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Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01

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J J ssanta's gift. 7he doll fell
bunk and Jan reached for
II head first ilto the pail,
family return ID from din,
. dead.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01

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The Monte Vista journal., 1920-11-06

Monte Vista Dclphlan Chapter
held their regular meeting at the
Library Nov. l. A very interesting
lesson WAS enjoyed with Mrs Bur'
s-'t a. leader. beginning Nov. is
all meetings viii bc held NJ tn.
wineh-ii once In the Worth Block
Meetings begin promptly nj 7:30
y. ". All members urged TO be
present
The Monte Vista journal., 1920-11-06
Oui,rrs Cisb to Nes~s.

Quisrra Cisb to Ms~t.
The Quiy.rs club meet. with
Miss Jane cori-,t. next Tuesday Sv-
.nins Tn. subject viii be Mod
.rn Poetry" Miss FINLEY IL to he
the leader.
". q. =, q. Ia l~ar N~tort.
Tn. " c. T U, IL 10 meet next
Wednesday at : 10 =. N, with Mrs
Rawlings ON Henderson road, Mrn
J. r. Tyn,r will make report OF
the State Convention proceeding
A full attendance IL desired.
The Lutheran Ladies' Aid met a'
the homo OF Mfs u. schroeder
Thos. present were M-sdamca Ap'
pei. nakkcn. Chadwcii. iiallcr
Kcck. Moen,.r. T.. Mueller. u
Mueller. NJ. L. Mueller. Se,tlcbcck
". Quiram. e. A. Quiram and Rolf
mcir and IN. Misses Graf. Klo~pp-r,
Mocntcr. Quiram. Guests present
were Misses Louise and Bertha
Dcutcr. Dainty Refreshments wcr.
served by tn. hostess ut the close III
the meeting.
The announcement of the en-
ragcmcnt OF Miss Helen Swan to a
Mr.. Roberts OF Chicago was made
public yesterday. Miss Swami will
be remembered as one of the grade
teachers here last year. The mar
riage will he sol"mnixcd about
Christmas time.
Whipped Cream Pum~ nj vnlrnttns.~'
this saturday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1920-11-06


II on~ ehans.d IA be- on the
corner Ut Dennis and 5rd Avenue
Monday evening" they would have
thought all tn. ghosts. hobgoblins,
aud witches In the country wrr-
holding their annual convention,
Shadowy forms wearing full regal
Ia Of sheet and pillow case slip
ped into IN. home Of Miss Marian
Hock-r where an old witch was on
duty to tell fortunes The party
then adjourned to the Woodman
Hall where they danced the remain
der OF the evening Tn, hall was
profus-iy decorated In orang" aud
black er.p. paper. pumpkins
witches. black eats. and bats anc
weird iiailow-'cn creatures,
n'.v'rythln'.
ON. of tn. novel features were
the Invitations issued last week aud
written ON black cats. avis and bats.
reading as follows:
Hall. Fellow Spook!
You ar. hereby notified
that you have been elected del
.gate to the National Convcn-
tion of Spooks To b. held Nov
~mb-r i1 IN Hadcs Hall. sbs
Dennis st. Come In full re-
gala Of sheet and pillow ease.
Your password IL 'Cabbarcs.'
Sisncd-Marian Heckcr. Ros.
Mccoy. Gladys Erickson. High
spookcsy spookn."
a dainty lunch was served at the
close Of the nights fun. The host
esses were Miss Marian Hcckcr.
Mrs. Wilbur Erickson and Mrs.
Ralph Mccoy. The guests were
Misses Fay Spurlock. Bcrntce Fur
row. Faye Minxus. Marybelie Haw-
kins. Louise Foslc. Helcn Chapman.
Florence Kinnison. Emma Glenn
Macarthur. Irene Sims. Sara Chap
man. May Worth. Elsie Eavcs. Nell
King Jane Corlett. Emma Chap
man. Florence DuBar. Ruth Easton.
Mildred Baird. GLADYS Overmycr.
MsssrS. Orwar Erickson. Jack Mead
ows. H. q. Kramer. Abncr Farrow.
Claude Ditto, Fcrne Sadler. Ralph
Patterson, Robert Graham. Paul
Winchell. Doctor Elofson. Ralph
Baird. Myroa Schali. Robert Bone.
Clark Van Nostrand. Happy Baird.
Donald Shakespeare, Lawrence To-
hill. Frank MoniEer. Glen Meadows.
Chas. Baird: Messrs. and Mesdames
Wilbur Erickson. Donald Chisholm.
George Powell. Coy Wright. Chas.
Headlee. Milo Wilson. Robert Mac
Arthur. Station Tohill. Charlie Nc
Intoxh, Lester Headlec. Billie Nc
Nell, Rowlette, Carl Erickson. Bert
Meadows. NJ. F.. Mccoy. Ralph Nc
Coy.
Miss Jane COrlett Is entertaining
at an informal dance at the home
Of Mrs. George Corlett this Friday
night. About twenty couples will
be present
The Foreign Missionary Society
met ut the home OF Mrs. w w.
Wright Thursday afternoon. Mes
DANES Stroup and Maxfeld were as
sistant hostesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Bacon entertain
ed Mt nicely appointed dinner
Friday evening. Covers we're laid for
Messrs. and Mesdames Chas. Bis
hop. Westel Wallace. Lou Wallace,
l.. Il. Sylvester, John Macarthur, r.
X. Mitchell. Edman, Frank Means
OF Saguache, A. u. Weiss Of Del
Norte. John Mitchell of Center,
VIII Mitchell of South Carolina.
Herbert Blood and Holmes OF Cen
ter and Mrs. Gothelf OF Saguache
q
The Monte Vista journal., 1920-11-06
lS~,Is., laa N~~sims.

