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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-07-05
Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Mother

all honors, and was graduated as vale-
dictorian of his class.
Hon, G. +. Bauman, father Of the
present lawyers of that name, used to
tell with much pride of his congratn-
latory remarks to the .black yaledic-
torian' Mr., Bauman was, | think,
president Of the board Of education at
that time.
Read and Wrote
But to return to Dunbar Notwith-
standing his attainments and genius,
no suitable employment seemed open
to him. Times were hard, wages We're
low and prejudice against his color
was greater than now. He came on a
weekly errand to student in my
office, and one day applied for work.
There was nothing in my control that
II could give him except the position
| of elevator boy in the Callahan block,
of which then had charge as Mr.. Cal
Ilahan's agent. He took it, borrowed
| q law book and went on duty Be
tween rings he read or wrote every
minute. There was no disposition TO
| be idle One day found that he was
trying his hand OH class OF litera-
hture | did not suspect he had any
fancy for, viz. wild west stories. He
found there was market for such
stories with a Chicago firm, but pit
| liful market it was. After writing for
days on a story he would send it in
for acceptance and the manuscript
would sometimes be returned with the
request to "cut' it down. one-half,' of
to certain number of words
Small Compensation
Then he would laboriously go over
/ the whole thing, send ii the revised
manuscript and receive perhaps $3
THAT was exassasasing to the last de-
gree, and I wondered how he could
stand IL. But he kept on, hoping that
!, finally his merits would be recognized
| Between stories he would write little
lpoems and send them to the local
papers. He expected no compensation
4 Ire did II Cor amusement and to ia
crease his skill bv practice and, q
course. to add to his reputation.
One day he came to me quite ev.
eitedly and said he had found in 4@I'he
Green Bag" legal puhiiratian, ans
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complainingly laboring for the Allies
victory over armed arrogance, treaeh-
erous bad faith, and criminal dis
honor.
On Independence Day. July 4, yau,
speak to the naticn and the wuglsi.
We urgently and respectfully beg yan
to condemn at that time these NATIONAL
atrocities; that you remind the south
and the nation Of their Chriatisn
teaching, their democratic duty Of
obedience to law Earth is sick and
Heaven weary of hollow words that
States and Kingdoms utter when they
talk of Truth and Justice" but sfsi-
diously refuse to practice at the tiusa
most needed.
Your Excellency's obedient servant,
j. N. SAMUEL. s. BELB0DER,
2nd July, 1918 Presideue,
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BY Judge G. w. Dustin


