Sleuth and One
jaiulit Killed
In Gun Battle
Two Otheri Wounded as Of.
firm Storm KrnJrcvous of
i .Thicr on Farm Near
Council Bluff.
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ihmw im rae VWT.f
woman. They licrjfd tlx five mtn
into one room of tin farm liouw and
diiarmnl them. A !xth man wai
sleeping in a'ear in the yard. The
woman, who appeared to be ticfc,
vl permitted to remain in bed.
Four of the men carried .45 caliber
revolver!.
After the men were rounded
the woman began to choke violently
rnd Knox summoned the man who is
believed to be V. A. Bennett.
f'Vour wife eem sick, you'd bet
ter BO in and ice her," Knox told
the' man. ,
The suspected thief went into the
room. There, it is believed, the
woman in some manner slipped a
Sun to the man, for a few second
later he appeared at the doorway of
the room and opened fire on Lane
and Murray.
y Murray Instantly Killed.
Lane vas wounded in the
shoulder. Murray dropped to the
floor, dead.
Lane, although wounded, opened
I' re on his assailant. The man fell,
but recovered sufficiently to fight his
way. out of the house. Just outside
the back door, however, he fell
again, this time dead. .
Then the wounded detective
turned his attention to the remaining
prisoners. lie walked into a ftisil
ade of bullet and suffered a second
wound, the bullet piercing liis body
just below the heart. The prisoners.
when the firing began, seized the
weapons which had been taken from
them and rushed toward the door.
'here they met Knox, Jones,
"Johnson and Morgan, who had been
scoliting the premises. In a bar
rag of shots they fought their wd.y
to ; freedom. With them was the
wotlian, who as soon as the shoot
ing started, (jtiickly regained her
health.
Run Out of Ammunition.
A shot from the revolver of Knox
is "believed to have wounded the
man who gave his name as Brown,
The bullet struck him in the wrist
and deflected irrto his neck.
In the exchange o shots that fol
lowed, the officers ran Out of ammu
nitktn and thus made it possible for
the' fugitives to escape. .
When the officers approached the
plaice, they found one man asleep in
a tar in the yard. Entering the
hou9 they encountered fire other
mdh'.j four of whom were armed
with '.45 calibre revolvers. Herding
th men ' into a room, the officers
searched theft and took their guns.
These were turned over to Detective
Lsjic, who then- was , placed., in
chlrge o-f the fiv& men in the one
ro&OT. Special Officer Murray
was placed in charge of the woman.
When the man, believed to be
Bennett, entered the room where
thet; woman was lvintc in bed, Ot'fi-
cerjilMurray's-attention was momen
tarily distracted and it was during
thqijt time that the woman gave a
gun,, which had been secreted in the
bcdLI to the man. With this Mur
raj.was killed and then attention
was turned on Lane. As socm as
Lane1 was injured the. men he was
RujSirding made a break and secured
their guns from Lane's pockest.
f Were Searching Oarage.
yttiile the shooting was going on
Sumner Knox and the other men in
the. raiding Sfluad were searching a
garage that stands On the north side
of: the house. They started . for the
house as soon as they heard the
shooting, but" were forced to retire
byl'gunfire which was being direct
ed jit them from the windows in the
holisc'.
Under cover of the garage they
commanded a clear view of the front
and rear doors and north side of
the house, but the bandits made'
their escape -through a window on
the i south side of the house and
gained the top of a titll from where
they directed several shots in the
general direction of the house and
officers below. The band then broke,
up and started in diffcrert 'direc
tions, making their escape.
Posses were hastily organized in
Council Bluffs find started guarding
the roads and countryside near the
farm house.
The man who gave hU name as
Brown was captured while beating
his; way toward Council Bluffs via
the Rock Island railroad tracks. He
was spotted by reporters for The
Bef, who were traveling along the
Rivcr-to-River road. The Bee re
porters immediately t got in touch
with an armed searching party which
took the man in custody. He made
no resistance. He said he had walk
ed and run about five miles despite
the'wound in his neck.
