THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 24, 1916.
COMMUNITY CENTER
FAR FROMANY TOWN
Four Districts in Southeast
Nebraska Unite and Build
Fine School House.
FARMERS TO TAKE
POUTOAL REINS
North Dakota Han Tells How
They Hare Won Out in
His Own State.
A "Road Show" Christmas
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Drawn for The Bee
By NELL BRINKLEY
ALSO HOHE FOR TEACHERS
HOVE HEADED THIS WAY
i D
That the farmers will take the po
litical reins of the state of Nebraska
into their own hands through an ex
tension of the activities of the Farm
ers' Nonpartisan League movement, is
the belief of Ray McKaig, representa
tive of the Farmers' Nonpartisan
' League of North Dakota, who spent
Friday in Omaha.
Mr, McKaig, who, in addition to
being the representative of the farm
ers' league, is also secretary of tlie
state republican committee of North
Dakota and state master of the Farm
ers' Grange, came to Omaha from
Hillings, Mont., to speak before the
National Farmers' Equity Union con
vention here Thursday night, but his
train was eight hours late and he
failed to arrive in time.
Mr. McKaig was one of the leading
spirits in the farmers' nonpartisan
movement which swept North Dakota
at the last election, when the farmers
put their own men into office from
lieutenant governor, state attorney
and the legislative tickets down to
coroner in many of the counties.
Fanners Control.
"The farmers of North Dakota are
in complete control of the political
situation," said Mr, McKaig. "In
normal times the state is strongly
republican. In the spring primaries
the farmers captured the republican
party and in the fall election the farm
ers' candidates were overwhelmingly
elected. Reason enough. The farm
ers in this state are in the majority.
For years they nave been treated like
a minority. Human nature could
stand no more. The farmers revolted.
By sticking together as a unit in
hat is called the Farmers' Nonparti
san League they won a complete vic
. tory and precipitated the greatest po
litical, turnover this or any other
northwestern state has experienced
for years. . .. ...
"The fight was a bitter one. Re--ligion,
nationality, every other divid
ing spirit, was brought into play in
denunciation of the farmers' league.
But they all failed, the farmera won
out. .,
Enlist ths Farmers. '
'The political dynamite which
started the farmers' league waa ex
ploded but two years ago. That is
the short time it took the North Da
kota farmers to get control of the
state politics. The various farmers'
organizations of the state were enlist
ed to support the movement. A com
mittee of thirty-nine farmers was ap
pointed to make the nominations. The'
slate was stumped and the argument
of the farmers put before the people.!
4m' Victory was easy. .,!
"The movement has now spread
into Montana, South Dakota and Min
nesota," continued Mr. McKaig. "It
is coming into Nebraska shortly.
J. D. Ream of Broken Bow, state
master of the grange, has taken an
interest in it, as have heads of other
farmers' organizations. It is bound
to come." . ,
, Mr.. McKaig goes to Washington
January 5 to speak before the Popu
lar Government League, in which
Senator Norris of Nebraska is an
tactive member and also a member
. of the executive committee.
Mr. McKaig explains the victory of
Wilson in North Dakota, while the
state republican ticket was elected,
was due to Roosevelt. "If we could
have muzzled and gagged Roosevelt
Hughes would have carried the state,"
he said. '"The democrats actually
printed pamphlets containing excerpts
of Roosevelt speeches for campaign
literature.'
Auto Row May Go
To Howard Street
. In Near Future
About twenty of the automobile
trades' people of Omaha have already
indicated their willingness to move
their part of "Auto Row" from Far
nam street to Howard between Eight
eenth and Twentieth. -
; The ground, however, has not yet
been purchased for this new auto
mart, and nothing definite has been
done with regard to buying the
ground or erecting the buildings
necessary. The committee appointed
by the Omaha Automobile Trade as
sociation to investigate this matter
has reported progress and the dealers
generally regard it as quite certain
that the move w41l eventually be made.
This was the move originally agitated
on account of what the dealers pro
nounced exorbitant rents on Farnam
street. ...
It is' contemplated (o occupy both
sides of Howard street for a distance
of two blocks. Kounti Brothers own
all the ground on both sides in these
- it blocks, a fact which in itself is
expected to simplify the matter of
acquiring the ground, since it would
require but a single transaction in
stead of making necessary the secur-
- ting of scores of options.
