Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 30, 1909, Page 6

6 OMATIAS AND THE NEW ORDER Indians Opposed to the Consolidation of Agenoy Superintendents. RED TAPE CAUSES MUCH DELAY Annoyance Due to Cumhersome Reg. ulations Likely to Be Increased Under Plan Proposed by the 1pdian Buream. WALTHILL, Neb., Dec. %.~To the Edi- tor of The Bee: I saw a short paragraph In tae cditorial columns of The Bee last week In which it was said the consolid tlon of the Omaha and Winnebago agencies would expedite, and not hamper, the business of the two agencles, and that it would add to the progress of the' In- dians. 1 write to correct any erroneous Impression that may have been received, for anyone who knows about conditions around here know this is not so. The at- titude of resistance which the Omaha In- dlans have taken against the recent action of the Indian office in compining the busi- ness of the Omaha and Winnebago agencles under one superintendent 18 a natural one, growing out of the hardships of the conditlons Imposed on them by the department, and the position they have taken is not untenable. We are not fighting a mere chimera— we are fighting for the wame principle for which the forefathers of this great Amerl- can nation fought for and who considered human Iives but a paltry offering when lald down at the shrine of liberty. The Omaha Indlans have three valld ob- Jections to the so-called consolidation of the business of the two agencies under one superintendent. I shali take up each objection First—It Is golng to materfally increase thelr hardships In transacting an immense amount of business with the department, delaylng interminably and somctimes ren- dering execution of same Impossible. Second—It removes A. G. Poilock, their present superiniendent, in whom they have perfect confidence and who has won their universal respect. Third—Alvays Independent, greatly the fact that they cousulted in regard to this plan when they were 50 deeply concerned. thay Basis for Complaint. Theso hardships grew out of the qualifi- cations 1 have already spoken of, which restricted the liberty of the Indian to his property rights. For altuough he could vote, the government was to hold his land in trust for twenty-five years and he could not sell it. After a few years the poli- ticlans felt sorry for their Ted brethren and caused congress to pass a law by lch the Indian could sell his helrship lards; the white brother (?) got the lapa, the Indian office took the money in|trust, the Indian got the restrictions. The money that comcs from the sale of heirship land I8 held In the office and the Indlan can draw $10 a month. He can rent hig lands to white men; the' leuges In the majority of cases Leing made out in ‘the government office, the rents belng collected and held through the same and pald out to the Indian twice a year. Here s where a big 'mistake was made by the department. The Indian, while under the tutelage of the government should have in the majority of cases been allowed to lease his own land. It would have given him some responsibility and taught him methods of business 'and brought kim_ luto better contact with the White peopie. He would Inevitably have profited by the bitter experlence with his White brethren and bettered himself and made a big stride in progress, Ahe Indians are scattered all over the reservation and the government office s located at Macy, nine miles from Walthil, twelve from Kosalle, twenty-two from Bancroft and Lyons, and thirteen from Decatur. Oniy a few famiiles live at Macy. When an Indian wants (o transact busine With the department, It necessitates a dr| to Macy, auywhere from three to twenty or twenty-tive miles, over bad roads usually and in all kinds of weather. At the government office he has to walt and walt perhaps for several hours, without food for man or beast; some times after several hours of waillng he has to go home @gain disappointed because the superin- tendent was too busy to attend to him. Perhaps he comes back again and again without accomplishing what he wants to &ct done and I have had them ocome clear out here to Walthill 0 [ could 'plione or write for them. Red Tgpe at Agency. There are several clerks to look the business: the financial clerk, the leas. ing clerk, the stenographer and typewriter, the official Interpreter who educated Indlan woman, aid the authority clerk and the superintendent, 5 When an Indian comes to transact bust noss he steps into a little room that can hold but four or five people statnding up; he speaks through & window to the interpreter and If desirous of making a lease to a White renter ho Is passed over to the leas- ing clerk; It not, he speaks through the authority