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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
Financier Gives
Large Contribution
to Memorial Fund
Man Who Will Not Divulge Name
Presents Hundred Thousand to
Washington Project.

NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-The purpose OF the
George Washington Memorial association
was advanced today when 100000 wss do
mated by New York financier. This gift
practically makes sure the collection Of
$4,000, which the association has set itself
TO get before a site is decided upon. The
donor prefers, for the present, not TO dis
close his name.
The proposed memorial building Is to be
practical I'm plan and construction and Of
the most durable character. It is to furnish
home and gathering place for national,
patriotic, scientific educationl. literary, art,
medical and similar organizations, which
may need such Accommodations. II will
contain a great auditorium, and rooms for
large congresses and small meetings. Of
fices and research rooms.
II is purposed to raise S2OOO,0OO for the
building and an additional 100000 as an
endowment for maintenance so that con-
ventions and societies can use the building
without charge.
Two million dollars of this total will be
raised by popular subscription, so that the
memorial may be really a gift OF the peo-
pie, ana the association is not encoura gine
further big individual donations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
John jays Example
is Bar to New Rule
Honorary System at Columbia Runs
Against snag in the Way of
Old Precedent.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2z-(spec!al Telegram
--'rle proposition to induce the honorary
system at Columbia, which was inaugu-
rated few days ago by the students in
the senior class of the school OF applied
science is threatened with failure because
Of the example set by John Jay a MEM
Der OF the class OF 1864. and later the first
chief justice Of the United States. The
honor system depends for it's success upon
the willingness OF the students TO report
cases OF cheating to the faculty and stu,
dents opposed 10 Il have recalled an incl
dent in JAYS student career. John Jay,
OF the class OF i7G refused TO bear infar-
nation against cassmate. though or,
dered to do so by the president OF the
college. when number OF students had
been skyiarking and suffered suspension
from college In HIS senior year because OF
suuh refusal
The students have adopted resolutions
that they follow the example Of John Jay.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
Mayor W. S. Pershing
of Limon Tells Story
Of Early Days in State
es "reminiscences of Time When
W and Mule Formed Team and
Land Was Cheap.
PerschinE. mayor Of the town Of
Colo. and otherwise prominent in

PerschinE mayor Of the town OF
Colo and otherwise prominent in
b * community is at the Land Show
with a display OF crops raised without irri-
CATION. He has had this exhibit at Pitts
burg. Chicago and St Louis before coming
TO Omaha.
Mr.. Pershing is exhibiting cube OF
chocolates colored soil fourteen inches
square and two feet deep showing the
earth to be just as rich at two 'feet as Il
is at the surface This display has at
tracted more attention than anything else
In the booth.
Mr.. Pershing tells an interesting story
about trip he made to Omaha many years
ago. II commenced farming near Blair.
Neb., over forty-three years ago" said
Mr.. Pershing, mot having an auto or a
team of my own, then ! made my first
trip to Omaha with a neighbor by the
name of Johnson. who drove a COW and a
mule together. Starting at daylight we
could not cover more than twenty miles
by nightfall. Mr. Johnson made the trip
to Omaha TO have two plowshares sharp
ened, and to sell 81 worth Of butter and
eggs"
Mr.. Pershlng is full of "reminiscences
Il planted the first shade trees in the
town Of Blair for A. Castetter. the first
banker in Blair. I went through the sieges
OF drouth and grasshoppers and It was the
general belief in those days that none but
the river counties would ever amount to
anything. II took eighteen years after
first went there for the choice land to
reach a value of s15 an acre
AT a Fourth of July celebration IN those
early days Judge Bowen in a speech said
some Of his hearers would live to see the
day when the land in Washington county
would be worth $50 an acre, but he was
generally dscredited The land he had
reference to has since sold for as high as
$50 an acre
Speaking Of Colorado he says: I'VE have
land in Colorado that can be had close to
good railroad towns at from S12 TO SIS an
acre that will soon be worth from $50 to
$50 an acre A great mistake vas made
by the government IN passing a bill giving
200 acres for homestead. AS rule those
making proof on 100 acres do not have
more than ten or fifteen acres under culti-
walton. and not half plowed or cultivated
at that.
"The ones who have made the most
money arfe those who have from forty
to eighty acres well plowed and cultivated,
II the government had given but forty
! acres and furnished It broken up one foot
deep, which would be cheaper than the
expensive irrigation systems, there would
! be more homes. more development E
! greater production and less number OF
failures.
Omaha is entitled TO great credit for the
efforts made in turning the tide Of immi-
grafton westward. At the same time
Omaha vii reach a rich reward few
years later by seed sown on good ground
I IN this way"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
GOD MANIFEST AT LAND SHOW
Rev. ]. E. Hummon Tells Of the Won
derful Lessons Found There.
WORKS OF THE LAND ARE GREAT
RSfnIster Advises AIla Conversation by
All Means to See the Land show
and to Learn Of,the New
Country.

