THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. JAPTOAKY 6, 1917.
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Welcome the new, speed the passing gorernor.
One my search the alphabet in vain for two
letters rivaling "ex" as a synonym for pathos.
If "Tom" Lawson is not careful, "Barney".
Barach will have wrested his laurels away from
him. 1
It remains to be seen whether the state cart
be truly saved without attaching a job holder's
family to the pay roll.
But our insurgent state senator from Douglas
' can wear no halo until he secures testimonial to
his honesty from Jerry Howard.
The second matrimonial venture of Lord Cur
zrJn affords definite assurance 'of lordly good
taste and renewed appreciation of American for
tunes. Officially the Italians claim to have conquered
1,200 square miles of Austrian territory since the
row began. The return on the investment de
pends on holding the security at the finish, r
According to the press dispatches, "every
Chinese and Syrian in Torreon was kitled by the
Villa forces when they evacuated that city."
Yes, but were there any Chinese or Syrians
there? ; .;. . . -i ! v . ".
The new and the old governor having recited
their pieces and Jerry Howard pronounced the
benediction, the legislature may now proceed to
business fortified against thugs, buccaneers and
capitalistic vampires. J - , 4 . ,
The budget demands of the different state
officers and institutions for the coming biennial
aggregate only $8,795,945. Anyone with, gpod.
eyesight can see a $10,000,000 Nebraska legisla
ture in the hot distant future. ;
. Spain perks up to the central powers and
threaten to do things unless the U-boats leave
Spanish ships on the surface of the seas. " H King
Alfonso gets real mad there's no telling what
execution he may do with his hunting gun.
Official figures from allied sources show 580,
000 enemy soldiers captured on the various front
during the last year. Standing alone, the show
ing is Impressive, but It lacks the balanced foot
ing of the number captured by the other fellow.
Kansas solons would by law require auto re
pair men to know their business. Why, the
proof that they know their business is that they
can find something to repair on any car even
' after It has been pronounced in perfect condition
by someone else. : ' - . ...
While our Nebraska lawmakers are still un
der the virtuous spell, let them put their self
imposed ban against nepotism also on the other
fellows who hold offices, elective and appointive,
under the laws of the state. The nepotism graft
is just as odious and just as indefensible in the
other departments of government a it is in the
legislative department
Banner Railroad Earnings
New Yark F la axial World -
The Two Gubernatorial Messages.
Beyond indicating to the lawmakers the wide
range of subject pressing upon their attention,
the messages of Nebraska's outgoing and incom
ing governors are not calculated to stir up pub
tic excitement
Governor Morehead confine his recommenda
tions almost wholly to matters that have to do
with the machinery of transacting the state's bus
iness, whose shortcomings his experience in
office has enabled him to observe. Most of these
items of advice are to the point and would doubt
less promote efficiency and economy, but with
out his official propelling power behind they are
apt to strike snags or be sidetracked.
Governor Neville' multitudinous recommen
dations, on the other, hand, go in greater part to
the prospective problem of enforcing the pro
hibition amendment which was at issue in the
recent election. The governor harbors the idea
that to make prohibition prohibit he most him
self be invested with arbitrary and unprecedented
powers and be bolstered by a huge appropriation
of money to pay salaries liberal ones, too to
a small army of officials. His mind seems to
dwell most upon the distribution of such newly
created patronage to prosecuting lawyers, wel
fare inspectors, ferret detectives and analytically
pure chemists, not to omit the breath-smelling
brigade. We take it that, while the people of
Nebraska voted to pot the saloon out of business,
they did not vote to annihilate local self-government
nor to set up an autocratic despot at the
state house.
Governor Neville also present some bizarre
notions of changes in the primary laws for try
ing further experiments instead of adopting
methods proved efficacious in other states. His
proposed plan of making nominations strikes us
as thoroughly unworkable, which, however, may
be charged to his unfamiliarity with the subject.
A few of his specific recommendations, insofar
as they differ from or supplement those of his
predecessor, will merit separate discussion later.
The one thing that stands out is the irreconcila
ble contradiction between the pledge and plea for
economy is public expenditures and the insistent
demand for almost unlimited funds for prohibi
tion law sleuthing.
The report of the Interstate Commerce com
mission showing earnings of the railroads of the
country lor 1V16, with the last three months es
timated, show net of more than $1,000,000,000 and
one-third higher than for the previous (banner
year of 1913. The commission's exact calculation
of net earnings is $1,098,000,000, complete returns
tor nine months to September JO showing $785.
