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Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-03
Check Forger Held

A man giving his name as Roy
Young, Kansas City, Mo-, was ar
rested yesterday by Detective Larry
Finn, when he tried to pass forged
check for SIS on the Brandeis Stores
bank. The name of Guy L. Smith,
automobile man. had been endorsed
on the seek. In written confess
sion to Detective Finn, Young said
he didn't know what to do in life,
so he made out the check"
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27
Hooked Quite Lovely"

little kitty, and so he was quite sure that without any mistake it would soon be Christmas.
 '"Then he was given his Christmas ribbon a day or two before Christ mas so he would look all dressed up for the day, and he smacked his lips and licked his little gray toes and said to himself: 'Ah,> soon if will be time for the catnip.'
 "The door bell began to ring so often now. It has such gay and happy sound, like door bells do sound around Christmas time. People were getting presents from the postman which were all marked: Please do not open until Christmas,' and others were leaving their presents ahead of time.
 "'Ah,' said Riddle, soon it will be time soon the children will shriek with delight, and I won't shriek-no, that would be beneath my dignity, but I will purr and will lick their hands I mean the hands of all the different ones in the family.
 "sAnd I will wish them a merry Christmas in my very own way. Oh, soon, I think it will be time. Soon, for what need is there to wait? I am dressed up and ready. am waiting for the excitement. I can scarcely take a nap. It will not be until I get my catnip that I will be able to take a cat-nap.
 "Tm ready, so why should they wait any longer?' So, you see, Riddle is waiting for Christmas and he will not be disappointed about his Christ mas present, for he will get the cat nip.
 But clever though Riddle is, he can not bring Christmas ahead of time, and in the long run it's better that no one can, for there would be no ex- citement if Christmas came without having all those gloriousiy, wonder fully. exciting days which come be- fore!
 And so, among other reasons, we always have the days before Christ mas in addition to Christmas day!"
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27
SAW COssACK AT HIS BEST
Writer Waxes Enthusiastic Over Camp of Tired Men, "SoIdiers to the
 Manner Born."

If you have read 'Tarus Bulba," Go gol's story of the COssack, then you will know what l mean when l say that last night I had chance to see a real picture of the COssack, writes William V. Duncan in the Yale Re view. It was at sunset when over the tons of the white birches the heavens looked as if on fire, while to the right the clouds were like waves rolling over a sea of pink I heard a shout, The Cossacks are coming" and through the ODening in the woods rode these lovers of war. The horse and the rider are one: both were tired, but there was something that told you that if the bugle had blown all the tiredneSS would have fallen away. They are soldiers to the manner born. War is life 10 them. If thing is worth having if is worth fighting for. Even when they gathered in groups around the common paiIs and borrowed one an- others spoons to eat the common meal their bearing was that of soldiers. Pigs can feed from a trough and you go away disgusted, but when you see
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27
NDD}EYEN|NG G2EA|RY TAX SA V nor1 Graham
 Bonner @JAfzo3s.
RIDDLES CHRISTMAS.

"I must tell you about the Christ mas which Riddle BirdsaIl is going to have" said Daddy.
 "The cat who does such wonderful things?" asked Nancy. "Yes. the cat" said Daddy. "But this time we are to hear of the things which are to be done for Riddle for Christmas. They had a fine Christ mas for him last year, and they will have another fine one for him this year"
 Even Riddle is getting excited about 1t, suppose" said Nick.
 "Yes, do believe he must be dream ing about it," said Daddy, flor I have heard that he sleeps with an eye open most of the time for fear he will miss something.
 And they tell me that he sits great deal by the window watching for Christmas packages to come.
 ''They have a red bow for his neck and they have some delicious cat nip all ready for him He will love that, and 1t will make him feel so sleepy and so comfortable. That, he thinks, will be the incest present of all.
 "As Riddle was sitting by the win dow the other day a little tiny dog ran out of one of the opposite houses and parked at Biddle's little master who was on his roller skates.
 'The little dog was frightened, but Riddle looked much disgusted.
 "'That dog he said to himself, fs very foolish to mind roller skates. I'm too fine and sensible a cat for that
 "Just the other day he saw the first real signs of Christmas. The ash pile in the garden was covered with snow, and it looked pretty, yes, really that old ash pile looked quite lovely, for 1t looked like a mountain of snow and was of such a beautiful shape.
 Riddle didn't care about the beauty of the ash pile, but he had always re- membered that just before Christmas there was lots of snow so that even the ash pile looked like a snow mountain.
 Of course some time Riddle may make a mistake for this heavy snow storm has happened to come just at this certain time since Riddle was
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27

