Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 27, Hammond, Lake County, 23 July 1921 — Page 1

KU KLUX KLANS IN THREE LAKE COUNTY CITIES

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VOL. X, NO. 27. JULY 23, 1921 EIGHT PAGES tH 8ATUHDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION

BRITISH WORRIED

Dominions Colonies Insist On Making Trouble and Want In Conference (BY NEWTON C. PARKE) c-r.re -ADoroAunriT I N SERVICE! uONDOX, July 23. Premier Lloyd George Is becoming apprehensive over locations which are besetting the arrangements for the proposed Washington conference on d Far East issues, his friends revealed today. The TTemler was" quoted as saying to an intimate: "I almost wish I had never suggest ed a conference." Lloyd George's statement is explain ed by the fact that while the public invit.ti.in tn The Powers came from President Harding, it is generally un dcrstood that Great Britain strongly urged the United States to take the initiative in calling the International meeting. The Pr.mi.r intensely wishes the .rmfprcncp to be held and also he wshcsto participate personally. Apart from sincerely believing that disarm ament is possible, he realizes that it would be the biggest personal triumph he has ever achieved and would assure l.im an unlimited term of power. rj,it tviree obstacles confront the 1'remicr: 1. Premier Hughes of Australia is insisting upon Australian representation in the Pacific discussions. Premier Mctghen of Canada, is suportins l is Australian colleague. Lloyd George favored their suggestion to the extent of putting the proposal directly up to George Harvey, the American Ambassador. No response has yet arrived from Washington and Tjloyd tieorge is beginning to fear that there is no chance for a preliminary conferc nee In London. 2. Premier Lloyd George realize? it is useless for him'to go to the United States unless there is an Irish settlement in the meantime. He . is hecoming slightly pessimistic on account f the attitude of Ulster in the Irish negotiations. 3. Leaders of the Coalition party repent the possible absence of Lloyd George from England, fearing that Austen Chamberlain would be unableto hold the Coalition party togethet in his absence. The.v three factors are telling heavily a?ain.t Lloyd George's personal desires and doubt is expressed as twhether he can overcome them. The London Times understands that the Dominion Premiers have received from Washington a reply to their query as to whether they nay have representation at the conference, but no hazard was made an to the contents: In connection with Premier Lloyd George's statement in commons that Breat Britain would continue the construction of warships, the Daily Mail declared today that- the Cabinet supports the Premier's view and that it favors the building of capital ships and a continuation of the naval program For several years Britain will con struct big warship.' at tne rate of three or four a year, according to The Dally Mail's version of the Ministerial de cision. FOR BANK PRESIDENT riNTFPNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO. July 23. A nation-wide search is under way today for War ren C. Spurgtn. president of the Michigan Avenue Trust Company which wis closed Thursday by state Knk examirrers. Snurein has been missinc since July 15. Warrants for his arrest have been issued. Auditors examining the books of the bank said today that a shortacrr that will reach at least $1,000,000 and may amount to $1,500,000 has been found. ."Worthless securities amounting to approximately $500,000 arc said to have been found. It is expected that a complete statement of the bank's assets and liabilities will be issued late today. CHECK FORGER VISITS HOBART HOBART. Ind,. July 23 A check forger visited this place a few day? 3i?o and after stealing a revolver and Brahst Bros., a private stamp for tamping tjhecks went to the Ott" Brey grocery and cashed a check, telling the grocr that he had been working for the Brahst Bros. "CHICKEN FARM" CASE CONTINUED CROWN POINT, Ind.. July 23. The case against Cully Frannigan. proprietor of the. "Chicken Farm,'" the Ridge Road resort near Gary which was recently closed by the sheriff, was continued until the Criminal court re-con-Ten' "in .l ptemt?r, fallowing the summer vacation. The continuance was? granted when it was learned that Flannigan's attorney, Henry F. MeCracken. had been called to a Chicago hospital to be at the bedside of his wife who is critically ill. Incidentally, it is rumored here that the Chicken Farm is running