The fact that many of the auto
dealers have leases on their Farnam
street locations with a few years yet
to run, it is said, will not cause them
to hestitate to move, as their leases
could readily be sold, it is thought,
to concerns seeking Farnam street
locations for other Knes of business.
Medals Given Americans in
French Ambulance Service
Paris, Dec 23. Gold medals of the
health service have been awarded to
Laurence V. Henet, president of the
American Ambulance commit!'.
Captain Arthur Wellesley Kipling of
the automobile ambulance corns, and
' Lieutenants Henry Skerrett Rogers
and John Rochfort of the ambulance
: corps, i . , ,
silver medals have been awarded
to Gustave Snow, chief of section, and
to Maurice Seloise, George North
over and Edward Bartlett Hayden,
assistant chiefs.
Bronze medals have been awarded
, J to the following drivers of automo-
bile ambulances: -,
K Horace Castro, John Dahlgren,
Clifford Deroode, Fred Doughty,
Allyn Eddy, James Frank, Maurice
! Guillaume. Robert De Machiela,
, f l.iaiofd Magnac, Paul Marie, Lucien
; So. ..ner, Marcel Sulzbach, Alfred
i Wddcll.
CITIZENS' BANQUET
FOR BISHOP HARTY
Hen of Diverse Faiths Will
Honor New Head of the
Catholic Church.
a. W, WATTLES WILL SPEAK
A banauet-reception will be ten
dered by the citizens of Omaha to
Archbishop Jeremiah J. Harty, Mon
day evening, January 15, at the
fontenelle hotel,
The affairs is being arranged by
firominent citizens of various re
igious faiths and the 300 guests will
be men of various religious faiths who
are broad enough to realize the good
that is in varying forms of worship
and the-good men found in all faiths.
11. J. Mahoney will be toastmaster.
Archbishop John J. Glennon of St.
Louis and Gurdon W. Wattles will
be the speakers. Archbishop Glennon
is perhaps the moat brilliant orator
among the high Catholic prelates of
the United States, with the possible
exeception of Archbishop Ireland.
We have tried several times to
get him here but something has al
ways prevented, said I. A. c. Ken
nedy of the executive committee. "He
has consented to come tor this ban
quet, largely because he is an old
friend of Archbishop Harty.
Popular Already.
"The Catholics of Omaha are
greatly, pleased with the personality
of the new bishop. Bishop Scannell
was a scholarly and a holy man, cut
he did not come so close to the citi
zens is Archbishop Harty. We are
especially pleased with the attitude of
the new bishop toward non-Catholics.
We believe this will lead to a much
better understanding between people
of all religious faiths.
Intelligent Catholics have the
greatest respect for people of other
religious affiliations and intelligent
Protestants have the same respect for
the Catholic church. But there are
some who are always suspicious and
th crrmmrt fnr thir aiianipinna ia jar.
norance of the other man's religion '
and of his priests or ministers. You
try to induce Catholics to support
some man for political office merely
on the ground that he is a Catholic
and see the indignant refusal you will
get. .''
Remove Misunderstanding. -'
"The new bishop is a man to re
move much of this misunderstanding
from those few among whom it ex
ists. And we are glad that he is to
make his first public appearance in
Omaha, excepting in churches, at such
a banquet and reception given by
men of various religious affiliations.
He is a man who will work untiringly
for the civic upbuilding of Omaha.'
' The executive committee which is
arranging the banquet reception con
sists of the following: ,j , .
i. A. McHhana, Chairman.
a. w. w.tu-i.
C. H. Plrkana.
K. J. Bnrklry.
J. H. Millard.
W. M Jaflara.
B. Buckinirhara.
M. R. Murphy.
W. M. Burteaa,
Julr W. A. R.dlck.
Heart Brandaia,
O. J. Smyth.
P. W. Judaon.
T. O. Byrna.
T. P. Radmond.
J A. C. Kannad)'.
Big Elk Breaks Neck in
Attempt to Jump Fence
Jeim. Wyo., Dec. 22. (Special.)
The death of a large bull elk by acci
dent was witnessed by Dr. A. B.