lb~otseslAa We~slWs.
Monte Vista Dciphlan Chapter
held their regular meeting al the
Library Nov. l. A very in,"rcstIns
lesson was enjoyed with Mrs, Bur.
s-'t az leader. beginning Nov. ib.
all meetings viii bs held NJ tn.
wineh-ii once In the Worth Block.
Meetings begin promptly a 7so
y. ~. All mcmb-rs urged TO be
present.
Mrs. Coy Wrikh, was the dinner
guest sunday Of Miss Mildred Baird
Mrs. GiAdya Ovcrmy~r was IN.
dinner guest sunday Of MIR and
Mrs. Howard winchcii.
Miss Emma Glenn MscArthur
dciiGhtfuiiy entertained the Misses
sara Chapman and Marian Hcckcr.
Mcssrs Ralph Baird. Robert Ora
ham. Paul winch~ii. Mr.. and Mrs
Wilbur Erickson and Miss Eavcs.
her house guest at dinner Sunday
evening.
Frank and Rotsrt Eisca enter
tained u few Of their friends Mt a
Halloween party Friday niGht. A
dainty lunch wNa served to Marley
BrandborE. Keith Wright. Geo.
n,.ls nck
nell Arnold Ouisow. Eugene Gray.
Lawrence Bowdtsh. Ewing GofI
Anna i,-e Munscil. Dorothy Worth.
Theo. Spencer. Loris Murphy. Mar
Ian Eagle. Lucille Merchant, valdA
Gibson. Dorothy Fceiman. Maria
smith.
Miss GLADYS Hawkins entertain
. I'd At dinner Sunday the following
quests. Misses Irene Phillips. Hell
en- and Loicta Hawkins. MeMrs. Ed.
Waters. william Myers and Max
Selters
Miss Mazda Wyiand entertained
a few friends at q Halloween par
~ ut her home Saturday evening.
Those present were Miss Vida
Stephens. Gladys Ditto. Clara Nay
Naslund. Harold Sampler. Cecil
Decker. Carol Easterbrook and
Harry Enke.
Miss Edna Price left Sunday
night for Iowa City. Iowa, TO at
tend the marriage OF her cousin,
Miss Mary Anderson. to Mr.. Freder-
lex Cox. Miss Price will act as
bridesmaid. She will remain In Iowa
for month or more.
One OF the charming parties OF
the week was that given by Miss
wiida Stephens at her home on
Monroe street Tuesday evening. An
elaborate six o'clock dinner was
served and the evening was spent In
interesting games and music. Miss
stephens guests were the Misses
Gladys Ditto. Clara May Naslund.
Helen Eagle. Mazda Wyland. Messrs.
Lloyd Haggard. Carol Esterbrook,
Towne Smith. Cecil Decker. Harry
Enke, and Ted Knight.
Misses Frances Schall and Cor
nclia Munsell were hostesscs Sat
urday night to n Halloween dance
given at the home OF Mrs. John
Harris. At the close OF a delightful
evening dainty lunch was served.
The invited guests were Misses
Mildred Anderson, Ruth Van Nos.
trand, Thelma Correll. Mary Worth.
Ordean Spencer. Faye Spurlock,
Dorothy Allen. Gladys Ditto, Messrs.
Chas Baird. Millward Roughton,
Carl Reed. Jack Gilmore. Howard
Hold. Claude Ditto. Lloyd Spencer.
Fred Shaff. Chas. Correll. and Floyd
Hooker. Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Price,
Chas. Headlee, Elmo KIstler. John
Harris.
The members OF the p. E. o.
spent busy two weeks selling tick
cts for a bridge party given at the
home OF Mrs. r. r. Mitchell Tues.
day night. The tickets we're 800
and the proceeds went to their ed
ucational fund. About one hund-
rod ladies were present and a de-
lightful evening was spent. Elec-
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
KING CALLS ON
 ROBINSON BUT NOT ON MAYOR WILSON

