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Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-09
Degree of Honor
Meets in Fairbury

Fairbury, Neb, June s-(Speciai
Telegram Fairbmy is entertaining
the fourteenth annual state conven-
ton OF the Degree OF Honor and APP
proximately 200 delegates from all
parts OF Nebraska are IN attendance.
Wayne Headrick Ceayer grand chief
OF honor, OF Lincoln. Mrs. Augusta
Anton OF McCook, past grand master;
Mrs. F. w Wager Of Hastings, grand
chief OF ceremonies, and Mrs. Hard
ing Of Hebron comprise some Of the
officials who are in attendance.
The opening session OF the conyen-
ton was held in Odd Fellows hall,
The Hastings drill team will do some
fancy drilling A public entertainment
will be given and the stores are hand
somely decorated IN pink and white,
the colors Of the Degree Of Honor.
Initiation work was given 4 the hail
this afternoon
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-09
BRIEF CITY NEWS

'fownsend's for sporting Goods"
Electric Fans, $3.50. Burgess -oranden Co.
Diamond Engagement Rlngs--Edholn
Have Root Print It--Now Beacon Press
Property Cared For-=To rent property
Nc" j. u. pumont Keeiine Bldg
For snIe--5ia and per cent city and
farm mortgages J. II. Dumnnt. Keeline bldg.
johnson Gets Verdict-Frank o. johnson
has boen awarded a verdict OF ts,5g8.sO
gsainst the Maryland Casualty company Of
Baltimore.
tion today II appears In The Bee exclu-
slvely, Find out what the various moving
picture thsatars offer.
Andirons, Fire sersens--sundori
Miss Clark to Play--Edith H. Wagner will
present her pupil Miss Bertha Clark IN a
piano recital this ovonng at sib IN the
recital hall ~ tho Omaha school " Orchess
tral Instruments, Seventeenth ana Farnam
streets.
Celebrates Birthday--Whie he w not say
ing a word relative 10 which one u n, Or.
Mlliener of the Union Pacihc u celebrating
a birthday His desk IN q mass Of roses,
carnations and other cut flowers, sent IN by
friends and admirers
Police Seek Anna l.. wincbeIl--rbe police
have been asked TO look for Anna l.. Winch
Ell, who iH heir 10 q considerable estate IN
Now York city. II found aho IL requested to
communicate with Terry Parker, attorney,
30 Liberty street, New York city.
Carey Cleaning Company Incorporntes--
Tbs Carey Cleaning company has filed Hrti'
elca Of Incorporation for 10000. The in.
c0rporAtGrs are Frank H. Carey and " g.
Carey The company VIII do a general Cicau-
ing and dyeing business and make hats,
Hanscom Park IIpproycrs Meet-~Ths
fInnseom Park Improvement club will meet
~ o'clock this evening ~ Windsor
school Election ~ officers, matter ~ COM
fnunty celebration Of Fourth ~ July south.
wsat sewer ana other important matters Will
DO acted upon.
10 Paint Part Of Federal BuildinR=-liars
vey Hechtnltzor has arrived here 70 start
painting tho Interior ~ The pOsf0ffiee build
Ing lie Is employed by J. y sullivan Of
Chicago, VIM hiss the contract All " tho
first floor, the corridors and two or three
rooms elsewhere In tho building VIII be
painted
Going FIshing--A nshing party made ~ Of
Dave Aortbup II. j. DaGroot, u. J. Dipplo,
W. Clear and = " B0norden will leave Bat
urdag night for Randolph MINI, Dflega.
Hons wili be there from Clarion ana Fort
Dodge, and altogether sunday something
ike forty men Will begin day Of nahnR
Tho members ~ the fishing party are al
Great Western men They Will return to
their homes Monday morning.
Use Terrific" shingles. snndsriand'a
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-09
JUSTICE COURTS
BLOT UPON CITY
So Declares Assistant City Attorney
Mcclure, Brought in Contact
With Them.
HE CITES SEVERAL CASES

