The ' Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 80.
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CAR WRECK
John E. George, Prominent
Realtor, and Kay M. Welch, i
Head of Cooperage Co.,
Victims of Accident.
BIG AUTO CRASHES INTO
DITCH NEAR - FAIRMONT
Weil-Known Realtor
Dies in Auto Crash
Machine Catapults Down Em
l bankment as Driver At
tempts to Cut in Between
Two Cars.
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Kay M. Welch, president of the
Omaha Cooperage company, and
John E. George, prominent Omaha
real estate man, were killed shortly
before noon yesterday, the former
instantly, in an automobile accident
on the Meridian highway, one and
one-half miles south of Fairmont,
Xeb.
Mr. George died In a hotel at Fair
mont before he could be taken to
a hospital. 11c suffered a fractur
ed skull. Mr. Welch sustained a
, broken neck and a fractured skull.
according to information received I
from , Fairmont. ;
' Both men were in Mr. ' George's
large car returning to Omaha from
Beatrice, where they had gone Sat
urday on business.
Auto Goes Into Ditch.
According to witnesses, .the acci
dent was caused by Mr. George's
attempt to cut lUAtlwccn two ma
chines standing on opposite sides of
the road, one of them about M yards
ahead of the other. Mrs. Johnson
of Geneva, Neb., driving south, had
halted her car because of tire trou
ble. Paul Curtis of Fairmont, trav
eling in the opposite direction, noted
the woman's plight and stopped his
machine' near the other. He was
aiding in repairing the tire when
the George ar, attempting' to zig
zast between- the two autos, struck
the fendfir0.toner careened .to-the
aide of the road and cataoulted down
steep , ' criDanRinenr turning
completely over. " ; -
Mr., ueorge .wis. ptiincct beneatn
the steering post 6f the overturned
car. He was still breathing when
picked up. Mr, Welch was lying be
neath one side of the car, dead when
rescuers arrived. . V .
Dr. A. A. Asliby of Fairmont and
Curtis rushed George to Fairmont
where he died within an hour. - ,
Outside of two damaged fenders
and airoken steering wheel the car
was scarcely damaged. It Was tak
en to Fairmont under its own power.
Brother Leaves for Fairmont. ;
Charles- C' George, 5218 Chicago
street, a brother of the dead man,
lett for Fairmont yesterday to bring
both bodies to Omaha.
Ed George, as 'he. was known in
Omaha, was largely responsible far
the St. Marys avenue grading proj
ect now being carried on and had
'been untiring in his efforts toward
improvement work in Omaha, ac
cording to 1 realtors here. He had
been active for five years on the
St.".- Marys project in getting prop
ertv owners to sign the necessary
petitions and in other, preparatory
work.' '
.He lived at 212. North Frity-fmh
street and was associated in the real
estate business with his brother He
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Full Details of
Arbuckle Party
ToBeToklTodav
Prosecution to Place Women
Friends of Miss Rappe on
Witness Stand "Fatty"
Spends Quiet Sunday. ,
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San Francisco, Sept. 25'. Roscoe
C. (Fatty) Arbuckle, film comedian,
charged with murdering" Miss Vir
ginia Rappe, motion picture actress,
spent a quiet Sunday in jail while
the district attorney prepared -a list
of witnesses for examination when
the police court hearing is resumed
tomorrow. , .
Arbuckle had as his visitors, rel
atives who are in the city - and un
der his attorney's orders, refused to,
discuss publicly;; the charg-e against;
htm.--".?-.' .': ' -" "V '"' . ' '
Tbe, first complete .story of 'the
parry in Arbucklc's- suite in the Ho
tel St. Francis ou Labor dav which
was followed by the death of Miss
Rappe four days latcr js expected to
be told at the hearing tomorrow,
when the. prosecution calls Mrs
Bambina Maude Delmont,, who pre
ferred the charge against Arbuckle,
Miss Alice Blake end Miss Zeh Prcr
yost, ,wh6 attended the party. The
order in which the witnesses will be
called was not announced, i -
The defense -has not indicated how
it is to combat the testimony so' far
offered by the prosecution. The
only witness wh'o has been cross
examined, and he only briefly, was
Alfred Semnacher, who. : yesterday
testified for the prosecution, but as
a ''hostile witness." recording to
the police judge. The police judge
is to' decide whether Arbuckle is to
be he'd to the superior court and if
so. whether on the murder charge
or on the grand jury indictment
which, charges manslaughter,
. The defense had made no effort to,
prevent the prosecution hi the qucs-l
tioning of. witnesses, taking advan- J
tagc. it was said, ot tne opportunity
to Jearn the state s case against Ar
buckle afforded by the hearing.
