THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1918.
TYPO GETS NEGRO
VOTE AND HELPS
START PERSHING
Bee Linotyper Pulls Smooth
Trick in 1882 Election and
Unknowingly Aids Career
of the General.
That comparatively insignificant
events sometimes lead to mighty re
sults is illustrated in the story of
Victor P. Gay, linotyper in the com
posing room of I he lite, who unwit
tingly initiated a train of events which
are responsible for the presence of
General John T. Pershing at the head
of the American armies in France to
day.
these are the links in the chain
of events which have placed General
Pershing in command of the forces
which will change the course of
world's history.
Gay was a cog in the political ma
chine which brought about the elec
tionof Charles Mansur to congress
from the old Third Missouri district
in the fall of 1882. Mansur soon aft
erwards appointed John Pershing,
then a Missouri schoolmaster, to West
Point, and so started him' on the
career which was to embrace leader
ship of American forces over half
Ofl.riOEYinOEY!
JbilJQJiiorn.PorfQr
Author ot
'Pollyanna.'
world, from the Philippines and the
wrecks of the Spanish empire to
France and the borders of the Ger
man empire.
Calls Meeting of Negroes.
"It was back in. the early eighties,"
said Gay, ''and Charley Mansur, whom
we all knew, was a candidate tor con
gress once more. He had lost by
only three votes in the previous elec
tion, and the word had been passed
out to the boys that we were to break
our necks if need be to elect old Char
ley this time. I was a printer in Chil
licothe, Mo., then.
"Just before election a brilliant idea
occurred to me. There were about 80
negroes who lived in and around
Utica, five miles west of Chillicothe.
These negroes were voters, but no
one had ever attempted to swing their
votes one way or another in the elec
tions.1 Many of them were friends of
mine and through them I brought
about the trick.
"The night before election I called
a meeting of them in a schoolhouse
on the cage of town. I told them
what the election of Charley Mansur,
staunch old republican, would mean
to them, and told them what the party
had done for them during and after
the civil war. I secured the promise
of all of them to vote for Mansur the
next day.
.Votes Bring Election. .
"Election night the votes were
counted. Sixty-five of my 80 negro
votes had gone in a solid block for
Charley Mansur and he was elected by
39 rotes. He'd have lost out sure it
it hadn't been for those negroes. Oh,
'we had close elections those days in
old Missouri."
It was only a few months after he
took office that ' Mansur appointed
Pershing to West Point, where the
Missouri lad afterwards rose to be in-
structor and from where he went to
begin his active career' of leadership,
And toe strangest part oi the story
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by Tha Publlo Ladg-ar Co.
By Parmlaalon of Houghton Mifflin Co. All
Rlghta Rmrrvrd
THE STORY THUS FAR.
Stanley O. Fulton, multimillionaire ba
for dellbarately dlaappaarlng, dlraota hli
lawyar to aand, at tha end of alz montha,
a ehack for $100,000 to each of threa rela
tlvea Jamea 131aldll, Prank Blaldll and
Flora Blaladcll In Hlllerton. Than Fulton,
niaaqnaradtng aa John Smith, a ganealoglat,
analoua to acura data ot tha Blalidsll
family, goa to Hlllerton to observe them
'befora and after taking" wealth.
Mania Duff la tha daughter of a man
who married the mother of tha Blalidella
and aurvlved her. fine aacrlflrea faereelf
for them all. Mra. Frank Rlaledell. paral
monioua when poor, la equally parelmonloua
when, rich. She ha been teillna Mantle
and Mr. Smith her trouble..
is that, although Gay knew John
Pershing by sight, he has never ex
changed a word i with him in all his
life, sever was introduced to him and
has probably never been heard of by
the general.
