SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 2 04>).—
The destroyer Decatur, with tw r o
Navy surgeons aboard, sped from this
port yesterday in response to an SOS
call. t
The President Harrison wirelessed
that a passenger, whose name was not
given, became seriously ill. The vessel,
,one of the Dollar Line's round-the
world fleet, was off the coast of South
ern California. The Decatur expect
ed to meet the liner at noon today.
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I SHOTS GO WILD
IN M BATTLE
Foes Fell Trees Before
Knights’* Autos and
Fight Ensues.
By the Associate!] Press. ->y
GROTON, Mass., October 2.—A
revolver and rifle battle between
Klan and anti-Klan forces number
ing more than 500 persons, in which
more than 100 shots were fired short
ly after last midnight, was under in- ,
vestigation today by town and State
police. No casualties were reported.
The disturbance was the latest of it
long series, which have occurred in
various parts of the State in the
past two years. *
A field littered with The remains
of splintered windshields was all that
remained when town and State po
lice arrived in response to calls of
alarmed residents of the vicinity.
An attacking party of 100 persons
in automobiles surprised 400 Klans
men meeting in a field off a side road,
and after telling trees to barricade
either end of the highway by the
field, they opened fire, according to
the police.
Klansmen scurried to their ma- j
chines, meanwhile returning the fire,
and sped through the fields seeking
to gain the road without passing the
trees, behind which the attacking
party had taken a stand.