Farm Wat Leased.'""
The scene of the fatal battle was
on ia farm owned by Mrs. Lena
Snjtder just east of the Keeline fruit
farm. Last March Mrs. Snyder
leased the place for one year to a
man who gave the name of W. A.
Bennett It was this man Lane be
liefs who opened fire on the offi
cers; and subsequently was killed.
"jhree automobiles and about $300
worth of clothing, believed to be box
car,; loot, were uncovered on the
plaie when the officers raided it yes
terday afternoon. One car, a Buick,
carried a Colorado license, 2-S78. A
Ford touring car carried a Missouri
license. 314-169. The third machine,
a Ford truck, had an. Iowa license,
2,fJ6&.
;s Had Many Callers.
Neighbor reported that since the
Befttittt man took possession of the
farm, automobiles repeatedly . had
bcejt seen drawing up before the
plate, particularly late at night They
presumed the farm wis a rendez
vous for bootleggers. t
the farm bouse in which the party
wait surrounded ' consists of six
roims, four downstairs and two up.
It jit an unpretentious place and
is located about a quarter of a mile
offthe road which runs to the Kee
linl fruit farm from the Rirer-to
Rittr'roaaV
L'pstairs jtt the house were several
Uncle Sam
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A view of the opening session of the investigation into the activities of the Ku.KIux Klan now being con
J,, it., ronitnl hv th limn). rnli- mmmitiet. .Col. William loseoh Simmons, imocrial wizard of the or
ganization, and other klan leaders,
to rignt, J , f. (.anipncii, rv ). uarreti, a. a. xvreiuer, r. xi. xjaic, 3. u. rci, tv. t. nuuciiuciK uu u. i.
dan. The photograph of Colonel Simmons was made, at the inquiry. .
St. Paul newspapers, which lead of
ficers to believe the gang may have
come from Minnesota.
House Where Shooting
Occured Is Off Road
Xestled snugly among sparse
trees and weather-beaten out-build-
inns, stands a small dirty yellow
house on an isolated spot 300 off a
well-traveled road northeast ofJ
Council Blutis,
It faces the road and affords a
commanding view of the terrain for
miles around.
When federal and railroad officers
yesterday afternoon ventured upon
the modest little place, little were
they aware that every movement
they made up the road was being
watched by a baud of suspected box
car robbers secreted inside the
house.
Every Move Watched.
Closer they approached the house
and no one appeared at the door to
challenge them. Such little fear, did
the officers have as to the imminent
danger of a death battle that they
left their guns .untouched in their
holsters.
But fro ma window in the front
bedroom a "lookout" reported the ad
Vance of the officers upon the house.
The din of the gun battle that re
sulted, when the robber gang re
pulsed the raid by' opening tire upon
the officers, rcverbrated through the
Surrounding hills like the fire of
snipers' bullets in the moonshine
country.
Murray .Fell First. .
. Robert .Murrajy special agent for
the., Northwestern railroad, was the
first to ; fall mortally wounded by
the Open fire of the suspects. Elmer
Lane, Council Bluffs detective, fell
Wounded not far from Murray.
Thus was the modest little farm
house that was kliown for miles
around as the Snyder Home turned
in a fe wminutes to a veritable char-
nel house.
Sidney Will Vote on Boutls
To Take Up School Warrants
Sidney, Neb., Oct. 14. (Special)
The Sidney school hoard has call-
Led a special election October 29, ta
vote upon the proposition of issuing
Refunding bonds to the amount of
$00,000 to take up outstanding reg
istered warrants of the Sidney
scliobl district, of which" the city of
Sidney is the center. The bonds
will be for 20 years with a 10-year
option, payable $6,000 per year ftet
the 10th year.--.lt & expected that
t!;c bonds will 'carry, The 'saving
in interest to the district will be
considerable, and trouble has been
encountered in marketing the war
rants of the district at par.