Gay Rooted for Pershing. -Gay
also was one of the Chillicothe
rooters, who backed the base ball
team from Wheeling, Mo., on which
John Pershing was a star third base
man. "Yon had to be i star to play on
that team," says Gay, ;'and the
Wheeling 'Haymakers as we called
them, won the amateur championship
of the state. They used to beat semi
professional teams from St. Louis and
other big towns right along. Al
though Pershing was a school teacher
and was a native of Laclede, Mo., he
used to play on the team."
"Yes, I guess it was partly my
fault, that . Pershing is licking the
boche today," concluded Gay, reflec
tively, "but it was all an accident and
I suppose just another trick of that
old lady they call 'Dame Fortune.' " x
Alumnae Convention
dosed Session With
Banquet to Delegates
The fourth biennial convention of
the National Federation of Alumnae,
Sisters of Charity, C 8. V. M, closed
in the banquet hall at the Blackstone
hotel Wednesday night with about
200 present.
Mrs. J. M. Mullen, chairman of the
local biennial board, acted as toast
mistress. Miss Joy Higgins of Oma
ha, who was to have made the princi
pal address, missed her train and was
unable to reach Omaha for the meet
ing. ; " " ' 1 .
Miss Ada K. Gannon, governor of
the Iowa chapter of the International
Federation of Catholic Alumnae, rep
resenting the Immaculate Conception
convent of Davenport, la, delivered
her famous lecture on Ireland, the
substance of which is a correction of
erroneous information concerning the
Irish Conscription question.
Miss Cecelia Mulqueen of this city
bade delegates and visitors farewell
in an unique and entertaining man
ner, which was acknowledged by Miss
Elizabeth R. King, president of the
national federation.
Beat Her Up and Used Gun. .
'So She Asks for Divorce
Gertrude A. Crittenden, in her suit
for divorce filed in district court
Thursday, alleges that her husband,
Omer O. Crittenden, beat her se
verely, dragged her about the house
and yard in a vicious manner and, as
a tliraax to this "little outburst," took
a shot at her. Gertrude avers in her
petition' that married life with Omer
is not her ambition and she wants the
lav to cut the bans.
Boys Released When Deny
- They Annoyed Pedestrians
- Twelve ' boys, arrested at Thirty
third and Parker - streets Saturday
night on the charge of annoying pe
destrians, were discharged in police
court, when no one appeared 'against
them. The boys declared themselves
innocent and that the real "gang"
escaped.
CHAPTER XII. (-Continued).
MR. SMITH turned and threw up
both his hands.
For Heaven's sake. lady, go home,
and spend some of that money!"
Mrs-. Jane laughed a, bit ruetully.
"Well. I don't see but what I shall
have to. with everybody against me
like this," she sighed, getting slowly
to her feet. "But if you know if
either of vou knew how really valua
ble money is, and how much it would
earn for vou. if you'd only let it. I
don t believe youd be quite so tast
to tell me to go and spend it.
"Perhaps not; but then, you see, we
dont know, smuea miss Maggie,
once aeain her cheery self.
Mr. Smith said nothing. Mr. Smith
had turned his back iust then.
When Mrs. Jane was gone, Mr.
Smith faced Miss Maggie with a quiz-
zical smile. ,
"Well?" he hazarded.
"You mean "
Tm awaiting orders as your new
boarder.
Ohl They 11 not be alarming, I
assure you. uo you reany want to
come?"
"Indeed I dol .And I think it's
mighty good of you to take me. .But
should you. do you think? Haven't
you got enough, with your father to
care for? Won't it be too hard for
you?"
She shook her head
"I think not. Besides, I'm going to
have help. Annabelle and Florence
Martin, a. farmer's daughters, are very
anxious to be in town to attend school
this winter and I have said that I
would take them. They will work for
their board."
The man gave a disdainful sniff.,
"I can imagine how much work
you'll let them dol It strikes me the
help is on the other loot. However,
we'll let that pass. I shall be glad
enough to come and I'll stay unless I
find you're doing too much and going
beyond your strength. But how about
your father?"