NATION-WIDE SEARCH

Did You . i Hear That i Ar I tu several weeks uooinu. j K. Stinson is back on the Job today. COL. n. P. LA MONT, president of the American Foundries sailed for London this week . JOB CONROT is already anticipating his annual flight to Mackinac Island next month. WORKMEN are putting a new roof un the Wentworth high school buildng in West Hammond this week. R. E. VOODS is' jubilant over the prospects of the new subdivision hi company is putting on the marktt this week. H. TV. THOMAS has resigned as pastor of the Full Gospel Mission ac cording to word received irora him at Union City. COMBINATION picnic tables' and benches have been installed at the Lake Front Park and are filling a !or.g felt want. FIFTEEN 'year old Wendell Barnett of Charleston, Ind., still wearing knee pants is the youngest student at the. University of Chicago. "LUCKT there wasn't anyone sitting on the right of Sproat," said a hum orous youth, viewing the angle at which the Sproat machine was resting THE crowd at the East Chicago box ing show last night may not have been so very large, but all the autos in this part of the state were parked outside FLOTD MURRAY after a week of golf, claims that he. cannot detect any improvement. The trouble is. he trys to hit the ball as though it was a football line. HAS anyone managed .to get near inough to them to read those little condemnation notices which were tacked high up on the walls of the lohmau r.iock. . , CHARLES HICK formerly of Ham mond, but now of Chicago, thinks enough of the country club course to make four or five trips a week out here for golfing". TT HEN Dr. H. E. Sharrer on his vacation heard of ttie collapse of the Hohman block roof Jt brought to his mind the now-forgotten Hohman st widening- topic. '. ' ONE of Judge McMahon'a republl can editor friends wired him yester day to be sure and reserve & room for him at a Hammond hotel for the Edi torial Show next week. THE amazing growth of the number of buses and Jitneys in Hammond is a matter of supreme concern to the -treet car company which sees dis aster ahead if it keeps,ajp.t THOSE nice new suits in which' the Hammond police managed to put it ver the Gary force at baseball, were sold to them at cost by John Millett, for which he deserves credit. THE city council has agreed to stand half of the expense of two weeks' vacation for Ed Kroer, manager of the Hammond free employment bureau. The state will pay the other half. THE following Lake Co. people registered at New York hotels this week: H. R. Jones, East Chicago at the Breslin; Miss C. Long. Hammond. Martinique; N. H. Golden, Gary, at the Longare. MAURICE EIN cordially invites th. public tj turn out Monday morning and watch him smash up the mess cf stills which he has purchased as junk vom the federal . prohibition depigment. DR. W. E. ARMSTRONG, of Greentown, a dentist, who also -was a lec turer, one of his addresses being on ny worry:" committed suicide at his home on Wednesday by drinking poison. BY a ruling of the city council, the Chicago police may be outfitted In light weight uniforms next summer. There may be some promise for the Ham mond cops If they are willing to spend the money. MAY street is well represented in the membership lists of the Water Bolsheviki in spite of the fact that it passes dangerously near to the home of Czar George Blockie. These water radicals are a bold lot. ALL set for the dunes! Another $1 round trip excursion to Michigan City on the South Shore tomorrow good on all trains. Excursionists can get off at Tremont. Porter, Chester or any stop in the dune region. ED. WHITE, professional at the Hammond Country Club, and his brother Morris, have applied for a patent on a sprinkling attachment which will keep three streams of water going from one tap. and' wet a whole green at on. THERE is some tall in the Nineenli pre-ciret wheh in the Eleventh Ward, of having the voting place moved nearer to the center of the population. In the past the polling dIj: has been in the extereme northwest center. THE De Witt Clinton train, which is to be displayed at the Pageant of Progress in Chicago beginning July 30. as the pioneer American steam passenger train, will pass- through Hammond on its way there on Friday, July 23. The train Is to stop for two a..urs ai oouin ena ana tt win aouDtBlc,P Ior at least a snort time here. lrln ' to p aispiayea Desiae tne 1 once famous New York Central engine aAAA