000,000. The increase in net for the first nine
months is 67 per cent, a most remarkable srain.
Expenses in the same period gained only It per
cent.
The showing made by the railroads is a for-
midable one. An increase in net earnings of 67
per cent over the year 1915, when our crop totals
were generally record breaking and earnings of
many of the carriers were counted as matters for
. wonder, is evidence of a prosperity for the rail
roads that ought surely to be reflected in better
prices for the railroad stocks. The expenses did
not keep pace with the increase in earnings, in
spite of the higher and higher cost of everything
used in tne railroad world and the tendency to
ward higher wages, especially of common labor.
Tbe secret of thh lies in the fact that 1915 was
a year of the inauguration of numerous econo
mies, provoked or inspired by the fright which
settled over all industry in the last half of 1914
when tne war began. I he railroads, therefore,
enter 1917 with operating costs down to a mini
mum and we believe the one unsettled factor,
the eight-hour controversy, in a fair way to
settlement that wilt entail on the railroads no
such burdens as have been cited by affrighted
shareholders or managers. I he switchmen recent
ly won the eight-hour day in an arbitration ad
justment, but this will entail very little extra ex
pense, aa comparatively few thousand men have
been affected. The crop outlook for next year is
lor large narvests, as a very greatly increased
acreage nas oeen sown on account ot tne abnor
mal prices this year and a big tonnage is seem
ingly assured, unless, of course, the crops should
be laiiurcs. in snort, it is difficult to get up i
great' deal of pessimism about the next year's de
velopments in tne railroad world. ;
Has the Ideal Hen Been Found?
A 'New York fancier and expert announces the
ideal American hen has been found. He describes
her markings, plumage, bearings, and other dis
tinguishing features, and says she is the bird the
people of this great country have longed for. How
ever, he leaves a few specifications untouched,
and this will arouse some question among the
curious. First off, Johnny would like to know if
she is all "white meat," while dainty Marie may
wonder whether she has anything but wings.
Sturdy Bill will be interested in the "drumstick,"
while meek and subdued Henry would appreciate
information aa to ; whether the ideal fowl has an
edible portion other than the heck. Then the de
votees of the "yellow-legged" variety have to be
convinced that their predilections have not been
ignored, for theirs is an established and almost
sanctified institution, and the farmer's wife will
want to know something about her inclination to
set, and her propensity for scratching in newly-
made garden beds, not to speak of her industry as
an egg manufacturer. In fact, the ideal bird will
have to run considerable of a guantlet before being
adopted by the nation at large as anything more
substantial than an ideal. While we are waiting
The Bee would like to call attention to the Ne
braska variety, of which' more than 'one million
doaen answered the roll call last April, and which
all summer long brought forth eggs and broods,
and added to the farmers' wealth by several mil
lions of dollars. , The Nebraska hen may not be
ideal in structure, but she knows her business
thoroughly.. . . . . . v . "" '. 1
What to Do With Our Cold.
. Inflow of gold, incident to the traffic in war
supplies, ha reached a point where it disposition
is engaging the serious attention of financiers.
Up till now this (old ha gone into the United
State treasury, or Into private hoards. Finan
ciers see a danger In this, because the surplus
that goes into .the government coffer remain
inactive. To retpledy the situation it is proposed
that gold coming in hereafter ahall be put into
the federal bank's supply, and thus kept availa
ble for use in business.. It is hinted that this
reason, with others, is responsible for the de
termination of the Federal Reserve board to es
tablish a branch In London, where it may be
possible to handle the treasury notes against
which banka were warned a few weeks ago. The
stream of incoming gold is not expected to be
diminished by this action, but it is the hope of
bankers interested that it will be turned to better
public service.
Woman's Placa In the War.
- A bit of breete, fanned by a woman's wit,
has just swept through the British War office
and occasioned quite a commotion among the
"higher ups" of the general staff. No especial
importance attaches to the incident save as it
shows that woman's place in war is not confined
to ministration in the hospitals, nor to visits to
the trenches aa correspondent or curiosity seeker,
The present scandal in the British army is illus
trative of the influence women have alwaya
wielded in British politics. Mrs. Cornwallis
West is not the first to meddle in administrative
affairs, nor will she 'be the last She is but fol
lowing a precedent long established. The case
of Helen, whose face "launched a thousand ships
and burned the topless towers of Illium," is still
remembered, not to speak of Cleopatra, Sigrid,
Fair Rosamond and others whose names adorn
Clio' record of man' doings.
