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I" A' THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 7, 1920. I V South Side WOMAN SUFFERS FATAL BURNS AS CLOTHES FLAME Mrs. John Haney of Fort h. Crook Dies When Cloth- ing Catches Fire From Stove. While engaged in getting breakfast Friday morning at. the range in her home at Fort Crook, the clothing of Mrs. John Haney. 55 years, old, caught fire and burned Her so serious ly she died at 9:30 the same evening. After Mrs. Haney saw her clothing on fire she became hysterical and ran out into the tuck yard, where the wind" fanned the flames and en- veloped the woman with a mass of Iheat. which burned the flesh from 4 her face and hands. . f Mrs. Haney is survived, by her I husband, two daughters, Mary and Kathenne: two sons. lames and John; a brother, Dennie Barrett of Kanses City, and a sister, bister Mary Josephus of the Charity Or der, Butte. Mont. The funeral will be held Monday morning at 9 from the home of David D. Haney. Burial will be made m Holy sepulchre cemetery. Mexicans Are Held for Thefts of Dress .Goods John Flynn, 4912 South Twenty fourth street, reported to the police that 45 yards of silk dress goods, valued at $90, had been stolen from his Store Friday evening and that he suspected two Mexicans who had ri visited the store. ''lv . t. r. ... it.fi " i wo nours aucr ine men. was re ported. Detectives Farrand and Lun deen searched the King hotel, 2615 N. street, and found the goods, which were identified by Mr. Flynn. Joe Morelo and Rafael Garcia, a couple of young Mexicans, were ar rested by the officers and booked on a charge of investigation. i. . Banker Kills Self. - Newport News, Va., March 6. R. D. Hoiloway, president of the Vas-sar-Abbott company, who was ar rested Friday night on charges in connection with the recent failure of the Colonial State bank here, shot and killed himself after he had been released on bail. South Side Brevities Ore sin-room house, 11,600: one alx-roora houM, 11,4(10; all modern except heat. E. O. Jonee, Barber. 2403 N St. J . Fir caused by a defective flu4 slightly damaged the root of the home of Mlko Urahovlo, 3H T street, Saturday after noon. The Ladled' Aid aoclety of Grace' M. E. church will be entertained Thursday after noon at a St. fatilck'a tea at the bom vt Mr. P. U Robb. 4018 South Twepty ftfth stresti Mrs. Herman J. Oswald, 2509 V atreet, waa re-elected thla week prealdnnt of the Woman's Home and Missionary ao clety of the Wheeler Memorial Presbyter ian church. Mr. Z Klrstlrh, merchant tailor, has located at 4926 South Twenty-fourth treat Ha has Just arrived from the east with the latent fashions In all sorta of foods. Call South 1325. Announcements are out of the wedding of Harold B. Etter and Mlsa D&gmar Suod, at the home of the ((room, 3924 South Twenty-fifth street, last Wednes day evening, Rst. K. L. Wheeler officiat ing. - Alfred 1. Kotera. year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Joseph Kotera, 3510 Madlxon strcot, died Saturday morning. He Is sur vived by three elxtora and three brothers. The funeral will be held from the family home thla afternoon at 3:30 to St. Mary's cemetery. Mrs. Bevtna, wife of Joseph Bevtiis, 870 V street, who met with a painful accident recently, in which she suffered a dislocation of her right shoulder. Is re ported recover lux at .the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bhanahan, 420 South Twenty-fifth street. Dr. Robert F. Whiston' will begin a series of evangelistic meetings .Sunday, with, morning and evening services, at the South Side Christian church. Dr. Whiston has recently returned from France, when he served with the Red Crass. One of tha featurea of the avau- It Is Iron In The Blood That Makes Iron Muscles Like These Physician Explains a Secret of the Power end Endurance of Athlete How Organic Iron Nuxated Iron Helps Build Rich, Red Blood That Gives . Physical Strength and Energy To touch the arm of a strong, sturdy man to leei. tne steel-like firmness of those muscular .' sinews to think of the trims ndous force and power that must lie behind such strength these are thrills that come to the thin-blooded men and women whose own bodies are weak and physically un fit It takes nan of red-blooded fore and power to hit the sledge-hammer blowa that count and whether you are a pile-driver or a bank president yoa esnnot expect to win out against odd forever Unlet yon are a man of iron constantly able to strike and strike hard. . . - "There ere countless number of men today who at 4 are broken in health end steadily going downward to physical and mental decay, say Dr. John L Van Borne, formerly Medical In Pteter and Clinical Physician on the Board of Health of New York City. "Yet there are thou sand ef uch men who undergo a mot remark able transformation the moment they get plenty ef the right kind of iron into their blood to give increased energy end endurance. To help build stronger, healthier men and women, better able hysieaUr to meet the problems of everyday lite, rJelieve that phy.ician. .hould. at even JPP; tamity prescribe organic Iron Nuxated Iron for ia say experience H i one' of the beat tomeand red blood bailders known to medical aciene. . wm . .. a, H won owe it to yourself to make the following testj See how lone ou can work or how far yon can walk without becoming tired. Next take ZZL .