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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-01

manages to preserve peaceful temper and serene
expression OF countenance through II all. ~ 80"
Besides taking in and paying out money, keep
ing track of members, sending out letters to
members and the public looking after all printing
and Advertising supplying the newspapers with
news copy and running Samson's office the year
round, Mr.. Penfold a sort of assistant to
the chairman OF every committee the board.
Mr.. Penfold has been with Ak-Sar-Ben since It
started and has been secretary most OF the time.
He now threatens to go to California TO raise
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-01

Charles H. Pickens, president of the organiza-
tion naturally rides at the head of the procession
In the big parades Mr.. Pickens has been mem
Der Of the board of governors for many years, and
II he ever wants to slough out of the Job of presi
dent It is safe to say that his fellows will insist
on his remaining on the board as a common, every
day member, if he possibly can be induced to do
SO. His services and advice will be valuable in
whatever capacity he may serve 1t is Mr. Pickens'
duty to preside at all meetings of the board of
governors, to head all Ak-Sar-Ben parades mounted
white horse and dressed in white suit, to sit
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-01

ously I'll for long time and had to up on the
work.
AS far as committees are concerned, one win
find in looking over the list that all governors
honored equally. There just twelve committees,
Each governor is chairman of committee and
serves on two other committees
OF course there are four who have little
more honor in another way than the others, Tor
there are Just four officers, as follows President.
c, H. Pickens; vice president, E. Buckingham;
secretary, H. ]. Penfold; treasurer Joseph Barker
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior
 '. S. Land Office at Camden, Ar kansas, Aug. 25. 1911.
 Notice ig hereby given that Charles A. McClelland of Cedarglades, Ar kansas, who on June 14, 1905, made Homestead Entry Serial Entry No. le926O, No. 2SS25, for s 1-2. SW1-4. and S l-2. SEE l4, section IT, town ship 1, S., Range 21 w, 5th Princi pal. Meridian. has filed notice of in tention to make Final five year Proof. to establish claim to the land above described, before U. s Commissioner al Hot Springs. Arkansas, on the 2nd day of October, 1911
 Claimant names as witnesses:
 John Crawford, of Cedarglades, Ark. Ark.
 Jasper Muse, of Cedarglades, Ark. Jasper Muse. of Cedarglades. Ark. Allen Fisher, of Cedarglades, Ark
 H. c. FREEDMAN,
 ~- Register.
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PRECIPITATION
 ABOVE NORMAL
WEATHER AND CROP CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHERN STATES SHOW
 ABUNDANT RAINFALL.
Temperature Generally Cooler Thar SeasonabIe Averags-Arkansas
 Lacks Sunshine.

Washington, D. C.. Aug. 29. Weather and crop coalitions for the Southern states, made public t<Siay were as follows: Virginia Precipitation about nor nal in north, above normal in all oth- CT sections except extreme south eastern parts. Sunshine above aver age.
 North Carolina-Scattered showers some good local rains in southern and central portions. Sunshine and temperature above normal.
 South Carolina-Temperature and precipitation about normal; sunshine about normal.
 Georgia-W Weather cool, followed by considerable rise. Scanty and un- evenly distributed rains in northern and central portion where droutn pre- yails at many places. Precipitation more abundant in south sunshine is above normal
 l Florida-Precipitation light and gen. erally deficient. Sunshine ample.
 Alabama precipitation considerably deficielt; many portions received no rain. Sunshine abundant.
 Mississippi Temperature abnormal and the precipitation light in central and southeast, but heavy in north and west being excessive and damaging in some localities. sunshine below normal.
 Louisiana-Temperature about nor- nal. Precipitation above normal: :: generally heavy in some localities.
 Texas-Temperature below normal in northwest but elsewhere weather continued warm with mucn cloudiAess showers daily in some portions of the state; amounts generally heavy in north. No precipitation in lower Rio Grande Valley and lower coast coun- ties.
 Arkansas-C and showery wealth CT week, deficient sunshine.
 Tehnessee-Tempesature consider ably above normal in eastern about normal in western portion. Missouri-Pleasant temperature, skies more cloudy than normal. some good we'll distributed rains. Condi tions general more favorable.
 Oklahoma-First two days hot an1 dry, cool weather with moderate to heavy showers prevailing during the remainder of week; rainfall general but more is needed over western sec- tion.
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Mrs. E. E. Dunlap and sons have gone to Kansas City to spend few weeks visiting friends.
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DISCUSS LABOR TROUBLES.
Railway Managers Association
 Meet in Chjcauo,

Chicago, Aug. 29. Possibility of extended labor union trou..es is ex- pected to be discussed at a meeting tomorrow of the Railroad Managers Association. The committee compris-
 es Charles A. Hale, general agent Of
 lhe association; E. w. Mckenzie,
 vice president of the Chicago, Milwau- kee and St. Paul; c. NJ. Shaffer, sup |erintendent of transportation of the Pennsylvania Lines; w. G. Brown lee, transportation manager, Grand
 Trunk; Henry Miller, vice president of the Wabash; H. J. Merrick sup erintendent freight transportation, Lake Shore and Michigan southern; U. K. NJ. Warner, general manager of the Chicago and Western Indiana, and W. J. Jackcon, vice president ot the Chicago and Eastern Illinois.
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BAR ASSOCIATION.
Opposes Repeal of the National Bank
 rupt Law.

Boston, Mass, Aug. 29.-Tne re suits of years investigations by more than a dozen committees on the intricacies of the various branch es of law and legal procedure, were presented tonight before the 34th annual session of the American Bar Association. The convention opened earlier in the day with the presi dens address delivered by Edgar ii. Farrar of New Orleans, which was followed by the election of 8 general council, including one member rom each state and territory. Ohter rou- tine business brought the convention up to the annual reports. Recon mendation that the American Bar As sociation oppose the bill now pending In congress to repeal the National Bankruptcy Act was made in the re- port of the committee on commercial law.
 Acts relativa to wife and child de Isertion and to the probating in one state Of wills made in aother were recommended for endorsement by the committee on uniform state laws. Us report stated that the desertion ac already had been passed in five states, Washington, Kansas, Rhode Island. and Wisconsin. It provides for the punishment of deserters by impris- onment at hard labor. a portion Of the proceeds of such labor to be de- voted to the support of the deserted wife or children. The committee urg- ed that the bar association endorse the principle of the act.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-30

O. H. Sumpter leaves this morning for Little Rock and Helea to be gone several days.
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TENT MEETINGS.
Large Number of Ministers Present
 Last Evening.

A feature of the splendid meeting held at the tabernacle on Wilmington avenue last night was the large mum Der of ministers present Besides Rev. Forney Hutchinson, who preach ed the sermon of the evening, Revs. Scott, Keadle and Harvey, and one visiting minister were present to as- sist in the meetings.
 The meeting was one of the best yet held. Rev. Hutchinson preached an interesting sermon and at the close of the meeting several declar ed their intention of leading better life.
 For the remainder of the week the meetings will be held at ten o'clock every morning as well as in the even ing. The public is invited.
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DON'T WANT OFFICE

Newport, R. l., Aug. 29.-An incl dent of considerable interest to the tennis world was the announcement made today by Dr. James Dwight of Boston that he would decline re-elec- tion as president at the annual meet ing of the National Lawn Tennis As soeiation next winter. Dr. Dwlgnt's s service covers more than two decades. his elevation to the presidency foi. lowing a few years after he and Ricn- ard D. Sears of Boston had won the doubles championship for the sixth consecutive year.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-30

C. c. Hamiter and wife of Little Rock are here on their annual visit.
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TYPOS BASEBALL LEAGUE.

St. Louis. Aug. 29.-New York de feated Indianapolis to and St. Louis won from Boston 12 to Ill the second days playing of the union Printers National Baseball League.
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FAREWELL PARTY.

Mrs. w. H. Shelton entertained the members of her Sunday school class last evening in honor of MISS Lois Hildreth, who leaves today for Louisville, Ky, where sne re-enters school. Every member of the class was present on this occasion and gave the honoree a hearty farewell party
The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-30

Judge c. T. Gotham and family have returned from visit to Noun Nebo.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02
A City of Politicians.

