iflE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919.
BO OFFICER
SUES FOR $25,000
ALLEGED DAMAGE
fays Article Accusing Him
; of Arresting Men for
- Reading Bee Hurt His
Good Name.
, William H. Ransom, negro police
nan of two months' service, filed
uit against The Bee Publishing
tompany in district court yesterday
'or $25,000 which he claims is the
lamage to his reputation by the pub
ication in The Bee, October 8, of an
.rticle asserting that , he arrested
wo negroes for reading The Bee.
' Mr. Ransom maices no specific
laim for damages ly reason of that
'art of the same article which stated
hat he was appointed to the police
orce by Police Commissioner
linger after he had been warned
gainjt writing insulting letters to
16-ycar-old white girl.
Neither does he feel that his repu
atiou and standing in the com
nunity were damaged by reason of
he publication of the fact that
ormer Mayor Dahlman refused to
ppoint him-an assistant inspector
fswcights and measures for the city
everal years ago because respect
ble colored people notified the
nayor that Ransom at the time was
iving with a white woman. .
Damaged His Reputation,
i The publication of the statement
hat he arrested two negroes for
eadii'g The Bee, however, has dam
ped his reputation to the extent of
25,00(1 he says.
I Ransom's suit was filed by H. J.
finkctt, a colored attorney, who has
!ren active in the campaign against
The Bee among the colored people
If the city.
J The plaintiff named in the title of
fie suit w William H. Ransom. The
anie signed to the petition is Will
It m H. T. Ransom. The signature
6 the notarial acknowledgment of
he suit is '.'William H. T. Ransom."
Claims Arrest for Vangrancy,
IThe petition states that Officer
ansom arrested Charles Clark and
arry Hallstead for vagrancy, and
lat the former was fined $10 and
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The petition makes this statement:
"Charles Clark, one of the de
fendants caused to be published in
the Omaha Evening Bee of Octo
ber 8, 1919, a malicious, false, de
famatory and criminal article, in
tending to destroy the said plantiff's
good name and reputation in the
city of Omaha and as a police offi
cer, in defense of the said Charles
Clark." '
Officer Ransom asserts, in spite
of the record against him, that he
has hitherto borne in this commun
ity a good reputation for industry,
sobriety and decency and has never
been convicted of a crime.
He states that he wa.s a janitor
for the McCague Investment com
pany for 12 years before being ap
pointed a policeman.
Ransom even declares that his life
has been put in jeopardy by publi
cation of the article, stating that he
arrested the two negroes for read
ing The Bee.
Gun Store Looted by Rioters
Files Claim Against City
Walter G. Clark company, whose
store at 1408 Harney street, was
broken into and looted during the
Sunday night of the court house
riot, has filed a claim for $1,206.14
against the. city.
The city council yesterday referred
the formal claim to the city legal
department for recommendation.
The claimants submitted a detail
ed list of -stolen goods which in
cluded 125 ' revolvers, shotguns,
flashlights, razors and knives; also
5,600 cartridges and shells.
Manager of New Stock
Brokers' Office Here
Entertains at Dinner
H. B. Owsley, manager of the E.
W. Wagner Co., stock brokers,
members of ihe New York Stock
exchange and the Chicago Board
of Trade, a concern which will
open a branch office in the Hotel
Fontenelle, entertained Wednesday
night at an eight-coursee dinner for
15 Omaha Grain exchange members
and newspaper men. The dinner
was given at the Hotel Fontenelle.
Mr. Owsley, who has served in
the United States diplomatic serv
ice in all parts of the world, as well
as during the war in the armies of
three countries, related some of his
intertesthig experiences. ..
He was in the French army for
two years prior to the .time the
United States declared war. Mr.
Owsley was a member of the French
company that served for six weeks
underground at Verdun.
After he was discharged from the
French army Mr. Owsley joined the
Royal Air Force of Great Britain,
but wl.en he was sent to a training
camp he was. not allowed to serve
becauss he was not Canadian born.