A darker scandal than could be made of the
mere appointment of a second lieutenant or the
advancement of a regimental officer in the field
has been hinted at. Part of the reason for the
upheaval in the British imperial cabinet is al
leged to be due to woman's presence in high and
secret circles of the government. But Herbert
Asquith is not the first premier to trip over a
woman's tiny foot.' The British public will have
plenty to talk of when the books are opened
and all the pressure of censorship is removed.
Our amiable democratic contemporary . ap
parently does not realize, or doe not want" to
realise, that to the antis the dominant faction of
the Nebraska democracy will have the smell of
liquor on its breath, even after prohibition goes
into effect Don't let anyone imagine the dem
ocratic lion and lamb will lie down together just
because the saloon doors are closed.
- So the democrats are now going to redeem
their promise to reduce the high cost of living
by taxing arttclea on the free list. ,
Extracting the Grouch
Now York Sam -
In the old davs when thev were arrogant the
railroad companies used to "receive and file" com
plaints. Now the "personal touch and the glad
hand" are used in adjusting passenger and freight
misunderstandings. The men who adjust these
differences between the public and the roads are
known as "fix it" men.
Savs one of the most successful of the Penn
sylvania's fixers: "In all the big trunk lines now
adays fixing it isn't confined to the passenger and
freight departments. The whole operating de
partment is instructed to wear the Billikin smile.
If you meet a man with a grouch, extract it. A
railroad can't afford to have enemies."
In order to profit from mistakes the big trunk
lines keep tabs on complaints with a view of im
proving the service. Many a grain of wheat
otherwise constructive criticism, has been sepa
rated from the chaff which dribbles in by tele
phone, mail or word of mouth.
Amusing anecdotes are reported every day in
the activities of the fixers of the passenger de
partments. One of them illustrates the kind ot
constructive criticism that counts.
The storv comes from the Grand Central. A
letter of complaint was received by the general
agent stationed in an upstate city. Some items
of a suburban schedule were sharply questioned.
One of the smoothest fixers was sent to see the
writer.
He returned with a rueful grin. I guess we 11
have to give him what he wants," he told the
chief.
The chief looked at him keenly . "What's the
matter?" he asked. "Doesn't your head feel
good?"
My Beads all ngnt responaea me assist
ant, "as far as it goes. Trouble is his goes
further. Further than those of the whole time
table committee."
"Make out a new one. ironically directed the
chief. "The gentleman's recommendations are all
accepted in advance, of course."
"Wait till you hear," suggested tne assistant
It developed that the kicker had kicked intelli
gently. He had held about forty railroad jobs
before he was SU and nad tnen lett tne rails to
become a millionaire. But he had not forgot his
cunning. He was a railroad man from the ground
up.
The schedule was later revised in accordance
with his suggestions.
In its nresent obliging attitude toward com
plaints the railroad even goes outside its own
province. If a passenger has lost property on a
sleeper he is more likely to go to an agent of the
road that was hauling the car than to the Pullman
company's representative. Then the fix it man of
the road takes up tne matter witn tne ruirman
people and tries to recover the lost property.
Contrary to a somewhat general impression
the fixer is allowed no funds to entertain com
plainants. He receives merely his personal ex
penses. ... Inquiry shows that more complaints are re
ceived from men than from women. This is par
tially explained by the fact that many women
send men to represent them.
Women have all kinds of trouble with tickets.
For instance, a woman buys a ticket for Cleve
land. She is told of the limited trains upon which
that ticket is good. With the tkittishness attrib
uted to her sex she boards the particular limited
upon which that pasteboard is specified as not
good.
She has to pay ner tare ana sne is aavisea oy
the conductor, who listens respectfully to her
opinion of the horrid old road, to take up the
matter with headquarters in Cleveland. '
Headquarters at Cleveland receives a scented
note that almost freezes the fingers of the man
who opens it. One of the Brummels of the fax
ing force is dispatched forthwith to the dwelling
of the complainant .
She receives him coldly and calmly. There is
an established injury in her mind. She had bought
a ticket for Cleveland, and she had to pay her
fare. Why? The fact that the agent from whom
she bought the ticket warned her that it was not
good on that particular train, why that is an
irrelevant incident.
