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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

After recording your name and
address, he begs to be enlightened
about your relationship to the head
of the family. You answer. He
asks if you are sure. While you
counter he opens another point of
attack and starts talking about your
home.
You begin to tell him about the
profteering landlord who raised the
rent four times during the past year
But the enumeration stops you He
is not interested There is no room
on the census sheet to record your
observations. What he wants to
know is whether you own your place
or pay rent for it. If you are the
owner, You have to tell about the
mortgages.
| That Is Not Enough.
Then starts a personal description
Looking up from the instruction
book, the enumeration asks about
YOUR sex and color. That is not
enough. He wants to know youi
age last birthday. You tell him VOL
are 80 years old He looks up With
suspicion and then looks down again
quickly. Warning No. 123 in the in
struction book tells him that most
ages ending in an "0' or "5' are ap,
proximations given by persons not
knowing. or not wishing to gihe,
their exact age. He asks for your
| age again and then records it, shak-
ing his head obviously.
Are you single, married, wild
owed or divorced?'
In those instances where the
enumerator is woman, it may be
we'll to keep an eye on the young
men of the family. This is Leap
Year, when it is quite the proper
thing for the lady to pop the ques-
ton. Although the census takers
are not allowed to keep any copies
of their reports, they may make
mental notes of eligibles, and plan
subsequent follow up visit.
You answer and wonder if more
intimate relations are to be treated.
| the personal survey, however, is at
an end and you feel relieved.
! Queries about citizenship and natur-
alization follow, and then comes a
discussion about educational quail
tications.
/ Whether you have attended school
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

STAYED the hand of Electrocutioner
Hubert as he was about to throw
in the electric switch that would send
that deadly spark coursing through
the veins OF the condemned men,
and speed them on their way to
eternity.
/ And now, these men, one con-
fessed murderer and the other vic
| tim of a confession of his former
farm hand, occupying adjoining cells
in that death ward are slowly count
ing the minutes. the hours and the
days until once and for all their es-
| cape or doom i'll the electric chair
shall be pronounced.
Governor Remains Noncommittal.
Governor McKelvie has given no
intimation as to what course he will
pursue in the matter of extending
executive clemency to the con-
demned men. For weeks an applics-
ton for pardon carrying the names
of the most responsible residents of
Howard county and a separate
recommendation of Warden w. I.
Fenton of the state penitent,ary
have been before the governor for
his approval, but at no time has one
word on which to base hope that
he might commute the sentences OF
the two men been forthcoming
Men there are, among the 800 odd
inmates of the state penitentiary,
who have lost all vestige Of happi-
ness and cheer, as the mighty iron
doors of that state prison have
closed upon them, shutting them off
from the outside world.
Others there are who sec in the
lnfiction of a penitentiary sentence
the right of society to punish them
for their misdeeds and the going
astray of society's conventions, but
who nevertheless because OF this
punishment, repent, rapidly adjust
themselves to their newt found life,
life of restriction, and are happy ir
their thoughts.
Such men are Allen Vincent
Grammer and Alison B. Cole, &C
cording to Warden Fenton. Con
fined i'll the prison since April l,
1918, these two boys, and they are
only boys, have been given every
freedom and privilege, the last right
OF community to its condemned.
There has been no broom or fur
nture factory work for these boys.
Instead they have roamed the cor
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

Denied their freedom in the peni-
tertiary corridors, the men now
only are buoyed in spirit. by the
frequent visits of their attorneys.
Gram1ner, however, has an ever
faithful wife who spends every wax
ing moment at the side of the hus-
band, convicted and condemned to
die for the murder of her mother
Never once has this frail little
wife faltered in her determination to
stand by her husband Ostracized
by her brothers, and without sis
tiers, she alone has carried his fight
to the court of last resort.
My Al is not, and cannot be
guilty. He had no reason to kill my
mother, for she had been so good
20 him. 1t was my mother who first
gave him money on which we start
ed farming Immediately after our
marriage, and now to think that he
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