SEWAGE

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Opposition to the dumping of Hammond's sewage into the Little Calumet River from the proposed South Hohman street sewer has developed from another quarter. The Lake County Fish & Game Protective Association has taken a nand. This county-wide organization. which has among its objects the enforcement of the laws for the protection of fish and game and the stocking of streams with game fish views with alarm the proposal of the city to turn its sewage into the river even for a' short time while sewage treatment plants are being installed. "We have already tilken up the matter with the Department of Con-servation-at Indianapolis," said Wal ter Mtllikan. treasurer of the asso ciation today. "As soon as our mem bers learned of the plans of the city a storm of protest arose and the as sociation went on record against the scheme. The Little Calumet River li the onlv stream in the northern part of the county to furnish sport for fi-shermen at home and we intend to protect it. "We had just made arrangements for the federal government to start stocking the stream with bass. The state department is about to furnish us with thousands of crappies. bluegill and pickerel. If the fish arc placed there, the pollution of the stream will kill them or drive them away." It Is expected that as a result ot the action of the sportsmen of the county the state department will investigate the matter and it is probable that a change in thtj, city's plans will be necessary. It is well known that when streams are polluted with sewage, carp are the only fish which thrire and where carp are in tne majority the others soon disappear entirely. 17 YEAR ARRESTED CHICAGO, July 2. Stephen B. Capsack, the 17-year-old boy "Ponzl" of LaSalle street, was sentenced to six months in the Federal Boys' School at Booneville, Mo.. by Federal Judge K. M. Landis today. Capsack pleaded guilty to using the United States mall to defraud. The youth, a former $15-a-week bank messenger, pursued a brief though lurid career as a broker in uiSalle street. His business totalled $500,000 when federal agents swooped down on him. He declared, during his plea, that he had set out to "sin others because he "wauled to become rich." "I got to seeing so many bankers and wealthy fellows coming around In swell motor cars and fine clothes, that wanted to become rich," he told Judge Landis. "I knew I was Just a kid but I was pretty wise on stocks and bonds. fao I opened an office. That was six months ago. My first investment was for $200. I wanted to get rich honestly but I got stung on the $200 and I set out. to get others. i watchea the papsrs for notices of persons wishing to sell oil stocks and leases. I wrote them and said I'd handle tho deal to their advantage. In that, way, I got possession of leases and stocks worth half a million dollars at par value. It was great to be in business." OF CHICAGO YESTERDAY Ross A. Woodhull, owner of the Woodhull Ice Cream Co., of Lake county, and a Chicago alderman, was mayor of Chicago for four hours yesterday. Because of business In' connection with the Pageant of Progress. Mayor Thompson left his chair at the city council yesterday afternoon. He summoned Alderman Woodhull to the rostrum and handed him the gravel. Alderman Woodhull is a democrat and the democrat side of the council applauded. ATTORNEY HAS A . NARROW ESCAPE Attorney - Erie Sproat of Hammfind had a narrow escape from serious in jury rr death early last evening when his Ford Coupe turned on its side at the corner t.f Mason and Hohman street, foil if in? a collision with J. Arkin, the furniture dealer. The u-ixup ."i :l-e corner threw the Sproat machine over the curb on th southwest corner, turning It on ltr lde and badly damaging it. Mr. Sproat fortunately escaped without soutnwest corner, turning It on ltr iae ana badly damaging it. Mr. iproat rortunately escaped without Injury. The Arkln machine received Intl. I a a .. nurl ir me acciaent.

