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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
Meyers Has Friends.
PRISON REFORM
MEETING STARTS
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tect society and 10 provide. under humane
discipline and restraint. an adequate pun
ishment for the offender; the securing
of the proper and regular employment of
the prisoner In prison under wise state
law. the obtaining Of a rightful portion
OF the prisoners earnings for the use OF
his dependent family; the systematic in
vestigation OF their real needs and the
furnishing OF prompt relief to the worthy
and possible effort for their rehabilita-
ton or removal to more favorable SUR
roundings; the invoking of the probation
law where such Will be conducive to
the best results: the comprehensive study
OF the prison population as far as possible
TO secure proper statistics on which to
base accurate results; the we'll organized
effort now AT work In a number Of our
larger centers of population, In the study
and betterment OF the slum districts and
the more general effort in many localities
In the interest of the beterment OF the
environment of the children and youth.
are ali encouraging signs Of the far
reaching interest at work for the uplift
and saving of humanity. and to this end
we say, Godspeed 70 the organizations
which In carrying forward their work,
have gone back 20 the childhood days.
and which. striving to break the bond
age. not only of heredity and environ
ment are, through sympathy. love and
interest thus securing foothold in dis
tricts, communities and individual homes
as well. and in which their organized
effort Is bearing fruitage most encour-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
GAS CASE LONG DRAWN OUT
Des Moines Has Costly Fight Ahead
Over Price Cut.
NTERURBAN EMPLOYEES sECEDE
withdraw from Garments Union at
Des Moines and JOin Brother
hood-Detective Proves to
Have Many Friends.
1From a st,f corresnondsnt.l

" TOUl Ekail bIItHloUuNhAsI
DIES MONIES. oct. a. Especial Tele-
Eram.)-Thc testimony IN the long drawn
out city gas case was concluded before
Judge sloan, master in chancery, today.
The case has lasted all summer and the
testimony has included the statements Of
notable experts in public service matters
from all over the country. II Is certain
the case will have cost upward OF SO. 900
before IL is finished
The contest is one 10 have the city
establish a price OF % cents for gas as
against II now. The city had Andrew
ssnRster Of Chicago and Edward W
Bemis OF New York on the stand today
as It's last witnesses. Oral arguments
will be heard later and finally the whole
matter will be presented to Judge Nc
Pherson
Interurban Employees secere.
As result OF the recent street car
troubles the employees Of the interurban
railroads running out Of Des Moines have
seeded from the union of street car
workers and have Joined the railroad
brotherhoods. They will abandon their
contract with the managers Of the COM
panies and form a new contract under
tho regulations Of the railroad conductors
and railway trainmen.
Meyers Has Friends.
Arrested on a charge Of forgery. Z. M.
Meyers, claiming to be a private detec-
tive, was visited by two women at the
city jail. At first both of them claimed
to be his wife Later the earlier arrival
changed her relationship to that OF sister
Both had come to the station ignorant
Of each others existence to attempt &c
secure Meyers release.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
BOY CRUSHED BENEATH CAR
Probably Fatal Injuries Received by
Isle Firsht on Sherman Ave.
RELEAsED 81 WREoKMG GREW
white Crossing Grace street at Six
teenth He Ran behind q North
hound Car Into the WAY
of south oaad Car.

Having been ground under the forward
trucks Of a south bound Sherman avenue
car al sixteenth and Grace streets satur-
day morning. Isle Firsht aged "a years.
fes Clark street lies In a dying condl-
con 81 the st. Joseph hospital with
fraetured skull ana several broken bones.
Several surgeons are working to save his
life.
He IL the son Of Max Firsht Of s9oi
Clark street. About SIS o'clock this
horning hs attempted to oross the tracks
ID sixteenth and Grace streets. lie ran
behind q north bound sherman avenue
oar just in time 10 be struck by south
bound car. .n
When he fell be rolled under the FENDER.
The motorman saw the lad a. he emerged
from behind. che north bound car and as
quick az flash reversed the current
but before the car could be stopped the
lad had been ground under the forward
truck. The laas body was squeezed into
a space Of not more than five or six
inches
II wac impossible 10 extrlcate the boy
without the aid Of n wrecklng crew,
which was Immediately summoned. When
the crew arrived II was found necessary
10 Jack the car up In order to release ths
boy. who was pinned beneath the trucks
for fifteen minutes,
The car underneath which the boy ws'
ground was manned by Charles He'd
berg. motorman, and w. w. Mcdonald
conductor. The father OF the boy con
ducts secondhand. store at nc NORTH
sixteenth street
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15


% the elties Of Hankow. WA Chang and
IIan Yang General II announces that he
win protect foreigners u they remain
neutral. but that he cannot promise pro-
lection 10 those assisting the Manchus
IRE rebel gcneraiissimo also issued a
proclsrnhtlon slgHea a. commander OF
the nooRis's army" in which he eN-
horts the Chinese people to show their
unity and strength end to drive out the
Manehu traitor.
A visit 70 WI Chang BY the Associated
press representative today disclosed
Sividly the devastation. which has been
wrought in that city by the attack OF the
tevolutionists Corpses are piled every
where about the streets.
FIFTY bodies In One Heap.
FIFTY bodies were seen in a single heap
inst outside one Of the gates. Although
90 Manehus have been killed thus far
within the limits OF the city the Invading
troops are still securing every quarter
for more OF their enemies. Recruits are
Hooking 10 the revolutionary standard,
General Ii Yuan Heng said at his head
quarters IN WI CHAINS that. he now hR,
$500 soldiers formally enrolled. lie said
that the revolutionary leaders hay,
plenty Of funds General IT. plans 1.
move shortly against the imperial forces
which have retreated along the railSal
70 a town on the border % Human.
The rebel vioeroy Tang who 10 estab
llShed al wn Chang. said in an interview
today:
The objecs q our revolt Is 70 max
tue government OF China like that Q
America. The present taxes II honesu
administered wiil provide ample revenl
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

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in tha peoples behalf In a fight TO win
against machine control and machine
Livery citizen whose purpose Is in &C
cord with the above IL asked to Join the
NtuEena' union.
Application blanks win be sent to those
who wish TO Join upon request TO the
N.tigens' union By telephone, mail or PER
sonal cali Temporary office, room -
City National bank building. Telephones.
There will be no membership fees or
The undersigned subscribe TO the pur-
pose OF this organisation and commend II
10 the active support OF every citizen OF
Omaha.
II is understood that these blanks call
ing for enrolment have already been
signed up by most OF the Business Mems
association membership, and such others
as they could reach representing other
| Organizations. and that the statement IL
soon TO be put out over great array
Of signatures intended 20 impress thu
public with the spont&neousness OF TN
movement
This forecast In last nights Bee o
The advent Of the Citisens' union seem
10 have FASTENED its arrival, the cal
having been given out later officially b
Ralph T. Sunderland for general publ
cation. with the following names al
tached:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
JOHN R. WALSH
is RELEASED
FROM PRISON
CONTINUED from First PaEe)

by Thursday at the latest. When 1t failed
to arrive yesterday noon, hours after he
had expected it, he passively gave up all
hope. Il fear the finding has not been
favorable" he said, and seemed greatly
depressed.
The order for parole was sent by tsle-
graph by Attorney General wiekeFsham.
Walsh was Immediately summoned into
Warden Mcclaughrey's office and told OF
the favorable finding Although he said
little, the smile that wreathed his face
told plainly OF his great happiness.
Great joy I'm walsh Home.
CHICAGO. Oct. H-Relatives of John
r. Walsh here were almost overcome at
the final news Of the parole. They had
received so many previous reports from
unreliable sources that when the news
came they were unprepared to believe
II. At the Walsh home. where he is
awaited by his wife, the news was re-
ceived with especial Joy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
YUAN SHL KAI rs
AGAIN IN POWER

tcontlnuea from First Psssl
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

10 meet our loan obligations with a sur
plus for internal developments. which we
have planned, such as harnesing rivers
and building railways"
The situation in Hankow Is unchanged.
-Four British warships and two vessels
apiece OF the American, German and
Japanese navies are protecting the
foreign citizens.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
Knees Become Stiff
rive Years Of severe Rhsumatisn

