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Show scans scored K. K. si MONEY Loose Mouthed Preachers Criticized By Governor Allen In Speech CONFERENCE ENDED Executives Talk Dry Enforcement En-forcement With Harding Tomorrow WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W. Va , Dec. 16 Tho fourteenth annual j'conferencfl' of governors rnded toclay with 0 .spirited discussion of the Ku i Klux Klan Many of the executives tlun prepared to leave for Washington Washing-ton to accept President Harding's In-Yltatlon In-Yltatlon to discuss prohibition cn- ' fbrcement v ith him at luncheon Mon- I day. I The Ku Klux Klan discussion de-j de-j veloped after an addr'-ss in which j Governor Allen of Kansas declared tho ' organlz-a tlon was doomed to die and I expressed hopo that the efforts of the ! attorney general of Kansas to oust the klan from that slate rm the gronn-j that If was operating without 0 1 barter would be successful. WARM HI PL MADE. Governor MorrLson of North Caro lina said that although tho organiza-j organiza-j tion aroused religious feeling, he did ; not believe it wns responsible for vlo-1 vlo-1 lonce in his state He asked Governor Allen whether the klan ever had endorsed en-dorsed manifestations of lawlessness or had done anything to stop them. Governor Allen replied that every member of the organization, believed he was doing noble work When I iw-lessness iw-lessness developed, he said, the klan would disavow It and then give $50 to a "loose mouthed preacher who would thank God for th- klan." Ho said he v. a:, luiiiuneu mui im: ooy kuuh hi I St. Ivnils had not rojortej a gift of $2T. 000 from the klan, so that 'they could claim 100 per cent American-Ism American-Ism " Governor Olcott of Oregon asked If Kansas had sent troops to suppress tho klan during the railroad etrlke Mr. Allen replied that ho was ready to do so. but that such action did not become necessary. FAVORS FILING NAMES Governor Olcott then asked what means Governor Allen thought would prove most effective In curbing th; j society and the Kansas executive said 1 he favored filing the names of mem-I mem-I bers with state officials and refusing to grant ch.'ir'.rs to the organization ; The governors were asked by Governor Gov-ernor Olcott to sign a petition urging the adoption by congress of the Mc-; Mc-; Nary resolution to appropriate $3,000,-; $3,000,-; 000 for relief work at Astoria. Ore. .where fire recently did great damage A donation of $15,000 offered by 1 tho Ku Klux Klan of this city re- I cently to the boy scout troops, during a drive for a triennial fund, was re-i Jectcd by lh committee In charge of. the campaign, without explanation. j LUNCH WITH HARDING The chief executives of 15 states Were to leave for Washington after the final session for a luncheon con-rence con-rence with President Harding at the White House Monday, presumably im I the subject of prohibition enforce-1 ; men 13 Governors Sproul of Pennsylvania land Preus of Minnesota, through whom the president personally ex- tended his Invitation for tho confer-J confer-J encc to the other governors on the! telephone Friday night said Mr. Harding had not Indicated to them the questions to i" discussed As the chief executive, however, had previously pre-viously announced his Intention of calling the governors to Washington to discuss the liquor question next month, the opinion seemed to prevail among those re-re today that either the date of that conference had been advanced or the meeting Monday had been called -s a possible preliminary, to the January session IDAHO GOVERNOR ACCEPTS. I Governor Preus, who was due tn Washington today to hive luncheon with th" president, was expected to take with hlrn a lint of the governors who will follow him from Whiti Sulphur Springs. The governor-, definitely accepting, the ln Itation were Kllby. Alabama: Campbell. Arizona,! Denny, Delaware. Davis. Idaho Mc-Cray, Mc-Cray, Indiana, Allen. Kansas. Cox,' Massachusetts, Richie, Maryland;, Preus Minnesota: Hvde, Missouri 1 McKolvlej Nebraska Qlcott, Oregon, Sproul. Pennsylvania: Hartne.ss, Vermont, Ver-mont, and Tlinkle, Virginia-Governor Virginia-Governor Parker. Louisiana, who 1 Injected the prohibition question into1 the conference by asking his confer-ees confer-ees to consider the enforcement ques-J tlon at this opportunity Instead of waiting until January, when the', meeting of