Nebraska Newspapers

    : the Oma; a Sunday Bee ~ ™ '
- Q-rtJk .«^ — SocratM.
CITY EDITION ■ ■ - — \vOd3* ' — » - ' "■ =™ - -r 1
v_VOL 54—NO 21 a\lA\ Y<,V SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1924. * XX FIVE CENTS -✓
—----- . . . __ * __‘_ *_ .-V *-,
ONE DYING, YEN HURT, IN KLAN RIOT
----- -- - - --- -— .- ■*> -—_
2 May Die
Following
Gun Battle
Official Wounds Prisoner Be
^ fore Falling Seriously Hurt;
Was Investigating Threats
Against Marshal.
Shot Fired From Pocket
By AshoriHtcri Press,
North Platte, Nob., Nov. 1.—Miles
Keller, sheriff of Perkins counly, is
near death, and Alfred Motsinger is
, wounded seriously ns (he result of a
,JP shooting fray last evening at 9:30 at
Klsie, Neb., where the sheriff at
tempted to arrest Motsinger, who, It
is said, was intoxicated. The two are
now in North Platte hospitals. Lit
tle hope is held for the rovery of
elt her.
Shoots From Coat Porket.
The sheriff of Perkins county had
been called to Klsie by the city mar
shal, Ttay Witt, who said he heard
rumors that Motsinger and his gang
were going to "get" him at a dance,
which was scheduled for last evening.
A» the sheriff entered Klsie front
Grant last evening he heard four
shots, but paid little attention to the
shooting.
Arriving at the dance hall he found
Motsinger and started to arrest him,
ordering him to put lip his hands.
Motsingar replied by shooting with
an automatic from his coat pocket,
the bullet striking the officer in the
pit of the stomach, piercing the
k| stomach in two places and the In
testines in six places.
Motsinger was shot in the shoulder
In the exchange of shots, the bullet
taking a downward course. Ills lung
was nicked.
Keller Former County Clerk.
Both men were immediately rushed
to North Platte and given medical at
tention.
Miles Keller, the wounded officer,
was formerly the county clerk of
Perkins county and Is well known
throughout western Nebraska.
I Alfred Motsinger, who Is classed a
transient by the police, arrived In
Madrid this summer, and has become
a wf'l known character In Perkins
county the last few months. He Is
under guard at the hospital.
SUBSEA VOLCANO
REPORTED BY SHIP
Tokio, Nov. 1.—The steamer Miyaka
Maru reported today by wireless that
an undersea volcano is erupting be
tween Formosa -and Nagasaki.
The ship reported the waters in the
vicinity of the undersea eruption
were boiling ttirbulently.
Many seismologists advanced the
l theory afterjhe great Japanese earth
1 quake a year ago that the earth
'• >1 rnblors were due to underocean
changes !n the earth's surface off
the Japanese coast. Recent Japanese
soundings revealed the deepest known
pot in the ocean in the general
vicinity of which the Miyaka Maru
today reported an undersea volbano
in action. ,
Sail Juan, Delsur, Nicaragua. Nov.
1 \ strong earthquake occurred last
night and Is believed to have lieen
caused by the activity of the Ometepe
island volcano, in Rake Nicaragua,
ibout 20 utiles front here. The shock
was felt also at Granada and San
Jorge. .No damage was reported.
LEGION TO HOLD
v OPEN HOUSE WEEK
South Omaha post of the American
Region will hold open house at the
legion quarters in the city hall every
evening this week from 7 to 9 to
rnahle every ex-service man who
hasn’t applied for the soldier bonus
to fill out his application.
John Flynn, chairman of the com
mittee, will ire assisted by Mlllis
.Miller, N. J. Everett, Mark Rarkln
and Georg'1 Schmidt. Ex-service men
from any part of the city may regis
ter during ttie week at the South
Omaha, post.
HALLOWE’EN JOKE
COSTS TWO LIVES
■Waukegan. 111.. Nov. R—Herbert
t'.illls, motorcycle officer, and Charles
Felton, special officer, were killed
’ here early today when their motor
C.w-le crashed into a heavy timber
placed across a dark street as a hal
loween prank.