Hilary's suspicious, dormant even after the interview with Lamarttne were now thoroughly aroused.
 And MT. Brousseau has no concern with us, except for the lease of the mill and the right-of-way down the river" unused Hilary. "Who Is this MT. Brousseau?"
 "Why, I guess he's the big man of the district" said Lafe. He's the nearest thing to a boss they've got up here; tells 'em how to vote and gets 'em out of trouble. He ain't good to his father, though. That was old trapper."
 "I didn't see him."
 "He was MT. Rosny's slave, or what ever they called them, in the old times, before these people became free"
 He tapped the ashes out of his pipe and pocketed it.
 He's got old Rosny in his pocket" " he said, leaning toward Hilary. He's got him bound and mortgaged after leading him to throw your uncle's money away in crazy investments. He did 1t deliberately, MT. Askew When he was a kid, growing up among the house servants up at the Chateau, he wanted to be big man, for which I don't blame him. He got his way, but that wasn't enough. He wanted the Seigneur's place. because he found that the folks up here thought more of old MT. ROSny with his broken down house and debts, than they did of him with all his money So he set to work and got him cinched.
 '"The old man hates and despises him, and he's been fighting against it for a long time, but he seen what's coming to him and guess he's made up his mind he'll have to stomach it. Brousseau's staked old MT. Rosny's pride against his love, and guess he's won his stake and won Mamzelle Madeleine into the bargain"
 He rose. "That'll be all for tonight, MT. Askew?" he asked.
 Hilary rose too. Thanks, MT. Con- nell," he said. "In the morning shall ask you to show me around the place."
 He didn't follow Lafe Cornell in- side the hotel, but sat upon the porch, musing. Lafe had enlightened him on several points. He doubted whether Lamartine had spoken anything ap- erty, and he was sure that Morris and Brousseau were the company in whose behalf he had offered forty-five thou
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27
A girls hostility adds zest to the game.
(TO BE CONTINUEDD

these fellows back from a fight, delv- ing into their mess, you stand to ad- mfre. Their leader was fully six feet seven inches tall, with beard that said he was Russian of the Russians All were wellformed, strong men, hardened to the out of doors. Their es- chelOn was not there, so they made themselves at home for the night on the ground. It was a sight to remem- Der as our train pulled out of from the station, those Cossack groups around the fire, singing the songs of war in which their spirits revel.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27

Askew, l cannot advise you to consid- CT your uncle's legacy seriously"
 I'm sorry to hear that" answered Hilary. But suppose something can be done with the wood There are uses besides pulp-wood to which the timber can be put?"
 Monsieur Lamartine drummed his fingers for quite a while before an- swering.
 "A company with a large capital might find it commercially profitable to develop your tract" he said pres ently. But no man without an ample fortune and a thorough knowledge of lumber conditions in this province could dream of pulling out even."
 Hilary leaned forward in his chair. Monsieur Lamartine," he said. "I'll tell you how 1 view this matter.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27

didn't build any extravagant hopes upon my uncle's legacy. I'm not con- structed that way. What I want prin- cipally is to settle somewhere among trees and do something with them. I'm tired of what I've been doing these past five years.
 I'm tired of hunting job here and a job there to tend somebody else's trees. I'm tired of other peoples trees. I want my own trees. I want to see them grow up, and thin them out, and have real forest in bearing.
 "SO I've decided to take hold of that St. Boniface tract and see what I can make of it. I'm going to show my un- cle, Monsieur Lamartine, that he sized me up Wrong."
 Monsieur Lamartine smiled at his callers frankneSs.
 ''I understand how you feel, MT. As kew" he said. "What you want is a nice little tract of a few hundred acres, not far from Quebec. A place with little trout lake on it, to build and the rest leased. You'll enjoy that, and"-he paused and scrutinized him with his fox lOOk-'I think I may be able to dispose of the Rosny white ele- phant for you."
 Hilary returned no answer, and Monsieur Lamartine could not decide whether it was a sign of strength or of weakness. Still he was sure that a man who loved trees apart from their commercial value was a dreamer and impractical.
 "They would pay forty-five thousand dollars, cash,' said the notary. And that would enable you to realize your own aspirations. You are fond of fish ing, Mr. Askew? Think it over. Spend a week here-twO weeks. Look about you. Inspect our fine old city. Do you know we are the only walled city on this continent?"
 He stopped; perhaps he saw Hilary redden, perhaps his instinct warned him to do so.
 What I want" said Hilary, lis the Rosny tract"
 "The offer is too small? I doubt"
 'I will discuss that after have seen the cOncession.'
  think the matter over for a whie," he said. MT. Morris, the manager, is away on business. He should be in Quebec tomorrow, and perhaps he can arrange to take you up there."
 q am thinking of going at a very early date" said Hilary, ''in fact, by the boat tomorrow"
 MT Askew, I assure you. you had better wait for Mir. Morris. He is man of expert judgment. You cannot have better adviser, and he has abso- lutely no personal interest one way or another. There are so many things to consider; and then-you don't speak French, do yOu?"
 "A little."
 "It would not help you, anyway. The dialect up at St. BOniface is seven teenth century. They are a wild lot up there, a very bad lot of people; i; smugglers and poachers, MT. Askew."
 Hilary, who had already sensed La martine's objection to his going to St. Boniface, awakened to suspicion at last. II shall leave on tomorrow morn ing's boat" he said ''When 1 have made my decision shall let you know. I think I shall refuse your company's
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27

