Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 17, 1916, Page 4

4 THE "BEE INDIANS ATTEND MISSION MEETING| Real Americans from Winnebago Meet with Woman's Auxiliary at All Saints Church, | SIXTY DELEGATES ARE HERE More than sixty delegates, chief among them Rev, William Pierce, a Winnebago Indian, and a party of two men and six women from Win nebago, Neb,, are in attendance at the thirticth annual meeting of the Nebraska branch, Woman's auxiliary k to the Episcopal Board of Missions, § at All Saints’ church, Yesterday's session was opened by holy communion, Bishop A. L. Wil liams, celebrant. The annual ad dress of the president, Mrs. Philip Potter, who has headed the organiza tion for more than twenty years, and the annual reports were given, fol- lowing which luncheon was served by All Saints’ guild, of which Mrs Dexter L. Thomas is president. Miss Lindley of New York City gave the principal address at the aft- ernoon session, which included sec tional conferences election of officers, Reception for Visitors, A stereopticon lecture, "“Conquest and of the Continent.” by Rev. George Tyner of Lincoln, was given last evening at St. Barnabas church. The business session this morning will be at Jacobs hall, where lunch eon will be served. There will be a reception at the bishop's residence | for the visiting delegates in the even ing. Close to $2,000 was collected by the women's societies throughout the state for the support of missions, but especially for St. Mary's School for Girls at Shanghai, China, A number ! of the circles reported taking up war | relief work, chiefly the work of band- age circles in making surgical dress- | ings. ‘he reception committee included i Mrs, A. L. Williams, Mrs. T. J. I Mackay and Mrs. J. A. Tancock. On the hospitality committee were Mrs , H. Jones, Mrs, R, H. Doherty and Mrs. Albert Noe. Miss Eleanor Mackay, Miss Mildred Butler, Miss Margaret Bruce and Miss Peters were the ushers, and Mesdames J. | Stubbs, Jean Johnston, George Tyner and A, Blondell the tellers Manufacturers to Hold Big Parade A manufadturers’ parade 1s to be held in Omaha as one of the features of the Ak-Sar-Ben activities of the fall, nccord- { ing to Samson. This 1 a matter that ! has been pending for some time, and for a time the manufacturers could not | exactly agroee on the matter, It Is now || monotinced that arrangements will be ! made for this feature as one of the day- | light events of tho festival. NEBRASKA ROADS GOOD DESPITE RECENT RA:S Desipite the heavy rains of Baturday night and Sunday, which In some cases ! played havoo with several Nebraska roads, automobile highwaya in the terri- tory contiglous to Omaha are passable, acoording to reports made to the local ! automobile club. Tourists passing through this eity in the last day or 8o said that road conditions were much boetter between Omaha and Lincoln than in the extreme western part of the state, Beveral automobilo tourists were reported to be stalled In ‘western Nebraska and enstern Oolorado, Mrs. May Gillett of Chicago, who i en- routs to Denver, will remain in Omaha until the roads are in better condition. Bhe regietered at the down town head- Quarters of the automobile club in the Hotel Fontenelle. LECTURER SECURES BIG VERDICT FROM WOODMEN A verdiot of $19,000 has just been ren- dered against the Modern Woodmen of America for libel in the clreult court of Lo Crosse, Wis, This was in the ease In which Alfred Leslio Morse, lec turer for the Woodmen Insurgents, sued the Modern Woodmen for $100,000 for al- leged libelous statementa the order made against him while he was lecturing. At that time, it 1s alleged, the Woodmen published a pamphlet entitied “Who's Who, and Why and that In this they slandered Mr. Morse Attorney N. C. Llse of Osborne, Kas., one of Morse's attorneys, passed through Omaha yesterday on his return to his home in Kansas. The fury found for the plaintire Me y and recommended judg § ment In the sum of $19,00. The Modern % Woodmen will likely appeal - JOBS ON THE JURY ARE NOT T0 BE HANDED AROUND Eleotion Commissionery Harley More 18 also Jury commisstoner Bays every once in a whila same friend i g head, who ] OF Aoquaintance who happens to bhe out of wark appears and asks for a Job working on the ry | duty pays 3 & day. and some times the talesmen R are permitted to walk around the cor Pilars and get new mequaintances W1 fust keep the Nebraska statutes #pen at the pake wher 1ol of the B0 penalty provided yors wh ABks for & place on & Ju ’ sially sotilon ‘e } M shed PATRIOTIC MEMORIAL LEV REFERRED TO LEGAL LIGHTS The ciry ¢ I referred legal departn the preparaty a8 ordinance to provide for carry e eliect the levy of | mill for » memorial ss intended by the legin Bature and advocated by & committes ropren the patriotie organiea L thona ty It wi coessary 10 designate » ?,- fovation thise some deta i :: pature of the memorial bet i bevy can be certified o \ } county board £ SMALL RUN OF GRAIN WITH THE PRICES SOME LOWER The Omaba graln nactive aod rec market was dull pipts light i v n » ity of 4he wee RIS ey Whea ity ¥ carloads WWRIAY wis & cont Inwer, » o o B8 sents 1o Bl ' el ¢ ARl Wt prices were unchanged | ETneainy Corn sold et v and iy b dLd WELL KNOWN OMAHA LAWYER | STRICKEN BY APOPLEXY | | | WILLIAM A William A. De Bord Dying from Effect of Apoplectic Stroke William A. DeBord, senior member of the firm of DeBord, Fradenburg & Van Orsdel, one of the best known members of the Douglas county bar, is dying at his home from the effect of an apoplectic stroke, suffered about 10 o'clock Monday morning Mr. De Bord, who has been in his usual health of late, arose Monday morningg, complaining of a violent headache, and did not go to his office Shortly after 10 o'clock he became unconscious, and did not recover, Dr J. M. Aikin diagnosed the trouble as a blood clot on the brain. This morn« ing Mr. De Bord was still uncon scious, and no hope was held for his recovery. Four Governors to March in Parade For Preparedness DE BORD, San Francisco, Cal, May 16.—Four western governors will mareh in a lnr]varrdm-n parade which is to be 1eld in San Francisco in June under the auspices of the Pacific Coast De fense league, according to an an nouncement made public here today, Militiamen from ten states and local labor and fraternal organizations will also be in | The state execu- tives who have accepted the invita tion to fmrnripalc are Governor Hiram Johnson of California, Goy, ernor Emmet D, Boyle of Nevada, Governor James Withycombe of Ore (nn and Governor: Ernest Lister of Vashington, EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE T0 BE HERE THIS WEEK A two-days' canvention of Ne- braska Episcopalians will ' epen Wednesday morning in Trinity Ca- thedral at 10:30, l‘I'ht'n' will be a communion service followed by a sermon by Rev. Mr. Young of Chi- cago and the rendition of Mendels- sohn's "Elijah” by the choir. Then there will be a business meeting all the afternoon in Jacobs hall, In the evening a reception at the home of Bishop A, L. Williams will be tendered to visiting clergy and delegates from all over the state Reservations have been made by Dean Tancock for about fifty of the bishops and delegates at the Loyal hotel. Thursday will also be devoted largely to business, DELEGATES LEAVE FOR CONFERENCE IN THE NORTH The annual conference of the Nor- wegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of America convenes in Minneapolis Wednesday and will be .|llr|u|cx|| by 1,000 delegates. Omaha is repre sented by Rev. M. W. Halverson of the Norwegian Lutheran church of this clty. Over the Great Western, Rev. Mr. Halverson and the Ne- braska delegation, fifteen members, left for the conference that will con- tinue to and including Sunday Next Sunday members of the con ference will occupy the Lutheran pulpits in Minneapolis and St. Paul HOLDREGE AND BYRAM INSPECT WESTERN LINES General Manager Holdrege of the Rur lington has gone west to make inapeo tlon of the South Platte and Colorado Iines. In Denver he will be joined hy Viee President Byram of Chicago, who game in the night and fmme. diately ocontinued westward Towwther, they will make over the western Vnes, Mr. loslring to see the Wendaver cut-off and the Powder River Orin Junotion extension since thelr co pletton RUN SPECIAL TRAIN TO during A Lour Hyram Here is a careful review ma Part 1. In a few weeks the Mothers' pen- #lon act will have been in operation three years. A survey of the results | accomplished reveals many interest ing facts. jenerally speaking, the law is cordlally approved, and much peeded relief has been glven to needy mothers in the support of thelr de- pendent children. Some charity workers, however, ars cynical in re- gard to the way in which the law is administered, and othas suggest do- glred improvements. With an avowed purpose to keep the home together and permit the children to continue at school, (n- stead of going to work, the law pro- vides that mothers of good reputa- tion may recelve certain ald from the county Kach application for As first planned only the distriet court had authority, but an amend- ment, passed last year, allows the county court to exercise jurisdiction, Written applications asking for the pen slon and answering certain wet questions to a in & small room are required A a preliminary hearing by the judge where there are few and perhaps no wit- nesses, except the officials involved, and Judge Charles Leslle, who now has that work, Between the time of the applica- tlon and the hearing, usually about a week, Miss FEsther A, Johnson investi- gates the case in point as fully as pos- and upon her report very largely depends the fwsuo, The “pension” 1x not paid In money, but in store orders and this part is under superviston of Rev. J wible, LINCOLN FOR PAGEANTY An aftort s nde by Ak-Sar-Nen | | and b to arrangs for | | & special train to earry Omahans to Lin ) t Lincoln Paseant on | day amson’s hoard of governors L » wooks 80 to aftend this | pagwam 1 I now & specia Hise ha LOSES HIS LEGS WHILE STEALING RIDE ON TRAIN PLAYGROUND SUPERVISORS CONFIRMED BY COUNCIL A the B ared o . f Pourtesn Fhes graund and seventonn | . Won ax fwn ama