OLD PONZ

ROSS WOODHULL MAYOR

LAKE COUNTY

CITIES A ON THE LIST SS - LI Gary, Hammond and E. Chicago Have Hundred Thousand Or $m Postal Savings WASHINGTON, July 23. Four Indiana potoff ices, three in Lake county, are among the 132 with postal savings deposits in excess of $100,000. The cities, with their postal" savings deposits, are Gary, $331,072; Hammiml. $175,505; Indianapolis $168,781, and East Chicago, $146,208. A statement of the postal deposits for June was issued today by Postmaster General Hays'.' Gary ranks forty-first among the 133 postoffices with large postal deposits. It will be observed that both the Gary and Hammond postoffices, though in smaller cities, have postal deposits in excessof those of the Indlanapous office. This is explained by the large foreign population in Lake county. The Inclination of the foreign-born citize-n to use the post-office rather than banks is due to the fact that the postal savings system is highly developed yn European countries when he came. Postmaster General Hays recently announced his determination to give more attention to the postal savings feature of his department. He considers the present interest rate as too low and expects soon to make recommendations to Congress that it be increased. His announcement has been the subject of much favorable editorial comment In leading newspapers. g EXAMINATIONS IN AlGtST , The civil service commission yesterday announced that examinations for postmaster candidates for seven Indi ana postoffices of the second class will be held Aug. 12, and for twenty-nine Indiana offices of the third class Aug. 13. The second-class cities where post masters are to be appointed are: Culver. Greensburg, Huntingburc. Mltchel. Rochester, Whiting and Wlnamao The third-cla.3 Cincs where xia, inations will be held are: Austin, Avllla, Borden, Bryant, Camden, Chrisney, Crothrersvllle, Daleville.' Gas City, Hamilton, Hauttetadt. Hebron, Henryville, Ladoga. Lapel. Montezun,i, .asnviile, Parker, Pleasant Lake, Rome City. Royal Center,-Saint Meinard Sheridan; Silver Lake, Walkerton. Waveland, West Lebanon, Wolcott and Yorktown. FIND OTHER THIEVES Hammond Police Make An Important Capture Las$ Night. Another one of those important captures for which the Hammond pilice, are becoming famous was made late last night when Officers Bell andWaggoner of the motorcycle squad picked up a pair of auto thieves and the car which they had stolen in Toledo, Ohio. These thieves, who gave thei: names as William H. Connelly, 904 Webster avenue, Chicago, and Marvin Sahnow, Erie, Pcnn., were unfortunate in stealing a Hudson sedan, fo ra car of this make had been stol en from a Gary man the night before by a pair of bandits. The officers were on the lookout for this machine and stopped the two men in this car. Questioning the suspected thieves, the. policemen did not get a satisfactory reply, so they took them to the station. Further questions served Onlv tO fft th. nii, - the mire, and the upshot of the mat-1 tr was, that they confessed to stealing th oar. it had been taken from in front of the T. . M. C. A. building in Toledo at noon last Wednesday. From th' unui9 ,n ine car u was found to be the property of Cecil L. Rood. county surveyor, whose home im in Toledo. The authorities of the Ohio city have Uen notified and will arrive soon for the car and the bandits. Enroute to this city the men stoo ped at Hamilton Lake. Ind.. and set ting no. or tne Ohio license plates on tne car. stole some Indiana which they used. plate: CLUB MUST COLLECT DUES At a meeting of the directors of the Hammond Country Club officials were assured that even if the club is sold which is now said to be doubtful, 'he elub members will have all their privileges the ba'snce of this year and in all probability the whole next year. In order to protect the members, however, it is necessary that all dues- be paid at once in order to meet rental and other expenses. NO CHANGES IN ASSESSMENTS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July21. The state tax board today found the Lake Countr assessments as returned h th. Board of Review to be emch that no changes are necessary whatever.

HUNTING STOLEN CAR

HARBOR WOMAN FALLS UNDER MOVING TRUCK

While alighting fr-m a moving truck Thursday evening. Mrs. Mary Erdu of 2218 137th street, Indiana Harbor, fell beneath the car and her right leg was ground off. Mrs. Erdu, who has been working at the Universal Portland Cement company had accepted an invitation to ride home upon one of the heavy cement trtirks and at the corner of Guthrie and 137th the truck slowe-d down to allow Mrs. Erdu to alight. It Is thought that he rdresa became caught in the fender that caused Mrs. f 5 EE NEWS FLASHES (BULLETIN.) I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl ALBANY, N. Y., July 23. Jack rempsey, world's hoavywe'ight champion, must pay New York state approximately $12,000 income tax or face a charge of perjury, according to James S. Y. Ivlns, income tax bureau head. If Dempsey Insists he is not a resident of this state, the affidavit which he is altcged to have sworn to recently to prevent a writ of attachment on his automobile by New York City credi tors will be produced. Dempsey swore, it is claimed, that he was a resident of this state. BULLETIN) flKVNATIONAl. NEWS SERVICEl TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. July 23. The mangltd body of William Ging?r of Charleston. 111.,, was found in a ditch near his home by berry pickers. He is believed to have been gored by a bull. He had been dead three days. tBt'LLETIN f INTER NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE TERRE HAUTE, Ind July 23. William Hargett is the eighth Vigo county man to die this summer of a broken neck, sustained in diving into shallow water while bathing. The manner of death has been almost- identical In every instance. Hargett is survived by a widow and four small children. He was 28 years old. (BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! U MEMPHIS, Tenn.. July 23. Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 205 which left Memphis last night for St. Louis in charge of a Memphis crew, was held up and its mall and express car robbed by five white men and a negro, all masked, about 10 o'clock, between Cherry Valley. Ark., and Vandale, Ark.. 50 miles from Memphis . (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl CLEVELAND, July 2 3. Two laborers, Clrrel Kompara and Vincent Leton, were lifirally blown to bits today when two sticks of dynamite, dropped into a clay bank where they were working, exploded prematurely. Albert W. Jeese, engineer, may die from injuries received. Jeese was sent hurling through the air for 30 feet. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BERLIN. July 23 Germany today offered the Allied Reparation Commission an installment of $60,000,000 upon the Indemnity quota due next month. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl WASHINGTON, July 23 Secretary of War Weeks today ordered all discharges in the army stoiped and this orde:r followed instructions sent out yesterday to limit discharges to thirty per cent 1 each command . GRANGER MADE HEAD OF FOREIGN WAR VETS The Edward Larson pnst of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was organized last night at the court house with sixty-six charter members. Attorney H. E. Granger was elected commander: Arthur Rothman, senior vJce-commandeji Van Valkenberg, junior vice-commander; Walter Meyn, quarfermaMer; H. C. Miller, chaplin; and Eric Lund, color bearer. Posts are to be established at East Chicago. Whiting and Gary. AUTO ACCIDENT NEAR SIFO PLANT An auto accident occured at the Sifo Products Co., on 150th street, this morn ing involving Frank Grove, of 2860 Oak street, a parcel post driver and Alfred Uhle. of the Murillo Studio on State street. Grove, driving east on 150th f-treet, was turning into the Sifo plant and, according to witnesses failed to hold out his hand. Uhle following closely ran Into the side of the igovemmnt truck, damaging it to some extent. Uhle. In order to have the evidence should any trouble arise, took his cam era from the machine and photographm ed the accident just as it was.