Two motorists In front of whose
machine the policemen were hurled
nnd whose machine also struck the
timber, were severely cut Hitd
bruised.
Elevator and Storage Bin
Being Built at Northport
Iti'ldgepofl, Neb., Nov. 1.—Dunlap
and Dove are building a inn,000 bush
el elevator and four-ear storage bin
r,t Northport, across the river from
here. This firm bought 4.7 cat's (if
wheat, three cals of barley and one
,,f I,,its at the elevator here, ilur
lnv the last month, for which they
have paid 'he farmers $75,000 cash.
Jerry Fori*, HO, Dies.
Jerry Fori*. so, 1414 Jefferson
*tr«et, died In a hospital Friday
riyvt He lived with his son, James,
for the last 11 years. He is survived
• Isotwo other sons, Homer of l,n»
Angelo* and Elmer of Littleton, Colo.
if
“Poor Weak Woman”
Routs Big Burglar
Mrs. Anna Kelleher (above) weighs
only 115 pounds, hut she routed a six
foot burglar from her homo in Brook
lyn. N. Y.
Thirty-Four Hurt
When Fast Train
Jumps Off Track
Glacier Park Limited Leaves
Rails Near Gardner, S. D.,
at 50 Miles an
Hour.
By International News Service.
Fargo, N. D.. Nov. 1.—Thirty-four
persons were Injured, four seriously,
when Great Northern Glacier Park
Limited No. 4 Jumped the rails about
one mile south, of Gardner late this
afternoon. The train was running at
nearly 50 miles an hour when the
accident occurred, thnowing three
coaches, loaded with more than 250
passengers, into the ditch and tearing
up the roadbed for .nearly 600 feet.
A broken rail is believed to have
caused the accident, but rallroad'of
flclals say a thorough Investigation
will be made.
The injured were brought ot Fargo
for treatment.
Still Explosion
Sets House Afire
Police Seek Occupant of
Structure Following Blaze;
Kitchen Destroyed.
An exploding liquor still set fire to
the kitchen of a residence at Thirty
second and Clay streets late Saturday
afternoon. Firemen found the kitch
en destroyed by flames when they
arrived.
The exploded still was found on a
gas stove in the kitchen. Another
still was bubbling <brisky beside It
when the firemen arrived, though the
gas flames had been extinguished by
the force of the explosion. Both stills
were of 50-gallon capacity.
The house was unoccupied when
the firemen arrived, and neighbors
declared that they did not know the
occupants. Police are searching for
the owner.
Neighbors said they saw a car
leave the house and race down
town a few moments before they
saw the flames and called the fire
department.
The house was a seven room frame
structure.
2 MEN ADRIFT
IN OPEN BOAT
Calumet, Mich., * Nov. 1.—Ragle
l-Carbor roast guard members are bat
tling a HO-mile gale on Lake Superior
In a small boat tonight In an effort
to rescue two men oast afloat when
the steamer Glen Lyon went aground
on Isle Royal today.
The steamer Glcnsannox took all
off save the two, who had already
cut loose in a lifeboat. Coast guards
men admitted tonight there was
slight possibility of finding the men
alive.
The high wind would have dashed
the lifeboat to hits In a few hours,
they believed.
VETS TO TEST
VOLSTEAD ACT
Oh Ira go, Nov. 1.—Teats of the ron
atltutJonalitv of the Volntnad act and
the prohibition amendment were au
thorized by the Chicago War Veter
ans council. Delbert S. Musser,
named to art for the council, an
nounced before departing for Denver,
Colo., that the tests would b© made
simultaneously In Chicago and
Denver.
Married in Council Bluff*.
The following persons obtained mar
riage licenses In Council Bluff* yestarriav;
Clyde Witte. Lincoln. Neb . 24
v'alerla Beetern, I evrj. Neb. 2*
B. F, Campbell, Omaha... . 26
.Mary I'ribHMRky. Omaha 21
Htnnle” Sadel. Omaha.2.".
