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-s*ss.. The Omaha Morning . Iee ™ VOL, 53—NO. 13. entered at SdMiid-Clata Mattar May 28, IW8. at OMAHA. MONDAY JULY ° 1923 * «y Mall (I Yaar) r Dally and Sunday. 15. Sunday. 12 50. within tha 4th tana, rriro opvrro in Omaha and Council Bluffa Omaha P. 0. Under Act of March 3. I87y. 9 vau/iun, I , UUI^l ~t i J-O. Outilda tha 4th Zona (I Yaar): Dally and Sunday. |I2; Sunday anly. S3 1 VV U CJlilN 10 r,va tiMwher# ... Wonders of Nature Awe President Standing at Artists’ Point, Harding Is Unable to Find Words to Describe View of Grand Canyon. Is Due at Spokane Today By Associated Treia. Gardiner, Mont., July 1.—President Harding's power of speech failed him today, for tlie first time since he left Washington, 10 days ago. Stand ing at Artists' Point, overlooking the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone Na tional park, the chief executive was asked what he thought of the scene before him. He admitted his inability to reply, saying that the grandeur of the canyon was beyond his power to describe. .^■frThe trip through the canyon caine *^to the president and Mrs. Harding as the climax to their two-day's stay in the nation's greatest playground. Tonight the .president's party re turned to Gardiner, again boarded their train and headed directly for the Pacific coast. The first stop will be made Monday at Spokane, where the president will deliver one of his principal addresses, speaking on re clamation, water power development and the problems of the far west. Spend Fourth In Portland. Tuesday Mr. Harding will speak at the Oregon trail celebration at Meacham, Ore. He will spend the Fourth of July in Portland. On July 5, he will board the naval transport Henderson at Tacoma, for the voyage to Alaska. Leaving the inn. near Old Faithful, where they spent the night, the presi dent and Mrs. Harding today saw mountains, valleys and lakes, as pre sented In some of the most beautiful and Impressive national settings. Al though it was the first day of July, the presidential party traveled for miles through trails which led at many places through snow fields. The snow still lay across the con tlncntal divide and for a few min utes the president's automobile stood on top of the continent. To either side were the waters of Ifa lake, which dialn Into the Missouri and | eventually Into the Atlantic and also j | Jyto 'he Snake river and Into the, !’ '■s'clent Feeds Bears. At Yellowstone lake, a portion of he party. Including Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Speaker Gillett, were taken across the great expanse of water comprising the sec ond largest fresh water lake In the world at an altitude of more than 7,700 feet. The yacht met the president's party again near the Lake hotel, where one of the most interesting events of the chief exectuivc's trip took 'place. The park rangers had treed two black bears—a mother and her cult. These cgme down from the pine trees to greet Mr. Harding, who responded by feeding them gin gerbread and molnSses while motion picture and other camera men pie served the scene for display to the world. Over Score Caught Under Burning Walls Dallas, Tex., July 1.—Walls of the burning Texas Wheel and Body company, at Commerce and Dove streets, caved in last night and pinned more than a score of firemen under the debris. Capt. Bert Burris, engine company No. 10, was killed and six more fire men were so seriously Injured that I the y were taken to the emergency pita). hose most seriously Injured were: Assistant Fire Chief Charles Jones, probably Internally injured; R. IT. Steph, broken bones. Move for World Educational Organization Launched San Francisco, July 1.—A propos al for the formation of a worldwide educational organization was approv ed by the world conference on edu cation, which began sessions here to day. The proposal was made by Dr. W. P. Kuo, head of the Chinese dele gation to the National Educational association, which opened Its annual convention Monday in Oakland. The objects of such an organization. Dr. Kuo said, should be "to cultivate t international good will, to spcnrc uni I ty and co-operation in educational en ' terprlsea and serve as clearing house for educational Information.” Fire Causes $400,000 Loss in Railroad Lumber Yard San Bernardino, July 1.