The birthday anniversary (June 27l
Of Paul Lawrence Dunbar was quite
generally observed throughout the
country.
A few weeks ago, Robert McMurdy,
lawyer of Chicago, wrote me saying
that he was to deliver an address on
Paul Lawrence Dunbar and asked for
some special incidents Of his life, with
which | might be familiar, and which
were not recorded in his published BIZ
ography.
Mr. McMurday is a son of Rev. Or.
McMurdy, now deceased, but formerly
we'll known resident of Dayton, a
man of fine intellectual powers and a
great friend of the colored race.
Robert seems to be following in his
fathers footsteps both as a man Of
learning and as friend of struggling
humanity. He is the author Of several
books and numerous papers Oh hu~
manitarian lines and 40 wonder he
was and is in sympathy with every
thing pertaining to the author Of
Lyrics of the Lowly."
/ knew Paul Lawrence Dunbar as a
! boy, when he attained some local dis
tinction by writing class poems and
sundry articles for the High School
Times.
Elected Class Poet
Although he was BLACK as the
shades of night" his schoolmates rec
ognized his mental abilities and his
moral worth BY eleeting him "class
poet.n This was in way, especially
gratifying to me, for, as a member Of
the board of education | had iltr3-
duced and secured the passage Of a
resolution abolishing the colored
school, and allowing colored children
the same educational privileges as the
whites.
And Paul Lawrence Dunbar was not
the only colored lad to appreciate and
profit by these privileges.
Daniel Flickinger Wherefore was
another; colored youth &c dark hue.
who came from the wlds Of Africa to
be educated In America, and ait Day
TON, for missionary work in his ma
tive aaad, and who proved to be SO
a5z5a6 ana aandiDus that he carried OH
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The Community house will be open
every evening now. Anybody desirine
to read, discuss topics or socialize, i
invited to. come.
Miss Green and Mrs. E. T. Banks
are having success with the work
More than $4,000 worth Of repairs
have been made to the building.
Members Of Tnskegee Faculty, Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Dunn. of Tuskegee
Ala, visited Dayton relatives tili
week Mrs, Dunn will be the gucst Il
her parents Of yellow SPRINGS shit
summer, going from there to Louis
vile, Ky. where Mr.. Dunn has nc
csHtsa q Rosstsnss-
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from that heartless Chicago publisher.
AS is well known, Paul is buried in
Woodland cemetery, and his grave Is
suitably marked by bronze plate on
q granite boulder, containing his own
beautiful request as to the place of his
burial.
clay me down beneaf de willers in de
grass,
Whah de branch so a-singin' As il
pass:
An wen rs a-layiu' low,
/ kin hyeah it as ii go,
Singin,' Sleep, my honey; tex yo' res
ut las"
AT the time of the unveling of this
Dunbar monument, n movement was
begun to establish d scholarship in
Wilherforce university. to be known as
the Paul Lawrence Dunbar scholar
ship. Il IL still open TO contributions.
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3 q - = y @R&aNN ks88 /
. A FAvII- Y 2 PAPER Reaches
3,D0O homes and is carefully read .
by 10000 people every week
throughout Ohio and Middle West
maRE EsmS@Hsm m@xSRR
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MADE BEN EFICIARY

A communication, containing q GER
tificate Of insurance from the Treas
ury Department at Washington, p. G,
has been received stating that seig,
Harold NJ. Williams, now III France,
has made Miss Flosse Crockett his
beneficiary for war-risk insurance,
valued ut $4,000, payable ID case OF
death or total disability.
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Conf ference
With Secre-
tary Baker
COLONEL YOUNG VISITS
WAR DEPARTMENT

Washington, p. G., July /. Colonel
Charles Young, of the United States
Army, who has been stationed at his
home IN Wilberforce, Ohio, since his
retirement from active military serv-
ice, was caller at the War Depart
ment this week. He was presented 10
Secretary of War Neasan %. Baker.
by Eassnssf ]. Srskt, spscsas A@ssmsaat.
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of his poems published without giving
him credit as the author. 1t was
comical description Of the examination
of witness and quite clever in every
way. "The Green Bag" had copied
the poem from Kansas paper, Civ
ing credit to that publication, but not
naming any author. The Kansas
paper had taken it from a Dayton
paper and published it without giving
credit to anyone or anything.
Received First Five 81. @ SIS.
I advised him to write to "The
Green Bag," asserting his authorship
and complaining that credit had not
been given him. In due time he re-
ceived an apologetic answer, disclaim-
ing knowledge that he was the author
and inclosing SIS. A like sum was Of
fered for another poem in similar
vein.
So far as | know that was the first
time Paul had ever received pay for
single poem, although it was about
that time that he published his first
book, "Oak and Ivy"
1t was not long after that | was
elected Judge of the common pleas
court, ard on taking my seat embraced
the opportunity to appoint Paul as my
II q aaf
ored man had ever been appointed
to d position in the court house, except
janitorship. However, Paul did not
serve long as page His reputation as
! poet and reader was rising, and q
/ lecture agency employed him, taking
him to England where he was much
appreciated. George Holmes, another
colored man, succeeded him and re-
NAMED with me over seven years and
until I was appointed to the circuit
court.
Example to All
Paul Dunbar's struggles, patience
and industry, and final success should
be an encouragement to every poor
boy, and especially every child of gen
/, ius.
7 could relate other instances Of his
/ tdiseourapements and triumphs, but
this article is already long enough,
and I do not care To risk receiving
grosa the editor request to aeat ii
aosn,s a. aOar Paua did 40 azAazay times
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Upholstering and Repair Shop
Let as do your upholstering and re-
pair work Old furniture made to
look like new.
w. H. JONES, 10a Olive st.
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COMMUNITY HOUSE NOTES

