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WOODMEN CHICLE
IS FLOUIITSUING
We&thert Stonni of Twelve Years and
- Now Ridei High on Wave of
1 Prosperity.
WORK OF WOMEN ENTIRELY
Great Insurance Order that is for
Wives and Mothers.
MRS. MANCHESTER ITS HEAD
Leader Among Women in Field of
.Fraternal Insurance.
STEADY GROWTH DUE TO CARE
Ilinni ( Gaarilluu Glrra Her Pfr.
anal. Sayrrvlslou to All Detail
ad a Solid Dvrelopment '
la the Reaalt.
i An organisation that hai weathered ths
storms for twelve, years and now trium
phantly rides onUhe hlgh'crestof prosperity
-ani) auoceaa ta the Woodmen Circle, with
headquarters In Omaha. This Is a fra
ternal Insurance order that Is favorably
known In every, state In the union for Its
astem of simplicity, absolute Integrity and
fidelity to Its business and benevolent
principles.'
. Mrs. Emma B. Manchester, supreme
guardian, of tha Woodmen Circle, probably
knows more of fraternal detail and system
than any other woman in the United States.
With this efficient woman at the head of
the Woodmen Circle Its affairs tire con
ducted with a systematic precision that has
won for the organization its enviable posi
tion as the leading; fraternal order for men
and women now before the public.
The Woodmen Circle may be counted as
na of the pioneers In the fraternal fleUl.
Fifteen years Rgo women were regarded
ta doubtful risks in -the Insurance line, atid
vhen this order entered the field It was
received with dire prophecies of an early
defeat.
But this order was one of the first to
demonstrate the fact that women could be
es successful In "the Insurance field as In
any other line of work, and numbers anions
Its members many Influential people.
teadr Orowth.
The success of the Woodmen Circle hns
beon attained by Its steady growth and
the careful supervision of its affairs. There
has been no effort made toward spasmodic
or mushroom expansion. Every Inch of
new territory, every new grove, Is care
fully examined and planned for In a
manner that makes them permanent ac
quisitions of the order.
Its members are men and women of
stt-ndlng and Influence in their community
and every effort Is made to keep the order
on a high standard, morally as well as
financially.
Those who are contemplating Joining an
Insurance order and this should be- the
duty of every man and women who has
dependants upon them should look Into
tha merits of the Woodmen Circle. Every
Inquiry into Its standing and methods In
variably results In new memberships. From
a handful of members at Its Inception
twelve years ago, the order has grown to
be a powerful and Influential factor In
national fraternal affairs; and one with
wl Ich any man or woman may be proud
to Join. ,' . ,' .
This order Is more than anything else a
family order. Any, young man or woman
over 18 years of age and of good character,
may become a member, and In many cases
father, mother and three qr .four children
are loyal members of the Woodmen Circle.
Its standing Is absolutely unquestioned.
.The name Woodmen Circle Is as solid and
lespor.slble as a United States bond.
The order cordially' Invites Inspection and
every request for Information will receive
a prompt and courteous ' reply from lis
supreme guardian, . Mrs. Emma H. Manchester.
BANKERS JAILED IN MEXICO
Manaarers ' of - Wrecked Banks
Their One Without
Ceremony.
Get
When a bank falls Jn Mexico, all .the of
ficials connected with It suffer more than
the -depenltorn. The depositors .may. lose
their money, but the hand of the Mexican
faW descends 'heavily on 'every one' of Im
portance connected with the failed bank
and slaps him Into Juil before the paste Is
dry on the notice that Is stuck up on the
closed door.
Two American banks In the City of Mexico
have failed lately, and two more or les
complete sets of banking officers are In Jail
down there now. A few of the prisoners
have been admitted to bail, but only after
having been Imprisoned for quite some time.
Those who have not gained temporary lib
erty are enduring hardships that In a way
are as destructive of life and health almost
as the convict swamp of the south.