John T. King arrived in town this morning and immediately held a short conference with Republican Town Chairman J. Alex H. Robinson, but the Fairfield county leader failed to call upon Mayor Clifford B. Wilson although the latter said he heard that King was in town. The visit of the political leader to city hall gave rise to reports that a meeting of the Re- publican town committee might be held tonight to start the untangling of the political mess which Mayor Clifford B. wilson has got the party into in this city.
 Chairman Robinson when asked said he had not called a meeting of the, town committee and district lead CTS for tonight, but if there was one King would probably be present He said the Republicans intended to hold A ratification meeting soon and the campaign for the election of Harding and Coolidge would be carried on in the usual ma nner-
 There are a whole lot of things to be straghtened out said one member of the town committee this morning and chief among them are the vice raids conducted entirely alone by the mayor. There are great many other things that must be gone over and checked up, but the presence of John T King who has smoothed over many A. difficulty before gives the followers of the c. O. P. in this city feeling o1 assurance that all the soiled linen vii be carefully ironed out and laid away
 King reported on the telephone tha he had nothing to say on politics ol other matters.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
Pupils To Honor Teacher

A most unusual gathering will take place at the Washington Park M. B. church on Sunday evening at 7:45, when a recognition service will be held in honor of Miss Carrie A. Seelye, retiring principal of Barnum school Miss See1ye has been identi- fled as teacher and principal of this well known school for a long period of years and the people of East Bridgeport thought that they could not let her retire to private life with out some fitting testimonial of her work
 The program will consist of short talks by men and women who have been pupils, and teachers at Barnum school. The service will be opened by Dr. A. F. Campbell, the pastor of the church. who originated the thought of the service. There will be community singing by a chorus from Barnum school. The people of East Bridgeport and all friends of Miss See1ye are very cordially invited to attend.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
MARINE CUT BRINGS TARIFF
 ACT IN FORCE

Washington, July 9-(By A. P.)- Operation of the Merchant Marine Act will bring into force the section of the Underwood tariff law of 1913 imposing a discriminatory duty of 5 per cent. on goods entering the United States in foreign bottoms, in the opin- ion of some diplomats who have studied the new shipping bill
 Application of this section of the Underwood act was suspended by a decision of the Supreme Court in 1917 because the act provided that the discriminatory duty should not apply if in conflict with any reserved treaty right. The court held that the discriminatory duty should not provision of the treaty of 1915 be- tween the United States and Great Britain.
 This treaty, along with similar tries, must be abrogated under the merchant marine law. In the case of the British treaty one years mo- tice is necessary and consequently nc discriminatory duty can be imposed on goods entering the United States in British bottoms until the expira- tion of that period.
 Some diplomats believe that it was the clear intent of congress to re- serve to itself the right to impose the discriminatory duties by future legislation, but declare that unless such legislation is enacted before the treaties are abrogated the five peI cent. discriminatory duty imposed by the Underwood law automatically will come into force.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
NO PRISONERS
 COUNTIES WANT
 TO GIVE UP JAILS

