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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1926)
SUICIDE EPIDEMIC SWEEPING GERMANY Economic Depression Given as the Cause. It* rlin. a grim and mysterious cpi <ii **iii of suicides is sweeping tienuuny .i.i.iij of l tie leading dailies now carry a regular section tucked away in an • il* cure corner of the paper anil bear » ibe caption "Die Salbatmord-Kpi i.> ..ue”—the epidemic of self-destruc tion. In this the daily list of suicides is g*ven. many of them receiving only a line. The more seusttional cases gel a short notice of ten to twenty lines. One tins the impression that many cases are not reported at all, or. at least, sot published Epidemics grow through Imitation, and this the authorities wish to avoid. The causes of the abnormal rate of suicides In present day Germany are, no doubt, the widespread economic de pression. the increased tempo of mod era life, the depletion of nerve force i h rough the war and the tremendous financial and personal losses the war brought about, the shaken condition of tho social structure, and a gensrai fear of life which has overtaken thoa sands. All these factors are augment e«t in the ease of the German, by till tendency to brood, to ponder the rid ■ lie* of existence, to regard life and its trials and problems from the angle of some particular philosophy of Welt ansehauong. Where Pessimism Lingers When the man's philosophy goes te pieres open the roeka of experience, i lie mss himself often goes ts pin es likewise, and the unfortunate human '-restore la drives to the last positive act of which he is capable—the act •>f self-annihilation It ia also often ia the aatare of a "grand gesture''— at one blow he destroys the whole vis ible sad palpable world-for himself. ‘ Suicide has at times even a roman tic tinge Is Germany sentimental rent Santa from the days of Goethe's "Sor row* of Werthsr," of philosophical l■ *»oalmlata from the works of Soboie-a osaer or Von Hartmann In no other onntry are yeang lover* so prone to end their liras If parental permission lo marry Is not forthcoming In no othar reentry is the proportion of child suicides so great. These cane* of ,|s ■ anils self-destruction mania usually arise from fear of punishment at home or at school, fear of disgrace, or inor hid conceptions of honor connected with failure ts pass examination* at school. But It Is aot only the poor, the dfs fraught, the lovelorn or the Inexpe rlenced who lay violent hands upon themselves In the German republic The list of prominent, well-to-do. up pnrently happy people who have re rently ended their lives In Germany 1* appalling. To mention but u few cases there la Haul f'assirer, the art denier, husband of the famous German actress Tllla Iwrleux, who shot himself in the lawyer's office, whither he had gone with hla wife and daughter to arrange a divorce settlement ; “Blunien Kotlie." a famous florist of Berlin, whose body was found, long after he had vanished, under pines In the forest of < irmie wald. Plunged Into Ice Cavsrn. There Is also the mystery of the death of Jurlevskala. a beautiful and celebrated star of the National opera at Berlin. In private life Frau Bremer who went to Zermatt, in Switzerland, some months ago and threw herself into the Ice-bound ravine under the lofty ‘TieTll’s liridge." apparently with out the slightest cause, her body com Ing to light a few weeks ago after the melting of the Ice. There Is the case of Carl Hau, once a well-known law ver. who had been accused of murder ng hi* mother-in-law and sentenced to life Imprisonment twenty years ago He was recently pardoned and began writing and publishing hi* prlsoi memoirs In a big Berlin dally. The state attorney of Wurttemberg re opened proceedings against li'rn. Itau fled the country to Italy and threw himself into the sea from a train. Strange tragedies are of dally oc currence. Pay after day the news paper reader Is confronted with such little notices as this: “Suicide of an Aged Married Couple." And then the sordid. Inevitable details—the cause for the grim act, often described by <>ne word ‘'nahrungssorgen.'' food wor rie*. Cards Amundsen Mailed 13 Years Ago, Delivered Chicago.—At. Capt. lioald Amund sen swept over the northern roof of l he earth recently a sack of mall, from Finland reached Chicago, bear ing postcurda mailed on his polar ship, the Krain. thirteen years ago. Stanley G. Swanberg. Wilmette, re reived one of the cards. It was sent to him by a friend, who has been dead eight years, and started on it* Journey li Colon harbor in the Canal /.one. Tie cember 4. 1818. Swanberg explained that the card was one of a number Amundsen gave visitors to hi* ship. It bore the printed note: “Will be car ried across the polar sea and after ward conveyed by post to the ad dressee." The cards bore two postal stamps marked in polar latitude, but nothing fnrther to indicate their history. Movies Help Paris.—Movies are keeping French women away from the saloon*. The pictures and improved housing, thinks ' r»««or I,abh* of the Academy of Medicine, are doing more than any i ii .