H e i v ess
Shot By
Rival Dies
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Wounds of Miss Mildred
Hanan, Wounded by Grace
Lawcs, Former Chum,
Prove Fatal.
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was a member of the city piauning
commission. , He was 5f, and a wid
ower, his wife having died some time
ago. He is survived by his brother,
Ui.nrles. and four sisters. Mrs.
George D. Tunnictiff of Omaha: Mrs.
Harris Rooms. New York City: Mrs.
Florence Edniundson and Miss Min
nie George, both of Galesburg, 111.
, Lived in West.
Ray M. Welch was SO and for the
hst 10 years had made, his home
in Alta Loma, Cat., a suburb of Los
&ri?elcs though he retained his busi
ness interests as president of the
Qmaha Cooperage company, which
hts father and George Emery, 2616
South Thirty-second avenue, estab-
, IJshed. ?. ' . ' .
He was the son-in-law of the lats
Tadge Kelly, counsel for the Union
Pacific railroad. Mr. Welch came to
Omaha several times a year to loo'.:
after his business interests. He had
a beautiful home in the center of a
hirgc lemon and orange orchard. He
is survived by his widow, one son.
M.rvin. 18. now in Leland Stanford
university, and two daughters. All
arc living at Alta Loma. , -
Vitalized Agriculture
J Course in County Closes
l,Fairbnry. Xeb.., Sept. 2o. pe
cial.) A short course in vitali7ed
sigricultnre was-offered in the Jeffer
son county institute which closed
here Saturday noon. Superintendent
Burr from Maryville, Mo., was in
charge and 14 teachers were enrolled
for it. This is the first county in the
state to offer the work and the suc
cess of the Tenture will be watched
vith interest
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Insurance Expiree; Barn
Of Anselmo Man Burns
Broken Bow. Xeb Sept 25.
5oerial A laree barn belonirine to
d illiamswest of Ansc'mo. wasiwcstera part or tms counry. pnncrea
Marketing Body Formed
By Farmers of Deuel
County at Big Picnic
Bigsprir.g, Neb., Sept. 25.-rr(Special
Telegram.) An organization of the
countv to carrv out a co-operative
marketing olan amonsr members of
the Farmers union was effected at
a picnic held by Deuel county union
14 miles northwest ' of Bigspring.
Officers elected are: president. Enon
Nelson, Bigspring; vice president, J.
F. Little. Chappell; secretary-treasurer,
E. Kalb. Guy Pigeon, Jules
burg: Fred Schmidt and Mark Han
sen Chappell, were elected directors.
An address on co-operative mar
keting was given by O. G. Osborn,
Omaha, president of the Nebraska
Farmers union. The 250 attend
ants at the picnic participated in a
program of sport; and ab-ise bail
game in which the Bigspring farm
ers won, 14 to 6. Thirty-iive gallons
of ice cream were consumed by the
picnickers. ; "
Anti-Ku Klux Klan
Organization Formed
Conehatta. Miss., Sept. -25. The
order of the White Horse Knights,
whose announced purpose is to op
pose the spread of- the Ku Klus
Klan and to outlaw the existing or
der 'of the klansmen, was organized
here yesterday.
National headquarters will '.. be
opened in Jackson. James C John
ston, West Jackson, - was elected
grand chief. ' '
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Johnson County Girl' V
Arm Broken by Horse's Hoof
Tecumseh. 'Xeb., Sept 25. (Spe
cial.) Bernice, little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. L Lovitt, living in the
Details of Row Lacking
I'hk'tfo Tribune-Omaha Br ltwwl Wire,
New York. Sept. 2o. Miss Mil
tired E. llanan died in the Long Is
land College hospital in ilrocklyii at
4 o'clock this morning from bullet
wounds inflicted by Mrs. Grace
Lawcs. her former chum.