The Justice courts OF this city are
blot upon our civilization. | am
gong down to Lincoln next winter.
u have 70 pay my own expenses.
and will cndeayor 10 get a bill
through TO make it possible to get a
change Of venue from justice to mu-
nicipal court, or 10 rid the city Of
these so-called courts" declared At
torney Mcclure Of the legal aid de.
parlment Of the Welfare board.
DO you include all OF the Omaha
justice courts in your arraignmcntF7
was asked.
u fail TO sec any difference as a
general proposition" was the reply.
Costs Piled Up.
The latest expose Of Omaha Justice
courts by The Welfare board was
prompted by The visit Of Mrs. Mary
Ross Of Thirty-third and u streets
South Side Superintendent Schneider
directed Miss Lezinsky, one OF his
investigators, to make a careful inycs-
tigation OF the case, which she did,
with this result. Last year Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross purchased Two suits and
two ovcteoats for their boys, paying
an installmcnt house 81 in cash and
being charged with the balance Of
$3.50. The installmcnt people turned
the account over 10 the Kelly Collec-
ton Agency company Paxton block,
which concern brought action in the
justice court Of G. II. Kubat. Last
Saturday there was due Mr.. Ross SIS
for two weeks pay The judgment
Of the Justice court amounted 10
Sl9.45. made up Of the following
items: Balance Of account, 81 so; in
tercst, IS cents; court and constable
costs, $500; garnishec papers. $40.
recording gafnishee, 81; constable.
Sl75; expenses Of court, Sl20.
answer Of Rarnishec, IS cents. order,
rs cents; lease, rs cents. Mr. Ross
received a check for $5.55, signed by
Justice Kubat, that being the differ
ence between bis pay check and the
judgment.
There are six small children IN the
Ross family. The husband works in
a packing house. Mrs. Ross cried
when she told the Welfare board Of.
fee Of her plight Of having S5.55 for
her home for two weeks
In League With Justices.
What ] want to say is thai the
collection agencies are in league with
Justice courts. One agency has man
who spends most Of his time at one
u these jack rabbit courts. ! have
which will show thai
some Of these collection agency
people are performing the functions
u lawyers, taking these accounts
rom business houses and agreeing 10
make collections and putting the
suits through IN justice courts on
basis Of half Of the accounts due III
Inc Ross case the installment people
told me that they turned the account
oyer on fifty-fifty basis" continued
Attorney MCGUIRE.
The Welfare board attorney cited a
,ase Of another justice who, on Wed.
1esday, charged poor woman SIS for
/ peace complaint because she had
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-09
Soldiers Dispense
Anti Mob
In City of Chihuahua

chihuahua City June s.-An anti
American riot, melted by mass
meeting to protest agains. the con-
tinued presence of American troops in
Mexican territory was put down here
tonight by the military, after demon.
stration had been made against the
American consulate and stones hurled
at the Foreign club, in the belief that
it was an American institution.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-09

been directed to his court by an un-
scrupulous lawyer Any honest JUS
tiee would have sent her to the police
court where a peace complaint would
not have cost her anything, pro-
vided she had reasonable complaint,
is the contention OF Mr.. Mcclure.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-09
Finland No Tyusber.

Now that willie kyronsn, Fibisnd's crack
little marathoher. has defeated his country.
man, the great HannsH K0lehmainen. and
the Metropolitan handicap has been won by
the foury earsold colt The Finn, Finland
VIII have 60 be added 10 tho list Of big
ieaguora.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-09
Hughes Spends Day
Writing Decisions

Naah.ustaH iuHe Justice
ituEhft remained secluded at hh
h1ntt ou a,sifeHth street Today witt
Eva aninIont io hf delivered tom ihr
apfemt sauH bench Monday tht aat
fFtsn daF HHiu nest iali ttg haH
UN callers and ks UNlR d3sfatNN Wat
tH automobile f.Af m see evening NIih
Mrt liuahtt
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-09

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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-12
Iowans at Head Four States.