window to the authority clerk in charge. .He may have money from the sale ol land In the offica and he wishes to buy, maybe, a bugsy, & horse, a new stove, or a blanket shawl. The clerk writes to Washington to ask the Indian office that autherity be allowed to grant this request It may take weeks for the authority to come back and the Indian has to come back agaln and again. Sometimes the de- partment disapproves and it is not allowed, 1t allowed the article has o be examined by the superintendent and when the white man delivers the article to the Indian the Indian signs & cieck with the superin- tendent signing trustee, and then it |s turned ‘over tu tne white man. The In- dlan is restrietcd and bound with 1ed tape, We have depurtment circulars galore to cover each and every occasion, and a con- stant changing of the rules and regulations of ihe fepArfment to it the ever shifting, ver expgrfmientihg policy of the depart. ment. ‘We have rules and regulations to the right of us, o the lefi of us, benind us; do you wonder we object to continu- ation of them in front of us? erintendent, Roatlae ‘for s Tue superintendent une of the buslest men in the state of Nebraska, The money under his care is deposited In five qif. fcrent banks. He has to watch carefully and seo {hat the amounts do not exceed the limits of the bonds. Every check to an Iudian miust be slgued by him; every check to & white man he must sign as trustee, every application has to be examined; he must lsten to the request of every Indian. There must be over 2,10 white people living on thg repervation on land rented from the Indiams, Bvery white man who has o do business with an Indian has to see the superititehdent; all school matters are under his care. Just now in addition to ail, ne is & member uf the competency commis- slon. e has (0 examine every lease made in the officy and ls supposed to inspect every biece 0f land leased to see that it brings @ reasonable price; he has to view and appraise every plece of helrship 'land offered for sale. 'This requires the work of an expert, as the bldder must be above the appraised value. He has to look after the Hguor question and see that the liquor Taws are énforced;’ he has to rent the un- allotted lands for the tribe, besides listen. resent | have not been | Al after | s a bright| ing to all complaints and giving ndvice to the Indlans, The clerks are busy all the time, but have no discretionary powers, everything has to be referred to the superintendent and he has not enough discretionary power For instance an old ‘Indian drove sixteen miles to ask if T would write to the super {Illll'nd-n( that he wanted to buy a wheel- barrow And a new stove out of his money In the office. Two or three weeks later he drove another sixteen miles to ask me re- sulte. The superintendent wrote that he had written to the authorities at Wash- ington to ask that the request be granted Three weeks later the Indian drove here | to Walthill, sixteen miles, for further in- | formation, the authority had not yet ar- | rived. Latest reports have not arrived up to date. An Indian had to be operated on | for appendicitis one fall. Authority to take | him to a hospital was telegraphed for to | the Department and arrived the next May I could cite more ridiculous instances Reason for Restrictions. Why these restrictions? At the begin- ning of the trust perlod of twenty-five years, they were found necessary to protect the Indian from his white brother. Later on the politiclan at election time told the Indian, now he had all the rights of the white man, he could drink all the whisky he wanted to. It did not take any more argument to convince the Indian than it does the white men. There were eighteen years of blackness on the reservation as a result, but now for the last three years the Omaha Indlans have made a most com- mendable record in temperance and the majority of them are climbing steadily up- ward where they will soon be beyond the restrictions and red tape. A new order is being enforced by the department. An Indian can trade at a cer- tain store to be designated by himself to A certain amount; the superintendent in- spects the bill and if the department ap- proves the number and size of prunes bought and the color of the bananas, the government pays the bill out of the In- dian's money In the office. Shades of our ancestors! This Is a Alstinct step back- ward even from what you knew for you could trade your furs yourself for what you wanted. However loyal to our government, oh Nebraska, would you stand it? Delay in the Department. The Omalas have a trust fund from the sale of some reservation land, each share amounting to $200. In signing the applica- tion