—Damage estimated at $400,000 waa ruused by fire which burned all day in the lum ber jard of tho San^a Fo Railway company here. Approximately 8,000, 000 board feet was destroyed in the fire. More than 2,000 men were em ployed in the fight. The fire was definitely under control tonight. Firo companies of San Bernardino, Red hjnds, Colton and Rialto aided (hr •Railroad forces in the fight. Origin of the fire Is being probed by county and city authorities. To \ ote $ JO.000 Sett er Bo ml-. * pedal IMIpalrh In The Omit lot lire. Kalrbury, July 1.—An fiction t * *' aoI* 140,000 storm newer bonds will br hr Id nrxt Tuesday. Tb»* |>ro|ioni lion was defeated six months ago, French Advance Lines in German Territory The French have occupied more towns in Germany. They have en tered Hohcn Syburg, on the Ruhr be low Dortmund. They have also seized the towns of Eschborn and Eangen, seven and one-half and eight miles from Frankfort. They made the seiz ures in reprisal for sniping and sabot age. Belgians Impose Stiff Penalties on German Town City Officials and Prominent Citizens Arrested After Train Is Bombed—Theaters and Cafes Closed. By Associated Tress. Duisburg, July 1.—The burgomas ter of Duisburg, 12 other city offi cials anil four prominent citizens were arrested Saturday by the Belgian military authorities as host ages In connection with the explosion of a bomb on a Belgian troop train crossing Hie Rhine bridge here this morning. Nine Belgian soldiers were, killed outright by the explosion, one died later of his wounds and 43 persons, nine of them Germans, were Injured. The latter, who were on Ihelr way to work, were in a car adjoining that occupied by the troops and were hit by splinters of wood and metal. Army surgeons said three of the wounded would probably die. The first penalties imposed upon ' Duisburg by the Belgians after the explosion include the closing, for an indefinite period, of all cafes, restau rants, theaters and motion picture houses and public gathering places. Street cars, automobiles and motor cycles are forbidden the use of the streets and pedestrian traffic, except in the cases of doctors, Is prohibited from 10 p. m. to 5 a. m. In addition, no Germans in this district will be given traveling permits. Want Question Put to League. Berlin, June 30.—Joseph Smeets, the Rhineland separatist leader, is actively preparing to have tlv* ques tion of the Rhineland's Independence submitted to the league of nations council under the Versailles treaty stipulation granting the right of self determination, says the Cologne cor respondent of Der Tag. "The latest issue of the separatist organ. Rheinische Republlk," says the correspondent, ‘‘reports that a* Smeets’ request a meeting of ‘trusted’ men of the Rhenish republican peo ple's party elected a ilTrectorato to stand at Smeets' side during the final struggle." The paper adds that it was decided for each member of the party to draft a formal declara tion. all the declarations to be sub mitted to the league council with a dpmand for Independence for the Rhineland “to the east, west, north and south." To Close Frontier. Coblenz, July 1.—The Rhineland high commission and the Belgian and French military authorities have de cided to suspend for 15 days, begin ning Monday, all crossings of the frontier between the occupied and unoccupied territory by Germans, ex cept for food transport and urgent reasons. The commission has also adopted as Its own the Belgian penal ties already Imposed on Duisburg. Little Progress Matle at Mexican Conference By I tiiverstil Service. Mexico City, July 1.—The Amer lean and Mexican recognition com missions met Saturday, hut did not make material progress In reconciling their diverging views over expropri ated lands. They are still divided over the failure to receive from Mex ico a pledge that just settlement will he made for lands expropriated, The First Omaha Newspaperman To Reach Shelby, Mont., Was Fred S. Hunter Staff Writer for The Omaha Bee His stories of the activi ties at the bustling town where Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons will stage their big fight Wednesday, are appear ing daily in The Omaha Bee. Read Them Racer Dead From Spill on Xrack w** K\\?