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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1921)
TflK U.UAIIA. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. ,192.. Ku Klux Klan Must Find New Haunt in Omaha ; For and Against the K. K. K. Dr. Harold Ciffonl Ordrri Local Chapter Be Hefuied Right to Meet in Lyric Hall. ((atiaaH Yr tut 0 men, tome even appeared to be tittle more than boy. They did not ap pear at all imposing. The only person of any prom . iuence in local affairs to cnt-r the meeting room was a lawyer 'who tuck a part in the election last spring by nuking Mump speeches (or a defeated candidate. Lone Sentinel Stand. In front of the door Mood a lone ciitiutl.a tall, slim young man who apparently did not rcli-h his task. Neither did hit tense of duty over whelm him, for after acting as the faithful watchdog for a little more than an hour he finally entered the meeting place and left the corridor unguarded axalnst snooping eyes despite the fact that a da'ice at which half The following article compiled and riticii iiy the Literary Digest re- iVwt in brief reecnt develoDtnente in j the organization of the Ku, Klux I Klan: "Publicity which. It bringing lit In 5,000 new member a day," it the wav one official of that much dis euit organization, the Ku Klux Klan. describe the tufldtn. violent and widespread press attack on the Klan't methods. Other sources re port that the Klan't "Imperial Wiz ard," Mr. William Joseph Simmons, of Atlanta, contemplatei a ?I,IHKJ,000 libel tuit against the New York World for itt part in the general at tack. Some 20 newspapers, headed by The World, recently began the simultaneous publication of a teriet of sensational exposures, and half a dozen weeklies, at about the tame lime, came forward with attacks un der tuch headlines at "A Nightgown Tyranny," "Imperial Lawlessness,' "Applied Violence." and "The Ku Klux Klan The Soul of Chivalry.' This last title, intended to be ironical, heads t particularly bitter attack by Albert De Silver in The Nation (New Vork). "A child conceived in the tradition of a lawless past, and brought forth in the extravagant ob scurantism of present-day prejudice'j Mr. De bilver calls the organization. a iitmcirca couples were f i,. u',u n,i it. in attendance was in progress on the nr.tcnt these more specific points: Mine floor, The danccrt, however, were bliss fully unaware that "the most pow erful secret, non-political organiza tion in existence, one that has the "niostsubtimelineage in history," was holding a meeting only a few feet away. But then perhaps they . wouldn't have cared particularly anyway. Barred from Building. But last Friday nitwit's meeting will be the 'last the Omaha chap ter of the Ku Klux Klan will hold in 'the Lyrie building.' Dr. Harold GifTord hat said to. Dr. GifTord it the owner of the Lyric building. His surprise that the meeting had taken place in his property was manifest when so in formed by a reporter for The Bee, The Kit Klux Klan is an in fernal nuisance," declared the doctor with considerable emphasis. 1 shall certainly take steps against any more meetings being held there. I shall take the matte up at once with my agents, Har rison fie Morton. Agent Alto Actt, It also it quite evident that Dr, GifTord need fear no lack of . co operation on the part of his agents, Even before informing Dr, GifTord of the meeting- a reporter for The Bee had carried a similar . message to ueorge l. Morton. .. , 1 Mr. Morton was as positive as Dr, Gifford in asserting that the Lyric building would cease to be a meet ing place of the order. "The halls of the Lyric building are not open for meetings of ' the Ku, Klux, Klan, the I. V. V. or similar organizations, he said. . When the hall was rented for the Iriday night meeting it was not un derstood that the Ku Klux Klan was to assemble. Dichall: was rented by.. Managfcr Boyd to ah Organizer foe the Klarj v u uia not reveal ms vocation. ivian- ngcr Boyd told a reporter for The. iice he thought it was- some kind ot a Woodmen meeting. Office Down Town. - The Ku Klux Klan maintains an oi nee at Aos. J8 and lv ; caidrigc Wead building. Twentieth and Far- nam streets, but this office is not large enough to accommodate inOre than small committee meetings, It is in this office that F. C, Maxey, King Kleagle for Nebraska, ,l t I f : wakes ins ncaoquaners. , . Maxcy is the -principal organizer tor the state.. He came to Omaha directly from Atlanta, Ga national headquarters of the order and the hotnip ot VV. I, bimmons, the imperial .wizard. v ,. .- j, Maxey . returned to Omaha yes terday frpnv a point out in tbt. state where he, said he attended an organi zation meeting, , ' ; He told a reporter for The: Bee yesterday that the organization was ctomplcted and officers elected, f , Likes Publicity. "The publicity we have been get ting the past few weeks is showing itself in the results we are getting," he continued. "I , received a tele gram frofrTthii town Thursday to come there and organize a klan at once ; .No citizen of the town ever had been a member before." ' Commenting upon the announce ments of Mayor Dahtman and Coun ty Attorney Shot well, which ap peared in Te Bce 'as week, the organizer asserted that parades and , demonstrations are not allowed by the imperial wizard except in cases of necessity and then only by his permission. -"We never hold parades except when the moral.: effect ; may be oi benefit to the. community and. klan," he said. "I was glad to hear of the state ments made by the county officials regarding law enforcement. The klan never has or attempted to take law and justice, out of the proper hands. .Courts Investigation. "When-:, there are public officials v. hp are conscientious enough to en force the law and justice regardless ( who might be concerned, the klan is for these officers. The klansmen stand at all times ready to co-oper ate with these officials and give any resistance possible in enforcing the law." . .