Two Private Garages
Near Geneva Looted
Geneva, Neb., Oct. 14. (Special)
Two country garages w-ere robbed
near here and considerable loot tak
en. At the garage oi Verl Wilson,
accessories were taken. The thieves
were traced across a. wheat field to
where their car had been left while
they went to the garage. Tires wer
taken from a car. belonging to Ger
ald Geis, who is staying at the homa
of Henry Mublenburg. Two other
ciirs at the iluhlenburg place, were
not molested. . '
Eighteen Men Injured
. In Coal Mine Explosion
Marshfield. tore.. Oct. 14. Eight
een men are in hospitals at North
Bend and Coquille as a result of a
coal dust explosion at the Beaver
Hill mine near Coquille. Six of the
men are seriously burned ind physi
cians said two may die.' The mine
is owned by the Southern Pacific
Railroad company.
The. entire day shift of 18 men
was caught in the mine when the
explosion occurred and rescue was
effected by melt of the other shifts.
Milwaukee Man Will Tell
Ad-Sellers About Mistakes
Lutie Sterns of Milwaukee, Wis.,
will address the Advertising-Selling
league at its .meeting- in the Fonte
nelle hotel next Monday evening on
"Common Mistakes of Advertising
Men." The Misses Bessie and Lillian
Fureron of New York City will ap
pear in a fashion display. It will
be ladies' night. -
Plattsmouth Man Wounded
By Shots of Unidentified Men
Plattsmouth, Neb., Oct. 14. (Spe
cial.) Unidentified men driving a
car fired a roily of shots at Frank
Bucacek, as they pulled alongside his
car. Bucacek made a dash for a
patch of cane alongside the roadway,
but was struck in the arm by one of
the shots. No reason for trie shoot
ing has. been advanced.
A new cape of black shows a chin
Collar, the inner part being of tan I
caracal ana me twasiac
caracul.
of black f
Looks Into Ku
have been summoned to testify. Below
Lower Light Rate
For Plattsmouth
Request for Vote on Municipal
Plant Given Council
Company Then Makes
New Offer.
Plattsmouth, N'eb.. Oct. 14. (Spe
cial.) The city council has unani
mously voted to hire an engineer to
make estimates of the probable cost
of a municipal lighting; plant, follow
ing receipt of a petition signed by
more than 200 residents asking that
a municipal plant proposition be
presented to the voters at a special
election. Present at the same meet
ing was Manager James Kuykendall
of the Nebraska Gas & Electric com
pany, who promised a reduction
from 15 cents to 13 cents per kilo
watt to small private consumers, and
a renewal of the street lighting, con
tract at prewar price, if the city
would renew their contract for a
period of years. Pressed for a state
ment regarding a reduction in the,
gas rate, now $2.25 per 1,000, Mr.
Kuykendall held out little hope along
that line. George F. West of Port
land, Me., president of the Platts
mouth Water company, also address
ed a communication to the council
informing them that the first 10-year
period in their franchise would be
up next May, ana tnat it wouta
Cither be ur to the city to purchase
..the plant or stand for a raise in
rates at that time. I he only ac;in.
taken was to refer the matter, to a
committee; , '- .',
Allied Debt Refund
Plan Given Approval
(Onttnacd Ftom Tag Onr.)
Hoover and possibly Secretary oi
State Hughes also will he named.
The president might choose to se
lect a banker to serve as. one of the
members.
hTe original administration bill
vested broad authority in the secre
tary of the treasury in connection
with the refunding of the ! 1,000,
000,000 in foreign loans. Criticism
has been directed against the bill
in both branches of congress on the
ground that it gave too great author
ity to one man. A substitute bill
proposed by Representative Frear
of Wisconsin, a republican member
of the ways and means committee
who has : led the attacks unon the
measure in the house, provided for
the creafion of a commission com
posed of . the chairman and ranking
minority members or tne senate it
nance committee, the house ways
and means committee and the comp
troller general. The ways and means
committee, however, preferred to
create a commission composed of
members appointed by the presi
dent. '
Approval ?fecessarjr.