As life flickered from the weak
ened body of the youthful heiress,
there also faded all possible knowl
edge of the quarrel that, led to the
shooting and the subsequent suicide
o. ilrs. Lawcs.
Miss Hanan died in the. arms., cl
her mother. She had bee uncou
srious for two hours. L'p to midnight
physicians held out every hope lor
her recovery. She had rallied from
two operations for blood transfusion
aiid appeared to be gradually gam
ing strength. '
With the early morning hours,
however, signs of a relapse became
apparent. Mrs. Grace Hanan, the
girl's mother and widow of the late
Alfred P. Hanan, millionaire shoi
manufacturer, was asleep in an ad
joining room. She was awakened
and immediately telephoned her son,
Alfred 1. Hanan, jr., who hurried
from his home at Seagate, and John
Borland of Manhattan.
; All Present at End.
Borland was Miss Hanan's escort
when the tragedy took place in the
Iifvm.-nf a miitllnl tripnri Miu IJnr.
othy - Gottsthalk, .early., Friday morn
ing. - . f- .;'':"V " - ' . - -
AH those summoned hurried V to
the hospital arid were present When
the - end came. Also .keeping . vigil
Was Policeman Morlarity ci the But
ler street station, who fof hours had
hoped that Miss Hanan would say
the few words that would explain
the tragedy. But these were not
forthcoming. . - ;
An autopsy of the body of Miss
Hanan was performed this morning.
The bullet that caused death was
found lodged below the ninth rib.
The last statement made by the
dead girl before the police abandoned
the investigation of the case, was to
Captain of Detectives Sullivan late
yesterday. To fulfill the formalities
of the law, Captain Sullivan briefly
questioned the dying girl. - ' -.
Exonerates Borland., 1
: "Who shot you?" he asked. -
"Grace," replied the dying woman.
Do you know why?
. Miss Hanan did not answer direct
ly, but closed her eyes and shook
her head in the negative.' . '
"Did .Mr. Borland have anything
to do with ltr" -
Miss Hanan opened her eves, half
raised her head from the pillow and
answered positively: :
"Xot in the least." , , r
Captain Sullivan was framing an
other question' when the physicians
decided that the girl was too weak
to answer further.
Borland has consistently declined
to express opinion as to the cause of
the shooting, except to say that he
did not believe jealousy was at the
bottom of it.
Kentucklan Favors
Senate by Recital of
Moonshiner 8 Anthem
Chirac TrlliuiK-Omali Df I-tsMtl ttir.
Washington, Sept." 25 Senator
Stanley of Kentucky favored the
senate with a spirited reading of the
Moonshiners' national anthem, which
he said is dedicated to the Eighteenth
amendment. He recited:
"My. country 'tis of thec.
Land of grape iuicc and tea,
Of thec 1 sing.
Land where we all have tried
, To break the law and lied:
' From every mountain side,
The bootlegs spring.
My native country, the
'" Land of home brewcrie,
-- Thy brew I love.
I love thy booze and thrills,
And thy illicit stills;
The moonshine runs and rills,
From high above."
1921 Ak-Sar-Ben
Festival Passes
Into Historv
Slump in Attendance Blamed
On Weather -Man; Deficit
. . Jn Coffers of Samson -..
Expected.
Ak-Sar-Ben festival lias come and
gone. The carnival ground, where
thousands made merry thfe last two
weeks is just Fifteenth street and
Capitol avenue today.
This vear Ak-Sar-Ben and the
weather ma were poor playfellows.
They fell out early in the game. It
all came about when the weather
man promised fair weather for the
tail race meeting and outdoor show
at Ak-Sar-Ben track.
This promise was broken because
there was enough rant to spoil every
thing.; . The rain itself wouldn't have
been so, bad. U was. the threaten
ing mornings that hurt "- '
Weather Cuts Attendance.
Paw and maw. out in the country.
had planned to hitch up. the flivver
and bring the family in to see the
races and do the night show. When
they saw those threatening clouds
theyd call off the trio. As a re
sult Of, the uncertain weather there
were very few attendants from out
state.'. ,, .- -: - . - .