^ ” .’atally Injured .ill Platte—Train ^ Crushes Two Central City Men. Kansan Killed; Son Dying Non^li riatte, Neb.—July 1.—Rob ert Weir of Bridgeport, Neb., one of the entiles in tho automobile rare* here, was killed when his ear collided with the one ahead of him, throwing him out and pinning him beneath his machine. He was alive when help arrived and was taken to a hospital, where he died an hour later. The driver of the colliding car was thrown out, but escaped with slight injuries. Noel Bullock won the race and broke the track record. Two Killed at Central City. Special Illspateh to The Omaha Bee. Central City, Neb., July 1.— H. B. Wallace, 65, retired farmer, and D. T. 8. C. Brown, 55, stockralser, prominent residents of Fullerton, Neb., were killed Saturday after noon when their automobile was struck by westbound Union Pacific mail train No. 5 two miles east of Central City. They were dead when the train crew- reached them. The automobile was hurled 120 feet and the occupants crushed when dragged by the locomo tive. The train was going 65 miles an hour, making up for lost time, when It hit the automobile. It was said. Both men were married and had families. The bodies were taken to Fullerton. Father Dead; Son Dying. Nebraska City, Neb.. July 1.— William Kinbry, 75, Fort Scott, Kan., Is dead and his son, William Embry, Jr., is so badly injured physicians fear he cannot live as the result of and accident last evening when their automobile was struck by a Missouri Pacific passenger train at a street crossing here. The elder Embry was instantly killed. The younger man has a fractured skull, several broken ribs and other Injuries. Two other men were In the car when It was struck but they jumped and escaped injury, ??ormer Judge of District Court Is Dead in West G. W. Post, One Time Resi dent of York, Neb., Ex pires in Torrance, Cal. Sprclsl III,patrli to The Omaha Bee. Eos Angeles, July 1.— Judge G. XX’. Post, 73, prominent banker of Tor ranee. Cal., and former district court judge of Nebraska, died yesterday at hi* home in Torrance. Mr. Post came to California 10 years ago from X'ork. Neb., and was asso ciated with the late J. S. Torrance In building up the town where he made his homo In California. Under President Arthur, Mr. Post was collector of internal revenue for Nebraska and for eight years was on the district court bench. He was one. time president of the Nebraska State Bankers' association. In his youth he served in the Civil War. He was a 32d degree Mason. Mr. Post leaves his widow, one son, J. Wallace Post, president of the First National Bank of Torrance, and four daughters, Mrs. A. E. Sedgwick of Eos Angeles: Mrs. J. A. X’lsel of New X'ork city; Mr*. A. Tv. Moore of Ventura, Cal., and"Mrs. J S. Eancns ter of Torrance. Funeral service* will be conducted at 2:30 tomorrow at the family home In Torrance. French Officials Alarmed Over Slump in Birlh Rate lly I n I rerun | Smlcf, ■ Furls, July 1.—French military au thorities are becoming alarmed over Ihe continued slump In the Idrth rate of France, Baaed on the records fur the first six months of IttfS. the total births this year was 700,000, against 760,000 In 1022 and S31.000 In 1021. Meanwhile, reports from Berlin Indi cate that the birth rate In tlerrnany Is equal to prewar days, when It was the highest in Kurope, School Oirl Commit* Suicide After Scolding by Mother Hr I el % er»nl Service. San Diego, t'nl . July 1.—Scolded hy her mother for talking to neighbor hood Itoy*. May M. ose, school girl of 16. committed suicide by shooting herself through the head. The tragedy was revealed early today when the daughter fatted to respond to a knock upon her bedroom door. Town's Damaged hy Storm. Waro, Tf-x., July 1 \ h*Avy rain, hail and wiii'i«t»»rm it ruck Walnut Spi htuM and < H«*n Hn«<\ tuwnji n*ar Ii< if. lnMt * v*-niriK. Mowing arvetnl • mull ifNiht in•« u down mid <l.imuk 1 nK ■tru«,tur©*». rp to the time •\ it >■ tvt it- pt * mt« d. im I i v «*m had ;» » n Immi l i» in midnight tumutunl ration had not btvii ie»tOTtd December Outdoes June in W eddings Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Falls City, Neb.. July 1—Balmy June may be the bridal month for lit erary purpose#! but it is bleak De cember that has the distinction for most weddings in ltichardson county. Only nine couples were licensed to wed during June, 1922. w'hile 17 were given certificates during the month that just closed. Compared against this record is the total of 18 licenses issued last December. Hail Does Heavy Damage to Crops in Gage County Uncut Whrat Pounded Into Ground, Corn and Oats Ruined—Loss Placed at $100,000. Special Dispatch lo The Omaha Bee. Wymore, Neb., July 1.