( tahleta of Nuxated Iron U?.. If . St. . J-.lT two tare times per day. after meal, for two week. Then teat your atrength again aad eee for yourself how much yon have trained. Many an athlete or prise fighter lir!r ik Zmm Hani Wd he knew ? wo" A . 7 PiT..f ?v "j "... tee secret of treat atrength . and en. ilurmnec. which comes from having plenty !.-'l-0rljQII:M r? D BUSY YEAR JUST COMPLETED BY WAR COUNCIL Hundreds of Former Soldiers Assisted With Funds Or Advice. The .National Catholic. War Council Army and Navy bureau, located at 110 bouttt Fifteenth street, has just completed its first year of existence, having opened its doors on March 5, 1919. The bureau submits the following report of the work it has done'during the year: Employment cards of tha United Statea government handled in Omaha and Ne braaka. 1S.80O. bx-servlca men' assisted In making ap plications for bonuses since April 1, 1119, WOO. Canes of reinstatement and conversion of War Risk insurance handled, 451. Ex-service men 'aided In making claim ror unpaid allotment, 2 so. Travel pay affidavits and applications. Eg-service men aided In securing Lib erty bonds for which they subscribed while In service, 1112. Compensation claims and vocational training class. 133. Death claims, compensation and In surance. 4. Ex-service men assisted In securing back pay, 33. Affidavits and applications for ex-serv ice men wishing to secure equipment and olothliyr not issued to them when Ola. charged, 3.7S6. Men advised in the matter of home steads and assisted In making applica tion for same. 1,370. Request for certificates in lieu of lost discharges, 37. Letters Inviting returned service men of Omaha to call at tha bureau for Informa tion or employment, 4.500. Letters written to returned service men of the: state of Nebraska, notifying them to oail on the county iagent or the bureau representative, of whom there are 98, If they were aeektng employment or informa tion, (,000. Letters written to employers soliciting opportunities for returned service men. 10.4B0. Returned seniles men referred to tha Knights of Columbus for free lodging and meals, 3,650. Money advanced to returned service man Until pay day, 3500. Ex-service men for whom security or bonds were furnished, 252. i Good Co-operation. Co-ooeration has been received from the army officers and men, who referred in the neighborhood of 3,500 ex-service men to the bureau. The navy recruiting station, which conducted a sub-station in connec tion with the bureau, also extended its co-operation, as did all the war Service organizations of the. city. The bureau has conducted a club since ieptember 1, iviy, at 110 South fifteenth street', in a large room on the first floor. Every man is weltome to the facilities of the club, which include reading and writing tables, stationery and read ing matter; a piano and victrola and a moving" picture machine with which are shown educational pic tures two evenings each week. This club is open until 10 o'clock, in cluding Sundays. The work of the bureau is conducted under the man agement of Dan J. Connell, formerly of the Nebraska .state labor and compensation department, assisted Dy ,a start of returned service men. gelistlc meetings will be the services of large ononis. Mrs. vv nision will pre side at the piano. Rev. R, L. Wheeler, pastor of Wheeler Memorial Presbyterian church, will preach on the topic, "The Triumph of Lova, Here, and Hereafter," at the morning services, Sunday snd the evening topic will be, "In the Veil of the Flesh." There will be special Lenten music at both services. Mrs. Anna Tellnek. 32 years old. died Friday afternoon at Norfolk. She Is sur vlved by two sons, John and James of South Omnha, and 18 grandchildren. The funeral will be held this morning at 10 from the home of Mrs. Mary Hughen, a granddaughter,. 3882 Polk street. Burial wlU be in Oraceland Park cemetery. A number of Armour A Co. 