Everett Buckingham, chairman of
the board of governors of Ak-Sar-Beit.
said last night that coinolete
figures for the race meet and night
show : had not been compiled. At
tendance fell 'way short of last year
and-it is expected there will be a
deficit in the coffers of King Ak.
The night show as put on by the
exposition company at the track was
the biggest thing seen in Omaha for
40 years," the chairman said. "I
know what I am talking about, for
I've been in Omaha 40 vears and
have been interested in Ak-Sar-Ben
.ever since it started. " s .:
Too Much of Show in Air.
"We put on a $10 show for $1 and
had ' the ' weather been better, we
would have paid out. The night show
was really an experiment and . vr$
know that it will pay if we get the
right sort of weather. "
"The show was of too great ;i mag
nitude to be appreciated. We had
too much of It in, the open where
people could park their cars outside
the ground and enjoy the perform
ance as much as though they were in
side. 1 his, 'will be changed, for a
row of poplars have been planted
and in a few years they will make an
r.drairable screen. Xext year we
won't have so much show in the air."
Mr. Buckingham declared the
floral parade was one of the best ever
held. The attendance, wasn't as
heavy as expected, for again the
weather' man stepped in and put a
damper on things. : .
Night Parade Is Success.
"The night parade was the best
ever held under the auspices of Ak-
(Tnra to Face Two, Column Five)
Women To
Demand All
Privileges
National. Party Announces
Drive to Remove Political,
Civil and Legal Discrimi
nations Against Sex.
Ask New Amendment
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chlraco Trlbun-Omah lira lued Wire.
Washington, Sept. 25. The na
tional woman's party announced the
completion of preparations for a
campaign to obtain national and state
legislation removing political, civil
and legal discriminations against
women. .
A proposed equal rights amend
ment to the federal constitution has
been drafted by counsel for the
woman's party and will be intro
duced in the senate by Senator Cur
tis of Kansas and in the house by
Keprcsentative Fcss of Ohio on Oc
tober 1.. The text of the proposed
amendment follows:
"Section 1. Ko political, civil or
legal disabilities or inequalities on
account of sex, or on account of
marriage unless applying equally to
both sexes, shall exist within the
Unipd States or any territory sub
ject to the jurisdiction thereof.
"Section 2. Congress shall have
power to enforce this article by an
propriate legislation."
Hold Hearings Soon.
The need of such amendment of
the constitution to guarantee women
equal rights with men in all the
states will be presented exhaustively
by distinguished women at hearings
to be , held at an early, date by the
judiciary committees Of. the two
houses, to - which the proposed
amendment will be referred.
An effort will be made to obtain
action on the amendment at the next
session of congress. A two-thirds
vote of each house is necessary for
tne submission ot an amendment to
the states, approval by three-fourths
of which is necessary for adoption.
Incorporation " of the proposed
amendment in the constitution would
operate, to invalidate' innumerable
provisions of state laws which with
hold from women, the same rights
as men in the possession and dis-
New York City Swept
By Millions of Fleas
Which Dodge Laws
Chirac Trlbuiw-Omabit Ba laafd Wlra.
New York, Sept. 25. Xew York
City is flea swept and the health de
partment is up in arms against the
pests. Within the last week com
plaints nave come trom many sec
tions of the city against an invasion
by a species of the pulex irritans or
an extraordinary variety of the com-
mon.-ordmary ilea.
Joseph Loncrgan, chief sanitary
inspector of the health department.
said an appeal would be issued to
landlords and tenants of apartment
houses and private dwellings general
ly, tor co-operation in a fight on the
hosts of fleas which, Loncrgan says,
arc biting savagely, particularly in
Greenwich village and several east
side districts. Poets and painters,
writers and sculptors, have come out
in strong protest. There is no in
spiration in a flea.
The pests, the health department
thinks, are of alien extraction and
crawled through the red tape of the
new ruling for restricted immigration.