Hamilton of Laramie while he was
oh his way to pay a professional call
near this place. The elk. one of a
herd imported to Sheep mountain
from the Jackson Hole country, was
frightened by Hamilton's approach
and attempted to leap a wire fence.
Its forefeet caught on the topmost
strand of wire and it plunged head
foremost to the ground, breaking its
neck. -
Demands for Liquor
For Presents Swamp
Express Companies
Baltimore, Dec. 23. The Christmas
demand for liquors of various kinds
for the "dry" states of Virginia, West
Virginia- and the Carolina has
swamped the express companies from
this city, which se e these sections.
Two of the combines imposed an
embargo on liquor shipments at noon
yesterday until 9 a. m. today with the
view of relieving the congestion.
The express company officials say
that for the last week they have been
receiving and handling an average of
35,000 to 40,000 packages of liquor a
day. The packages vary in size from
a quart to several gallons.
LAWYERS WILL HEAR
DEAN POUND TALK
Nebraska State' Bar Associa
tion Convenes in Omaha De
V cember 29 and 30.
HUNDREDS WILL ATTEND
Roscoe Pound, dean of ifhe law
school of Harvard university and one
of (he best known legal authorities in
the country; will deliver th principal
address at the annual meeting of the
Nebraska State Bar association in
Omaha,. December 29 and 30! Dean
Pound, who Is to address the meeting
at the afternoon session on December
30, will speak on the subject, "The
Recrudescence of, Personal Govern
ment." . '
In the neighborhood of 350 mem
bers of the State Bar association are
expected to attend the two days' ses
sion in Omaha. All sessions will be
held at the Hotel Fontenelle.
The meeting will open at 2 o'clock
next Friday afternoon with n ad
dress by John N. Dryden of Kearney,
president of the state body, who will
talk on "The American Lawyer and
His Present Task." Reports of the
different committees on the last year's
activities will occupy the remainder
of the afternoon. ; .
A theater party, at which the state
association members are to be the
guests of the Omaha Bar associa
tion, is scheduled for the evening.
, Webster' Theme,
The principal address of the morn
ing session on the last day of the
meeting will he made by John Lee
Webster, who has chosen as his topic,
"The Constitutional Convention of
1875." In the afternoon there will be
Dean Pound's address and one by
Judge Charles B. Letton of the state
supreme court on "The Authorship of
the Slocumb Law." '
The meeting will close with din
ner at the Fontenelle at 7 o'clock in
the evening.
During the progress of the meeting
the association will consider recom
mendations prepared by the legisla
tive committee.
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New Grange at Woodbine,
Woodbine, Ha., Dee. 23. (Special.)
Grange Not 1245, Patrons of Hus
bandry, was organized here by Mr,
McGlosson of Oskaloosa. The order
will meet every second and fourth
Friday. The officers are: Master, S.
N. Willet: overseer, G. B. Hewitt;
lecturer, Mrs. G. B. Hewitt; steward.
Perry Watkins; assistant steward,
Jack Guyett; lady assistant steward,
Mrs. Perry Watkins; gatekeeper.
Will Holeton; Ceres, Mrs. S. N. Wil
let; Pomona, Mrs. H. Watkins;
Flora, Mrs. Robert Boustead; secre
tary, H. C. Willet; treasurer, John
Roush. - . ' .
WIT P17W VATTJJ CIVC
1LLUD1 1UU, OftIO
MOTHERTO SLAYER
Mother of Hnrdered Dorothy
Rader Comes Face to Face
; With Fuller.
IS HELD WITHOUT BAIL
A dramatic situation developed at
the inquest ainto the death of Mrs.
John J.v Carberry (Effie Dorothy
-Rader) yesterday, when Mrs. A.
F. Perrier, grandmother of the mur
dered girl, came face to face with
Floyd W. Fuller, the man who shot
her daughter. ,
As Mrs. Perrier came from the
room, Fuller, who was not called as
a witness, was sitting in tire chapel.
He raised his head as the woman, in
deep mourning, came toward him.
Fuller lowered hit eyes as she stared
intently at him, but she fixed her
gaze on the confessed murderer for
fully a minute.