In the-cases -ef actions by ttii
proposed, commission final approval
by the president would be neces
sary. -.-''
In the opinion of President Hard-
ir.g, the creation of a commission
does not change the purpose of the
bill in any material respect. Secre
tary Mellon has indicated that-he
would prefer to share the responsi
bility with others.
'Secretary Mellon, in his letter to
the ways and means committee, also
will discuss other-proposed changes
in the bill. One of these is the
amendment which provides that the
bonds of no country shall be sub
stituted for those of another coun
try without the sanction of congress.
This is designed to prevent the ac
ceptance of German or Austrian
bonds. President Harding and Sect
retary Mellon see no Serious objec
tion to this amendment. . ,
The way-S- and aneans committee
has under consideration a proposal
by Mr. Frear tha the acceptance
of German and Austrian bonds be
prohibited, but it was thought best
not to mention either Germany or
Austria-in the bill -
May Limit Time.
The Mellon letter also will deal
with the length' of time during
which the authority to refund, the
foreign loans will remain effective.
The ways and. means committee fa
vors limiting the time to three years
instead of five years as provided in
the bill approved by the senate
finance committee.
Representative Fordney, chairman
of the ways and means committee,
will call a meeting early next week
at which final action will be taken
on the bill. Under the program of
the hocJc leaders the bill will be
considered on the floor of the house
on Thursday and probably passed
with only one day's discussion. The
administration hopes to obtain con
sideration of the bilt in the senate :
immediatelv after the tax bill is
passed, -which probably will : be be
fore the cad cf October.
THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. OCTUHEK 15. VJ'l.
Xlux Klan
, i
is shown the rules committee. Left
Omaha Youths Denied
Membership In State
University Fraternities
Lincoln, Oct. 14. (Special)
Several OmaTia youths, members of
high school fraternities, have been
denied membership in university
iraternities, according to a state
ment" issued by O. J. Fee, chairman
of the investigation committee of
the Intcrfraternity council. This in
cluded all men from the Omaha
Central high school, who during the
last year have been members of the
Alpha Sigma Lambda, Beta Phi Sig
ma or Phi Lambda Epsilon. The
names of those denied membership
were not divulged.
Names of Omaha men pledged to
fraternities here as announced today
are: Alpha Sigma Phi, Irwin Jet
ter, Edward F. Manger, Willard O.
Ushe?; Beta Theta Pi, Alfred R.
Hanson; Bushnell Guild, Peter' T.
Barber: Delta Epsilon, John Peter
sen; Phi Delta Theta, Maynard
Buchanan ; Phi Knappa Psi, C.
Francis Sp'erryl Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon, John Madden; Sigma Phi Epsi
lon, Dave Broadwell, E. Slattery.
Veterans' Bodies
Arrive In Omaha
Two Omaha Heroes Included
In Number Reaching
City. :
' Two3 Omahans who died in ' the
service of the United States over
teas during the world ft-ar arrived
home yesterday in a shipment of
hero dead. Twenty-sis bodies in
all were received but two of them
were for Omaha.
Frank Mislivfc, whose par?nts re
side at '5032 South Twentieth street,
Was killed in action in the Argonne
woods with the 89th division. Fu
neral services ' will he held Sunday
tt th' family :home; burial will be
in the Bohemian National cemetery.
Leonard Conley, son of Viret E.
Con ley, 4211 South Twentieth street,
was killed in action October 1, 1918.
He will be buried Sunday afternoon
with services at the home. . Burial
will be in West Lawn cemetery.
Chamber of Commerce at
Sidney Resumes. Meetings
Sidney, Neb., Oct.- 14. Special)
Regular meetings of the Sidney
Chamber of Commerce have been
resumed, A good representation at
tended the first meeting. Problems
of community interest were discuss
ed and committee appointed to re
port at the next meeting, looking
toward merchants sales to be con
ducted at intervals, during the fall
and winter, r
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Forgery Charge Dismissed
Beatrice. Neb.. Oct. 14, (Special. i
The case against Tom Day, Be
atrice boy charged with forgery, was
dismissed wheft a satisfactory settle
ment bad tcen made on the alleged
forged checks with W. A.. Jordan,
the complaining witness.
