BRYAN'S SPEECH
SURPASSES ONE
THAT MADE HIM
Political War Horses Declare
' His Swan Song Was Great
est fratorlcal Effort of
Conwoner's Career.
San Franc!sco, July 3 Many de
clare Bryan's peroration surpassed
his fnou cross of gold and crown
c? thcrns speech which gave him his
first nomination.
When he was discussing war,
Bryan 8id in reference to constitu
tional provisions which make it
easy to enter war: '
"I am not willing to take respon
sibility for what may occrr. I, '.ike
these gentlemen, believe in a God.
Some day I shall stand before tha
judgment bar of God and when I
arrive there shall be no blood upon
my hands of people who were
slaughtered whiie I talked polnSw."
Treaty Is His Own.
The second climax came when
Bryan was speaking about the
treaty. He began in low, confiden
tial tones:
"My friends, you cannot 'call me
the enemy of Woodrow Wilson.
Why, it was my treaty," he con
tinued in conversational style, "that
he took to Pari.? and I have helped
him to become immortal by giving
the world a peace plan."
He spoke these last words slowly
and with ponderous effect. And,
my friends," he continued, giving
little warning by his attitude of the
crashing effect he was preparing to
deliver in the next breath, "my
friends, if I could get ratification
without reservation and give to
Woodrow Wilson the honor of se
curing it." he raised his arms above
his head and turned his eyes upward.
"I would w;ilk up to the scaffold
today and die with a smile on my
face."
The applause that followed this
climax continued for several min
utes It was Bryan's peroration,
however, that brought down the con
vention. Peroration Brings Climax.
The, climax came unexpectedly.
Bryan's time had been limited. He
had 20 minutes in which to dispose
of five subjects. He had been
heckled from the floor by several
persons and had delivered two witty
lejoinders that brought immense ap
plause from the floor when someone
shouted, "Your time is up."
Several persons shouted to Bryan,
"Goahead! Go ahead!"
"Now, my friends, my .irr.e is up,"
said Bryan. He stepped forward
to rest his arms for a moment on
the heavy rooe which was draped
along the platform. "I want to
warn you." he said, "don't he fright
ened. Time and again in iv'storv the
timid have been afraid, but always
they have found that '.hey had un
derestimated the numtr rf thosel
who had not bowed the kne- to Baal.
There was a time when .he great
Eiisha was told by h3 servant that
the enemy was too many tor them.
But Eiisha said 'Fear not, they that
be with us are more than they that
be against us. And then lie pulled
aside the yeil and on the ,.iountain
top he could see horses aiul chari
ots that had been invisible before.
Bryan Sheds Tears.
"Here," thundered the orator, with
his arms raised high, "; whete we
ate' going to throw aside he veil.
In just a few days another state will
ratify the women's suffrage amend
ment and then, on the mountain top,
you will see the women md .!ie chil
dren and the clouds will disappear."
Bryan stepped back a pace and
the storm broke.
Tears streamed from Bryan's
ejes as he watched the hysterical
effect of h;s words in defense of
"the home." For '30 mirftes the
great audience swayed with emotion
and the crowd was more religious
than political.
Governor Cox Leading
On LaVt Ballots Taken
Continued From Page One.
to McAdoo which also did not want
Cox. The prospects of a dark horse
were revived again.
The increasing vote for Davis on
tht I6th ballot brought him forward
again in the discussion as a ppssi
ble'compromise. Wrhen the District of Columbia
voted six for Palmer, Judge T. T.
r Ansberry demanded a poll and it was
' ordered after the roll of states
had been finished..
The poll was, Palmer three and
one-halt votes, McAdoo one and Cox
one and absent one-half. Under the
unit rule six votes had to be cast for
Palmer.
All three of the leaders lost on the
I6th ballot. Cox fell short 14. Mc
Adoo seven aW Palmer two. These
votes were aftrrost all given to John
W.' Davis. American ambassador to
Great Britain, Whose total on that
ballot, was 52. Mr. Davis was be
ing much talked of as a dark horse
on which the forces might unite with
administration support.