- Maxey also declared the Ku Klux Klan courted investigation. "I only hope that if any investi gations are made they will be made in a fair-minded way and that the findings, wm be made puDtic bo many investigations are started but ,somehow the findings always get in .the discard. " Ready to Assist. "I stand ready "at all1 times to as sist in any investigation. If the in vestigators find any evidence of lawlessness in Omaha, they can for ward their proof to Colonel Sim mons in Atlanta and the charter of the klan in Omaha aril! be revoked and the klan disba. led. .The klan will not countenance disorder or lawlessness by any of its members." "Maxey declares the publicity be ing given the klan is bringing new members into the organization. "New klans are being formed m Nebraska and more members are joining the klans already formed. In O-aha the membership is growing m-- 'ily. There are still fair-minded irs ms who see the abseWity of the charges made against klan. It has grown from a nucleus oi 34 charter members to a membership of more than 500,000 within five years. Its "domains" and "realms" and "klans" have been extended .until they embrace every state in the un ion, hut Montana. L tart ami .New Hatnphire. It practises "censor ship of private conduct behind the midnight anonimity of 'mask ' and robe, and with the weapon of tar and feathers," - . Its members art not initiated but "naturalized" by a ceremony which includes an approximation of .Chris tian ceremony of baptisnt. .. ' . Negro Side Issue.', The World's series of syndicated articles charges further that When it was organized it was di rected against the negro. ow the negro has become a side issue. To day it is primarily, anti-jew,. ami Catholic, anti-alien and it-fs-spread ing more than twice as fast through the north and west at it is growing in the south. .. How has it managed to spread out so widely and rapidly? First, by appeals to local or sec t:onal prejudices and hatreds. On the Pacific coast it has beckoned to Japopohobes and whispered in their cars that the yellow man is plotting to incite the black man in America to rise aeainst the white m.n; In the cities of the central west it has pretended; to devote itself to stamp ing out radicalism. On the Atlantic coast it has preached that an alien- born man or -woman, even tnougn naturalized has no place in America. Everywhere it has Banned Jews from membership and made anti-Semitism One of its many missions. Every where,, also,; no less positively but not as frankly, it has barred and at- iacke4 Rfthian Catholics., Wherever a .prospective member lives, lie has been promised that his pet avefsion wtil be made an object of klan action. " 'r- .3, . . !. - .1. ' . ,secona, n owes us giuwiu m iw eirmlovment' of a large number of professional salesmen. Who net the country in an up-tordate sales organ ization and peddle memberships' on a basis of $4 for every member taken into the klan. These paid organizers or klcagles, 'collect no initiation fees, but each new member makes a dona tion"' of $10. of which the kleagle keeps $4 and sends the rest to his king kleagle; who pockets another $1. The remaining $5 vanishes, into tne "imperial , treasury of the order. Furthermore, the klan itself owns the company manufacturing the re galia, which is sold to the members for $6.50 and costs Sl-,25 -to make. The whole "propagation" department is, in trie rands ot protessionai anve leaders, whosey' sole interest" it 'Kii Kluxism is in the split .just out lined. In the last five, years memoership "donations" and sales of regalia have yielded at least $5,000,000 probably a considerably greater sum.- Kii Kluxism from tbe inside has been a paying enterprise and its lucrative possibilities have recently 'been in creased by the decision to admit women as well as men to member ship.:, The sisters can now come On in with the brothers at only $10 per come-on. , Woman Answers. "Any, fraternal order Has the un questioned right to select its mepi- 'bership," replies one of the society's high officials, Mrs.- blizabeth Tyler grand chief of staff of the women's division. "And this organization is no more ' anti-Catholic than the Knights of Columbus are anti-Protestant, and no more anti-Jew than the Sons of Israel are anti-Gentile." The klan stands throughout for true, pure-blooded Americanism, declare its defenders, for the Americanism ot the old sort, which has beeu threat ened by .our flood of immigrants and by. other alien influences here at home. 'Answering the -further accusation.- widely repeated :y the press, that the klan has been re sponsible for mob violence in various parts of the country, Mrs.