Miss Louedna Shank, Of Evansville
Ind, teacher Of the public school, will
tell stories to the children "Wednesday
evening, July 10, at 7 o'clock w
hope to have large number of chill
dren to hear Miss Shank.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-13
Baroness Of. German
Birth Tells Police
She Has Hard Time

New York. July I2-Bsroness Martha
Buderus Won Carlshausen, IS and
handsome. who said she had worked
with the movies for a. time 10 exc
out an existence during her husbands
internment was much distressed to-
day when she visited police headqusr-
tiers to report as missing her son.
Baron Buderus Won carlshausen. ls.
sometimes known a. Henry Buderus.
Their German birth. the Baroness
said. causes them almost constant IN
plesssntness, although they love
America
The boy left their home on Saturday
TO go 20 Staten Island to seek a job,
she said, and as he had been despond-
ent and she had been unable TO trace
him. she feared he had come to some
harm
Her husband, Ernest. was a lieuten-
ant in the German navy prior 70 their
marriage. she said. She came to
America in 1910 and he immediately
took out first papers. Upon returning
from a visit to Germany in 1872 the
drst papers were voided, she declared.
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FRIDAY, HOOD0O DAY,
. HAS MANY ACCIDENTS
Ambulances Work Overtime Caring
for Injured.

1t was the open season for. various
kinds Of accidents yesterday. and the
hospital ambulances were working
overtime for awhile attending to the
injured. Fortunately, none was in
jured seriously, although several re-
ceiyed severe bruises
Perhaps the hoodoo character Of the
day had something to do with these
disasters, as IL was Friday, and a
near-ls at that. Anyhow. the trouble
started early, because at s:45 yes
terday morning, Miss A. Menchorn.
a young woman living at 3l4 B street
northeast. was struck at Ninth and
e streets northwest, by Car No. 1889,
OF the Washington Railway and Elec-
tric Company. and knocked down
and hurt about the body. She was
taken to Emergency Hospital in a
private auto, and found to be not
seriously injured.
About the same time, Ethel J. Kla-
mis-. an n-year-old child living al
u G street northwest, stepped from
a moving car at Ninth and p streets
northwest and was hurt on the head.
She, also. was taken to Emergency
Hospital IN its ambulance, but later
went home.
Joseph Cort, g., residing at 712 r
street southwest, was knocked down
at Twelfth and d streets northwest,
about O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
BY an auto truck belonging to the
Telephone company, operated by Jo-
seph N. Follen, SO street northeast.
He was hurt somewhat about the
head and body, besides having q
sprained ankle, and was taken TO
Emergency Hospital in an auto,
where his injuries were found to be
slight. He was sent home.
Otto Kuell, "a, residing at sl3 X
street southeast. while riding a mo-
torcycle early yesterday afternoon, coll
Hded on Ninth street, between E and
southeast, with an auto operated
by Hugh Robey, 21. OF 1909 Fifth
street northeast
Robert Ostrander, 50, of s15 Eleventh
street southeast. who was riding on
the motorcycle behind Kuell, was in
Jured about the body and head, while
kuell received three broken ribs, in
addition to bruises about the head.
Both were taken to Casualty Hos
pital, where 1t was found their their
injured were not serious. The two
machines were damaged badly.
John Berozosky, Il, Of I53 C street
northwest, while on bike early last
evening, on Sixteenth street near M
northwest, collided with an auto own
ed and operated by W. c, Muller,
1913 Kalorama road. He was hur,
ABOUT the leg, but refused treatment
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NHonoI:f Ron .X|