It was the first loss Cox had suf
fered since the balloting began. -The
failure to nominate on the
16th ballot threw all the leaders off
their feet. Plainly they were at a
loss to know what move to make
next The talk of a recess was re
sumed and it seemed as if some of
the forces woujd welcome it . with
. its accompanying opportunity to
realign things. The confusion
among the leaders themselves was
emphasized by the loss of time after
the 16th ballot. The band played
and the organ played and the- dele
gates chatjed and moved about the
hall. It was obvious that everybody
v as glad of an opportunity to take
breath and wonder what to do next.
Even the Phantoms
Are Without Homes
London, July -3. Ghosts have
been unable to hold out against the
house shortage. A clever and
houseless man decided he'd find
himself a home by getting the ad
dresses of haunted houses. He got
20 addresses, made the rounds, and
they have all ceased to be haunted.
Xot(one was unoccupied. ,
i Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
Starts in as
Retires
Bruce McCullough making presentation of diamond ring to P. T.
McGrath and silver service set for Mrs. McGrath. McCullough is on left,
McGrath on rigljt. Behind McGrath is James Bulla. ,
Forty-two years ago P. T. Mc
Grath was a butcher for the old Ar-
mour-Cudahy company.
Last week he retired as head cat
tle buyer for Cudahy.
Forty-two years ago McGrath was
at work when Michael Cudahy
chose to inspect the plant. He
spotted young McGrath busily en
gaged at his labors. Without fur
ther ado he stepped up to the young
butcher and asked:
Convention
By LEOLA ALLARD.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Eec Ieaeed Wire.
Auditorium, San Francisco, July
3. So great is the hospitality .,of
San Francisco, one of the celebri
ties writing about the convention
hasn't seen it-et. His badge is
a virgin one and will be exchanged
for a bottle of bromo seltzer, he
says, if the convention carries over
until Monday and gives him a
chance for a Sunday rest.
Col. J. J. Hughes of Oklahoma,
who also has many political friends
h Iowa, where he was born and
raised, is one of thc most popular
men of the convention. He is kept
busy handling the crow-ds andN es
pecially the procedure back of. th;
chairman's platform, where most of
the notables are grouped. 1 he
grace with which the handsome col
onel offers a democratic woman a
g'Tass of sparking water is one of
the sights of the convention and
iias put J7 Ham Lewis completely
out of the running.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Illinois
is the envy of many of the women
ho believe that Mr. McAdoo will
be nominated. She has worked un
ceasingly and served tea in his in
terest every afternoon. She has
been promised a plum that even
her cordial enemy,; .Mrs. George
Valedictory of Bryan
Is Pathetic Event
Continued From Page One.
committee rooms tiat he made his
response to Wilson's challenge. He
demanded that his ideas be put in
the platform. Carter H. Glass, rep
resenting Wilson, met Bryan's at
tack. In conference?, in committee ses
sions, by means of scouts and mes
sengers and faithful henchmen,
Bryan carried on his battle. The
newspaper writing which he. did
was prodigious. He kept a trice of
secretaries busy. Straight from a
fight he would go to a room and.
there, pacing the floor, or if he was
over-fatigued, lying ,on a bed, he
would "speak" his story to the man
at the typewriter. 'Occasionally he
dictated as he ate. Often he be
came eloquent as he dictated. Edi
tdrs who were expecting his daily
stories in different corners of the
land would begin to worry about
press tjne, that Bryan, who was up
to his neck in his battles,, might be
too busy to write, but never did the
hale old man fail to have his stories
ready for the wires.
Most of the newspaper menat the
convention wrote for a morning or
an evening newspaper. Bryan
worked for both. His stonies were
long; he did not spare himself in
"writing" them; they were far
longer than the average- journalist's
story that went at high telegraph
rates to the east.