Iowans are now at the head OF
three states of the United States.
They are:
Gov Geo. W. Clarke, Iowa.
Gov. J. A. A. Burnquist, Mime
sofa.
Gov. John II. Morehead, Nebras-
ka.
Governor George Carlson, Colo
RADIO.
Governor Burnquist was elevated
to the governorship of Minnesota by
the death of Gov. w. S. Hammond.
He had been elected lieutenant gov
ernor and was the opposite in poll
tics. He is a republican, while Ham
mond was a democrat Burnquist
was born at Dayton, la. His father
still resides at that place. Governor
Morehead of Nebraska also is for
mer Iowan. He is democrat and is
serving his second term as governor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-12
Citizens Savings Bank of This City
Forging Ahead, as Notable In
Increase Has Been Made i'm
Banks Surplus.
THE PRESENT OFFICERS
ALL RErELECTED YESTERDAY
Safety First Has Been the Motto
For Years of This Oldest In
corpOrated Bank in This
County, and Each Year
Has Witnessed
Steady Growth

The annual stockholders meeting
of the Citizens Savings Bank of De-
corah was held at the banking rooms
yesterday afternoon. The present Of
ficers were all reelected as follows:
E. j. Curtin, president; r. f. b.
Portman, vice president; b. j. Nc
Kay, Cashier; F. E. Cratselberg, r.
E. Bucknell, and f. Amundsen, as
sistant cashiers.
The directors also remained the
same:-E. J. Curtin, r. F.. B. Port
man, B. j. Mckay, Dr. F. w. Con-
over and John Curtin.
At the directors meeting another
important advanced step was taken
by this we'll known bank when they
increased their surplus to $4,000,
which now gives the Citizens Savings
Bank the heaviest surplus, il pro-
portion to its capital, of any other
bank in this section. This increased
SNA pANS liIoho uSll W lllt pau Ol-o
of this staid and conservative bank
ing institution, and the patrons are
benefited in no small measure by the
increase. Safety first has been a
motto of this bank for years. The
officers of this bank have practiced
conservation and no infiatiols of any
kind were ever permitted to creep
into its business system, and their
business principles show that they
are gradually growing, and their
foundation becoming stronger and
stronger as the years roll by. The
bank has board of directors who
stand for solidity, and are active in
the management of the banks af-
fairs. Their purpose now, and as il
has always been is to make the bank
as strong as possible, consequently
he increased surplus.
The Citizens Savings Bank in all
the years it has been established
here has been in the hands of men,
whose integrity has been Of the
highest, and their sound business
principles have builded an insti.u
tion as strong as the rock of Gibrai-
tar They have never endeavored
to make any sensational showings,
bUt with the coming and going Of
the years, they have added to the fl
nancial strength of the bank until
today the bank is in as healthy CON
dition as it is possible to make
modern banking ins itution, and we
congratulate the directors of this
bank on their latest move TO make
the institution stronger than ever
before
The officers are always looking
for improved methods to handle
their business in safe and ConSerY-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-12
10000 KILLED By CANCER.
Insurance Statistician Urges More
Study of Disease on Pan
American Delegates.

Washington, Jan. 10.-The death
toll of cancer for the United States
last year was $4,000. Frederick L.
Hoffman, insurance statistician, to.
day told the Pan-American scienti-
fic congress. The census bureau is
rushing work on similar statistics,
but is not ready to make its an
nouncement.
Mr.. Hoffman urged more serious
consideration of the disease by doc
tors and the public. Cancer, he said
is increasing throughput the world.
"Of the 1915 deaths, he said,
"32,00 were of males and $4,000
of females. Edinburgh statistics
show that cancer is decidedly more
common among the well-to-do than
among the poor. Stout persons are
less fortunate than thin persons as
regard cancer"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-12
WHY IT PAYS TO READ THE ADS.