Bernice K«hrnli-k. Oinahn IK
c'arl If. Turner. Council B.uff*. . 2n
Louise Oregot. Council Bluff* . in
Itnnald 1. (I lad sou. Corning, la 26
Myrtle Stromherg. L*ong lira in h, Cut. 2*i
olaf Nelson. Fremont, Neb. f*7
Orn.it* .lohnnon. Fremont. Nil*.. . 64
(Je/*ge Push. Omaha...
Henrietta Kiiymar, Oinahn. . !♦»
Boss Hellyer. Omaha .. • "4
Ruby Andcrsifn, uiimim -'I
Harvey TJrockfnan, Lincoln. Nrh . ': \
Lilly Funston, Lincoln, Neb . . .22
Oscar Beach. Omaha. ."2
Cecil® Stspanek. Omaha.21
Fred Merritt. Lincoln. Nab.23
Margaret Hajnmar, Lincoln, Neb ..23
Harvsy Friend. Mlaaourl Vgllay. la.. 23
Clara Walker Lovaland la . I»
Bsnlamln Plrnnnd Omaha 2£
Oaraldlna »tahlman. Omaha. -S
Body of Missing Auto Salesman
Is Discovered, With Head Crushed
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. L—The body
of Carl W. Moore, automobile, sales
man of Hastings, who disappeared
from his home October 16, was found
this evening two and a half miles
from the town of Roseland, according
to advices received tonight by State
Sheriff Carroll from authorities at
Hastings. The body was discovered
by Professor Martin of the Roseland
High school, who was hunting.
According to the report made to
the state sheriff, Moore had apparent
ly been struck over the head with an
instrument, crushing his skull. The
body was found close to an Infre
quently traveled roadway a short
distance from the main traveled high
way. There were marks of an auto
mobile having been driven to the
place where the body was found.
Moore was last, seen alive leaving
Hastings in an automobile wtth two
strangers, and an active search has
been made for him since that time.
Three days following his disappear
ance Chief of Police Ace Ransom of
Minden was shot and killed hy two
men suspected of robbing a store at
Minden. Moore's disappearance was
connected by authorities with the
Minden killing, the s iyers of the
Minden officer being charged with
abducting Moore.
Moore was 27 years old. His parents
live at Hastings.
. 1 1 ‘
Ten Reasons Why
COOLIDGE and DAWES
Should Have Your Support
ONE—The standard bearers of the republican party are first of all
typical Americans. One came from a farm in Vermont, the other from
a small bustling Ohio town. Both represent the best in American,tra
ditions and training.
TWO—Both have spiritual qualities which fit them for leadership.
By the light of a flickering oil lamp on his father's farm in Vermont,
Calvin Coolidge's first statement as president to the American people
was: "I have faith that God will direct the destinies of our nation.”
The remarkable tribute which General Dawes wrote of his son at
the time of his death was indicative of the man: "My hoy lived long
enough to 'w'in out.' Whatever the years would have added wjula be
only material, in a man's character is his real career.”
THREE—These two men are simple and direct. There is a com
mon bond between the man who wrote to thp cobbler at Northampton,
"I want you to know that if it were not for you, I should not be here.”
and the man who, scorning titles, shouted to a congressional commit
tee: "Don't call me General."
FOUR—Calvin Coolidge took his place on the republican ticket
ns vice president in 1920, a nationally recognized progressive. Both
Coolidge and Dawes stand for sound progress. They stand for sim
plicity, the absence of red tape and quick, forward looking action.
FIVE—A high type of courage is required of men who serve as
president and vice president of the United States. Courage has marked
every step In the lives of Coolidge and Dawes. Particularly did Cool
idge prove this when he made and upheld the great issue of law and
order during the police strike in Boston.
SIX—Both men are essentially human. Of Coolidge It has been said:
"He personifies the plain, simple virtues of our citizens at their best
He is close to the American people because he is so much one of them."
General Dawes has proved the human quality of hie mind In many
ways. He and Mrs. Dawes have adopted two children on whom they
lavish affection. In honor of the boy that General Dawes lost he has
erected five large hotels where the man who is "down but never out"
can pass a night In comfort and cleanliness for a nominal cost,
SEVEN_Both are men of decision. They have demonstrated this
in the effective way in which they served the nation and their com
munities. Coolidge served as state senator, lieutenant governor and
governor of Maasarhusetta. Then he became vice president and ns
president of the United States he h :s won widespread admiration by
the fearless, honest way in which he lias stood for the best Interests
of the. people.