The cure of Henry J. Goldstein, it
Barton Street, Boston, Mass. ~ anOi.i
er victory By Hoods Sarsaparilla- This
great medicine has succeeded ia mauy
cases where Othera have utterly failea
Ar. 0oldsteln says; Il suffered from
rheumatism five years ~ kept me from
business and caused excruciating pain
Ny knees would become as stiff as ateel
J tried many medicines without relief
men TOOK h0ois Sal saparilla, soon felt
much better, and now consider my self
ontirelS cured recommend Hoods-
Get q today Ia usuai- liquid form or
cAocplated tablets called narsatAbs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

Ills son, John NJ. Harlan. OF Chicago.
q lawyer. was summoned here. however.
and another son. DR. Richard c. Har-
Ian. travelling In Europe. was notified
Last night he grew worse and this
morning at s;ls o'clock death came.
John L. Webster has known Justice
Harlan personally for twenty years. and
in that time has had many cases In
the supreme court, A few years ago he
attended a banquet given by the Amer.
lean Bar association for Justice Harlan
IN honor OF the twenty-fifth anniversary
OF his appointment TO the court
He was an extremely genial and so.
ciable gentlemen. always glad personally
to meet the lawyers who had cases be.
fore the court" said Mr.. Webster, He
was always a close listener to the dis
cussions IN the court He was an in
dependent thinker and did not hesitate
to speak his opinion.
distinguishing characteristic OF hin,
as . member OF the court was his lib
eral and foroeful view Of enforcement
OF the interstate commerce laws. II 50
happened that nearly every case on the
margin line OF infringement on these law,
was assigned to him 90 write an opinion
BY instinct ne was a states rights man
but in every instance where state legis
lation interfered with the federal con
stitution, he held the state laws uncon
stitutional. lie was the chief protecto
OF federal control OF interstate com
merce. regardless OF states lines"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

aging. indeed and bids fair in due course
Of time 70 prove a strong bulwark IN the
reduction Of crime. as we'll as Of the
criminal class"
BIG Mass Meeting To-day.
Three convention events are scheduled
for today. The annual sermon will be
preached at II At the First Methodist
church by Rev. r. l.. LovelAnd OF Topeka,
Kan, formerly OF Omaha: q mass meet
ing will be held in the Auditorium at 8
and at $3.50 In the evening the National
Wardens association will meet.
Addresses will be made at the mass
meeting by Bishop Then OF Lincoln.
Maud Bsllinston Booth Of the Volun-
teers Of America. Prof Charles r. Hen
derson Of the University OF Chicago and
Or. ]. T. Gilmour OF Toronto. The Fourth
infantry band from Fort Crook will play.
The convention viii continue through
Thursday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
DEATH COMES TO !.
JUSTICE HARLAN

otcontInuea dom BILL pagel
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

The lmogen Study club Of Florence met
81 the home of Mrs. George Siert Thurs
day afternoon. when Mrs. Siert and Mrs
+. II. Reynolds were the hostesses They
spent and enjoyable evening studying
Shakespeare after which they took up
plans for the winters work, they intended
doing besides the studying.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

MORNING.
In assembly room, Rome hotel
S:S0 a m.-The National Wardens as
ISOLATION. Joseph h. Scott, superinten-
dent Of prisons Of the state Of New York,
Albany, president, 70 preside.
Scott
Paper. Prison Construction" by A. II.
Leslie, superintendent Allegheny County
Paper, "Mending the Immoral Morone"
by Frank Moore, superintendent New
Jersey reformatory, Railway, N. J.
ding, warden Kansas state penitentiary,
Lansing, Kan.
Discussion opened by General pemetrto
Castillo, warden Cuban prison. Havana
II a. m.-Report OF the standing COM
mittee on prison discipline by the chair
man. Henry X. w. Scott, warden New
Hampshire state prison, Concord, N. II.
AFTERNOON.
In assembly room. Rome hotel
? p. m.-The National Chaplains' asso-
citation. Rev, Charles NJ; Miller, chaplain
legheny. Pa. president, to preside.
Annual address by the president, Mr..
Paper. THE Passion for Service" by
Rev. T.. B. Crawford, Omaha
Paper, Putting Religion Where II
Should BE in the Prison. by Rev. VII
liam j. Bait, chaplain emeritus OF the
Mass
4:15 p. m--Trolley ride.
EVENING.
In the First Methodist church.
p. MIR. Patton, president, presid-
ing.
Invocation-Rev. ]. M Kersey, d. D.,
pastor First Christian church.
Report OF standing committee on PRE-
vention and Probation" by the chairman,
Prof Franklin H. Briggs, superintendent
Of the state Agricultural and Industrial
school, Industry, N. Y.
Paper, 1.-The General Effect of Proba-
ton Upon Girls Who Afterward Become
Subject to Institutional Care" by Mrs
Ophelia l.. Amigh. Geneva, Ill.
Paper, Canadian Legislation Respect
ing Juvenile Delinquents," by William
Trant police magistrate, Regina, Sas.
katchewan, Canada.
Address Prevention" by Governor s
r. Vesey OF South Dakota.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
TO SPRING CITIZENS UNION

