ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28. - (/P) - Activities of the ku klux klan in both state and national political affairs covered a wide range, the senate campaign funds committee was told here today by half a dozen members and former members of the hooded order.

High points in the testimony at what Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, announced were the closing sessions of the pre-election investigation into campaigns in eastern states, included:

That high officials of the klan interested themselves in the election contests from Minnesota and Iowa, involving the senate seats of Senator Thomas D. Schall, republican, and former Senator Smith W. Brookhart, republican.

That William F. Zunbrunn had active direction of the campaign of Senator James E. Watson, republican, Indiana, for renomination in the primaries last May.

That Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the klan, was deeply interested in Watson's campaign and made a number of visits to Indiana for political conferences with klan leaders.

That $400 of Indiana klan money was used to defray the expenses of Indiana klan officials to Washington last December to discuss the appointment of Charles Orbison as corporation counsel of Indianapolis.

That William F. Zunbrunn is the legislative agent of the hooded order at Washington, looking after such matters as immigration restriction legislation and the seating of senators.

That Senator Watson in 1924 carried a card of membership in the imperial klan, the national organization with headquarters at Atlanta, and that this card directed all klans to freely admit to their secret meetings persons to whom they were issued. Previous testimony before the committee that Senator Watson attended a conference of klan officers at Washington last January, at which the resignation of Walter F. Bossert, as grand dragon, was demanded and received, was denied by both Bossert and George W. Meyers of Marion, Ind., a former klansman.

Bossert asserted that there was no one present when Dr. Evans asked him if he was ready to resign. W. Lee Smith, who succeeded Bossert as grand dragon, and Joseph Huffington of Indianapolis, a great cyclops, were in Washington at the time, Bossert said, but he insisted under vigorous questioning by Senator Reed that neither of them was present at this meeting with Dr. Evans.

Testimony regarding the Minnesota and Iowa senatorial contests was given by ·Milton Elrod of Indianapolis, formerly editor of the Fiery Cross, a klan publication. Elrod said that Dr. Evans had sent him to Minnesota to see whether there was ground for a contest in the election of Senator Schall over Magnus Johnson, farmer-labor, in 1924.

Elrod said that later he was sent to Iowa by Zunbrunn to determine whether there was ground for a contest in the Brookhart-Steck election in (Continued on Page Eight)

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28. - (/P) - Activities of the ku klux klan in both state and national political affairs covered a wide range, the senate campaign funds committee was told here today by half a dozen members and former members of the hooded order.

High points in the testimony at what Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, announced were the closing sessions of the pre-election investigation into campaigns in eastern states, included:

That high officials of the klan interested themselves in the election contests from Minnesota and Iowa, involving the senate seats of Senator Thomas D. Schall, republican, and former Senator Smith W. Brookhart, republican.

That William F. Zunbrunn had active direction of the campaign of Senator James E. Watson, republican, Indiana, for renomination in the primaries last May.

That Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the klan, was deeply interested in Watson's campaign and made a number of visits to Indiana for political conferences with klan leaders.

That $400 of Indiana klan money was used to defray the expenses of Indiana klan officials to Washington last December to discuss the appointment of Charles Orbison as corporation counsel of Indianapolis.

That William F. Zunbrunn is the legislative agent of the hooded order at Washington, looking after such matters as immigration restriction legislation and the seating of senators.

That Senator Watson in 1924 carried a card of membership in the imperial klan, the national organization with headquarters at Atlanta, and that this card directed all klans to freely admit to their secret meetings persons to whom they were issued. Previous testimony before the committee that Senator Watson attended a conference of klan officers at Washington last January, at which the resignation of Walter F. Bossert, as grand dragon, was demanded and received, was denied by both Bossert and George W. Meyers of Marion, Ind., a former klansman.

Bossert asserted that there was no one present when Dr. Evans asked him if he was ready to resign. W. Lee Smith, who succeeded Bossert as grand dragon, and Joseph Huffington of Indianapolis, a great cyclops, were in Washington at the time, Bossert said, but he insisted under vigorous questioning by Senator Reed that neither of them was present at this meeting with Dr. Evans.

Testimony regarding the Minnesota and Iowa senatorial contests was given by ·Milton Elrod of Indianapolis, formerly editor of the Fiery Cross, a klan publication. Elrod said that Dr. Evans had sent him to Minnesota to see whether there was ground for a contest in the election of Senator Schall over Magnus Johnson, farmer-labor, in 1924.

Elrod said that later he was sent to Iowa by Zunbrunn to determine whether there was ground for a contest in the Brookhart-Steck election in (Continued on Page Eight)

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28. - (/P) - Activities of the ku klux klan in both state and national political affairs covered a wide range, the senate campaign funds committee was told here today by half a dozen members and former members of the hooded order.

High points in the testimony at what Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, announced were the closing sessions of the pre-election investigation into campaigns in eastern states, included:

That high officials of the klan interested themselves in the election contests from Minnesota and Iowa, involving the senate seats of Senator Thomas D. Schall, republican, and former Senator Smith W. Brookhart, republican.

That William F. Zunbrunn had active direction of the campaign of Senator James E. Watson, republican, Indiana, for renomination in the primaries last May.

That Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the klan, was deeply interested in Watson's campaign and made a number of visits to Indiana for political conferences with klan leaders.

That $400 of Indiana klan money was used to defray the expenses of Indiana klan officials to Washington last December to discuss the appointment of Charles Orbison as corporation counsel of Indianapolis.

That William F. Zunbrunn is the legislative agent of the hooded order at Washington, looking after such matters as immigration restriction legislation and the seating of senators.