Three Members
Of Wedding Party
Hurt in Wreck
burned to the ground and with its! a bad break of her right arm at the
content consisting of a horse, pure elbow, by a horse stepping on her
Ired hogs, hay and grain, tcpresent-j arm. The girl had been riding the
d a total loss. Mr. Williams in- horse and fell in alighting. The
Business Man at Ord
Broncho Buster Slain
By Town Marshal He
Attempts to Lariat
-Sioux Falls, S .D., Sept: 25. (Spe
cial Telegram.) An effort to lariat
Wesley Delby, town marshal of Buf
falo Gap, S. D., ended fatally for an
txnert broncho rider and roper
named Wilson when the officer fired
at the cowbev. 1 he shooting fol
lowed an attempt of Wilson to rid.'
his horse into the grandstand at He
Buffalo Gap fair. Wilson died in a
Hot Springs hospital from the effects
of his wound. ' : '
Christian Endeavor Will
Meet in Beatrice October 13
Beatrice. Xeb.. Sept. 25. The Xe-
braska Christian Endeavor conven
tion will be held here October 13 to
16. at w-hich more than 500 dele
gate's and visitors arc expected to at
tend, according to an announcement
by the executive committee of the
essociation. Chairmen of the various
committees have been named and
are formulating plans for the con
vention program.
me secretary ot tne cnamoer oi : Dar-a citr . Xeb.. Sept. 25.-(Spe-
commerce nas oeen selected as te cJaL) The tenth annual Butler coun-
cviivcnuuu liiairuw... "- -".- ty fair closed with exhibits more nu
""UD 'ufT ",w. ' j mero9sthan .ever, better amuse-
clubs of the city, will join in ad- mentJ, a yeiy ,arge atten(1ance.
vancing tne convention. Beatrice Tuesday, entry day, was a very
citizens will be called upon to en- b one for the superintendents of
it.voui ,.v,ut ut.t-.djg varies departments, entries be
Fates and visitors, according to. ;no. nameTOts
F'ans- " - - t Three Shetland ponies were givon
- c. ir-ii J ! awav bv the Fair assoication. Mrs.
Munt Aviator Killed J William" Golphnec of David Citir go!
Oklahoma Gty, Sept. 25 Lieut.' first choice; Mrs. Charles .Vibott of
Arthur Emerson, avir.tor. was killed ; Rising Cfty. second, and Miss Helen
while attempting to ihnngc from one; Holder ess of Rising City, third. The
position of property, control of
minor children, freedom of contract,
choice of domicile, holding of , public-
office, jury service and other
functions.
The' question . has been raised
whether removal of . "inequalities on
account of sex, would not operate
to invalidate many laws discriminat
ing in favor of women, such as laws
limiting the hours of work for wonir
en and prohibiting the employment
of women at night. On this point
Miss Maud Younger, national legis
lative chairman of the , woman's
part', said: . . , .
Two Phases to Consider.
"There are two phases of the
question which we have had to con
sider in drawing up this amendment
and bill,
"First, that all the discriminations
(Turn to Paga Tiro, Column Seven.)
Man Caught in
Thrasher Dies
Bride and Groom ,Injurcd
Former Des Moines
Policeman May
Die.
Callaway, Kcb., Sept. 25. (Spe
cial.) Ray Diuwiddie 28., son of Mr.
and Mrs- James Dinwiddiee, living
near Janesville, was fatally injured
when caught by the belt of a thresh
ing machine, and died a few hours
later in the hospital at Mason City.
Dinwiddiee, who had charge of the
separator in a threshing outfit work
ing four miles cast of Berwyn, was
attempting to clear the straw away
from a cylinder which he had been
cleaning when his hand was caught
in the belt. He was thrown com-
HC 1 D " l-P'cte'y over the Wheel, his arm be
angS ijelt : in dam ling torn from his body and his jaw
. ; -.. . fractured. He wat unconscious when
n.j v.t.' c 9; c:,i (picked up and died a few hours later.