'a officials visited the local plant from Chicago last week, among whom were: W. B. Derbv ana r. smeiaa oi tne general superin tendent's office: A. McKenzls and H. F. Moore of the motive power department. and C. II. Marciuess of the architect's department. Arrangements have been made by President Koliansky of the Armour Base Ball club, with "Pa" Rourke for tha usa of the Omaha base ball park and tha Armours will commence practice next month. The uniform this year will be black with yellow letterme. It la an nounced that the Armours have nlontv of good material. A strip of wood which holds works on a new combination easel and table when it is used for the lormer purpose, sjides out of the way when it is converted into a level table. Great Tells of Iron in the blood, while many another ha gone down to inglorious defeat ,fi?.r,KTteS.,f v.. , HANUrACTURIS, NOTE: Kuiltod Iron, which Pilbsd and wrorameiHtod above by physicians, Dot t ron,,. hut one whloli I wtll known to drusslua vttmhm. Callke ttw elder loonsnie Iron products, it u HIu iMimllued and oVs nat ajure the tti.. mass tbsm black, aor "J" stuniscU. . The muafscturars auarantee survMRful snd entirely sstltfictorr remits to etwy ;OThlM th-r will refnnd your uooar. U Is uiuwiiMd by all mod druuttts. and Endurance yjM "it FmU "Blackie" First Really Learned to Smile In Those Awful Hours at Chateau Thierry Bluffs War Hero Grows Impatient Waiting for His Artifical Limbs. ' "But when I get my new legs " "Blackie- smiled. That smile is one of "BlackieV distinguishing features. It is the smile of a normal, healthy young man. After watching it, the sight of the two stumps dangling over the edge of the wheel chair comet as a distinct shock. Better than a sermon on optimism and cheerful philosophy is the thought of this young veteran of the world war, whose mother and father are dead, and who lost both legs on the battle field, in France, facing the world alone' with this smile on his lips that seems to dwarf his handicaps. Enlisted Right Away. "Blackie's" full name is Terrancr Black. He laughs himself when he speaks of his first name, but he isn't a bit like it sounds. He is 23 year old and has spent most of his life in Keosauqua, la., where he was born. At the beginning of the world war, Blackie enlisted in the Keokuk company of the Iowa na tional guard, which was destined to become a part of the Rainbow divi sion. At the concentration camp in Des Moines in July, 1917, Blackie was transferred to .Company L, Third regiment, which came from Council Bluffs, and was composed principal ly of men from the Bluffs and sur rounding section. In November, 1917, the company went overseas. In February and June of the following year, it was stationed on the Lorraine front. On July 4 the boys were moved up to the Champagne front and it was here that Blackie lost his legs. "Just Happened to Drop." On the night of July 14, when the Germans launched the famous Cha teau Thierry drive along a 200-mile front, Blackie and a comrade, Ralph Davis of Council Bluffs, were placed by their lieutenant on outpost -duty to watch for the boche advance, and a. possible crumpling of the French lines. A terrific bombardment prevailed throughout the night. Shells fell thickly for hours, but in the morn ing Blackie and qis pal were still safe- It was not until the storm of firing had abated, later in the morning, and but few shells were coming over, that the accident hap pened. They just happened to drop one where we were, and it gummed up the party, is Blackie s way of telling the story. "Pieces of the shell struck me in the legs and hit KalDh Davis in the hark. He died later from his wounds." , "Blackie" came back to the United States on September 1. He spent a year at the Fort Des Moines army Allies Send Drastic Note to Constantinople And Promise Action London, March 6. The allies dis patched a note to the Turkish gov ernment Friday. The terms of the communication were not disclosed, but it is understood they are drastic and will be followed by drastic ac tion, should the necessity arise. Premier Lloyd George announced in the British commons Thursday that the massacres of Armenians in Cilicia had been the subject of very anxious consideration at recent con ferences of the allied representa tives and that the conferences had reached a decision which had been communicated to the allied commis sions at Constantinople. The pre mier added that it would not be ad visable to make public & the mo ment the character of the decision. The protection of minorities in Cilicia was in charge of the French, Mr. Lloyd George said, and all the allies were prepared to , give the French whatever support might be within their power.' Three-Shapely Girls Bedight in Tights Close Church Show Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire, Boston, Mass., March 6. Due to an error in booking on the part of a Boston theatrical agency, a wrong package was delivered at the Star- rett Memorial Methodist church last night and the "entertainment" offered by the Y. M. C. A. as the last of a series blew up with a loud report. What the right package was nobody knows. Tlje wrong one con sisted of three shapely, girls clad in pale blue silk tights. They are mem bers of a Boston . burlesque com pany. The show was cut off in the prime of life, when three flashes of pale blue 1 streaked out of the church platform wings and three feminine mouths opened in song. But the three mouths never closed again st least not in song at that church. I he pastor, in full view of a "shocked" audience, ordered the three burlesque performers from the stage, v Tne "entertainment" then succumbed. To Discuss Colby Again. Washington, March 7. Thevfit ness of Bainbridge Colby to be sec retary of state will be discussed again by the senate foreign relations committee Monday. Evidence of an important nature, members said, will be heard in connection with certain questions raised at previous sessions of thf committee. Refloat Steamer. London, March 6. The American steamship Louisville Bridge, which was reported with fire in the after holds and the vessel's stern sub merged after efforts of the crew to subdue the . flames had failed, has been refloated. The vessel arrived here February 28 from New Orleans and Galveston. Ship Launching Postponed. 'Philadelphia, March 6. The launching of the transport Marne at Hog Island was called off Saturday afternoon because the high wind made it unsafe to .send the ship off the ways. hospital and several months at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, receiving his dis charge there on February 5 of this year. 1 ' Now he is in Council Bluffs, the home of most of his army buddies, waiting for the artificial limbs that will enable him to forsake his wheel chair and, iti the meantime, plan ning his future. His mother died before the war, his father died in October, 1919, and he has no rela tives left in his former home at Keosauqua. "What about the first few horri ble hours, when you realized that both of your legs had been am putated, ;.nd you must be handi capped with artificial ones for the balance of your life?" hejwas asked. Learns H,ow to Smile. "That's when I learned to smile," said "Blackie." "I never really knew how until then." Blackie's views of life have not been warped by his experience. Hs ambitions are to make a success of himself in business life, to become a property owner and to build a home. ' Whether he dreams of some WHOLE WORLD BANKRUPT, SAYS VON? BERNSTORFF Declares President Wilson . Failed to Solve Problem - Of Just Peace. Berlin, March 6. German diplom acy must "take up the struggle at that point where President Wilson permitted it to slip away from him," said Count Von Bernstorff, fornier German ambassador at Washing ton, at a mass meeting of university students in a discussion of the na tion's foreign policies. Von Bernstorff declared that the president had merely touched on the problem of negotiations of a just peace and failed to solve it after being first -to assert that the war was. not to end in, the creation of a new balance of power. "For us the question is: Does the Versailles peace represent the fast and cruel orgy of a by-gone era," the former ambassador continued, "or are we to experience new im perialistic catastrophies, whether the new diplomacy asserts itself or old methods prevail?" Count Von Bernstorff said he had warned against any attempt to achieve a revision of the treaty through negotiations with individual entente powers. Such a procedure he characterized as a "dangerous il lusion," which was calculated td ex pose Germany to the charge that she was intriguing. "In punishing Germany," he said, "the entente forgot to take cogniz ance of the economic conditions of the world at large. The vanquished are unable to pay the war costs of the victors; the whole world, with the exception of the United States, is bankrupt." v Pollard Shuns Politics In Address at Rome Hotel Ernest M. Pollard of Nehawka, Neb., addressed the Pollard club of Omaha last night at the Rome hotel, but declined to talk any politics be cause he is a member of the consti tutional convention. - Kelso Morgan (presided and Charles Battelle of Omaha spoke on the objects of the club. "We feel that this is surely a re publican year," said Mr. Battelle. "We also believe that Governor Mc Kelvie cannot be re-elected, but that Mr. Pollard is' sure of election if he is nominated. When some of the other candidates, for the republican nomination sea Mr. Pollard's strength they will withdraw volun tarily from the race. Mr. Pollard lias great strength in Omaha and all through the state." Mr. Pollard confined his remarks to a resume of the work accom plished by the state constitutional convention. Diamonds and Silk