would have killed her is unbeliev-
able. He is innocent, before God /
know he is innocent"
The crime for which Grammer and
Cole were tried and convicted was
one of the most brutal and cold
blooded mysteries in the annals of
police history in Nebraska. The
body of Mrs. Lulu Vogt the aged
mother-in-law of Grammer was
found foully murdered, lying near
the roadside near her home at Elba,
Neb., on the morning of July 5, 1917.
A careful investigation of her
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

you are all employer, a wage earn
er or an independent entrepreneur
doing work on your own account
But if you tell the census taker
that you are housewife, a cynical
smill will cross his face, for the
American housewife, the Census
bureau has decreed, is not gain
fully employed" and is therefore
listed with those who have no work.
profession or calling of any kind.
hours a day are in the same cate
CORY.
What is a housewife, anyway"
once asked Sam L. Rogers, director
of the Ath census. DO you call
the women who never goes near
the kitchen other than to admire
its spotlessness and directs her
household from an Office, by the
same term that you give to the
women living i'll small apartments
and doing all their own work? Can
you classify the woman in rural
districts who attends to the family
vegetable garden, takes a hand at
the hoe, puts up quantities of pre-
serves, and does all her housewrok
besides3 The questions the census
takers would have to ask for such
classification would probably be
more personal than the women
would want to answere. How many
would stand for the taker politely
inquiring whether she did her own
washing and ironing?"
Asking one other question about
farm schedule, if you have farm,
the enumeration stops, blots his
sheet, and then turns back to ques-
ton I. You imagine that you are
through, but he informs you that
he must enumerate similar iffor-
nation about each member of the
family. This word family" has a
somewhat different application from
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

movements the night before her
dead body, was found, and the dis
appearance Of Alison B. Cole from
his. accustomed place of employ
ment. threw light on the apparent
ly insoluble crime.
Then started a search Of the
country for Cole. A reward was
offered for his arrest and conviction
and in a few short weeks he was
taken into custody in a small town
in Wisconsin. He admitted his iden-
tity and was returned to Nebraska.
He was kept in Omaha a few DAYS,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

for feeling against him at Elba was
at fever pitch, In Omaha, in a
room III the Paxton hotel in the
company of several Omaha detec-
tives, after day and night Cruel
ling examination and third-degree,
he capitulated and dictated a confess
sion OF his connection with the muir
der. 1t was in this confession that
he implicated Grammer, the SON
in-law of the murdered woman, and
Continued on Page Three. This Section,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

a census of their peoples. But the,
did not get started until the begin.
ming Of the 10Th century.
In 1910 queries about the manufac.
lures OF the country were added tc
the eight general questions. The
scope of the inquiry became Ell.
larged in the following enumerations
and in 1880 a census board was an.
pointed, and the first modern" cen.
sus was compiled. But the decennia
inquiry was so extended that ME
chanical assistance had to be found
In order to handle the returns with
out too great delay. In 1870 the
tlrst effort was made at electrical
counting. Marshals and then su.
pervisors were added to the force.
The number of enumerators exceed
ed $4,000 in 1900 and it was decided
to make the census bureau a per-
manent Office. Necessity had forced
this development step by step, for
1T would have been impossible to
handle the recent returns without
such assistance and management.
For the 1920 census new improve
ments have been devised. and It is
expected that the population totals
VIII be completed two weeks earlier.
than heretofore.
When plans were being made for
tins 18th census it seemed that
there would be some difficulty in
getting the requisite number Of
clerks and enumerators on account
OF the decline in the market value of
tie dollar, Ex-service men care
INTO the breach, however, and the
tull ranks of 5000 Washington
clerks and $1,000 enumerators were
soon filled.
All Glasses Representated.
For the first time in the history,
of the American census. women have
been appointed to Jobs as superv;s-
ors. One OF these has charge of ali
the special census clerks living in
Washington and of their general
welfare and working conditions.
Negroes have been added 10 the
torce OF enumerators to expedite the
gathering OF the Information among
the colored people. School children
have been enlisted to explain the
work OF the census and convey 10
their homes the information that the
taking of the census is a gigantic
task that can only be carried out il
all people cooperate in giving the
enumerators correct and complete
answers.
With such cooperation It is ex-
pected that the work begun on Fri
day will break all previous record
for speedy compilation and public1 4
ton. The census this year is sta
ing earlier than any of the otheI
From 1870 10 1920 the census emu
Grafton did not begin until the
Monday in August. From
through the 1900 census. this q
was taken on the first of June.
18th census was started AprS
1909. This year we will have a
Years day tally, for all recor,
he based on the 6rst day OF tn
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