Now they want to do away with the jails. Honest! A despatch from Willi- mantle says that because of the very alarming scarcity of prisoners the of ficials of Windham. Holland and Litchf1eld counties may ask the legis- lature for permission to use a single Jail instead of the three now in use.
 Before prohibition took effect the Windham and Holland county jails were self-paying, the revenue com ing from farm products raised on county land adjoining the jails. sEx- penses are larger now. because much of this land cannot be titled on &C., count of the small number of prison CTS, and it has been pointed out that the entire Second District could use the Windham county jail, thereby saving money for both the county and state. The. prisoners now confined in the five jails in the Second District would fill only about three-quarters of the cells in the Windham county jail.
 The windham County jail property at Brooklyn comprises about 200 acres Before prohibition became ef- fective, July 1, 1919, about one-half of this was cultivated. Because prf- son help is so scarce only about one quarter of it is under cultivation now. The jail contained forty pris- oners July 1. 1919. nearly all of whom were victims of drunkenness The average number of prisoners had been about seventy, according to Sheriff Gates, but now there are but seven prisoners. Two of these were bound over for the next term of the superior court and five are "Jamaica ginger drunks.'' Albert S. Fields taller, said he was doing his best to get returns from the farm with the small amount of help at his disposal The jail has contained as many a: 100 prisoners at one time.
 There are only five prisoners a the Holland County jail at Vernon and none are victims of drunkenness Three are federal prisoners, one hay ing been convicted of running a stil at Stafford Springs, and the othe1 two being respectively charged witt burglary and bigamy. The remain ing two prisoners are serving shorte terms on charges of theft and breacl of the peace. The jail has thirty two cells, few of which have beer occupied since July l, 1919.
 New London County has two jails at New London and Norwich. Tn Middlesex County jail is at Higganun At each of them the number of pris ! oners has during the past year great | ly decreased
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
STORRS AND JITNEY
 MEN WILL SPEAK

President Lucius s. Storrs of the Connecticut Company; John Schwartz, president of the Connecticut Bus Owners Association, and Harry Frank, president of the Park City Bus Association, will be the speakers at the meeting of the Chamber of Com merce which will be held at The Stratf1e1d on Monday night at . o'clock.
 The meeting has been called by the chamber for the purpose of a hear ing on the trolley situation and to hear the views of the above three men on the transportation crisis that threatens to occur on July IS. when the Connecticut Company will stop operating trolleys on all lines in the city and vicinity. Walter Jackson, recognized street transportation ex- pert, who has studied the street transportation problem in this city for the past two months, will make his re- port at the meeting. MT. Jackson has studied street transportation in all its phases in all parts of the United
 municipalities, both in this country and in Europe.
 Following the meeting, mail referendum will be submitted to the entire membership of the chamber sitions to bes ubmitted will be determined by the Merchants committee, the Traffic Regulation and 1 the Transportation and Streets com mittees who will meet this afternoon at o'clock in the assembly room of l the chamber in the First-Bridgeport National Bank building. --<
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
|AuTOPHONES WILL | BE EINSTALLEDIN
 STATE EXCHANGES

Automatic telephones will be in- stalled throughout the state in the future by the Southern New England Telephone Co.,, wherever it is neces- sary to change the present equipment or install an unusual number of new machines.
 By the use of the new invention it will be possible for the subscriber to get direct connection with the party wanted without the aid of cen tral, and much time and many cuss words will be saved by users of the phone system.
 The new mechanism is known as the Machine Switching System and consists of the ordinary telephone instrument to which a calling at- tachment known as the "dial'' will be mounted on the base of the desk stand. l.. TherldiaI has ten finger holes O and the word Operator in the tenth hole. The holes will also have letters to indicate the different centra1s.
 In making a call the subscriber first pushes the button with the name of the central he wants then the num- bers in their order and the line is imm edtately connected up.
 This new system is now being in- stalled in Hartford where a 5000 board with the new apparatus is be. ing added to the present equipment.
 In Bridgeport the, equipment is practically new and will probably last for another five years. When it is necessary to renew the equipment for any reason the new system will be used.
 The company is having it's own troubles at the present time in get ting any kind of instruments to give to new subscribers. The strike in the American Brass company works has completely shut off the supply of the very fine wire that is used in the coils of the instruments and a num- Der of people who would like to have phones are obliged to wait until the company can get equipment
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
WATCH RESORTS
 FOR BOOZE SALES