Ord. ,yb Sept. 2o.-(Specta F , ; tmder the
LgI.2 of the American Legion at
Telcgr;
business man, committed suicids by
hanging himself in the barn at, his
home. Ill health, coupled, with fi
nancial trouble, is thought to have
been responsible for the act. Th:
wife found her husband's body sus
pended from a rope in the bam upor,
her return from a shopping trip. -
Shetland Ponies Given
Away at David City Fair
Ansley, Dinwiddiee having served
overseas during' the war.
rsnce policy exDircd m June and horse was triscnteneu anc reared. 1 airplane Jo another at the state lair, two v.dnen who eot sccaml ano
ad not been renewed. ' . -5 , t tepping on ,hcr extended arm. f ground-' ' --. t-htrd choice arc sisters a.id urcrjfsch Tuesday.
Aurora Singers Plan to
Organize Large Society
Aurora. Xeb.. Sept. 25. (Special.)
f I'lans are being worked out lor a
I large singing society in Aurora
nnder the management and leader
ship of James Parks of York. Re
cently, a meeting was held which
was attended by 75 singers and a
drive will be made to obtain pledges
of at least'100. They will give an
out-ot:door concert next spring. I
is also said that a great program at
which singing societies in' Seward,
York. David City and Aurora will
participate, will be staged next sum
mer at some central point.
Union-Head to Speak
Tecumsch. Xeb, Sept 25. (Spe
cial.) Charles S. Barrett of Union
City, Ga., president of the National
ranncrs npion, will speak in iccum-
William A. Allen, 51, retired on a
pension September I from the Des
Moines police force, sustained a frac
tured skull and may die, and his
stepson, , Earl Anderson, 30, and
bride, formerly Miss Lola Jonts," 23,
Cjf Indianola, la., both received frac
tured ribs in an automobile accident
yesterday altern'oon.. JS miles east or
Council Bluffs, - '
The automobile, in which the three
injured persons and Mrs. ' Allen
mother of the groom, had driven
from Des Moines yesterday for the
wedding ceremonies in Omaha, col
lided with a car driven by Harry
smith of (jilliat 011 a hill six miles
east of Quick. Mrs. Allen sustained
only minor bruises. Neither Smitn
nor a man companion in his car were
injured.' .y, -,t .-,.'''
Retired on Pension.
'.Allen was patrolman, traffic of
ficer and jailer successively c-n the
Des Moines force for 20 years. Fol
lowing physical disability, which in?
capacitated him for further active
service, he was retired on a pension
September 1. Earl Anderson, Mrs.
Alien's son bv a former m.irriatri. is
a truck driver. S '
Mr. and Mrs.' Allen. Anderson and
Miss Tories left Des Moines Friday
night for Omaha and arrived at the
court house here just at noon Sat
urday. ' They were obliged to hurry'
to obtain a marriage license before
the clerk's office closed. The cere
mony was performed about 2 in the
afternoon by Justice of the Peace
L. N. Bunce. The wedding party
left at once on its return trip to Des
Mome$
Autos Meet Head On. .
, Anderson was driving the machine
as it climbed one of the steep hills
on the White Pole road just east pf
Quick. . It was -raining and the road
was slippery. The car piloted by
Smith was climbing the hill from the
other direction. . At the crest the
two automobiles met head on, tear
ing a wheel from the Smith car.
j The Allen machine turned a com
plete somersault, 'according to Mrs.
Allen, landing on its wheels. ' Mr.
and Mrs. Allen :and -Ihe bride, Mrs.
Anderson, were r thrown to : the
ground, but Anderson remained in
his seat behind the wheel. The pres
sure of the wheel against his chest
fractured his ribs. The bride was
caught underneath ' the car as it
landed, her ribs being broken. Allen
(Turn ta Tar Two, Column FiTr) -
Power And
Riches Aie
Promised
Scroll Carrying 230 Signa
tures Exhibited in Effort
To Induce Attorney to
Accept Post. .
Many Lawyers on List
Judge A. L. Sutton might now be
the shepherd of the Ku Klux Klan
flock in Omaha had he so wished, he
told a reporter for The Bee.
But the judge possessed more than
a little knowledge about this or
ganization which one journalistic
critic has called "a nightgown tyr
anny" and he turned the offer down
flat, he said.
Power and Riches.
It was three or four month ago,
according to Sutton, a former district
judge and one-time candidate for
governor and city commissioner, that
organizers of the Ku Klux Klan
made him the flattering offer of
power and riches.