N e it a " h Mollare whey i Bee Wami A4 E assistance 1s passed upon by a judge | of the court designated for that duty, | OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, \Our Mothers’ Pension Law-- How Is It Working Out? de by one of The Bee's staff men to give the taxpayers and public generally the infor- mation on which to form their own conclusions. It will appear in three installments, (M. Leldy, in charge of the county's poor | reltef. When consulted In regard to the work ing of the law Mr, Leldy made the fol- lowing statement During the last years much #ood been accomplished by the | Mothers' pension act. The county {s now | turnishing afd to 19 families, This takes The fir month |the law was In operation the amount | was 3110. Bince that time there has been | gradual increase, though there way |month when the figures ran about 30 |above $3,000. The 38000 mark was first reached about eight months ago, ‘“The law provides that a mother may recelve mot more than $10 for each de three has | about 82,00 per month ren would recelve anything like $0. That would be more than the average family normally enjoys. The court determines |the amount. 1t s expected that even with this county ald, the mother will find anough to do to pay the bills, | “The penstoned mother 18 not allowed | to o out in the morning and labor untfl b, as & general thing. It 1s expected that she will be at home caring for her family. But there are many odd jobs that she may do, and sometimes, when | the ehildren are old enough, In the judg ment of the court, to look out for house- hold duties, the mother may have ' regy Iar job and go out early every day, and stay late. Put there are not many such instances. “No order of the court is operative for more than six months. Many are for a single month. Formerly there was no lmit fixed regarding the time the ap- plicant must have resided here The amendment to the law covers this point, making the required residence In state two years and An the county one year. “Hince the pension Is not regarded as a charity, applications are made by many who would not under other circumsiances ity MOTHER Nature and Father Time made diamonds out of carbon. Look what their method does with tobacco. Two years of it make VELVET. LVET is mat Nature's way. pendent child, This does not mean, how- | over, that the mother of six or seven chil- | MAY 17, 1916. apply tor any kind of public aid. Were it not for the law the mothers would, in most cagdes, get assistance from rela~ tives, borraw or manage somehow, to avold charity. Many applicants lapse for a month and try to get on without the pension only to be obliged to apply again “Now, there was that woman you just saw come In and get her pension. (The writer had noticed a dressed woman of perhaps 50 years of age, in- telligent and pleasant looking) She will come' in again In two weeks or on May 2. ®he was first put on the list for two menths two years ago. She had three | children at that time, Then the oldest | boy got a Job on the raflroad at $65 per month, and the mother did not need the pensfon any longer. But in the vacation season her son and mainstay of the tamily was drowned in Wyoming while in swimming “Then she agaln obtained a pension. She has $16 per month for her two de- pendent children, the oldest of whom, however, the mother expects will soon finish school and be able to support the tamily without the pension “Assistance from other charitable sources are not generally welcome, It | 18 expected that the mother will be able 1o plck up enough to support the family, together with the ald we give her Thoukh this 1s not a landlord's collection agency, we see that, above everything | elne, the rent is pald, We do not glve the mother money, however. Our as- sistance in always in the form of orders on various kinds of stores. It the land lord wants to take these orders for rent that s up to him A mother must be destitute, however, to obtain help 4n the first place. 1f she has money In the bank, no matter how small the amount may be, she is inelig) ble to share the mother's pension fund. But if the dependent family has a home of its own, Instead of a bank aceount, it is not ineligible,” Under this ruling there would appar- ently be a chance to put a bank account in the hands of relatives or friends, Alwo, If a renl estate speculator saw fu- ture possibilities for the section of the city where such a home was located and offered a handsoms bonus above what the property cost a short time be fore, the mother would naturally accept it. But in doing so she would forfeit ‘hrr right to a pension from the county until the money obtained from the sale was all used up, There would seem to he nothing under this ruling to prevent | an Investment of a bank account, in a neatly Wy, /’”/’////////,,,, Uiy, Z But pshaw! R T R N ured in Nature’'s way is the expensive way, the slow way, requiring two years, but this is the only way to remove harshness and bite from tobacco. Buy VELVET, the Smoothest Smoking Tobacco, today. 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