blank, the Indian had to secure the signatures of two witnesses as to his com- petency. At some expense and great delay, half of the Omahas secured their shares; the. other Yalf had their aplications re- turned from Washington to be passed on by the competency commission. When the will be pald Is not known, not for months probably, In the meanwhile the sick have begged me to write and got this money for them, because they needed it for necessi- ties, nourishment, medicines, etc. ‘I have watched them dies without it. The money that should have been and is morally and | legally their share is turned back to the | tribe and the heirs have to stand the | tuneral expenses. One young woman who | had tuberculosis asked for her share—it was badly needed; the superintendent asked to have It made “special.” An order from the department came back saying she should sign blanks to have the money de- posited in a bank under the care of the | superintendent. He wrote back that she needed the money for immediate necessi- tes. They replied by sending a new form of blank to be signed by.the applicant. In the meantime the applicant died and was buried leaving her pov. old mother to bear the expenses of sickness and funeral, Omahas Object to Plan. The Omahas want a whole live superin- tendent. The one they have'now s busy all the time and can’t fulfil ail the de- mands made upon iim. They know it will be far worse when they have one Super- intendent for both tribes. The white people on both reservations are wondering what has come over the depart- ment to meditate such a plan—distances are too great—roads are usually bad—the wecther cannot be depended upon—besides the Lmmense bulk of business to be trans- | acted at both agencies, and the clerks have | no discretionary power, and In order to | have it must give high bonds. The year 190 1s a year of crisis for the Omahas. We who are deepy Interested wished to make the new hard road to be traveled as easy as possible, for some are golng to stumble and fall by the wayside. Instead, the department is going to make It as hord as possible. The Omahas have pald a high tribute to A. G. Polock. For the first time in the | | history of the tribe they were all harmon- ized on one thing. Factional fights were stopped, old feuds were forgotten. They were unanimous in thelr desire that he be retained. They have expressed their per- fect confidence in him., They told him they had found the man they were looking for, and they wished him to lead them out of thelr troubles. Resentment is Deep. However much good the department may want to do the Omahas they have been put into an antagonistic attitude. Those of us who are working for their welfare de- plore and regret this. Their resentment is well founded; the majority of'the Omahas are as competent as the same number of white people. They are independent and seif-reliant, and their wishes have always been respected by past administrations—this 18 new treatment. The Winnebagoes and the Omahas are very different, and the department will find |it has made a big mistake If it thinks it can govern both tribes alike. You ean [never push an Omaha down or pass a thing over his head; ie will light on 'his feet facing you. The Omahas have made fine use of their | money. Almost every quarter sect'on of land has a good home on it. They have | 400a horses, good barns and Improvements !and machinery to work with. Means More Complications. Those of us who are In a position know realize that the same pollcy | govern both, and i it does it win policy that On account of their antagonistic attituds | toward the department they are not very | appreciative of model farms just now. You yourselves know that among the white people an interest and love for sclentific | tarming has to be eultivated. The Omah { Inclans have told the department that they { will cut loose from department restrictions |and have no agent it Mr. Pollock Is not retained as their separate agent 1 cannot belleve that the assistant com- | mirsioner's Amerean Ingenuity, and a Ne- |braskan at that, could not have settlea |this question by deferring to the wishes {of the Omahas and yet give us a model farm. The end Is not yet, for the Omahas are In a position to make good. As for myselt, 1 shall willingly and gladly co-operate with the Indian department in |anything that is for the welfare of the tribe, but I shall always fight good and hard against the department or any ome els agninst anything that is to the tribe's to cannot be a before my God I owe my people & re- sponsibility SUSAN LA FLESCHE PICOTTE, M. D, ttle Tim" Leaves No Wil NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—“Little Tim" Sul- ilvan, alderman