Hartford, Conn.,, July 9-A careful watch is being kept at all summer resorts along the Connecticut shore to detect violations of the federal prohibition act. Thomas c. Me- Auliffe, federal agent in charge of enforcement activities in this state, said today that every beach in the state was being watched. Inland summer resorts throughout the state are also under observation for sales, he said. Federal officers, McAuliffe said, were of the opinion that the most of the liquor being brought into Connecticut came from Canada rath- CT than from New York, Rhode Isl. and or eastern Massachusetts. Be- cause of that belief the northern bor- der of the Etate has it's anti-liquor guard as well as the New York state boundary. McAuliffe said he felt that the capture of the whiskey laden truck in Greenwich, Wednesday night, was an indication of the ef- fectiveness of the watch being main- tained.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
GET JURY FOR
 TRIM OF 19
 COMMUNISTS

Chicago, July 9.---A jury to try Will liam bross Lloyd and 19 other mem- bers Of the Communist Labor party for alleged conspiracy to overthrow the government by force was com f,Ietsd today. Sixty days were spent in selecting s,1e jury and more than 1,5a1 yepire;Hen were examined.
 Lloyd, millionaire serg cant at-arms of the Communist Labor party, and his Associates were arrested last Jan- uary. There were originally 39 de- fendant5 but l3 were never found. John Reed, magazine writer and first Bolshevik envoy to the United States, is in jail at Apo, Finland, charged with smuggling. Several cases were dismissed, leaving 20 to face the court. o Three women, Margaret Prevey, of Akron, Ohio, and Helen Judd, a Chi cago school teacher, and Clara Rof- sky, secretary of a local branch, will be tried later
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
SOUTH CAROLINA
 MAN GETS AWARD

Compensation Commissioner B. T. Buckingham granted the award of $101.2 25 to Sippio Green of 95 Fulton street, for injuries and the fracture of his left clavicle tcoHarbone), which he claims were received on June 2S while in the employ of the Bridgeport Brass company. Medical treatment showed that for some time past the left clavi- cle has been fractured, and the ques- ton then remained as to how much the accident aggravated the previous condition.
 Green maintained that the brace, which the physician told him to wear, had fallen off, and that he had not re- moved it although the doctor believes it was removed. The claimant, whose relatives live in Columbia. 1n South ohna., desired to return to that place, and the Commissioner was of the opinion that the request should be granted. Green received the sum of five weeks disability and $25 for med ical treatment, which amounted to $1O1. .25.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
POLES FIGHTING DESPERATELY ID
 STOP THE REDS

Warsaw, July 9-Russian Bolshe- vik forces have broken through the Polish lines south of the Dvina river in a drive designed to overrun Lith- uania and form contact with East Prussia, according to an official state ment issued here late today.
 The Soviet army is using infantry, cavalry, artillery, airplanes and tanks. The Poles are fighting desperately to check the advance along the northern front, against which the enemy is throwing crack divisions.
 On the southern front, General Budenny, with Rovno in his posses sion, is advancing in the direction of Lemberg, which is but 1S0 miles from Warsaw.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
GIVES UP HUSBAND
 ON MURDER CHARGE

Philadelphia, July 9-Cries of murder" attracted policemen to the city hall plaza today. They found a woman in an a1tercation with a man she said was her husband, Jack Welch of New York. She denounc- ed him as the murderer of a man in the New York subway. The police of that city confirmed the woman's s story and asked that the man be held.
 The woman who says she is an &C., tress, told the police that Welch, who served 25 months overseas as ser geant in the American army, shot an officer in France and also shot a negro in the south. She said he was gassed and shell shocked. He had recently been discharged from ser vice and still wore his uniform.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
FIND PROBERS
 DRY AT ST. LOUIS

St. Louis, July 9-The Senate com mittee investigating campaign ex- penditures, transferring the scene of it's activities today from Chicago, launched an inquiry into the cam paign of Attorney General Palmer for the Democratic nomination.
 The attention of the committee as the, hearing opened was centered on the reported distribution of $2,OO0 among the 2S members of the City Democratic Committee by Edward F. Goltra of St. Louis, Democratic Ma tional committeeman from Missouri, to help defray the expenses of delegates to the State Democratic convention in Joplin.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
JEWS WANT TO
 KNOW THE TERMS

, London, July 9-Dr. Max Nordau, speaking at today's session of the 1n- ternational k Zionist Conference, de- manded that the British governor give an explicit definition of the policy ii will pursue as the mandatory power for Palestine and define clearly the terms of the mandate SO that all Jews may know just what relation ship there may be expected between the Zionist organization and the British government.
 He declared there should be un- restricted immigration to Palestine He also stated that Palestine should be known as the Jewish state, and not as a home for the Jews.