Not once during the eventful week
did Bryan miss the "home hour" at
the Nebraska headquarters in the
St. Francis hotel. Every evening,
theref about 5 o'clock, folks would
begin to gather for a handshake
with Bryan. They came from all
parts of the country. Mostly' they
were homely folk farmers from
Nebraska who had moved to Cali
fornia cr to other places and had
come to the convention as dele
gates. Any evening, at the "home
hour,"'vou might see these folks
farmers and " their wives waiting
with smiles, passing their time with
homely talk, for Bryan to come in.
You were welcome in that big
room. Either Bryan's brother,
Charles, a tall, lanky Nebiaskan, or
some of the secretaries would be
ready to receive you. They didn't
look at your badges; whether you
were a delegate or not was all one
to them. They apprehended that
you were an old friend of Bryants
and tjjat you had come to shake his
hand and tell him you had known
him for years and believed in him.
Held Evening Reception.
At last, sweating, perhaps, from a
committee session, or fresh of hav
ing ''spoken" his stories to" his type
writers, he would enter the room,
all smiles and the reception would
begin. He wasn't the politician at
these times; he was only a good
hearted old man, who had lived a
busy life, full of friendships who
was enjoyinfe the fruits of good will
and decent citizenship.
" A few miryjtes later he wpuld be
again in the heart of his fight,
matching his generation-old experi
ence against the new masters of tjje
party who had come to San Fran
cisco from the country.
The new masters ofthe party
have won. Not a thing that Bryan
fought for has he won. : Perhaps he,
Butcher;
as Head Buyer
"How would you like to go out
in the yards?"
"Whatever you say, you're the
boss," was the reply he received.
That was McGrath's start. He
made good and for many years was
chief cat'tle ,buyer for Cudahy' in
Omaha.
When he retired live stock men
of Omaha gave him a handsome dia
rnond ring and
a silver service set
for his wife.
Sidelights
Bass, cannot duplicate.
not tell what it is.
No, she will
William Jennings Bryan's daught
er and his granddaughter - were in
the gallery listening to the great
Commoner Friday when he said:
"If you are against me because I
am against the saloon and working
for tbe good of the home and the
children, it is all right. I can get
two votes to "your one." But he
didn't, and the daughter shed tears
and the granddaughter waved an
American flag and cheered.
"The adoption "of practically every
recommendation made by the wom
en and their incorporation in the
democratic platform is the greatest
achievement of the women citreens
of this country," said Mrs. George
iiass today.
, "Some of the women hardly
dared believe the convention would
make more than a perfu-rrctory state
ment concerning woman suffrage,
btit they have learned now that the
democratic party does not believe in
platituder or half way measures.
"The suffrage plank not only re
joices in passage of the ninteenth
amendment and its speedy ratifica
tion but specifically calls on North
Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and
ether states that have not already
done so, to ratify."
kept New York, headed by the elo
quent Bourke Cochran, from putting
a wet plank in-4he platform, but that
is the most that either Bryan or his
friends can claim for him.
His great moment came while the
standards of the states were being
rushed tpw,ard the platform where
I stood, smiling, after his eloquent
speech.
But all this was only for old times'
sake. A few minutes later these
same men on the convention floor
were"roaring out their dissent to
Bryan's planks. And a little later, in
the first ballot for candidates, the
great name of BryanNjrew one sin
gle vote from the state of Michigan.
In 1896 Bryan stood on the plat
form, amid the unexpected tumult
and smiled. Today he stood and
wept, not sadly, so it seemed to me.
ibut happily, like a man who knows
full well the vanity of human ac
claim as compared with the satis
faction of fighting a good fight, even
with failure as jts end.
That half hjQMr was much, like the
"home hour" in the hotel, a matter
of old friendships and "Auld Lang
Syne."
When Bryan goes home to Ne
braska this time he passes beyond
the range of pontics. .
v
Insurgent Forces N
In Mexico Routed
By Federal Troops
Mexico City, July 3. Forces com
manded by Carlos Osuna, insurgent
leader, operating in the state cf
Tamauh'pas, have again been de
feated and scattered by Gen. Arnulfo
K. Gomez, according to an official
announcement issued at the War de
partment last night. When he be
gan his uprising a few daysago,
Osuna had 1.200 men' with him, but
he is now fleeing with only 80 loyal
supporters, it is said. ,.