Sympathetically, with infinite tact, the fixer
bends to his labors. He does not argue. All his
effort is directed to getting her to forgive the
poor old blundering road in spite of all. And she
finally does.
She does it because he is a nice young man
and she is sorry for him because he has to work
for such a corporation, sne nas not snittea ner
noint of grievance in the least She has not
acknowledged herself in the wrong. She has
simply shown herseit to oe large enougn to tor-
glVC ' i"! .
A man some men would say: "I'm wrong,
old chap. Have a cigar 1" Bpt a woman well,
the fixers say it ia always as above recorded.
The successful fixes must know human nature
like the alphabet. He never approaches two com
plaining persons in exactly the same way. Some
men he handles in such a way that they have the
illusion that they are dictating the arrangement
themselves.
Such a man may say that the offending agent
of the road should be discharged. The fixer
agrees.. and says that he will recommend that this
be done. Then the complainant repents, gives up
his idea of demanding the luckless offender s job,
and afterwards believes that his change of front
saved it for him.
Stop, Look, Listen!
-Waahhtftaa Poat-
Whether the safety first movement will ever
reach the point where there will be legislation
to compel persons to safeguard their own lives
i an interesting Question raised by the recent
conference of the National Association of Rail
way commissioners, the American Automobile
association and the American Railway association.
The meeting had as its purpose the country
wide adoption of a uniform system of signals
and other precautionary measures. It was pro
posed, for instance, that one standard sign of
danger should be installed everywhere at grade
crossings, so as to be in plain view of the driver
of a vehicle and so that it could be plainly read
at night by automobile headlights.
The number of accidents at grade crossings
is still targe enough to force respectful attention
to any remedies proposed, however, drastic they
may seem. Two propositions were suggested by
the spokesmen of the railroads, tbe first provid
ing that within 100 feet of the crossing automo
biles should not proceed at a rate of speed
greater than ted miles an hour, and, second, that
motor cars should be brought to a full stop not
less than ten feet from the nearest rail of the
crossing. Objection was made to the first sug
gestion that it was unreasonable and would tend
to the maintenance of obnoxious speed traps at
such crossings, with resulting inconvenience and
injustice to many motorists, in fact, exercising
all proper caution. The second was objected to
mainly that it was unreasonable to require motor
ists to stop at all crossings, since in many in
stances the tracks in either direction are visible
for such distances as to make stopping entirely
unnecessary. . . . . -
It was finally agreed that motorists should be
required to reduce speed and proceed cautiously
at all crossings and that the public service com
missions of the several states should have the
power to determine the crossing at which stops
should be made, such full-stop crossings to be
designated by appropriate signs, and that failure
of a motorist to stop at such to be prima facie
evidence that he had not proceeded 'cautiously in
making such crossing. This compromise prob
ably is the most sensible one that could be
adopted, but unless it brings the results desired,
reducing the grade crossing accidenta to a mini
mum, it might be .well to apply even more string
ent remedies for the protection of reckless motor
ists against their own folly.
TT,h nint fw the Day.
To prevent tuberculosis in children
authorities ad vine that milk be
j ,ku. .lunMt milk in bent
pnsteunzea. a ut
certified If possible, and home pas-
... i . . ..Haaa ..nil m ,
leunsauon in mticai -
on the desJer.
One Tear Ago Today m the War.
Austrian admitted partial witn
drawal from Czernowita.
French repelled German assault In
Champagne.
Italians took trenches In Trentlno
and on Monte Soperano.
UAnAffjfln riim,r Predtiof Nan-
sen sunk In English channel.
In Omaha Thirty Tears Ago.
The Barker brothers' new five
story and basement brick hotel at the
corner of Thirteenth and Jones is al
most completed ana reaoy to rum.
J. P. Cusick of Fort Omaha has
been reading of the efforts of the
. v.n ho, hHn atruarKling
ettaLoru iimu ..in. - t
to consume thirty qualla In thirty
days. Cusick thinks this Is no trick
at all and wants some Omaha man to
back him for a thousand that he can
eat thirty quails in fifteen days.
At a regular meeting of the German
Ladles' School association the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensu
ing year: President Mrs. William
Segelke: vice president Mrs. Louis
Heimrod; secretary, Miss Augusta
Pomy; financial secretary, Miss Emma
Stubbendorf; treasurer, Miss Tena
Relchard.
Ex-Councilman Charles Kaufman
fell upon the ice and sprained hts
wrist He was attended by Dr. Dar
row. Ex-Mayor Vaughn of Council Bluffs
has made arrangements to move to
Omaha and take up his residence
here.
