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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-04-12
CHAPTER xxEIl.
Gas Attacks and Spies.

Gas Attacks and Spies.
Three days after we had silenced
Fritz, the Germans sent over gas. 1t
did not catch us unawares. because the
wind had been made to order, that is.
1t was blowing from the German
trenches toward ours at the rate of
about five miles per hour.
Warnings had been passed down the
trench to keep sharp lookout for gas.
We had a new man at the periscope,
on this afternoon in question; was
sitting on the fire step, cleaning my
rife. when he called out to me:
'There's sort Of greenish, yellow
cloud rolling along the ground out in
front, it's coming"
But waited for no more, grabbing
my bayonet, which was detached from
the rife, I gave the alarm by banging
an empty shell case, which was hang
ing near the periscope. At the same
instant, gongs started ringing down the
trench, the signal for Tommy to don
his respirator, or smoke helmet, as we
call it.
Gas travels quickly, so you must not
lose any time; you generally have
about eighteen or twenty seconds in
which to adjust your gas helmet.
A gas helmet is made Of cloth, treat
ed with chemicals. There are two win
dows, or glass eyes, in it, through which
you can see. Inside there is a rubber
covered tube, which goes in the mouth.
You breathe through Your nose; the
gas, passing through the cloth helmet,
is neutralized by the action of the
chemicals. The foul air is exhaled
through the tube In the mouth, this
tube being SO constructed that it pre-
vents the inhaling Of the outside air or
gas. One helmet is good for five hours
Of the strongest gas. Each Tommy
carries two Of them slung around his
shoulder in a waterproof canvas bag.
He must wear this bag at all times,
even while sleeping. To change q de-
fective helmet, you take out the new
one, hold your breath, pull the old one
Off. placing the new one over your
head, tucking in the loose ends under
the collar Of your tunic.
For a minute, pandemonium reigned
In our trench-T0mmies adjusting
their helmets. bombers running here
and there, and men turning out of the
dugouts with fixed bayonets, to man
the FIRE step.
Requirements were pouring out OF
the communication trenches.
Our guns crew were busy mounting
the machine gun on the parapet and
bringing up extra ammunition from
the dugout.
German gas is heavier than air and
soon 6lls the trenches and drgouts
where it has been known to lurk fol-
two or three days, until the air is pun
fed by means Of large chemical spray.
eFs.
We had to work quickly, as FFits
generally follows the gas with an In.
fsntry attack.
"A eesmpanynrnsn ION our right s'wAi
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whom suddenly the officer made left
Mu.el, .nu &c luuild ou1sc., y:y - = :.,>It
of enclosed courtyard.
The dawn was breaking aEG the
rain had ceased.
In front of us were four stacks Sa
rifles, three to a stack.
The officer brought US to attention
and gave the order to unpile arms. We
each took a rife. Giving us Stand as
ease" in nervous and shaky voice.
he Informed:
"AIen. yUu are here on a very so!ef&n
duty. You have been selected as .
firing squad for the execution az son
dier who. having been found suj15s
of a grievous crime against king aDa
country. has been regularly and duES
tried and sentenced to be shot III --s:IS
a. m. this date. This sentence has Been
approved by the reviewing authority
and ordered carried out. 1t is our 0Uzy
to carry on with the sentence OF tie
court.
'There are twelve rifles. one OF
which contains a blank cartridge, the
other eleven containing ball carr 'dSes
Every man is expected to do his duly
and are to kill. Take your orders fFoEH
me. SQuad-Shun!"
We came to attention. Then he left
My heart was of lead and my knees
shook.
!: After, standing at attention fof
what seemed a week, though in reality
it could not have been over five no'H-
utes, we heard low whispering in 'saf
rear and footsteps on the stone fas-
ging of the courtyard.
Our officer reappeared and in low,
but firm voice, ordered:
"About-Turn!"
We turned about. In the gray ljshs
of dawn, a few yards In front OF noe,
could make out bIick wall. Agxlnss
this wall was dark form with White
square pinned on its breast. We we're
supposed to aim at this square. /" the
right of the form noticed a white sssoa
on the wall. This would be my tar&eE
Ready. Aim! Fire!"
The dark form sank into hud<saesa
heap. My bullet sped on its Way, sHss
hit the whitish spot on the wall;
could SEE the splinters fly. Some one
else had received the rife containing
the blank cartridge, but my mind was
at ease, there was no blood OF
Tommy On my hands.
"Order-Arms About-Turn Pile
Arms. Stand-Oear."
The stacks were reformed ~
"Ouick March! Right Wheel Y
And we left the scene Of execution be-
hind us.
1t was now daylight. After march
ing about five minutes, We were dis
missed with the following instructions
from the officer in command:
Return; alope, to your respective
companies. and remember, no talking
about this affair, or else it will go hara
with the guilty ones"
. We needed NO urging to get away. I
did not recognize any Of the men %
the firing squad; even the officer was
stranger to me-.
The Victims relations and friends In
Blighty will never know that he Sss
executed; they will be under the fsz-
preston that he died doing his bit for
king and country.
In the public casualty lists his nsrne
will appear under the caption "Aecir
dentally Killed" or "Died."
The day after the execution I re-
ceived orders to report back to the
line. and 10 keep sill tongue In fnS
head.
fT0 uE cOA,TTNTTEO
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(To BE CONTNUED.)