—One of the worst hall storms on record struck southwestern Cage county shortly after fi last evening. At least $100,000 damage is dons to property and crops. The storm fol lowed Blue river east of Wymore, extending south to near Barneston. passing over territory about 10 miles west of the strip visited by the cy clone April 23. The storm centered three miles southeast of Wymore. On the George Hilder farm owned by C. It. Itodgera of Davenport, la., 80 acres of wheat which Hilder intended to harvest Monday was pounded into the ground. Sixty acres of corn was also beaten down, Hilder stating it was now' impossible to tell corn had been planted. Shingles were ripped from the barn. A small creek nn this farm rose rapidly and carried a crust of hail 10 feet wide and a foot deep ahead of it. Trees Are Stripped. On the John William* f3rm 3n acres of wheat was destroyed and a field of corn and oats badly damaged. Trees are stripped of leaves. On the James Shields farm, a 1 Joining Williams’, much corn was damaged and a 40-acre field of wheat is ruined. On the Rudolph Husa farm windows were broken, 40 chick ens were killed, the chicken house wrecked and 40 acres of wheat do st royed. On the James Marek farm wheat and corn were damaged *o the ex tent of several hundred dollars. Thirty spring chickens were killed. All Crops Rost. On the Walter Whitaker farm one mile west of Barncston, 60 acres of corn and 30 of wheat were destroyed. On tho Porter Whitaker farm all crops are lost. Fifteen farmers in the parth of the hail between Barneston and Wy more had their wheat cut and partly shocked and their loss will be lighter. On the Anna Hurts farm, southwest of Wymore, several hundred dollars damage was done to crops and build ings. Six years ago the same terri tory was devastated by hall late In July. Forty miles west of Wymore. around Williams and Reynolds, a terrific rainstorm occurred, according to raihvnjr report*. Over two inches of rain fell *t Rey. noble. Hall covered the ground sev eral inches around a general store at Williams. Hundreds of dollars dam age was done to crops. Four Inches of rain fell at Armour and Eurchard In eastern (Jage county. Omahan Since 1880 Dies of Pneumonia * - Henry Anderson, 68, resident of Cbnnha since I860, died of pneumonia, which developed after an operation, at 4:30 yesterday morning at Swedish Mission hospital. A month ago Mr. Anderson moved from 8007 North Thirty-first street, blorence, where he had lived for 25 years, to 2620 Ames avenue. Mr. Anderson Is survived by his wife, two daughters, Misses Mahel and Emma Anderson; one sister, Mrs. Katherine llinrichs of Florence; three brothers, Dave Anderson of Penning ton, Neli,; John Anderson of Alberta, Can., ami Hans Anderson of Florence. lie was a charter member of Onta ha Plnttdrutseher v»reln Funeral services will ho conducted at 2 to morrow afternoon at the residence. Shipping Hoard Kmploye# (»i\ i‘ti Increase in Wages Washington, July 1.—Increases in waves of deck pud engineer officers, radio operators and members of the stewards' department, on shipping hoard vessels, ranging from $7 to $2U n month, were -announced 1>> Sice Chairman T. V. O'Connor of the hoard. The Inoreuac* are effect ive Immediately, All deck officers are Increased $20 a month, ranging from master at ■•135, to fourth mate at $140; engin eer officers are given similar In creases ranging from i hlcf engineer at St'vo to Junior engineer -it $l2'i, ■ mployea of ilia stewards' depart incuts are given varying Increases of 8 7. $10 and $15, tanging from $120 for chief steward to $12 for steward-' mess boy, and radio operators are