Jesus M. Guajardo began an 'in
surrection at Bermejillo. state of
Durango. a short time ago, but- is
now fleeing, according to announce
ment. Federal troops are but 12
iniles behind him. Gen. Manuel
Palaez has-been ordered to the state
of Tamaulipas to operate against
troops headed by BrigGen. Porfirio
Gonzales, a former lieutenant of the
late President Carranza, says the
Excelsior.
Get Free Light, Water
Ten Years by Mistake
Bay City, Mich., July 3. -The
water works department has d;s
covered that hundreds of dollars
have been lost during a period of
10 years for water and electric light
service given cottages on the bay
shore. They received both water
and current without charge,, it is
said. An effort will be made to col
lect the money.
,
State Fire Commissioner
Hurt in Auto Accident
Licoln, Neb., July 3. (Special.)
State Fire Commissioner C. E. Hart
ford, according to information reach
ing his chief clerk, Miss Eva Anderl
son, met with an accident this week
while riding in an automobile from
Albion to Spalding, the car staking
a rut, Throwing Mr. Hartford out
and breaking his nose. The driver
was thrown through the windshiejd.
. Bee Vant Ad froduts fUwUii
THE OMAHA SUNDAY
Pipt TO MAKE
TOUR OF ALASKA
DURING SUMMER
Secretary of Interior, and
Party to Study Conditions
In North With View to
Development.
Continued From Vat On.
cial feasibility of smelting ' Alaskan
cooper ores within the territory.
5. The immediate development of
an Alaskan pulp-wood industry ana
additional survevs of timber and
water power looking to the largest
possible development of this indus
try. Population Has Decreased.
The present white population of
the territory of Alaska is estimated
at about 36.000, in addition to about
23,000 natives, some of whom are
civilized. The industrial population
of the territory exceeds 40,000.
Alaska suffered a loss to population
duritjg the period of the war due to
ahout 3,000 men entering the mili
tary service, high wages in the
states, and a decrease in the num
ber of men employed in'' mining.
The white population in 1915 was
about 50,000. There were only
about 4,500 employed in the Alaska
mining industry last vear as com
pared with 9,600 in 1915.
Mining and fishing are Alaska's
basal industries, but the territory
also includes large resources in
pulp-wood, some timber suitable for
export, extensive reindeer pasturejj-
and lesser areas suitable tor stock
raising. There are large areas of
arable lands in the territory, but
these will be us'e'd principally to
supply the local population attract-
ed by other industries,
Future in Coal Industry.
Owing to the withdrawal of all
Alaskan coal lands from entry in
1906, there was no development of
the coal fields until the leasing law
went into effect in 1914. Since
then some advances have been
made, but operations havev been
hampered by economic conditions
imposed by the war and by certain
restrictions in the leasing law. As
a consequence. Alaska has produced
in all only ,about 253,000 tons of
coal and the output in 1919 was
only 60,000 tons. Meanwhile. Alas
ka is importing annually about 100,
C00 tbns of coal from Washington
and British Columbia. The Bering
river and Natanuska fields contain,
however, ery high-grade bitu
minous coals, as well as some an
thracite. Until the fields have been
thoroughly prospected by under
ground exploration it is impossible
to predict how large an annual ton
nage can' be produced from them.
Development of the Alaskan pe
troleum fields is not only of great
importance to the territory but also
to the entire nation in view of the
threatened shortage. - The Alaskan
oil fields were withdrawn from en
try in 1910 and thereby practically
all petroleum development was
stopped until the passage of the
leasing law a few months ago. So
far as known the Alaska petroleum
is a high-grade refining oil for
which there is at present a great
demand.
Transportation a Problem.