- .Taylor said, as quoted by the World: "The thing the Klan has had to fight hardest is the mob violence that has been resorted to by men masked in white, masquerading as Klansmen. There was a woman tarred and feathered in some Texas town. It was laid to the Klan. Upon investigation we learned that the tarring was done by mothers of the town, dressed in overalls, not white robes, who were against the woman as an immoral influence. "There never has been an outrage committed by the Klan and wher ever we have heard of one . being imputed to as we have at once sent out official disclaimers, but of course it is harder to get circulation for a denial of anything than for a positive statement But I say officially that the Klan does not countenance any violence of any sort," Mrs. Tyler, it appears, together with Edward Y. Clarke, tbe present "Imperial Grand Kleagle of the Klan." has had much to do with the recent rapid growth of the move ment Mrs. Tyler had been in publicity work in the south. Mr. Clarke had been known as a "physi cian for sick towns.' 'and also- was accustomed to the csevof publicity.? some years ago, says Mrs. Tyler "lit wat in charge of Brett liar veit Festival in Atlanta that brought more people to Atlanta than had ever been there before. "I wat interested in hygiene wk for babies, tort of 'belter babirt' movement. I had Uken enoutth o a medical courts to fit mytelt fur the work of vittting among the Irne mentt and advising motbert about their babirt. and in the Harvest festival, we had a 'Better BabiV pa rade, of which I had charge. It wat through Hut that I met Mr. Clarke. ' Wisard in Trouble. "After we had talked over many butinett enteruricct Jive formed the Southern 1'ublicity aotociation. I was associated with the Y. V. C A. do ing publicity work during the war. and Mr. Clarke wat ainliated with the Y. M. C. A. I financed the Southern Publicity anociation and stayed in the office, and Mr. Clarke wat field representative, planning and working out publicity campaigns of one tort and another. "We came in contact with Colonel Simmons and the Ku Klux Klan through the fact that my son-in-law joincu ir. e lomm voionci dim mons wat having hard time to get along. He couldn't pay hit rent Hit receipts were not sufficient to take care of hit personal needs, lie was a minister and -a clean living and thinking man, and he wat heart and toul for the tucccst of his Ku Klux Klan. After we had investi gated it from every angle, we de cided to go into it with Colonel Simmons and give it the impetus that it could get heist from publicity. "It was my idea that we would get a little local publicity throughout the south or through our section and that the order would grow by de grees. But the minute we said 'Ku Klux 'editors from all over the United States began literally press ing ut for publicity." One result of the growth of this Movement, writes William G. Shep- herd in Leslies eeklv is that there are districts of the United States as lawless and-as liable to vitness horrible happenings as any (strict in Russia or Italy or upset Germany, or topsy-turvy Poland, or any-6ther European land which we Americans look on as Suffering from aflcr-the-war' lawlessness." The writ er, recently, returned from the undis ciplined lands' he mentions, proceeds with his indictment: j "The long and short of the matter i is that an organization which call.- itself the Ku Klux Klan is "riding" again in the south. Good citizens arc protesting against its outrages; the press of the south is almost solidly against its activities; state legisla tors are passing laws against it, and officers of the law are doing their best to ' run down its various local members. It is thriving with difficul ty in many communities, and yet, if we are to trust the word of its of ficials, it is growing. in membership, both north and south, at the rate of 5,000 members a week." Record in Texas. The Texas record of activities of the men in white robes for the past nan year, according to mt. anep-herd,-. include., some .0. .easels. in which men. were seized and punished without due process 6f jawThe pun ishments, which inci!tidedi tarfing and feathering, beating, hair clipping, robbery and, branding, were caused by alleged misdeeds ranging , from the ."large iiegro;practice'' 'of a law yer of Houston, -Tex., to suBpected offenses against morality which be came the commonest cause for ac, t;on m the later activities of the Klan. ' "Wbether a law, passed by the legislature for the ' purpose of sup pressing the Klpn can be made ef fective in Texas is a doubtful ques tion," telegraphs a correspondent of the New York Herald from tort Worth. Anti-KIan organizations are said to be forming. Only in a few instances, says , the correspondent, were neeroes ounislied'bv the Klan in Texas in' the last-'fcw- months. A ... .. fi . iisr ox more man su puuisnmcius arc presented. The correspondent con- "One white woman was seized In East Texas," was tarred and feath ered and then turned loose after ward, but the Klan denies that its members took part in this deed. One East Texan was a victim of masked, uniformed men .twice . in 48 hours. and one world war veteran, who had been with the marines ; when they captured Chateau Thierry, in France, was kidnapped, tarred ana leatnereo "The white woman who was tarred was facing a charge of big amy and was out on bond, ner hair was clipped before she was farred. The resentment became crys-4 tailized following the attack on this woman and the ex-soldier. "A New Camorra." "A New Camorra," the Baltimore Evening