CONTINUED from First Pase)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

The copy Furnished by MN Sunderland
Includes a blank form of application for
membership. which one and all are in
ylted TO fili in and mail to or deliver az
the seoretary's office, 1926 City National
Bank building the secretary's Identity
being undiselosed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-13

About 5000 garment workers
are on strike in Cleveland for more
pay and shorter work hours, and
rioting has begun. In the hrst So
rious clash, between 1000 strikers
and sympathizers on one side and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-13
COUNTY OPTION STILL AN ISSUE.


republican politicians
eliminated politics.
a
to in of
strongly
burning
recently
in
ships
About townships have dry"
representatives
legislature
is
dependent Of
the republicans
the opposition the
salonkeep
has hundreds
the he
republicans and the demo
will party
the other framing platform And
before the fought
option issue
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-13
Heart toHcart
Talks.
MENpING MEN.
BY EDWIN A.. NYR

MENDlNG MEN.
Which seek to look beyond the broken law
To find the broken life and mend Its flaw.
Edmund Vance Cooke.
He rnends broken men.
He Is Warden Tom lyman of the
Colorado penitentiary, and the repair
ing of broken lives is his speciality.
Instead of striped garments and
armed guards and lock step and spies,
lyman uses bis honor system"-a
system by which prisoners are treated
not as convicts. but as men.
ITO make a man Trustworthy, trust
him." says Tom lyman. Can you mend
his logic?
Colorado state prisoners are en-
pioyed a part OF the time III building
state roads. The men are sent out In
working squads miles away from any
habitation- And they are guarded"
by one man.
Each prisoner knows he can get
away II he wants to. and there win be
nobody to shoot at him. And yet, such
is the trustworthiness of human M
ture when 1t is trusted, OF a total OF
745 employed last year only thirty
eight made an attempt to get away.
Of 100 men ninety-five were faithful.
Can you find a larger percentage of
reliability outside prison walls?
Moreover, life In the road camps &C
tually is made pleasant for the men.
About the campfires IN the evening
there Is a photograph One camp has
portable organ.
| Each prisoner takes an oath when
be goes out with the road gang that
he viii not throw down the warden
or the system. just as Judge Lindsey's
boys promise they VIII so alone to the
reform school and not Disgrace the
Judge"
Besides, the state grants each man
who faithfully does outside work ten
days a month additional good time"
That's all
| Incidentally Colorado has q nne sys-
tenn of state roads. especially In the
mountain districts. at very low cost.
If Tom lyman had his way the men
would be paid real wages. the money
to go to their families or be kept for
them pending release
| lyman says. Most Of those who
break our laws are not vicious, only
weak" And 1.-The idea that prison is
a place to punish rather than reform
men is not in accord with this age"
To all of which-amenl
Slowly but surely is that society
which is named Christian after him
who gave to 1t its highest impulses be-
ginning to heed and to practice that
part of his religion given on the Mount
| of Olives:
81 was in prison and ye came unto
me-"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-13