That Senator Watson in 1924 carried a card of membership in the imperial klan, the national organization with headquarters at Atlanta, and that this card directed all klans to freely admit to their secret meetings persons to whom they were issued. Previous testimony before the committee that Senator Watson attended a conference of klan officers at Washington last January, at which the resignation of Walter F. Bossert, as grand dragon, was demanded and received, was denied by both Bossert and George W. Meyers of Marion, Ind., a former klansman.

Bossert asserted that there was no one present when Dr. Evans asked him if he was ready to resign. W. Lee Smith, who succeeded Bossert as grand dragon, and Joseph Huffington of Indianapolis, a great cyclops, were in Washington at the time, Bossert said, but he insisted under vigorous questioning by Senator Reed that neither of them was present at this meeting with Dr. Evans.

Testimony regarding the Minnesota and Iowa senatorial contests was given by ·Milton Elrod of Indianapolis, formerly editor of the Fiery Cross, a klan publication. Elrod said that Dr. Evans had sent him to Minnesota to see whether there was ground for a contest in the election of Senator Schall over Magnus Johnson, farmer-labor, in 1924.

Elrod said that later he was sent to Iowa by Zunbrunn to determine whether there was ground for a contest in the Brookhart-Steck election in (Continued on Page Eight)

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28. - (/P) - Activities of the ku klux klan in both state and national political affairs covered a wide range, the senate campaign funds committee was told here today by half a dozen members and former members of the hooded order.

High points in the testimony at what Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, announced were the closing sessions of the pre-election investigation into campaigns in eastern states, included:

That high officials of the klan interested themselves in the election contests from Minnesota and Iowa, involving the senate seats of Senator Thomas D. Schall, republican, and former Senator Smith W. Brookhart, republican.

That William F. Zunbrunn had active direction of the campaign of Senator James E. Watson, republican, Indiana, for renomination in the primaries last May.

That Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the klan, was deeply interested in Watson's campaign and made a number of visits to Indiana for political conferences with klan leaders.

That $400 of Indiana klan money was used to defray the expenses of Indiana klan officials to Washington last December to discuss the appointment of Charles Orbison as corporation counsel of Indianapolis.

That William F. Zunbrunn is the legislative agent of the hooded order at Washington, looking after such matters as immigration restriction legislation and the seating of senators.

That Senator Watson in 1924 carried a card of membership in the imperial klan, the national organization with headquarters at Atlanta, and that this card directed all klans to freely admit to their secret meetings persons to whom they were issued. Previous testimony before the committee that Senator Watson attended a conference of klan officers at Washington last January, at which the resignation of Walter F. Bossert, as grand dragon, was demanded and received, was denied by both Bossert and George W. Meyers of Marion, Ind., a former klansman.

Bossert asserted that there was no one present when Dr. Evans asked him if he was ready to resign. W. Lee Smith, who succeeded Bossert as grand dragon, and Joseph Huffington of Indianapolis, a great cyclops, were in Washington at the time, Bossert said, but he insisted under vigorous questioning by Senator Reed that neither of them was present at this meeting with Dr. Evans.

Testimony regarding the Minnesota and Iowa senatorial contests was given by ·Milton Elrod of Indianapolis, formerly editor of the Fiery Cross, a klan publication. Elrod said that Dr. Evans had sent him to Minnesota to see whether there was ground for a contest in the election of Senator Schall over Magnus Johnson, farmer-labor, in 1924.

Elrod said that later he was sent to Iowa by Zunbrunn to determine whether there was ground for a contest in the Brookhart-Steck election in (Continued on Page Eight)

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28. - (/P) - Activities of the ku klux klan in both state and national political affairs covered a wide range, the senate campaign funds committee was told here today by half a dozen members and former members of the hooded order.

High points in the testimony at what Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, announced were the closing sessions of the pre-election investigation into campaigns in eastern states, included:

That high officials of the klan interested themselves in the election contests from Minnesota and Iowa, involving the senate seats of Senator Thomas D. Schall, republican, and former Senator Smith W. Brookhart, republican.

That William F. Zunbrunn had active direction of the campaign of Senator James E. Watson, republican, Indiana, for renomination in the primaries last May.

That Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the klan, was deeply interested in Watson's campaign and made a number of visits to Indiana for political conferences with klan leaders.

That $400 of Indiana klan money was used to defray the expenses of Indiana klan officials to Washington last December to discuss the appointment of Charles Orbison as corporation counsel of Indianapolis.

That William F. Zunbrunn is the legislative agent of the hooded order at Washington, looking after such matters as immigration restriction legislation and the seating of senators.

That Senator Watson in 1924 carried a card of membership in the imperial klan, the national organization with headquarters at Atlanta, and that this card directed all klans to freely admit to their secret meetings persons to whom they were issued. Previous testimony before the committee that Senator Watson attended a conference of klan officers at Washington last January, at which the resignation of Walter F. Bossert, as grand dragon, was demanded and received, was denied by both Bossert and George W. Meyers of Marion, Ind., a former klansman.

Bossert asserted that there was no one present when Dr. Evans asked him if he was ready to resign. W. Lee Smith, who succeeded Bossert as grand dragon, and Joseph Huffington of Indianapolis, a great cyclops, were in Washington at the time, Bossert said, but he insisted under vigorous questioning by Senator Reed that neither of them was present at this meeting with Dr. Evans.

Testimony regarding the Minnesota and Iowa senatorial contests was given by ·Milton Elrod of Indianapolis, formerly editor of the Fiery Cross, a klan publication. Elrod said that Dr. Evans had sent him to Minnesota to see whether there was ground for a contest in the election of Senator Schall over Magnus Johnson, farmer-labor, in 1924.

Elrod said that later he was sent to Iowa by Zunbrunn to determine whether there was ground for a contest in the Brookhart-Steck election in (Continued on Page Eight)