There Is as much argument about getting
ball In Mexico as there Is In trying to ob
tain eventual liberty. The court holds nu
merous sessions that take up several hours
each day for two or three weeks and listens
to the arguments on both sides as to
Whether the culprit shall be balled out or
not The deClslcn, of course, rests entirely
with the Judge, and he never Is easy to
convince. These proceedings are especially
slpw, because they are never taken down
In shorthand. If the defendant or any wit
ness Is to be examined the questions which
the lawyers propose asking them are written
out first and submitted to the Judge. In a
day or two he decides what questions he
will allow and what he will not permit to
be asked.
When the person to be Interrogated Is
brought before the court all his answers to
the questions are recorded In longhand. lie
fore the session ends for the day the per
son testifying has to read over the record
of what he has been asked and ha an
swered. Then he signs It; If there Is an In
terpreter officiating In the case, he signs
It also, and, last of all. the public notary
fixes his seal and writes out a formal dec
laration of the circumstances, which he
signs. The whole thing Is then tied to
gether with red tape and attached to the
file of papers that has begun to accumulate.
As all this la written In longhand; the stack
of documents In an Important . and long
drawn case will weigh 100, sometimes 200
pounds. They are left In charge of the
clerk In the court,, but the notary Is, to a
great extent, responsible for them. The
notary, by the way. Is not the casual
official that he Is In the United States. He
must have been admitted to the bar, and
must have taken a two-year course In the
College of Notaries. After a case Is closed
the documents are filed away In a big
granite building one of the largest and
handsomest of the public edifices In the
City of Mexico whlcn Is devoted entirely to
the storage of notarial archives.
. But while all this Is going on the accused
person Is In jail. Being In Jail la no Joke In
tha City of Mexico. These American bank
officers and their associates who have been
ai rested are confined In the great municipal
prison of Belem. Belem Is Spanish for Beth
lehem, and the prison was an orphan asy
lum and school In the days of the viceroys.
It is an ancient castle-like structure of gray
stone and concrete, three stories In height.
With its courtyards and all, together with
the new building of the criminal court con
nected with It, It covers a space of about
two New York City blocks. As a rule
there are about 5.0"0 prisoners In Belem
yeur in and year out. Nine-tenths of
them are of the lowest class, the bare
footed, blanketed peon, whose only charac
teristic that distinguishes him from the
animal Is that he walks erect and has the
power of speech. These prisoners and the
place In which they are confined are In
describably dirty and unsanitary. The pris
oners therr.eelves are herded in regiments
of a thousand in great halls at night, and
sleep on the stone pavement there. They
are so crowded many times that they have
to He spoon fashion to make room for all.
By day they sit about the courtyards.
It is among such as these that tliej.e
American bank people and their associates -men
who were accustomed to live as lux
uriously as any in the City of Mexico aie
thrown. If they have enough money to pay
the fees they may occupy beds In one larye
room that Is called the "sala of distin
guished guests." In this hall are gathered
the highest class of malefactora, who have
friends or money to enable them to escape
the horrors of the general prison. They
can send out for their meals and can sleep
on cots, but that Is all the advantages they
have. The overpowering reek of the an
cient prison and the prisoners is as thick
In the ' ssla of distinguished guests" as it
Is elsewhere.
But . even that Is the height of luxury
compared with what they have to undergo
during the first three days after ehey arc
arrested. The moment a man who is ac
cused of anything more than a petty crime
Is apprehended he is clapped Into a ceil and
Is kept "Incommunicado", for seventy-two
hours. He is not even given a hearing
until after this period is finished. . If there
Is anything thai will make a man rrpewl
or dilve him insane this will. -
The failures were not especially bad or
any more criminal than some that have
occurred In New York City since the panic,
but If the uccuscd Americans survive the
tortures of their Imprisonment and esCHpc
the typhus and smallpox, that stalks for
ever In Belem, and finally ure set free the
chances are-they will take the first train
for the United States if they can get
enough money to pay their railroad fare
to some point across the frontier. There
were two officials who saw the storm ap
proaching In time to get across the bor
der ahead of the long arm of the Mexican
law. One of them, the assistant president
of the bank, fled to Canada, and now Is In
South America. The other, who was Joint
manager of the bank, is said to be In Spain,
Neither of them can be extradited.