EIGHT—Dawes as comptroller rurrenry under President Me.
Kinley, made known the need of a federal budget system ns a curb
on government extravagance. As general purchasing agent of the
A. E. F. in France and as director of the budget In President Har
ding's administration, he proved his unquestioned ability for high
public service.
NINE—When Europe needed help to solve the complicated prob
lems of reparations, Charles Gates Dawes was selected for the jpb.
TEN—Their futures may tie safely forecast by their accomplish
ments. Both have proved their filness to lead.
I __*\
CATTLE GAIN OF
11,000 IN MONTH
Receipts of cattle at the Omaha
market for the month of October
were 229.000 head or 11.000 more
head than for October, 1923. Corn
fed cattle comprised the greater por
tion, range cattle receipts falling con
siderably short of *a year ago.
Receipts in the hog division re
vealed a noticeable decline with the
year previous. One hundred seventy
seven thousand porkers, arrived at
the yards, a decrease of 19,000. The
receipts a year ago for October were
193,368, the heaviest October run in
the history of the market.
The sheep and lamb division for
the month slumped over the same
period a year ago. Receipts were
253,000 head or a decrease of 170,000.
HOMESTEAD LAW
IS GIVEN PRAISE
James Walsh, who came from Aus
tralia to Nebraska in 1873 and took
up land, spoke before the Coolldge
Pawes Union J*nbor Republican club
Kriday night and praised the repub
lican party for passing the homestead
law, thus bringing land within the
reach of the poor* man of pioneer
days.
M< Mullen Only Man in
Gubernatorial Hon'
Who Was in Primaries
\____—---J
"Vote for governor'’ Sure 1 11
vote for the only man now in the
gubernatorial race who was nomi
nated at the polls last spring
That was the statement of one
Omahan who had been accosted by
n friend on the sheet.
"Adam McMullen is the only
man we can vote for who had his
name on the primary ballot." the
Omahan continued.
“Charlie Rrynn, you remember,
hogged the chance to be nominated
by supporters of both the pro
press!ve and the democratic parties.
Then ’llrother Uharlle’ awoke to
great ambitions and became candi
date for vice president of tin*
United States. That eliminated
him.
"Dan I’.ul In* grabbed the pro
gresslve nomination by saying he
wanted It and some of our leading
demos told us that, should \\t* de
sire another democrat in office, we
might eays 'yes* for .1 N Norton.
"I believe in thfi primaries and
111 vote for Adail McMullen ”
•
VENDOR OF CANNED
HEAT FINED $1,000
Promising the court that he would |
refrain, hereafter .from dealing in!
horn© brew and seek to earn an
honorable livelihood. F. J. Bertelsen.
102'J South Sixtii street, was given a
suspended fine of $oOO and costs yes
terday in feder«l court when he
pleaded guilty before Judge Martin
J. Wade to a charge of violating the
Volstead net.
Bertelsen s fine Is to stand on exe
cut ion until the next term of court j
in February. A polite raiding squad
was forced to use their handkerchiefs
to mop up a quantity of alleged evi
dence in » raid on the place several
months ago. Berfelsen is a cripple.
J)nug McClelland, painter, who is
serving a 30-day term in the county
jail for an alleged attempt to smug
gle liquor to lodgers at the city Jail,
was arraigned before Judge Wade on
a charge of having a quantity of
"canned heat" in his possession when
arrested during a denatured alcohol
"spree" In Payllss park. He was
fined * 1,000 and costs, which Is to
stand on execution until further
orders from the court.
BLANCHE GALVIN
TO BE AT INQUEST
Blanche (Jatvln, 20, of Atlantic, In
who was removed to the Mercy hos
pital by police last Saturday night
following the finding of her newly
horn babe In the ir.ir of an apart
ment house, Is expected to he able
to leave Hie hospital the first "f next
week. The child died Sunday morn
ing, nine hours after it had hern
found unclothed on a sidewalk.
Horoner Fuller ha* anmmined that
an Inquest will not he held until the
mother has fully recovered and is
able to attend.
