TRAINS FIRED
UPON BY MOBS
A IN RACE RIOT
Troops Establish Barred Zone,
, Embracing Most of Col-
, ored Residential Dis
tricts in Chicago.
" " (Coattaoe4 tnm Faff On.)
general superintendent of police in
suppressing rioU or any other dis
orderly conduct and to carry into
effect the ordinances of this city and
the laws of this state, respecting the
. protection of life and property and
the "preservation of law and order."
Wednesday's outbreaks were scat
tered &nd only in a few instances
were there more than a small num
ber of persons involved in the riot
ing. Of the four deaths, all of
which were the result of shooting,
two were shot Wednesday, the other
two having been wounded in previ
ous rioting.
The official death list for four days
4 showed 30, of whom 17 were ne
groes, two unidentified, and 13
whites, one unidentified.
When the inquest which is to
determine the responsibility for the
deaths in the rioting convene it
will be in a court room under heavy
guard. All witnesses will be
searched for weapons, Coroner
. Hoffman said.
'.'The slightest cause might lead
to trouble," said the coroner, "and
the number of spectators will be
limited to the fewest possible."
No Date for Inquest.
The jury has been empanelled and
as deaths are reported 'will view
the bodies and take preliminary
steps in the inquiry. No definite
date has been set for the inquest.
Special attention to the legal as
pects of the race war situation was
... paid by State's Attorney IJoyne,
who assigned several assistants to
the work of gathering evidence.
The prosecutor also called upon the
police department to preserve the
names of witnesses to the riots.
; Mr. Hoyne also indicated that
' his - activities might go outside of
investigation of actual disorder.
: "I have heard," he said, "that
: through the influence of politicians
"f and aldermen some of the persons
arrested for rioting have been
.turned out as soon as they were
taken to the police station. I shall
also investigate this."
Chased in City Hall.
: While the sidewalk to the north
of the city hall was being piled high
with boxes of high power rifles,
designed for high school cadets'
drill, and removed to the municipal
building for safe keeping, a young
negro, Fletcher Williams, was
chased through the first floor corri
dors of the city hall by white men.
Williams ran, but drew a knife as
he retreated. He dashed out of a
side entrance and was taken in cus-
Z tody by a police reserve man, who
escorted, him to the central police
.station.
Five negro employes of the Booth
; Fisheries seeking to go unobserved
to their homes, were hidden by the
, police beneath a tarpaulin in an open
truck. A crowd of white men see-
ing the tarpaulin move, fired several
; shots at the truck. None struck
the negroes.
Late Wednesday night mobs of
whites and negroes were reported
roaming over various localities of
the south side and at Fifty-eighth
street and Racine avenue negroes
were , said to have clashed with
troops. Negroes also were reported
to have driven all whites from the
Streets in the vicinity of Sixty-third
and Loomis streets, while fires were
burning in two different neighbor
hoods, one in a white neighborhood
! and the other in a colored colony. A
woman was reported slain in a riot
: at Forty-seventh street and Indiana
n'enue.
Arthur Johnson, a policeman, was
hot through the abdomen while po
licemen were rushing in a patrol
wagon to the scene of a riot.
One hundred and twelve fire
- alarms were sounded from the south
, side, most of them from negro
vettlements.
CUMMINGS SAYS
NATION FAVORS
RATIFYING PACTS
Democratic National Commit
tee Chairman Sees Wilson
After Tour of Country.
Washington. Taly 30. Homer S.
Cummings, chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, discussed
with President Wilson the political
outlook for 1920 and the attitude of
the country toward the peace treaty
and the League of Nations, describ
ing his observations during his re
cent two months' trip through 14
western states.
, The conference was the first the
national chairman has had with the
president since last December. Mr.
Cumniings refused to discuss the.
possibility of Mr. Wilson again lead
ing his party in the 1920 election and
would not affirm or deny that this
subject was broached during the
conference.