City Treasurer Buck is on the stck
list His illness was occasioned by
overwork during the last week of the,
old year.
Pete Galligan and J. Crawle are
recent additions to the fire depart
ment the first named at No. and the
latter at No. 2.
This Day In History.
1779 Stephen Decatur, one of the
American naval heroes in the war of
1812, born in Maryland. Died at
Bladensburg, Md., March 22, 1820.
1815 Christopher Gore of Massa
chusetts delivered a speech in the
senate in opposition to the proposed
levy of a direct tax of $6,000,000 on
the eighteen states.
1836 Boston harbor was f rosea
over for the first time in many years.
1838 Canadian insurgents made an
unsuccessful attack on Toronto.
1840 The Chinese emperor issued
an Interdict against intercourse with
England forever.
1849 Th6 Austrian forces entered
Budapest without resistance.
1858 Johann Joseph Radetxky, a
famour field marshal in the Austrian
service, died at Milan. Born In Bo
hemia In 1766.
181 Alabama troops selxed Fort
Morgan, at - the entrance to Mobile
bay. '
1867 President Johnson vetoed tbe
bill extending suffrage to tbe negroes
In the District of Columbia.
1872 Overland mail first traveled
through the Mont Cents tunnel In the
Alpa
1892 The senate passed a resolu
tion authorizing the chartering of a
ship to carry corn to the . famine
stricken Russians.
1899 Lord Cromer laid the founda
tion stone of Gordon - Memorial col
lege at Khartoum.
1910 Secretary of State Knox pro
posed to the powers that the juris
diction of the International prize court
at The Hague be extended to make It
a court ot arbitral justice.
The Day We Celebrate.
Brigadier General Frank Mclntyre,
chief of the War department's bureau
of insular affairs, born in Montgom
ery, Ala., fifty-two years ago today.
Rudolph Eucken, writer and philos
opher, winner of the Noble -prise for
literature in 1909, born in Ostfries
land seventy-one years ago today.
Rev. Olympia Brown, pioneer re
form worker and equal suffrage advo
cate, born at Prairie Ronde, Mich.,
eighty-two years ago today.
Bennie Kauff, outfielder of the New
York National league base ball team,
born at Middleport, O., twenty-seven
years ago today..
George Foster, pitcher of the Boston
American league base ball team, born
at Lehigh, Okl., twenty-nine years ago
today.
Arthur Fletcher, shortstop of the
New York National league base ball
team, born at Colllnsville, 111., thirty
years ago today.
William L. Wortm'an, the new short
stop of the Chicago National league
base bal Iteam, .born in Baltimore
twenty-five years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders,
Today is the centennial anniversary
of the birth of Commander Richard
Walnwiight a noted naval officer un
der Parragut and father of Rear Ad
miral "Fighting Dick" Wainwright
who distinguished himself in the war
with Spain.
A conference of the National Popu
lar Government league is to assemble
at Washington today to further the
passage of the corrupt practices bill
through the senate.
Examiner Laroe of the Interstate
Commerce commission is to conduct a
hearing today at Grand Rapids on the
complaint of the Michigan Manufac
turers' association that railroads in
the central territory are discriminat
ing againBt points in lower. Michigan
in matter -of freight rates to the east.
8toryeUe of the Day.
Despite the exhortations of her
teacher, small Mary persistently lagged
during the march in the kindergarten
one morning.
At last the teacher called Mary to
her side and said, "Mary, dear, can't
you keep up with the music and the
little boy In front of you?"
"Tea," answered Mary, with a beam
ing and obliging smile, "I can, but my
new snoea, can l New lorn Times.
BITS FROM EVERYWHERE.
Chtlc hu a ltnvth of 1,709 railei, or about
equal the distanc from Mew York City to
Boift. Id&ao, wail) it width rarolir axcMda
lift bum. .
1 The United Statea has one-third rk
a (lea of railroad than Europe, built at
coat of 40 per leai -than the cost of the
European, railroads.
Australia is the largest island im the
world, its area being nearly three-fourths of
the area of Bnrope, and more than that of
the United States, excluding AJaafca.
Tbe republic qf Colombia baa requested
the Swiss tovernment to aend three Swiss
officers for a period of three years to ra
rsanlM the Coinsahian army oa Swiss tinea.
What Wooster Wonld Do.