Athens is city of politicians. Every modern
Greek is statesman, and the average man will settle
the greatest questions of the world off-hand The
chief places for political discussion are about the
cafes There are half dozen news journals and
each man reads his paper he sips his coffee The
papers printed in the same characters that you
find in the Greek classics the modern language
being much like that of ancient Greece Indeed
ind that can get along with phrase book; I can
read the papers and can discover the points of
some of the jokes in the comic periodicals. Just now
the chief talk is about the New Turkey and as to
what place it Will hold in this part of the world Most
of the PEOPLE here think that it will be largely nfu-
enced by the Greeks who live in Constantiuople
Smyrna and other cities of the Levant. They say
that new Greek empire will day arise and that
its capital will be COnstantnople, Today the Greeks
are the chief bankers, merchants and other businoss
men of the capital of the sultan. They have monop-
oized the trade of that country the Turks cannot
do without them They have had to work quietly and
secretly, but with the regime they expect to hold
high place in the empire and to openly be the NOV
ing power in all things financial.
Said Count Mercati, one of the leading officials of
the court here to me the other day:
THE modern Greek is the strongest element in
the orient; he does business than representa-
tive of any other eastern nation; he is predominant in
Cairo and Alexandria and in every port on the Red
he is the nancer Palestine and Syria and his
Lord Kitchener said that the Greeks aided him greatly
in bringing order of the chaos of the Soudan
Turkey alone has 100000 or 100000 Greeks"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02

being arranged in a along one side Of it. The
boxes are so fixed that only pass through
to vote at one time. The box a foot square with
pipe hole in its top about big enough to admit the
of a man. This runs down into the middle of the
box, where it meets partition which divides the box
in half. On one side of the partition go the afirma-
tive ballots and the other the negative. The bal
lots are bucksho and the voter, having put his hand
down into the pipe drops his bullet for against the
candidate as he peases, without the possibility Of
anyone knowing just how he votes. Each voter is
given only as many buckshot there candidates,
and the judge that he has only a single ball in
his hand when he puts it into the pipe of the box
There are also other of preventing frauds in
elections and each candidate is usually present to
look out for his rights.
The term of the members of Parliament is four
and they receive salaries of about $500 $500
per session. They allowed free passes on the rail-
ways.
Parliament makes all the laws and votes all the
money to run the government. 1t is ruled by a
speaker, who is elected by ballot. The new members
are sworn in by priest and sprinkled with holy
water during the ceremony. At session not long
ago some members grew angry and scuffle ensued,
during which ink bottle was thrown into the holy
water basin, discoloring the fluid provided for the
opening ceremony Upon another occasion the speaker
Of the house. fearing adverse legislation locked the
doors and refused to let the opposition in whereupon
locksmith called and the speaker showed out
of the way
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02
A Look over Athens.

climbed the Acropolis yesterday and took a
view of the city. The Acropolis is hill of rose
colored limestone which rises to height of 200 or
800 feet out of the plain upon which Athens stands
1t is right the edge of the town, and from
the Parthenon. its top you see the whole
city. Your first glance shows flat plain of graysh
white buildings. the chief of which is the palace,
three-sory of marble, surrounded by trees
Farther the Parliament building and mu-
and schools and scattered about the outskirts
the massive ruins of ancient temples, such as
that of Jupiter, Olympus and Theseus and also the
Greek millionaire named Averof 1t is now being
repaired and repolished. and told that its cost
altogether has been about 100000.
AS l look closer at the buildings below me
pick the details The city is cut up by streets
which each other at right angles except at the
center. where they go in and out like the pathways
of Rosamonds bower, The heart of the town is
right at Constitution Square, in front of the palace
There the lines converge and from there go off
the chief business To the left of the palace
are many beautiful homes. and to the north of it
the chief public buildings, including the univer-
sy, the library the National Museum and the Acad-
envy of Science
The main part of the town is made up Of build
ings Of much the same height. They are painted
yellow, pink sky blue and other gay colors and
their roofs gray red tiles. There are no sky
scrapers and great church spires as in the other
cities of Europe Here and there the blue dome OF a.
Russian church may be seen, and occasionally rising
out of garden, cump of tall cypress trees Of dark
green. But little manufacturing is done, and I can
count the smokestacks my fingers
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints

Here they started printing plant aud began publish
ing the Evening and Morning Star, small monthly
The Saints were practically all uortherners and we're
strongly anti-slavery in sentiment Jackson county
had been settled largely by pioneers from Virginia
and Kentucky and hence largely southerners in
sentiment Friction developed between the citi-
and the Saints and the opposition when
the Saints seem to have everywhere met with first
in Independence intensified by the differences on
the slavery question. Editorials appeared in the Star
TO which the slave holders took exception and finally
the strained relations between Saints "Genties
reached the breaking and open hostities began
Blood was spilled and finally in 1898 the citizens rose
and by mob violence drove the Saints in a cold No
vember from their homes, The river north into
Clay county, thence into Caldwell couhty where for
time they found refuge, But in 1883 they were
driven from there and fed to Nauvoo ILL., where they
built up thriving city In 1914 mob violence was re-
sorted to by tie Ilinoisans and Joseph and Hyrum
Smith were, June q, 1914 killed in cold blood at
Carthage, III.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02
The Draining Of Lake Kono,s

Another enterprise which is already under way
and largely successful is draining of Lake Kopas
the largest lake in Greece This lake lies in the noun
tains some distance northeast of Athens II has
usually contained water except in winter whom
there was depth of about thirteen feet In the sum-
mer IL was almost dried up, and it seemed to have
suDterranean outlet to the sea- About twenty-six
years ago French company conceived the idea of re-
claiming the land, and It spent about S250O 900 on a
canal and tunnel through one of the mountains It
had gotten the rough work done when It's money ran
out and 1t went into the hands Of receiver Scot
ush company then took up the concession, and now
ater twentythree years it has about acres of
land ready for farms.
During my stay in Athens have called upon the
manager OF the company Mr. j. B. Steele and had a
talk with MIN about the undertaking. He tells me
that the draining was done by making girdle canal
around the basin where the lake lay to catch the
waters OF the rivers and to prevent them entering it,
Ihis girdle was twenty miles long and It Joined a
cutting in the mountain of two miles bv a tunnel
which was twenty-five feet high, sixteen feet wide and
SoOO feet long After leaving the tunnel the water
passes through another lake and into second
tunnel and thence on to the ocean
Mr.. Steele says that the soil of the lake bastn "a
rich 1t contains the earth washings of centuries,
ana VIII raise two crops year. Some of the land will
be irrigated and great deal it has been already
leased TO the peasants in small holdings ranging in
SIZE from ten to 100 acres. The company has about
"OOO acres under cultivation, and also pasture lands
in which large droyes Of cattle He tells mo a. q,
It's idea to employ the latest agricultural nventiops
but so far it has found of them untitled n the
soil This is especially Of our heavy harvesters
and reapers, and it is the most of the wheat
and other grain is cut with the sickle
One feature Of this reclamation scheme is the
peaty soil of the center the lake This burns easiIv
ANA within the last few months the management has
had great trouble from fires started there These
nave burnt down the soil so that the level Of the earth
mas dropped over six feet. doing serious damage 10
the canals cut for higher level The peasants find
that the burning peat leaves a coat Of ashes mon
"hlch they can SOW their grain grow rich crops
,..l, nuen cultivation. They are, therefore in
terested in having the burning go on
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02
A Ride Through Athens.