Chairman Cummings said he told
the president the country was over
whelmingly in favor of immediate
ratification of the treaty and its
League of Nations covenant with
out change or reservation. As to
the political situation Mr. Cummings
was understood to have been em
phatically confident.
Many matters of party interest
were understood to have been taken
up and policies and legislation con
sidered from every conceivable
angle.
The president was said to have
outlined to Mr. Cummings the tenta
tive itinerary of the trip he will taw
through the country.
The proposed trip was understood
to have received the chairman's ap
probation. In the states he visited, Mr. Cum
mings informed the president, if the
people had an opportunity to vote
on the question today, a 10 to 1 ma
jority would be given in favor of
immediate ratification of the league
and covenant without change or
reservation.
In California, the home of Senator
Johnson, one of the leading op
ponents of the league, Mr. Cum
mings said he found the sentiment
4 to 1 in favor of the league.
Honduran Revolutionists
Capture Town of Danli
San Salvador, July 30. The town
of Danli, close to the Nicaraguan
frontier, has been captured by revo
lutionists in Honduras, according to
dispatches published here. In the
fighting Col. Jacinto Velasquez, a
leader of the Gutierrez party, was
killed.
Gen. Francisco Argenal, with 400
revolutionists, is reported to be with
in a few miles of Ocotepeque, in
western Honduras, preparing to at
tack it.
lust One More Day
To Secure Delicia Ice
' Cream Free at
Union Outfitting Co.
A Hundred Dollars in Gold
Given Away at 8 O'Clock
v Tomorrow Evening.
Just One More Day of the
July Clearance of Rugs,
Draperies and Furniture.
If you have heard your friends
remark on the deliciousness of
Delicia Ice Cream and have not
tasted it, by all means drop into
the Union Outfitting Company
Thursday, if you are downtown
shopping:, for a big, cooling dish
of this smooth, velvety cream.
There is no charge and no pur
chase is necessary. With each
dish there are delightful Sun
shine Wafers from the Loose
Wiles Biscuit Company, and for
tha children, accompanied by
parent, big cones heaped high
with Delicia.
Thursday evening, the climax
of the concern's Month of Hos
pitality comes in the distribution
of One Hundred Dollars in Gold,
which takes place in front of the
store at 8 o'clock. There will be
thirteen prizes in all.
If you have planned on buying
a piece of furniture to fill in
some vacant corner, the July
Clearance at the Union Outfit
ting Company will enable you to
secure it at a substantial saving,
as many Rugs, Draperies and
sample pieces of furniture are re
duced from 10 to 50.
And no matter what your pur
chase may be, no transaction is
ever considered completed until
the customer is satisfied.
Bohemian City Adopts
Drastic Measures to
Stop Profiteering
By Universal Service.
Prague, Bohemia, July 2. (By
Mail) A drastic example of how
to proceed with profiteers is be
ing given by the authorities of
the Bohemian town of Kladno. A
scaffold has been erected in front
of the town hall and all those
suspected of profiteering are led
to it in chains and forced to
swean a solemn oath to abandon
their practice. If a prisoner hesi
tates or remonstrates, a rope is
placed about his neck and grad
ually tightened until the culprit
makes the vow.
MAN CONVICTED
OF MATRICIDE
TAKES OWN LIFE
Roy Emerson, Creston, Iowa
Undertaker, Eludes She
riff and Hangs Himself
to Bridge.
Creston, la., July 30. (Special
Telegram.) Roy Emerson, Creston
undertaker, convicted of matricide
on July 19, eluded his guards who
were takinar him to the Ringgold
county jail at Mt Ayr, and cheated
the law by taking his own life. He
hanged himself under a highway
bridge two miles from Kellerton,
la., about 4 this morning.
Emerson was charged with beat
ing his mother to death with an iron
brace and throwine her body down
an elevator shaft in their undertak
ing establishment at Creston on the
afternoon of May 6, and was con
victed of second degree murder at
Mt. Ayr, where the case was trans
fprreH for trial. He was released on
July 24 on a $15,000 bail bond signed
by William Wallace.- vvnnam mc
Farland and Mrs. Walter Herring-
ton pending an appeal of the case to
the supreme court.