Sun calls the Klan, declar ing that, "in Snite of its high-sound ing principles and' professions, it s based on some of the most despica ble of human passions, with aims and objects no less vile The New York World, sponsor of the most extensive of the recent attacks, calls it "a supergovemment by irrespon sible heads of a secret; oath-bound order," and declares thavt since "only by law can' judefiaficc j,vof law he curbed, such a rule within a . rule cannot continue if legitimate govern-, ment is to stand unmocked and un shorn of oower.' These are the keynotes of a flood of editorials from all sections Of the country. Street Car Men Make No Move on Wage Cut Order igaln. It was wrung to kill him, I but what could be done with tnc who urged others to rob men and steal their wiye? It it beciue thr with recklr talkers. Varioui Hate.. Union Meeting Will B llfld appeared in kiltt at the opening per A We Bit of Scotch Features Folly Town At Gayety Theater mtMi A mattered clapping of lundt greeted Johnnie Walker when he Farm Agents' Notes N with Texat in the lead, are moving to exterminate the Ku Klux Klan, and they may succeed. They thould succeed, provided whippings and tar and feathert and secret ainatiou are the work of tint orginittion. u L ' . . L I. n . .... I. a, ... . , .... II... 1. they wipe out the Klantmen. they I nmn reet car trtinmen have not .followed bit rendition of 'The Las Thi Wrrk Action of -Hotly is Proh- . Icinalieul. formance of Folly Town at the Cay Uy theater. Follower of burlesque remembered thU sterling comedian in Scotch roles and while the old timers were few their greeting wat sincere. The round of applause tint .i. i,i .t .., ... i..., I met to coiik drr what aitituile they 1 for die, proven in . i.: 'J I,. T.i ir.. will nU toward the 1 nrr rent tonular in the liiuhlnud role.' tuarchy and the advocation of law- K reduction announced by the Johnnie is aUo a big lut in lid conmanv Fridav. dance uumbcit. Atitd by Led. i..i,...r,i. Ofticen of the uniuii were reticent Frrol, lie stage a dance specialty .. . , i , , T , yMerday. They declared the union tint it certain to bring huu recog Dutrict Judge Jl. II. Tfrrcll of i,ar,i .i:r.r,or. had i.oi eoiiiidered nitiou. Fort Worth, according to newt re- the nuitcr a a body. It wat stated Ten scenes permit the ue of a port, recently criticized the work of that the "men are up in arms." by large amount of beautiful tcenery the Klan while charging hit grand one o.lieer, who declined to mak .and the coMuming of choru. and . . , .. ... any prediction a to the outcome. principal is lavish, jury, but at the tame time told the K rBilir;,v ; .,,!,, t,; Kuth KoKcmond in songs and ! .1.-. t-H - .1.. .... ' .!,..... j. .1 i jurv iimi lauure io eniorce uic taw wfrc interviewed yesterday, nowever, and laxmet of the courtt and juries wcrj inclined to consider resistance were responsible for the Klaus on- l0 the cu, impractical at the present eration. Ihere hat reevntiy been .;,-. j... ta t,rci,ent economic eon- an "epidemic of crime in 'lexas, a:-1 ttitic.nn: . inn-mnlovnient and the an cording to renortt front other omarh of winter. sources., ihc Jtome and Mate, a Oflicert taid no exact date had weekly paper published by the Anti- i,,, f1K,.,i inr u,nrri mn-tintr of Saloon league oflexat. prctvntt this 1C union jt ,jK bc cMei toja).f pnaure of the "inyUiblc einturc at TUM,ayi or ,cj n the regular work, together with tome of the .cftjng ,!,,., Wednrsday. at the La reasons why it has become powerful, i.n. ,,nl,.i, ,u-.. ..i,! At il! nro. i .... i. . i. ......I- . aim now u ma, poned mass meeting union olhcert Bupcrimuui; , The knightt of the ,"invii.i'le em pire" have invaded the capital of our state, and Austin was recently pla carded with flaming red signt by th. Ku Klux K an. JudKC Jinics K Ilamiflon of the criminal district lion OT lllis imiawiui cidnuci;c r increase t.ik Panization and of-the peace officers Xr the u, of this city and county. Instruction. after the m will make general recommendations. and put the matter to a vote, accord ing to present plans. One union omcer asserted there are "other means of resisting the wage reduction than voting against court ot that city, ordered the grand , Inlinicipal owllerSiip. injunctions jury to make a ' tnorougn i.veMiga- d , , f , for hum vi una m' v....,....- .... incrati. f.ik-n In fh siinrcilic union had received : .1.. c.... - - , ' . , .. ' i :,.. ii,. an nuvcrse iiccimun itoin me wii; u-pr aa civcn 10 uic iciaiiu jui y iiT,r i .:n i ..... --- - - - -.... t ... i nanwaj coinnusMoii, inu mhi ui-iiu- take sucn action as u cW.m ; ,h ot it; son dictates and the law directs under ... .. . e .1.- . i..: . .i .v. . m, .,., i tnC auVlCC OI Xnc auvitc W ll'B jr and" district attorneys. - .The press reporting tint action oi Turla-e Hamilton further says 'thte organization of the Ku Klitx Klan in Austin is viewca ny uis-inct juusc Hamilton as an indictment by inter- I.l sffionr. Hi. U1II.C ttiJrtlllBl IWI--I vovv - - -" i , . ,, . . expressed the belief that failure to , vl "r. nrnnrrlv i-nforce the law had created Buckingham declared. .Ihc parade .1.-.i-c.v-iK nrr,niaiiin nt the was as well attended as usual, i eo- uit uuiiv iv, ..,v wo- . .i..... ;.. t..,. .-i. J.- I I'lC UIUVC III iiuiii litaiuv viiiva, Tudee Hamilton is exactly right. -V" p"!' ukz tl. -r .l. v.. VI..