But let get down and take ride through the
streets. We go several miles on the tramway
for a fare Of cents We pass over Se ground
where Diogenes went with his lantern hunting an
honest man, and through the streets which Alci-
baides traversed in his seven-horse chariot We
take the steam tram and go down to the seaport
of Praeus, or we ride out to the slopes Lyka-
bettos or to the Areopogus the high rocky cliff upon
(which St. Paul stood when he preached his sermon to
the Athenians.
the streets OF Athens are wide and well paved and
many are covered with asphalt. There is a maca-
damized road good any in Central park leading
down to the Piraeus, and this is being planted
with trees.
The main part of the city is compactly built and
the business buildings four and five stories The
shops have plate glass windows the best of them
are devoted to dry goods, fanes millinery jewery and
other such things The shopping hour is from to 7
O'Clock every evening at which time the streets are
thronged with fashionable women.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02
CONTINUED from Page one.1

The Saints in Independence are located mostly in
the West End, sometimes spoken Of among the citizens
as Mormon End" the First and Fourth wards Of the
city being largely controlled by them In politics thew
are perhaps predominately republican, though they
are Enthusiastically Independent in voting but they
are practically solid against the liquor traffic. The
Latter Day Saint vote at the last election carried
Independence for statewide prohibition though
locally the "wets" have outvoted the "drys" But
among the Latter Day Saints expression often is
heard, Just wait. Wen Gust the saloons yet" And
the steady influx of the gathering" Saints bids far
to soon put them in control sufficiently to make their
boast good
The constantly growing numbers of Saints mas at
times given OF the citizens of Independence much
concern, and all is not smooth sailing for the Saints
Much prejudice exists against them here vet though
they are generally recognized good frugal citizens
1t will be remembered that at time the citizens
OF Jackson county and Independence drove the Saints
out of the county. But this makes it necessary to
touch briefly upon the history OF ths church
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02
The Greek Parliament.

But let me tell you something of the government
OF this little country. The Greeks have a king but
he is merely hgurehead and foreigner; they do not
allow him to have anything say about politics. and
King George understands this and keeps out. 1t was
Inherent with Otto of Bavaria, who was king before
George. Otto meddled with public questions and this
caused his expulsion. The Greeks tell me that they
believe in perfect equality among themselves and
they could not have this If they had a Greek king
Therefore they have chosen a Dane for the throne
The chief business of Greece is done in the Parlia-
ment this is different from in that there
is only one house. known the boue; this has 235
members one being elected Cor every 900 inhabI-
tants The kingdom is divided into seevnty-one dis
tricts and the congressman are escted by districts
The elections usually held upon Sundays the bal
lot boxes being kept in the churches In Athens the
chief voting place is the cathedral the ballot boxes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02

I am told that considerable lobbying is done and
that great deal of money is spent elections The
candidates have treat the voters and of them
recently said that his election expenses averaged
IS per vote, rate much less than that of Adams
county Ohio One way conciliatng the public is by
acting godfather to babies and it is said that
statesman here has a thousand god-children change
OF administration means a change of offices. The
appointments are made the old Jacksonian theory,
ITO the victors belong the spoils"
When a new government is elected the old clerks
have leave, and this is of school teachers and
college professors, we'll of the librarians and
officers of the museums.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02

the rent it would probably bring The cafes are good
they are full of people afternoon and evening and
many of them keep open all night At those about
the Place de la Constitution you may see men chatting
as late as O'Clock in the morning There are also
daily lunch rooms, where a breakfast consisting of
eggs, rolls and butter may be had at low cost and
afternoon tea rooms the palace otherwheres
AS to hotels, Athens has dozen Of fairly good ones
at which tourists stop and there are score more
which are not bad At the best houses the rates are
from SO to SO day the American plan or you can
pay for your and order what you please at fixed
prices per meal dish. Many of the native ho-
tells let rooms without meals and there are boarding
houses where get accommodations from 81 so
to 50 per day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02

have spent some tine in the stores talking with
the merchants and looking at their establishments.
The Greeks understand how to business: they are
smart traders their character being well expressed by
saying which is current throughout the orient; II
reads; From the Greeks Of Athens from the Jews
OF Salonik and from the Armenians everywhere good
Lord deliver us 1t is said in the near east that one
Greek is equal TO two Jews and, although the Jews
scattered throughout other parts OF the Medter-
ranean, you will find none in Athens The storekeep-
have hxed prices and you bargain for every
thing You must dcker with your doctor butcher
and baker, and With your druggist. There are
no price marks in the store or II So the bar
gaining Is done all the same