first census was collected by $50
enumerators for cost of little more
than | cent per capita population.
There were no printed schedules.
Even the headings on the pages
were written by hand.
Although there had been some ac-
counts taken by populations before
1870, the United States census of
that year was the first instance in
history in which the need for period
ical enumerations at definitely fixed
intervals was recognized and pro-
vided for. The results were so sat-
isfactory that England, Denmark
and Norway recognized their i'm
portance and started plans to take
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04
Answer Questions Promptly.

! ~AAS"SA ASolohS : iOIilpIly.
Il therefore earnestly urge upon
all persons to answer promptly, com
pletely and accurately all inquiries
addressed to them by the enumera-
tors and other employees of the cen.
sus bureau and thereby contribute
their share toward making this great
and necessary public undertaking 4
success"
The census taker who comes to
you is the personal point of contact
which starts the operation of vast
machine. After you more or less be-
,grudgingly supply him with the de-
sired information he forwards his
records through a census supervisor
to central Office in Washington.
There in one of the big emergency
war buildings the data on the large
schedule is transferred to small cards
by means of mechanical punch
which makes holes or> the cards to
indicate the particular facts to be re-
corded Until this census, this ma.
chine designed with lever working
in an arc, had been operated by
hand. This year the holes will br
indicated, the. cards punched and
the complete record made III one op-
Grafton by means of new electrical
device. ..."
| Automatically assorted by another
! machine, the cards are then shot into
| tabulators. These remarkable .lec
'rical contrivances are capable of
handling AIS cards minute By an
ingenious arrangement a pin box
is brought down over each card
Those needles which meet an I'M
touched space are repressed. Those
which pass through the holes form
| electric contacts and register on q
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

Unless Governor McKee nevenes Allen Grammer and Alison
Cole will die by ecrocuon January IT, Both convicted and
of
Vog convicted confession Of
wife daughter the murdered continues
declare husband with
of these will be the of legal eectrocu
Nebka history Every known communication of
them failed unfolding district
The of the has thrice deferred
hearing of
prisoners
cemency.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

cord it and then ask for particulars.
If you are weaver, the enumer-
ator wants to know in what kind
of mill you work. If a lawyer, he
asks about practice. If a seam
stress. he wants to know whether
you work out or do it at home.
You then have to tell him whether
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04
Census Taking Brings Thrill That Comes But Once Ten Years

nance There need be no fear that
any disclosure will, be made regard
ing any individual person or his az
fairs. For the due protection OF
the rights and interests of the per-
sons furnishing information every
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