Goes to Des Moines.
Immediately following his re
lease, accomoanied by his 22-year-
old wife, Emerson went to Des
Moines where he visited with friends
while seeking employment. It is
alleged that employes of the under
taking establishments in ues
Moines refused to work with him
and he was discharged from his posi
tion.
Tuesday Mr. Wallace of Green
field and Mr. McFarland repudi
ated their part of Emerson's bond
and he was re-arrested. The bonds
men are reported to have repudiated
the bond due to pressure brought
by people of Creston, many of whom
ostracized them after they secured
his release.
Deputy Sheriff Ed Hayner of Un
ion county, accompanied by Mr.
McFarland. started in an automo
bile from Des Moines to take Em
erson back to the Mt. Ayr jail.
When near Kellerton the machine
broke down and while his guards
were making repairs Emerson
jumped from the machine and es
caped.
Alarm Is Spread.
After an hour's fruitless search.
the sheriff requested aid from resi
dents of the vicinity and the entire
community joined in searching the
surrounding country. The alarm was
spread all over the southwest sec
tion of the state. Bloodhounds were
secured from Creston to take up his
trail.
No trace was found until a farmer,
Frank Allen, reported that he had
seen a man go under a highway
bridge two miles irom where the
automobile broke down. The search
ing party there found Emerson's
lifeless body dangling from a girder.
He used his belt and coat to make
the noose with which he ended his
life. He had been dead only a few
minutes when found.
When re-arrested Emerson non
chalantly accompanied the officers I
back to Mt Ayer and appeared calm
and unconcerned. Deputy Sheriff
Hayner said he appeared surprised
that his bondsmen should repudiate
the bond, but felt confident that he
would secure a new bond. Not until
they neared Kellerton did he show
signs of brooding over the change
in his affairs, the sheriff said, and
then not enough to attract special
attention.
RESUMES TALKS
ON GERMAN PACT
WITH SENATORS
President Endeavors to Convince
Four More Republicans Rati
fication Is Only Thing.
Washington, July 30. The peace
treaty with Germany was discussed
by President Wilson with four more
republican senators, all of them un
derstood to be unwilling to accept
the league of nations in its present
torm.
The question of including reserva
tions in the senate's ratification of
the treaty is understood to have been
the chief topic of discussion, some
of the president's callers telling him
unreserved ratification was impos
sible and Mr. Wilson reiterating his
aversion to any change or qualifica
tion which might reopen diplomatic
negotiations. Each of the senators
indicated afterward that his views
had not been changed.
Ihe president saw Senators Dill
ngham, Vermont: Harding, Ohio:
Fernald, Maine, and Lenroot, Wis
consin. He talked for an hour with
each of them, going over many fea
tures of the Versailles negotiations.
None would discuss his conversa
tion with the president in detail, but
Senator Harding, who is a member
of the Foreign Relations commit
tee, made a brief statement, saying
Mr. Wilson had emphasized the pos
sibility that senate reservations
might encourage other nations to
qualify their acceptance of the
league.
Thursday the president will see
three other republican senators,
while the senate resumes debate on
the treaty and the Foreign Relations
committee begins public hearings on
the economic sections with Bernard
Baruch, an adviser to the American
peace delegation as the first witness.
Both the senate and the commit
tee had recessed over Wednesday
and many senators went over, for
the first time, the official text of the
special defensive treaty with France.
Jefferis Unearths
War Fraud in Salmon
(Continued from Page One.)
resented the output of about 70 sal
mon packers.
Spoilage Runs High.
In view of the reports a cer
tain number of cans were taken from
the product of each of the packers
and inspected, with the result that
some of the pack was found O K,
while in other instances spoilage
ran from 5 to 6 per cent to 44 per
cent. The government, in view of
this inspection, decided that as the
conditions of the salmon could not
be ascertained from the appearance
of the can, the entire 1918 pack be
turned back to the packers.