McMullen Kin! c«l.
Tin* Brown Park ! ii I Non
partisan club, at • n .1 Friday
night In Turner I ill Twenty first
and l\ endorsed J ■' o l« Mullen for
governor, Sam K * • • mlenf for
< mintv assessor; 11« m I’atrhk uid
Baldw in for mmm Ip..I jud «>; Hi
men, Wheeler and Fit ;*iald for «li
diet Judges nml Hi. \\ Faulk for
i ha school boa i d.
\\ uiiiiiu l)ri\cr in Kradi.
Billy T’hllllpn, 11 <i 1 Sixth avenue,
ilrlvlns: h cur, c'i'IHiIpiI with .» < ir
'Irhen by h moturUt whnaa timin' .lie
iVi rot Intern, at Sixth *trn*t and
Broadway, Friday nljht. litmiy
ivm (U(ht. ,
!
Norton Plea
to Labor in
Poor Taste
Such Is Charge of Former
President of Omaha Central
Labor Union and State
Federation.
Record in House Bared
Charles A. McDonald. 1715 North
Thirty fifth street. has been active In
organized labor affairs for 25 years.
He was president of the Nebraska
State Federation of Labor, served as
president of the Omaha Central Labor
union and thrice was honored with
leadership of the local carpenters'
union.
He believes that It romes with poor
grace for .1. N. Norton, democratic
candidate for governor, to endeavor to
get the votes of laboring people. In
view of his record In the state legis
lature.
Familiar With Record.
Mr. McDonald is thoroughly familiar
with the Norton record at Lincoln.
He knows that in 1911 Norton voted
in favor of House Roll 72, an act to
permit the garnishment of wages of
laborers who are heads of families.
This hill was vetoed by flov. Chester
Aldrirh, hut Norton voted to pass the
bill over the veto.
He also knows that In 1913 House
Roll 151, a bill similar to the one
vetoed by ihe governor in 1911, was
Introduced und .Norton voted in favor
of it. In 1917 House Roll 41 was in
troduced by Relfenrath. This was a
bill amending tile workmen's compen
sation act, and It had the active sup
port of all labor organizations. House
Roll 525, a similar bill, was introduced
by Howard. These two bills were
considered together in committee of
the whole, whereupon Mr. Norton
offered an entirely new bill as a sub
stitute for 44 and 525.
Statement Prepared.
The substitute bill offered by Nor
ton had the support of all insurance
conjuanics and the manufacturers'
association of The substi
tute hill offered by Norton appears
on page 742 of the House Journal for
1917.
Mr McDonald has prepared the fol
lowing statement on Norton a legis
Is five record: 1
J. N. Norton, democratic candi
date for governor, in a recent
sneerh at the Labor temple, stated
that he invited a public inspection
of his legislative record on labor
measures.
In view* of this statement of Mr.
Norton's T would ask your indul
genre to publish this letter in the
columns of your paper in order tlmt
laboring men and women may be
informed as to Mr. Norton's record.
In 1911 Mr. Norton was a mem
ber of the house. In that session
House Roll 72. an act to permit
the garnishment of wages of
laborers who are heads of fami
lies was introduced and passed
both houses. Norton voted in favor
of this measure. This bill was so
vicious that Governor Aldrich veto
ed the same, anti thereafter Mr.
Norton voted in the house to pass
this bill over the governor's veto.
Xiitfmr of Hill.
In 1913 Mr. Norton was the an
thor and one of the Introducers of
House Roll 347. This was a bill
authorizing the employment of con
victs upon all roadwork in counties.
The hill further authorized the em
ployment by municipalities of con
vict labor upon all streets and n 1
leys of the city. Despite Norton a
efforts, this bill failed to pass.
In 1917 organized labor, through
its representatives, prepared nd
had introduced House Roll 4 1. the
same being amendment* to the
workmen’s compensation net. This
bill, among other thin -*, provided
that when an employe received in
juries due to the willf 1 negligence
of the employer that he injured
employe might elect afi . the Injury
whether to accept • umpenaatlon
provided by the act or to sue at law
for his damages. The bill further
provided an increase In the amount
of compensation of 15 per cent over
and above the old law. Organized
labor throughout the state was
back of this bill.
