The Omaha Daily Bee
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OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1921.
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THREE CENTS
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jVction On
Peace Pact
Hits Snag
Ratification Held Up Dy De
mand for Reservation to
Prevent Participation
In Commissions.
Lodge Consults Hughes
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO.
thlraco TrlbtuM-Oautha Km Leaeed Wire.
Wahington, Sept. 22. Adminis
tration effort to hasten ratification
of the German, Austrian and Hun-
Parian near rreatii-s urr. haltf-ft tn-
day by demand, in the foreign rela -
nuns column ice lor a rcscrvawun
prevent American
participation in
various international commissions,
notably the reparations commission,
set up by the treaty of Versailles,
without the express consent of the
senate.
Opposition to the treaty, led by
Senator Borah of Idaho, attuned
such a formidable aspect that Sena
tor Lodge, republican leader and
chairman of the committee, hurried
to the Slate department and held a
-long conference with Secretary of
aiaie nugnes. umougn air. loukc
declined to discuss the result of the
conference, it is understood that the
administration is not willing to ac
cept such a restriction upon its action
?.s that proposed by members of the
foreign relations committee.
No Action Taken.
The committee, after several hours'
lively discussion, was forced to ad
journ without action. Another meet
ing will be held tomorrow, at which
time Senator Lodge is expected to
lay before his colleagues a report of
his conference with Secretary
Jlugues. It may develop th.-.t, Mr.
Hughes will be asked to appear be
fore the committee again to answer
questions concerning the treaty, al
though he conferred at length with
the committee last month when the
German treaty was first made public.
The line of cleavage in the commit
tee over the terms of the treaties runs
closely parallel to the differences
which spilit the senate over the
Versailles treaty. The controversy
revolves largely about Washington's
warning against foreign entangle
ments. Prospects are that a sharp
parliamentary struggle will ensue
over the treaty and prediction was
made in some quarters that a reserva
tion to cover the points in dispute
would be included in the ratification
resolution. ' J ' --. '
Borah Starts Fight ?
Senator Borah precipitated the c'on
' t.Tjbversy when the ' treaty , was for-
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f tions committee.' He called atten
tion first to the section of the treaty
v reserving to the United States the
'. right to have a 'representative upon
i the reparations commission. He con-
tended that if this right were exer-
' t cised the United States would be
come involved immediately in the
reparations disputes . which form
the crux'of the European problems
today. He asserted that if ; the
United States participated in the
reparations and the enforcement
thereof, it could not avoid entangle
ment just as deep as that involved
in the obligations of the league of na
tions. ; '".
The view was expressed in the
committee that the administration
fully intended to exercise the right
to have representatives on the repara
tions commission ' and probably on
ether commissions : At present, it
is represented nly by unofficial ob
servers. Senator Kellogg ot" Min
nesota stoutly defended the idea of
having an American representative
on the reparations commission. Sen
ator Johnson of California strongly
opposed such representation. Sen
ator Shields cf Tennessee, a demo
cratic irreconcilable, declared that he
would be unwilling to support any
provision of the treaty which would
involve the United States in Euro
pean entanglements. ' -.
Point Covered.
Attention was called to the fact;
that when the Versailles treaty was
before the senate, a reservation on
the Lodge resolution of ratification
as adopted to cover exactly tne
nt raised by Senator uoran. ine
reservation provided that no person
was authorized to represent we
.United States on any body or agency
established by the Versailles treaty
: except by specific act of congress.
' - This reservation met with - such
favor when the Versailles treaty
: Was before the senate that it was
supported by5 virtually every repub
lican senator, senator eoran con
tended at the foreign relations com
mittee meeting today, that its ap
plication now is just as important as
it was then. If the committee does
not adopt the reservation, it probably
nil! he nrtssed in the senate.
Another objection raised by Sen
' ator Borah concerned the withdrawe!
of the American troops trom tne
Rhine. He contended that under the
, terms of the treaty, the United States
might find itself under a compelling
moral nhlication to maintain an
army on the Rhine for years to
j- come. Administration spokesmen
assured him, however, that the troops
..'. would be withdrawn immediately
upon the exchange of ratifications
of the treaty. -
it. RntiWft Steal Stills
And Moonshine From Jail
West Frankfort, TIL, Sept 22.