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Illness Halts
Probe Testimony
Of Klan Wizard
Senator Watson, Stormy Pe
trol of Georgia, Interrupt
Hearing With Demand for,
Fair Deal to Ku Mux.
WVhlngton. Oct. H.-William J.
Sinttnons, imperial wizard of the Ku
Klux Klan, was prevented by illness
today from appearing before a house
committee for examination by num
bers a to actvitii-4 of the order.
The imperial wiiard collapsed yes
terday at the clone of a five liouri
statement and later was placed in
charge of a physician who ordered
biiu to stay in bed.
Dr. W. (i. Manning, the physician
attending Mr. Simmons, reported
that he was suffering front acute
bronchitis and general exhaustion.
Hearing Adjourned.
Chairman Campbell adjourned the
hearing after stating that Dr. Man
ning had informed him Mr. Simmons
could not possibly appear earlier
than Monday.
'Simmons complained of illncs
when he took the stand yesterday. He
resumed his testimony this morning
with a huge purple muffler wound
about his neck. He spoke with more
than usual fervor when he was
bringing his statement to a close and
when he had finished he was seized
with a violent nausea and sank into
a chair, apparently in a state of uttui
collapse,
Klansmen gathered about him, giv
ing him first aid and in the course
of a few minutes he revived suffi
ciently to announce that he was
ready to submit to cross-examination.
His condition'was such, how
ever, that Chairman Campbell, after
conference with members of the
committee, decided to call the inquiry
off lor the day.
Watson Creates Scene.
Another excitfng incident of the
session was an unexpected invasion
of the hearing room by Senator Tom
VVatson, the stormy petrel of Geor
gia politics, who demanded the right
to question Colonel Simmons, and
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Bags and
bluntly uifuimcd l' e committee that
he n guiug to see that the imperial
wiaid nciived a square drat." lie
threw the hearing into laiN-bub.
Lluiinun CtmUbrll at lirst at
tempted to prevent Senmr Watson
(rum asking tiuckitnn. lit miu tnat
he could not acevrd the privilege to
an "twlMJvr.
. I am nut an outsider end yon
will permit nir if )ou want to be
luir, Senator Watson shouted. I
am a United States senator and 1
am going to ce that the wituesi has
Lir play.' : .
Colonel Simmons stepped forward
and pUtrd ln luiul un the fiery
statesman' shoulder as If to calm
him. After a moment's further ev
lay Chairman Campbell said;, v
"I think you may ask your ques
tion," "Well, I won't claim my rignu
here," exploded Senator Watson,
suddenly changing hi mind, "but 1
will when this thing gets to the
United States senate."".
Inquiry to Proceed.
A few minutes laterSenator Wat
son, subsiding, quietly left the room.
Between the imperial wizard's coi
lapue and Somimr Watson's out
burst, not much was added to the
sum total of knowledge concerning
the mysteries of the klan. The com
mitteo apparently expects to proceed
with the inquiry for several days
longer before It decides whether to
recommend a thorough congres
sional investigation of the clan.
In his testimony. Colonel Simmons
offered to leave the fate of the klan
to such an investigation. If the klan
is found guilty of the charges made
against it, he said, he is willing to
order it to disband at once.
The colonel vehemently denied
that the klan was the .author of
threatening letters. On 'the con
trary, he stated, he has received
hundreds of letters threatening him
with death.
"I don't believe those letters came
from the klan," he said. "I do not
believe the klan wants to kill its
own wizard.
Officers Arrest Fanner
When Whisky Found in Home
Deputy Sheriffs Johnson ana
Hoye, w ith three government agents,
raided the home of Tony Zimmerly,
south of Waterloo, yesterday on a
search warrant. They arrested Tony
and brought back eight gallons of
corn whisky.
Xo still was discovered.
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LulhVraii Association
Nufue Officer at Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb.. Oct. 1 4,( Serial )
The Lutheiau Ho.piul auci.itioti
held its annual inn tin and tier led
officers ti follow; l'reid' m, licv.