The army casualty list yesterday
contains nfty-two names. divided a.
follows:
killed in action. .; died OF
wounds. z; died from disease. 4; died
of asropiane accident. o; died from
accident and other cause. .; severe
iy wounded. IS; slightly wounded. &;
wounded. degree undetermined. q
missing in action. 5.
The list follows:
Killed In Action.
wilmarth Brown. lieutenant
wardman Courts South. Washing
ton, d. c.; Harry NJ. Coppinger. lieu
tenant, Oklahoma City. Okla: John
Cannon Paisley. lieutenant Gibson
VILE, N. c.; Augustus NJ. Trotter
Camden. 8. c.; Peter G.
Miller, sergeant, Lancaster. Pa
Sherman L. Conklin. private. New
ark, N. j.. Steve Dusannki, private
Schenectady. N. Y; Harry Franz
Jones. private. Roanoke. Va: Wal
ter santimaw, private. Potsdam
N. 7.
Died Of Wounds
George r. Spalding. captain. Co
lumbus. KY: Robert Elijah Ball
lieutenant. Wollaston, Mass; Johr
W. Bresnahan. private. Rochester
N. j.: Harry l. Erisman. private
Sterling. H.: John ". Fennessy, pri'
yate, Rochester, N. Y: Hyman Klein
private, New York, N. T.; walter +
Ryan. private. Portage. Wis.
Died Of Disease.
George G. Macnish. lieutenant. Stew
ems Point, Wis; Goodwin Warner
lieutenant, jamaica Plain. Mass.
Frank Allen Browne. sergeant, Peters
burg. Va; Walter R. Lux. sergeant
Fort shaw, Mont; Constance Hend'
ricks. fireman. Havre. France; james
n. Ensley, private, Ainsworth, Neb.
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HUN DETESTS PUBLICITY;
DEMOCRACY TERIVES BY 1T
w 7. Mutually, Speaking to Ad Clubs, Tells
How Truth-spreading Gives Support
to Liberty.

