Nebraska Newspapers

    Relief Procured
for Reclamation
Project Victims
Delegation From Seottsbluff
and Morrill Counties Stop
Here on Way Home
From Capital.
A. N. Mathers nf Bering, Neli.,
visited here on Friday, en route
home from Washington, D. where
he assisted in obtaining relief for
settlers in Scotts Bluff and Morrell
counties, who have found It difficult
to meet the terms of payments for
the North Platte and Bering reclama
tion projects.
With Mr. Mathers on ids mission
were 'William Morrow of Scoitsbluff,
.limes Whitehead of Mitchell and
Charles Kearney of Morrill. They
appeared before the house and senate
irrigation committees and conferred
with Pr. Klwnod Mead, commissioner
of reclamation. The delegation went
to the White House where they were
given a hearing by President Cool
tdge. The president dictated a letter
to Secretary Work of the Depart
ment of the Interior, directing that
the settlers affected by the North
Platte and Bering projects bo granted
temporary relief until the congress
at the next session shall formally
pass a bill which has been through
both committees and which recently
failed of passage only on account of
a fllllbusler.
Mr, Mathers explained that the re
lief measure will grant a moratorium
of three years on present and de
linquent payments In connection with
tlie North Platte project, and those
who have been assessed for the Ber
ing project will not he required to
make payments for five years. The
new plan of payments will be hased
on f> per cent of the crop returns.
"I appreciate the assistance given
to us by flip Nebraska congressmen
and senators." Mr. Mathers said.
"They worked hard in our hehalf.
The president took a lively interest
in the proposition and gave assur
ance that the settlers would not he
oppressed and that temporary relief
will he extended until the Dill passes
the congress at the next session."
HOTEL FURNITURE
WILL BE CHECKED
Owners of 45 hotels in Omaha will
bo cited to appear before the board ol
equalization in the near future, It
was announced Friday, to answer a?
to the schedules of their furniture
and furnishings which they have re
turned, many of these being alleged
to be grossly below the real value.
Residents the Rlackstone hotel
it was stated, will be checked up nf
to their personal property returns
Assessor Oouneman replied to ques
tions by the commislsoners to the ef
feet that not one resident of thr
Rlackstone has reported any din
mends or previous stones for taxation
though it was declared thousands b!
dollars worth of gents are owned bj
residents of the hotel.
HUSBAND BOASTED
OF HIS CONQUESTS
William MorrifSin. n plumber, use.
In boast to his wife. Bertha, th.it h'
Went with other women, she testifiei
in domestic relations court where *
divorce was granted her Friday. Thi
Morrisons were married 16 years agf
and lived at 2403 North Nineteeiitl
street.
By an agreement between them, shi
Is given the house and furniture ant
$65.75 a month for support of thei;
child.
Dawes Once Planned Law Practice
Here, bat Fate Made It Lincoln
Gen. Charles G. Dawes, vice presi
dential nominee, was a resident of
Omaha for one week during March,
1887. He was 21 at the time and had
been graduated during the previous
year from a Cincinnati law school.
He came to Omaha with intentions
of beginning his law practice in the
city, of which he had received favor
able Impressions from his classmate,
Charles W. DeLamatre, present mem
her of the local bar.
During his week in Omaha nearly
40 years ago General Dawes lived
with DeLamatre, then a bachelor.
Dawes, from Marietta, O., and De
Lamatre. from Sandusky, finished law
school together, the former standing
third in tlie class. Delafnatre aropted
Omaha and Dawes wanted to do the
same, but fate decreed otherwise.
Dawes’ cousin. .Tames W. Dawes,'
was at that time governor of Ne
braska, so he went to Lincoln to visit
his kin. who cast the deciding vote in
favor of Lincoln. Dawes practiced
law in Lincoln seven years.
In Quiz Section With llmahan.
"While at law school we had quiz
clubs of about seven members each,”
DeLamatre said. "Dawes and I were
in the same quiz club. Others in our
club were Atlee Pomerene, senator
from Ohio; Joel C. Clore, who became
postmaster of Cincinnati; Will It.
Pomerene, cousin of the senator; W.
W. Dyar, now with the Department
of Justice at Washington; Daniel It.
Crissinger, who was comptroller of
the currency and later with the fed
eral reserve hank system. We met
once a week and quizzed each other
on the law and other subjects.