given Increases of $|r, and $20, the new scale for chief operator being $125. Johnson to Suil July I 7. Mjr | nit rr-n| S#n it «• Loinlull .1 Ul \ ' KVuutoi Illi'.iU) - foliniNHi, who inim l)t«ii ul inlying tho I |M>ll t l«'u i and Mcnnntlilc nit tuition in iiumjH' f>. #1 $• v$• i it) \\* « K . will 11 homo from <'hoibouig on Die Lr\in thun, July IT, Riddle: Why Is the Machinery of Government Like Any Other Kind of Machinery? Most People Don’t Know Anything About It and Expect It to Kun Without Ever Looking at It. RADICAL reform GARAGE FOC 1TUP SO I CAN ' HAVE And if Anything One* Wrong They Turn In at t he Nearest (iarage Sign and Eapect a Miracle. 5 COMMON f SENSE L 3R*JN 2'j£CIAUSt When What Is Needed Is a Simple Operation on the Owner. More Than 2.500 Whipping Parties Oklahoma Governor Deter mined to Abolish Violence in State—No One Organ ization Is Blamed. Ht IntcrnntlonHl Nm Service. Oklahoma, ('ity, July 1.—Approxi mately 11,500 unlawful floggings have taken place In Oklahoma In the last year, according to report* reaching Governor J. C. Walton. It was an nounced by Aldrich Blake, secretary to the executive. Blake's statement climaxed the first week of a campaign launched by Governor Walton to rid Oklahoma of mob viotenee. During the week martial law was declared In Okmul gee county and the governor "threat ened to send the military to every county In the state to 'stay three years' ” If necessary, to do away with mob vlolenre. Communications have been coming to Governor Walton's offlre at the rate of r dozen a day. representing various whipping*. according to Blake. "These whippings, I want to em phasize, are not traceable to any one organization," Blake explained, "but In some csrses I believe they can be directly traced. The governor Is more determined than ever to break up this practice of citizens taking the law Into their own hands, regardless of what action It may lie traced to.” Some of the floggings have been fatal, according to Blake. More than one a night has taken place In Tulsa county, he asserted. "Of course these whippings are not reported always by letter Some of them have been reported to the gov ernor in person. There has been an average of one n week In Oklahoma countv. according to these reports.” Pathologist Discover* Varoiiie for Tuherrulosisl #r. famous pathologist of Oxford uni V*r»lty, Ins dlsi ov«*ed ft tuberculosis vaccina th«t lm» proved successful when used on guinea pigs nnd other iinimala afflicted with the disease. Improvement also whs shown by hu man* treated. . Don't Forget to Write This is your parting injunction when you start nwny on sn extend ed trip. An you come In from fishing on the hike, golfing, or what not, whit ft Joy- it Is to pick tip the biggest latter from home thn dally nnd and Sunday Omaha lice. Telephone or send your order nl om-e so that not n single copy will mis* you w hile you are nwny. The Omaha Bee Ex-State Senator Slain by Bandit m Wallace (ireen of Kansas City Die? in Wife's Anns—Mur derer Escapes. By InternaUnBal »w« Scry Ire. Kansas City. Mo., July 1.—Former State Senator Wallace Green was shot and killed by a bandit who at •arked h:m at his home in the fashion able Sunset Hill residential district here tonight. Green was assaulted whiie putting his car In Its garage. The murderer escaped "I’m shot, sweetheart.” Green said as he died In his wife's arms. Mrs. Green had heard voices rem onstrating Just before the fatal shot was fired. Sue was on her way to the garage to find out who was her husband's companion when she heard him say: ’'Ilon't do that, don't shoot.” The pistol report rang out at this point and as the terrified wife reached the door of the house she saw a tall slender man run down the driveway. Green walked 15 feet across the floor of the garage after being wound ed and hla wife reached him Just as he collapsed. Dallas Man Officials Are Sued for $100,000 Dallas, Tex.. July 1.