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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1917. ' Nebraska LETTON APPOINTED SANITARY ENGINEER - , f Son of Judge of Supreme Court Will Leave Federal Position to Get State Work in . Ship Shape. (From a Stall Correspondent.) Lincoln, July 3. (Special.) Or ganization of the working department of the neTstate board of health was made tqday when the board appointed the following, to positions on the board: Sanitary engineer. II. P.-Letton; clerks, Loraine Follett and Mary F. Harlan, stenographers; Ruth Styre and Edna Kehd)-, all of Lincoln. Mr. Letton is the eldest son of 'Judge Letton of the supreme court and has been for some time holding a like position in the United States service, having charge of many im portant projects. He receives a much larger salary with the government than he will receive in the position ! offered him. but bcinga Nebraska ' product he is intensely "interested in seeing the Nebraska healthy board start out right, and if he can get a sufficiently long leave of absence from the government, will accept the Nebraska position. The health board also appointed . Dr. G. M. Boeler-as a member of the stte board of dental examiners. Notes from Beatrice And Gage County Beatrice, Neb., July 3. (Special.) Miss Bertha Awtry .came near los ing her life Sunday when her skirt caught fire wlfile preparing dinner on a gas stove. She started to ,run out of xdoors when her brother. Pearl, caught Jier and tore the burning gar ments from her body. She escaped with slight burns about the legs. Mrs. Agnes Ackman, wife of Wil Jiam Ackman of the Daykin vicinity, died yesterday -at a local hospital, where she was recently operated upon. The body was taken to Daykin for interment. . , Guy Magee and Miss Vera Farlo'w, both of this city, were married at Lincoln Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Louise Snyder, an old resident of the Pickrcll vicinity, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Scanlon, at Lincoln, aged 68 years. The body was taken to .Pick rell for interment, funeral services being held tnere this afternoon. f John Sewell, formerly of this city, died- at Denver last week. The body was brought here yesterday and in terred in EvergrecTi Home cemetery. The Masons had charge of the serv ices at the grave. D. Breunsbach, who resides five miles south of Liberty, was in the city yesterday and reports that crops, of all kinds in his neighborhood look good. He says that wheat and oats are heading out nicely and will be ready to cut in a short time. Nimjod F. Brandt, Herbert Schei deler, William F. Riggs, Harry O. Batten, Clyde B,: Ellis and Frank With left Beatrice yesterday for Lin coln to enlist in the United States infantpr of the regular army. Jordan's Life Sentence Upheld by Supreme Court (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, July 3. (Special.) Wil liam D.. Jordan, who wis sentenced to the penitentiary for life in th'e dis trict court of Scottsbluff county for the murder of Joseph E. Laytoli, his son-in-law, with whom he was living, will have to serve his time, the su preme court having affirmed tht sent ence of the lower court. Jordan shot Layton through a win dow one even, while the farmer was seated at the supper table reading a paper, his wife sitting" just across. The bullet passed through Layton's head, killing him instantly. The theory is that by the death of Lay ton, Jordan hoped to get hold of the property of the murdered man through his daughter. Dr. Or) Now Stationed At Hospital in Cardiff . (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, July .3 (Special.) Com missioner Mayfield of the State Board of Control received a letter today from Dr. H. W. Orr, fornier superin tendent of the state orthorpedic hos pital, who went to England sometime ago, stating that he had been assigned to duty in the Welsh Metropolitan war hospital about three miles from Cardiff, with a capacity of over 1,200 beds. Eastham Reappointed Insurance Commissioner (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln. July 3. (Special.) The State Insurance board today " reap pointed W. B. Eastham insurance commissioner, for another two years. It is probable there will be no changes in the office force or the examiners for the present at least. Edward Kohn Passes Away After Stroke of Paralysis Edward Kohn, a resident of Omaha for thirty years, died at the Wise Memorial hospital following a stroke of paralysis. He had been an invalid for several years. He was 77 years old. ... He h survived by his wife, one daughter, Ernestina, and three sons, Herman, Moses and Isadore. Funeral services will be held from the residence, 1045 Park 'avenue, Thursday afternoon. Pipkin Asks Kugel to "Put Back" Expense Money Charles W. Pipkin, secretary of the Omaha Detective association, has