"I'll get you," she muttered, as she
clenched her fists. "
J. W. Walker, the girl's stepfa-
I ther, took her gently by the arm and
led her from the room. The tension
of the situation had so weakened her
that she had to lean heavily on his
arm as she went, sobbing from the
! room. .
Evidence introduced at the inquest
was that of eye-witnesses and noth
ing new was brought out. Fuller sat
through it all nonchalantly chewing
gum, and showed no emotion. He
was closely guarded by police of
ficers. The jury's verdict held that the
slain woman came to her death at
Fuller's hands and recommended that
he be held without- bail for action
by the county attorney.
Burleson Blames
Blizzards for Delay
; Of Holiday Mails
Washington, Dec. 23. Blizzards in
the middle west, a shortage of mail
cars and an equal number of mail
handlers in large railway terminals
have contributed to the delay in the
Christmas mails service, the Postof
fice department announced today. Re
ports of postmasters in large cities,
the department stated,, show the
Christmas mail this year exceeds that
of last year by 25 per cent and orders
have been issued by the postmaster
general to superintendents of railway
mail service to secure freight cars
where necessary to move the mails.
"With the clearing weather," the
department announced, "the conges
tion has oeen much relieved during
the last twenty-four hours. Except
for belated posting, the eastern mail
ings to distant points, in the west,
northwest and southwest, it is reason
ably certain now that substantially all
Christmas gifts caught in the crush
will be delivered Christmas day."
Mrs. Barnes Acquitted
Of Killing Husband
Chicago. Dec. 22. Mrs. Iva M
Barnes, charged with the murder of
her husband, James R. Barnes, a trav
eling salesman, was found not guilty
by a jury in the criminal court this
afternoon. The, jury deliberated three
hours. ,
Mrs. Barnes is the nineteenth wom
an acquitted of murder in Chicago
since 1907. Barnes was shot and
killed during a quarrel with his wife
in Washington park, September 16,
1916.. Mrs. Barnes testified that
Rarnes attempted to kill her and
that the weapon was accidentally dis
charged while she struggled to get
possession of it. '
WIDENER'S ALIBI
, SATISFIES COURT
Han Accused pf Murder Will
Be Given Freedom by Des
y Koines Judge.
CASE IS INSUFFICIENT
(From a Htaff Correapondeat.)
Des Moines, la., Dec. 23. (Special
Telegram.) Municipal Judge Mer
shon at the preliminary hearing of
Kimmagej Widener charged with the
murder or Elizabet.. Watts, telephone
operator, who died from carbolic
acid poisoning November 27, inti
mated today that the alibi offered by
the defense Friday was sucient. In
overruling a motion to dismiss the
charge and in continuing the case un
til next Wednesday afternoon the
court significantly said:
"I have no reason to doubt that this
defendant left Des Moines on a Wa
bash train at 6:15 a. m. on the day of
the girl's death. Of course I will hear
any testimony to disprove this which
the prosecution may have."
The charge against Widener is
based on the statement of the girl's
mother, Mrs. Anna Cunningham, that
he was with her at the time she took
poison about 10:45 or 11 a. m.
Select Senate Employes.
Senator Addison M. Parker of Polk
county has been selected chairman of
a legislative committee to recommend
candidates for the clerical positions
in the senate during the coming leg
islature.. The other members of this
committee are Senators Joe R. Frai
ley of Fort Madison, Clement F. Kim
ball of Council Bluffs, P. C. Holdoegel
of Rockwell City and Karl LeCompte
of Corydon. This committee has been
appointed by Senator C. C Hetmer of
f arroll. caucus chairman. Senator
Helmer wrote to all of the state sen
ators to secure their approval of this
plan, which is an entirely new one.
The committee will meet on Janu
ary 5 and will report to a caucus to
be held at the Savery hotel January
6. The working force of the senate
will then be selected and can be ready
for work when the senate opens Jan
uary 8 and thus the delay and wran
gling of the first few days of the ses
sion over these positions will be done
away with.
Is Against Primary Law.
Former Senator F. M. Molsberry of
Columbus Junction believes the thirty-seventh
general assembly should
amend the primary law. He declares
the statte does not get as good men
under the primary law as it formerly
did under the old convention system.