Sutton said lie did hot recall the
klan name of the position which he
was umed to accept, but it was to
be the highest post in the local cavern
and one which would attract the
klansmen's dollars as a magnet at
tracts steel filings.
"They told me I could have any
thing 1 wanted in a political way
through their support," said Sutton.
J-hey also told me they could put
me in the way of making a lot of
money, not only through their or
ganization, but by reason of ordinary
legal n business the members could
throw my way. ' ".
Secrecy Is Promised.
- "They made every promise of se
crecy and assured me that my con
nection , with the klan never .would
be known except to other klansmen
in secret meeting places.
' The offer was made, the attorney
toia ine -tsce reporter . by three men
who telephoned him at his home one
day and made an appointment for
an interview at his office that eve
ning. - - " ', .-" .
Ihey sounded mysterious over the
phone, but I kept the appointment
anyway," said Sutton.
The three men exhibited a scroll
a yard long on which were 250 or
300 signatures, but they declined to
let him examine it, Sutton declared.
"Xot until you say the word that,
you will come in" the organizers
told him when he asked permission
to scan the list of names. -
"They told me there were manv
other lawyers of my standing in
Omaha who had joined, Sutton i
said. . -
They said they were on the list
when Sutton doubted ' their state
ments ' ,.. -
In rejecting the offer Suttcn told
The Bee he minced no words in ex
pressing his opposition to the order
of the imperial wizard,
Activities Un-American.
"I told them I considered their
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OWNER BARS
KLAN FROM
LYRIC HALL
Dr. Harold Gifford Issues
Order Following Discovery
Of Secret Meeting ly Kc
porters for The Bee.
KAVERN VOTES TO RISK
NO PUBLIC DISPLAYS
Knights of Fiery Cross Decide
To Heed Warnings Issued
By Mayor and County
Attorney.
Safety first appears to be the
watchword of the Ku Klux, Klan in
Omaha.
"Faultless, fcaricfs and forever
faithful" is the alliterative slogan
carried in the propaganda issued by
William Joseph Simmons, the impe
rial wizard, but his personally loyal
followers in Omaha are going to be
cautious and careful as well. .
Officers of the Omaha cavern
only it's spelled kavern in klandom
naively admitted that memners 01
the local chapter, had voted Friday
night to forego for the moment any
parades or public demonstrations.
They Couldn't Anyway.
Whether the attitude of Mayor
Dahlman and County Attorney
Shotwell. who, in their uncompro
mising statements, published exclu
sively in The Bee last week, made
it plain that they wculd tolerate no
public demonstrations ' in this city,
may have had anything to do with
the sudden .resolution of the Omaha,
chapter to remain outside the vision
of the public eye, they declined to
say.
But they were quite free to admit
that a public demonstration at this
time would not be in keeping witn
the. best interests of the order or
the community. ' ' v ' ' '.
, The papers have been so tilled
activities un-American and that
(Turn to Ftg Two, Column Six.)
$18,900 Income
From Potato Land
Open Will Disposing of
Half Million Dollars
, Geneva, Xeb.. Sept. 25. (Special.)
The will cf Drl IT. L. Smith, dis
posing of property worth close to
f 500,000, was opened here. It pro
vides that 800 acres of land near
Geneva be divided equally among his
three grandchildren, Mrs. Bessie
Wilsort, Mrs. Dorothy Steele, New
ell Butler, and a . great-grandchild.
Elwin Sherrard. The balance of the
estate is to be' divided equally be
tween Dr. Smith's two children,
Mrs. Hattie X. Butler and Curtis A.
Smith.' -The death of Mrs. Butler.
since the will was drawn up, will
result in her share going to the four
first mentioned, her children.
Captain Who Went Down
With Ship Blamed for Wreck
San Francisco, . Sept 25. Capt.
Harry Hobey, wbo Avent down with
his steamer, the Alaska, when it was
wrecked near Eureka, Cat, with a
loss of 40 lives, August 6. is charged
with full responsibility in a report
of John K. Bu1ger Tederal chief in
spector of hulls and boilers, an
nounced. The report was approved
by the Department of Commerce.