tea and followed by raspberries and cream. Then they went out on the porch and lit their pipes.
 You are the foreman, I under stand?" asked Hilary.
 Yes, Mir. Askew. I took the job soon after your uncle bought the tim Der rights. I'd been up here for the Shoeburyport Gazette, which was look ing for a pulp supply. MT. Morris of fered me the job, and 1 took it. And I've been sorry ever since."
 "Why?"
 "Its h- of a country" answered Lafe frankly. "I never guessed such folks existed in a civilized land be-
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27

sand dollars. There would be need of good many explanations from Mor- ris. Yet Hilary felt instinctively that it was Brousseau, not Morris, with whom he would have to contend.
 On the face of the soft night rose the face of Madeleine Rosny painted with surprising clearness. He saw the blue of her eyes. the curve of her flushed cheek, the dignity and gentle ness and pride that blended in her looks. If ever he had any quarrel with Brousseau, he would show him
 Then he cursed himself for a fool, and, entering the hotel, took his lamp and went up to his room.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27
Giuinn Without Gettino.

In order to give out we must dri in. The teacher who stops lea2 soon becomes a mechanical inSt lacking inspiration. ThOsa their aspiration to do go& of the necessity for Ss j soon realize their L their fellow men #
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27
Flower Show Old Institution

The flower shows of English villages have an ancient origin. though few people may ever stop to give the mat ter a thought. The ancestry of the floral fete reaches back to the days of Ovid. the poet. As for when fowaAz shows were first held in Englan6 cannot be certainly known, but fact that if they did not acta troduce them, the worsted turers from Flanders, wrath of Philip and A a fillip to the practI pie English gar& time owed such
 flower and tk E 4 ' z
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-27
BUSINESS AND ROMANCE

"Wooden Spoil" the adventures the Canadian He falls heir hundred miles of forest  twofed welcomes to
  do his decision jealousy teacheyaI the
  fohtino chapter a good story start to hnsh
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-07-03
%. OAK HAIL INSURANCE
L1D g e&iDE 10 oDQ(

sYou avo m tAD 6hsnaso e the
seats eannb,.s4 into M - opsal bls
soeaoanE lsot that bslnd y ~
gut md .ssdsas ~ ast e ins1san0
HI, , ~ q ii, ~ ranupS
= 61 emit cut - WsGy ,csvnty
upes Il 1SetA pshete ~ n IN.
And. county .ud1toe q Day ecoo&y 81
tat stasA n. Hgelan1 y a enfhu.
sisstic A. wsl1 INFORMED boesaae q
state hail ins15AAeA. md - doins III
he can 70 hslp ~ eo1kA Dakota plAn
TO succeed The plea u practically
tho same 10 that % North DakDta.
MI. Eesland sent Z copy q hls let
ter to &. 4. Olsnssa. conmission4r az
insurance.
Tho state insurance law In South
Dakota II meeting With the same
vicious Tight against Il BY the insur-
ancs companies a. 10 the North Da-
kota law. And Nj. Egeland tried %
make the situation clear to the farm
ors OF his state. ii
To show the necessity for the state
department, and the saving that II
would bring about he took the insuf.
snce figures from Ais v county.
Premiums paid on hail Insurance Il
Day county last ysar. according to
4r. HIGHLAND, amounted 10 $73,848.0e.
The total losses paid back to the farm
Err Of that one county wses $9o,166.S4.
Thus the insurance companies reaped
! harvest of $87,18o.24 Mhichis over
100 Per cent profit u ~ non1y ratd
@ tho mrrasfl N ss
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-07-03

Pipe the gay Travelling Man with his
Green Hat and Flashy Scenario. His
Speciality is to sit in the Hotel Win
dow watching the Pretty Girls go by.
The rest Of the Time he goes around
telling the Merchants to Stock Up be-
cause Prices are going Higher, Higher.
Higher in the Morning.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-07-03
African idea 81 Beauty.