and Bowery political leader, who died recently, left an estate valued at approximately 300,00, secording to the estimates of his friends, but con tinued search has failed to reveal any will. During his Hli-health several months ago, dttle Tim'" started to make a will, but never signed it M. E CROSIER GETS PLACE is detrimental to the Omahas. | dotriment, even if I have to fight aione, for | £ THY. BEE: Bluffs Council Superintendent of Avoca Schools Succeeds Prof. Jackson. SALARY WILL STAY THE SAME Prof, [ Thomas of High School and J. Neft Candidates to Super- vise County Schools—Mr. Jackson Leav Soon. Prof. M. E. Crosier, superintendent of the puklfe schools at Avoca, will succeed E, R Jackson as superintendent of the schools of Pottawattamle county. The appointment will be made today by the Board of Eu pervisors. Supervisor Leta announced yes- terday that Prof. Crosler had consented to accept the appointment and will assume the dutles of the position on or beforc January 10, at which time Mr. Jackson will lecve for Washington to assume a position in the United States Forestry department Prof. Crosler's wife, it {s understood will act as his secretary. The salary of Prof Crosler will be the same as that received by Mr. Jackson, $1,500 a year. Prof. 8. L. Thomas of the faculty of the Council Bluffs High school and L. J. Neff, an attorney of Walnut were candidates for the position. Yesterday there was filed with the county auditor for presentation to the board a petition from residents of Walnut and vicinity asking the appoint- ment of Mr. Neff. The Pottawattamle supervisors met in session with the supervisors of Harrison county as a joint drainage board. Routine matters in connection with the Jjoint dralnage system formed the business of the meeting. On recommendation of Seth Dean, the engineer In charge, the Sternberg con- tract for the Boyer subdistrict was ex- tended to February 2, 1910, to which date the joint dralnage board adjourned. Mrs. Dora Asmus Drinks Deadly Acid Wife of Laborer, Tired of Life, and Takes Poison to End It—Not in Poverty. Mrs. Dora Asmus, aged 53 years, wife of Wililam Asmus, a laborer employed by the Urlon Pacitic Rallroad company, living at 2222 South Thirteenth street, Council Blufts, committed suicide Tuesday by drinking LWo ounces of carbolic acid. Mrs. Asmus drank the acld at the home of a nelghbor, Mrs. Nels Nelson, at whose house she had stayed over night. Domestic trouble is sald to have been responsible for the woman taking her own lite. Mr. and Mrs. Asmus have lived in Coun- cll Bluffs for many years. Both have worked hard and being frugal have suc- ceeded In accumulating considerable prop- | erty, owning the home in which they lived | and several other cottages in that nelghbor- hood. They had no children and the only surviving relatives of the dead woman are an uncle, D. Seeman of this city, and two cousins, Mrs. W. R. Gooch of 8717 North Twenty-second street, Omaha, and Mrs. Roy Staeth of 1022 Avenue B, this city. Mrs. Asmus was In tho kitchen of the Nelson home when she dtank the polson which she had concealed In her clothing, She staggered out of the kitchen door into | the yard and fell in the snow at the rear | of the house. She was carried Into her | own home, two doors distant and Dr. Eari Bellinger summoned. This was shortly bv—! fore § o'clock and death ended her suffer- ings at shortly before 11 o'clock. Dr. V. L. Treynor, the coroner, was nbtitied, and on his instructions the body | was removed to Cutler's undertaking establishemnt. After Investigating the | cas> Dr. Treynor decided that an inquest would be unnecessary as the death was OMAHA, THU RSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1909. When Doctor Theodor Herzl published his than it does as an actual movement toward the Chosen People. The Zionists, who are mostly of the orthodox branch of the Jew- ish faith, cling closely to the doctrines of Moses Hess and the preachments of Hersl, while denouncing what they call the ‘‘as- similators.” Zionism has become in fact, in the United States, a movement against assimilation with the Gentiles. Three times a day the devout orthodox Jew prays to his God: “Sound the great trumpet for our freedom, lift up the ban- ner to collect our exiles, and gather us speedily together from the four corners of the earth to our own land.”” To the vast majority this prayer is but a part of the ritual of dally worship and means nothing approaching an ‘actual desire to return to Palestine or to participate in the establish- ment of the Jewish state. In fact, the Jew- ish nation, as a political entity, exists only In the Imagination of the Zlonist leaders. But already the movement has hegun to reclalm