God Manifest at the Land Show was
the subject OF a most forceful sermon
preached yesterday morning by Rev. j. +.
Hummon, pastor of the Kountze Memorial
church. He took for his subject Psalms
iii 2, The works Of the Lord are great,
sought out OF all of them that have
pleasure in them. He hath made his Won
derful works to be remembered. He hath
showed his people the power of his works. =
Every child of God should rejoice in
the coming to our city of the represent
atives OF the soil in the various parts Of
this great land" said Mr. Hummon, and
accordingly should congratulate the enter
prising press The Omaha Bee and Twen-
tieth Century Farmer, for the thoughtful
consideration of that sphere of life and its
opportunities which at this time is at
tracing the attention of almost our en-
tire population. Every man who has 25
cents should see the Land Show and IL
you do not have it and borrowing is not
against your principle of finance, make a
oan-but by all means see the Land Show.
IT personally have no time for the aver
age show. great deal of nonsence and
worthless stuff is brought before the in
dulgent public and often out OF sympathy
rather than interest is supported. But
this institution which at present is the
talk OF our city, and which is commanding
the attention Of our citizenship as well as
the citizenship of men and women from a
distance. Is most worthy-worthy Of the
thorough support and diligent study OF
every thinking man. l commend this dis
play OF the product of the soil and the men
whose labor and toll has made 1t possible
to your thoughtful consideration,
Now, methinks / hear someone say our
pastor is advertising the Land Show this
morning instead Of preaching the gospel
And II may be that some will go away from
this place his morning with the thought
that oui time has been misspent. But
God has put IT into my mind 10 call at
tention TO this matter and ! may say ]
have been so wonderfully impressed with
the thought OF God in the whole procedure
that / consider this occasion as an oppor.
tunity to impress the same thought upon
my brethren i'm the Lord,
THAT there Is a great infinite, supreme
personality, there are few only in our age
who would venture to deny God is here
He who has never read a page I'm the
Bible but who has been an observer ol
the things which do appear can but ar,
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
Tiny Child is Dead
After Being Frozen
By Parents Neglect

NORFOLK. Neb., Jan. 22-(special Tele-
m.)-Apparently a victim to most brut-
ally inhuman treatment at the hands OF
his mother and step-father, the tiny body
OF 3-year-old Kraut Stehr covered with
bruises that tell their own pitiful story
OF mistreatment at home. will follow to
the grave the feet which were amputated
from the baby's legs last Thursday, after
they had been allowed to freeze in the
Stehr home and had become infected
with gangrene before a physician was
called tina one dropped off of It's own
weight and the other was about to drop
off when the surgeons knife was applied.
The child died this afternoon in the arms
Of his aunt, who tells story that con,
victs both Stehr and his wife of cruelty
Mrs. Stehr failed to appear when notified
that the child was dying, The step-father
is in the county jail pending an investiga-
tion
The aunt says little Kaurt was made
to sleep in a kitchen sher where there
was no stove even in twenty-seven be-
low zeron weather. Bruises covering his
body are from a strap with which Stehr
lashed him. she SAYS II was Christmas
eve that neighbors noticed the child's feet
we're suffering. other children danced
about a Christmas tree, but he cried and
then his father forced him to dance
It must have been before that that the
two feet had been frozen as he slept in
the kitchen shed, Il ia thought
A neighbor heard the child calling from
an out-building during the New Year bliz-
zard when the temperature was twenty,
seven below zero. Papa, papa" the child
called. but the doors were shut and no
answer came.
After taking him to the hospital TO be
operated on at command OF county au,
! thorities, the mother and step-fsther never
/ inquired as to the ohilds condition. The
mother came 10 see him after three days,
remaining hut a moment He pushed her
4 face back and said, Go away"
: Mrs. Stehr says her husband is not the
/ child's father. Tie never told anybody in
/ Germany who the father was and she
won't tell in America. Stehr is quoted By
/ his sister-in-law as having called the child
a pest. Tie frequently dubbed the tot ovcl
/ the neck with a stick the sister-in-lav
SAYS.
The community is wrought up
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
FARMER HAS GREATEST CHANCE
No Such Thing as Poor Soil in the
Country
NATION is SLAVE TO FASHION
Expects to Live According to the
Dictates Of Appetite.
LONG LIFE WITHIN EASY REACH
little savings md Little Economics
within Reach og All, witch wOuld
Teil EnormousIy In Aggregate
Tor welfare Of the Public.

NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-(special Telegram1
There is no such thing as bad soil In
the Cpited states. The matter Is, there Is a
poor man on the top Of good soil
This statement was made at the saturday
luncheon OF the Luncheon club Yesterday
by Prof Seaman A. Knapp. chief expert
Of the Department Of Agriculture. There
was delighted applause by the biggest
crowd the club has had at such meeting
this year.
There are 1OOO.OOOoOO acres Of land on
which there il constant loss by erosion, i'm
proper tilage floods. storms. etc. Pia-
cling this loss at 81 an acre, as a conserva-
tive estimate H.OOOOOO.OOO is lost to the
country each year that could be saved II
proper methods were used"
LAYING down the prosposition that folks
are slaves 10 fashion. not only in clothes,
but In food. the expert said:
we are not fed according to the phi
losophy of what will produce the best re-
suits, but according TO the dictates OF our
Appetites. II the people OF the United
states would only save $40 year apiece
on their food and clothes, which could
easily be done. II would mean that the
countr,, would benefit 100000 a year, The
average life in this country is thirty-three
years. II properly fed and clothed, there
Is no reason why the average life of the
individual should not be increased to fifty
years The increase of just one year OF
life would mean a saving to the people of
America of s. 5OO0.0OO,0O0 a year"
Az remedies for present conditions Prof
Knapp said farms should be run on bust
ness basis, just as are manufactures, and
that the only way to teach this is through
personal contact. Along this line, he said,
the Department Of Agriculture has put q
representative In every district of the south
has organized department for the in
struction OF boys. with an enrolment of
49, 2s5 at the end OF last year; has organized
girls clubs, where the proper canning OF
farm products is taught, and has taken
means to help farmers wives.
Another conclusion Knapp enunciated
vas that gardens are at the bottem OF
the high cost Of living
Re said ttlefe are q. 600 children idle
who might be producers II they were only
taught properly TO TIL garden.
And this Is not an expensive job" hS
said "If they would only give me one
hRlt OF one battleship ] could put demon
strators in every county in the country.
can fight Off more foreign invaders with
pumpkin, carrot and beet than with al
your armaments."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
Girls Use Gasoline;
One Dead, Two Burned
Candy Party Ends with Destruction
of House by Flames in Spring
field, S. D.

SPRINGFIELD s. D.. Jan. 22.-As the
result of a mistake in using gasoline in
stead Of kerosene in attempting to re-
plenish a fire in a kitchen stove, Zera
Brown, s years old, lies dead at her home
in this city. Della Dawes, IA years old,
and Charlotte Dawes, s years old. are also
seriously burned and not expected to live
more than a few hours. Hilda Crosby 8
years old, was badly burned, but It is ex-
pected that she will recover The home OF
the two girls, belonging to George Dawes
valued at $4,000, was almost completely
gutted.
The accident happened while the -four
girls We're in the kitchen OF the Dawes
home making candy late this afternoon
Fred Dawes, brother OF the two girls
ran through the flames and carried out the
four girls in the kitchen and later brought
out Nrs. Tilton. an aged woman from an
apartment on the second floor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
Methodist Church at
Utica Burns to Ground
Explosion Of Lantern Carried by Min.
ister's Son Sets Off Destruo-
tive Blaze.