—Additional I litigation against officials of the Ku Klux "Kl in in Texas hy a man who says he Is a member, was started here Saturday When Preston I’. Reynolds of Italian sued for 1100-000 damages, and asked that the officials he named be ordered to account to a receiver for money they have received in their official position*. Those sued were H. C. McCall of Houston, named ns grand dragon of the realm of Texas; 7., E Marvin, great tit.in of province No. 3; Oeorge K. Butcher, secretary treasurer of Dallas kian No. 6<>. J. D. Vanwinkle. • salted eyrlops of the Dallas chapter, and M. M. Minton, chairman of the ! i Ink an committee of the Dallas klan. “ Ktmawgy Hritlc Tolls How Sisters Traded liusltauds Hr Intrrnelinnsl >r»» Bserlee Kansas City, Mo . July 1—A strange story of a love triangle in which slaters would trade husbands and husbands swap wives, was told hero today by Mrs. Alta Michaels. 1 li-yearphl runaway bride. Mrs, Michaels was arrested with Iro O. Anderson, 33. her brother In law. at a rooming house here, lie was charged with violation of the Mann act. The Michaels and Amicrsons lived In the same house In Oklahoma city. Alta told the police, explaining the ramifications of the "love square.'' l'iri Knnnvrd From Haliv. | *|m-,-IhI IlUfMitrh In Th* Untalin Hnr. rail* City. Neb. .Inly 1 An open •afety pin. #wallo\v«Ml hy the \»ai uM hjtliv of II A, Matthew*, rue • I’xrfltUy removed hi the Kit I In City hospital aftrr bring locate*! with an s ray, , Minnesota Man Explains Objects of heat Council Balance Between Domestic Production and Consump tion Vim of New Na tional Body. By \*wuilffl PrrM. Chicago, July 1.—An approximate balance between domestic wheat pro duction and consumption will be the object of efforts of the Wheat Council of the t'mted States, according to Congressman Cydney Anderson of Minnesota, one of the directors of the council, in connection with the announcement that permanent head quarters will be opened here Monday. The council will not confine its attention to wheat alone, he said, but will co-operate in all sound economic movements to promote the general welfare o ft he farmer. The Wheat Council, he said, will work “to bring the control of the American wheat market from Liver pool to a point in the I’nited States." “While I cannot undertake to speak for the directors of this corporation." Congressman Anderson said. “I am personally of the opinion that the first effort shout dbe directed toward increasing the consumption of wheat, aa this can be undertaken at once and will affect the price of the crop presently to tie harvested.- The perm anent solution of the problem de pends. however, upon development and application if methods for organ ixing and controlling Ihp production and marketing of wheat I nthls coun try. and the more advantageous dis position of such surplus as may exist above domestic consumption. “It js my own opinion that co oper ative organisation offers th« best means for acctmpllahing this purpose and my hope is that the council will undertake to establish the basis iiptm which organisation and control of marketing of wheat can be effected and given constructive aid in develop lug the necessary agencies at .1 asso ciations for this purpose." (! or many Ready to Vkandon Passive Resistance Policy London. July 1.—The French an! baaaador 1* expected on Monday to give the French government'* answer to the British government's uuestion rmire on German reparations. Reports to Whitehall, received from Berlin, indicate that Germany Is leady to modify or abandon Its passive resistance policy In the Ruhr If Franc# wltl meet It half way. The Weather tlithcat, Tl; )ci»»*t. M n\**n II. pt»r nial. T& T<n#l ftesM «Mtrf J*nvar> 1. 1,*, K»UHir HtimUlliy, I’m riMitar . » tn . ** \Wu ‘ t m » *\ I'rct l|»iiatirtn Incite# anti II untlmllhs TmI*1, M, Total *11,. f Jnnti.vr> l UK ] deficient j <» &* lltMirlx 1ciR|trritinrc« 2 * *»» HI 1 j. | *• *** *1 t |l. IH • • •»*. Sit J )i »„ * » •*« «' • |*. »st il .*• *■ m HI .