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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1925)
ote Scandals of ast Dragged Out Before Senators * miinittee Hears Hot Session as Hackers and Opponent* of “Word of Mouth” Hill Meet. n.v I*. V. POiVKI.I,, *■ ff ( •Iiri'npmiili'iit. Till- Oinnlin H,.*. Lincoln, Feb. 10.—Rival Omaha po ll factions aired their differences ! IP today before llic senate privi ■ res and election committee in a I* '.ring on the "word of mouth" re I tl bill. pertaining to Douglas C" i1 tv exclusively. Representing those opposed to the were Robert Smith, clerk of Hie Dougins county district court; W. D McHugh. Omaha election commis sc ner, and It. K. May, assistant elec tion commissioner. The otlier side was represented by Senator W. N. Chambers; Joseph Koutsky, city com missioner; John liapkins, city com missioner; A. V. Shot well, Joseph Vo tnva and John Moriarity. city attor ney. Smith in his plea for retention of flic word of mouth law reviewed past "election scandals" In Omaha which li • declared resulted In passage of the present election laws, lie asserted •‘l” li of the "word of mouth" pro \ icon would lie a step backward, i nulng Smith denied the charge p. raons wore refused permission I - carry mark'd bal.o.s to the polls and copy iheii prefer'i. os on regular billws. The law, li. stated, merely provides that persons unable tn read or write cannot carry a "gang" list to the polls and have tile judge nr clerk mark their ballots in accordance with tile list. Old Third Ward Mentioned. McHugh expressed fear that if the provision were repealed, the number of "illiterates” might increase by the hundreds. He also alluded to "the old Third ward vote." when prac tically everyone in that ward was voted by judges and clerks. Smith had previously alluded to the old Third ward system. Koutsky re torted that there had been a day in Bob Smith's life when the old Third ward vote was welcome, in face, ac cording to Koutsky, there had been one election when :*‘l per cent of tlie "Id Third ward voters cast their bal lots for Robert Smith for clerk of the district court. Olliers favoring repeal of the !e,v also recited ancient Omaha political history and charged that in the old days described by Smith, he*(Smith) had chosen election commissioners. Sfnith admitted the charge, but stated that under laws existing at that time he was forced to choose election com nilssioners from certain names certi fied to him by republican and demo cratic county central committees, and when he attempted to go outside this list to obtain more suitable commis sioners he was threatened with man -'IS. Action Delayed. John Hopkins took a new line of aJc.ck on Smith. He asserted that iti .ei.it? men were forced into serv ice of their country In the late world v*ur and were compelled to .under time oilier acts of citizenship. There fore, according to Hopkins, they si a.I I tie permitted to vote, even if their Selections were written and c cce.l by judges and clerks. At the request of Senator Chain iters, action of the committee was de lav-1, pen ing outcome of a similai I fill which has been advanced to third mailing in the house and probably viiil i - voted tomorrow. Following the hearing. Robert Smith denied a report circulating among Doug'ns county legist-tors to the eif~ct that he was not tricking .McHugh for reappointment as ele< ti"ii commissioner. "V- u can tell everyone 1 mi f"i Mi H"gh and have icon- i "d he ir- pi ointment to Governor McMul leu." Smith said. Smith also attacked :in Omaha democratic newspaper which has at tacked him for fighting repeal of the "word of mouth" provision. He read editorials from that newspaper, ttfg ing passage of th>- Douglas county election law and other edlturial. pr.aisins tile vvorMn got it Her i had pas ■ 1. \ su e P. II \'!v m -tl. Tile sen i? nilvan- f'd t'1? tac" bdi to third rending. The Dill m ! C Impcssll |e for enn-'i .’-'tes hr to run "n two ticV-ts. f'i-a ' a candidate flop from one p." v t another over night under ". i - i the bid. lie must file with th paiiy with which he voted at the | te ceding primary. The Wilts? bill, calling for a con stltutlnnal amendment t" tav out Holy owned utilities, was re; at I >• by the senate committee on cuns.i tutlonal amendments. Aft»r a sharp fight the h'"ise Mile tin- MeMnster hill repealing the in termedlats sentence law. Those interested tn the passage of th» sheriffs' feeding bill, which was advanced to third reading in the hops? more than'* week ago. discov ered today It had been misplaced In the committee on phraseology. Sarah T Muir, chairman of the committee „,.,ted 'he realized the changing of „ word or Phrase In this bill would mean a considerable sum to th? Dong I .» , ounty sheriff in th? next two ' ■'■IT was plainly a case of misplace meet and 1 wl! Make special care In S ng that It In airtight,” Miss Muir p.t* l __ T'ii* bill l* expectod lo npprar on icalendar for third reading t" m»i row. George H. «-"lllns legl.l ' live representnllve for Sl-'iu Hndres, appeared In st"» rldois again tod"' • 11 ' „ |.