the Holy Land from Its barren thriftlessness by the settlement of Jewlsh colonles in the country. Most of these col- onles have been set up since the beginning of the Zion movement In 1897, while several antedate the Congress of Basle. Wherever one of these colonles exists there Is a green and fertile oasis in the desert of Palestine. Few American Jews have seen fit to de- sert the opportunities of the western hemi- sphere for a return to thelr Asiatic an- cestral home, Most of the colonies are made up of Jews from Russia, Roumania and other European countries in which the Jews have been subfected to persecution, There are now seventy modern Jewish colonles in FPalestine, most of them en- gaged in agricultural pursuits. The Zion- ists have established a college in Jerusa- lem which devotes much attention io in- dustrial training and to agricultural sel- ence. There s also a modern Jewish hos- pital in Jerusalem, and a gymnasium und school In Jaffa. The blue and white flag bearing the shteld of David, the flag of the Jewish nation, is now displayed In many parts of Palestine. Grants have been ob- tained from the Turkish government glving the Jews the right to purchase land and guaranteeing them protectfon. The influ- ence of the nations of western Europe sup- ports these colonfe One of the oldest and most prosperous of these modern fewish establishments is the colony of Samarin, or Sichron Yaaeob. This was the first colony of Roumanian Jews to find Fefuie'In Palestine, and was established fn 15%2. It is devoted princi- »ally to orange growing and wine making. Last spring a company of American tour- ists, unable to Tand at Jaffa because of the stormy weather, was carried on to Haifa, It was fecessary to take & two days' wagon trip geross the country to Jaffa' In order to réach Jerusalem. Wagons were provided at Halfa, but there was no driver who could speak English, and not one of the Americans knew anything but English. The drivers spoke Arable, Ger- man, French and Turkish, but that was of Pplainly suicldal. Late Monday night Mrs. Asmus went to| the Nelson home and told Mrs. Nelson, I am tired of al this referring, it Is sald, to trouble between herself and her husband, | She refused to return to her own home and remained at the Nelson home all night. | She arose early yesterday morning and took | breakfast with the Nelson family. Shortly after breakfast Mrs. Asmus went Into| the kitchen where Mrs. Nelson was. Draw- ing the bottle of carbolic acld from her pocket she swallowed its contents saying, | “This will end my troubles” Pushing| past Mrs. Nelson, she staggered through the kitchen door in the yard where she dropped. Although practically unconsclous from the moment she dropped, Mrs, Asmus lingered ‘until 10:50 o'clock. SPICKERMAN ouT AT LAST Governor Carroll’s Christma mutation Slow of Delivery. Governor Carroll In suspending the sen- tence of Andy Spickerman the former sa- loonkeeper, who was committed to the | county jail on October 27, in default of | payment of a fine of $200 for contempt of court by violating an Injunction restrain- ing him from the illegal sale of liquor, in- fended that Spickerman should eat his Christmas dinner at home instead of be- hind the bars, but something went wrong. ickerman id not secure his release un- yesterday. Com- thl The suspension was signed by Governor Carroll to take effect December 24. It was mailed to John Lindt of this city, attorney for Spickerman and reached here Chr mas morning. Faliing to find Attorney Lindt at his office the carrier referred to the city directory, which gave Lindt's resi dence as at the Goodrich hotel. The mie- sive was presented to the clerk at the hotel who receipted for it Lut rfailed to tell the carrier that Lindt had not lived there for over a year. On Sunday Lindt read in the newspapers the press dispatch from Des Moines an- Spickerman's sentence and he siarted to investigate. He succeeded in locating the missing document yesterday morning, filed It with the clerk of the district court and Spickerman was released. The suspen- sion of the sentence however, does not relieve Spickerman from the payment of the fine. FOR MEDICAL AND FAMILY USE BUY YOUR LIQUORS AT ROSENFELD LIQUOR CO., 619 8. MAIN, 'PHONES 3523, Marringe Licenses. Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to the following: Name and residence. Perry W. Rathburn, Omaha tia A. Butterfleld, Des Moines. Age. P. J. Gundersen, Council Bluffs a Katle Volovich, Council Bluffs.. 