re quested City Attorney Rine to start legal action against City Lommis sioner Kugel for $2,000 expended in Jthret years for expenses of "special instigations." It is contended the money was illegally spent. I I will give , the matter 'prayer ful consideration, said' the city at torney. Has a Good Opinion of Chamber lains Tablets. "Chamberlian's Tablets are a won der. I never sold anything that beat them." writes F. B. Tressey, Rich mond, Ky. When troubled with indi gestion or constipation give them a rial. Advertisement. SPORT AT BOY SCOUTS PICNIC Pie eating race at Nashwood, where Scouts were guests at a glorious outing given, by Ward Burgess. Left to right: Logan Finnerty, troop 1; George Riley, troop 28; Frank Sturgeon, troop 10, Bert Stephens, Page Freeman, troop 31. The picture shows what '.'good mouths" boys Kave for pie. You should have seen them go to it. m , iYl i m 111 1 inn 1 N tmtmMm-mi,MwvmmmtmmHmim,naimiU.' GUEST IN MOTOR CAR MUST BEON LOOKOUT Supreme Court Says Duty Falls on Him to Warn Driver of Approach to Dangerous Crossing. (From a Staff Correspondent.) - Lincoln, July 3. (Special.) A per son who rides in an automobile by in vitation of the driver and who stays in it with knowledge that it is ap proaching a dangerous railroad cross ing, wunoui requesting me driver to stop or take other necessary pre negligence and cannot recover for personal injuries sustained from a passing train, even though no signal by the locomotive bell or whistle is given. this is the opinion of the state su preme court in an appeal by the Bur lington railroad from a judgment ob tained in the Douglas county district court against the railroad company by rrank Morris. Council Rules Streets. Another opinion of the court holds that the right of a private party to oc cupy part of a public street in front of his place of business must yield to public necessity or convenience ac cording to the city council,, but such council cannot act arbitrarially in the matter and deny to one citizen what it grants to another. I he case comes trom Saline county and the opinion of the district court is affirmed. by the supreme court. Suit Over Oil Station. A business man, F. J. Kennedy of Dorchesterii6talled a gasoline filling tank in the space between the walk in front of his place of business and the street. A competition a block and a half away installed a similar sta tion and the village board ordered Kennedy to remove his tank. Ken- nedy secured a restraining order pending the opinion , of the district court. Damage Verdict uSstained. The judgment of the Douglas coun ty district court is affirmed by the supreme court in a suit brought by Alva H. Jacobson against the Omaha and Council Bluffs street railway com pany for $12,000. 1 Jackson sued for S2a,000 for injuries received, because of the atlleged pre mature starting of a street car, the result of which injured his leg so it had to be amputated. The company appealed on the plea of the-non-ap-pearance of two witnesses who failed to show up at the trial who had not been subpeonaed, and a continuance was denied. The court holds that ordinarially a party who fails to have a subpoena is sued for a ecessary witness and relies upon the latter's promise to appear and testify, has not exercised such diligence as requirss a continuance in case the witness fails to appear. Court Makes Interpretation Of the Compensation Law (From a Staff Correnrondent.) Lincoln, July 3. (Special.) Ed ward J. Epsten will receive $5 a week for nearly one year from the Hancock-Epsten company,' fro whom he was working and in additional a week for 245 weeks for the per manent injury, which resulted in the loss of one great toe, which was amputated af the second joint. The $5 represents the difference in wages received at the time he was taken to the hospital and the amount paid when he returned to work. The court holds that under the workmen's compensation act pro viding for. compensation for partial disability at the rate of SO per cent of the "dizerence between the wages received at the time of the injury ana t.ne earning power oi tne em ploye thereafter," the 'fact, that the employe earns higher wages after than before the injury, will not de prive him of compensation to which he is " entitled, where he receives higher wages, because he has by edu cation and training fitted himself for more remunerative employment. Two-Millions on Hand In Nebraska Treasury (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, July 3. (Special.) The balance in the state treasury for the month ending June 30, was $2,005,J 881.75 as against $1,523,555.96 the month previous, a gain of $482,325.79 for the month. Receipts for June were $1,037, 577.44 and disbursements $555,251.67. The amount on hand includes the $500,000 investment in Liberty bonds, although notice has been received that