"Oh, he won't mind. I'll arrange
that he proposes the idea himself. Be
sides," she twinkled merrily "you
really get along wonderfully with
father, you know. And, as for the
work I shall have more time now.
Hattie will have some one else to
care for her headaches and Jane
won't put down any more carpets, I
fancy, for a while."
"Well, I should hope I" he shrugged.
"Honestly, Miss Maggie, one of the
best things about this Blaisdell money
in my eyes is tnat it may give you a
you J
k and
little rest from being chief coo'
bottle washer and head nurse com
bined, on tap for any minute. But
say, that woman will spend some of
that money, won't she?"
Maggie smiled significantly.
"I think she will. I saw Frank last
evening though I didn't think it
necessary to say so to her. He came
to see me. I think vou'll find that
they move very soon and that the
ladies of the family have some new
clothes."
"Well, I hope so."
"You seem concerned."
"Concerned? Er ah well, I am,"
he asserted stoutly. "Such a windfall
of wealth ought to bring happiness, I
think; and it seemed to, to Mrs.
Hattie, though, of course, she'll learn
better, as time goes on, how to, spend
her money. But Mrs. Tan i a,i
by the way, how is Miss Flora bear
ing up under the burden?"
Miss Maggie laughed.
"Poor Floral"
''Poor Floral' And do I hear
'Poor Maggie' 'say 'Poor Flora?'"
"Oh,' she won't be poor' long,
smiled Miss Maggie. "She'll get used
to it this stupendous sum of money
one of these days. But just now
she's nearly frightened to death."
"Frightened!"
"Yes both because she's got it, and
because she's afraid she'll lose it.
That doesn't sound logical, I know,
but Flora isn't being logical just now.
To begin with she hasn't the least
idea how to spend money. Under my
careful guidance, however, she has
bought her a few new dresses
though they're dead black "
"Black!" interrupted the man.
"Yes, she's out on mourning."
smiled Miss Maggie, as he came to
a dismayed stop, she would do it.
She declared she wouldn't feel half
decent unless she did with that poor
man dead, and giving her all that
money."
But he isn't dead that is, they
aren t sure he's dead," amended Mr.
Smith, hastily.
"But Flora thinks he is. She says
he must be, or he would have ap
peared in time, to save all that money.
She's very much shocked, especially
at Hattie, that there is so little re
spect being shown his memory. So
she is all the more determined to do
the best she can on her part."
"But she she didn't know him, so
she can't er really mourn for him,"
stammered the man. There was a
most curious helplessness on Mr.
Smith's face.
"No, she says she can't really
mourn," smiled Miss Maggie again,
"and that's what worries her the
most of anything because she can't
mourn, when he's been so good to
her and he with neither wife nor
chick nor child to mourn for him.
she says. But she's determined to go
through the outward form of 'it, at
least. So she's made herself some new
black dresses, and she's bought a veil.
She's taken Mr. Fulton's picture (she
had one cut from a magazine, I be
lieve), and has had it framed and
hung on her wall. On the mantel be
neath it she keeps fresh flowers, al
ways. She says it's the nearest thing
she can come to putting flowers on
his grave, poor man!
Good heavens! breathed Mr.
Smith, falling limply into a chair.
And she doesn t go anywhere, ex
cept to church, and for necessary errands."
"That explains why I haven't seen
her. i had wondered where she was.
"Yes. She is verv conscientious.
But she is going later to Niagara. I've
persuaded her to do that. She'll go
with a party, of course one of those
personally conducted affairs, you
know. Poor dearl She's so excited 1
All her life she's wanted to see Niag
ara. Now she's going, and she can
hardly believe it's true. She wants a
phonograph, too, but she's decided
not to get that until after six months
mourning is up it's too frivolous and
jolly for a house of mourning.
Oh. good heaven! breathed Mr.
Smith, again.
It is funny, isn t it, that she takes
quite so seriously? Bessie sug
gested (I'm afraid Bessie was a little
naughty) that she get the phono
graph, but not allow it to play any
thing but dirges and hymn tunes."
"But, isn't the woman going to take
any comfort with that money?" de
manded Mr. Smith.
"Indeed she isl She's taking com
fort now. You have no idea, Mr.
Smith, what it means to her, to feel
that she need never want again, and
that she can buy whatever she pleases,
without thinking of the cost. That's
why she's frightened because she is
so happy. She thinks it can't be right
to be so happy. It's too pleasant to
be right. When she isn't being fright
ened about that, she's being frightened
frvr irttr she'll lose it. and thus not
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have it any more. I don't think she
quite realizes yet what a big sum of
money it is. and that she'd have to
lose a great deal before she lost it
all."
"Oh, well, she'll get used to it in
time," declared Mr. Smith, his face
clearing a little. "Then they'll begin
to live sanely and sensibly, and spend
the money as it should be spent Of
course, you couldn't expect them to
know what to do, at, the very first,
with a sum like that dropped into
their laps. What would you do your
self? Yes, what would you do? repeat
ed Mr. Smith, his face suddenly alert
and interested again. "What would
you do if you should fall heir to a
hundred thousand doIIars--tomor-row?"
"What would I do? What wouldn't
I do?" laughed Miss Maggie. Then
abruptly her face changed. Her eyes
became luminous, unfathomable.
"There is so much that a hundred
thousand dollars could do so much!
Why, I would" Her face changed
again abruptly. She sniffed as at an
odor from somewhere. Then lightly
she sprang to her feet and crossed to
the stove. '."What would I do with
a hundred thousand dollars?" -she de
manded, whisking open a damper in
the pipe. "I'd buy a new base-burner
that didn't leak gas I That's what I'd
do with a hundred thousand dollars.
Are you going to give it to me?" 1
"Eh? Ah what?" Mr. Smith was
visibly startled.
Miss Maggie laughed merrily.
"Don't worry. -I wasn't thinking
of charging quite that ( for your
board. But you seemed so interested.
I didn't know but what you were go
ing to hand over the hundred thou
sand, just to see what I would do
with it." she challenged, mischievous
ly. "However, I'll stop talking non
sense and come down to business. If
you'll walk this way, Mr. New
Boarder, I'll let you choose which of
two rooms you'd like."
And Mr. Smith went But, as had
occurred once or twice before, Mr.
Smith's face, as he followed her, was
a study.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
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union racmc Man rviaae
Colonel in American Army
word reaches union racinc oi
fices that Ernest Stenger, now ir
France in charge of the operation of
some of the railroads behind the fight
ing lines, has been promoted from
major to lieutenant colonel.
Prior to going to war, Mr. Stenger
was a Union Pacific superintendent.
Help Hoover save wheat-
Eat (ream of "Rue
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You will enjoy it served in many ways.
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IX C ELDREDGE,
Pruidtnt.
ertornc
IdIm Shre of Specialty Sfiopb
E. M.'REYNOLQS,
V.-Pru. mnd Qtn. Mgr.
Only Two Days More to Buy
Furs at August Sale Prices
Purchases
Made
Friday and
Saturday
Will Appear
on Oct 1
Statement
reductions of 50
WE urge every woman "that wishes to purchase a piece of fur
to buy now because of the unsettled market. irmrlitinria
and scarcity of fine quality skins, which accounts for the steadily
increasing price of quality furs.
We mention a few of the items that, if any remain, will go
back to their regular prices September 1st.
Marmot Coat
Beautiful skin, 45 inches long, belted all around, shawl collar,
deep cuffs, slash pockets.
Regular price $170, sale price $85
Girls' Muskrat Coat
Three-quarter length for girls. Belted all around, cut on
youthful lines. Wide bands of same fur trim this remarkable
modeL Full lined with striking figured satin.
Regular price $295, sale price $147.50
Hudson Seal Coat
Plain Hudson seal coat, shawl collar,
full belted and deep cuffs.