"My recollection of Dawes of the
law school days was that he was
loyal and candid. He would tell you
just what he thought and would not
mince words. He was not harsh, but
frank. You knew he was honest in
his use of words. He was inclined
to music and. like most of us thpn.
non and then he would borrow money
from his fellow students. But when
he would say he would pay you back
on Monday, which usually was his
day of settlement, you knew- he would
meet his obligation.”!
Forms Friendship Willi Pershing.
DeLamatre and General Dawes
have met about once a year for 35
years. A year ago last November they
went hunting together at Wood J<nke,
N'eb. The Omaha friend has visited
the Dawes home at Evanston and
there met John T. McCutcheon, the
cartoonist, and others.
During his early days ns a lawyer in
Lincoln, Dawes had a claim against
a showman who went broke in the
Nebraska capital city. Common in
terest in music softened the heart of
Dawes who, Instead of enforcing the
collection through attachment, helped
the showman to go on his way by
loaning bint money.
While in Lincoln from 1887 to 1Rf*4.
Dawes formed a lasting friendship
with General Pershing. During the
war, Dawes wan close to Pershing
oversens, ns head of the 1'nited Hines
purchasing hoard. Four years ago he
was one of the foremost promoters of
the Pershing pre«identlsl boom.
In his recent book, Dawes refers
to his Lincoln dais when he and
Pershing were wont to go to Don
Camerons eating house and frequent
1 lv "grabs a bite” while seated on
I lunch counter stools.
General Dawes has visited Oninhn
on various occasions during recent
years. He was here last October, on
his way with a hunting party to
western Nebraska.
Walter L. Plerpont, 358 Braudels
theater building, attended the Cln
, einnati law school and formed an ac
I quaintance with Henry M. Dawes.
■ brother of General Dawes.
Attorneys 111 Omaha highly praised
the Coolidge Dawes republican combi
nation Friday morning. A few of
ihelr expressions follow:
Ticket Praised Here.
Halleck Rose, Omaha: "Dawes Is
a wonderful man and has clean
morals. The United States may be
proud of him. Coolidge and Dawes
will sweep Nebraska.”
George Keyser, assistant United
States district, attorney: "It is all
over but the inauguration. Dawes is
a splendid man."
Dennis Cronin, United States mar
shal for Nebraska: "Coolldge with
Dawes as a teammate will easily de
feat the democrats. Nebraska will
support Coolldge and Daw es."
Arthur .Mullen, democratic national
committeeman from Nebraska: "Dawes
will strengthen Coolidge. He is a
good man: the republicans conlrl not
have picked a better. Dawes and
Conlidgp look good, hut I don t hr
lievr they will win."
William M. Seabury, New York
City: "Dawes is a great supplement
to the president. He Is sure of the
New York vote. Dawes and Coolidge
should sweep the country."
Willard S. McKay, New York City:
"Dawes is good, strong, clean and big
hearted. He will carry the east.”
Austin Keough, New Y'ork City,
democrat: "The republicans have
made a fine pick: there Is no better
In the party. Coolldge and Dawes
will give the democrats a hard fight.”
Frank L. McCoy, Omaha attorney,
attended Cincinnati law school dur
ing the period, when General Dawes
was a student. Mr. McCoy has visited
I he next vice president of the United
States several times at the Dawes
home.
COUNTY PIONEERS
DROP INELIGIBLES
Ninety-eight of 125 new members
recently signed up In the Douglas
County Association of Nebraska Pio
neers passed the test of 35 } ears'
residence in Nebraska, hut the other
27 could not qualify and were dropper)
from the rolls at a meeting of the
association called Thursday by George
R Armstrong and a committee ap
pointed to Investigate the new appli
cations.
Miss Mary Coleman, who was hired
by F. M. Russell and a committee ap
pointed to boost membership, was
dropped from the payroll.
Resignation of Miss Mary Bowman
as secretary, to take effect In a
month, was accepted. This was part
of the stormy executive session. The
annual picnic will he held In Kim
wood park -lune 28.
RAIDERS CAPTURE
SMALL ARSENAL
A small arsenal was seized by
agents of Rol*err p. Samardick when
thf \ raided the soft drink parlor of
Nick DasavUrh and arrested his liar
tender. Mike Yirkovltrh, South Side.