In Africa . crop Of the blackss4
curliest, closest hair Imaginable
makes . Girl the belle OF the kraal
especially Il she be plump, with piggy
eyes, thick lips q NOSE like en- India
rubber shoe. and 1 skin that shines
IKE J cooking stowe.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-07-03

At n school house he waited for an
audience and not = soul appeared.
The day before a League speaker adj
dressed a crowd Of 100 in the same
neighborhood. Kositzky was driven
and escorted around by q lawyer.
Packard Showed His Ignorance
=. E. Packard, Langer's political
manager and assistant attorney gen.
sral, denounced the new bank In the
Bismarck Tribune and predicted its
failure. One OF his contentious was
that the bank will not be checked up
by the state banking board. This Is
either a misstatsment Of the law or
else pure ignorance. The law requires
the state bank examiner to visit the
bank twice q year and inspect and
verify the assets, just as any other
state bank u visited and examined
People Buying Bonds
There r offered to the people OF
the state half Z million dollars Of the
bonds. They come in denominations
Of $50, 500. $500 and $1,000. They
bear interest at 8 per cent, beginning
July 1, and are exempt from state,
county and municipal taxation. They
are bringing a premium Of IN per
cent, that is, a 500 bond costs S1O2.5O.
Banks all owe the state are subscrib-
ing for the bonds at this premium,
and, even though the banker is op-
posed to the farmers program, he is
not opposed to q good investment pay
ing a good rate of interest and fire. >
from taxation. The first citizen to
apply for a bond was A. MEG. Beede,
q missionary to the Indians and re-
Gently elected county judge Of Sioux
county, and he bid az per cent pre-
MUM. Delay In issuing the bonds by
the action Of the secretary of stat, 10
now ended by the Supreme Court de-
cision, which stamps the bonds legal
and constitutional and makes them
gtlt-edged securities.
Equipment for the Bank
An immense amount of work will
be possible for the bank through the
use of modern time-savins and eff.
cheney devices. The largest single
order Of adding machines ever made
In the state wa placed by the bank.
The amount Of It was 5000. Most Of
the machines are now on hand. These
will be needed to handle not only tho
two million dollars that will be sold
from the bonds but the 42O,0Oo,0Oo
that the bank will handle in public
funds and In reserve funds Of state
banks. The bank u 20 be q thorough
" business institution. essctod to
serve the needs and Interests q the
people of tho whole s1atA and made
efficient BY nSad business manage
nsnf and conduct ana b. ~ bor1las
out q ali political innuenoe o. eelof.
II you have eso1deuee Ia youe ovu
DaA1aaG insHtu8ea sad IN he stata
and A4vs any amount Aom 90 b
Qoo int u hRaAosng Sou lsos than
. pc esn%-AAA EQlrbs1 ~ isAsr.
Ct ~ n~w g. y s>6seod b Aavtng
to nv ta11~ - it-Vsa shonld Wslto
% Manager ]. Il WataRS q nsos>os
0enerAl \ ". Ca&A1o at Dismaeek
and naAs ~ ~ g ~ beaA ,oa
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-07-03
Of LABOR DEMANDS
RAIL OWNERSHIP AND FREE IRELAND

Plumb Plan for Buying and MANAGING Railroads Indorsod by Anef.
can Federation Of ~Labor-Senate Hearing on Treaty Leak-
Iowa Senator Wants Farm Loan At Applied to Wesknnens
homes-Astor Sells q nbh-pnced Aor-Matonal Taxes in
Sight Cover Less Than Hall q Expected Expenses-0overn.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-05-02
Get Together