- iri.n ic th. tmuat procession oi auiomouncs l IIC IISC UJ IHC 1U IVIUA ..,, u - ....... UrlJnl- effort of citrzens to secure redress . jT T t . ,1a for the refusal of officers to enforce which lasted three hours I est.mated the law and that, too, by direct action. , "e '"B"1 i"""uc, "l Wherever the Ku Klux Klan oper- Per,so"s: s . i .j:s:a Air. xiucKiuKnani, who is a muciv- ur n.....,P;t oil nt man, characterized the coronation public officers, not neM"Iy 1I of L,, t Ak.Sar.Bcn dcn Fridav night iMcm, m.c .c.vujr T.,..v.. ."V- ''litillv "For the f rst t ine n the law. !iiMniccprf a rlpn chrw ami nrartifal- Ak-Sar-Ben Festival Passes Into History ( otittiMCfl Krom Pf On.) judge Hamilton goes on 10 say: , ey was SMted We haJ "The constitution of this state says chairs Qr . m Counting the men in the defendant has the right of trial ,he MSt and the ot,,fr perforrners oy a jury oi ins peer there were 6,500 people at the den supervision of the court. Here, hat night again, juukc jiiiuniuu ngm. Prai. Tiae Maracement tUn. rUi,n n( ihi tite an rraise uue war.ageraem, eoual rieht to demand that the crim- "Too much praise cannot be given inal It. ,I.AAM ...l.n l.nH "1,1."... n . I, A rrn-- shall be tried by a jury ot ma " v"a' s ""t wl ....... .. . Ufl.tiAM IiqII tinH tni chnu' I P V- we, think so. . cut cy, xne "'r.- "-.-- - - - . . . I nodes ettntiminti .rtf ntrt iupm. ws of .Texas an officer can aeciae " t . ' X". ii-.ii :cr oi ine noara wiien I sav mm peers la , .... ..-. .t . wnet ner or noi xnc crininiu.1 suaii , - ,. . , .. Ut .,;.t,.,t nV .ml tt,A .-iiwen- the whole affair was a big success. . rr;'..-A..."A .u....i. For the y present. Ak-bar-Ben ot- snip nave no reuress c-xliiji i.jiwujjh .... ..... ... ..,.-:.:.. v T-1.. . Vf. 1 I UtiaiS Will VUHIIIIC IHCII. ttllv.wva the Kit Klux Klan. Ls...: ...,ii,;., T T . . !.. t . IITL I LHOlllItt U J VtVIJliimt, vv.. l.-w. juage namiiion iuruicr says; xuc ... ,r ,0-i ;,::.:.. A ,u.n fault lies with the officers. A public - ar-Ben" will office is not a nrivate snap, but a . iL. ..i . .i..i,, cer who . is mcompetent...or acrenci Xttcndance at the carnival grounds of his duties or unwilling to attend , t ht mj light but the shovvs iu iuuii,nuii-Uis.o..i.v '.i . and concessions am a tair ousincss caution as ne wouiu-auena io;ms acco,ding to Charles Gardner, sec own private uusmcss is uisijudiuicu reafy 0f Ak-Sar-Ben, ana uinii iu nuiu tu uimc ui puuut trust, and it is the duty of this grand jury to make a careful investigation of the officers of this court ar.d see that they are performing their duties as the law directs." ' 4 . . . . These words arc well said .- by tuners it clever ami entertaining Mie is pretty and displays a large wardrobe of brautiitil i lollies in wonderful i-tyle. Lucile Harrison and J.ynn Canter carry the bulk of the song numbers. Ciut Fay playi the leading comic role. Lester JJorr. while not given one of 'the leadt in the fun-makinc, is a clover comedian and gets hit stuff "acrct in wonderful shape. Power and Riches Offered for Leader (Cuallnunt From Pag 0r.) considered it cowardly for them to intimidate the black race by their night work and mystery," the attor ney taid. "At that time, they did not mention any anti-Catholic or anti-Jewish aims of tne organiza tion." Sutton said he saw no literature or printed matter of tl" Klan. "When they first rJ me they were of the Ku Klux Klan I thought they were joking and jol lied them about it," he said. "They insisted, however, they were in earnest. Sutton said the three men were not natives of Omaha, but appeared to be organizers sent here from other cities. Condemns Klan. Sutton was outspoken in his con demnation of the principles of the klan and declared he would do every- tiling in his power to check the growth of it. Jf I knew any one who belonged to it I would go to him with tears in my eyes and implore him to cease from anything so un-American." he declared. "The Jews and Catholics may congratulate themselves that they are not eligible for membership," he concluded. Telephone Franchise i Granted in Alliance Ranchman Kills Four Persons and Commits Suicide Man Brlitvrd to Hue Bern Insane Slayi Three Men Ami Woman Boy Fatally Injure!. L)cnter, Sept. 25. Sit persons are dead near Monte Vinta, Colo, at a result of fir liiotinB according to' '' .' Thl ". . - . lJI ihlbi'. l ftm tuu, ft mm tiinnmin u mc t'cnrrr 1 lines. BUTLER COUNTY. t .rrrtt t. M IM-, .., v l CK, N,u, iwui , iM.u! t .Mi- kwnUrni vr ri,i la ih wr ll- Mkulm iWkin t4 lUili.g rink ralliplMt l .vk4 wmk. !. rr lbt h iH-r, Tb-ra mm b,k mui-' lu ih .i- U.t mf 4 wk inbr liiU'h.J k-r tirulMl. Thu ar Hr ll ihmii- Mr of III i-lMb. ail ot l,ub IIMUBSL K ihi ot k inanikr vt iiiw mi hum fni'u in niit tun ii,jwi. hw p mi i ik club ly lb i ..I Al'l.ullura ihxI leial at t ill. Tli ttjut 111 gill tun from lafel u .1 ;. MADISON COUNTY. M. A. Mlaaarl, Agt. lUtll l'ri-U, Nab. HM. Blal Tl-ra (vara !1 anuiaa la Ih Hu ! uirir rt an i-all alUM kiBiMl al ma uualllt. Nail bar ll,a munly aainllin-hl A,, . , , !u laraa inia ivar, riiiaan or iaaa an- n UlllllcntlUed .MeKICBII hoy wat llrl war tn l Hut wurk. Tha aalua ruu over and killed by an automo- ' hiwi a i i yaars bile carrying orticert and iK-i,Mr CP.r.Vr. in tearch of Dane v. itr4. ' The Timet dianatch kaiil 1 A ' Th tollb"1" laln: lloaia i ne I net iiMICII bIU l A. ., , U10(B., ituromi. Uraal Siawaii. Dailey, JO, a ranchman, aro? early nauia i-ra.w. fitan jam i ruwir, v- and shot and killed Mr. and Mrs. A. a-k.i; An.ira.1 Tkmi.. iw r m , i tii fsi i nriiiur n ( - fiilk. fourth, and J"lin Trrvra, llaill Cr-k. nrih. Hill unUar I innn'tx. Imrara, Arlhar llahm-r. Nurfnlk. rirals Kaihrn THnnitf. .