In foreign tongues. I'm fact every form
OF the spoken word-and wherever
al audience was collected, statesmen
were present ready with blanks to be
sisred. -
Principles Are Solid.
Tn any advertising designed to
reach all classes and conditions Of
men differing AZ they do in relig-
ion and birth. the message must be
founded on universal principles
the right of people to govern them
selves-the doctrine that the little
babies must be safe-that woman's
virtue must be protected. and that
the coming generations shall ind
the world hitter place to live In.
These principles appeal to every
man who has a heart and loves
right and honor and hates the ra-
pacity of the uncomfortable Hun.
''As the greatest of all men gave
his life that the sons of men might
be free to enter into everlasting
life. SO must we give not only OF
our substance. but even of our sons
lives that the world and all nations
may see the light Of truth and live
under the broad sun of democracy.
This is the religion Of patriotism
The great love Of the civilized
peoples of the world for freedom
will win this war and as sure as the
sun shines in the blue of your Cali
fornia skies, we shall bury black
Prussianism under the-shining gold
of liberty bonds and stamp out the
raw brutality of the Huns with
the glittering gaiiantry of English.
French. Italian and American SOL
diers which will ring down the ages
to come-a heritage TO future gen.
erations showing them the power
and strength OF liberty, righteous
ness and freedom.
War Education.
TN conclusion. wish to emphasize
the truth that these campaigns have
been valuable not only as bond-sellins
campaigns, but far more as funda.
mental campaigns Of education on the
war itself. Incidentally they have
been campaigns of education in the
fundamentals Of economics.
How this coordination has beer
brought about and these results &C.
complished make an interesting story
themselves. We shall never be bach
where we were before the war In con.
nection with organized propaganda
People have been taught to give a,
they never thought possible before the
war. Whole peoples have been stirred
to action, along right and wrong lines
In a systematic manner previously
only dreamed OF. There are many
phases to 1t such as have been ex.
ampled by the work OF the German,
in Italy and Russia. / believe very
deeply that we have a great respons.
ibility TO see to II that the almost
unlimited power of advertising, pub.
iicity and propaganda 10 realized by
the constructive and thinking men OF
the country not only as q power. bui
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Ray U. Nicholson. private. Scots
Mills. ore.
Died of AirpIane Accident.
William B. Robbins, lieutenant. RAJ
leigh. N. c.; John c. wilford. Iieuten-
ant Asheville. N. C.
Died From Accident and Other
Causes.
Kari n. Dauber. captain. Benicia.
Tax: Arnold J. Peterson. sergeant.
Beloit. Wis; Guy NJ. Cox. corporal.
Denison, Tex: Harry II. Holiings-
worth. cook. La Harpe. Kans.
severely wounded.
Charles Harold Cook, lieutenant.
cusseta,- Ca; william II. Osborne.
lieutenant. New York. N. r.: Harold
II. Tittman. Lieutenant St Louis.
No. :. Manton w. Williams, lieutenant.
Sinton, Tex; Thomas Brace, corporal.
Detroit, Mich; Louis j. Allen, pri-
vate, Good Hope. ILL.,; Frank J..
Blanchard, private. s. Manchester,
Conn; Jake L. Dyer. private, Novice.
Tex: Conrad D. Ekblom. private.
Yonkers, N. Y: Nikolas Geanaris.
private. Cania. Crete. Greece: Clyde
W. Hail. private. Lafayette, Ind.
Samuel H. Johnson, private, DOT, va
Clinton Lamphere. private. Dolgeville,
N. Y; Blair L. Remand. private. Kee-
waydin, Pa; Max Arthur Seitz, pri-
vate, Detroit, Mich.
Wounded slightly.
Joseph Leaon Eastland. private.
Pittsfeld. Mass.
wounded degree Undetermined).
Edward A. ogle. lieutenant. Terre
Haute. Ind; Charles ]. Riley. lieuten-
ant, Pleasant Hill, Ill
Missing In Action.
Harry Christian, private, Filbert. w.
Va; Harry Clohessy, private. Brook
lyn. N. Y; Theodore Grimes. private,
Springfield. o.; John William James,
private. Oil Trough, Ark; Charles w,
Preston, private, Wynnewood. Pa.
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]. W. APPIcH BURIED TODAY.

Funeral services for James W. Ap-
pich will be held this morning at his
late residence. rs Tenth street north
east. Interment will be in Bethel
Cemetery, Alexandra. Va
He is survived by the following
children: Mrs Charles H. Callahan.
Mrs. ]. Edward Swain, Mrs. Howard
Todd, Miss Nellie Appich and Ray
mond Edward and Frank Appich OF
this city. He leaves also q brother
and sister. d. H Appich and Mrs
John Aitcheson, Of Alexandra.
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BLUNT oBsEQUIEs TODAY.

Funeral services for Miss EyelIns
Blunt, who died Tuesday at her sum
mer home at Saranac Inn. n. Y, viii
be held this morning at u:3o at hel
Washington residence. IT'D Massa'
chusetts avenue northwest Intermeni
will be at Arlington
Miss Blunt was the daughter Of the
late Col. Charles Z. Blunt. and sister
Of Col. Stanhope Z. Blunt, U. s. A
retired.
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Girl Ships Alligator As
Add to the College Farm

Topeka, Kans.-President p. p.
Woxmer, Of Emporia College, told his
students that gifts of livestock for
the college farm would be acceptable.
One of the students, Miss Katherine
Ewing, who is spending the summer
at Miami, Fla, shipped him a 1--we
alligator.
When the alligator arrived and
President Woxner opened the box
IL snapped at him. The animal Is
now In Gage Park Nursery.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

NEAR BEER. 10 CENTS BOTTLE, OTHERS
!. charge ID cents. An kinds Of soft drink
manufactured hg cousIess. Thess drink must
b cold or don't pay for them. cisss, cigar
cites and tobaccos; sandwiches. Music from .
p m to n3o p m Red Cross war fund derives
benefits during period u war. oniy store of its
kind. Al good Americans and allies heip this
along. o, 7. HUNTER. rs Pa. ave nv.
Frsnkiin- llss oppoats Peace Monumsut. Look
for the name sultlt
The Washington herald., 1918-07-13
N. Y. Firm Gives to Red Cross.