UTICA. Neb. Jan, 22.-1speciaI Tele-
gtdm1--The explosion OF a gasoline Ian
tern IN the hhpds Of Wal;er Kilbin, son
OF the minister Of the --ethodist church.
causcd the destruction OF the church by
fire thls evening Young Mr., kilbin mar
roWly escaped injury when the lantern eN-
p'oded, but succeeded in apparently eX-
tugulshing all trace OF the blaze, which
started near the altar, from the burning
Oh
When the young man reached the out
slide he noticed through the window that
serious blaze was creeping up the wall
behind the altar he summoned the fire
but the building burned TO the ground,
department. and a hard fight was made
The loss was f3.U0o and the insurance q. 100
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
Italian Lover Kills Girl After
Broken Troth from Vendetta

Naples. Many years previously. so many
that the present generation forgot just
when, vendetta had been declared by the
Music and lombard families. Eut this did
not deter Attic, nor did II prevent pretty
Francesca from listening TO the love tale
Of the handsome young soldier
Soon neighbors began to talk. News OF
what was going on reached the girls
brother. He forbade her TO meet her ad-
mirer, but meetings went on and then the
brother sent Francesca 10 America
When she had gone Music was told that
Ehe was to marry another a rich man In
the great new country. He was frantic
and swore she should not belong to another.
The girl was taken to St Msry's hospital
She las but bare chance to recover.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
Find Flag that Was Once Saved
From Enemies by Girls Kiss

NEW YORK Jan. 22-(special Tele-
gram)-An old confederate flag wrapped
in newspaper. found In a Brooklyn stree,
by policeman and carried to the station,
proved to be an object which has beer
treasured sinGs its capture at Yorktown.
on the folds Of which sentimental girl
once knelt and kissed when il was being
trampled in the dust during the recon
struction period. John J. Snyder, a mer-
chant, was found 10 be the owner OF the
flag. The flag had been given his father
by a member Of the lIimban family. a
yorktown.
one night there MAS = bis dance On
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23

NEW YORK, Jan. e..-,special telegram
A romance OF Italy, with the lovers
separated by their families because Of a
long-standing vendetta, found It's end today
in Hobokon.
Entering the home OF her stop-father,
where she had been sent from Italy
six months ago, Francesca lombard, 10
years old, was shot Ia the back and prob
ably mortally wounded by Attic Music, q.
who had come all the way across the seas
after her arriving only Friday. lie then
sent a bullet into his own brain, falling
dead beside the girl.
The romance began 100 "a little town in
Avehno province, not many miles from
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
HIGH STREET CAR STEPS
INC0NVENlENT-lF H0BBLED
Numeu OF Providence Petition street
Hallway Company TO Get Cars
Up 20 Date.

PROVIDENCE r. l.. Jan, 22.-(special
telegram In an effort TO harmonic the
hohblc skirt and the accommodations pro-
Nded patoons by the local street railway
conn anyt 5i OF the most influential women
of this city and state, members OF tho
lihcdc Island Women's clubs, petitiOned
the city council TO institute a crusade for
mere and shorter steps on trolley cars.
ne h0bble skirt Is nov specifically re-
ferrcd 90 in the petition. but IL Is no secret
that in the deibera tions Of the signcr9 a
To- nished the real animus OF the agitation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23

Kimbalrs lawn. To this affair were in
vited the descendants OF the Dutch. who
constituted the aristocracy Of the section.
The house was brilliantly lighted and the
lawn glowed and danced in the waverlng
illumination.
During the dance some OF the men put
the confederate flag on the ground, and
the girls and men danced over H. This
was In the feverish time OF the war, when
feeling vas high and enmities bitter.
But there was an interruption. stop
cried one Of the young women. a guest OF
the house, and she ran out TO the lawn.
broke through the ranks Of the dancers
and kneeling down, kissed the flag This
act broke w the dance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
Special Program Carried Out for
Visitors from Hawkeye State
Afternoon and Evening
TYPICAL SUNDAY CROWD ATTENDS
Maurice Connolly and P. e. Holden
Speak for Iowa.
wADIE1GH MAKES AN ADDRESS
General Passenger Agent Of Rio
Grande Praises Show.
AID MEN HAVE BOARDS TONIGHT

woodmen Of worid and Al Club VIII
Observe Today Rt IRUd show,
Ad Men waking Original
Demonstration.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23