the subscription will be cut to $150,000. Investments in bonds amount to $9,933,348.33. - BOY SCOUTS DIFFER FROM LADS OF OLD Not an Angry Word Heard on the Occasion of the Splen did Picnic at Nash farm. By A. "R..GROH. Saturday the pioneers' picnic and Monday the Boy Scouts' picnic! I graced both occasions with my pres ence. And at both I learned useful lessons. At Nashwood, where Looey Nash and Ward Burgess entertained more' than 400 Boy Scouts,' I was impressed by the" gentlemanliness of the lads. Don't misunderstand me. These boys didn't sit quietly with their hands folded and talk about the weather and their studies. No, for they are pri marily boys, chock full of .boyish spir its. They made the place ring with their shouts and it was a man-size job for' Scout , Executive English to get them all quiet at the same time so that Scout Commissioner Welch and the hosts and hostesses ; could talk to them. But Real Young Men. , , Not a single angry word did I hear in all that crowd of boys in the five hours that I was among them. They were playing and running and shout ing and jumping'to the limit of boy ish capacities all that time, but not a single quarrel or cross wordl It's marvelous. Many years ago, when I was a boy, I remember, that there was nearly al ways a quarrel brewing among "us kids." We were always "mad" at some other kid. "Aw, go on. You let me alone." "Aw,-quit that. I'll tell my mother on you." "I'll tell my big brother if you don't lemme alone." "Aw, go on, ya big stiff!" These were some of the every-day expressions among us. v Nothing like that today among the Boy Suputs. Bright, alert, real boys they are, clear-eyed, courteous, never so happy as when they arc helping some one. Admirable boys! Oh, yes, we mustn't forget some thing that happened too late to get into the regular news story about the'picnic. The last truck in the long liite homeward bound had a blowout about three miles north of Florence. A. L. Green came along soon and arranged to send a new tire back to them. The boys went into camp. Sud denly there was a red glare on he sky. Fire I It was a farmer's barn. Chance to Be Useful. Now most boys would have con sidered this just a pleasant spectacle for them to . enjoy. Not so these Omaha Boy Scouts. To them it meant a chance to be Useful. Off they ran in the direction of the blaze. "Give us buckets 1" they shouted to Farmer Frye, whose barn it was. He quickly supplied them and they worked like Trojans for nearly two hours. They saved his house, r "If it hadn't been for youboys my house would have gone, t6o," said Farmer-' Frye. Listen to this, Scouts. I heard Louis Nash say this morning: "That was the finest, best-behaved bunch of boys I ever saw." How's that for a compliment? It's , shame to give Scout Com missioner Welch away, especially when I rode out and back in his gaso line chariot. But its a good story and may be useful to his fellow Ro tarians. We had been bowling along swiftly at the head of the procession when out near Miller park hemoved into the curb and stopped. Runs Out of Gas. - "Out of gasoline," he said. Only them sad Vords and nothing more. A friend of his came along in a flivver and took him to the nearest filling station and brought back five gallons of the fluid. On Mr. Welch's coat sleeve is em blazoned the Scout emblem and the Scout motto, "Be Prepared." ' Do you "get" the joke. Treat him as considerately as you can, Kotari ans, for he is a nice chap and his earns vexy comfortable and he. treated us to ice cream sodies m rlorence on the way back. Perhaps better not mention it to him at all. Just pre tend you don't know about it. JOE THOMAS .-wears ' AIR POCKET GOGGLES On sal at the Speedway and Downtown. v ( Many Blacks Slain In Night of Terror At East St, Louis (Continued from Pace One.) possession they had saved, battered suit cases, rolls of bedding, dolls saved by the children, a fewchick ens, and other odds and ends of the business of life, i Several cases of smallpox are re ported among the hundreds of negroes who took refuge from the mob in -ptfu'ce headquarters last night. Barry Is Co-Operating. At 9:30 this morning twenty-four bodies, including those of three white men, had been recovered. t is esti mated that the injured number 300. More than 500 wfiite men were arrest ed and- disarmed during the night. Thousands of negroes are without homes today. Nearly 100 were shel tered at police headquarters last night. Militiamen made the rounds of the streets, bringing negroes, especially women and children, to the station for safety from the mobs. Burning of negro homes began last night about 6 o'clock and the mobs (went from section to section setting more blazes. As the negroes ran trom tiicir cottages rioters fired at them and many fell back into the flames. The burning of the negro section was responsiblcfor the great est loss of life. Women Take Part in Tufmoil. The rioting last night, which was the culmination of a series of dis turbances which began with the kill ing of a police officer and the wound ing of three policemen and two ci vilians by negro rioters early londay morning, was different from most race troubles in that- many women and girls Hook part in the turmoil. A story, illustrative of the temper of the rioters, was told by George Austin of St. Louis. Mn vuhn u the mobs at worfc. White women beat negro women as tney nea trom their burning homes and tore off their clothes, he sairl. - Only one white man was killed durfng the-nighr. He was shot hv a Exceptional Economies for Everyone ill. lr.