The firm Of F. Romeo & Co, OF New
York City. has donated s12,soo, its es-
timated amount OF excess profits on
canned tomatoes, dried beans and cot
tonseed oil, to the Red Cross. follow
Ing an investigation OF the firms
business by the Food Administration.
The firm agreed to the contribution
at a hearing before the New York
Federal Food Board.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-13
Here's a Town Without
Minister or Marshal

Springfield. IlL-owaneco. a. small
village near here. is SO good it has
neither minister nor village marshal
Not . single arrest has been made
for a year. That explains the negli-
genee OF the population in securing
successor to the one pastor who
resigned 7ome time ago.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-13

For the business man and more conserva-
tive dressers we have arranged a crackerjaek
sale of Genuine Priestley Mohair Suits, in
fancy and plain patterns; dark, medium and
light shades and all sizes. Get c1C en-
one today for only. y.............. 946soV
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as a national responsibility. After the
war is over we must see to II that
this kind of work Is in the very best
hands and Is used universally for the
best interests of all the people"
The Washington herald., 1918-07-13

Democracy lives and thrives
through publicity" declared William
n. Mutually, of the liberty loan COM
mittee of New York. in a speech at
the convention OF the Associated Ad-
vertising Clubs Of the World. held In
San Francisco this week
America is the greatest advertising
country in the world" said Mr.. Null
lally. 'The sumbol OF democracy Is
the Statue OF Liberty with her bright
torch enlightening the world
1.-THE Hun fears the truth promul-
gated through advertising as much as
he does an armed force"
Mr.. Mullally quoted an extract from
the Frankfurter Zeitung assailing the
use Of stories of German atrocities
In the liberty loan pleas.
Intrigues of Autocracy.
He spoke further. in part. as fol-
lows:
..Autocracy has always strongly op-
posed publicity. Secret councils. hid
den passages. intrigues of every ma
ture, have ever dominated the courts
of absolute monarchs-while paid
hirelings prostituted their brains TO
perpetrate a garbled tale to a down.
trodden public beaten into submission
by an army, maintained and fattened
from the spoils of an oppressed peo-
pie.
ION the other hand, the symbol
OF democracy is the Statue Of Liberty
with her bright torch enlightenins
the world. Democracy exists and
thrives through publicity, which
leaves no TO m for secret martina
tions.. So today we see America The
greatest advertising country of the
Notwithstanding for principle and
freely giving lot only Of the wealth
of her land. bu, of the lives OF her
sons that the world may be a litter
place to live In.
Sold Liberty Bonds.
1.-THE Federal Reserve Bank. Of New
York, which wos delegated in the
third loan by the Treasury Depart
ment of the United States to raise
500. 100000 from citizens of Its dis
trict-appointed a liberty loan COM
mittee drawn from influential citi'
zens of New York. For raising this
enormous sum of money this commit
tea created E distr button ar selling
daoartment. TorSing through Iii,
spoken word. and n rubliciay depart.
mcnt, embracing all kinds OF written
| : ale l6smanshlp. These various branches
CT the work are carried on at all
time; with the nc st intelligent AMI
| wh3ie-hearted help on the part oi
the Treasury Depar, mcat.
he distribution department wal
so organized that every citizen wa.
solicited either by personal call ol
hy telephone. The workings of thii
selling force backed up by the ad;
We :tis!ng, functioned in the mns' ca
pablo and efficlcTt manner. as Int
rcsults amply testify. Meetings wers
orrsnged-talks in theaters. lectures