THEBES: OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1916.
X-RAY TELLS WHO
DEADJfOUTH WAS
Contest of Parents for Body
Decided by Test of
Science.
THAT OF SPENCER MORGAN
A lost 'boy, a funeral that didn't oc
cur and an Omaha grave that won't
be filled is the story of Floyd Adair,
15, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Adair,
2625 C street, South Side. A corpse
which' parents, grandparents, other
relatives and friends swore was the
body of Floyd. A'dair will be buried in
Kansas City, Mo., as Spencer, the 15-year-old
son of B. F. Morgan.
Tuesday noon the funeral cortege
had gathered in the G. H. Brewer
undertaking parlors to witiress the
last rites for Floyd Adair. Flowers,
the gifts of Floyd's young friends and
the family's intimates, were, strewn
over the white coffin. The grave
digger in Graceland Park cemetery
had finished his task and was stand
ing beside the hole and the high pile
of earth, awaiting the coming of the
Adair boy's body. ,
Dual Tragedy.
Why the corpse never reached
Graceland Park involves a dual trag
edy. While Mr. and Mrs. Adair were
weeping over the young form in the
coffin, B. F. Morgan from Kansas
City entered the room and said the
corpse was the body of his son, Spen
cer, who had left his home only last
Friday. This shocking interruption
of the obsequies quite unnerved the
mourners. The Adair family disput
ed the claim of the intruder and they
and their friends expressed a willing
ness to take a most solemn oath that
the body of what was once Floyd
Adair was lying in that coffin.
But Spencer Morgan's father was
equally confident and insistent that
the body was that of his wily son.
The jaws of the dead boy were pried
open and in the teeth was some gun
shot, proof that the boy was Spen
cer Morgan. But the likeness of the
corpse in facial and bodily contour
to Floyd Adair made the Omaha
mourners sure it was their boy who
was laid out before them. Final re
course was had to a doctor, who used
the X-ray light on the corpse. The
resultant photo showed that the dead
boy had once sustained a fracture of
the right arm, Floyd Adair once
had his left arm broken.
Thus established in his claim to the
corpse, the father of. Spencer Morgan
sorrowfully ordered the body sent to
his home in Kansas City. The flow
ers which were to adorn the grave of
Floyd Adair were tied to the coffin
and Mr. Morgan started on his lone
sonie journey home.
Floyd Adair may still be alive and
his parents now have hopes of find
ing him.
Lawyers Flock to
Arrange for Trials
Conscience-stricken attorneys who
have clogged the wheels of justice in
district court by failing to complete
their cases for trial at the stipulated
time appeared in flocks to arrange
trial dates and make their peace with
the court. Forty cases were set for
trial withm the coming week ana tne
seven courts are again grinding.
"This persistent delay business has
gone ,far enough. Attorneys inter
ested in these stipulated cases,
whether they be civil or criminal ac
tions, must arrange to present their
pleas at the time specified. The
money of Douglas county taxpayers
must not be wasted while these
jurors are waiting here to be called,"
said the judge in chastising dilatory
barristers. The docket for the fall
term carried more than 2,500 cases.
Leroy Bush, charged with attack
ing Police Officer Martin Ryan with
a knife, slashing his face and ripping
his coat in an attempt to plunge the
blade into his neck, was called tor
trial in criminal court Wednesday
morning. Deputy County Attorney
Abbott is prosecuting.
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Jardine Reports Paving
Work is Nearkig Finish
Superintendent Jaruine of the pub
lic improvement department reports
that paving work on West Center
street and Twenty-fourth street, Cum
ing street to Patrick avenue, is being
pushed to Completion. Both streets
will be nearly completed by the end
Df this week.
Repaving the north side of Farnam
street, Twetity-fourth to Twentieth
street, will not be done until after the
Ak-Sar-Ben festivities. -
How to Judge a-
Waman by Her Hair
There are always the well-known
and semi-humorous methods, such
is saying brunettes are qUick-tem-eretl.
But there is real common
nsc in just noticing whether the
iiir is well kept to judge a wo
ol's neatness. If you are one
''e few who try to make the most
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made for all purposes, but
s use some good preparation
irt'ssly for shampooing. You
'V the-very best by getting
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.-iiiK a tcaspoonfu! in a cup
s'.r when your shampoo is
. After its use the hair dries
will) uniform color. Dand-'i-s
oil and dirt are dissolved
i tirely disappear. Your hair
c so llully that it will look
h heavier than it is. Its lustre
,cl softness will also delight you,
ivhile the stimulated scalp gains the
health which insures hair growth
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Holdrege Says the
State Never Was
More Prosperous
Accompanied by H. E. Byram,
vice president in charge of operation,
who continued on to Chicago, Gen
eral Manager Holdrege of the Bur
lington this morning returned from
a tour of inspection of the company
lines west of the Missouri river. Said
Mr. 'Holdrege '
"I have never seen Nebraska look
more prosperous and I have never
seen a time when farmers were
farther along with their work at this
season of the year. Plowing for fall
wheat is about finished and seeding
is almost as far along. There will
be a large acreage, fully up to nor
mal. 'Practically everywhere in the
state the corn is a good average
crop. It matured before the frost
and now is rapidly drying and cur
ing. "Work has progressed nicely on
the Chalco-Yutan cut-off, the laying
of some track and completing the
bridge over the Platte river being
about all that remains to do before
putting the line in operation. Track
has been laid east from Yutan to the
Platte river and from Chalco on the
east end to the big cut up in Doug
las county. Work on the Platte river
bridge is progressing in good shape,
but it is impossible to say just when
the line will be put in operation, as
we find it difficult to get some classes
of material as promptly as we de
sire." Gfrl Students Outnumber
Boys at Uni Three to One
The enrollment at the University
of Omaha offers another argument
for woman suffrage. One of the boys
who is curious set out to obtain
some statistics and to his surprise he
found that there are three young
women to every young man. It does
not look as though the boys will have
to "bach" it to the socials of the
university.