stale legislators mlxht pre- ' vent many from leaving their states, expressed pleasure at receipt of the (Continued on Page Two) I GOVERNORS TO MEET HARDING Prohibition To Be Topic At Luncheon With President (Continued Troni I'agc One.) president's Invitation, but stated that pressing problem. would compel hi return to Louisiana., Governor Morrison of Xorth rnro-lina, rnro-lina, who during the conference took sharp exception to the statement Of Mr. Parker that prohibition had proved a farce throughout the country, coun-try, also said ho would be unable to attend as did Go ernors Hardee of Florida and Morgan of West Virginia KXiAN IS EXATED. Kansas will not drive tho Ku KlUX Klan from the sUite by force, but will expel It by refusing to permit It to do business within the state's boundaries. boun-daries. Governor Harry J. Allen, declared de-clared in an address prepared for delivery today before tho governors' conference. A writ being sought In th- Kansas supreme court, be said, would make J uisappear in uiusiub hum aim w . I pasture parties, where the men mask themselves and put on a fantastic i ceremony In the open field and terrorise terror-ise an entire neighborhood.' I "In Kansas we are. seeking to expel H the klan from the state, Governor Allen said. "I note by tho press of I this country that some misapprchen- m slon exists as to Just what we mean v by expelling the order, and the I thought has been expressed that it is I tho Intention of tho stato to drivo II out of tho state the members of the H klan. "This Is not at all what the action H beforo the supreme ourt presupposes . I Undor the law of Kansas, every or- ganlzatlon doing business within the state must be chartered The Ku Klux . 1 Klan has a ehartcr under the laws of I Georgia, and the action now pending I in the supreme court of the state Is for the purpose of securing a writ I forbidding the klan to do business hereafter In Kansas. I MASK IS ISSUE. 1 "The essence of our opposition to ihis organization Is not In the fart 1 that it fights the Catholic church, or ii expresses its antipathy to the Jew or I to the negro, but in the fact that It j, does this under the protection of a 1 mask and through tho process of terrorism and violence, j "It Is incredible that this country U should have passed through Its bap-tism bap-tism of heroic de otlon which called it 3 Into action four years ago, only to sag -.1) back Into this most lamentable spe- y clas of disorder. -Wtjl "Much human life has been sacrl Jlcod to the causo of Christian clvlll- . al ration, as American interprets It "tU "I could take you to a place I know - V n rance- where the crosses rise row HI on row, and after a wh:l wo would tand before a cross which marks the 7l resting place of James Fitzalmmonti. I The record is that he wa. the l'lrji :iM member of the American lOxptdltlon- H ary forces to give his life in 4he com- JB bat area of Toul. If I had the power H lo re-incarnate him I could say 'James H Fltzslmmons, you think you are a ono V-jW .hundred per cent American' and I lm- jH aglne hv would look at me With some j5J surprise and say I never thought H much about that; 1 was born in Arn- . erica and when she told me this war J9 was for the defense of our ideals and Jfifl eur cl lll7.atlon, I didn't wait for tile selective draft, 1 hurried on to offer SaB my life for the defense of the prln-ciplee prln-ciplee which America had adopted as i JB her own.' "It I should say, 'you are not a 100 V3S per cent American. There is an em- 8I peror of an Invisible government at . . 20 Atlanta, Ga , who declares- you can- :'3H not be a 100 per cent American b- '3ffl cause you are a Catholic. I dnro say SB he would 6ay to mo 'they never told J?lflBi me anything like that when I stoou H in line with my gun, watting to go ViiB over tho top.' progress ski:tchki .vH Sketching the progress of the klan, '.Ml fte continued: , .'aM "It grows very rapidly wJion it .strikes a community and it requires x-SaB about a year of experience to convince qB its best members that the organlza-I organlza-I tion has no real place of usefulness in I America. It arouses tho keenest blt- ,jB terncsH , 'iSB "In some communities, where I am 7'B acquainted with Its activities, friends of a life time hae beon estranged, ..raS iamllle3 have been dlvincu. men bo- ' vHl pame suspicious of tholr neighbors, aB bigotry and integration have