18 Charles H. Tobin, Omaha. £ Liliian Murray, Boston, Mass. o 1 N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 2%0. Night, L-1702 Like Niobe, full of tears; like Puck, full Wl laughter. “The Fatal Wedding," Star theater Thursday night. LEFFERT'S JEWELRY store, new lo- cation, 602 Broadway, nouncing that the governor had suspended | no help to the Yankees. The hotel pro- prietor at Halfa told the Americans that they would stop at about 5 o'clock in the | afternoon at the Jewish colony of Sam- arin, where they could obtain accommoda- tions for the night. He explained to the ignorant Americans that there would be no one in the colony who could speak En- glish, but expressed a hope that the sign | language would guffice to procure satis- faction for the actual physical wants of the travelers. After ten hours' driving over the flelds, for there were no roads, the wagon reached a stretch of well macadamized Some Things You Want to Know The Holy Land—A Modern Zion. highway which betokened the fact that book, “The Jewish State" he infamed the they had arrived within the limits of the |yl yore s of Boston and Charles Jewish mind all over the world with a colony. The road wound up the mountain | To n Wed Before Yeomen. i spirit of nationsllsm which it had not side to the clean village Which In the €en- |y Vil Mirray of Boston, Maee. and known since the destruction of Jerusalem. ter of the colony. |Charles H. Tobin were the bride and bride The Zionist congress which met at Basle The wagon stopped in front of a bulld- ““‘mm at the public wedding, which formed In 1497 was the first International and ing which displayed the sign “Hotel Graf.”” |y poicinal feature of the public meeting world-wide convocation of Jews since the The travelers were wondering how they g4 a0, nment of Ivanhoe homestead, ! dispersion. That nineteen centuries have would ask for dinner In the sIgn IANKUAR® | rotherhood of American yeomen last | not prevalled against the pecullar separ- when suddenly the door of the hotel . ening in Maccabee hall Rev atlon of this people, that living in small opened and gave forth a hustiing little man | iy oonemeyer, pastor of Bethany Iresos numbers among many peoples and races who shouted: “Welcome to our eity. I|ierian church, officiated in the prese has not brought about assimllation, goes know you are from America and I Wil of apout 300 members and guests of the {0 prove the existetite of & Jewish national- feed you right. Get right out and g0 In|homestead. The couple were attended by ity although It has no political status or the parior. You will find the New York | Miss Lulu Kennedy d Carl Kennedy of territorial posseseions, papers in there. I take the Joinal. I|this city as bridesmald and best man. Tho According to the definition of Dr. Heral, think Willlam Randolph Hoist 1s the great- | homestend presented Mr Mts, Tobin Zionlsm strives to create for the perscouted est man In America since George Washing- after the ceremony with a cash present and Joews a home in Palestine. Not all Jews ton." |& $1,000 policy cach in the order. In America are agreed as to the wisdom of The suprprised and delighted travelers| Congressman Voalter 1. Smith presided the Zionistic program. Jews have jngtantly knew that they were at home at the festivities and Judge 1. W. Pitkin never been united In thought, and at the with a product of the melting pot of the of Sloux City, national lecturer of the present time in America Zionlsm means east gide of New York. Mr. Graf, for he | order, delivered the principal address. At more &s a partisan lssue among the Jews wag the proprietor of the hotel, explained |the close of the program the floor wa that he had left Roumania for New York | the restoration of the Promised Land to a¢ the time his father joined the colony |served. which came to Palestine. His father died and left the hotel and other property, which Mr. Graf of New York came to Palestine to manage. He took great pride in showing the Americans about the col- ony, but he constantly interrupted him- self by asking questions about New York and expressing the hope that Mr. Hearst might yet be president of the United States. It was evident that this particular col- onist greatly preferred Lorber's restaurant and the Thalla theater on the east side to the Plain of Sharon, the promised land, the Talmud and the Torah. But not so the majority of the thousand souls who made up the colony. For here they have found peace and plenty instead of perse- cution and poverty. The government of the colony Is an absolute democracy of the form of the old-time New England town meeting, with just the same flavor of the- ocracy. The synagogue and the school epitomize the purposes and ambitions of the people. In the one the old men are constantly at prayer for the coming of the Messiah and the restoration of the kingdom of the Jews. In the other the children are being taught to read and write