Dairyman Fined Three
Times on Five Charges
A. M. Larsen, dairyman, was ar
raigned in police court on five counts
for selling milk below standard and
was fined $25 and costs on each, of
three of them. The others were suspended.
LAW PROTECTS THE
M0NEY0F0FFICERS
Judge'' Day Decides Deposits
Made by Bank Officials
Same as Any Others.
STATE WILL APPEAL CASE
Bank directors who deposit funds
in the tanks of which they are offi
cers must be regarded as depositors
under the state bank guaranty act.
their deposits must be protected by
the state and in case of failure of
the bank they must be reimbursed
from the fund the same as deposi
tor who has no official interest in thel
institution, according to the decision
just handed down in. district court by
Judge Day.
The decision was announced infor
mally before attorneys interested in
thj: tribulations of the defunct Farm
ers' State bank of Decatur. Four
directors who deposited $7,500 each
to save the bank from ruin have asked
that they be repaid from the state
fund. Their claims were contested by
Attorney General Reed among a
batch of others. The decision of
Judge Day will be appealed to the
supreme court, according to a pre
vious announcement of the attorney
general. The judge will continue his
investigations of the bank's condition
at Tekamah before acting on other
claims of the proposed Central State
bank, Albert S. White. John H. lams
and others Monday morning.
"There has been no indication of
fraud or deceit in the actions of the
directors in securing this loan from
the Security State bank of the South
Side and depositing the $30,000 in the
Decatur bank," said Judge Day.
"When the bank closed its door and
state officials were placed in charge
$15,000 of this identical loan was in
the vaults. The money of these men
should be protected just the same as
if they had no official interest in the
institution. There are more than 800
state banks in Nebraska, and accord
ing to the law an assessment must
be made in case of failure to relieve
the financial tangle of the individual
bank. This assessment means a con
tribution of less than $50 from each
state punk to meet the liabilities of
the Farmers' State bank of Decatur."
Newspaper Worker
Commits Suicide
Los Angeles, Sept. 20. Harry
Howland, who claimed he was a leg
atee of the Howland estate, held in
trust for distribution after the death
of Tilrs. Hetty Green, sat at his desk
in a Los Angeles newspaper office
where he was employed as a reporter
and drank a powerful poison late to
day. He died a lew minutes later.
Grief over the death of his wife iit
Kansas City, Mo., eighteen months
ago was said to have been the cause.
Howland was 32 years old and for
merly was connected with newspa
pers in Denver, Kansas City and To
peka. Annual Meeting of Terminal
Elevator Company is Held
John F. Coykendall, secretary and
treasurer of the Chicago & Great
Western, came to Omaha from Chi
cago yesterday to hold the annual
meeting of the Omaha Grain Termi
nal elevatof. S. K. Felton, president
of the railroad, was re-eieclcd presi
dent of the elevato coniuany. Frank
Judson and W. H. McCord, Omaha
men, were re-elected directors. The
elevator company is an auxiliary of
the railroad.
Diner Complains
Of Tough Steak,
Is Hit by Platter
Because he was struck over the
head with a platter after he had com
plained that his steak was so tough
that he was unable to carve it. Alvin
Ogle has brought suit for $1,000 in
district court against l ee Toy and
1 co Dan, proprietors of the Grand
restaurant at 404 South Thirteenth
street. Attorneys John N. Baldwin
and Carl 1 Benjamin represent him.
Ogle complains that he ordered the
steak on May 13 for his evening meal
and that while trying to make an im
pression on it with a carving knife
he was assaulted from the rtar by
a Chinese waiter to whom he had
complained. Five stitches were taken
in the gash in his scalp.
Registrations May Be
Made for Night Schools
Advance registrations for the eve
ning public high schools may he made
at Central High and South High
schools between 7 and 9 p. m. on
September 22, 23, 25 and 26. The
school officials wish these registra
tions to be made in advance of the
opening on October 16.
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All people in America and especially those
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lumbago, sometimes from gout, swollen
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able to exercise sufficiently in the outdoor
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sweat freely and excrete Impurities thru
the skin. Dr. Pieroe has conducted experi
ments and 'thoroughly tested a uric acid
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Our grandmothers have told our mothers
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There medicines as put up for sale by drug
gists have never been recommended an "cure
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Had there medicines been adopted to all
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Shoppers unconsciously are attracted
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