The president of one of the failed banks
was In the United States when his concern
went under. He still Is here and will nut
return to Mexico unless the law drags him
back. The president of the other bank
stuck by his Institution until it went on
the rocks. Then he fled northward, but
the police captured him almost within sight
of the Klo Orsnde and brought him hack.
ChlcAgo Inter Ocean.
K naehelor'a lleflect Ions.
All things get further ahead of him who
waits.
The easiest thlnrs to resist doing ara
those that won't cause you any harm.
A man would rather drink and smoke
Ms money up and a woman dres It up
than eat It up.
The Bankers Reserve Life Company
BASCOM H. ROBISON, Pra.ldsnt. Omaha, Nabra.ka.
STATEMENT AT CLOSE OF
RESOURCES.
Registered County, Mupici-
pal and School Bonds,. . .$1,286,707.28
Heal Estate 1st Mortgages. 540,700.00
Loans to Policy Holders. . . 284,255.29
Kenewal Premium Notes... 81,571.15
Cash in Office .. 346.00
Cash in Banks 95,602.54
Accrued Interest on Securi
ties 20,996.18
Premiums in Process of
Collection 18,814.67
Total $2,328,993.11
BUSINESS JUNE 30th, 1910.
LIABILITIES.
Net Present Value of all
Policies in Force ... $1,783,903.00
Premiums paid in advance. 6,291.96
Policies Surrendered for
Cash Value
Death Claims Reported, no
proofs
Excess Security to Policy
Holders ...
2,278.71
8,000.00
528,459.44
Total $2,328,993.11
A Solid, Conservative Western Company
ROBERT L. ROBISON,
Vice-President.
RAY C WAGNER,
Secretary.
WALTER G. PRESTON,
Treasurer.
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The Marvel
of
Insurance World
"The Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle"
A Fraternal Insurance Order Furnishing Protection
That Protects :
Officered and managed entirely by women.
Incorporated under the laws of the State
of Nebraska.
Licensed in 38 different states.
A loyal and enthusiastic membership of
90,000 members.
3,000 flourishing groves.
3,500 monuments erected at graves of
deceased members.
$2,316,141.33 paid in death losses since
date of organization.
$1,800,000.00 reserve fund, the largest per
member of any order in existence. -
America's Greatest Women's
Insurance Organization
9o,ooo Strong
The Woodmen Circle is the only auxiliary
of the Sovercin Camp, Woodmen of the
World. Members of that organization and
any worthy woman who can pass the required
medical examination are eligible to mem
bership. The Woodmen Circle is organized for the
purpose of providing relief for its members
in times of sorrow and distress, educating
them in moral, social and intellectual matters
and promoting fraternal love and unity.
It is doing business at the present time in
38 states, not including the territory west of
the Rocky Mountains, which belongs to a
separate jurisdiction at Portland, Ore.
The order is growing at the rate of 2,000 to 4,000 a month, so
that it has been rightly termed "The Littlo Giant of the Insurance
World."
It is not enough that an order is big, prosperous and sound. It
must have the quality, methods and laws wh!ch insure the conti.n
uance of-these things. The Woodmen Circle business arrangement
is as conservative, careful and farsighted as any other strong
institution, It offers splendid advantages to members. For par
ticulars address, i
Mrs. Emma B. Manchester,
W. O. W. Building. - - - . - Omaha, Nebraska
To Join
The innumerable caravan ihat moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Go not like the quarry slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach the grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Bryant
Think of those left behind to do battle
with the world and place your affairs so as
to protect them.
The Woodmen Circle furnishes insur
ance in amounts of $100, $500, $1,000,
$1,500 and $2,000. Members pay an assess
ment each month in accordance with their
age at the time of joining the order and the
amount of insurance carried.