||| providing for four Instead of , r terms for membera of th legislature. pHtvnfr City Girl BcroiriM Jtridr of RiiiUKold Morrlianl p i wlice City, Feb. 1" Kl't.V'l. A Render, son of Mr. and Mrs A. M Render of Ringgold. Neb . and M"? Mary Fuller, daughter of Mrs. 1 I Fuller of Pawnee City, were married at Denver, February «- by Dr \V II Rev Movie of (he Central Presbvler Ian church. They will visit relative. In Colorado and will return «' City for a few day* before going I? Ringgold, where the bildegrn rit I* ett in the mercantile business 1 Nebraska Boy, 15, Blind and Deaf, With Teacher, Visits Helen Keller ■ C/arence tfoddard ano Jennie Johnson %*'Z$ou Blind and deaf for the last five years, Clarence Goddard, 15, student at tlie Nebraska School for the Deaf, had one of his biggest wishes fulfilled Tuesday morning. Be visited Helen Keller. Clarence has heard of Miss Keller ever since his affliction and says that by her marvelous work she gives others so afflicted the courage to go on. 9 The young man came from Ne braska City Monday night, accom panied by one of hi* teachers, Miss Jennie Johnson. M ss Johnson has neon blind • ine* biith. She. too. was r’ated at the p. >sp rt of visiting Miss Keller and \ •>s.sod tie* hope that the blind n« rvel could suggest some new work for finance. Afflicted at 10. Miss Johnson has taken special in- J terest in Clarence since he came to* the institution there years ago. She said Clarence had spinal meningitis when he was 10 and lay in the Methodist hospital h*re for many months. He was left blind and deaf. I Clarence's home is at La Mar, Neb., 1 i small town n ar the western line j of the state. Out th•■re Clarence's ' mother Is a rural mail carrier and endeavors to keep her s'x children properly eared f r in the home. Clar ence, who is ihe old< st child, goes home at the end of the school year in June. ”A^ Clarence grows to manhood he realizes thaj he must do something t(£ help his mother,” said Miss John son. “He Is worrying as to what vocation he can follow. He is study ing hard and keeps at his reed work at the school. Carries Whistle. "Although Clarence has learned the sign language and can understand any senteness spelled out in the palm of his hand merely by each letter. I keep him talking. I don’t want him to forget how to talk. He knows the pupils at the school by their h/indfl.” Clarence carry* a whistle in his pocket for use in emergencies. He associates everything with what he »o\v when a boy and his good mem ory is invaluable to him, said Miss Johnson. He is unable to use the radio. His teacher spells out the news of the day to him. Clarence h is a good sense of humor, she says, and is not morose as most people think blind and deaf persons are. "I think Mrs. Mary must be a wi nderful woman,’’ said Miss John son." f am so anxious to know if t'.ere is some hing I could do for Clarence just ns she has done for M s Keller.” C’lreme and his teacher will re turn to Nebraska City Wednesday. 15 FRATERNAL ORDERS IN MEET Representative* of 1 •"» fraternal or ders will meet at the Klks rluh at . 10:30 a. m. Thurnlny for the opening of the annual Nebraska Fraternal congress. The meeting will' dose with a banquet at the Klks Hub at 6:30 p. m. Thursday. Subjects to be discussed at the meeting will include “Fellowship,” “Woman's ) . sition in Public Ufe.” and “Fraternity and Citizenship.” Fined on Tw'o Charges*. Beatrice. Feb. 10.—Robert Fr zer pleaded guilty hi Judge O’Keefe's court to the charge of illegal_posses sion of liquor and was fined $100 and costs. The court also assessed a fine of $10 and costs for being intoxicat ed. Frazier was unable to pay and was remanded to jail. BOYS TO TRIAL ON GRAVE CHARGES !• atrice. Nob., Feb. 10. — case in ■ l iving three school boys of Adams, j NcK. Hi nee Underwood, Jay Varner ' md Dm Vangranigan. charged with attempt to attack Iiuth MrKnight, daughter of X. M. MeKnlght, wealthy farmer, was called for trial in district court today. It is alleged that while Miss Me Knight was en route home in a buggy one night last summer she was at tacked by the hoys, but after a strug gle succeeded in freeing herself and gave the alarm. Their arrest fol wed. A large number of Adams cit izens are h re to attend the frial. Ilritii-li Governor Dies. I. ndon. Feb. 10.