Fail to Lighten Woman Hobo's Load North riatte, Neb., March 6. (Special Telegram.) Bessie Davis, a hobo, who is beating her way to Seattle, was put off a Union Pacific train here and then ' attempted to walk to Hershey in the midst of a severe -snowstorm. She was taken in charge by the police and later sent out of town. She is wearing silk clothing and diamonds; and attempts tSVnde n Pi Pullman cars only. 4 ' " (I one to share that home with liim he will not state. "Blackie" doesn't like to be con sidered a hero, martyr or angel. He wants credit for his human traits. According ' to Vigo Anderson, Bluffs restaurant proprietor, with whom the veteran makes his home "Blackie" "sat and cussed" the other afternoon 'because the newspaper photographer failed to keep an ap pointment promptly, and caused him to miss the first reel of his favorite movie. Somewhat Impatient. "I not knocked out of the war be tore I had a chance to become a hero," said "Blackie." "But I like to get credit for being' one of the boys at the start and doing my share. ' "I've had t.wo years in college and I think I've got a fair chance to make good at something. My pres ent helplessness ' makes me some what impatient because I havee an independent spirit and hate to rely on other people at every move. But when I get my new legs !" . And "Blackie" smiled. 'Mexicans Compel s U. S. Correspondent To Live in "Live" Cell Los Angeles, March 6. Gerald Brandon, special correspondent for the Los Angeles .Times, who was deported from Mexico Friday, was confined for five days at Mexico City in a cell infested with vermin before being conveyed to the border at Laredo, according to a detailed statement of his experiences which the Times will print Sunday. Brandon, in this statement, said he was not allowed to communicate with any one while under arrest. "I have never been officially in formed of the cause of my deporta tion," he continued. "But the Mex ico City press stated that it was due to a story which I wrote about the Jenkins cas and another on Gen. Candido Aguila, President Carran- za's son-in-law." . , ( Des Moines Police Destroy 500 Gallons of Liquor After Raid Des Moines, la., March C. (Spe cial Telegram.) In a series of raids made here police officers se cured 500 gallons of choctaw liq uor, all of which was destroyed, in the stock yards east of the packing plant. Holders of liquor put up a stiff fight before officers were able to take the whisky. No one was in jured. Twenty-five different houses were raided by police in securing the liquor. . Many Germans Entering U. Despite State of War New York, March 6. Despite the fact that peace has not been con cluded between the United States and Germany, appreciable sprink lings of Germans are appearing among' the immigrants passing through Ellis "island, according to a statement issued by Byron H. Uhl, acting commissioner at the station. As long as these Germans get passports from American con sul agents in German ports, Mr. Uhl said, the immigrants. need only to meet the ordinary requirements of inspection here, as these pass ports contain a tacit permit from the State department; Over $12,000,000 Stolen From 600 Brokerage Firms New York, March 6. Approxi mately $12,000,000 worth of securi ties including liberty bonds, were stolen from 600 brokerage houses in New York and other cities last year, according to figures made public by the district attorney's office today. Most cf the thefts are believed to have been the work of organized bands of criminals. Pledged to Johnson. San Francisco, March 6. A ticket of 26 candidates for delegates from California to the republican national convention "pledged to vote for Hiram W. Johnson on every ballot until Johnson is nominated by the convention or until Johnson himself releases the delegation," was an nounced here by Frank P. Flint, president of th lohnson-fbr-Presi-dent club. Auburn Banker, Benefactor To Nebraska Farmers, Dies ! Mourners Brave Fierce Weather to Pay Final Tribute i To French Aristocrat Who Served as Living Example to Adeventurers in Democracy Spur ned Wealth and Social Prestage in Europe for Yankee Freedom. By JOHN H. KEARNES. Auburn Neb., March 6 (Spec cial.) The little village of Julian, where he had made hjs home for the past three decades, is mourning the death of Calixte L. Mesnet, who was considered by his conferees in the banking business in southeast Nebraska, as being the ideal country banker. Mr. Mesnet was an unusual man and had an unusual history. He came from a family that was one of the oldest and most aristocratic in France, a family of g(reat wealth, of great social prestige and numbered among the elite for many centuries, yet, because of some peculiar atavis tic strain, he chose a career where success could