that of popular usage. Boarders,
servants, friends, all persons living
in the same dwelling with you are
part of your family. 1t makes no
difference whether they are related
by ties of kinship. If they are part
of your household they are consid-
cred as members Of your family.
ALL the occupants of a hotel or
boarding house constitute a census
family" officials and inmates OF
an institution all come together
under the same category. On the
other hand, the Waterman who
sleeps in the back of store is
returned as a whole family, while
his wife and children who live on
the next street are reported as a
separate group. Strange are the
classihcations of the census!
Completing the queries about the
family, the census enumeration folds
up his population sheet, and pulls out
a supplemental schedule to record
the records of the blind and deaf
nIutes. If no additional information
is Forthcoming, the man will close
his instruction book, replace the
fountain pen in his pocket, slip his
sheets into his portfolio, and bid you
good afternoon. You will be
through with the census enumerator
for another 10 years.
You may be peeved at him, for
taking up SO much Of your time. You
may be angry for his seeming inn
pertinence. But you should not for
get that he was engaged in civic
duty of the utmost Importance to
the entire nation.
The sole purpose of the census
said President Wilson in his recent
proclamation, SIS to secure general
statistical information regarding the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04
Climax of Greatest Legal Battle For Human Life in Nebraska
Nears With Approach of Thrice Deferred Date of Eecocto
Boys Sentenced to Die for Murder Of ~
Lulu Vogt Can Now Be Saved Only by
Action of Clemency From the Governor

Cling Faint Ray Light Hope That Final
Hearing Before Governor McKelve May Mean Life
First Legal Elecocuton Stands January
Daughter Murdered Woman Firm in Her
Of Her Innocence.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04
BY ALEXANDER c. HERMAN

Armed with a paper badge, book
OF instructions and an Unsuitable
curiosity, 4 stranger soon will come
knocking at your door. Standing or
the Threshold, he will demand ad
mittance and there will be no deny,
ing him Memories of the past will
be revived.
Ten years back you had an ex,
perience with another man carrying
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04

cmploye of the census bureau is pro-
hibited, under heavy penalty, from
disclosing any information which
may thus come to his knowledge.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-04
About Your Occupation.

A bit more sympathetic, you
listen for the next query. 1t Is
about occupations. If you have a
profession or calling, he will re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-16
100 CHEVY CHASE
WOMEN FACING
LOSS OF BALLOT

ROCKVILLE, Md. October 16
(SpeciaD.-More than 100 persons,
nearly all women, who registered
at the recent sittings of the Off
GERS of registration. will be notified
to appear before the board of reg
istry at Chevy Chase. this county.
next Tuesday to show cause why
their names should not be stricken
from the registration books. All
but about fifteen are understood to
be republicans. Chevy Chase re-
publicans made an effort in the cir
cult court here to restrain the reg
istrarS from serving the notices
on the ground that the law had not
been complied with by them in
making up the list. but Judge
Peter decided the circuit court to
be without jurisdiction in such
matters. In the cases of those who
appear their names cannot he
erased unless both registrars
agree. but in the case of those
who fail to appear one registrar
can strike off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-16
BALLOU PRAISES PUPILS.
Lauds Spirit at Business High
School.

Members of the faculty and student
body of Business High School were
lauded for their school spirit by Supt.
Frank w. Ballou, who addressed them
at a general assembly yesterday in the
auditorium of the institution The SUI
rperintendent's first appearance be-
fore the teachers and students was
greeted with the greatest possible en-
thusiaSm.
Crowded conditions at the school
were outlined by DR. Ballou, and he
pointed out that it is not the huildin 2
that makes the school. but the CO.
operation of the students and faculty
which tend to develop the proper
| spirit. You have done your part
| very Well" said the superintendent
and l trust | shall do mine
In connection with the assembly
the students celebrated the twenty
sixth year of existence of the Balance
Sheet, the student paper Robert era
ven, editor, explained the meaning OF
the words balance sheet" and pre-
dlcted greater success for the pub.
llcatlon during his administration
Merwin H. Brown made an appeal
TOR subscriptions. John C"Pat'D Reil.
~ praised the school paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-16
TRIBUTE PAID THE LATE
MARY VIRGINIA MINOR
Memorial to Be on Exhibition at
Cooper Galleries, G Street. Be-
ginning October rs.