—Sir Robert Co ryndon, 55, governor of Kenya col ony. British East Africa, died at Xai i obi. 'Falls t-ity Sent First Carload of Rulo Mine Coal Richardson County Project Meeting \\ itli Success. \\ i111 Modern Machinery Soon to Re Installed. IC'iititlniicri from I'iikc Oiii'I. and already a pile of screenings, w astt and shale has made its appearance. Ileal Miners Employed. lewis also has a screen arrange ment at the loading dump for screen ing t lie coal into wagons. Miners, with real acetylene lights on their caps, are employed. The mine is ad mirably located for track facilities, being one-half mile from the end of a stuli switch on the Burlington. Eewis hopes to reach a 2fi inch vein, for which he states there is a state un claimed bounty’ of $4,000. Sprrial Dispatch to The Omaha Hep, Humboldt, Neb., Feb. 10.—Coal was discovered near Humbolt over 42 years ago, according to old timers there. Surface workings were opened on homesteaded land about six miles south of Humboldt, hy John Els, early settler here, and who now lives in Humboldt. His brother, Frank Els, now lives on the land. The Coal was soft coal, and was dug out near the surface with picks and shovels. It was used for a time locally, but never commer cialised, and the mine is idle today. Special Dispatch to Tllp Omaha Itcc. Paw nee, ^y'eb., Feb. 10.—A small de posit of good soft coal Is claimed to have been opened on land five nlilcs southeast of Pawnee, about midway between here and Du Buis, hy Frank Blaker. eatly settlor In 18R3. The coal burned well, and was used some time by pioneers around here, some business houses at that time in Pawnee using It. Joseph Streka, now living on a farm near Du Bois used some. Frank Docekal, early shoe maker of Pawnee, now living in lVy more, used the coal to heat his shop. Blaker is living In Du Bols now'. The mineral was dug and used until all that was handy- at the surface was de pleted and then the trade died. It Is possible tht more coal can be found at this place. Pern. Neb., Fell. 1 0.—-What Is con -lilered the first carload of coal ever mined in Nebraska, was shipped from Nemaha county, and was mined | and loaded near Wood Siding, a blind station four miles south of Peru. It was not mined with machinery. It, with several other carloads, was dug out of n hillside by hand and pick, hut the first carload dug In the state was from here. Not only that, hut a bounty fr m the state was paid here. The old mine opening Is fine fourth mile west of Wood Siding, midway he tw-een Peru and Rrownville. It Is on the old A. M. Borst land. Borst died at Peru in 1315. The land l» now owned by s mar rled daughter living In Washington state. The mine was first opened In 19015. A small amount of coal was brought to the surfacs snd sold to neighbors. A block of coal was dug • nit for a sample anti loaded in a ear and shipped to Lincoln for state iokIs. Later, several wagon loads were hauled from }he mine to the state normal at Peru. The coal proved to he a fair quality of soft coal. The men working in the shaft of the mine were Ike Meade ahd Steve George. Meade’s whereabouts are now unknown. George lives on a farm near Peru The fit at carload ever shipped from the mine was loaded by teams and sent out early in 1907. It weighed 4<* tons, waa hilled from the Honey Creek Coal Mine company to .1. K. liays, a dealer at Bloomington. Neb. In the fall «»f 1907 another cflr was shipped to Bloomington, one to Or leans and two to Auburn. The Auburn • u s were consigned to J. \V. George. Many old timers at Peru recall the shipments. The coal vein was said to be 16 inches. Jn 1907 the state bounty [ amounting to $3,000 for the first coal mined and shipped from a 1G inch vein in Nebraska was paid to the Borst family at Peru. The mine only remained in opera tion a little more than a year, and was never highly developed. Coal is still there. It Is claimed that the expense of getting it out was too great for the return received from the sale of the coal, without modern ma chinery. It is also said that the tunnels of the mine caved badly and the expense of timbering and maintaining them was too great, and thus the project was abandoned. It is a peculiar fact that the two thus far developed coal mines in Ne braska. one In Nemaha end one in Richardson county, are bordering the Missouri river, each mine about a mile from the river. /*-*-\ Burgess Bedtime Stories V-/ By THORNTON \V. BURGESS. P rome* when least expected, And dnnger lurk* where not suspected —Mrs. Grouse. Tho Worst Happen* to the Grouse. While Thundrerer the Grouse and Mr*. Grouse sieft romfortably and peacefully under the snow in the Green Forest things of which they knew nothing were