-ii, IUIIU I'r-.k, a'il : llal-na Thi'inw on. Mat l la. fr"-k, ihir,l; I'llffurU llau-t-rl)-. Nmrolk. I h'r.l ; I'rin, lla.ldla, Ham I'raak. fifili, ii,l J,.lin I'rtat-a. Ha ilia Cr-rk. iiiih, "Iranil cbami'lau 1'H oluti turiM, Urant Slawarl. I'nlaii'l Clilnaa. umlar ni-milia, N-uia, Karmonrl Kun.luoi. M-ailw ilruva, flrai . KraiJ Kliltdtim, aaranit. Tliar ara b-il two folatirt I'hlnaa ahua-n in llila rla... In (h ahoa-lns ranlaat Jamaa Cro:a. flrrl: Urant Hiraari, aart-nj. Tho'r will ba a nillllnrrit a. hoot li.i.l In th auuth. l-ait of Ih county Savam har . t. It and II. Uia llama, nilllli- rrr aim-laliat from I ha it-nalrin aarl,e. will bara rharc. Thli athmii will ta ran. Iurlu a lllll iliff-rant than th drat on hM at llaadow Univa hla aprlnc Thoaa whil ri-flalar will I aapwlad I" Ito altaltfht Ihmuah with Ih l-rlaf cura whl.-H will ink un Ih MiHkliiat of yuunt lora1 hall aa wall aa iboa fur nwu up. Ovar tut hala har Iwn mad Ibla uinin-r aa a ruault of Ih one ntllllnary cbool In Maadow Urova lial aprlut. V. Skrolt. who lived on a nrarhy ranch, lie then shot ' and killed I'helty Paggley, 19. on the Hroli ranch, according to the dispatch, after which he walked a mile and a l alf to another ranch where he shot and killed Ed Jleilman. 32. Ucfore posset and ihcriffa' depntiet formed at Del Norte and Alamosa. nearby town, could capture Bailey, the dispatch taid. he shot and killed himseli. Hit body wat found rn tne bank of the Rio Grande. The dispatch taid authorities ut Monte Vista believed Iiailcy wat mentally deranged. Woman's, Party Plan Campaign for Rights (t'vallaiwal rran rata Oua.l against women should be included, and "Second, that industrial legislation, such as the eight-hour law minimum wage, etc., should not in any w?y bc touched. "At first it wag thought that per haps a clause specifically exempting industrial legislation would be nec essary, but we are informed by our legal advisors that this is unneces sary. As our measures now stand, it seems that they neither approve or disapprove such legislation; they do not touch it. The concensus of opinion among the lawyers whom we have consulted is that the supreme court could, at present if it wished, throw out the industrial legislation for women fct unconstitutional under the fifth - and Nth amendments to the constitution and that it can also do so if our proposed amendment is passed, but that our amendment and bill will not make it any more likely that this legislation will bc thrown Out." The women's party also has draft ed a blanket bill removing the dis abilities of "women for passage by state legislatures. The Wisconsin legislature has already passed the bill. Three Badly Injured In Collision of Autos (Continued From Vast One.) Judge rtamilfoii. The trouble lies fli:i,tprl nn his head. ''sustaining with our law for the rembval of frac-tiired'-nkii'll and collar-bone, Mrs. officers.- Except for the one crime of nen rolled over and over in the Orr the side of. the defense or at least on the side of explanation, th? New York Telegraph presents this incident: ; . Recently in a town 'of considerable size south of here, a long w?vs oft. a man preached anarchy before a throng of people. . He spoke these words: "You see those folk living up there in fine houses on the hill; we are as good as they are and entitled to as good things as they got. We have nothing; they have everything. Look at their automobiles and their handsome wives. ' ' Why shouldn't we have them? We don't say that we want at good automobiles at they hare we want their . automobiles. We do not say, either, that we want at good women as they have: men, we want their women f - This scoundrel should bavs been arrested and sent .to prison for a long term. But he was not; he went his way. for tbe moment unscathed. For the moment, we say. In thafj crooked financial' dealings,"nO officer has ever been removed from office In Texas so far as can be revealed by thorough state-wide investigation. As the law stands today our peace offi cers can do as they please. They can 'say to one criminal: "Go ahead with your operations, or to another that he must stop his criminal oper ations" and the state has no control over the officers. As the law fcfands today if the citizens want in a legal way to take action against r.uch an officer, a private citizen must enter a civil suit on his own initiative, bear the complete expense , himself and fight it through the courts with every obstacle imaginable placed in his way to defeat him. If the man is guilty of crooked financial dealings he can get action; otherwise the recorrs fail to show that any successful tction has ever resulted from the derelic tion of officers in Texas. The - good citizens of TcxM find ing that they have no redress tn Hi laws of our state have organized the Ku Klux Klan. We do not believe in the method of the Ku Klux Klan; we believe it is fraught with great danger; but we do not believe that the proper way to proceed is to bring down Jour vituperation .upon the Ku Klux; better far that we correct the law and make it easy to remove a corrupt officer from office, and take such action as shall cause our public officials to no lonecr reeard their of fice as a "public snap," but "rather U ..... ,1 . ... TT..