Erdu to fall beneath the truck, for before the driver could realize the woman's danger the rear wheel had passed over the victim's right leg. The injured woman was first taken to Dr. Toegarden's office by the Indiana Harbor police patrol and lator ordered to r. Margaret's hospital, Hammond. The samt evening Dr. Teegarden amputated tc limb just below the hip. While the case is considered very serious. Dr. Teegarden is of the opinion that the patient has passed the danger point. LOOP STREET CAR SERVICE IF CITY CAN CURB BUSES Chance for Hammond to Make Dicker With Street Railway Company. Loop city street tar service, for which Hammond has been . clamorinB for years and years, is at last believ er! to be nearing the point of rcaliia tlon. i.ut it will come at the expense of the warm of motor buses which in the last few months have made heavy inroads into the business of the H. TV. & E. C. street railway company. From consultations which have taken place between officials of the street car company and the city of Hammond it is believed that the company will quickly and glady complete the loop by way of Columbia avenue and State street, and install city serv4Icc, providing the city council will take action to curb the bus menace, subject has been rendered ripe for compromise by the action of the city council this week in ordering an ordinance prepared which will require the company to put the cars back on the old fifteen minute schedule instead of the twenty minute plan In vogue since July T. The company argues that it is running at a lost. During the greater part of the day the cars carry few passengers from State and Hohman streets, south, owing to the fact that the motor buses scour the streets constantly and generally one cf thm precedes tach street car as it travels along Hohman street, picking up til passengers waiting at the curb. Th month of June alone showed a falling off in traffic amounting to about 200,000 fares. The officials hold that twenty min ute service Ls sufficient between Ham mond and Indiana Harbor with th. possible exception of some of th early morning and evening rush hour runs. They also intimate that it i.too frequent for the Hammond ciM territory considering the' number ol passengers hauled. The buses have been the peta of the city c-f.uncil since the first trouble with the street car company. At one time it was proposed o a,llow them to op erate on the street?: without obtaining vehicle licenses in order to "rub it in" and rr.ake the company come to time. Many of them, it is said, are now Op erating .without such licenses, the feer from v.hlch were intended to go into the street repair fund. The street car company on he other hand is expected to keep up the streets between the rails and for a specified distance on each side. While much neglect ha been shown on this point in some parts of the city, the company at least keeps Its rart of the arrets in passable condition . Another point is raised by the utility which is generally overlooked by the public. That is that the street car company must show that it ls able to meet all damages arising frcnn accidents or carry sufficient indemnity insurance to cover such situations. No one knows whether the bus owners are so protecting trie public. In other words, if a loaded bus should be wrecked at . a railroad crossing with the loss of several lives or with serious Injuries, the victims or their relatives might be left with no recourse. WEEK OF SEPT. 25 FOR G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT The annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and Its associated organizations will be hela In Indianapolis the week of Peptember 25, the general . committee in charge of arrangements for the encampment announced Thursday following a meeting at tho Chamber of Commerce. The annual parade of the veterans will probably be helo the morning of September 23 and the encampment will close tlTc. evening of the following day. Chairman of the subcommittees which will arrange for the encampment were appointed. THIEVES ENTER HOME Thieves entered the home of Mr. Crea."banm of 775 Claude street, yesterday through a front porch window, and escaped with a watch and ring. Oscar Kilner, -who lives irstalrs. at 2S4 State street, lost his bicycle by theft yesterday afternoon. The machine was taken from his back yard.