gTfsg HERALD %As9, NEWS fsSH,
YEAR FOR 31.5D.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-04-12

sgssR r;aaERALD &kND SEWas oNs
YIiH FEa ONLY Sl.se.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-11-19

mise. Ma nasi strane byla do
bra vule = ponevadz v nekte-
rem ohledu prestoupila Sc pra-
vidla vinniky co nejprisneji po
trestat, bylo tudiz zminene ko
lnisi vyhoveno a ma jejl zadost
vyslana hlidka konajici sluzbu
pill danem pripadu k vyslechu.
Vysetfujicl komise vsak bez
dlouhych vyslechu zminenou
hliaku uv6znila. Uveznila i je-
dnoho z deputace, zadajiciho
jejl propusteni. To ovsem uz
ryla prilis silna davka, i bylo
svorne usnesenO, re pro uveZ-
meme "se dojde." II. kv6tna We
Ger, plnem poradku, vysly
casti, nachazejici Sc v Celjabin
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sku do mesta, ktere bez hlullu
behem hodiny obsazeno a zada
no vydani zatcenych. Zasedaji
ci prave sovet sc rozutekl a
schoval po lesich. Kdyz zadosti
po dlouhem vyjednavanf bylo
vyhov6no casti v plnem porad
ku vratily Sc Ma nadrazi a do
vlaku
Udalost tuto uvadim proto,
re il bylo sovety uzivano jako
duvodu k vydani rozkazu o cd
zbrojeni Ceskoslovensk6ho vol
ska = ovsem uplne nespravne,
jak dokumenty dokazi. Ze Wy
dial prikaz O odzbrojeni a roz-
prasenf ceskoslovenskeho VOL
ska Trocky pred prvnim ma
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Xistence." My zarucili NIL
ceni. Sdelil nam pax, re
Trocky vydal rozkaz O cd
zbrojeni a 1plnem rozfor
mirovani ceskoslovenskeho
vojska. Ma otazka, videl-
Ii zmineny rozkaz, pro-
hlasil, re jej videl u Strom
bacha pred jeho odjezdem
do Saratova i u penzenske
no vojenskeho komisare o
strovskeho. (Strombach,
cesky komunista byl veli-
telem ceskeho oddilu ru-
de armady v Penze, do Sa
ratova S timto oddilem jel
potlaciti "kontrarevoluci;
odejel II. kvetna.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-11-19

I VuuCONC CCChOSlOVCllO WI
ska poslani do Moskvy k podrob
nym vyjednavanim. Nejvetsl |
radost ovsem z tollo NELL cesti |
ko1nuniste, kteri doufali, ze to, |
CO Sc nepodaTilo jim mezi Pen
Ecu a Tamborem, podafi Sc n.y.
nj phi novych nekolika nedel-
Mich zastavkach mezi Samarou
Uralem a Vologdou, kterymzto
smerem mela 'byt doprava ma
Archangelsk rizena.
Jak nestoudne byla vedena je
jich agitace, tom svedci to-
to: "Ceskoslovensky oddil ru-
de armady zakoncuje svuj le-
tax proc nejdeme do Fran
cie' slovy: "Vyslyste hlasu sve
ho srdce, sveho svedomi, ne
bud'te loutkami v rukou ha-
zardnich hracu Narodni Ra-
dy!" - Silnejs1mi argumenty
pracovalo Sc "a naSimi zady.
I! Ma mlstech, kudy prochazeli
nasi dobrovolci, okolo Bolrova
a Kurska, byly nalepeny leta-
/ ky We kterych bylo tvrzeno,
re prof. Masaryk neodejel do
Francie, ale pres Svedsko do
! NGmecka a armadu pry pro-
! del N6mcuml
! Je t6zko witt Sc v postaveni
ceskoslovenskeho vojaka, kte
~ We vsem spolurozhoduje,
. kdyz vidi, jak hazi Sc blatem
! q pliva jedovatymi slinami po
| Cloveku, ktery cely zivot svuj
Zasyetil boji "a pravdu a pra-
vo, je tezko udrzeti no, ably
ia miste neztrestal utrhace.
Bylo Zapotrebl hodne slime VII
lie k prekonavanl takovych u
rack a neporusiti neutrality.
Hyl to hlavna soucit ruskym
.idem, jenz mas zdrzoval Cd ci
III a vile dostati rozkazu sve
no nejvvssiho velitele......
Pocatkem kvetna zastavena
doprava ceskosiovenskeho VOL
ska Uplne, pres TO, re JehO
strany plneny byly podminky
dohody dokonale. DIE protoko
,lu se8taven6ho smlSenou komi-
81 pro odevzdanl zbranl, ode
vzdalo ceskoslovenske vojsko:
ri, 600 pusek, 1,O8O,000 pa
trOn, ZIG kulometu, Al lehkych
del, : nakladnIch a 6 osobnlch
automobile, A aeroplany, $500
kCni.
Mezitim, co v Moskve doje-
dnaVala Sc smlOuva cesty ma
I Arcaangelsk, bylo dne IA kvet
ia hozeno ledouciho vlaku
: zajatcu, kteri po diva dny byli
: CeskosIovenskymi vlaky 1--WE
i ny kusem zeleza po jednom do
a Drovolci, jenz byl zasazen do
a hIavy q vazn6 Zranen. Zprava
6 tonto cinu ronesla Sc zahy
i 30 vsech oddilech Cechoslova-
a XII V Coljabinsku netrpelive Wy
Ckavaj ajfcich dopravu, zadanO
0 0 vydani vinnika. Zajatci, kite
o II Sc zatim uanesli no nevydat,
j. byli donuceni vystoupiti z vago
o nu. Behem dvouhodinoveho Wy
e, Slechu nebylo mono jich nj
10 kterak pfimeti k prozrazeni
% roZhorceni Sc stupnovalo, a ne
"a ktefi jiz nam drze odpovldali
o. byli pOtrest5ni. PAX konecne je
" den ma zaruku, re bude cd "a
le J2tcu oddelen, ably sc mu ne
n. Mohii mstiti "a prozrazeni viz
10 nika, oznaGil no a vinnik by
o. na mist6 ubit. Nyni prirozent
G. do cele zaleZitosti ma interven
ii. ci klubu internacionalistu zaC:
Ia nluviti ruska vysetrujici ko
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sim vystoupenim u Celabinska
svedci nasledujici document:
Vypoved' br. FIR. Erbena,
znamehO sokolskeho borce.)
10. kvetna vecer vyhle-
dial mne a br. Stareho -
take sokolsky borec - pa
dl u Samary - mas znamy
do valky - nyni velitel
jedne bolsevicke armady
a pozadal mas zajiti k ne
mu do vagonu. Zavrev
prohlasil, re ma pro mas We
lice dulezite zpravy, NIL
nam je vsak sdeliti, jen
pod slibem dodrzeni nej-
pfisnejs no tajemstvi. Re
:. XII: Resi- Sc otazka vasi e.
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
Werlich Says Omaha Needs
a New Detention Home

tThursday afternoon T. Fl. Weir,
ich, superintendent OF the Board
Public Welfare. and Miss Elizabeth
Lewis. worker in the employ of the
board, called. at. the Women's De-
teDtion Home on St. Mary's avenue
ou'a visit of inspection y
Rules have been made shat nc
Visitors are to be, admitted on &C
cndntf Of the influential However
when Mr.. Werlich told the officer al
the.gs4e. who he was, Matron-Burfei
was called and she secured him per'
mission. front City Health Officer
Manning totmake t':e visit. Mrs
Lewis was refused admittahce on
the grounds that she had 'alteady In.
spected the, home and another in!
spection was not necessary. Mrs
Lewis. has stakens an active part IN
the Investigation of a number Of
cases OF alleged rnistreatment OF in
mates Of the home.
Il found conditions at the de.
tention home as good as could be
expected under the conditions" said
Mr.. Werlich. THE building is not
wei suited to the purpose, but ]
understand quarters better adapted
for this use will be provided. | be-
lieve such home is an absolute ne.
cessity."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
Dr.. Irving S. Cutter
CAPTAIN Medical C0rpS

Washington, Oct. 1l.-(Special
Ielegram).-The following appoint
ments have been made in the army:
Irving S. Cutter, Omaha; Ross ii.
Gregory, Creston, Ia; Fred Allemar,
humphrey, Neb.; Roy R. Marden,
Des Moines; Jay G. Roberts, Oska-
loosa, "a; James L. Scripture.
GAINESVILLE, Ia, captains in medical
corps.
George Gibson, Lehigh, Ia; Rich.
ard L. Irwin. Crawford. Neb,
Brownlow B. Miller, Tabor. Ia;
Jefferson c, Newman, Wallace,
Neb.; Robert P. Thaxton, Pleasant
Hill, Ia, first lieutenants medical
corps.
George Phillip, Elk Point, S. D.,
second lieutenant sanitary corps.
Paul J. Vollmer, Corydon, Ia;
Frank H. Walter, Harlan, Ia, sec
ond lieutenants air service
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
OBITUARY

FRANK MYERS, jr.. 5-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Myers,
died at his home. 1851 South Fiji
teenth street. yesterday evening of
Spanish influenza.
MRS. A. BARRETT, 35 years of
age. died at her home. 2411 South
Eleventh street, Thursday Of pneu-
monia. She is survived by her hus-
band. A. Barrett. and two daughters.
Funeral arrangements have not been
made. 'r
LILLIAN BERLYMAN. Sixteenth
and Locust streets, died Thursday
Of Spanish influenza and pneumonia.
The body will be sent to Marion. Ia,
for burial. Miss Bergman is sur
vived by her mother. Mrs. Will Per-
man.
JAMES c. SWIFT, JR.. the IL
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
C. Swift. 2201 Spencer street. died
in Sioux City hospital early Friday
morning. Young Swift was attend
ing school in Sioux City and con-
tracted the influenza.
MARGARET 'ODLE, years Of
age, died at the home Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton NJ. ode. 260S
North Nineteenth street. Thursday
Of whooping cough and bronchial
pneumonia. Besides her parents
Funeral arrangements have not been
made
MRS. MARTHA ALICE HEIR. SO
years Of age, died at her home, 1914
Lake street, Thursday Of Spanish in
fuenza and pneumonia. The
funeral. which will be private, will
he held in Swanson's chapel Satur-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. with in
terment in Forest Lawn cemetery.
Mrs. Heir is survived by her hus-
band. Gustave August Heir.
MRS. FRANCES BROWN, 20
years Of age. died at the University
| Of Nebraska hospital Thursday fol-
! lowing an operation. Mrs. Brown
is survived by her husband. Roy
Brown. H14 Erskine street; her
mother. Mrs. Emma Britton, 2414
Erskine street; one brother, Willy
Britton. In France with the A. f. F.,
and one sister, Mrs. Beulah Miller,
2417 Erskine street. Funeral ar
rangements have not been made.
PRIVATE JOHN THIEL, Thirty
second training battalion. died at
Camp Zachery Taylor. Louisville.
| KY, Tuesday OF Spanish influenza
The funeral will be held Saturday
afternoon at o'clock in Jackson's
chapel, with interment in West
/ Lawn cemetery. Private Thiel is
survived by his widow, living at 1901
South Nineteenth street; his father,
Gus Thiel, who resides at the same
address. and three sisters, .
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
Army Orders.

Washington. Oct 11.-(special Tele-
gram).-Capt. Frank Bliss, chemical war
fare service, United States Army, is re-
lieyed from duty as chief gas officer.
Camp Dodge, and will proceed TO Wash
ington and report TO the director of chem
ical warfare service.
Capt. Bernhard Friedlander. medical
corps Is relieved from duty, Camp
Beauregard Alexandria. Ia. and will pro-
coed to Des Moines, Ia, for duty.
Second 1t. John II. Ton1linson. infan-
try, Is relieved from duty at Grand Island
college, Nebraska. and is directed to pro-
coed to Creighton University. Omaha. for
duty.
The appointment Of sergt. Don Mackey
Beeler, quartermaster corps. as second
Lieutenant Is announced. He will proceed
without delay to Des Moines, la.
Appointment of Sergt. Paul WaMer Pic
kering, quartermaster corps, as second
lieutenant quartermaster corps is an
nounced. He will report to Camp Dodge,
Des Moines la.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
Second Thousand Names
On the Master Draft List

Following are the second thousand
numbers on the master draft list,
which tells the order that men who
are placed in Class will be called
for service.
The first thousand numbers al
ready have been printed in The Bee
and the remainder of the numbers
will be published in daily INSTALL
ments Of 1000 each.
1901 to 1,s5o--7s4. s,ss7. 4,s2s. S,s21,
$50, SOS, l,577, 2.243. s,66s. 3,sSa. e,o72.
a,377, $40 s7s b,sz+, l,37o.3.1p1. 1859. $3.50.
5,o2s. 1870. 9,l52, $3.50 $50. 4,4So, T07,
i.+&s. 2,7sl, s,ssS, 4.ssS, 1888, 1852. 3.lss.
1853, 1855, 1905, 1914, 1856. 2.aas, 500,
4,1o7, 1856, 332s. 1851. 2,3as, .,6l4.
2,2s3. s,s2i, 3,+77, S,oss, 4.ss2, 2,ost, $500,
5,ls1. l,7s3 s7s, asia, 2,os5. 1906. 2,52s,
b,bs6. 1865. S142. S,S1s. 4,o5o, S,so7. 1851,
LIS. 1851, sos, 2,Ss7.
1,a51 to i,soe-a.s 500. 4,57o, $50, s54,
5,.ss. l.sas, 1874, ASS. 24s. 1851, 1911.
1895. 5ass, 2,7ls, s,1s7. ASA i,7s1. 5.s2I.
4,ss7, 1851. ?,Sss. e.15&, 5.1%s, 534, 3,3il
l..st1., s:oss, "a, 1893, $685., 1852. s,:s2'
2,as3. $500 ALL, s,5lI. 7so. asa, 1887,
S,sss. e,24s 1851, AIS. 1879, 2oS, $500,
t,tl7, l,osl. lla, S.7s7, 5.2s4. @1l4. a.s7s,
Ssf, s,ssa, 1855, 4,242, 1857. ss7, 3,247,
2,3o7. 42s1. 3,oss, 4.74o, 1852, 4,3l5. 1872,
rls, 3.is5, ssS. 5,s14. 1894. 2,3sS, 1.14o. 81.
s67. 3s4t, 71oi 3.322. sass. 3,lss. 1880,
1855, s,as?. :,6AS, 5,t7s. 1864. S.475, 2,s77,
~; i'sol to l,75e4-sss,, ns,. S..ss. ssl, sos
an 1907. .,1so. 1888, $3.50, 1904, 734,
l.t?4, l,st7, 5,4iS, so4. 1854, 1885. ?,lo4,
asa, 1890. Ass, 4.275, l.1so. $500. 1881,
s,45s, 4S63, ssb, 4,7ss. 2,2s1, 1892, Ass
5,ss7, sai, 4,57i, ,.7,27i. 4s1. 1,fs5. s,o5s,
5.s4s, r,?s2, 5000, ssss, ELL, $50, $3.50,
3,s4s. ,4sl3. ASST. ASS. 2.05o. 2.241. 5,os3.
5ss. 7o4, 1907. .,sss. 2,2s2, s,sos,l,sso,
1914, S,s22, 1851, .,s.4o6, 2,3o6. 5.541. 70,
$3.50, ss7, 1851, 1885. S.1ss. 5,los, 1888,
2,7iS, 900, 1,7bs, 66t, l7s, 1880.
1851 to 2.8oo-4344. s,2ti. ALI, ass.
see, 4,2s1. sno1 2.e77. 5.7s4,' 1881. 49,,
2,ess, 3,sls. 1917. s.l5s. s,1es. A44s. 4.S1l,
2.7ss. 5,a,a, 81, s,7s7, .,5s1. +.4ss. 3.2l2,
2,oss. s.7ss, 1864. 4,341, $50, $50, sass.
4,ots, sol. 4,73s, 2,1s1, sos. 1851,
3,7oO. 1891, 5,st2. $780,. $50, s,2ss,
$50. 1856, 3.s12. s.7ss. 1895, 1913
1858, a42.s $40. .b,74S, 8, e46, 1884. 4.764.
5.sss. s.sl4. e.tss. 6.5o5. 4.ss4. 2.s4s. 4.S4o,
l.7ls. 2.2s7. $780,. .A320, 4.s5s, 6,s2l, sci.
1,5ls, 3,471. 81, .8,5s2, 7s2. s,Ss7, 5,o7s,
b.724. 1888, $3.50, 4,s7o. ASIA, 1873, 4,3Ss.
30. LIS. 1856. 3,b4s, 2,e6s. 2.4ss, 1893,
1924, .4,el3, 4,24l, 3,s74; 5;976,. SSi.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
SISTER VICTIMS
OF SPANISH FLU
ARE BURIED HERE
Ruth Latenser and Mrs. Marie
Yeiser Died from Disease
Contracted While in
Philadelphia.

The funeral services of Miss Ruth
Latenser and her sister, Mrs. Marie
Latenser Yeiser, Spanish influenza
victims, were held at the family resi-
dence. 32l7 Poppleton avenue, yes
atrday at $50 o'clock. Father J.
+. Mccarthy of St. Peters church
officiated. Other members OF the
priesthood who were present and
assisted Father Mccarthy were Rev.
Julius Hettwer, rector of OTonnor
Hall; Rev. J. w. Stinson. Rev. P. A.
Flanagan and Rev. B. Slime.
The funeral was especially sad, as
both were accomplished young wo-
men in the bloom of their youth.
Marie Louise was married last spring
to John 0. Yeiser, jr., and went with
him to Philadelphia, where he is
enlisted in the service. Her sister
Ruth had recently gone there for a
visit and fell a victim OF Spanish in
fuenza and pneumonia. Her sister
Marie Louise also took down with
the dread disease and both sue
cumbed.
Marie Louise and Ruth Latenser
were the daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Latenser, we'll known archi-
tect. Besides the father and mother.
they are survived by John O. Yeiser,
husband Of Marie Louise; three
brothers, Frank and John, jr., who
are in the service, the former To-
Gated at Philadelphia, and the latter
at Wilmington, N. c., and George,
who is at home, and sister, Jose
phlne, who is student at the Art
institute in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Latenser are old
residents of Omaha. Interment was
in HOLY Sepulcher cemeterv
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
FLU" VICTIM IS
UNABLE TO Get
MEDICAL AID
Reported to Be Suffering from
Diphtheria After Being Re-
fused Treatment by
Police Surgeon.

Edward Taylor, u years old, an
employe of the Swift Packing COM
pany. who appeared at the South
Side police station Tuesday night,
weak and sick and who was turn
ed loose after his disease was pro-
nounced Spanish FLU" by DR..
Young, city physician, was picked
up by Officer Francl, at Twenty
sixth and Q streets, Friday. SO weak
and sick that he was considered in
a dangerous condition. He spent
the night sleeping in the street.
Taylor, whose home is at Stan
ton, Neb., has been at work at the
packing house for some time. He
boards with Mrs. Mary Cusack, 25l2
Q street.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
South Side Brevities

Lew Etter, superintendent Of the South
Side postal station. Mrs. Etter and their
son, Harold, all have been sick with
Spanish influenza at the same time. Mr..
Etter was able to look after some work
at the postoffice Friday afternoon. His
wife and son are better.
Mr. and Mrs. r. H. Lush, 1928 South
Twenty-sixth street, and their three chill
dren have been sick with Spanish influ-
enza. Mr.. Lush Is the only member Of the
family who was up Friday and he said
the patients were doing nicely.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
New Appointments.

Washington, Oct. 11.-(special Tele.
m).-south Dakota postmasters ap.
pointed: Academy, Charles Mix county,
Stella P. Cross vice Nellie Vincent
resigned; Firesteel, D-wey county, Nick
Bornong vice William f. Coats, resigned
Slim Buttes, Harding county Abijah A.
Andrews vice Melia F. Tollefson resigned
The following clerks have been APP.
pointed in the War department: Iowa
FlossIe B. Crosley, O'Brien county; Lena
P. Polkinghorn. Cherokee: Ethel R. Reid
Lowden Marguerite Sullivan. Clermont
Edna J. Stauffer and Nellie Walker Ruth
Hampton, Amy NJ. Council, Holdrege. Neb.
Gertrude NJ. Ewing. Wood River, Neb
Reda NJ. Schultz, Lead. s. D.; Zerda NJ
Will. Washington Springs, s. d.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
Miss Pratt Made Secretary
of demonstration BODY

Miss Fanny Pratt has been ap-
pointed secretary OF the nonwar
construction committee of,tlle Doug
las County Council Of Defense. This
committee is composed of Judge w.
D. McHugh. chairman OF the council
Of defense: L. F. Crofoot and JOSEPH,
Barker. The committee has held
many meetings and done great
deal Of work since it undertook the
task Of passing upon applications
for building permits.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
Funeral Of Nurse Who Died
Of Flu to Be on Thursday

Funeral services for Miss Irene
Almond, nurse, who died Thurs
day evening OF Spanish flu" conf
plicated by appendicitis, will be held
Saturday morning at Swanson's
undertaking parlors. Miss Almond
succumbed to the disease after nurs-
ing Paul Grossman, who died Tues
day.
Services will be private and the
body will be cremated at Forest
Lawn cemetery.
Miss Almond lived at 1902 Har-
ney street. She was 81 wears old.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
Funeral Of John Barker
Will Be Held Saturda,

Funeral services for the late John
Barker will be held from the resi-
dence, 1928 Dodge street, Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment
will be private at Forest Lawn GEM
etery. Frank Burnley, Robert Gil
more, NJ. A. Hall, Z. G. McGilton,
E. H. Merriam and Geo. H. Thunl-
mel will act as honorary pail bear
ers, and Milton Darling, Harley
Moochran, Frank Simpson, Myles
Standlsh. w. H. Wheeler and Vic
tor White will be the active pail
bearers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12

feet understanding will avoid the
awful war that may be launched by
lack of wisdom in dealing with these
people"
Rev. c. c. 'Cissel presided and
Rev. George w. Isham, executive
secretary Of the Centenary move
ment here, also spoke. ..r