Six revolvers and a Mark jark wer#
sej7.ed. Samardirk stated that his
a pent* made several buys from this
plare. Roth men were recently re
leased from the munty jail, where
they finished terms for bootlegging.
Samardick s men also arrested Hose
Rallomi. 2027 Pierre street, ham a <V>.
lombia, 722 South Thirteenth. Emery
Ebert. 1401 Webster, and (Jeotge
Specht, 2724 North Sixtyserond.
Klected to Hoard.
Rev. Ralph K. Bailey, pastor of the
Unitarian church, has been elected
new member of the advisory board of
the School of Individual Instruction.
Rev. Mr. Bailey was commencement
speaker to the 38 graduates of the
school.
Thirteen, Held 10
Weeks in Affray
at Lilly, Freed
Charges Against 11 Klansmen
and Two of Townspeople
Nc\le Prossed—31 to
Be Tried.
KbenHlmrg, Pa., June 13.—Eleven
tllo^eil members of the Ku Klux
Klitii and two residents of Lilly, who
have been held in the county jail here
10 weeks under indictments of mur
der and manslaughter, in connection
with the affray at Lilly on April f>.
which resulted In the death of three
persons and the injury' of others,
were freed tonight.
They were given their liberty after
Judge Thomas P. Kinletter granted a
motion of District Attorney D. P.
Weimer to nolle prosse the charges
against them. Eighteen other alleged
klansmen and 13 residents of Lilly
will stand trial on murder and man
slaughter Indictments.
Burgess Bedtime
Stories
V_I_/
By THORNTON W. Bl'RGESS.
A frirnd doth Drove * friend Indeed
Who lends his »ld in t lino of need.
—Welcome Uobln.
•lust in Time llel|i Arrive*.
Matter* certainly did look bad for
Mrs. Robin. Ves, slree, they certainly
did look bad. There she was caught
with a piece of string around one leg.
hanging from a twig around which
the other end of the piece of string
was wound. And there, starting to
climb up the tree, was Black Ptissy
cat.
Mrs. Robin's feathered neighbors
were doing their best to help her, and
were proving that thev were Indeed
good neighbors. But their best didn t
amount to much this time. Rlack
Pussy had no intention of being
frightened away by mere noise. Those
who were hold enough to dart down
and peck at her didn t really hurt her.
With the certainty of a Robin dinner
she had no Intention of giving up.
How those feathered folk did
scream! They were led by Sammy Jav.
But even little Jenny Wren did her
part. Every nne of th* feathered folk
of the Old Orchard was there, and
every one was screaming They made
such n racket that Biackey the Crow
way over in the Green Forest, heard
the noise and started to see what il
all meant.
Some one else heard It. It wai
Farmer Brown's boy. He was at wink
out hack of the barn. He atopped
working and listened a moment
"Now. what can hat* happened tr
the Old Orchard?" he exclaimed
"Something is wrong over there
Somebody is in trouble, and I hate »r
idea I may he needed over there "
He ran around th* earner of thi
barn and at a glance aaw that thi
trouhie waa in a rertaln tree Hi
made straight for that tree. Samn.t
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Geraniums, 4-inch, $1.50 doz.; 3*
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Pansies, 40c doz.
All Plants Prices Cut in Two
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1507 Farnam, 25th and G Sta.
.Jay saw him coming and screamed
faster and louder than ever. As Farm
er Brown* boy reached the tree the
birds stopped scresmlng and flew to
other trees, all but Welcome Robin.
JJe remained right In the, top of that
apple tree and continued to call anx
iously.
The Instant Farmer Brown s boy
saw Black Pussy he knew that she
was the cause of all the trouble. "It
must be that she 1ms found a nest up
there,” thought Farmer Brown's boy.
Then he saw poor Mrs. Robin hang
ing head down and feebly fluttering
I at ihe end of that piece of string. He
shouted at Black Pussy, and Black
Pussy didn't wait a second. She
scrambled out of that tree and ran as
fast as she could run. Farmer Brown's
boy climbed Ihe tree and very gently
.