Gary and Whiting Are Other Lake Co. Cities Included In Great Lakes Domain .

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 23. That Hammond is th-t latest of a score "f Indiana cities to organize a Klan of the Knights of '.he Ku Klux Klan was given out eifficially here today. The Grand Goblin, represent Ins,' Colonel William J. Simmons, Imperial WIzzard of the Klan, who is in chare; of the Great Lakes Domain with headquarters here announced that provisional Klans were Installed in Evanvllle, Indianapolis, Noble sville. Anderson, Muncie, Sheridan, Gary. Whitinji. Fort Wayne, Soulh Bnd, T rre Haute, Marion, Huntington, Wabash and other cities in the Hoosier state. The Great Lakes Domain compriss seven states, Indiana, Kentucky, Wet Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois. Each of these ttatt--- is referred to as a "realm." The Realm of Indiana is growing rapidly according to state-wide reports, its membership numbering the best men in each community, profe-ssional men, bankers and business men from every walk of life Including the trades and railroad men . . The membership Is secret to tho public, only Klansme-n knowing each other by weird signs, but the purpose of the Klan are made public. Ev-ry Klansman takes a solemn oath to defend the Constitution of the United States and do all in his power t preserve American ideals, traditions and institutions. Free press, free s-ech, separation of church and state, and free public schools arc some of the principles involved in the creed of th. Klan. The organization of the Klan U designed to conform to the spirit of the Constitution in every particular and is strictly democratic. The membership, in the North is rapidly out-stripping that of the S-uth in numerical strength. Keen interest is being manifested in those cities where Americanization among foreign settlements is badly needed. Chicago already boasts a Klan which numbers well into the thousands and many cities throughout Wisconsin and Illinois are preparing for their charter. Although the negro question (insofar as the negro is Insured a fair trial by law when he has committed an un-. lawful act Is concerned) is one of the important considerations of many of the Klans of the South, the chief aims of the Northern Klans is to scatter slmon pure American propaganda. To qualify for membership Klaumen must be native born Americana, and must owe no. allegiance whatever to any foreign power or potentate either political' or ecclesiastical. KU KLUX CLAN HAS NO STATE STANDING Organization Has No Authority to Operate in ' Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., July 23. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. jn organization -which is a revival of Ihe secret society of the old p- st-clvil war days, and which is w.irkjni somewhat clandestinely in Indianapolis, as well as other parts of the United States, has no authority to operate in Indiana, P. H . Wolfard, assistant secretary of state, wrote in a lettt-r to an Anderson banker who inquired concerning the organization. The Anderson banker wrote that he had received a blank application and literature inviting him to join tho organization. He wished the secretary of state to Inform him whether the organization is legal. Mr. Wolfard said that the literature represented that the organ'aation is incorporated in Georgia." He said a 1S21 law t provides that a corporation without capital stock anl not eirganized for pecuniary profit can not operate in Indiana without a certificate of authority from the statedepartment. Tho certificate is issued after the filing with the secretary of certain information concerning the location of Indiana offices. Indiana agent, purposes and methods of doing business or description of undertakings. Organizations winch ar not so authorized may be enjoined fretm carrying on here, Mr. Wolfard said. He said that no such organization has obtained a certificate to operate In the state. Some of the 'literature of the organization carries the legend: "Knights of th Ku Klux Klan, incorporated. Indianapolis. Indiana." Other literature gives Atlanta, ('... as the principal headquarters .-nd displays "Nie word "incorporated.' One story heard hers says that there are two or three thousand of the knights in Indianapolis and that this Is the district headquarters f.r a number of middle western states. STREET RY. EMPLOYES -WAGES ARE CUT INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl NEW YORK. July 23 a reduction of approximately ten per cent In wages for all employes of th Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company was announced todsy by the receiver, Lindley M. Garrison. The cut. he said has been accepted by the employes. This reduction, coming in conjunction with the vote of the Intcrborough employes, to acircpt a 10 per cnt cut,, means that within a short ttnio most of the transportation workers oi Greater New York -will be receiving reduced, wages.