He then returned to the United
States and enlisted as a , "buck pri
vate" in the American army, grad
ually working his way up to a com
mission. When the war ended he
was a liaison officer in France.
Mr. Owsley expects to make his
home permanently in Omaha.
URGES COUNCIL
TO INVESTIGATE
CAUSESOF RIOT
Governor's Agent Offers to
Take Part in Joint Probe
Action Postponed Un
til Friday.
Governor McKelvle wants to
know whether the Omaha city coun
cil intends to hold a public investi
gation into police department af
fairs in connection with the recent
riot, and he also wants to know
whether his personal representative
will be permitted to take part in such
hearing.
Failure on the part of the coun
cil to give an affirmative response
will result in an independent inves
tigation by Ralph Wilson, who ap
peared before the city council yes
terday as the personal representa
tive of the governor, sent ihere to
conduct a probe into the conduct of
Douglas county officials in connec
tion with the recent court house
affair.
Mr. Wilson p'aced the situation
before the city commissioners and
gave them to understand that the
governor does no want to embar
rass the Omaha city administration,
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but that he intends to get at he
facts in connection with the riots.
Favors Public Hearing.
Addressing the city council, the
governor's representative said: "I
am not here to dictate to this city
council, nor to invade your prov
ince. I am here to represent the
governor and to report back to him
on the conduct of public officials
during the time of the riot. The
governor believes that a public hear
ing should be held. If you will hold
a public i: vestigation and will allow
:he governor's representative to take
part in the same, I believe sucn ac
tion would satisfy the governor and
would avoid duplication of effort.
"I feel that the governor would
not be satisfied with a public hear
ing in which his representative did
not participate. I have no author
ity to summon witnesses, but this
council has such authority. It may
be wise to defer this hearing until
after the grand jury has concluded
its deliberations.
"I believe that the governor is de
sirous of knowing in the early fu
ture whether or not this council is
going to hold a public hearing, or
whether it will be necessary for him
to hold an independent investiga
tion." -Owing to the absence of Commis
sioner Zimman and Acting Mayor
Ure from the council meeting yes
terday, it was agreed that decision
on Mr. Wilson's proposition should
be deferred until Friday afternoon,
when the council will meet to hear
charges against William Coulter,
policeman, who was on riot duty
at the court house.
Police Commissioner Ringer sug
gested that the city legal department
should be consulted as to what
authority the city council has in
holding an investigation.'
- Don't Need Authority.
"It is not necessary to ask the
city legal department what authori
ty this council has to investigate
the police department," replied
Commissioner Butler, who an
nounced that he did not intend to
allow his Eberstein resolution to
go by default
1 intend to offer another resolu
tion," added Butler, "to cover an
investigation of the whole police
department."
Commisisoner Ringer is opposed
to holding a police department in
vestigation until after the grand
jury has completed its work.
Opposed "Two Shows,"
"The grand jury may cover the
whole, ground," said Mr Ringer.
"We can't hold two shows at the
same time. .The grand jury is now
considering matters in connection
with the police department and the
police department is doing all that
it can to obtain evidence, for the
srand jury. I certainly think that
any investigation . the council will
hold should he put on until atter
the grand jury makes its report."
Mr. Wilson explained that while
his particular mission here is to in
vestigate the conduct of police offi
cials in connection with the riot, his
scope of action will be broad enough
to include all matters which may be
more or less directly connected with
the riot and events leading up to
that tragic affair. 1
this investigation in 1 particular
manner. During the Saturday aiter-
noon following the Sunday of the
riots Governor McKelvie told the
city commissioners in executive con
ference at the Hotel fonteneue, tnat
he believed the removal of Chief
Eberstein was necessary, and in
fact he urged the chief's removal.
He furthermore told the city offi
cials that unless they acted, he
would act. 1
He returned t Omaha last week
and 6tated that he did not want to
coerce the Omaha city commission
ers, but intimated that he would
start an investigation on his own ac
count to cover the Eberstein situa
tion and any other matters in con
nection with the riots.
