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;"- "- r$""cWWr$li$W!3fipn-' -V' The Commoner 0121, NO. 7 16 Allen Finishes His Work The following press dispatch re views tho ofliclal record of Thomas S. Alien federal district attorney fpr tho state of Nebraska during the past six yoarfl, My. Allen was a member of the law firm of Talbot, Bryan and Allen prior to Mr. Bryan's nomi nation for prosidont in 1896, and is also related to Mr. Bryan as broth er i-law, Mrs. Allen being a sis ter of Mr, Bryan. ' Omaha, Nob., Juno 80. Formal transfer of the ofllce of the federal district attorney for Nebraska was made here Thursday afternoon, when T. S. Allen, Democrat, after nearly six years' service, gave way to J. C. Kinslor, republican. No formal cere monies marked tho transfer. Mr. Allen came up just aftor noon and after checking over his affairs turned tho office over to h's successor. Ho returns to Lincoln to resume private practice. Mr. Allen was high man on the job. Ho roceivod tho congratulations oftho attorney general of the Vn'hd States for having obtained the larg est percentage of convictions of any district attorney in the United Statos. His success was not largely limited to tho district court. The convictions he obtained in thevlower court stuck when, appeals were 'taken by t'he per sons convicted to the higher tribun als. Mr. Allen, during the five years he was federal district attorney, handled some remarkable cases, cases of national importance. He was ap pointed to ofllce In August, 1915, but was not confirmed unt:l July, 191 G, on account of the opposition of Sen ator Hitchcock. During the administration of United Statos Attorney Allen the business of tho office increased three fold due largely to tlxe many ar acts, the prohibition and tlie drug &iws. Ho successfully prosec tod Everybody WANTS "A FEDERAL pANK IN EVERY - COUNTY SEAT" To Loan Money Direct To You Get The Book, Price '91.00 V. 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Not Inc. 80th unil Ilouorc St., Clitoitffo. I I many cases of disloyalty growing out of tho action of the United States In going to war with tho German empire. The national prohibition laws produced an immense amount of work. Mr. Allen won some notable cases whoroin persons were charged with conspiracy to violate the anti liquor mws. Liquor dealers of other states were involved in the pre&cu- tions. WILD HORSE CASES What was known as the "wild horse" case attracted the widest at tention because of the unusual fea tures attached to it. Thirty persons wore tried and convicted and sen tenced either to jail or the peniten tiary for selling "phantom" hoses in Arizona. It develoned that an im monse number of horses were sold. 10.000 head, and the victims were numerous. The defendants were changed with using the mails to de fraud. ' The case was carried by the convicted men to the federal court of appeals and twice to the United States supremo court. The govern ment won in all courts. It wns con sidered one of the most glgant'i" swindles Hint ever en me to the at tention of tho federal authorities. A noted case prosecuted by the fndorol district attorney was the United States against Thomas H. Matters. He was indicted hv a fed oral grand jury in session at Lincoln for aidnr and abetting the presi dent of the First National bank of Sutton In issuing and put'ng fcth certificates of deposit without au thority and without pavine nnvthine for them. Matters was a well known lnwvev practln'ng at Harvard and Tit O'nnha. The convicted attorney fought atraumt serv'nee a term n the "enitentarv. for sevon vrs. Hp wns twice convicted m the United States d'strict court. The first time he was sentenced to six years in tho peniten tiary at Leavenworth. The second time he irot five vears in the govern ment prison. Thomas H. Matters wnf to the circuit court of appeals and to tho United States supreme cou-t but was whipped all alonqr the wav. Petitions to Present Wilson and then to President Hard'ng for a-rnvdon were refused, though pow erful interpsts were declared to have interested themselves in the case. Re centlv the doors of the federal neni- nna-y at Leavenworth closed on Matters and he is now serving his term of five years. The Reed amendment and dry Ne- nvasica prepented new problems Great quantities of booze were be ine transported from St. Joseph. Kansas City and other wet cities and it was susnected that wholesale liquor dealers were interested in a cou snirncv to transport liquor into Ne braska. District Attornov Alion nnnnnLr the plan of charging wholesale liquor dealers of St. Joseph. Kansas City and Chicago with bootlegging and in dicting them for conspiracy to violate he laws of the United States, bring ing them to Nebraska for trial. As a, result of this action liquor dealers n manv instances shut down the lid and refused to sell .it for the pur nose of transporting to Nebraska. Several were convicted. MILLION DOLLAR CASE An irrigation suit involving the U IS . , the seease waters of the Pathf-nder ditch, its waters being valued, it is estimated, at a million aollars a year, was won by the gov eJnent durlns the administration of Mr. Allen. The state of Nebraska was ono of the parties to the suit against the government. The fed eral circuit court of appeals affirmed Hie judgment of the district court The Pathfinder d'tch case was one of the biggest irrigation cases ever in the courts. He VigOrOUSlv nrnnorMitari.mon.r c .plottage cases aud obtained convl- Thousands Are Nervous Wrecks CROSS, CRABBED AND CARE-WORN From Weak, Thin Watery Blood without ever suspecting the veal cause of their trouble Iron-starvation CORPUSCLES IN YOUU A New York Physician &ays that MORE THAN ONE-HA'Lfr THE POPULa TION OP AMERICA PERISHES BEFORE MIDDLE AGE and that one of tho chief contrlbutary causes ol uui i''c tt"c "V""" "lu ia e uevitat izlng weakness orougni on oy mtiv m, hum u i.. uuuU THERE ARE 