Silver Creek, Neb., Jan. 4. To the
Editor of The Bee: Heretofore the
farmers of Nebraska, like silly sheep,
have patiently submitted to being
sheared with only an occasional kick
or a bleat; the time has now fully
come for them to fight
Heretofore the farmers have not
been organised and could not tight or
If they were to some extent organized
their efforts have been misdirected;
now, with the Grange, the Farmers'
union, hundreds of elevator and ship
ping associations, farmers' clubs and
oujer farmers' organizationa they are,
orre fast becoming, thoroughly or
ganised and in a position to make their
power reit.
But what do the farmers want? For
forty-five years I have been -a Ne
braska farmer; there ts not only hay
seed in my hair, but it is under my
shirt collar and sifts down my back
and I know some things that the
farmers don't want and at least one
or two things that they do want
The farmers of Nebraska do not
want so-called "improved," or hard-
surfaced roads; they do not want any
state highway commission with gen
eral power over their roads, nor do
they want such power In the hands of
the secretary of agriculture at Wash
ington, where the present federal road
law would place It; they do not want
the legislature to make any appro
priation, or to do any other thing by
way of meeting the requirements of
the federal road law. They are against
the federal road law tooth and toe
nail. The farmers do want itheir dirt
roads in their own power as they now
have them; they are of the opinion
that we now have good road laws and
want no radical changes in them, but
only such minor amendments as may
be needed to make them more work
able, and they would very much ap
preciate being let alone for a season.
If hard-surfaced roads increase the
value of land as much as the automobile-Commercial
club aggregation say
they will, then renters and men of
comparatively small means in the
cities and towns, who wish or hope
some time to own at least a few acres
ot God's green earth, should be against
such roads, tor the higher priced is the
land the harder for them to get it.
Nearly half the. members of the leg
islature this winter at Lincoln are
farmers. They should stand together
like an ancient Grecian phalanx
against the cormorants, vampires and
bloodsuckers who would despoil them.
But if these members will not thus
protect their farmer constituents, then
the farmers' must undertake to pro
tect themselves against the obnoxious
legislation by Invoking the referen
dum. The federal road law is plainly un
constitutional, like several other acts
of congress; it is a gross invasion of
the reserved power of the states and
ought to be set aside. The legislature
ought to undertake -to see that this is
done, out It tne legislature win not
then the farmers should do so them
selves by employing competent law
yers and attacking it in both state and
federal courts.
If pressed too far, the farmers of
Nebraska are very likely to do in 1918
what the farmers of North Dakota
did last fall, namely, take possession
of the whole state government from
governor down.
CHARLES WOOSTER. ,
The Lynching Record, for 1916.
Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. . To the Edl
tor of The Bee: In view of the wide
spread discussion of the causes back
of the migration of negroes to the
north, it is timely to consider the
lynchings for the year lust closed. I
find, according to the records kept by
Monroe N. Work, head of the division
of records and research of the Tuske
gee institute, that in 1916 there have
been fifty-four lynchinga Of those
lynched, fifty were negroes and four
were whites. This is four less negroes
and nine less whites than were put to
death in 1916, when the record was
fifty-four negroes and thirteen whites.
Included In the record are three
women.
Fourteen, or more than one-fourth
of the total lynchings, occurred in
Georgia Of those put to death forty-
two, or 77 per cent of the total, were
charged with offenses other than rape.
The charges for which whites were
lynched were: Murder, three; sus
pected of cutting a woman, one (this
is a Mexican).
The charges for which negroes were
put to death were: Attempted rape,
nine; killing officers of the law, ten;
murder, seven; hog stealing and as
sisting another person to escape, six;
wounding officers of the law, four;
rape, three; insult two; for each of
the following-offenses one person was
put to death, slapping boy, robbing
store, brushing against girl on street
assisting his son, accused of rape, to
escape; entering a house for robbery
or some other purpose, defending her
son, who in defense of mother, killed
man; fatally wounding a man with
whom he had quarreled, speaking
against mob in act of putting a man
to death, attacking a man and wife
with club.
Lnchings occurred in the following
states: Alabama, one; Arkansas, four;
Florida, eight; Georgia, fourteen;
Kansas, one; Kentucky, two; Louisi
ana, two; Mississippi, one; Missouri,
one; North Carolina, two; Oklahoma,
four; South Carolina, two; Tennessee,
three; Texas, nine.
ROBERT R. MORTON,
Principal Tuskegee Institute.
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