-.. .I1 a public trust." as Judge Hamilton says. "Imperial Law lessnest.' The Outlook (Xew York) in the course of an editorial attack on the Klan under the heading of "Imperial Lawlessness," quotes with approval "the common sense view that is well put by the Houston Chronicle:" "Boys, you'd better disband. You'd better take your sheets, your ban ners, your masks, your regalia, and make one fine bonfire. Without pausing to argue over object; you have in mind, it is sufficient to say that your methods arc hopelessly wrong." Every tradition , of social progress is against them. They are Opposed to every principle on which this government is founded. They! are out of keeping with civilized life. mud. she said,- escaping injury. Smith, driver ot the second car. assisted in carrying the injuredper- sons to a nearby farm house, where a. doctor was .called from McClelland and orivate machines from Wood- ring & Jackson. Corrigan and Brcem were 'sent out. ' ' - x Thi latter ambulance, piloted by Wesley Beem, made the entire trip to the farm house through f heavy mud. The car driven by Jackson was halted by mud about eight miles from the Bluffs. ; Beem brought Allen, the most seriously injured of the three persons, ' back as tar, as Jackson's car, where he transferred the patient for the trip to the Bluffs. Then he returned for the other two. Mrs. Allen made the entire . trip in the ambulance from the scene of the accident to the Jennie Edmund son Memorial hospital with her hus band. There he was operated upon by Dr. Donald Macrae, who said that chances for his recovery arc doubtful. Both Anderson and his bridge will recover, it is believed. Railroad Continues to Employ Men at Alliance Alliance. Neb.. Scot. 25. (Special.) Railroad officials . announce the employment of 48 additional men on the Alliance division; including 24 men who have already been put to Vork at Alliance. Twenty-two men have been added at Edgemont and two at Seneca. The workers employ ed . at Alliance include 14 car car penters, six car carpenter's helpers, two car carpenter's apprentices and two laborers. This makes a total of 72 men added to the force in Alli ance within the last two weeks, 48 having been employed about 10 days ago. Practically all of the men giv en employment are men who: were laid off when the big slump in rail road business came several months ago. During the last 60 days ap proximately 135 men have been add ed on the Alliance division. V Aviator of Marine Corps ; Killed in Practice Flight Washington; Sept 25. Capt; John A. Minnis of Montgomery, Ala., One of the marine corps' leading aviators, crashed- to. his death -while engaging in practice at the Quanti co. Va.. bate preparatory to tbe fall maneuvers of the marines, the Navy department was advised Alliance. Xeb.. Sept. 25. (Special.) After., a controversy extending over a period of nearly two years, the City ot Alliance has granted a tranchise to the Northwestern cell Telephone company by unanimous vote of the city. council. The con troversy arose when the lormer tran chise expired early in 1919, and the subject ci granting a new one came up. hormer Mayor A. JJ. Kodgers and the old city council opposed granting a new franchise or renew ing the old one on the ground that the city s interests were not sutti ciently protected under the form of aareement acceptable to the tele phone company. The problem was a subject of discussion at every coun cil meet for more than a year, when the former council finally refused to further consider the inatter and it '.vas dropped. In the meantime the telephone company continued to op erate without a franchise. Under the new regime of City Manager Kem rr.ish and 8 ncw council the prob lem was taken up and a new fran chise agreement was drawn, up which is satisfactory to both the city and the telephone company. , Wife of Former College Head Killed by Truck Indianola, la., Sept. 25. Mrs. W. i E. Hamilton, ,55, wife of the former president of Simpson college, was killed here when she stepped in the path of an automobile truck. Mrs. Hamilton was a daughter of the late Dr. J. D. McClcary, and a member of the class of '87 at Simpson col Intoxicated Adams Youths Tell of Source of Supply Beatrice.' Neb.. Sept. 25. (Spe cial.) After signing affidavits jn county court that Lee Galloway, Adams fanner, -and former members of the Beatrice police force, had fur nished them with liquor on Septem ber 10 unsolicited, Roy Walker,- 21, and Joseph Arndt, 19, Adams youths, pleaded guilty to the charge of in toxication and were, fined $lt) each by Judge Messtnore.- The boys were found in a com atose condition in a livery barn at Adams and told the court that an obliging stranger from- Omaha had given them drinks which resulted m their arrest. t ." : Golf Club is Organized By Citizens of Gordon Gordon, Neb.. Sept. 25. (Special.) A golf club' has been organized at Cordon with Aloan JM. fcntiey at president.' One hundred, twenty acres of land have been secured on the edcre of the city and. if present plans materialize' the erection of a country club will begin in the1 spring. The golf course is fast being put into shanp. ' I Community Chorus of 40 Organized at David City David City. Neb.', Sept. 25. (Spe cial.) A community chorus has been organized in David City. J. A. Parks of York, composer and song leader, who was in charge of the Community singing at. the fair, has been chosen as conductor of the chorus. About 40 have signed up as members. OTOE COUNTY. A. H. II Lane Hyraru. Xb., ("rpt. J4 ("parlal.)