With I'oor Grace.
Mr Norton, who represented a i
county In which there were no labor
organizations, submitted a substi
tute bill for house roll 4 4 which
eliminated the features which
organized labor asked. The sub
stitute wni backed by the insur
ance companies of Nebraska and
manufacturers’ association of this
state. The Norton substitute was
adopted by the house over the pro
test and ohji i tlon of all of the j
friends «*f organized labor.
If comes with poor grate for a
man with a record such as Mr.
Norton'a to endeavor to secure the
votes of laboring people, based upon
that record.
I have been familiar with the last
few : fsslona of the Nebraska legis
lature and I fail to recall any vote
fa*! by Mr Norton, when he was a
rn« mhci of the legislature, that }
ln*t a ta d he w as friendly to labor.
IV M'lM'NAl.n.
IT1N.'i th Thirty fifth Strict.
\\ olft* Sltitp Knltltrd.
A prowler entered the Wolfe Klee*
tile company store. 1R?4 Harney
street, Friday night and at ole $35 In
cash j
Omaha Carpenter and Labor Leader
Who Exposes Record of J. N. Norton
1} Charles A. Mcjjcnalu
_ _ j
Auto Driven by
Bluffs Banker
Kills Youth, 11
John G. Wadsworth Held Un
der 81.000 Bond in
Death of illiain
Birt.
William >11 ft, 11, 1707 Avenue F,
Count-11 Tllvffr, was fatally injured
when hr was struck by an automo
bile driven by John fJ. AVadsworth,
Council J>luffs investment banker, at
Tenth street and Broadway at 2:15 p,
m Saturday.
The boy died half an hour later
while physicians at the Clinic build
ing were treating his Injuries. Walls
worth at once surrendered to police
and was pluced under 11,000 bond on
an Investigation charge.
According to AA'adsworth. the boy
stepped from the curb directly Into
the iath of the car. He said the boy
apparently did not see the car, and
that he was unable to stop his ma
chine in time to avoid striking the
lad.
The hoy was unidentified for an
hour after his death, and the parents
were unaware of the tragedy until a
friend of the boy’s father told him
of seeing the accident. The friend
described the young victim, and the
father, recognizing his son’s descrip
tion. at once went to the Clinic build
ing. where he was told that the boy
had oied. He then went to the Cutler
mortuary, where the body had been
taken, and identified his son.
The father said that the bov was
on his way uptown to help him when
he was struck.
AVadsworth lives at 233 Turley
avenue.
Burglars Rob
Nine Stations
lour < rote Branch I.ine in
Stolen Track
t nr.
Nebraska City, Neb , Nov. 1.—Two
men. who gave their names aa James
king and Arthur Boyd, were arrest
ed st Plattsmouth and brought to
this city last night on a charge of
nibbing several Missouri Parlftc sta
lions on the Crete branch.
They stole a Burlington railroad
motor car at Crete after breaking in
to the station there. Transferring the
car to the Missouri Pacific tracks
they proceeded down the line hy gas
ollne power, stopping to rob the sta
lions at Hickman. Panama, Kramer.
Sargent, t’ook, Burr, Dougins ami
Talmndge.
At Brock they were frightened
away and disappeared rapidly down
the I t ack.
When they were arrested, several
dollars and more than 300 pennies
were found in their possession. A
small box. containing a red mack
inaw found in their possession was
Identified as the property of the sta
tlon agent at Talniage.
A hey abandoned the gasoline cat
at Auburn and caught a freight for
Plattsmouth.
STILL IS FOUND
IN FURNITURE
Deputy sheriffs found a flvegallon
still in a truck load of furniture stored
In a Council Bluffs garage. The truck
was enroute from Kllwtbethtown, N
I , to Reno. Nev., driven by R. F.
kelly and owned by David Kaufman.
It was searched by the deputies when
it had been left for several days be
cause of lack of funds.
Kaufman later demanded of Sheriff
1 atlnson why the truck had been
searched. The sheriff advised hint to
be glad nothing more had been done.