. WUl Make Report
The action of Governor McKelvie
in connection with Chief of Police
Eberstein will depend on the report
which will be made by Mr. Wilson,
who has been appointed by the gov
ernor for this special work.
Mr. Wilson told City Commission
er Butler yesterday afternoon that
he expected to attend the proposed
hearing of Chief Eberstein before
the city council, this hearing hav
ing been urged by Mr. Butler in a
resolution which he offered to the
city council last week and which
will be made a special order of busi
ness before the city council commit
tee of the whole this morning.
The governor's special investiga
tor said he believed that he might
obtain valuable information at such
a hearing, adding that he was after
all of the facts that he could gather
bearing on the general situation.
Protest "Outside Interference."
In offering his Eberstein resolu
tion Mr. Butler stated that he
thought it would be better for the
city council to take action before
"outside interference" was started.
All of the citv commissioners un
derstand that this "outside interfer
ence" means action by the gover
nor, and it now appears that the in
vestigation which has been ordered
by the governor may develop into a
shake-up for the Omaha police ad
ministration. Governor McKelvie's public
statement issued a few days after
the court house affair, was in a tone
rather condemnatory of Omaha po
lice protection, for he hinted that
Omaha should "wash its clothes in
its own backyard.
Mr. Wilson served here on a re
cent occasion as special representa
tive of the governor in investigat
ing charges brought by City Prose-
Three-Year-Old Boy ,
At Silver City Killed
By Passenger Train
The 3-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Haines was killed by a
Wabash passenger train Wednesday
afternoon when he escaped the vigi
lance of his mother and toddled
down to the railroad tracks nearly
half a mile from their home near
Silver City, la., 20 miles southeast
of Council Bluffs. t
The little fellow was seated on
the end of a tie on the cattle-guard
at the roadside when Engineer T. A.
Holcomb caught the first glimpse
of him. He was waving his hands
and shouting his delight as the train
approached. The train was running
nearly SO miles an hour. The baby
was sitting close to the rail and was
picked up and hurled against the
fence SO feet away. The body was
crushed almost to a pulp. A coro
ner's inquiry exonerated, the engi
neer from all blame.
Man Held Up Shoots
Thug in Head as He
Throws Up His Hands
Sioux City, la., Oct. 16. A lone
highwayman who attempted to hold
up L. V. Stanley of this city early
today was shot to death when Stan
ley, in carrying out a command to
throw up his hands, shot the robber
between the eyes. Stanley raised
his left hand so as to hide a pistol in
his right and when he had the gun
on a level with the highwayman's
head lie fired. Stanley formerly
lived in Lincoln, Neb.
Hurts Received in Fall
Fatal to Mrs. McCaffrey
Mrs. Hugh McCaffrey, 65 years
old, wife of Hugh McCaffrey, real
estate man, died at her home, 720
South Thirty-first street, Wednes
day afternoon as a result of in
juries sustained when she fell down
stairs four months ago.
Mrs. McCaffrey, whose maiden
name was Miss . Mary Kelly, was
born in Monaghan, Ireland, May 17,
1854. She was married in Ireland to
Hugh McCaffrey and moved to
Omaha in 1878, where she had re
sided ever since.
Mrs. McCaffrey was a member of
St. Peters parish and was active in
the interests of the church. She was
known for her many acts of charity.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Mc
Caffrey is survived by two sons,
Hugh, jr., and Joseph, and two
daughters. Evelyn and Mrs. Ed
Callahan, all, residing in Omaha.
Funeral services will be held in
St Peter's church Saturday morn
ing at 9. Interment wil be in Holy
Sepudchre cemetery.
Operate on Detective
Wounded During Riot
Surgeons operated on William
Turner, South Side detective, Thurs
day morning at the Wise Memorial
hospital for the removal of a bul
let in the abdomen. Turner was
shot in the riot of September 28.