--Arraiiarment hav ten mail with tli aataualun rartinnt. C'ollraa of Aarlrul tur. to hav Mlaa Leaf, nlolhltic apaolal- 11. aiva avral utmnnatratlona on iir ftrm work In Otot county tha lalir part of thl month. Hurh work will ha rtrrl'il out at tha homo ot Mr. Walk.r Naalty of N'abraxka City, Splmbr S7. A dxmnnatratlon will alao ha hrtrt nenr Dunbar. Clolhlnc apaclallala. during tli laat alx month, hav. worktil In count!, whrra thar alatl In a lout of JM damonatratlon with an attendant a of .JI5. I'raaa forma and mltllnory ar th most ouutindlnc pha of th work. Moat farmi-ra ar. aware of t 1vt that at thla lima of rar condlllona ant to lia Ideal for the development of rhnleru outbreak!. I.t week aeveral raaea vera reported to the farm bureau office. Regular quarterly Farmere' unlo meet ing waa held at Burr. The attendant- Waa amall. A report waa aubmltted by tha county picnic committee, allowing; aubstantlal balance In tha treaaury, wblrh will b held aa a fund for future lentct. Gerald and Harry Mtlllla of Dunbar hav written tha farm bureau offica atat- Ini- that they will be In the plf lui content nnother year. Gerald attended, the atal air and while he did not con nect with the prlae money, there' wera eeveral different partlee who offered hint 115 fur hla foland-Clilna silt. THAYER COUNTY. J, V. Cbrlall. Aent. Hebron, Neb., Sept. 14. (Special.) 1 have found that, many people do not un derstand the nature and work of a comi ty agent. Becauee ot thla lack ot under-, atandtnir aomettmes considerable preju dice exteta agalnat th work even In th -rnlnda of intelligent and otherwlee well informed people. The following atatement by Director A. C. True of the at ate re lation aervli of the fnlted Htatea De partment of Agriculture, may help to make clear the relation ot the county agent to the, people of the county. "The county agricultural agent f a pub- L Uc offtnlal whoaa buelneaa It la to milie available in practical, form tne Knowieng of agricultural eclence aa developed by th atate 'experiment station, th- United Statea department of Agriculture, and, the reault of the beet 'farm practice. H la expected to ehovr by field demonstra tions, publtcationn and otherwise the ap plication ot sucit Knowledge to local nnii CDH I uon. "Th advantage or Improved rami practices, ' as demonstrated on th most BUicnaiul inriu 111 lite ruunir wiinc agent la employed, are called to tb at tention of farmers In hla territory. "The county agent Ia pot expected to act aa the business agent of ,the individ ual farmer or of groups of farmers in carrying on commercial transaction. He la not In any sense, a hired man. operat ing th farmer's own farm enterprise. "The subject on which th county agent may give demonstration or advlca ar as varied aa th needs of the term population in hla pounty. It is his duly to demonstrate the application f agri cultural science to soil management and building to th control of plant disease and pests, to the introduction of better varieties of farm" crops, and to Improve-' ment in methoda of feeding, breeding ami car of farm animals. The economla management of the farm as a whole to yield the largent pet return, the atudy ot systems of marketing local firm products. novice .nn . tn purcnase or farm supplies, co-operatively .and otherwise, ar broader phancs of his diversified work. "While the county agent's nosltloA and duties make him the leader tn agricultur al matters, he .can not fairly be expected to be an expert on all agricultural sub- jucts. Those in charge of co-operative, extension work, both In th United State Department of Agriculture and the agri cultural colleges, believe that tha agent ahould assist the farmers of the county ' with every nroblem connected with theif business, from the preparation ot th toil to th marketing of hla products. It would not be proper for tha county agent personally to engage In the buying ana selling or In farmers products, to handle funds in the transaction, or to hold any office In marketing or other farmers' organization: but there should be no ques tion of hla right to furnish the very beat information and to encourage r every way possible the farmers who do thes things for themselves through some busi ness manager or co-operative association.' Kansas Judge Fines Two . Auburn Men for Bootlegging Tecumseh. Neb.." Scot 25. (Sof- city is a branch of the Ku Klux ctaf.) Guy Gamble and Roy Head.. Captain Minnis. according to word Klan, and two days after his speech Auburn men. were fined for boot- received here, met his death while at this preacher of anarchy and violence legging at Ilolton. Kan. .Gamble tempting to escape a searchlight nt trjsil ttir; which was endeavoring to "pick out"' I113 Diane. - disappeared, . Ko. otic .has oen him! wan fired $.?,Vi and ent tr& ince; pcrnaps, lie never v.jit uc accu' jU nay, and Kead was ImcerSloV. ' f ' - . - - . Taste is tobacco a matter quality of . VVe state it as our honest belief that the tobaccos used in Chester field are of finer quality (and hence of better taste) than in any other cigarette at the price. Liffett & Myeni Tobacco CoT) esterfielcl CIGARETTES ; of Turkish and Domestic tobaccos-blended