Slayer Gets Life,
laiswortl). Me. Oct. II Roland
McDonald, l.’ivcitrold Amherst boy.
convicted of the murder of his school
teacher, Miss Ionise Gerrtah. last
sptlng. was sentenced to life Im
prisonment at hard labor at the state
prison at Thonvaston.
Drive Planned
on Headlights
of Automobiles!
_ |
Stations Selected here Mo
torists M ay Secure < !ards
That Lights Are Ad
justed Properly.
Police and citizen traffic officers
will open a campaign this week to
abolish glaring automobile head
lights.
All motorists driving with lights
improperly adjusted will l>e summon
ed to appear in police court, where
they will receive orders to visit light
testing stations to have the lights
adjusted to conform with city reg
ulations.
Tour of City.
Capf. fharles Payne of the police
motorcycle squad and Capt. F. H.
Hines of the citizen traffic squad
under Bert Ia> Bron made a tour of
the city Saturday and selected six
stations where automobile lights will
be given official tests
These stations will be located in
garages at Fortieth and Farnam
streets. Thirty-sixth and Farnam!
streets, Thirty-seventh and Heaven
worth streets. Fortieth and Hamilton
streets, and in Benson and Dundee
Others win l-e named later. A nomi
nal charge will he made for testing
lights.
Mu-t Show Card.
Kaoh motorist called into court for j
violation of the lighting ordinance
will he ordered to have his car's
lights tested in one of these stations,
and will be released after he has ob
mined a i*rd from the station man
ager certifying that the lights have
been adjusted properly.
The ordinance requires that the
lower rays of light must strike the'
ground 4" feet from the car and thej
highest ray must not he more than
42 inches above the ground at To |
feet from the car.
VETERAN COUNTY
EMPLOYE DIES
Samuel R. Spratlen, T. an audi
tor in the office of the county clerk
for many years, died Saturda> after
noon at hi a home. ITlfi Dorcas street,
after an illness of eight months. He |
had lived in Omaha for ">0 > ear«.
He is survived by his wife, his .
mother. Mrs. Mary Spratlen. a sister.
1 Miss Adelaide Spratlen. and two
| brothers. Ree \V. of Chicago nud |
| Theodore of Seattle.
Private funeral services will be
held at 11 a. m. Monday at the Rurk- I
hart funeral < ha pel. Burial will be j
»n Forest l*in n cemetery .
MAN UNCONSCIOUS
FROM AUTO CRASH
An automobile driven by 1>. \\\
Merrow. RV_J Kmmet stt of, an at 1
tornev, struck n car in which was!
Frank C. Trouha of Irvington at Sev
enteenth and Fuming streets. Trou-j
ba a car was overturned and he was
taken in an unconscious condition to
St. Josephs brvpital.
2 PLEAD GUILTY IN
BIG MAIL ROBBERY
Chicago. Nov. R—Willie Newton
and Willard Newton, pl«~ ied guilty
today before Federal Judge Adam C
Cliff to complicity in the Roundout1
$*.000,000 train robbery. The court J
deterred sentence pending hearing of
others Indicted In connection with
t he robbery
! The Weather
k_j
For 14 hour* rtt,Hnt: ? p v \ov \
Hrlaflv* Humidity. P. • .nt.wy. T * m
10 noon. if. T i' m , Si
Precipitation. Imhri amt li - tiedtht*
Total, ni'tt?; total nn»-? January 1. S'i*
iletklwny. 3.**
Hourly T mm pent I urea
* * m .. II to m . T 3 |
• a in . . . f>1 ] p mi * r i
T a m ...... .^S t » id “« i
* * Mi 4 l- td
• a in M •> y mi
t s a ii' M He in
11 » m M t r m *-« :
li noon .. t#
Martial Law
Declared in
Ohio Town
State Troops Turn Niles, <).$
Into Armed Camp Follow
ing Skirmish of Klaus
men and “Knights.” t
Night Bombing Feared
R.v S. 4. GORDON,
International »x%* Serxlr. Staff < nrre*
.pontlrnl.
Niles, O., Nov. 1.—Niles was an
arrn?d camp tonight.