M. Lenhigcr of I'lyiuouth; .euiury.
treasurer, Krv. I'aul Matuxhka of
Lincoln; aitaut treasurer, Henry
Scheve of l llis. The Hoipit.il Aid
association aUo held its atimul ses
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of, Firth; secretary, Mrs. Densinger
of Bremen, Kau.; treasurer, Mrs.
Henry Seheve of Beatrice.' Members
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Nebraska were present
Grand Island Bank Head
Resigns to Co to California
Grand Island, Neb., Oct. 14
(Sjiecial Telegram.) The , resigna
tion of J. W. Thompson, vice pres
ident of the Grand Island Nation
al bank, has been announced . Mr.
Thompson desires to join his father
and the rest of the family in Cali
fornia. The vkcancy has been filled
by the Affiliation of A. B. Newell,
a banker of Glenville', and recently
elected president or the Nebraska
Haptist organ. ration, who has pur
chased Mr. lliompsous interests and
assumes his office and duties.
Small Crowd at Meeting
Of Gage County Farmers
Beatrice. Neb.. Oct.' 14. (Special.)
The annual meeting of the Gage
County Farmers' union was held at
the ChautauquaY park, but as the
attendance was not large, election of
omceri was postponed. .A basket
dinner was served at noon. State
President C J. Osborne nddrcssed
the meeting and took an optimistic
view of the future. He exoresscd
the belief that the $1,000,000,000 loan
authorized by the war finance corpor
ation will do much to relieve the
situation.
Road Makes Special Rale
' To Convention of Legion
Kansas City. Oct. 14. The St.
Louis and San Francisco railroad an
nounced a 1-cent rate, applicable
both to day coaches and sleeping
ears, for accredited; delegates to the
American Legion -national conven
tion which opens here October 31.
The New Suit
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It may insist on the smart simplicity
of the strictly tailored model, or it
may demand fur trimming most any
place on its coat.
The coat may be long or short, both
are stylish. . The fall suit seems. al
most incorrigible, but we must admit
the ingenuity of its diversities.
.$59.50 to $125.
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wide. A large assortment to choose
from and of exceptionally good qual
ity. Specially priced for $2.50 and
$3.50.
Havnes Plans Bis;
'House-Cleaning"
In uDry" Forces
Prohibition Coiiiniipfcioii to
Weed Out Officer! Not hi
Full Sympathy' With
Fiiforeeiiicnt Policy.
Washington, Oct. 14. Prohibition
Commissioner Hayues, in a state,
ment tonight, announced his deter
initiation to "correct weaknee" in
the various state urohibition enforce
ment corps. The department, he
u ', would ue every effort to weed
out enforcement otiiciaJji. whether
high or low. who did not appear to
be in sympathy with his law-enforce
ment policy. The commissioner's
statement was made after he had
reaehed a decision to have a "thor.
ouglt liouce-elcan'ng" in the Tentu
sylvauia organization,
Mr. Havocs earlier in the day nn
nnuueed he had traniferred John Lv
nicioK, a Kcucral agent, from tho
Pacific department to the PitUburgli
tiistnet. Mr. r.xmeios supplants
Samuel B. Wolfe, whose futures
status was not made clear in the
oltkiJ statement, although it was
reported his connection with the bu
lean would cease at an early date, i
H. C. Rutcr of the Washington
headquarters already has been sent
to Pennsylvania as associate director
with State Director McConnell.
Mr. McConnell conferred with Mr,
I lay nes today, but the only informa
tion which came from the meeting'
was that the state director was "in
thorough accord" with the commis
sioner's program. Reports that Mr.
McConnell would resign again were '
denied.
Lincolu Dentist and Wife
Injured in Auto Crash'
Beatrice. .Neb.. Oct 14. (Special.)
Dr. Colby. Lincoln dentist, and his
wife were severely bruised when
their auto turned over six miles
north of Beatrice. They were
brought to a hospital here for treat
ment. They were running at a high
rate of speed when they reached a
turn, their car turning completely
over.
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