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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