happening. It kept on snowing for some time after they had plunged into that snowbank. The falling snow very nearly filled the holes they had made when they plunged into the snowbank. That would have pleased Thunderer had he known it. But after a while the falling snow turned to rain. Of course Thunderer and Mrs. Grouse knew nothing about this. Had they known it they would have been worried. But not knowing It they slept peacefully and quietly. Toward morning the rain stopped. Then Jack Frost came, and he froze that wet snow. He froze it until it had formed a thick, hard crust all through the Green Forest and over the Green Meadows. When Jolly, round, bright Mr. Sun began his dally climb up In the blue, blue sky he looked down on a world of glistening white. Mrs. Grouse was the first to waken In the morning. For a while ahe was content to stay where she was. for it was very comfortable there. But pres entiy she began to want her breakfast. Now when Thflnderer and Mrs. Grouse leave their beds under the snow they -and then / we label it HEINZ one of the 57 Throughout fifty-five years of achievement in the making of wholesome, nourishing foods, the name Hen.' has come to he more than a designation. It ha*, come to mean it standard of quality, and as such is our g-eatest asset, to he safeguarded at all times, at all costs. Every individual package is the gauge of the other millions of packages of Heinz 57 Varieties of Pure Food Products nude for world consumption. There must never he the least deviation In quality. To slight one would he to belittle all. Therefore the label goes on last. It is our own stamp of approval and vour assurance that your money could buy pothing better. Of nil the thin ;s we make there is no Yarierv that is better known than Heinz Tomato Ketchup. It is different it is better it is the best that can be made. .Our Name Is Our Greatest Asset W'hen you conn to Pittsburgh - isit the Heinz kitchens | burst out suddenly and whirr up into the trees on those stout wings of theirs. They burst out suddenly so that if by any chame Iteddy Fox or any other enemy should happen to be close by they will lie taken by sur prise. When Mrs. Orouse was ready to g" in search of her breakfast she started with that same upward rush as usual. But she didn't burst out of the snow and send it flying in all directions. She came up against something hard that stopped her. Instantly she knew what had happened. Onee. long, long "It is all tny fault,'’ whispered Thunderer.” before, she bad ben caught under the crust. She beat frantically w-ith her wings. It did no good. .She struck at that crust with her stout bill, but that Was equally, useless. Thunderer had heard her start and he had started at once. The same tiling was happening to him. By and by they had to give up trying to break f .. V Your Boy Scout wants a Brownie And now, Boy Scout Anniversary Week, is time to get him one. . Bring the lad in. We’ll gladly show him the Brownies and how to make good pictures with the one selected. For this is a store where salesmen are as anxious to serve as they arc to sell. Brevities $2.03 up. j Eastman Kodak Co. ^^(The Robert Dempster Co.) 1813 Farnam St. [WB Branch Storm JW 308 South 15th St. through the must. They had to give up been use they had tired themselves <Mit They crept together under the snow. Roth knew now what had given Mrs. Crouse that uneasy feeling the i^ght before. “It's all my fault." whisr^ied Thun deier. "If I had heeded you and we had remained in that tree this would not have happened. Next time I will heed you, my dear.” "There may not he a next time,” sobbed Mrs. Crouse. "There never can he a next time unless we can get out of here very soon. We’ll starve to death.” Thunderer couldn't find a word to say. He knew it was true. There was nothing to cat down there, and without food they would soon starve. So as soon as they had rested they again began trying to break through that dreadful crust. But they couldn't even crack it. You see it really was ice. They were absolutely helpless there. It was dreadful. Can you think of anything more dreadful? J cannot. They had no hope at all. (Copyright, 192 5. > The next story: Farmer Browt* Boy Is Worried.” "EUROPE II under the American Flag . ! \ I • j i I ^ - ' ! ( jO to Europe on the Amerf* | can ships of the United j! Stares Lines and enjoy the highest American standards of j eomfort and convenience. The Leviathan, President Harding, i President RoosevelcandGeorge j Washington offer the utmost in luxurious accommodations. j * Especially attractive‘‘one class” passage at lo»- cost mav he had j on the Republic or America. 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