The Alaskan advisory committee
reported that there are large un
developed mineral resources in
.Alaska, but that the advance of the
mining industry is dependent chief
ly upon cheaper transportation and
construction of -wagon roads and
trails. The committee held that the
development of coal and oil fields
is of first importance to the terri
tory, it recommended mat every
encouragement be given to coal and
oil development, especially by mail
ing the terms of leases as liberal
as the law allows; and that the in
terdepartmental committee give im
mediate consideration to the advisa
bility of the establishment of a sta
tion for commercial and naval uses
at a port in the Aleutian islands
most suitably located to serve trans
Pacific .shipping and, if . possible,
the cannery industry .of southwest
ern Alaska.
Field on .Wood Pulp.
Wood pulp and print paper fur
nish one of the greatest immediate
opportunities for the profitable em
ployment of labor and capital in
Alaska, according to the commit
tee's report. The forest service esti
mates an ultimate possible annual
production of about 2,000,000 cords
of pulp ywood from Alaskan tim
ber, yielding a newsprint product
equal to one-third of the present
annual consumption of the United
States. 7 v '
Completion of the Alaska rail-
Jioad is one of the projects entrust
Vd to Secretary Payne. The recent
session of congress authorized ap
propriations for the completion of
the roadjwhich has been under con
struction" for "a number of years.
Little Relief From
Shortage of Cars to
Handle Grain Crop
Chicago, July 3. If the car situ
ation can be held so that conditions
do not become any worse, it is be
lieved by railrtoad officials that in
10 days a material improvement
will be shown in the western terri
tory. v
The commission's order sending
28,000 empty grain car.-, from the
east to the west is in process of exe
cution, but the movement is slow.
One big western road covering
Icwa rather extensively r.t 'his "time
of year usually has 5,000 empty cars
on side tracks in that stato awaiting
the grain movement, -V was said.
This year that line has not a single
empty car in Iowa. This road has
been named as the receiving line for
1.200 grain cars ordered trom the
New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railway.
.. Another line that is to receive a
similar number from eastern systems
received only eight of such cars up
to today, it was said.
Chicago's municipal government
has made arrat.gements with a large
Chicago, shoe company by which the
women employes of tl'e city mav
purchase shoes that are now retail
ing at from S& to $16 for $4.50 per
BSE:( JULY 4, 1920.
Skinner Hearing in
supreme Lourt wi
- Set for September 14
k Lmcoliv July 3. (Special.) Both
cases covering the troubles o,t the
Skinner Packing company and the
Skinner company, whih were to be
heard in the supreme court ou ap
plication for injunctions restraining
the Skinners from going ahead with
the work, set. for JVy 6, have been
postponed until September 14. v
In the .meantime the Skinner com
pany has been given a modification
of the former application, which en
ables it to "unscramble" partially
the troubles regarding the issuance
of stock and ,can return stock to the
stockholders if they desire to.
The stipulation as tonethods and
he time for hearing provides that
there shall be no prejudice to either
side in the controversy. '
Plattsmouth Legion Gets
Funds to Build Club House
Plattsmouth, Neb., July 3. (Spe
cial) To further the American Le
gion plans for a new club house,
ex-members of the mgstered out
Plattsmouth home guard rompany
have voted to donate the VS22 bal
ance on hand after paying expenses
of the recent home-coming recep
tion they tendered the Cass county
soldiers last fall, to Hugh J. Kearns
Post No. 56 of this city. This with
other money on hand will provide
nearly a thousand dollars and plans
prt under way for either building
new or rebuilding one of several de
sirable ;properties now in view for
a clubhouse. An architect has been
obtained from Omaha to look over
the prospective plans and offer ad
vice, and the finance committee has
plans under way for the erection of
a becoming edifice through organ
izing a Legion building association
and selling stock.
