Show HAND HN HAS ENEMY Law Abiding Italians ant and Sicilians Organize the White Hand Society to Punish Assassins CHICAGO No Nov 18 Aroused Aroused by increasing increasing in in- creasing boldness on tho the part of if desperate desper- desper ate ato blackmailers masquerading undo under the tho of the tho Black 4 Hand name prof pro pro- f and business men mn among tb the tho It Italians of if Chicago o yesterday or organized organ organ- an the White Hand From now on th the Mann Mano ano Blanco Blanco- White Hand will Hand will Wl wage e a w war var r of extermination exter- exter a against the tho Mano ano Nora Nera- Nera Black Hand hand lIand society Tho crusado crusade has baa been started by bv th the two loading Sicilian societies of of Chica Chi Chi- Chi Chi- ca cago o. o I flie the tho strongest est I Sicilian society in the west consisting I of moro than 1400 members met for th thep the tho p purpose of or organizing 3 against against- th the Black Hand Similar action was WM taken by hy the Trinacria 3 of 2000 members The Italian chamber of oC commerce with its 2 20 0 members also is on record as approving t tho the movement and will wil give ita its moral and financial support to the movement The Italian consul Cho Che valier Guido Guide Sabetta is ig ono one of tho the leaders It is the purpose of the th Whit Hand Ham society to fight tho the blackmailers in r n a coura courageous s systematic manner A fund fun of wIll wall be bo raised for that Purpose pur pur- pose Dr C. C headed th the subscription sub sub- script ion list with Ho has hM received re re- re letters within tho the last week threatening the tho lives of oC his four children chil- chil dren unless he submitted to an nn extortion extortion extor extor- tion of A committee of fifteen of the tho White Hand society will call upon Mayor Busse and demand that the police supplement supplement supplement sup sup- the efforts of th the special sta staff statI of detectives that will ill bo be ensa engaged ed by bythe bythe bythe the Italians The same game committee will call upon State Attorney Healy Postmaster Campel Camp Camp- bell el Capt apt Thomas I. I P Porter of the United secret service Inspector Tames James E. E Stuart and District Attorney E E. W. W Sims A number of groups roup of blackmailers arc known already to tho the White nand Hand society Some of them are re small politicians poli poli- and are aro under tb tho impression that they have tho the protection of the city and county authorities At least half a doren dosen blackmailers are arc either convicts ox-convicts or fugitives tives from Italy It wi will bo one of th thA th first aim aims of the tho White Whito Hand society to see soo that the fugitives fu in are returned returnee to their own country country country coun coun- try to serve prison sentences |