"I believe all of the more important
offices should be nominated in a con
vention," he said today while on a
visit to the state house. ,"The county
officers could be nominated in a pri
mary, but statc'orfieers and members
of . congress should be chosen in a
convention. When this primary law
first came up I was a member of the
legislature and was interested in it.
Leslie M. Shaw, then governor of
Iowa, wrote me a long letter regard
ing the law, in which he outlined the
trouble which would be experienced
under such a law. Everyone of those
predictions made by Leslie M. Shaw
have come true. Men who were for
the primary are now against it."
Governor's Secretary Gets Job.
A. C. Gustafson, secretary of Gov
ernor Clarke, has accepted a position
with the firm of George M. Bechtel
& Co. of Davenport, well known deal
ers in municipal bonds and securities.
His work will be in the purchasing di
vision of the concern. He will as
sunme his new duties soon after the
first of the year. Gustafson came to
Des Moines to become secretary to
Governor Clarke from Red Oak. He
was formerly in the newspaper busi
ness. He was instrumental in bring
ing the Swedish art exhibit to Des
Moines in October and won the grat
itude of a host of art devotees, as well
as the Swedish people of the city, for
securing the exhibit. He has also
ben prominent in the Oden club and
in musical circles; ' , -
' Big Appropriation Asked For.
Additional appropriations amount
ing to $1,277,475 annually will be
asked by the State Board of Educa
tion of the coming legislature for the
three state educational institutions.
This will make the total amount of
state appropriations to the three state
schools $3,202,475 per year. : The
schools also receive some money out
side of state appropriations which will
bring the total annual income of the
three institutions up to $3,679,078, or
$7,358,156 for the biennial period. The
Board of Education has just filed with
, the governor a budget showing the
amounts which the colleges will ask
for at the hands of the next legisla
! ture. Additional money is asked for
I the building of a library and an audi
torium at both Ames and Iowa Lity.
The board also declares among the
absolute needs in the coming two
year period are the following: In
crease in salaries, increase in adminis
tration expense, a fund to employ ad
ditional teachers, additional funds for
equipment and repairs and for enlarg
ing present departments.
Arabic Never in
Service of Allies,
Says British Reply
Washington, Dec. 23. An official
report from' the British government
on the British liner Arabia, sunk by
a submarine without warning in the
Mediterranean, declares the Arabia
was not at that or any previous time
in the service of the allies. Germany
claimed in a note to the American
government the Arabia was an
"armed auxiliary.'' -
The British report was made in an
swer tto an iquiry from the State
department and further information
probably will be asked to clear up
doubtful points after that at hand has
been forwarded to Germany,
i The report was summarized in the
following State department announce
ment: "The Department of State has re
ceived a reply from the British gov
ernment to the inquiry regarding the
steamer Arabia, to the effect that it
was not at the time it was sunk and
never had been in the service of the
British government or any of the al
lied govcrnmeuts; that it carried some
government passengers, booked as
ordinary packet passengers, at the
expense of the government. The
number of such passengers will be
communicated later. It is under
stood also that there were no Asiat
ics on board except the Indian na
tive crew and that vessels do not fol
low the ordinary peace route on ac
count of the operations of subma
rines." Germany asserted that the Arabia
was in the service of the British gov
ernment, filled with coolie laborers,
with no women or children visible
on board, painted like a transport
and traversing the regular transport
lane, but has offered reparation of it
shall be shown to have been wrong
in that opinion..
Select Design for Monument
Denison, la.' Dec. 23. (Special.)
The board of supervisors has made
choice of a design for the proposed
monument to be erected on the court
house square in memory of the sol
diers and sailors of the civil war. The
design calls for a base seventeen feet
square and a stone figure thirty-two
feet high. There will be a statue of
a soldier as a part of the monument
Bids for its construction will Soon
be asked for.
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Stella, Neb., Dec. 23. (Special.)
"Bratton Union" is to be the name
of the new community center that is
being established ten miles north
west of Stella, eleven miles from Au
burn, nine miles from Howe and
eight from Humboldt.
The new school building that is
being erected will be ready for oc
cupancy just after New Year's. -Thoughtful
people in the neighbor
hood had been thinking of school
consolidation "for some time and last
April a meeting was held, and in July
bonds were voted.