All the time he tallied softly snd in
ihe most soothing wav to
Mrs. Kobin.
drew Mrs. Robin up until lie could
take her in his hand. Then carefully
he unfastened the string from the
twigs around which it was caught,
and after that, with even greater tare,
he unwound the string from around
Mrs, Robin's leg.
He examined that leg very careful
ly to make sure it wasn't broken, and
all the time he talked softly and in
the most soothing way to Mrs. Robin.
When he was quite sure that she was
all right he opened his hand that she
might he free. For almost half a min
ute she lay there without moving.
Then with a glad cry she flew to the
top of the tree. You should have
heard the change In Welcome Robin's
voice then. Its mournfulness gave
way’ to joyouaness. He flew to the
next tree and there he sang, and
every note was a note of Joy. He
was doing hi* best to tell Ji'armer
Brown's hoy how thankful he was.
Farmer Brown'a boy understood it.
and hi* freckled face was brightened
by a broad Smile aa he climbed down
from that tree.
I^af \\ inners \re
En jovinjr Sport
Joko<strrs Fashion Fun of
Daily Fifo Into Snappy
Pnn«.
Where (o see I.ocal I.afs today:
' Hex theater Albion, Neb.
Kmpretf* thenter < entrul City. Neb.
\udltorium. Ifl n«*t i rtic**. Neb.
Yirtnrm theater Omithi*
l.othrop theater Umnlm
Some are born famous, some
achieve fame and others have fame
thrust upon them. in whichever
class you may be, it will he worth
your while to keep in mind the Local
Laf contest which is bringing out
many jokewriters who are winning
the* weekly cash prizes and having
the thrill of seeing their prize jokes
and the names on the movie screens.
This laf contest is creating lots of
fun. You can he a unit In the fun*
fest by sending in your jokes to the
Local Laf editor of The Omaha P.ee.
You may surprise yourself. It may
he a start for you to a career a« a
writer of humor.
Everyday, all around you, is ma
terial for jokes. It requires the
development of a certain ability to
take that materia! and fashion it in to
a snappy joke of SO words or !#*««
Tho jokes that win the weekly cash
prizes are the ones that are hrisrh*
and to the point. Brevity is still the
soul of wit. just as it was in the days
of Shakespeare.
OUTING FOR POOR
MOTHERS, TOTS
The annual summer outing for the
poor mothers and children of Omaha
given by the Volunteers of America
will be held June 26 this year. The
affair is to be given at I'lltnWood park
with chartered street cars and auto
mobiles to transport ttie participants.
The picnic Is given to the poor
mothers and children absolutely free
of charge and lunches, ice cream,
candy, cakes, lemonade and milk are
furnished, besides an entertainment of
games.
The cars and automobiles will
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ieat* 114 North Fifteenth *tr»*» a*.
? 40 Thursday morninir. .lun* :4.
New Po«tma*trr.
Mitch*!. K. D,. Jun* 14.—Th* con
firmation of th* application of T C.
Burn* for th* po»tmas!*rrhip of
<3 r> . ya* r«c«lv«d n
M toh*l!. Inf y»*k. Burn* ton* ■
el rgt of th* postoffic* Ia»t Sunday. $
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S 35 Table Models, now $13 50
$ 50 Table Models, now $26.75
$125 Cabinets, high clacs, now $83
$ 85 Cabinets, 40 in., now $48 50 j
$110 Cabinets. 42-in., now $78 )
$150 Cabinets, high class now $87 \
$175 Cabinets, now $118
$200 Console Models, now $135
$250 Console Models, now $137
$350 Art Style Cabinets, now $183
$350 Consoles, art styles, now $287
We will accept your pres
ent piano or phonograph
and allow full present |
cash value.
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“The
Simple
Life”
Thi* Subject Will
if Be Diicuoed by
Rev. Ralph E. Bailey
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The First Unitarian Church
; (The Church of Liberal Christianity)
| 3114 Harney Street ,
SUNDAY AT 11 A. M
} Soloists— Mrs. 0. W. Eldridjr*. Mr.
Hall Clovis. O'Ksnut—Mrs. Eloise
W. Mr Nichols
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WHITCOMB
Associate Minister
Will Speak on
“WHAT IS THE SWEAT
AMERICAN SIN?"
Sunday Evening, 8 P. M.
Organ Prelude 7:45
Other Special Music
at the
First Presbyterian Church
34th and Farnam
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