Hospital authorities last night stated
he is doing fairly well.
cutor T. B Murray against Judge
George Holmes of the municipal
court. Mr. Wilson s report on that
matter resulted in the governor dis
missing the charges and censuring
the city prosecutor for laxity of law
enforcement.
Two Men Burned When
Motorcycle Catches
Fire at Oil Station
Two men were slightly burned
about the hands and face when a
motorcycle and gasoline pump at the
Standard Oil company filling station
at Thirty-ninthand Farnam streets
caught fire last night. , Walter Ca
liff, 4417 Davenport street, clerk at
the Union Pacific headquarters, re
ceived burns about the face and
hands when his motorcycle broke
into flames from undetermined
origin while he was filling the tank.
J. E. Gibbons, in charge of the fill
ing station, was also burned when
he attempted to extinguish the
flames that had spread to the pump.
No explosion of gasoline inside
the huge ground tank of the pump
occurred.
Firemen were called and put out
the fire before it spread to the build
iiTgv The total damage amounted to
several hundred dollars.
WOULD DEPORT .
RADICAL ALIENS
LIVING IN U. S.
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Americanization of Foreigner'
Now in Country " Discussed
in Senate and House. ,
Washington, Oct. 16. Activities
of radical aliens in the United
States received . further attention
Thursday in oongress.
Several billj having for their pur
pose deportation of foreign agitators
and aliens who fail to become citi
zens and Americanization of. for
eigners now in the country, were
offered in the senate and house,
while the latter passed legislation
extending war-time passport re
strictions for one year. This bill,
recommended by the State depart
ment, and designed to keep dan
gerous aliens out of the country
now goes to the senate.
Hearings on appropriations foi
naturalization work were continuec
before the house immigration com
mittee. Raymond F. Crist, deputj
commissioner of naturalization, told
the committee 11,000,000 foreign
born persons in the country were
not citizens and that the presence
of such a "large undigested popula
tion" created "an alarming situa
tion." The senate labor committee,
which had been investigating the
steel strike, decided to hear wit
nesses Monday and Tuesday as to
the activity of radical aliens ia that
strike. It also voted to close its
inquiry by the middle of next week
so as to get to work on naturaliza
tion legislation which it proposes to
press in the senate.
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President DeValera Will
Speak in Omaha October 27
President Edward F. Moriarty of
the O'Neill Monument association
yesterday received a telegram from
President De Valera of Ireland an
nouncing that he would be in Omaha
and speak in the Auditorium of the
Creighton college gymnasium, Octo
ber 27. He will also dedicate the
O'Neill monument.
The members of tke association
will meet at the Hotel Fontenelle
tonight to perfect plans for his en
tertainment while in the city.
Forty Bags of Mail Lost
in Fire on Northwestern
Offic-al reports received by North
western railway offices in Council
Bluffs announced the burning of a
mail car on train No. 26, Chicago
Sioux City, near Webster City yes
terday morning. Forty bags of mail
were destroyed. The fire is believed
to have started in a shipment of
movie films sent from Chicago to
Sioux City. It is said no mail for
Council Bluffs or Omaha was de
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Mother of Mrs. IC.Gallup
) Dies at Age of 84 Years
Mrs. Mary A. Smith, 4 years old,
mother of Mrs. I. C. Gallup, died at
the home of her daughter yester
day. Funeral services will be held
in the Gallup home, 1S37 Park ave
nue, Saturday at 1, Rev. C. E. Cob
bey officiating. Burial will be in
Rochester, N. Y. -
Another Bomb Thrown.
Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 18. An
other bomb was thrown in this city,
which has been the scene f so
many revolutionary and labor dis-
turoances. mere were no casualties,
Rabbi Oohn to Speak.
Rabbi Frederick Cohn will take
for the subject of his sermon at
the Temple Israel tonight, "The
Book of Books."
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