Mrs. Housewife, if you picked up
your favorite family paper this eve
ming and saw a new baking powder
advertised, would you try that brand
tomorrow? Hardly! Why? Because
you do not know the brand. How do
you become familiar, then, with
most of your household necessities?
I Through advertising. An article
I that you see advertised continuously
appeals to you. Your good sense
tells you that it must be right, else
it could not remain on the market.
And what advertising is to an indivi-
dual article it is to business insti-
tuition. Advertising draws trade to
a store. If that store continues to
advertise, it is satisfying its custom
ers. No business can amount to
much without advertising, nor can
advertising do any business any
good unless that business lives up
to its advertisements. Here then is
plainly seen why it pays to trade
with the continuous advertisers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-12
Play is Taken From the Short Stor-
les of Montague Glass, Built
Around Trials of "Abe"
and "Mauruss.''
WILL BE IN DEBORAH
FRIDAY FEB. %.
The Play Contains Thousand
Laughs, and Besides is Full of
Deepest Heart Interest.

That clever stories even if they
are devoid of grippe and plots to grip
the attention of readers, may be
made into clever plays, has been
demonstrated by the phenomenal
success of Potash and Perlmutter,'
who will be at the Grand OH
Friday, February 25. The play is
taken from the short stories of Mon
tague Glass, built around the trials
and tribulations of abe" Potash
and "Mawruss' Pcrlmutter, manu-
facturers of cloaks and suits. Abe
and Mawruss have become familiar
characters to readers all over the
United States. Plays like Potash
and Perlmutter" are popular not be-
cause of the drama they contain, not
especially because of the ability of
the men and women in the case, but
because the public knows Abe and
Mawruss and recognizes them as old
friends when they see the advertise
ments of the play Few people
there are who can read, who have
not at some time or other laughed
at the antics of the two Hebrew part
ners and their cronies, and they
want to see them in real life. Also;
there is another human quality and
that is the curiosity of the reader to
know how story can be made over
into play. These are the things
that characterized the immediate
success of Potash and pr-lmutter'.
When people read week after week
and month after month, the doings
of a character treated by clever
writer, they come to feel and know
the character and when they have
an opportunity to see him on the
boards, they feel almost like he had
come to life.
Briefly, the story of Potash and
Perlmutter' deals with the trials
and tribulations of those most Iowa
Dle Ol PARTNERS WuO TlSh lutlT dli "
save from a Russian prison core
ligionist who has been falsely accus-
ed of bomb-throwing, but who thru
their very self-sacrifice secure the
services of the greatest cloak and
suit designer of her day-Ruth
Goldman Although containing a
thousand laughs, the play is full of
deepest heart-interest and although
he does not appear on the pro-
gramme, the busiest character of all
is little Cupid.
The scenes are laid first, in the
somewhat shabby downtown office
and work-room of the firm, then in
their handsome Fifth Avenue estab-
lishment, and, finally, in the home
of Abe Potash.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-12
MOTORISTS MAY NOW
PAY A. YOU RIDE
Local Maxwell Repres Ctatives An
nOunce a New Defe 4 Pay
ment Plan.
IDEA Is LOGICAL
AND Goo ONE
Similar to that Employed With
Pianos, Real Estate and Other
Sales.

Acting on the sound principle that
automobiles can and will eventually
be generally sold on the same basis
as pianos, real estate and other
commodities of value, Messrs. Woi.
dunn of the Woldum Motor Car Co.
Of this city, local Maxwell represen-
tatives, announce in this issue a
time-payment plan by which the
prospective motorists of this city
and vicinity can secure Maxwell cars
without any appreciable encroach-
ment on their financial resources
and investments.
Pay as you Ride is the concise
way in which Messrs Woldum sum-
marizes the details of the plan.
Modern conditions often demand
that man make use of his entire
lapital in his business or in his pro-
Fessional equipment" declares Mr..
Martin Woldum. 'Often, even the
relatively small amount needed to
pay the cash-down price of even a
Maxwell automobile is large enough
to keep him from taking his money
from the channels in which it is at
work
The automobile business must
recognize this condition. | have
worked out a plan which | am put
ting into effect here, for the benefit
of my customers who may be so sit
uated.
This plan enables the man of av-
erage means to buy car and enjoy
it while he is paying for it, and en-
ables him, as well, to pay for ii out
of his regular income. This plan
am putting at work today 1t will
be eligible in the case of every car
] can secure from the Detroit factory
and my schedule calls for more
Maxwell cars than have ever been de-
livered here in any cold-weather
month. At present l can make i'm
, mediate delivery under this Pay as
you Ride plan"
The experiment is being explain
ed to buyers frankly and without re-
serve, and the local Maxwell sales
room was crowded today with inter
ested motorists.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-12
OFFICERS INSTALLED.
Winneshiek Lodge /. o. O. +. and
OneOta Rebekah Lodge Hold
Installation Ceremonies.