be attained only by the most democratic of men. He was born on an estate in La Cinq Mars, department of Indre et Leire, France, May 4, 1857. The estate adjoins that of the De Castel lanes and one of his boyhood chums was the Count 'Boni de Castellane, former husband of Anna Gould, now the princess De Sagan, a man who typified in his life and character istics the highest type in the life of Europe during the bouroon reign and whose excesses and extrava gances, whose hauteur and caste arrogance brought 'on the French revolution, and which has since per sisted in men of the De Castellane stripe. Mr. Mesnet was reared in this atmosphere. His father was a wealthy manufacturer of machinery and it was his plan to rear his son so that the latter would follow in his footsteps, as chatelain of the estate and owner of the factory. To this end, the young man was sent to schools in London, Paris and Hei delburg., In accordance with the family custom in France, a . mar riage was arranged between him and the girl of his parent's choice, put ne reDeiiea againsr tne order ing of his life on these lines, and this brought about an estrangement between him and his father. Emigrates to America. About the time his engagement was to be announced, he was in London, and while there he became acquainted with some gentlemen who were engaged in the business of exporting Belgian and Percheron horses to America. He became in terested and persuaded them to send him with the shipment. Landing with his charges at Gal veston he went with them to a big ranch near San Angelo where he learned the duties of a cowboy and because of his interest in horses, he was also kept about the breeding barns. On the ranch, and in a stall in one of the barns there was a stal lion so vicious that none of the ranch hands dare go into the stall with him. He was an outlaw and a man killer. One day the owner ordered Mr. Mesnet to go into the shall and bring the stallion out. "I have the courage, monsieur." said he to the ranchman, "to fight you or any man on the place. It would rot be courage to obey your order. It would be hairbrained recklessness and suicide." He lost his job and came to Ne braska. Here he associated himself in 1888, with Mark M. Coad, at Fre mont, one of the leading draft horse importers in the west. Becomes Bank Cashier. One day, while at Lincoln, the young French emigrant met Emile Berlct, a wealthy Nemaha county farmer, and a native of Switzerland. He was attracted to Mesnet and pre vailed on the latter to come and work for him on the farm. He displayed such good judgment and business ability that his em ployer felt it should be employed otherwise. There was need of a bank in the little village of Julian, nearby, and Berlet induced Mesnet to organize a bank there in 1891. Young Mesnet, without previous experience, became its cashier, and so remained to the time of his death. He soon became the counsellor and friend of all the people of the neighborhood. He loaned the money of the bank to men who Over The Political Fence W. H. Wallweber, 4201 South Twentieth street, has filed as a dem ocrat for nomination as candidate for the lower house of the legisla ture. A coterie of friends has been taking City Commissioner Dan But ler upon the mountain and showing him the house of representatives at Washington. They wanted him to file for congres, but he quickly negatived their proposal. The democratic county central committee will meet Monday night in room 107 Paxton hotel, to deter mine the apportionment of precinct No Major Crime Decrease . From Dry Laws, Chief Says The after effects of the war, the high cost of living, and a desire to live in style without work are rea sons for the majority of the major crimes, according1 to Chief of Police Eberstein in a statement issued yes terday The major crimes, such as hold ups, safe blowing and bank robberies have not been decreased greatly by national prohibition, because crim inals who commit such crimes are not usually drinking men, the chiei says. " "Prohibition has reduced the ar rests for drunkenness, wife beating and like offenses," the chief said. "It has had the effect of creating a new crime, however, known locally as highjacking. Highjacking will da crease as intoxicating liquors grow more scarce. Prohibition is also re sponsible for the setting up and operation of a considerable uinbr of stills which produce a beverage unfit for huroaryonsurnption.1 would use it according to his direc tions. fcheds were built for ma chinery. Houses and barns wen nainted and nut in the best of reoair. He selected registered stallions and mares, hogs and cattle for the breed ing herds of tile farmers and gave directions as to the proper mating, H' advised intensive farming. Mr. Mesnet accumulated