But still more astounding was the
further information Mr. Jefferis re
ceived from Colonel Adams that in
consideration of the packers' agree
ment to refund the government
the purchase price paid for the
canned fish the government agreed
to store the salmon six months
free of charge to the pack
ers after the signing of the contract
and furthermore the government
agreed to transport any portion of
SIX STATES ASK
$400,000,000
MORE FOR ROADS
Hundred Million Each Year
for Four Years, Wanted
by Western Commonwealths.
Kansas City, July 30. Represen
tatives of the state highway depart
ment of Kansas, Nebraska, Texas,
Iowa and Oklahoma, who met here
Wednesday, forwarded to congress
a memorial asking that $400,000,000
additional federal aid for state roads
be appropriated immediately, allow
ing $100,000,000 each year for four
years, beginning in 1920. Congress
ws p.sked further to designate" that
the s tcs under such an appropria
tion may have until July, 1925, to use
federal funds before it reverts back
to the government.
Highway department officials
pojnted out that in many states with
present federal funds already used
up, plans for millions of dollars
worth of state roads to be built with
federal aid must await further ac
tion of congress. Gov. Henry J.
Allen of Kansas, who presided, de
clared that Kansas counties had ap
plied for $16,000,000 from the gov
ernment for road plans already ap
proved, with less than $8,000,000
available.
Among the state officials who at
tended the meeting were:
Nebraska George E. Johnson,
state highway engineer.
Iowa I. W. Holden and W. Col-
linson, state highway commissioners,
and F. R. White, acting state high
way engineer.
Montana Ratifies Suffrage.
Helena, Mont., July 30. The
Montana state senate Wednesday
ratified the federal suffrage amend
ment to the constitution, completing
the action on the measure in the as
sembly. The vote in the senate was
38 to 1, with four absent. The ac
tion of the house was unanimous.
this salmon to anv nortion of the
United States free of charge to the
packers.
Small Percentage Bad.
A snnnlemental telegram from
Mr. Newman to Representative Jef
feris discloses the fact that there
are 10 different brands of salmon in
storage in Omaha. Of this number
the G. W. Hume company owns 10,
539 cases which tests, according to
government figures, at 754 Per cent
bad and also 2,797 cases which tests
6J4 per cent bad. This is only 1 per
cent higher spoilage than the federal
trade commission allows.
If anv further evidence were
needed to convince the public that
there has been an agreement De
fti rials of the War depart
ment the packers and canners to
keep prices up by keeping surplus
rannfH nroducts off the domestic
market this salmon situation ought
to be sufficient to convince the most
skeptical, according to the Omaha
congressman.
FOB CONVALESCENTS
Hnraford't Acid Phosphate.
refreshes and upbuilds physical energy.
Ask your physician.
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Details make perfection
but perfection is no detail
Viewed from the angle of detailed 'perfection the J
Grant truck is today's perfect motor truck.'
Not a detail has been overlooked In construction. And
the equipment is the most complete ever furnished
with a motor truck. You haven't a single excuse to
see the accessory man and you will have small reason
to call on the tervic$ man if you buy a Grant Truck.
Electric starter electric rain-vision ventilating
generator storage bat
tery electric lights,
front and rear, and spot
light are all furnished.
And the equipment in
cludes driver's seat
cowl with instrument
board, fenders (front),
speedometer, oil gauge,
ammeter, Boyce Moto
meter, spring bumper,
vacuum gasoline feed,
windshield, hand tone
horn and complete tool
equipment.
Economy, serviceability
and satisfaction are built
intovGrant trucks with
rugged strength.
Prices are much lower
than you'd expect for
Grant quality and completeness.
1800 pounds, with express body, ready for
the road, $1125
yi tons completely equipped chassis, $1885
2 tons completely equipped chassis, $2150
f . o. b. Cleveland
Omaha Auto Sales Co.