On Tuesday evening January 4, oc-
Cured the semi-annual installation
of officers in Winneshiek Lodge No.
So, |. o. O. F. The ceremony was
conducted by r. F. Tyler, District
Deputy Grand Master, assisted by
the following staff: S. E. Brickner,
d. d. G. Marshal; E. c. Grant D..
d. G.. Warden; Mark d Wells, ID. D..
G. Treas; r. G. Price, ID. d. G. Sec );
and E. w. Cutting, d. d. G Chaplain.
The officers installed were as fol-
lows: Noble Grand. j. S. Barfoot; ;
Vice Grand, G.. T. Pearson; Secre-
tary, E. C Grant; Fin. Secretary.
Mark ID. Wells; Treasurer, B. o..
Marsh r. S. n. G., r. Bucknell; l.
S. n. G., E II. Haines Inside Guar
dian, Roy McMullen; r. S. V. G.. II.
NJ. Cummings; l. S. V. G., VIM.
Dickson; Warden, Roy Dickson;
Conductor, Geo. Mizener; r. S. S., p
c. Bloomfield; l.. S. S. Jas. Draper;
Chaplain, Geo. Draper.
After the work of the evening all
sat down to a bountiful repast served
by Oneota Rebekah Lodge.
On Friday evening, Jan. I. Oneota
Rebekah Lodge installed officers as
follows; Noble Grand. Miss Ida
Reum; Vice Grand, Mrs. Gertie Pear
son; R. Secretary Mrs. Mabel O.
Grant; Fin. Sec, Mrs. Matte Tyler;
Treas, Mrs. Lenna Knorr; Warden.
Elizabeth Chinn; Conductor. Miss
Jennie Edmunds: r. 6. N G.. Mrs.
Carrie Hislop; l.. S. S. G., Miss Ollie
Blagsvedt; r. S. v G., Mrs. Alice
Mollart; l.. s. V. G.. Mrs. Edna
Willis: Inside Guardian, Mrs. Hazel
Van Dusen; Outside Guardian, Mrs.
Mary Bloomfield; Chaplain, Mrs
Mary Wilson.
The ceremonies of installation
President, Margaret Ammer. assist
ed by ID. ID. G. Marshal. Carrie His
lop; d. ID. G. Warden. Ella NARROW;
ID. d. G. Sec, Josie Cutting; d. d. G.
Treas, Elizabeth Chinn; ID d. G.
Chap, Lizzie Cummings; d. ID. G [.
G., Mary Bloomfield; d. d. G. H.,
Mary Wilson.
At the close of the session, supper
was served by a committee of the sis
ters of the lodge
On Saturday evening District De-
putty Grand Master. r. F. Tyler, ac-
companied by the following staff: ID.
ID. G.. Marshal, S. f. Brickner: d. ID.
G. Warden, f. c. Grant; ID. ID. G.
Sec, r. G, Price: ID. D, g, Treas,
Mark ID. Wells, autoed to Burr Oak
and installed the following officers of
Burr Oak lodge 43, |. o o. F.:
Noble Grand-Clarence Failey.
Vice Grand-Perrv Whitney.
Secretary-P c. Olson.
Treas.-A. E. Smith
r. S. n. G.-Abe Pierce.
l.. S. n. G.-Fd Arnold
r. S. V. G.-Guy Masters
l.. S. V. G --Chas Reid.
r. S. S.-John Johnson.
l.. S. S.-Les. Abbott.
l. CT. f. Nash
o. G.-J. Ackerson.
Chap &C. Manning.
At the close of the lodge all sat
down to an elegant banquent to
which all did ample justice.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-12
Vacant Lot Farming Brings Cham
pionship.