a large fortune for himself. He acquired a number of farms, all of which he converted into models. The build ings were all standardized, painted white with olive green trimmings while the hedges were trimmed to park-like Uniformity. Works for Good Roads. Mr. Mesnet was a public spirited man and during the hottest days in summer he would get a gang of men together with their teams and scrap ers and would go to work on the public roads adjacent to Julian. At such times he dressed as a labori and handled the scrapers with his fellows. Mr. Mesnet was one of the most democratic of men, yet he never lost that polish and courtliness that is the hall mark of the true aristocrat. The foreign born French and Ital ians in the neighborhood used to frequently refer to him as "le grand seigneur. During the 30 years he was en gaged in the banking business, there never has been an instance in which the institution has had to resort to legal means to adjudicate any mat ter with its patrons. In that time the community has grown from an unkempt, poorly farmed neighborhood, to one of the wealthiest communities in the state. Mourners Flock to Funeral, It was on a bleak,, raw dav that his funeral was held. The sky wasj lowering, and there were eusts of bitter wind, and squalls of snow. The roads were bad and there was an I epidemic of influenza in the neigh- Dorhood. Yet on the morning ofi the funeral the little village was packed with automobiles filled with' mourners from all the countryside, who braved the weather to pay the last tribute to the man whom they held in such high esteem. t ' The funeral services and burial was held at St. Bernard's church. a mile in the country. Nearly 2,000 persons gathered there, and the little edifice could not contain more than one-tenth of them. The rest re mained outside while the long re quiem high mass of the Catholic church was solemnized. And Calixte L, Mesnet. a member of the elite of Fraste. was buried as he had lived, not in a stately tomb with the ashes of a long line of ancestors, with the family es cutcheon emblazoned on his casket. but in a humble churchyard, with a crucifix in his hands, a companion to the friends gathered from the peasantry of Ireland, Scotland, r ranee, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Austria, who had gone before adventurers, all, in democracy. representation for the county con vention which will be held on the second Tuesday of May. Enrollment for membership in the Soldiers and Sailors Pershing-for-President club have been very brisk this week, according to Secretary John N. Baldwin. Headquarters of the club, room 108, Paxton hotel, has been the scene of unusual ac tivity during the past 10 days. In membership, so far, Douglas county takes the lead, with Lancaster coun ty a close second. Out in the state Butler, Cass, Otoe and Hamilton counties are tied for third place. "IT FOK Convalescence After the Grip, Influenza, or any serious illness there is nothing bet ter to give tone to the system, and a rapid recovery of strength, than Humphreys' . Tonic Tablets Price 11.00, at all Drug Stores, or sent by Parcel Post, C. 0. D., if your , dealer does , not keep them. Hemes. MeaHclaa O, 1SS WOliaia Street, Hew Terk, ' ) COLDS BLUFFS SCHOOL ELECTION WILL BE Vp FIGHT Opponents and Friends Of New Building Mar shal Forces for Fin ish Contest. One of the hottest elections Coun cil Bluffs has ever witnessed will ho held tomorrow and it is expected that a vote will be polled shatter ing all previous records for school elections. Three vacancies on the school board will be filled1 and the con troversy over the issuance ot $475,000 worth of bonds fox tin construction of a new West End high school will be settled. Opponents of the school havr three candidates in the field and sup porters of the proposition also arc represented by three aspirants to the school board vacancies. Opposing candidates and men who have been active on both sides of the fight clashed last night in a general de bate at a mass meeting held in the high school auditorium. West End enthusiasts, determined to have the new school building for which bonds have been voted at three previous elections, have made a house to house canvass of wards in that district. George Wright, lead er of the opposition, has issued a call to women of the east and north sections of the city to turn out to the polls tomorrow and defeat the bpnd proposition. Omaha Men Will Be Heard On, Stockyards Measure Washington, March 6. (Special Telegram.) According to present plans the interests opposed to the Anderson bill regulating stock yards and packing houses will be heard beginning Monday noon in the rooms of the house agricultural committee. 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