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OMAHA, NEB.
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We Again Offer Some
Unusual Bargains in
Used Player-Pianos
In order to close out all of the (lightly used and second
hand Player-Pianos by the end of this month, we are certainly
quoting ridiculously low prices and easy ter. W do not
want this stock to accumulate during the summer months and
to keep it moving we shall make prices that POSITIVELY
WILL NOT BE DUPLICATED LATER IN THE SEASON.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY and SATURDAY
We Offer
Exceptionally Good
Used Players
On Payments as Low as $2.50 Weekly
And Here Are Some Other Rare
Values in Slightly Used and Rebuilt
Player-Pianos
$800 Knabe-Angelus
Mahogany case, large size. A
splendid high 4tcdQO
grade instrument P "fU
$550 Price & Teeple
Mahogany case. Here is a
great value for dJOOC
someone 4J6iU
$600 Schmoller & Mueller
utiful tone
$387
Walnut case. Beautiful tone
and action.
Special at. . .
$550 Hartford
Beautiful golden oak case.
New, excepting C.'i
slightly shopworn. nT,JJ
Lowest
Possible
Terms of
Payment
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co.,
1311 Farnam St., Omaha.
Gentlemen: Kindly send me picture
atid detailed information on the Used
Player Pianos advertised.
Name
Address
Schmoller & Mueller
1311-1313
Farnam St.
Piano Co.
1311-1313
Farnam St.
ThompsoivBelcLeix &Ch
J Established 18 8 6 -
The ThsJiion Genier orldomett
A "Month End Tumult" Sale
This last day of the Tumult Sale is oj importance, a summing
up oj values offered bejore. The Aarel Section holds a general
clearance and th other deparlmtnts antrilute items of special I
interest, making Thursday a day of economy for shoppers.
A General Sale
of Apparel
Dresses, capes, suits and skirts
remaining from the previous sales
will be offered for the last day of
the Tumult Sale.
Dresses are few, but very lovely,
there are more cotton than silk,
priced remarkably low.
Among the suits, the silks are
most noticeable, rose and blue
poplins and white in different
materials, most reasonably
priced.
Quite a few capes remain, long
navy serges and short models in
brilliant colors, all $15.
White wash skirts are in abun
dance, fine white gabardines pre
dominating. Beautifully tailored
skirts, all $4.89.
These are Spring and Summer
garments from our regular stock,
greatly underpriced, opportuni
ties for economy you cannot af
ford to overlook.
ttyy
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for Mmi
75cHandkerchiefs59c
Pure Irish linen
handkerchiefs with
any width hem, or
cord or tape border.
$2 Nightshirts $1.65
Faultless and Uni
versal makes, sizes
15 to 20.
To the left as you enter.
Wash Goods
Remnants
A clearance sale of
wash goods rem
nants is featured
in the basement
Thursday.
Short lengths of ba
tiste, voile, crepe,
cotton suiting and
other weaves, val
ues to 60c a yard.
15c a Yard
Lengths suit
able for dresses,
blouses, skirts and
children's clothes,
priced for a quick
clearance.
In the Basement.
Children's Knit
Underwear
Children's vests,
low neck and
sleeveless,
25c quality.
Thursday, 19c.
Children's union
suits, low neck,
made of dimity,
and boys' B. V.
D.s, Thursday, 59c.
Lisle Hose
White lisle hose,
seamless, with gar
ter top and double
soles. 65c a pair.
White lisle hose,
medium weight.
35c a pair.
White fibre hose,
with lisle top and
sole. 85c a pair.
White Aprons
A white apron for warm
mornings, long sleeved,
suitable for porch wear.
Made from fine muslin
or cambric. Regularly
$2.25, Thursday $1.49.
Maids' aprons, long,
medium or short, with a
bib. Priced from 65c
to $1.2&
Nurse's aprons, full
skirted, with or without
bib. Priced from $1.25
to $2.
Third Floor.