued for three days and
finally a truce was patched np by rhirh Sneaker Gillett was chosen
anA thp House organized temporarily
for a period of thirty days. This pro-
founded
come.
should be permitted to
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holiday party recently in honor of
their organizer, who is to leave them in the near future.
The organizer presented the court
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to the Progressive bunch and gave the, latter a tilace on the all-impor-
committee by placing Rep
resentative Nelson, ot Wisconsin inBureent leader, on the committee
and then things began to mn tnvT T ARTTRn TTT.A-W
omnnthlv for ft Short time. JUSt What ntronnnnTinn,
.ni h. demanded by tne rrogie
sives when the big fight comes up in
January remains to be seen
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SPRINGFIELD, O., Dec. 31. The Knights ot the Ku Klux Klan hare
scored another decisive moral victory against the un-American attacks
made against it and again the honor
ot the great organization has been
maintained.
After six months of delay and legal
juggling on the part of the police and
prosecutor, the case against seventytwo Klansmen arrested here July 6,
when returning from the funeral of a Klansman, was dismissed Saturday on motion of Prosecutor Justin Altschul. NO reason was given by the prosecutor for requesting that the
case be nouea, ana rouce J wage
Davis made no comment In ordering the case dismissed from the records. Thus officially at least ends one of the moat peculiar cases in the history of the local police department.
In the arrest or tne Klansmen a
precedent was established as it is the first time .tin; record that the
members of a fraternal organization were arrested while attending the
funeral of a brother.
The affair aroused nation-wide at
tention and many prominent secular and fraternal publications took up
the discussion, and editorials con
demning the arrest were directed at Richard E. O'Brien, chief of police, and those responsible for the arrest. In local circles it is doubtful
wnetner any public affair ever
aroused the sentiment of the citizens as this arrest of the Klansmen and
within an hour after the imprison
ment of the Klansmen thousands of citizens surrounded the county jail in open protest to the injustice of the
affair.
Indignation was at high pitch and
but for the good judgment ot Klan
attorneys and the peaceful and quiet
submission of the arrested Klans
men violence would no doubt have
resulted. - Many of the Klansmen
themselves appealed to the citizens to refrain from any demonstration
that would constitute disorder or dis loyalty to the law. It will be remembered that as a re
suit of this arrest'the American flag
and the Holy Bible were placed in
jail and the entire populace arose to
demand a restitution of this actro-
cious insult.
Thirteen fraternal organizations
took up. the fight In the city com
mission and pushed the fight until Chief O'Brien, in order to save his job, made a public apology to the people of Springfield and promised
that never again would his depart
ment be guilty of arousing the dis pleasure of Americans by such offi
cial procedure.
The case was continued once on the request of Klan attorneys and
three times on motion of the prose
cution.
It is felt in local circles and so
expressed by the legal profession
here and elsewhere that the prosecu
tion had a hopelessly wobbly case and that it would never come to
trial.
Prosecutor Altschul gave up hopi
of the stability ot his case when in the great Klan deponstration here
September S the police failed to stop
the parade as they had pledged
themselves to do.
Several funerals have been held
since the arrest in July, when the members marched through the
streets and no interference was
made in any instance by the police
With the dismissal of the case
against the Klan it is felt that the
organization has thoroughly estab
lished itself in this city and that no future efforts will be made to molest
or embarrass it.
It is estimated that the arrest of
the Klan funeral parade resulted in the organization increasing its mem
bership by almost half.
When the announcement was made
that the Klansmen under bail were
released and that the case was dis
missed a feeling of satisfaction was
expressed and the opinions of thousands not connected with the organization, that the Klan is a Christian,
law-abiding, American movement.
were solidly confirmed.
Chief of Police O'Brien, when asked
as to his opinion regarding the dismissal of the case, declined to make any statement.
COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 29. When the next session , of the Ohio Legis
lature is called, one ot the first measures to be offered for consideration will be a bill to make Bible reading mandatory in the public schools of the state. Such a bill was Introduced at the last session, but, for reasons which have never been made public, it was smothered in committee. Determined efforts were made by its supporters
to have it brought up to a vote, that its opponents and their reasons might be made known, but the bill
never reached the light in either the senate or the house.
It is known that such a bill Is now
in preparation and steps also are being taken to disclose the influences behind the opposition. Advocates of
the plan are marshalling their forces
and every pressure will be brought
to bear upon the law-making body
to assure the passage of such a law
Movement Is Growing
Vernon M. Rlegel, director of the
state department of education, who has just finished a survey of the
state schools, reports that some sort of religious instruction is being
taught in a large percentage of the
Ohio schools and fifteen out of thir
ty-seven county superintendents
have announced that plans are un
der way in many of their schools for such teaching. The average time for
such instruction is said to be about two hours a week. This time varies from thirty minutes in Bucyrus to
three hours In two districts of Auglaize county. The Bible is used
as a textbook, in the high schools of
Toledo, Steubenville, Gallipolis, Ak
WELLSBTJRG, W. Va., Dec. 28.
The Ku KluX Klan here put on a
4 X, I VUiWhtMUH, ktt'V WV Uin,U Vp SMA ..van ThA next turmoil -came in tne ways 1 x j 1,ti n ha
and means coiomi """"poor and needy of the community.
over tne tax r,.,, fha nnnt , mar,mm
Sunday evening in large numbers.
secretly Mellon and the proposed! e pafc a -e
uonus iur ui w""'"' : . tive Frear, of Wisconsin, another insurgent leader, led the fight for consideration ot the bonne measure before the tax reduction program was
taken up.
who do not havpea to lie on the ways
and means committee, are lost u
This was voted down and orach la the dark yes about this as Is
the Mellon measure was given tne the pnbllc '- right bt way, tor consideration ln the cSettto? Down to Business .
COIUlXUiietT, ' ' - : M fka ilma Iiai tiW jAmft fnv Y!An.
ioe jjiuch i5cijvj . , -1 ctoss, really -to get aown.w- brass
Tha nr.iioB tax redaction program I tacks and go to work with a yen-
has too mch secrecy about it to sat- j geasce, and It is expected this will
Isfy most of tee jrrwgressives ut ne cone Beginning wiuuasn -wee .v.. ih trria tn amoke out the sec'l when Conaresa reassembles aftsr the
retarr of the treasary oa some things hoUdays recess. The session will be
they want to Know . gucu w t g. Npg: wv: uv sauuie i wr rMi and the Dnblic only the t fore the national conventions .come
thrnrs SO wanieu w we v aiong ia miuowumsi. wu, m
The committee on ways and means r tt, House has the Mellon program
in fun, ot course, but many ot his proposals tor tax reduction cn the big tHinge of life are not yet generally known. JteHtert,! Congress
all parties are ambitious to make a
record eo tnai taey can go neiore
the country wits issues, party plat;
forma and party accompusnments.
' All 'Klandam' looks with interest
and waits for action
ron, ' Mansfield, '. Dayton -nd-Cmany -other smaller towns. " -"Religious education In the publio 7 schools," one state official points out, "will not only tend to fashion the character of the youth of the land. -morally and spiritually, but it will tend to exalt American ideals and inculcate in the minds of the school youth the fundamentals of good citizenship." State educational officials declare that the chief opposition to Biblo
reading in the schools has come from counties which are thickly populated by aliens, particularly in Darke and Mercer counties.
No Bible or Flag A recent visitor reported that
neither the Bible nor the American flag were visible at the public school in Coldwater, although it is attended exclusively by Protestant children.
The school board in that town ia said to be composed exclusively ot aliens and, as was pointed out in a recent dispatch from Coldwater, the insti
tution is in a deplorable condition. Only two teachers are provided for eight grades and the sanitary condi
tions are terrible.
The compulsory attendance law in
the county also is said to be flag
rantly violated and the authorities seem powerless to enforce it against an almost unanimous opposition ot
aliens.
One thing is certain, the advocates
of Bible teaching declare, and that is that the legislator who is unalterably
opposed to such training in the public schools will have to come out in the open with his reasons. It was possible, by star chamber methods and secret caucuses, to stifle the measure at the last term, without the identity or reasons of the objectors becoming known, but a thorough smoking-out is promised at the next assembly. .
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UHRlCHSvlLLE, O.. DeC. 31.
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honor of Roy Cramer last Tuesday
evening at T o'clock, m the local
Methodist Protestant church. The sermon was preached by the Rev.
yamei juccora. ITEBY CB08S HEAR DOVER NEW PHILADELPHIA, O., Dec,
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