Plattsmouth Boy Scouts
Are Presented With Camp
Plattsmouth, Nek, July 3. (Spe
cial) Frank B. Shopp, owner of a
section of land in the hills along the
Missouri river a short distance
south of this city, has donated to the
Plattsmouth Boy Scouts organiza
tion as much ground as may be ne
ceccary for a scout camp and will
permit the boys to clear off the
piece of land and erect a log cabin
from the timber.
LTnder the direction of Scoutmast
er, Rev. A. V. Hunter, the boys
will do all the" work themselves and
when completed will have an- ex
cellent camp just far enough from
the city to afford a short hike in
reaching it and yet far enough away
to prevent molestation by those not
interested in scout work. Other im
provements at the camp will be
made from time to time.
iy
Commencing
Our immense stocks must be reduced to previous August 1st levels! There's only one
logical stock reduction mejhod a Clearance Sale at prices so sharply reduced that our
customers simply cannot afford to ignore the wonderful money-saving opportunity!
Tc reduce our stocks to previous
August 1st levels, we must sell at least
twice as much merchandise as we did
during last July.
Tuesday's Bargains 'are only an example of those that will
continue throughout the month. In addition, on each and every
day one or more departments will be specially featured with even
greater bargains. It will pay you to attend these great sales.
Bj&htfeis- Stores
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CANDIDATES FOR
VICE PRESIDENT
LINE UP SUPPORT
Dozen Men Anxious. to Land
Second Place on Ticket
Meredith of Iowa
Strong Possibility.
By GRAFTON S. WILfOX.
Auditorium, San Francisco, July
3. While the deadlock over the
democratic; presidential nomination
was on, candidates for vice presi
dent were trying 'to line up sup
port from the delegates. There are
a dozen candidates engaged in active
canvassing on the convention floor.
Among them are the following:
Joseph E. Davies, Wisconsin, for
mer chairman of the federal, trade
commission. '
Secretary of Agriculture Meredith
of Iowa.
Governor Stewart of Montana.
Governor Smith of NW York. ,
James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois.
Senator David I. Walsh of Massa
chusetts. General L. D. Tyson of Tennes
see. Former Governor George H.
Hodges of Kansas.
David R. Francis of Missouri, for
mer governor and former ambas
sador to Russia.
None Have Delusions.
None of the aspirants for second
place has any delusions, all realizing
that the geography oPthe situation
must be taken intoaccount after the
candidate for president is named.
Perhaps the most active of all the
candidates is Joseph R. Davies of
Wisconsin, whose friends said he
would have more than 300 votes" on
the first ballot, regardless of geo
graphy. Davies and Senator Lewis are
midwest candidates, with a chance,
should the presidential nominee go
to the east. Secretary Meredith of
Iowa, however,- is regarded s' a
stronger possibility as a running
mate should the nomination for
president go to McAdoo or Palmer
or any dark horse hailing from east
ward of Ohio.
Should Cox be nominated the far
west would have the better chance
and1 Governor Stewart of Montana
is the leading candidate trom this
section.
The women, of course, are trying
to break into the race for second
henor and nearly every suffrage
state Jias a candidate. Foremost, of
course, is Mrs. George Bass of Illi
Store Closed AH
ANNOUNCING
CtaraiceMe
The Greatest ' Value Giving Event of the Year !
New merchandise shipments are flooding our stock-rooms.
As a result our July stocks in all departments are the
greatest we have ever had at this time of the year.
Special Features During
nois, but even she smiles when any
predictions are made.
Davis Active.
'"I am an active candidate," said
Joseph E. Dayies of Wisconsin when
asked about his vice presidential
prospects. "My friends tell me that
1 will get more thaiOO votes on
the first ballot. How many I will
get after that depends upon many
things." -
Former Senator Lewis of Illinois
itysists that his candidacy is serious
also,. ''Illinois will present his name
when nominations arc called for, be
ing instructed to do so.
"You know," said Senator Lewis,
"I have the same trouble here that
1 have always had in politics. Most
people think it is not a serious boom.
But I am serious about it and if the
presidential nominees comes from
the east 1 have a chance."