and calculate, after the fashion of mod- ern children in modern schools, with the strange distinction that the only language used Is Hebrew. Not Roumanian, French, not that strange jargon known ai Yiddish, but the Hebrew of the pure cla: sics, the Hebrew of the Talmud and the Rabbinical books of the law. The streets are well paved, lighted by gas, there Is a waterworks systpm, and many more evidences of twentleth century clvilization than one would expect to find. The hospital, the gift of Baron Rothschild, not only provides for the members of the colony, but extends its ministrations to the Arabs, Syrians and Bedouins of the neighborhood. The stores and shops look like those of a small rural village in Amer- ica, and if it were not for the queer dress of the old men and the earlocks which proclaim the eastern Jew, it would be dit- ficult for one to realize that he s stand- ing under the shadow of the flag of the shield of David. In this colony the principal income Is derived from the vineyards. The wine produced is owned by tne community in common, and the colony's public expendi- tures are made from the proceeds of the sale of the wine. The remainder is divided among the heads of families. The wine presses and vats are sheltered by a huge bullding which resembles an American fac- tory building. Underneath this are the largest wine cellars in Asla. Mr. Graf showed the American party turough its dark and cavernous corridors, proudly pro- claiming that there was nothing like it in America and thriftily explaining that this wine could be had in Nes York or Chi- cago under the label “Samarian Society.” The Americans enjoyed the visit to the colony, not only because it afforded the opportunity to see the working of a prac- tical experiment in Zionism, but also be- cause it was the most prosperous place they saw in all Palestine. Here the people were well-fed, well-clothed, clean and con- tented. It Is only in the Zlonist colonies and in the German colonles that one finds such conditions In Palestine. And yet Mr. Graf was living proof that to the average Jew the United States of America, and not Palestine, Is Zion. By FREDERICK J. HASKIN. Tomorrow—THE HOLY LAND, X. Crusaders’ Oastle. Coun_cil Bluffs Minor Mention The Oouncil Biuffs Office of the Omaha Bee is at 15 Soott Street. | Both 'Phones 43. Davis, drugs. Diamond playing tne best vaudeville. CORRIGANS, undertakers. 'Phone 148. #or rent, modern house, 728 6th avenue. FAUST BEER AT ROGERS' BUFFET. NIGHT SCHOOL at Puryear's college. Majestic ranges, P. C. DeVol Hdw. Co. Woodring Undertaking company. Tel. 38. Lewls Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone 31 Baird & Boland, undertakers. 'Phone 122 Expert plano tuning, Hospe, 'Phone Gt When you want rellable want wd adver- tising, use The Bee Calendars and art Year's gift. Alexander's, Up-to-date Ar' Department and Ploturt | Framing, Borwick, Zil South Main street. | G. G. Baird, former county auditor, | | serfously 1l at the Edmundson Memor.al hospital with typhold fever. | County Treasurer J. W. Mitchell yester day presented each of the five members | | of ‘the Board of Supervisors with a $10 gold plece. ‘The gifts were not intended as cash | donations, as the gold pleces are fixed up as wateh charms | The members of the degree team and all fflcors and merpbers of John Huss castlie No. 141 are requested (o meet in South | Omaha not later than § o'clock this even. Ing to meet with Dunnoon castle in Odd Fellows' hall. A large class of candidates is to be initlated and a good.attendance is desired from John Huss castle. Councl Bluffs tent No. 82, Knights of the Maccabees, will glve its annual Christ- mas ecntertainment Thursday evening at | Maccubee hail for the children of the sir iinights and Lady Maccabecs. Santa Claus will' distribute frults, nuts and candy. Crildren wishing to take part in the exer- clses will please notify the commander at the hall. The funeral of the late Mrs. Sarah C. Ward will be held this afterncon at 2:%0 giclock from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. George M. Gould, 248 North Becon street, and interment will be in Falrview cemeiery. Rev. J. M. Willlams, pastor of the Broadway Methodist church, will eon- duct the services. Friends are Invited to attend the services at the church, but the burial will be private. J. A. Whitbeck, who is 8 years old and lives alone in a small shanty at 2117 South novelties for New 833 Broadway and the blaze was quickly extinguished, | but not before the shanty was badly dam: aged. Constable Baker went to Missourl Valley | last evening to bring back Earl Fouts, who | is under arrest there. Fouts is charged with the theft of a large quantity of brass