The report asserts Captain Hobev
navigated his vessel at full
a dense fog.
with distorted reports' of alleged ac
tivities of the Ku Klux Klan that
any ; open demonstration would be
nothing less than an invitation for
persona! attacks on usf" one officer
volunteered. ', ! "
Where the Klan Met.
It was at a meeting Friday night
that the vote against parades or pub
lic demonstration was taken. Efforts
were .made to conceal the place of
the meeting and keep the time secret,
but reporters for The Bee had little
difficulty in discovering that a hall
on the fourth floor of the Lyric
building had been rented for the oc
casion by an organizer for the Klan.
Ihe primary purpose, it also was
learned, was to consider membershiii
applications. No initiation of candi
dates was held and little additional
business transacted.
Shortly before 8 o'clock Fridav
night the klansmen began to arrive
t the Lyric building.. , -
Keeping Under Cover.
"We were here yesterday; ve are
here today; we will be here forever.''
shrieks a Simmons propaganda
pamphlet, but the Omaha numbers
do not seem quite So positive about
it as the occupant of the "imperial
palace." -
" So instead of riding in the eleva
tor which the management of the
Lyric building has thoughtfully pro
vided for its tenants, most of them
climbed the stairs.
The meeting, it is, said, was not
open to all members of the local
caveni. This perhaps accounts for ,
the limited attendance. Most of
those who were there were young
.(Toj-b to Pae Two, Cutuiun Onc
"Toddle Tops" Must Go,
Denver Attorney Says
Cheyenne. Wvo.. Sect. 25. fSne-
cial.) Is the so-called "put and
take', or 'toddle top," a "gambling
device pure and simple?" '
Philip S. Van Cise, district at
torney at Denver, says it is, and
he has "gone so far as to ban the
sale of the top in that city, begin
ning Monday.
Chevenhe officials, on . the otlirr
hand, are not inclined to take such
a serious view of the situation. Un
less the sale and use of the roulette
wceel imitations become so wide
spread here that they constitute a
menace, no official action regarding
them will be attempted.
It is admitted that a few of the
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Bi . rr 1 f t , - "iic ucing sum, ana are oc-
umed in lub Ot Water jing put to occasional use in the
Broken Bow. Xeb., Sept 25. homes, on the streets and in the of-'
(Special.) The small daughter of X. ficcs around town. But. say officials -C.
Clang, living near Anselmo. was! they are not being used widely in
badly burned when she fell into a! the pool hails or smoke houses' for
tub of hot water. 'gambling purposes, and therefore
are scarcely worth more than '.a '
passing notice. If the sale, is. to be
stopped, add the officials,, it may be
necessary to go a step further and .-.
clamp on the lid against the selling (
of dice and even decks of cards.-' 1
18,000 BusHels Raised
' 120 Acres on Farm
Near Gordon. .
on
Gordon. Xeb.. Sept. 25. (Soecial.1
Proceeds of approximately ?18,900
on lo.uuu Dusheis ot potatoes trom
120 acres will be the remarkable
record for income set on the farm of
Sam Johnson two miles north of
Gordon this year, if the entire crop
holds up to the average made by
the part already harvested.
The potatoes already dug have. av
eraged 150 bushels to the acre and
are being marketed at Gordon for
$1.05 a bushel.
For his share of the proceeds. Mr.
Johnson, whose home is at Plain
view. Xeb., has received over $5,000.
He purchased the land three vears
ago for $60 an acre.
Fred Cloud and Fred Nordwall
are the tenants. I
The Weather
'" Forecast
Nebraska: Generally fair Monday
and probably Tuesday;" rising tem
perature Monday.
Iowa: Generally fair Monday and
probably Tuesday; warmer Monday.
Hourly Temperatures.
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Cashier of Illinois Bank . -
, Held for Embezzlement
Lawrenceville. Ill, Sept. 25. R. E.
Laughlin, 3$. cashier of the Bridger
1 p. ai. .711 port Hark and Trust company, at -
J JJ jj Bridgeport, just west of Lawrence-'
4 a.' BiirrmriliTi ville. if, under arrest here on a eharer
S a. m.... tt of embezzlement. An rxaminatinn ri.
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shortage of proximately $100,000.