The friends of the late Mary Viz
ginia Minor will be given the oppor-
tunity of viewing a memorial to her
memory at the Cooper Galleries, G
street northwest. the week beginning
October 25
This memorial to the memory of
Miss Minor, presented to the Holy
Cross Academy, Washington, d. c.,
takes the form of a framed repro
duction of bas-relief of the head of
the Christ. over the bowed head of
the dead Savior is carved the in
scription. ut Is Finished" Support
ing this wonderful envisaged express
sion of Christian peace and repose are
two cherub faces raised in adoring
comprehension. Attached to the frame
of the picture is a copper plate, in
scribed with the dedication. into
which, as well. the friends of Miss
Minor. have had Inscribed There
fore doth my Father love me. because
l lay down my life that | might take
it up again. Miss Minor was for thirty
years in government service. serving
through several administrations, as
assistant certification clerk of the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-16
HARVESTING FALLS
FOR POWER URGED
Board of Trade Committee
Calls Attention to Vast
ed Energy.

Development of Great Falls to sup
ply current for the city was urged
last night at a meeting of the indus
trial interests committee of the WASH
ington Board yof.Trade.
"At this time" the annual report of
the committee states. when the ques-
ton Of fuel is so vital, it seems in
credible that such a vast supply of
power should be practically wasted.
This question has engaged the atten-
ton of our citizens for many years.
ed half-hearted interest in it by ap-
pointing various committees to look
into the project.
Survey Eight Years Ago.
Eight years ago Col. Langfitt made
survey OF the proposition and sub
mltted an exhaustive report, which
included three separate projects and
about sixty maps. The surveys and
reports since are more or less repeti-
tons, of Col. Langfitt's report. We.
therefore, recommend that every com
mlttee OF the Board of Trade be di-
rected to petition Congress to adopt
Col Langfitt's plans for utilizing the
power of Great Falls"
aShlngton has been in need of
ln1s project for years." said Isaac
Cans, chairman of the committee,
ana besides that. has wanted it for
years. 1t would mean much to the
city TO have the development of Great
ans really taken up and worked out
IN systematic manner. First it would
mean saving to the people of the Dis
trict' because there would be enough
power and more to supply the entire
city. and, secondly, it would be a real
reason why light manufacturers would
be glad to establish here"
Committee to Take Steps.
Active steps to sustain interest in
the Great Falls project are expected
10 be, taken by the committee under
the direction of Mr.: Cans. The report
VIII be presented to Capt. James F.
oyster on the occasion of the fan
meeting of the Board of Trade, to be
held at the Willard Hotel Novem-
Der Is.
Small factories for Washington, so
erected as not to affect the beauty of
the city, and in strict accordance with
the terms of the new coming law.
were urged in the report Buildings
of this design. capable of accommo-
dating small factories and supplying
them with light. heat and power.
would find a ready market members
of the committee. believe
The Board of Trade is urged nv the
committee to take immediate stems
to bring about amelioration of the
local rent situation by cooperating
with other organizations and by
whatever other means may be found
effective. Mr.. Cans presided at the
meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-16
CAPT. UPHAM SHIFTED.

Capt Frank E. Upham has been de-
tached from battleship squadron :.
Atlantic fleet. and assigned to duty as
chief of staff of the commander of
battleship force, Atlantic fleet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-16
DRIVERS ARE PLEASED
WITH BRIDGES PROGRESS
Span on Road to Baltimore Ready
by January 1, Says
Engineers.

AutomobilistS travelling between
here and points on the road to Bal
tlmore express qualification at the
progress being made in the construc-
ton OF the new steel and concrete
bridge over the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad near Brentwood station The
railroad cuts through a ridge at that
point. The bridge will connect the
boulevard extending from the Dis
trict line near Mount Rainier. with
the concrete road running through
Cottage City to the Bladensburg
pike. The only connection at pres
ent is at the extremely dangerous
grade crossing at the Brentwood sta
ton.
Railroad engineers who are building
the bridge say they expect to have
1t completed in time for use by the
LIST of January, but admit they will
have to work pretty hard to do so.
When that road is opened. there will
be two good automobile routes be-
tween this city and Baltimore.