Robbers last night forced entrance
into the city jail here and escaped
with five stills and a quantity of
moonshine liquor confiscated in re
cent prohibition raids.
County Fair Opens ' j.
Beaver City, Neb, Sept 22. (Spe
cial.) The Furnas county fair
ufwned with a large attendance. The
swine exhibit numbers 150 head. A
r.ew hog bam, just completed, gives
ampie accommodation!
Doctors Testify
At Opening of
Arbuckle Case
Women' Jam Court Room at
Preliminary Hearing of
Film Star; Three Wit
neegef on Stand.
Iy Tua Aaearlated rreee,
San L'rancUco, Sept. 22. The po
lice court examination of Roscoe
(Fatty) Arbuckle, which will de
termine w hether the film comedian is
to be bound over to the supreme
court for trial on a charge of murder
of Mis Virginia Kappe, began here
today in a court room filled almost
exclusively with womeji.
Three witnesses who saw Miss
Rappe's body after her death Sep
tember 9. which is charged resulted
1 S Arbuffl
suite at the Hotel M. rrancis, tes
tified that they observed bruises on
her limbs and body.
At tomorrow's session of Judge
S Ivaiit Lazarus' court it is expected
there will be introduced testimony
regarding incidents at the hotel party
where, according to witnesses at the
coroner's inquest. Miss Rappe was
found moaning and screaming after
having been alone in a room with
Arbuckle.
District Attorney Matthew A.
Brady said it had not been deter
mined whether Al Semnacher, Miss
Rappe's manager, who is reported to
have testified before the grand jury
at Los Angeles that Arbuckle had
made admissions regarding his treat
ment of Miss Rappe, would be called
tomorrow.
Wife at His Side.
The bulky film actor listened in
tently to .today's testimony, his face
bearing the same grave expression
it has worn ever since his arrest
nearlv two weeks ago. Mrs. Mint
Duriee Arbuckle. his wife, from
j whom he has been separated for five
years, but who came here lrom iew
York Monday, sat at his side witn
her mother, Mrs. Flora Durfee.
Women jammed the corridors of
the hall of justice for nearly two
hours before the court session began
and a dozen six-foot policemen had
their hands full keeping them away
from the court room door. A group
of men who gathered in a cornet
in hope of being admitted, were
chased unceremoniously to the street
floor and women who could show
no credentials for admission also
were ordered to stand on the stairs
to allow movement in the corridor.
Women Given Preference .
The women were given the prefer
ence because Judge Lazarus' court
is largely devoted to women's cases.
Delegations from the Women's Vig
ilant commuiee, irum cuius anu tivia
oreanizationfe nicked the court room
to its doors. ' A few male attaches of
other courts found refuge behind the
steel bars Of the prisoners dock. Ar-1
buckle sat at the attorneys table.
Dr. Shelby Strange, relief autopsy
on Miss Kappe, ana ur. William
(Turn to Pr Tiro, Column Two.)
Baltimore Convict
Charged With Murder
: . Of California Priest
..San Francisco, Sept. 22. A war
rant charging David Bender, who
escaped from the Mary.-and peniten
tiary, with the murder of Father
Patrick E. Heslin, Catholic pritst of
Colma, a suburb, was sworn to be
fore Judge El'u Johnson, 'a Colma
justice of the peace,- by . J. Harry
Dunlap, a private detective.
Bender was arrested here about
three weeks ago after his escape
from the Maryland state prison,
where he was serving a term of 14
years for the murder of a Baltimore
policeman. , '
For a time he shared his cell with
Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle, mo
tion picture comedian, who is await
ing trial en a charge of murder in
connection with the . death oi Miss
Virginia Rappe, motion picture ac
tress.; Bender was returned to Bal
timore last wek.. -
William A. Hightower, aa itiner
ant baker, is held in the county jail
at Redwood City on a chaige that
he murdered Father Heslin.
Omahans Traveling '
; ; Bag Found in Lake
Gothenburg, Neb ..Sep't. 22. (Spe
cial.) A black leather traveling bag,
with a tag bearing , the name of
Charles Bjomberg, ; Omaha, was
found" in a few inches of water at
Lake Gothenburg. The bag appear
ed to have been pried open violently.
The street address on the bag, with
the exception of the number, 2116,
had been obliterated, leading authori
ties to suspect robbery. Contents
of the bag consisted of a small quan
tity of clothing and toilet articles.