Regular price $465, sale price $232
Hudson Seal Coat
Luxuriant Hudson seal coat with real
marten collar and cuffs, full belted,
lined with beautiful satin. . .
Regular price $6S5, sale price
$342.50
Hudson Seal Coat
Hudson seal coat, made of finest
quality skins, attractive empire model,
mink collar and cuffs.
Regular price $1,000, sale price $500
Hudson Seal Coatee
Finest quality, smart model, with
natural squirrel trimming.
Regular price $465, sale price $228
Nutria Coatee
Plain Nutria coat, self-trimmed,
richly lined.
Regular price $260, sale price $130
Hudson Seal Coatee
Hudson seal cape-stole, finest qual
ity. Regular price $160, sale price $80
Scarfs-
Black wolf scarf, regular price $"25, sale price. .. .$12.50
Brown wolf scarf, regular price $42.50, sale price. $21.25
Georgette taupe fox scarf, regular price $245,
sale price $122.50
Muffs
Black wolf muff, regular price $15.00, sale price... $7.50
Black wolf muff, regular price $39.50, sale price. .$19.50
Black lynx muff, regular price $126.00, sale price. $63.00
Just a Partial List of the Many Unusual Values
Offered During Our August Fur Sale.
The Children's Store of Omaha
Is splendidly prepared to outfit
your boy and girl for school
. CH00L starts next Tuesday, September 2nd, and the thought uppermost in most parents' minds Is how to
J outfit the children for school economically, yet in good taste. Naturally a store such as ours, that has been
acknowledged specialists in children's wear for years past, is the only logical place to shop.
A reputation such as our Juvenile Shops enjoy can be gained only by selling finest quality merchandise
at prices that appeal to the most economical parents. Visit our separate Children's Shops Friday. Many unusual
values offered Friday and Saturday only.
Boys' School Suits 2 Lots
$6.95 and $10.95
In the $6.95 group you will find dependable suits in
gray and brown mixtures also an assortment of blue
serge and brown corduroy suits. One and two pair of
pants. At $10.95 we are offering all-wool mixture suits
in khaki, blue, brown and gray in a variety of dressy
patterns.
, IMPORTANT NOTICE! One guaranteed Anso- (
nia mentor nickel Arabic watch given free with
every wool or corduroy suit purchase.
Misses' and Children's School Shoes
$3.25 to $3.95
Calfskin shoes for misses and children. Welt soles.
Button and lace styles.
Boys' School Shoes
$3.75 to $4.50
shoes, made to
Benson & Thome "Rough
withstand hard boy wear.
Rider'
Boys' 85c and 95c Blouses
69c 3 for $2.00 .
Boys' School Hosiery
35c 3 Pairs for $1.00
Girls'NewFallWashDresses
For School Wear
$3.50 to $5.00
Ideal dresses to start the Fall season. Girlish styles
in plain and plaid ginghams with contrasting collars
and cuffs. Sizes 8 to 14 years.
SCHOOL MIDDIES New and complete assortment.
, Sizes 6 to 22 years.
Price range $1.50 to $3.50
SERGE AND SILK DRESSES In youthful styles to
appeal to girls from 7 to 12 years. Plaid or plain
effects. , .
Price range $12.75 to $25
GIRLS' DRESSES, 13 TO 17 YEARS Clever models
in serge, silk, Jersey and velvet.
Price range $14.50 to $35
GIRLS' SCHOOL COATS An extensive assortment of
winter coats for girls. Smart style, fashioned of
corduroy, plush, velvet, velour and silvertone. Sizes
7 to 14 years and misses 13 to 17.
Price range $13.50 to $45
Girls' Dress Hats
$1.75 to $5.00
Smartly tailored shapes with ribbon bands and
streamers and girlish tarn effects. Made of velvet, plush
and corduroy. Styles to appeal to girls from 5 to 14
years. '
Dressy Models, $2.95 to $8.50
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