Iowa pay
woodr,en Of the World Day.
Ad club Day.
Sneclal program beginning at $40 o'clock
In tho evening on main stage, Auditorium,
Address OF welcome Mayor James c.
Dahlman.
Songs by Eawaiians.
Address. Iowa" by Maurice Connolly,
Dubuque.
Cornet solo Miss Nettic Reiter.
Address "Petter Crops and Better Men
Prof =. G. Holden.
"niNie." bv Laud Show Concert band.
Address, "WoodcrRft." J. c. Root.
omaha publicity performances, by "A
club.
woodmen drill teams attend In uniform,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Nebraska -Gonerally fair.
For Iowa Warmer.
For weather report see Page j.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-03-07
Quickly Cures Coughs,
Colds and Catarrh.

II you, dear reader, could spend IN
hour looking over few OF the thousands
Of Testimonials that We have on file, You
would not 20 on suffering from catarrh,
that disgustipg disease that Will surely
sap your vitality and weaken your entire
system II allowed to continue.
You would have just az much faith IN
HYOMEI az we have, and We have 20
much confidence in Its wonderful cur
stive virtue that It Is sold the country
over under positive guarantee to cure
cstarrh, Group, sore throat, coughs and
colds or money back.
No stomach dosing when you breathe
HYOMEI. Just pour few drops OF the
liquid into the inhaler, and breathe 1t IN.
1t is mighty pleasant to use; 1t opens
up those s,uffed.up nostrils 10 two min
utes, and makes your head feel a. clear
as bell in q short time. =.
Breathe HYOMEI and kill the catarrh
germs. It's the only way to cure catarrh.
It's the only way to get rid OF that con-
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A complete HYOMEI outfit, which In.
cludes bottle of HYOMEI and hard
rubber pocket inhaler, costs Sl.W a.
Chas. d. Howard Co.'s and druggists
everywhere. If you already own hy'
omei inhaler you can get an extra ootsle
of HYOMEI for so cents.
"We have used HYOME1 In our
family for the cure and breaking up OF
coughs, colds, sore throat and catarrhal
affections, and can say that 1t 10 grand
remedy worth its weight in gold Mrs.
John Cooper, South Wayne, Mich.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-03-07
Resolutions.

BRYANr's POND, ME-, Feb. 25, 1911.
Whereas, The Divine Master 10 his in
finite wisdom has seen fit to remove
Sister Lola Foster from our midst,
therefore be IL
Resolved, That the Grange has lost
worthy member who was always ready
TO do all she could for the good OF the
order.
Resolved, That while We bow our
heads in humble submission We realize
how inadequate words Of ours may be
to soothe the broken hearted, yet as a
body we wish TO express our sincere
sym pathy to the family in their hour OF
sorrow.
Resolved, That copy OF these reso-
buttons be sent to the family, copy DC
spread upon our records and copy DO
sent to the papers for publication, and
our charter be drsped for thirty days.
r. G. Davis,
BAsHA f. ACKLEY, }
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-03-07
The village Cooperation Report.

The annual report OF the South Paris
Village Corporation 10 just out With
the addition Of the water department to
the corporation business and the more
detailed form of report adopted In recent
years, the document 10 considerably
larger than IL used to be, and Is quite q
respectable little book.
The report Of the assessors, W. j.
Wheeler, Oscar E. Barrows and W. s.
Starbird, shows the total valuation Of the
corporation to be 1921, 912.00, an increase
from the preceding year OF SlS, 742.O 90.
Polls assessed we're 4S5, at $1.00. The
total assessment was %, 1872, and the rate
4 mills.
No accounts were overdrawn, and no
large unexpended balances remain In
any Of the departments, except rela-
lively large balance In the police fund,
in which the expenditures for the year
were exactly IS 90, all for the Fourth Of
July.
The water account shows expendi-
lures of $4,000. No distinction is
made between those items which prop
erly belong to the construction OF the
plant, and those which belong to the
account of maintenance and manage
ment, but at least $4,000 of the expeudi
lures, and doubtless considerably more
than that, belongs in the construction
account. The report of Charles W. Bow
ksr, superintendent Of the water system,
shows q revenue for the department for
water rentals and material for putting In
services of s5.32733 in cash paid, and
uncollected amount for the year OF
S79 so.
The report Of the treasurer, Charles
Il. Howard, is as follows: