Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-05
LEPER GOING ACROSS STATE
Surgeon General Secures Permission
from State Board.
WILL TRAVEL ON SPECIAL CAR
Not known When Trip VIII BE
Made, But Some Time During
Present Week on Way
West.
(From a staff Correspondent.)


LINCOLN, August 4.-(Speciai)-T
! following telegram was received by Dr.
L. Arthur Carr, one Of the secretaries Of
the State Board of Health, Saturday:
Washington, d. c., Aug. s. 1912.
Dr. E. Arthur Carr, Secretary of State
! Board of Health, Lincoln, Neb.: Request
permit under proper sanitary precautions,
: w. T. kaow a leper. through your
state en- route from Philadelphia to
s Hawaii BLUE. Surgeon General.
!" DIR. Carr at once called a meeting Of
z the state board and 1t was agreed that
!, under the conditions promised 1t would
4 be all right to grant the request.
1 The man will pass through Nebraska
in a special car about Wednesday or
: Thursday, but it is not known on what
road he will travel. He will be accom-
panied by nurses and physicians and
!. from San Francisco will he looked after
! by two unrses until he reaches his des-
tination, which is the leper colony on
; the islands.
Phone Men Disagree.
2 The telephone conference In the office
of the railway commission yesterday
between the people Of Johnson county and
the officials of the Nebraska Telephone
company came just about rs near har-
inony and agreement as did the repub-
ican ccnvention held In Lincoln last week.
Whether they will try it again a little
LAGER was not given out.
Banker Captures Convict.
Another 'trusty'' at the state peniten.
hary got tired Of his job and sought
greener pastures Saturday Alonzo Lock-
mart, a coiored man. who had only two
weeks more to serve while at work with
threshing crew, near the pen, sud
henly made up his mind that the wide,
wide world presented better opportunities
FOR advancement and hiked. About fif-
teen minutes after he left his absence
was discovered and messages sent out by
phone all over the country. Banker Bell
bf Roca noticed the man passing and
telephoned the warden. Then getting into
Eis buggy he overlook the man and cap
tured him. He made no attempt to re-
sist until he was placed In the warden's
auto, when he fought Nsavagely but was
brought back. Mr.. Bell will receive $50
for the job, of capturing the man.
'.Keep Off the Grass..
Some time ago the authorities OF the
tity of Lincoln bought several benches
md put In the park space just west Of
the city hall where the weary traveller,
hho may have taken too much liquid re-.
freshments, might get In the shade and
keep out of the way of the street
traveller 1t was nice pleasant place,
FOO, for any other traveller who might
want to rest In the shade and watch the
people pass on the busy thoroughfare.
But all that may be over now. A Lin
foln councilman passed there the other
day and saw that the weary traveller had
worn off some Of the grass on the lawn
pnd now he proposes that any man suf-
tering from that tired feeling must either
seek the weed forest on some vacant 10.
yr sit on the curb stone In the hot sun.
Verify the progressive spirit of the capt
tai citysiss moving on and the poor man
woh wants a seat In the shade In tbs
future will seek in vain.
Storx Company Incorporates.
Articles of incorporation of the Arthur
Etorz Supply company OF Omaha have
been filed with the secretary of state