Governor Would Set Exact
Date for Grammer Execution
Lincoln, Neb., July 3. (Special.)
(jovernor McKelvie has written a
letter to the judges of the U. S. cir
cuit court of appeals, William C.
Hook of Leaenworth. Walter L.
Smith of Council Bluffs and Kim
braugh Stone of Kansas City calling
attention to the fact that thesdate
for the electrocution of Allen1 V.
Grammer for i the murder of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Lulu Vogt, in
Howard county, has been set for
next Friday. July 9, and asking that
the court give him some idea of the
time theytuay reach an opinion on
the case pending before that court so
that he may determine as to what
time he shall further set the date of
electrocution in granting a stay of
the same. This also applies to the
case of Alson B. Cole, likewise sen
tenced to death on the same date.
State "Cash Balance Is
Increased Nearly Million
Lincoln, July 3. (Special) The
increaseSn the cash balance in the
state treasury in June amounted to
nearly $1,000,000, according to the
leport of State Treasurer Dan Crop
sy. The balance on June 30 was $4,
300,212.39 as against $3,359,346.53
May 31. Receipts of the office dur
ing June were $2,259,346.54 and the
disbursements $1,318,480.68.
Plattsmouth Community Sale.
Plattsmouth, Neb., July 3. (Spe
cial) To overco'me a backward sea
son six of the leading stores in this
city are co-operating in a communi
ty sale. 1
The New York Shipbuilding com
pany at Camden, N. has a project
under way for the workers to buy,
first, one of the ships they are build
ing, and gradually, if they find it
profitable to own ships and operate
them, to add to their holdirrgi More
than 4,500 men will be included in
the co-operative plan.
Day Monday
OUR ANNUAL
In order ft double our sales, we
must and will offer the biggest money
saving values we have ever given dur
ing a July Sale.
5 A
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$50,000 DRIVE
TO AID POLAND
BEGINS TODAY
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Nearly Half Amount Is Hedged
dciuic ruuiidi upeiiuiy
Will Make Pleas
In Pulpit.
Seven thousand Omaha Toles to
day and Monday will be called upon
to suftscrfbe to the Tolish' national
loan of $50,000,000 bring floated in
this country for the purpose of es
tablishing a credit in the United
States for the purchase of American
railroad supplies, woolen mills ma
chinery and other factory supplies
necessary to the rehabilitation of
Poland. The quota of the loan al
lotted to Omaha is $50,000 and more
than $20,000 of this already has been
subscribed ' in ,-predrlve subscriptons.
the subscriptions are not limited
to the Polish people, but others are
invited to subscribe for the bonds as
,wr-ll,"v says Peter Nieweorowski,
chairman of the committee in charge
of the drive in Omaha.
Two subscriptions of $1,000 each
have been received by the commit
tee. One of these was made by
Anton Wieczorek, a Polish laborer
residing at 4416 South Thirty-third
street. The only other $1,000 sub
scription was made by Thomas Ko
ziol. editor of the Eastern Star, a
Polish newspaper published in South
Omaha.
Preparations for the national drive
have been under way for tvfo
months. A number of mass meet
ings, picnic meetings and other pa
triotic meetings have been held on
the South Side, where most of the
Omaha Polish population resides.
Today in the three Polish parishes
of the city special appeals will be
made by Rev. Mr. Kalamaja, Rev.
Mr. Gluba of St. Francis church and
Rev. Mr. Wieczorek of St. Stanis
laus church, pastors of the parishes,
who will ask Omaha Poles for fur
ther subscriptions to the bond issue.
Plattsmouth Masons Plan
Temple on Main Street
Plattsmouth, Neht, July 3. (Spe
cial) The recent purchase "of a
prominent corner .in the business
section of Plattsmouth has paved
the way for the erection of a new
Masonic temple, which is under
construction by the several bodies
comprising the Masonic lodge.
Plattsmouth lodge No. 6, A. F. and
A. M. js among the oldest blue
ledges in the state and the state
Masonic home is located here.
July Sixth
July