With three companies of the Ohio
national guard, under Col. L. F. Con
nelly maintaining martial law. the
fires of religious and racial hatred
which flared into open warfare to
day, still burned sullenly, awaiting
only a spark to rekindle the treacher
ous flame.
Business houses were closed to
night and the homes of klan and
anti-klari leaders who had been ac
tively working f ** anti against the
widely advertised tri state klan rally
ami its attendant parade, were under
military guard as a precautionary
measure to prevent possible bomb
ings. Persistent reports that such
• I in
circulation as darkness fell.
Tonight the Niles police depart,
ment Issued a revised casualty list,
allowing one dying, and 10 seriously
in ured in the many clashes which
o urred throughout the afternoon.
Included In the list are four mem
bers of the klan and of that organi
zation's sworn foe—the Knights of
the Flaming Circle. Definite check
up on the dead or wounded was
made difficult because this city has
no hospital and the injured were at
once taken to Warren and Youngs
town hospitals or to private homes
here.
Trouble Oxer Parade.
Today's dash was precipitated by
the attempt of the Knights of the
Flaming Circle to carry out their an
nounced determination to stop the
klan parade through the Nilee
streets, permission for which was
granted by Mayor Harvey C. Kistler,
klan supported chief executive, about
n w-e»k ago A request for a similar
permit which would hive allowed a
Knicb*. of the Flaming Circle
parade on the same day. xvas refused
a few days 1. ter and this augmented
the ill-feeling xxhlch was seething
through the little towr. A few daye
nfter the klan permit was issued,
the mayor's home was bombed.
First blood in today's rioting was
drawn !>efnre daybreak and through
out the day fist fights and attacks
xxith clubs and other weapons was
interspersed with the more deadly
gun fire. More than 20ft alleged mem
bers of the Knights of the Flaming
Circle armed with sawed -off shotguns
early thi« afternoon began stopping
vehicles bound toward the klan rally
ing place More bloodshed followed
ibi«. some armed klan members open
ing fire when they were challenged.
The proclamation of martial law
and the arrival of troons held in
readiness at Warren. Youngstown
and Cleveland followed
Troops Cheered.
Knights of the Flaming Circle who
had taken up a strategic position »t
Main and Federal streets—the main
street Intersection greeted the ar
rival of the troops with rheets. aa
the.r mnounced purpose had been
to stop the klan parade or falling in
that to mar, lx at the same time
through the city streets.
The k'un held its parade but It did
rot p ss over the streets of Niles as
had 1 . -n planned nor was it on the
pretentious scale that bad been ad
vertised. Perh \ps 2.000 to 2.500 klars
men marched from the meeting
grounds outside the city over the
paved road for about 1.000 feet snd
then marched back and disbanded.
OMAHA DOCTOR
FREED OF CHARGE
IV. George Gilbert of Omaha ««■
froiM of .a , barge • f the sale of nar
cotic* by federal grand jury at
Council Bluffs Friday. The com
plaint agar *t him was filed setoral
months ago by Jack Arnold and wife
of Council Bluff*.
The jury found thRt there was no
foundation for the charge* and that
Pr. G lla-rt w as innocent of selling
nan to- so far as the jury could as
certain after a thorough investigg
tion.
Parahzrd Professor
Ncxt'r AIi('Id»»e#
cuse \ Y . Nov J — Partial
paralvsis of hi* leg*, which maksa
nec«sary the helping hand of a friend
e\en when he uses crutches, d>ses not
prevent Pi tin Ji well, registrar
of Syracuse university, from meeting
hts classes every day.
Kvery day he comes and goes to
h - ilas* of Km 1 sh students in thg
c uipe of can- of his under gradual*
a ides.
luo < olorctl Pa-tor* Vro
School Hoard ( andidalca
< motc.1 men an*! women nr#
in*; for their * .»n*ii*!..«u-N for nwmN't
of tin V \.’o'l tv Vk\ flu \ me two
w«H knows’ - lo t'»1 jvi moss. Kee,
John Albeit Will inn)* of th# Kpito#*
p »1 fhtmh ^f St I'hilip th«* lV*rot\
K#' Taylor of 8t. I'tul a
ITatbyttritii church,
i