&f -. Sales Begin Here at 8:30 Thursday Morning We shall not try to detail items that will be on sale this first day, but have placed in the windows devoted to this Clearance Sale some of the merchandise that will be offered, together with the price tickets so that every one may see what the first day of the sale holds for them. Of course it is impossible to give anyidea of the immensity of the stock, because that would require scores of windows. ' ; 1 i Thousands of pieces of merchandise assembled for the opening of this sale Thursday Morning Promptly at 8:30 A ' - NO MATTER WHAT YOU NEED, YOU WILL FIND IT IN THIS SALE FOR' THIS CLEARANCE SALE COMPRISES PRACTICALLY EVERY STOCK IN THE STORE O AND THEREFORE, THE VARIETY IS PRACTICALLY, UNENDING. f ' - - v' Every year at this time w offer the small lots and accumulations from th.e season's selling of Summer Goods. This enables us to clear away all of this summer merchandise and toiake way for the Fall Goods that begin to arrive as soon as July is well on the way, and gives every purchaser opportunities to make exceptional savings. ;' ? : Although there are thousands and thousands of items, we would advise you take advantage of the , -f f avirt tva Vi a -f iVof flair oa AQiltr in ilia loir na tmn aah ' Store Closed All Day Wednesday, Fourth of July , i . njgro sniper. Two negroes were lynched during t.he night and four were killed by snr;) ive hundred white men were any . during the night. ' The work of searching the ruins for bodies began before daylight and early it was reported that eight bodies had been foundj ' Part of City in Darkness. One of the results of the fires was to plunge parts of the city in dark ness and surgeons at St. Mary's hos pital and the" emergency operating room opened in the city hall were rr i j .i. i. . lurtcu iu uo ineir worn- wnue police men held flashlights or candles over the tables. In the Baltimore & Ohio railroad yards a negro woman leading a small child by the hand was attacked by white women, who were following a mob. The negro woman seized the child in her arms and rait into a cot tage which the white wumm bom barded with stones and chunks of coal. The woman escaped without injury. Colonel S. O. Tripp rescued an aged negro who was being dragged through a street at the end of a rope by i. .re than 100 men. Colonel Tripp leaped from his automobile and forced his way through the mob, which allowed him to take charge of the black with out molestation. , Unconscious Man Shot Twice. Bits of clothing taken from dead negroes were shown today by souvenir hunters. Une brutal incident of the night was related among maify others today. On Fourth street, near Broad way, three men saw a negro, appar ently dead, lying in a gutter. One flashed a pocket-light in his face and saw that he still breathed. "Well, what do you inow about that!" he exclaimed. "Not dead yet." He and one of his companions then drew1 their pistols and each fired a bullet into the negro s head. , Policemen today tried to orevent the taking of photographs of fire ruins and black bodies still lying in the streets. I Causes Back of Rlott; The causes deeply underlying- the disturbances arc said to be of interest to many-other northern communities where negro labor has been brought in from the south to replace men en- miidpisfsfnips listed in the armed forces of the United States, of who have been tempted to other sections by the high wages paid in munitions fac tories. In East St. Louis, with a popula tion of about 84,000 persons, there was already a large jiegro colony and the war influx increased the propor tion to an extent which causid much comment. Unrest among the whites smouldered and even flamed up last May, when, in a small riot, three negroes were shot and wounded and a number beaten, but feeling did not run high in general, as the negroes were merely filling vacancies, not 1 taking the places 01 white men. and with the "arrival of soldiers quiet was quickly restored. Race antagonism, ! nvever, remained and fanned, it is said, by labor agitators, resulted in yesterday's riots. 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