goose egg, and the other is smaller than
the ordinary bantam product. The pet
often has laid double-yolked eggs, and
has offered extraordinary small ones.
but this is the first combination of the
bottled kind. Following the appear
ance of each freak the hen lays off
three days before she lays another egg
of any kind.
FIRES AT WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
AS sequel to family troubles, Will
liam Koon, of Muncie, so years old, a
bridge worker. yesterday afternoon at
tempted to kill his wife and daughter
and then slashed his throat with a
knife. Neither Koon nor his victims
were fatally injured.
The Rooms had been separated for
several weeks. Yesterday afternoon
the man drove to the home of his SON
in-law, Noah Weaver. near Cammack,
where Mrs Koon was staying. With
out warning the man entered the house
and fired at his wife, the bullet graz
ing her arm.
AS members of the family interfered
koon shot afgain, the second bullet
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-13

piercing one of the fingers OF his
daughter, Mrs. Weaver. AS the man
attempted to fire a third time his SON
in-law struck him in the back of the
head with a lamp, the blow stunning
him. Weaver then obtained the gun.
When Koen revived he walked to an
outbuilding, where he slashed his
throat
RELIC OF STAGE COACH DAYS.
Charles Breeding. of Edinburg. is
tearing down old barn that was
used in the days when stage coaches
piled between Madison and Indian
apolis. and stop was made at this
place to change horses. The barn was
erected about seventy or seventy five
years ago. 1t was built of yellow
poplar and black walnut and the tim
Der is a. good as the day ii was cut.
Breeding will use the old lumber In
erecting a new barn.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-13

When he was about forty feet up from
the ground the lightness of the air
caused his aeroplane to fall, and 1T
alighted in the midst of a number of
automobiles, but luckily mono of the
occupants of the machines was hurt
Beachy was slightly bruised, and his
aeroplane was damaged. and it took an
hour or SO to repair it.
The large crowd became impatient.
and Beachy decided to make another
trial in his damaged machine. This
time his flight reached an altitude OF
about two thousand five hundred feet.
He sailed across the city and went half
way across the Ohio river and return
ed and made a pretty descent. Wilmer
broke his machine In his first attempt
to make flight.
MOTHERS PRAYER ANSWERED.
A mothers prayer that she might see
her son before her death was answered
yesterday morning when w. Il. Rust.
now a wealthy oregon land owner.
was reunited with his mother Mrs.
Sarah Rust, of Laporte. 81 years old,
after an <unbroken absence of twenty
seven years. Rust went away poor
and returned wealthy For years the
n other has prayed that she be permit
ted to see her son before her death.
EGG WITHIN AN AGEE.
Beaut. a single combed White Leg
horn hen. owned by W. A. Powell of
Indianapolis. 81 South Tacoma avenue.
who is fond of playing jokes on her
owner. is still cackling over what she
evidently regards as the best joke of
all She has laid an egg within an
egg. Both eggs are perfectly formvu.
The large one is the size of a small
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-13
THE SINISTER.

Attorney Wayman
he
shyse of which Lake
OF and bart driveo the legal
of of
murderous sluggers
with gangs of
criminals,
If the he black
flag of the a be
soldier a s a a
is the of aIofus-
everything pro-
he be a disgrace to en-
and denied the social recognition all people.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-13
The Evening Chit-Chat

feet that 1t is much easier to forgive
even a sin than an error in breeding.
and SO 1t seems to be.
OF course the obvious answer to
this is that while a knowledge OF
manners is undoubtedly necessary to
ones peace of mind. such a knowledge
should be obtained in the home.
OF course, it should; but how often
is 1t?
Again and again there came to me in
my mall queries on little points of
breeding from young men and women.
who evidently have not been taught
such things in the home.
And almost always the letters are
we'll worded and well written, showing
that the inquirers have had an other
wise good education.
do not think any city could give
its children q course which they would
look back upon with more gratitude all
their lives than one in manners.
1t might of course, be difficult TO
get the children's interest. but l think
this might be done by conducting the
lessons in a very practical fashion.
That is. the lesson on table manners
might be illustrated by a table set for
a course dinner and the other lssos
in a similar fashion.
The instruction need not be so elabor-
ate that few OF the children would
ever have a chance to put half of it
in practice. but merely a comparative
, iy few simple rules of breeding
Those who already knew some of
these things surely wouldn't be hurt.
, and those who didn't would undoubted-
~ be saved much embarrassment and
actual unhappiness.
Perhaps this is all very foolish and
visionary. but for the life of men
| can't see why.
RUTH CAMERON