What Cambridge needs at this
time worse than anything else, is an
organization to bring its business
men into closer relationship. A
large majority OF the business men OF
this city hardly know each other;
that is, beyond q mere speaking ac-
quaintance; some OF them, occasion
ally, see each other at church on Sun
days, or sometimes they meet on the
streets, but for men who have SO
much in common, and SO much at
stake, it is surprising how little they
see of each other. None of them are
bad fellows. as they would find out
if they were to really get acquainted.
but they have cultivated the habit OF
holding themselves aleof, OF almost
feeling that the best thing they can
do is to have as little to do with each
other as possible. A live Business
Mems Organization would accom-
plish something of this kind, and
even if it did nothing else except
bring the members together once in
while, it would render great SER
vice. No man, having the public
welfare at heart, and willing to per,
form his christian duty, has right
to withdraw from participation in ev.
erything except his own personal
business affairs
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-05-02
-FOUR COUNTIES HAVE
GONE over THE TOP
Two Western Shore And Two East
ern Shore Counties Have Raised
Their Victory Loan Quotas.

Reports received at the State Vic
tory Loan Headquarters, in Balti-
more, show that four counties in the
State have already completed their
quotas, the four being Carroll and
Frederick, on the Western Shore,
which were the first counties to COM
plete their quotas, and Caroline and
Somerset, on the Eastern Shore.
The quota of Caroline county is
S5O7,SOO, and the subscriptions al
ready reported, with some districts
yet to complete their returns, are
|$520,450. Down in Somerset county
the quota is s3S1.S50. while subscrip
lions already reported total $685.
$50, with additional subscriptions
yet to be received, which are expec-
ted to make the county's total more
than 100000.
Over in Worcester county the quo
ia is $449,35O, and while the county
has not yet reached its quota. one
district, Stockton, with a quota OF
$4,000, at meeting held last Tues
day night, subscribed for $4,000
worth of the loan, or eight times the
amount of it's quota.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-05-02
The DAILY BANNER
Published Daily Except Sunday
CAMBRIDGE. Md. MAY 2. 1919
Brief Local News

Mrs. William Chapman, of Will
mongton, Del, Is visiting he1 parents
Mr. and Mrs. William Richardson,
Maryland avenue.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-05-02
HIGHER PHONE RATES
EFFECTIVE YESTERDAY
Increase in Rates Contested in. Sew
eral States, But Maryland Public
Service Commission Decides it
Cannot Do So.

| The new schedule of telephone
| rates for Cambridge and Hurlock in.
! this county, but only a part OF a gem
eral increase in the telephone rates
all over the United States, became eff
fective yesterday, and, as was no.
ticed by those who compared their
present rates with the new ones, as
announced in the issue of this paper
Of April 18th, the increase, part1cu-.
larly in some classes, is very great.
For instance, the old Individual
Line Flat Rate. which meant unre-
stricted service On a wire on which
there was but one connection, was
$3.50 month for residence, and
$2.09 for business concerns, and
ago to 81 for residences and So for
business houses, is now increased to
$3.50 per month for residences and
$3.50 per month for business con-
Germs.
The Four-Party Line Flat Rate for
business telephones, is increased to
So a month; the Rural Line Flat
Rate for business to $3.50 Per mon
tn, while the Two-Party Line Flat
Rate for residences becomes 81 "a
month, the Four-Party Line Rate,
SITS per month, and the Rural Line
Flat Rate, s1.75 per month.
The outcome of the contests in
other States will be closely watched
in this State, and it is needless to
state that the action Of the public
Service Commission in failing to-
make some effort to protect the pub
lie will not have the effect of making
that already very unpopular board
any less so. The Public Service Com
mission of Maryland is costing the
taxpayers of the State a very, very
large sum of money, and SO far as
the general public is concerned, its
existence as a part of the State gov
eminent is hardly known.
The Government is to return the
telephone lines to the private owners
in short time, and, in view of this
fact, it would really seem that the
proper thing to have done would
have been to gone on at the old rate
until such time Us the lines were re-
turned, and then to have taken up
the matter of Increased rates.
The rates for Hurlock are slightly
less than those at Cambridge, being
for business service, Individual Line,
So a month; for Four-Party Line, 81
a month, and s. month for Rural
Party Line; for residences, lndividu-
al Line, 81 a month; Four-Party
Line, $3.50 per month; Rural Flat
Rate, $3.50.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-05-02
CHURCH LOCALS.

Glass meeting at the Holiness
Church this evening at 1880 O'Clock.
A welcome to all. Adv.
The Philathea social that was
to have been held at Mrs. w. f..
Meekins' home Thursday evening,
was postponed until this (F'riday)
evening. ADV.
The social which was to have
been held last night at the home OF
Mrs. Lloyd Webster, was postponed
held tonight, at 8 o'clock. All are
cordially inyited.-Adv. =