Growing 1O9 bushels of corn on
an acre of vacant lots was the feat
that brought Ralph Sherwin OF Pot
tawattamie county the corn growing
championship this year and trip to
the Panama exposition. Ralph's
Weld. calculated on the dry shelled
basis, was grown at cost of 1873
cents per bushel. His performance
shows the feasibility of turning
waste vacant lots into profit by util-
lizing them for crop growing in the
summer time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-12

ative manner, and consequently have
Just added aonther important fea-
ture to their bank, The Burroughs
Bookkeeping machine, which is a
wonderful machine. 1t affords alb
solute protection against errors in
figure handling. 1t can't make a mis-
take, and adds and substracts like a
human. 1t is only another improved
addition which the bank has made
to its already fine service in keeping
with the country's progressive and
we'll managed banks.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-12
SELLING FARMERS
POOR SEED CORN
DispOsing of Low Grade
1914 Grain, Commissioner
Barney Hears.
TEST NEEDED
TO BE SURE
Some of Corn Runs High i'm Prelim-
mary Trial Then Drops Low.

Spectators in seed corn have be-
gun operations on a large scale in
the northern part of the state ac-
cording to information brought to
the attention of w. B. Barney, dairy
and food commissioner. He declares
that grain operators are going thru
the country buying up the available
supply of 1914 corn and selling it
for seed at a handsome profit, with
out testing to see that it will germin-
| ate.
There is some danger that the
farmers of the northern part of the
state will not get good seed corn to
plant in the spring" said Mr.. Bar
ney. Most of the 1915 corn is
hardly suited for planting. Specula-
tors who know this have been buy
ing up the cribs of 1914 corn expect
ing to sell it for seed, without testing
it to see that it will germinate.
For this reason there will be a
large amount of so-called seed corn
on the market in the spring which
will be worthless.
LAS rule, the men that are spec
ulating are not in the seed business.
Still there are a few seed men who
realize there will be big profit in
seed corn and who are buying up ev-
erything they can get without refer
ence to its quality.
Farmers should not buy corn
which is sold only on a ten days
test. This is not long enough for a
thorough test to be made
According to reports from the nor
thern counties. some of the seed corn
which went SO per cent on the pre-
liminary tests, is running o5 TO 20
per cent in termination on the final
tests. Experts in Pocohantas coun-
ty, for instance, reported that this
is due to the fact that the corn was
affected by the severe weather, es-
pecially that which was on the out
side in the cribs.
These men are advising farmers
to purchase seed corn from reliable
sources only and to avoid southern
grown seed, regardless of how high
it proves on tests.
The Adams Seed Co. of Decorah
has secured only the highest grade
lots of Northern grown seed, which
experience has proved is splendidly
adapted to Winneshiek county and
northern Iowa AS they guarantee
their seed in every particular and al
low the purchaser all the time he
wants in which to test, or otherwise
satisfy himself of its high quality,
the farmers of this section should
give this reliable concern all due
consideration in the selection of
their seed this spring In years like
this the question of locality where
grown and percentage of seed test
ing strong is most important, and
price is secondary, as one bushel of
seed will plant from six to eight
acres.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-12
stephen Decatur.

stephen Decatur, American sea-
man, was born in Maryland in 1879.
At 10 he saw service against the
French and at 20 was made lieuten-
ant. He gained great distinction in
the naval wars with Tripoli and Tu-
mis- and the war with Great Britain
in 1912. He was killed in dual
with James Baron in 1920.