Louis Metz, Old Resident
Of Omaha, Dies at Home
Louis Metz. 82, for 50 years a resi
dent of Omaha, died early yester
day at his home , 1744 South
Twenty-sixth street
He is survived by six daughters,
Mrs. Charles Hilloch, Mrs. L. J.
Traynor, Mrs. A. Reesberg, Mrs.
John Gerloch, and Mrs. J. E. Ryan
of Omaha, and Mrs. George S. Smith
of Long Beach, Cal. -
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday at 8:30 from the home, and at
9 from St Ann's church.
Omaha Woman Injured When
Ron Down by Automobile
Mrs. A. E. Ashmore, 2019 Willis
avenue, was injured yesterday when
she was struck by. an automobile
driven by R. F. Nourse. contractor,
620 South Thirty-eighth street at
Sixteenth and Douglas streets. She
was taken to Wise Memorial hospi
tal, where an X-ray examination will
be made. . -. - , .
Chief Ganges Steeds
Just Before Parades
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Chief of Police Dempsey is noth
ing if not modest in speaking of his
own accomplishments.
But this is not the sole reason the
chief is reluctant to explain his ex
change of steeds prior to the Ak-Sar-Ben
parades.
It was a noble charge the chief ar
ranged to ride and he was immensely
pleased until parade time. Then the
Shrine band struck up a melody.
The chief's horse pricked up his cars
and began to prance.
Two minutes later the chief of po-
t lice had another horse.
N.-S.-F. Successor
Allowed to Sell
$2,225,000 Stock
Chicago Man, With Voting
Control of Majority of
. Shares, To Operate Busi- .
ness Under New Plan.
Lincoln, Sept. " 22. (Special.)-
The state bureau of securities today
gave "the Nye-Schncider-Jenks com
pany of -Fremont, successors tothe
- 3'6
Sclinaider Fowler company,
permission to issue ' ?AS,Ouu m
stock, which is looked upon as an
other step in the reorganization of
the firm being worked out by agree
ment between , creditors and stock-
Julius H. Barnes of Chicago will
have voting control of 67 per cent
of all the stock in the new company
under the plan outlined and. he also
will have a five-year option on the
purchase of 55 per cent of it at a
price of $40 a share, the par value
being $100. Meantime, the business
will be operated under his control.
The stock issued will be turned
over first to the old Nye-Schncider-Fowler
company of Fremont, the
Central Granaries company and the
Nebraska- Elevator company cf Lin
coln and the Nye-Schneider-Fow-ier
Grain company of Omaha in ex
change for quick assets of equal val
ue which they will surrender to the
new company.
Through these concerns, sufficient
amount of the stock will be trans
ferred to a trustee to insure two
thirds voting power to Barnes. The
stock, in its entirety, will be used
as collateral to secure banks in Lin
coln, Omaha, Chicago and other
places that have made loans to the
old company. v '
The state bureau has required that
a showing be made by November
1 relative to various details of the
plan as carried out and the settle
ment made with bankers and other
creditors.
No commission is to be allowed
for selling or handling the stock nor
any marketing expense witn the sale
will be allowed. AH trade creditors
are to be paid in full, while banks
to whom the old companies owed
money are to extend the time to a
minimum period of three years.
Two Farmers Fight,
Make Up, Fight Again
Superior, : Sept. 22. (Special.)
A fight and a reconciliation between
Henry Shaffer and Adam - Trout
farmers 'living 10 miles southwest of
Superior, finally resulted ' in the
shooting of Trout The fight oc
curred on Trout's farm, when-Shaffer
called. After the fisticuffs, Trout
offered to take Shaffer home. Shaf
fer accepted. Upon arrival at the
Shaffer home, Shaffer got a rifle and
fired at Trout four times, one shot
hitting him in the back, according to'
Trout's story. Trout is in a Super
ior hospital, paralyzed from " the
waist down. Shaffer gave himself
cp to Sheriff Cole of Jewell county,
Kan., the shooting having occurred
just over the state line. - -
Morrill County Fair Held ;
At Bridgeport Closes
Bridgeport, Neb., Sept. fc (Spe
cial Telegram.) The Morrill county
fair, a record breaker in both num
ber and quality of exhibits and in the
number of paid admissions, closed
Thursday afternoon with a splendid
program of horse and auto races,
bronco "busting" and other contests.
A feature of the agricultural ex
hibit, which surpassed anything of
its kind ever before attempted.in the f
county, was the showing of the Mor
rill county exhibit, which won first
prize at the Nebraska state fair in
the irrigated district
150 Million
Marks Loss
In Disaster
Estimates of 1,000 Dead From
Blast That Wiped Out Crr.
man Town Verified
f Injured List Grows.
850 Bodies Recovered
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Br Tb AawKUtnl I'wu.
Mayence, Sept. 22. While esti
mates of the number of dead from
Wednesday's explosion which de
stroyed the Badische company's
great chemical plant at Oppau con
tinued today at approximately 1,500,
the total of persons actualy found to
have been injured exceeds the first
figures by a wide margin.
Already 2,500 persons have re
ceived treatment for hurts sustained
through the effects of the explosion.
Bodies of the dead to the number
of 850 had been recovered this fore
noon. Rescue Work Progresses.
The French and German authori
ties in the district were continuing
the rescue work today in the closest-!
collaboration. A German hospital
train has arrived at Frankfort and a
French train at Treves with injured
from the scene of the disaster.
The total damage from the ex
plosion in the Badische Aniline com
pany's chemical plant at Oppau yes
terday is estimated at 150,000,000
marks, acocrding to Berlin advices
received here today.
Immediately after the blast which
occurred at 7:30 a. m. Wednesday,
every means of rescuing injured and
bringing out the dead were utilized
but several minor explosions pre
vented workers from entering the
grounds for a long time.
Smoke Hindered Work.
Great clouds of " chemical fumes
hung over the ghastly scene of ruin
and the first men to enter the place
were compelled to wear gas masks.
The fumes spread as far as Mann
heim and Ludwigshafen and tended
to heighten the fears of the fright
ened people.
An investigation of the explosion
has been ordered by the authorities,
but little is left on which to base a
finding. The buildings of the Bad
ische company have disappeared and
only a great hole in the ground
marks the site of the main structure.
, Cause Is Unknown.
It is a theory of those familiar
with the plant that at least two gas
ometers ' exploded and that nitrogen
compounds- stored - hj - tf-etnitttHrigf
or in -procs"of runufacture'"were
detonated. Another theory is that a
nitrogen tank let go and that four
others were set off by the concus
sion. I :' '
This is the second time Oppau has
been destroyed. In 1883 a dam burst
above the town and the place was
swept by a wall of water.
Major General Wood
Formally Nominated
To Philippines Post
Washington, Sept.- 22. Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood was formally nom
inated by President Harding to be
governor general of the Philippines.
General Wood, whose selection
for the post was announced several
weeks ago, has spent the past several
months in the Philippines investigat
ing conditions for President Harding
and is expected to assume the gov
ernorship for a period of ohe year as
soon as his nomination is confirmed.
General Wood will be placed on
the retired list October 5, at his own
request, having served more than
the necessary 30 years. He will take
the oath of office as governor gen
eral in Manila about that date and
begin his duties at once.
Under the agreement reached by 1
General Wood with the authorities
of the University of Pennsylvania,
his appointment as provost of that
institution has been deferred a year
to permit him to undertake the task
assigned him in the Philippines.
Will Decide on Sanity
Of Murder Suspect
Seward, Neb., Sept. 22. (Special.)
A request asking the district court
to impanel a jury to decide as to the
sanity of Arthur Andrews, alias Pat
McFarlahd, now awaiting trial on the
charge of murdering Mayor Merriam
of Seward, his father-in-law, has
been filed by the county . attorney.
The hearing will be held October 11.
Baptists Plan Nationwide
: Day for Prayer for Peace
New York, Sept 22. A prayer for
peace by Baptists in every part of
the world on Armistice day is being
planned by the promotion board of
the northern Baptist convention.
In a telegram to President Harding
today, the board announced that re
quests had gone forth for adherents
throughout the world "to join in a
simultaneous prayer for world peace
and for the success "of the conference
on limitation of armaments."
English Financier Dies.
London, Sept 22. Announcement
of the death of Sir Ernest Cassel, 69,
financier and philantropist, was
made here today. He was born in
Cologne and was a son of
, ,
jacoD
Cassel, a banker of that city. He
floated immense national loans and
was a prominent figure in the devel
opment of Egypt, Argentina and
Mexico.
Major Fletcher Transferred
Washington, Sept 22. (Special
Telegram.) Maj. Allen Fletcher, in
fantry, is relieved from duties at Fort
Crook and will proced to Sc.2 Francisco.
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Here are two. of the 20 chariots of
cakes, which held thousands standing
f T. rv
tTexasWadcat"
Plane Is Entered
In Air Congress
Millionaire Oil Man Comes to
Omaha to Place Celebrated
Speed "Ship" and Its
, Twin in Big Meet. 7 ; .
S. E. T. Cox-, . multi-millionaire oil ,
operator from Houston, Tex., and
owner of the celebrated "Texas Wild
cat" plane that attracted so much at-
race in France last year, blew into
Omaha yesterday- , jn
yesterday- , in '. knee-length
boots, a brown sport suit and, with
care-free smile. ' - , . - ' . -
The purpose of his stop in Omaha
was to enter the "Texas Wildcat"
and its twin, "Cactus Kitten," both
speedy planes, in 1 the International
Aero congress to be held in- Omaha
on November 3-4-5.' -
Mrs. Cox, wife of-the wealthy oil
man and an accomplished flyer,- may
pilot the . "Texas Wildcat" in the
Pulitzer trophy air race at the con
gress, Mr. Cox said.. .' ,
An Expert Airwoman." - :
"She's an expert flyer and can cer
tainly ' hit the high spots," he Ae
clared. "Mrs. Cox overees our oil
districts with an airplane and she's
getting to be quite a speeder."
According to Mr. Cox's' descrip
tion of the "Cactus Kitten," if it
ever speeds .past a crowd-with its
straight wings there'll be danger of
a pneumonia epidemic. ! -
"It has two sets of wings, curved
and flat," he said. "The curved wings
are for soaring and tricks in the air,
but those flat ones,' oh boyl they cut
through the heavens like a bolt from
the blue.
Mr. Cox said the "Cactus Kitten". !
will land at 100 miles an' hour. The
plane is a' single seater with a 475-
horse-power motor, he said. 1 ",
Private Flying Field.
The oil man has a private flying
field on his r.anch in Texas. Aviation
is his hobbv. He became wealthy
within the fast five years, having
started in the oil game as a driller.
Mr. Cox travels in style, his pri
vate secretary wrote to officials of
the Omaha Aero club in requesting
that "a suite of rooms, ; two bed
rooms, a parlor and a bath" be re
served for him during hjs visit here
for the aero congress. . ;
Officials of the Omaha Aero club
took Mr. Cox on a tour of the site
of the aero congress in North Oma
ha. The visitor will leave Omaha
tonight for Chicago and thence re
turn to his home. 1 .
Department of Justice
Probes Lobingier's Rule
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tion of charges of misconduct of of
J&jC? &Zr tT?Qy t"" I Ar srf
fice filed against Judge Lharles b.
Lobingier of the consular court of
Shanghai, China, has been under
taken by the Department of Justice,
Attorney General Daugherty " an
nounced today. . Judge Lobingier,
who was appointed to the court in
1914 by President Wilson for a 10
year period and who is a former resi
dent of Omaha, Neb., recently ar
rived in Washington to present his
side of the case,
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Ak-Sar-Ben Parade
A
King Ak, mounted on street car wheels and. all lighted . up like birthday
first on one leg and then on the other along the line. of "march" last night
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WorfeSeBns oil Hfleaniir m Rail ? ;
Medical Building ; Rate Complaint
New 17-Story Structure Will
Take Year to Build, Su- --
perintendent Says. r
Actual work on the new 17-story
Medical Arts building at Seventeenth
and Dodge streets,, started yesterday
with the arrival 'of a steam shovel
belonging to- - the J. J. Thompson
company, which .will do the exca
vating.: . ; . i . ' ... ,
A. H. Haines, 'superintendent , of
construction who was on the ground,
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ifstihiates the building will require at
least a year to build,
. r Two-thirds', of, the new, structure
already, is rented, accprdipg to T. F,
Quinlan, .' representings the. , Brandeis
company.-., ' v.
- He estimates i that between $400,-"
000 and $500,000 was saved onJ build
ing materials' by deferring construe-'
tion. ' 1 - "-. ..'-'.. -:' '.
The corner store, in the new build
ing has; been leased by the W.' ':'
Piel Drug company, now af Eigh
teenth and Farnam streets.' -
"Stool Pigeons' v Not ;
; Sanctioned by Navy
Washington,' Sept ' 22. The Navy
department has neither 'authorized
nor sanctioned' use of enlisted men
as "stool pigeons" by civil authori
ties in campaigns against crime,' Secretary-
Denby declared, : in ordering
an official investigation- of reports
that such use had been- made of blue
jackets by-the -police of San Diego,
Cal. Admiral E. . W. ' Eberle," com
manding the Pacific fleet, was in
structed to - undertake
to - undertake . the inauirv
iTV'-J1
quickly as possible.
; The report reaching , Mr. Denby
included newspaper clippings u re-'
counting evidence said to have been
presented at the hearing of charges
against Police Judge Ed L.-Davin,
on September 13.,.
Attendance Record Broken
. v At Jefferson County .Fair
Fairbury," Neb. Sept.' , 22. (Spe
cial.) The Jefferson , County, fair
reached the 10,000 mark in attend
ance Wednesday,; . setting a new
record: ' Gate receipts for . the day
were $2,000. ' . ' . , . ,
One of the attractions Wednesday
was a base ball game between girls'
base ball , teams of .Rockford and
Fairbury.t The. score' was '24, to 25,
in favorof Fairbury. The' fair, will
close Friday. . ".
Funeral of South Dakota'
Bishop Held at Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, S: D Sept 22. The
Rt Rer. Thomas O'Gorman, bishop
of the eastern diocese of South Da
kota," was this morning buried with
all the pomp and ceremony of the
Catholic church. Archbishop James
J. Keane of. Dubuque,. Ia., preached
the funeral sermon and- four- other
high dignataries of the church assist
ed in the celebration of the impres
sive mass for the- dead. ' . -
ilanlcip.1 Wimnti Nettlnc : Bond
I', to 1 The Mrrr A. Koch Co., Flmt
11 Bank. AtUatl tieMn-lHaul.
Floats
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Opens at Hastings
Shippers Assert Charges on
Goods From Eastern Points
Discriminatory in Favor of
? ' Missouri River Towns.
j Hastings', Neb., Sept. 22. (Special
Telegram.) At the opening of the
rate cut hearing, brought by shippers
of Hastings' and Grand .Island.'be
forc Examiner G. T. Kephart of the
Interstate Commerce' commission, to
day, shippers of Omaha, Lincoln,-1 St.
Joseph', . Kansas City and Beatrice
made what amouii ted to a formal ex
pression of .'their opposition to- the
adjustment of freight rates ' asked,
while Columbus : shippers formally
l'fC A up in support of the adjustment
asked. . .' . . .
- C. E. Child, manager of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau,
said that his organization wished to
intervene in the case. He could not
say, he declared, tat they intervened
for or against the Hastings manu
facturers, -jobbers and wholesalers,
bitt' they wished to intervene' to pro
tect the interests of Omaha., v ;
'. The first witness called was G.J
Olson, chairman of the traffic com"
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce,
whose testimony consisted of an ex
planation of an exhibit of nearly 200
sheets on which are ; tabulated the
freight -rates, to Hastings, and -the
rates- which Omaha and . " Lincoln
shippers pay when they ship similar
articles' to points west of Hastings,
and also rates paid from, eastern
points to Omaha.
On shipment of automobile radia
tors f rom , Chicago to ,' Omaha and
-from, Chicago . to Hastings.' while
Hasting is 127 per cent of the: dis
tance,, the freight charges aie 197
per cent of the amount to Omaha.
If Hastings paid the-same . rate
basis as . Omaha, he continued, the
freight on a car of stove pipes would
be $198, instead of $264.60, which the
Hastings shippers now pay.
.Three hundred and five railroads
atjd many shipping points are con
cerned in the hearing. -
The Weather;
- Forecast ;
Nebraska Fair "Friday and Sat
urday, except somewhat unsettled in
east ' portion Friday and Friday
night; not' much change in temper
ature. ' t , -
: Iowa Fair ' Friday, probably . be
coming unsettled : by night-or-on
Saturday; not much change in tem
perature. '
. . Hourly Temperatures "
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Klan Goes
Under Ban
In Omaha
City Official! Warn Gowned
Knights to Hold Secret
Meetings in Real In
visible Empire.
Police Gathering Data
Omaha's Ku Klux Klan niu.t con
fine its .meetings to the secret cavern
recesses of its own invisible empire.
No public demonstration of the
Omaha cavern will be tolerated by
public officials.
Secret meetines of the organization
will not be interfered with for the
present, but they will be kept under
close surveillance.
Mayor Dahlman and the city com
missioners declared all this yester
day and adniitte dthey are keeping
in close touch with the Ku Klux
Klan, both loc.llv and nationally. -,
Police Are Busy.
The intelligence department at
Central police headquarters is gath
ering information concerning Omalw
and Nebraska members of the in
visible empire and has tabulated datr
of the visits here of national or.
ganizers and ofiicers, it is general!
understood.
The Omaha officials are interested
in the action of the Chicago city
Council this week, declaring the
K. K. K. will be allowed no quartet
in the Illinois metropolis. -
It is known that Edward Young
Cfarke, imperial kleagle and klalifl
and chief of staff of the invisible em
pire, recently visited the Omaha cav
ern cf the K. K. K. Information re
ceived yesterday from Atlanta, Ga.
states that Clarke has tendered hi;
resignation to Imperial Wizard Wil
liam J. Simmons, "for the good o!
the order," but it is alleged that
Clarke resigned under fire of ugly
charges involving himself and Mrs..
Elizabeth Tyler, his associate in the
publicity department of the Ku Klux
Klan.
No Parades here.
"We are watching the situation"
closely and will be ready to meet any
development," said Mayor Dahlman.
"No parade will be allowed here
that is certain. As for the meetings
of the K. K. K., I presume they arc
tike some eecret lodge meetings and
I am not prepared to state whether
they would be intercepted."
City Commissioner D. B. Butler
was outspoken on the "subject ; He
said Theorganizatian is unpatriotic
and un-American. A man who has
to-skulk behind 8 hood 'and robe is
not worthy of the consideration of
decent citizens.' Th klan --is a
menace ' to this ; country. It is
dangerous, ' We must preserve our
traditions and our democracy..,. We :
must squelch the K. K. K. Mu
nicipal, state and federal authorities
(Ton to Pare Two, Cohroui Three.)
German Held on Theft
Charge; Sent Loot to
Brother in Germany
New Yorlv Sept 22. John Mem-'
mer, a German,, described in , court
as a "commercial pirate," was con
victed' by a jury in Brooklyn today
of grand larceny for stealing 6hoe
uppers from a Brooklyn factory and
shipping them to Germany to be
copied for, future competition with
American shoes.
In . his room in a lodging house
were found three boxes of , uppers
consigned to a shoe factory con- .
ducted by his brother in Germany. '
Memmer came here from Milwaukee
six months ago,: Assistant District
Attorney Peters said and got a job
at the factory, where the uppers
were stolen. -- ", -
Men Pinned Under
' Auto for 10 Hours
Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 22. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Melvin Cheney, em
ploye of the H&mcstake Mining '
company in this city, and Pliney
Olson, ; his brother-in-law, &iso of "
this city, may die as the result of in
juries received when their auto went
into the ditch on the Bear Lodge
Mountain road, 12 miles west of
Belle Fourche. They were pinned
under the auto and were not fonmi
until eight or 10 hours after the ac
cident They have not regained
consciousness and their condition is .
critical.
Pardon Recommendations
'. ' For Debs Are Completed
.Washington, Sept. 22. Recom
mendations on the question of a par-
don for Eugene V. Debs, socialist
leader imprisoned at Atlanta for vio
lation of the war laws, may be sent
to President Harding next week, At
torney General Daugherty said today.
i The ' recommendations have been '
completed, Mr. Daugherty said.
New York Socialist Colony
Suffers $100,000 Fire
New. Brunswick, N. J., Sept 22. -Fellowship
Farm, a socialist colony
at Stelton, N. Y., three miks from
this city, was the scene of a $100,000 .
fire today. Fellowship Farm hotel
and another hotel building were de
stroyed and the flames swept-
through - a settlement of about 50 .
bungalows. ?'
Cooperage Association'
' Intervenes in Rate Case
Washington. Snt 21. Pmniuinn
to intervene in the case before the
interstate commerce commission in- ;
rolving freight rates on lumber from
the south and southwest to north.
eastern points were granted to the
Associated V.ooperage Industry of
North America by the interestate
commerce cpmmissipn, -