Four school districts are included
Shroyer and Oak Grove in Rich
ardson county and Sunnyside and ,
Brattoa in Nemaha county.
The school building is in the
Shroyer district in Richardson
county. Five acres of land, at $112.50
an acre, were bought from John
Holman; and the north side of this
plot borders Nemaha county.
. Named fpr Pioneer.
For twenty-five years there was a
postoffice in - the neighborhood,
known as Bratton. The location of
the postoffice fluctuated, as it was
kept at various times in different
farmhouses. " It took its name from
a Mr. Bratton, who was a merchant
at Brownville, on the Missouri river
in Nemaha county, in the pioneer
days. The mail for a while in the
early days was carried from Brown
ville, and the residents of the neigh
borhood traded at the Bratton store
in Brownville. -
The new school building is 55x55
feet and two stories. It will cost
$6,300. At the time the bonds, were
voted $8,000 seemed ample, but al
ready the shortage of funds is
for Teachers.
Buying the land and erecting the
building is only part of the expense.
A well 140 feet deep.at $2 a foot, has
been dug; and to the well is added
the expense of a pump and the gaso
line engine for pumping. Then there
is the teacherage, costing $1,000.
barns and garages. The school
building is being erected by contract,
but the teacherage, a six-room bun
galow, is being built with help hired
by the day. .The teacherage is being
nade of two district schoolhouses.
Two of the district schoolhouses were
sold to, farmers at $200 and $225, re
spectively. " ;
Large Assembly Room.
The school building in the base- .
ment has' rooms for domestic sci
ence,: manual training and gymna
sium. Upstairs are two class rooms,
and the auditorium is arranged, so it
can be converted into two separate
class rooms. The auditorium has a
stage, with dressing rooms, and the
purpose of the stage is for use of
teacher, preacher, lecturer, . enter
tainer, or by whomsoever or whatso
ever is needed to make the building
a real community center for the
gathering of a large circle of coun
try people. 41 .
Bert Taylor, a man of school ex
perience, assisted by Mrs. Taylor,
will be at the head of the school. ,
They have been boarding in the dis
trict for several months and doing
whatever, they can to further the
work.
The superintending of the com
pletion of the school building and
of the erection of the teacherage
was. turned over to Mr. Taylor some
time ago; also to him was turned
over the wrecking of the two district
schoolhouses that , are to be used in
the teacherage, and he and Mrs.
Taylor have gathered up the books
in the four rural districts.
Transportation of Pupils.
Three or four farmers, in the con
solidated district have been engaged
to transport the children to school.
One farmer has converted a small
automobile into a truck with a big
body, and in fair weather he will use
this motor bus. In cold weather oil
stoves will be used to heat the rigs in
which the children are transported.
The rate is 20 cents a pupil a day,
and the farmers who transport the
children will each 'draw a pay check
of about $50 a month.
Count Chudenitz
Becomes Austrian
Foreign Minister
London, Dec. -23. Count Czernin
von Chudenitz has succeeded Baron
von t Burian as Austro-Hungariarr'
foreign minister, according to a
Reuter's Amsterdam dispatch quoting
the Vienna Wiener Zeitung. Count
von Caernin was also named presi
dent of the joint council of minis
ters. He was minister to Roumania
until the time that country entered
the war.
Emperor Charles, the dispatch says,
has conferred on Baron Burian the
brilliants of the order of St. Stefan
for his services as foreign minsiter
and has appointed him common fi
nance minister in place of Prince
Conrad von Hoherilohe, who has re
signed. Picture Films Are
Admitted to Mails
Washington, Dec. 23. Motion pic
ture films are admitted to the mails
by an ordtr today of the Postoffice
department, effective January 1.
Films will go under regular parcel
post rates, but stringent regulations
governing packing have been adopted.
They must be shipped outside mail
bags, inclosed in metal cases and
spark proof boxes bearing a label
with a warning to keep fire and lights
away.
Motion picture companies have
sought admission to the mails for
several years.
Pastor Returns to Huron.
Huron. S. D., Dec. 23. (Special.)
Rev. B. H. Burtt, now of Aurora.
111., and twenty years ago pa9tor of
the Congregational church of Huron,
has accepted a call to his old charge
here, and is expected to arrive m the
city soon.
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