thrived, ; gH poisoned pens and serpent tongues cl .have been busy spreading scannuls. Women and children have bee taught TiHH to believe that their neighbors or 5tfB different religious faith are plotting 1 wH lhelr destruction. -. mm SJ.',lt.MU-.S u 11 A lie ' The old American spirit of entoi H prise, co-operatvon and neighborly wih i "v8M: passes away under the bi ght of Its bigoted teachings and the spirit r 'jH religious intolerance, hatred and sue- j H piclon enters into every civic activity' 3H from the deliberations of the chamber I wH of commerce to the political primurli hHH Sermons of hate are thundered from j 'j!SH pulpits v.'here, in other years, was .-tyjH taught the doctrine of the Great Com-uH Com-uH mand.tnt." hBH After referring to the specific crimes ! 'yfiflB of violence alleyod to have been com- j jtnlB mltted by members of the klan in the , real south and the fur west, ho said. fJH ' The organization is as dangerous i f9H to tho Trotestant as it is to the Cath- 1 r)JH olic, the Jew or tho negro, because it fH' exists only when the authority of gO" j9 rnment nas been broken down and "iHM destroyed It brings chaou and hatred jJjH and menace to olther law abiding ci-gflB ci-gflB lzens'who may fall victim of the prl-H prl-H vate quarrels and animosities of the men who hide their Identity behind a 9H mask." DRY BIOC I'Jj N N I) Internatioiuil News Service gHi WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va Uoc. 16 A movement to organize a "prohibition farm bloc" In the Ht- publican party with the object of electing a dry farmer president In M, 1S24 was started here tonight by Sum-Hi Sum-Hi uel Adams, of Waahington president Hi of the American Educational assocl- H! According to Adams, a nation-wide campaign will be launched next mont-i to solidify "dry" sentiment among the H tarmers and other prohibition advo-cates advo-cates to forco th next Republican convention to come out with a strong "dry" platform and select a "dry dirt farmer" to head the ticket as presl-dontlal presl-dontlal nominee. Hi "The Democratic party is rogardod H by the drys' as hopoless for the ad-Hl ad-Hl vancement of prohibition." said Ad-H Ad-H ams, who has been observer at the Hl conference of governors, H "I think It is conceded that tho Democrats are looked upon as the 'wet' party " GOVERNORS INTERVIEWED Statements made to International K News Service tonight by governors H representing every section of the coun-H, coun-H, try indicate tho sentiment of the dif-H dif-H ferent states on the rum problem and express opinions that will afford the president a "sounding board" for hll conference of governors scheduled for next month. j "I shall suggest to the president a ; i bigger appropriation for federal en- I Hl forcement," said Governor Channlng ICox of Massachusetts, who was reelected re-elected to office, and who will participate parti-cipate In the January conference. "Prohibition Is a problem in Massachusetts Massa-chusetts just as It Is In nearly every other state," Governor Henry J. Allen, Al-len, of Kansas, who predicted in an interview todav that it will take another an-other generation to "dry up" tho United Unit-ed States oeciared that creation of public sentiment In the wet states was needed as well as more eo-operatlon between federal and state agents. "More federal agents will hHp greatly and with the spirit of eo-operatlon strong between them and our own state agents, wc can look for better bet-ter enrorcemont of tho law all around" he sold. "But no law, no matter how good It Is, can bo enforced without public sentiment to support It. All the people need In tho states which are wetter than they should bo Is .to get used to prohibition Education will make them used to it. and create the proper public sentiment to enforco the j "Governor Davis, of Idaho, will tell the president that so far is his state lis concerned. It does not want federal prohibition agents, but would like financial fi-nancial assist. mto from the govern-in. govern-in. nt to increase its staff of stat enforcement en-forcement officers and do its own l vw enforcement. -Our state agents, wo find, do mm work than the federal agents and I; ttie government would help us finance the work, we eould have more agents , i d real enforcement," said the Idaho OXeCUtlVe. "I think the other StatOB would find strict. r law enforcement if this plan was tried " |