\ |» w V! V " m 44 »t m Tj; II a n» ... •« 1 p, in l? ittmn | 150 Attend; Poli cenien Watch Hall Order Pre\ails at Gathering Yddressed by State Kleaglc; Fifty Present Front Lincoln. Principles Are Set Forth About 150 men and women attend 'd a "private” meeting of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klau Sunday after noon, at the Swedish auditorium. Fifty of those pre -<-nt < itr.o from Lincoln with the state kleagle, F. L. Cook, v.ho was the only speaker. Police < iffieers Rogers and Whalen were detail'd to "wait outside” for developments. The officers stated that their ‘ top sergeant," and not Commissioner I >;i n B. Butler, ot dei wt them there. They said srerytnlng appeare<l orderly. According to the policemen it was funny to see those who went inside. Before entering tha building, a num ber of men would look up and down the street, apparently to see if some one whom they knew saw them go in. "Duck” When Seen. “We had to laugh,” said Officer Rogers. One doctor, two attorneys and one Insurance man whom w« knew ducked when they saw us. They turned their heads.” Rogers stated that an unidentified man was taking tha number of li censes of cars parked in front of the hall. A reporter for The Omaha Bee who sought to gain entrance to the meet ing was halted until a messenger made further inquiry from other per sons. "Jo this a ‘private’meeting as adver tised?" ask*-d <he Reporter. Meetine Is "Pi-Rale.'* ‘‘5'es.” replied the first sentry who was stationed on the first landing. "But who do you happen to be and what brings y„u here?” When told the caller was a newa paper reporter the sentry laughed and Sf-teed the *■ ribe to wait. '■flaw? you any credentials?” the reporter was further asked. “No," ha replied. The reporter was then advanced to the next two sentries who informed him that if he wrote the facta he would be admitted. The reporter had to pass another sentry at the outer door and still an other on the inner door which made a total of Six sentries. Kleagle Orates. Kleagle Cook was speaking. A white pitcher filled with icewater was on a stand near an American flag. "The Klau organization takes no law into its own hands," said Cook. We believe in l.w enforcement through the proper iaw enforcement officers and by them only." "We have good reasons for our se cret membership adn one is that if (the crooks, bootleggers, gamblers and Flaw violators don't know who we are I w e can get the information that lands I them where they belong; then, too. | if our enemies don't know who was ’nr* they can't throw a mask- y wrench in our machinery. "We know this is a high class or ganization and that we are right and that is why we will not be bulldozed into quitting." Iowa Ranks Third. Cook iwk! the state of Iowa had the third largest Klan organization in the country. He said it was er roneously reported that the local klavern was disbanded. Instead, he said. It was growing in membership. A shot at Mayor Hahlma-n was taken by Cook because he was denied a permit to stage a Klan meeting at the municipal auditorium two months ago. '"I talked with Jim for an hour, ■‘said Cook. “He told me that our organization was no good to anyone. But the Catholic* Jews, negroes and others have all hen able to hold meet ings in the auditorium.'* Cook also laughed at the alleged torture machines said to have been used in the Mer Rouge il-al murder and scored the newspapers for their attitude toward the klan. K\plains \ttack. In part of his denunciation of the Catholics Cook said. "When we say Roman Catholic, we make no ref erence whatever to the people in this country who accept Catholicism as a religion and means of worshipinc the Hetty, for it is my private opin ion publicly expressed that I dent 's believe 5 per cent of the Gatbohs know they are being dictated to by the pope,” Cook also, told of the negroes of this country who, he said, are vvoll organlxed and seek equality, racial, social and political. Cook lauded Henry Ford and char ac ten red him as a "sTt-at man.” He made no reference to the Jews, who are blocked from joining the klan. Before leaving llie ge. Cock aske<l those present if they desired to put any questions in regard to the orgauixat ion. \o one responded. Cook also asked those who “had enough nerve" to fill out application blanks in the hall and leave them with one of the sentries. It was re ported that siy or seven did so. Director of Mount \\ iDon 01>ser\iUor> D Ue!ie>e*I ttuOinston July' l -Ui i'.o.;*., niirr> luv aa.n-ior ,«r its* »„„( W iN*»n \ . i’atifennjn, lv*< I U*«'n ivluv<M a! It.v own r*sjur?«t of Uotivr iluihn an*! a|>p\intotl honorary vlntH'lor. *iufr l>i* Walter Snlrtrv \*ian n I s •**> stunt. h;»:» l - n mail* director in cUarg* oX oparmuont.