from the warchouse of the David Bradley company on South Main street. Most of the stolen brass was recovered at two local junk shops. Iouts was employed by the avid Bradley company, but disappeared when the theft of the brass was discovered. Real Estate Transfer These transfers were reported to The Bee | December 28 by the Pottawattamie County | Abstract company of Council Bluffs: Mary R. Hotchkiss, single, to Wal- | lace J. Hotchkiss, undivided 3% of ni | sel of section 2 and selq selq 2-75-35, T R S aa Isaac Doner and wife to Mar, 5 Stephens, lots 2 and 3 in block 3 and part of lot 4 in block 8, Treynor, w. d. 2,000 L. Sheets and wife to G. W. Berk- himer & Co., part of lot 14 and ell-ft | the town of | of lot 15 in block 3, Carson, w. 4d.... in Total three transfers..... Search for John B. Soults. Soults of Seattle, Wash., is seeking to locate his brother, John B. Soults, who has been missing for fifteen years. For several years the two brothers owned and putlished the Evening Leader of Menominee, Mich. About fifteen years ago John Soults left Detroit and his family has not heard from or of him since. Recently . R. Scults heard that his brother was seen in o R Candies,Cocoa Chocolates Only the o8 of materials, RSt L] 'ai-?nl Tenth street, has, like Mark Twain, a fond- ness for smoking in bed. His experience esterday morning may, however, break {Im from the habit. When Whitkeck awoke yesterday morning about 4 o'clock he con: ciuded to have & smoke. In lighting his ipe he set fire to the bed clothes and the umes mma the tar paper which covered his sha Fire company No. § was called [counct Brutrs about two years ago ar |that he worked In a railrond lunch counter |and was well known among railrond men On the chance that his brother s still liv ing here Mr. Soults has written to the au thorities, asking them to locate the missing man If possible. The city directory does |not contain the name of John B. Soulte covPLE PUBLICLY MARIED | |cleared for dancing and refreshments wer DOE AND ROE USE BAD AMES [Motorman Listens, Files Complaint and Men Are in Jall. “John Doe” and “Richard Roe” em- | ployes of the Omaha Van and Storage com- | pany, were yesterday sent by Cooper to the county jall for three and two days, respectively, for using profane Justice |y W. G. Adams, & anguage toward motor nan in omploy of the Omaha' & Coune Il Blufts Sireet Railway company The men were unloading & plano at the wditorfum of St Francls' academy on Fifth avenue Monday afternoon when Adams passed on the rear platform of ? motor e men, it Is charged, calld Adams bby" ard coupled the tit) vith numerous tives which the law ays must not b, ken In public on the streots. Adams stopped at the court house and filed an information and Constablo Baker placed the two men under arrest, and as they were unable to give bail they spent Monday night In jail. Both refused to glve thelr right names and were en- tered on Jaller Hill's register at the county bastile as “John Doo” and “Richard Roe." Don't miss “The Fatal Wedding." Star | theater Thursday night Subscriptions taken for the Saturday Evening Post and Ladies’ Home Journal, R. P, tt 8t AGED DOCTOR FALLS DEAD BESIDE DYING PATIENT Who Mullie, Physteian Called to Attend Girl Shot Herself I8 Vietim of through the head tonight because she had incurred some small debts at a store. Dr, Abraham Mullinix, 72 years old, was calfed to attend her. Just after he told her par- ents she was fatally wounded, he sald, “I'm going, too,” and fell dead across the bed from apoplexy. — \ Chamberlain's Liniment has an enviable VERY pound of OLD GOLDEN COFFEE is chosen from ‘“Old Crop Stocks,” sufficiently aged to develop the rich mellow flavor and fragrant aroma. the lot are chosen. 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Agt { || 1824 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. Thro FLORIDA Through Pullman Sleeping Cars |- to Chattanooga, Atlanta, Macon and Jacksonville daily Big Four Route in connection with Queen % Crescent and Southern Railways Winter Tourist Ticket—Choice of Routes Upen payment of small additional fare, passongers can go one way and h the teway to ght—arrive right something en ll-'lo‘uta Chicago 9:05 P. M. 'S e route via Washingtes, D. C. .+ Pass. Dept . Tel., Doug. 878. TRACKAGE Dimensions| are 20x86, appr the wholesale district, being further particulars call addition to alley could be built to suit tenant. PROPERTY ‘We offer for rent the building located at 914 Farnam street, which is a one story and basement building. An This is in convenient to car line. For oximately 3,300 sq. ft. 17th and Farnam Sta Apoplexy. ) WILLOW SPRINGS, Mo., Dec. % —Miss Johnny Preston, 17 yoars old, shot herselt E — ’.Q