30.000,000,000,000 RED BLOOD BLOOD AND EACH ONE MUST HAVE IRON. Ml ll.lfll M An enormous number Of people who ought to be strong, vigorous and In tha prime of life are constantly complaining of weak nerves, Headaches, pains across the back, distrubing digestion, shortness of breath, a general "run down" condition, melancholy bad memory, ctc when the real cause of. all their suffering is IRON STARVATION OF THE BLOOD. a" The proof of this is. shown by the factuf iron and is therefore an entirely, 3if that when organic Iron is supplied to I Jerent tn'ng from organic Iron. Orgitt their blood, that ail tneir muiucuue oi svmntoma often auieklv dlSRDDear .atrl the very men and women w.ho were formerly so complaining now become strong, healthy and vigorous, with even dispositions and a sunny, cheertul nature. Nature put plenty of iron In the husks of grains and the skin and peel'J of vegetables and fruits to enrich your blood, but modern methods of cookery throw all these things away lie nee the alarming Increase, in recent years, in anaemia Iron starvation of the blood ,with all its attendant ills. If you are not willing to go back to nature then you should eat more sucn iron-containing vegetables as spinach and carrots and reinforce them by tak ing a little organic Iron from time to time. But be sure the iron you take is organic iron and not metallic iron which people usually take. Metallic iron is iron just as It comes from the action of strong acids on small pieces iron is" like the Iron in your bloou' end llko the Iron In Hninnoh lnnfti , apples. It may be had from your druc gist under the name of Nuxated Iron Nuxated Iron represents organic Iron in such a highly condensed form that one dose of It is estimated to be ap proximately equivalent (In organic Iron content) to eating one-half quart of spinach, one quart of green vegetables or half a dozen apples. It's like taking extract of beqf Instead of eatlns pounds of meat. Over 4,000.000 people annually are us ing Nuxated Iron. It will not Injure the teeth nor disturb the stomach. A few doses will often commence to en rich your blood and revitalize your wornout, exhausted nerves, Your money will be refunded by the manu facturers if you do not obtain satis factory results. Beware of substitutes. Always insist on having genuine or ganic inn Nuxated Iron. Look for tho letters N. I. on every tablet. At all druggists. -"-- ,, i ..I. -.1 i tiona in thirty- o them. Twenty aliens wore sent to government de tention camps as a result of his work. During the war he investigated over five thousand cases of allezerl dis loyalty. Charges of disloyalty were nying inick apa rast, but the federal prosecutor refused to prosecute on rumor. Most of the complaints of disloyalty, reported were without foundation. Of the many cases he in vestigated, no member of the non partisan league was found to be dis loyal. The government as the "big brother'-' of the Ind.'ans directed the fed ral prosecuting attorney of Nebras ka to prosecute actions against cer tain Indians to restore land valued at a million dollars to the children of the tribe. Eighty-five suits were instituted to oust members of the tribe who had filed on the land, thus depriving all of the remaining Indian children of an interest in n ti,0 case went from the United States aistnct court to the Unitori atntA(, fiupremc court. -but the government yuu ui every stage of the fight. The case went twice to the circuit court ok appeals. The lands involved are located in Thurston county. Many hundreds of liquor cases have been prosecuted by Mr. Allen and the law has been vmorouslv en forced. Also, many violations df the postal laws, the white slave traffic act and the narcotic dru-s act have been successfully prosecuted. He obtained the first conviction in the United States under the qhild-labor law This act was afterward nnC? Qft0fbe itutional, by the United States supreme court He briefed and argued thirty-two cases in the United States court of appoals. ot cJTIV3 f0Jec:b?nS constitutes but a small part of the business of the of uce. A great manv cases invo'vinc title to government lands have been disposed of and all Indian matter" have.been,tried in the,United?S ate SIMS XS PUBLICLY REPRI- A Washington dispatch, dated June 24, says: Secretary Denby to day "publicly" reprimanded Rear Admiral William S. Sims7as a result of the speech of the admiral, made ,in London June -7, in which ho critl- 2-i fat. t . m t uizea ciinn jj-exn partizans in America. In the reprimand -Mr. Denby pointed out that once-before the navy department had found it necessary to take similar action against the officer for an address delivered in London in 1911, and, referring to the text of that reprimand, added: "Your remarks on the occasion now under discussion there Dre constitute a flag rant and deliberate- disregard of specific instructions.' While tho secretary of the navy was making public the reprimand Admiral Sims was calling on Presi dent Harding at the White House. OWNERS OPERATE JSO PER CEXT OP FARMS A Washington dispatch dated, July 1, says: More than one-half of all the farms in the United States are operated by their owners, the Census Bureau yesterday announced in classifying the 6,4 8 8,3 GG farms m tne united States as of 1920. The number of "farms operat ed by their ownersiiicluding own ers who hired some additional land in 1920 was 3,925,090, as compared with 3,948,72. in, 1910, while those worked- by tenants numbered 2,454, 74G, compared with 2,354,676 ten years ago. LOST RELATIVES Mrs. John Quincy -Elliott, 5904 Julian Ave., St. Louis, Mo., (maiden name Emma Lawyer), wishes to find twg-.brothers,- Edward1 and William Lawyer, who moved to. farms in cen tral Nebraska from Iowa during the early 80's'. Any information that m,ay lead to locating the -above par ties y,ill bei greatly appreciated. ,. "ii- ,- , n- "V , J-LJ!'.V-''--f i t.l J jK-tufr. t,, ijfalUtoftkftfe. l,s&