- . Ke to decrease alcoholism In the country. MUCH BLINDNESS IS PREVENTABLI no^r Workshop Conditio, ot importance. Si. Loiii'. "Hull of all blindness i . i, >. . ».J» (lectured I »r. Park Lews • in opiitiialiiioioaist of Hutluio. \. » . and vice ptcsuhnt of the Nh • ioiiut (oiiiitiii.ee 101 ilie Prevention ot j.liiiiim •**. in an address before Uie • laitibcr of commerce here “This is o. I met or Lewis >aid. despite the import silt reductions in both the fre ijuency and severity of Home of the principal causes of bllndne#* requiting trout the organized and nationwide campaign for the prevention of blind ness which is now in its eleventh yeur. t lie total amount of blindness and half sight, however, is growing propor lionately less." Speaking on the economic necessity for conser>ution of vision. iKictor I^ew is pointed out that the cost of edu csiiog a blind child is at leant ten times that of educating a normal sight ed child. As further evidence of the heavy cost to industry resulting from accidents and disease* affecting the eves, he declared that in New \ork state alone close to IL^WU.UUO is paid as compensation for eye injuries In a year and (hat almost an eijual amount is paid by the employer- of Penn ay 1 ranis each year. In considering the economic (thane of the subject." IhKtor Lewis said, we are ia<H thinking of the frightful loss to the man in the moral suffering which incurs, in the dependency which necessarily follows from the loss of hi* own >»f*|f efficiency. neither I are we considering that loitg line of related losse* which enter Into the (jurat ion •There is not a lose suffered by any indlvldusl member of » community,’ 1 I>o<ior Lewis added, "that Is not In Home degree shared by every other member. I think, then, that it would be ! agreed that in industry today, it is a ! matter only of forethought and bus! 1 ' ness acumen to so plan eadt factory and workshop that the greatest re turns are produced with h minimum of lost, that the moat serious loss that can be sustained is the Irreparable in Jury of the most valuable implement in the shop, the workman, that the av erage workman is apt to be careless of his own interests and be needs to be guldeiLin preserving them, that the loss when sustained is a triple one— first and most serious to the man him self who is thereby handicapped for the remainder of his life, and who. If fie works, must thereafter work at re duced pay: second, to the employer who lias to pay the price either through Insurance or otherwise or he \ may lose the services of a valued and ! skilled workman, and third, to tha common* ealth THOMAS HALL An especially |>osed portrait of Rep resentHtlve Timms* Hall. Republican, of North Dakota. He is a member of the house committee on agriculture. Sound Wave* in Water Used to Fight Disease Baltimore. Md. -Dr. R. W. Wood, professor of experimental physics at Johns Hopkins university, makes pub lic the results so far attained In the experiments conducted on the estate of Alfred I,. Loomis, a New York bunker, at Tuxedo. N. Y.. with treat ment of diseases by high-frequency sound waves sent through water. Mr. Loomis assisted in the experiments. The 'possibility of applying the dis covery to medicine Is described as be ing found in tlie fact that circulation Is greatly stimulated in any part of the body which la thrust into water in which the sound wave* have been Introduced. Doctor Wood said that while tlie ex periments had not gone far enough for him to claim that cures might be accomplished. It had been found that circulation could he tremendously stimulated and that a method for stimulating circulation without In jury was valuable to medicine. Indian Relics Sold to Museum at New York Los Angeles.—Purchase by the Mo seum of American Indians. New \L;«rk city, of the A. R. .Sanger roilectli e of relics of Indian Hvilisatiou In south ern ('California was announced by Prof. M. R. Harrington of New York The collection, described by Prefaaaor Har rington as the most complete In ex Istence. consist* of 1,300 stone imple ments, shell ornaments, beads, ekple ton* and othar archeological sped mens unearthed on Chtallna and other channel lataads and assembled here TINY GERM SPREADS DISEASE AMONG FISH Diminutive Parasite Attadci the Gu! it Washington. There are Hah epi detuica a* well as Itn u.m epulet % * Ueally serious ones dt, to a buy ru site rejoicing tit (he n... ie ii)itli>«*[>h thirius inu.t.lilius have occurred I’lotn time u» time In l it n» **. (ieiinanv. Iloi li.ud amt in various parts ot the Ihihed Stale*. 'I his parasite attacks fresh water fish, both in their natural en \iroimient and In aquaria with a re suiting loss running Into hundred* of dollar*. In a recent paper II K. iTyihereh of the I'nlted States hureau of fisher ie* desrrlhes various method« of con trolling this disease in hatcheries, tls! farm* aud all places where fish af» kept in artificial confi etn^iil T« make dear bow (he problem can be attacked, he says, it i* first nece**arv to understand *ometliiug of the Ilf* hintot v of (tie parasite “Polka Dota” Ara Symptom*. 1 t*e young ichlh>cplithirlu*. accord ing m Mr I'ryibercb. goes through a free swimming *(age during which It we tide * around throng.i lhe- water in search of a hod. on torn lug in con lad with a fish It burrows Into some uriacaled part, especially preferring the gills or fin* Once embedded In (fie Hah'* skin ii g^m* rapidly from tiie nourishment it absorb* from the tissue* and soon allows on the outaide i« a small white h|h»I. Kadi* infected H*k are covered with these “polks dots' all over their bodies In a few day* thia while body leave* i he fish and sink* to the bottom, where t whoray undergoea a transform* lion into a haul shelled reproductive ryat. W hen rep; oduefion la complete tie* st wall burst* ami release- hundreds of young parasite* of the free-*wiiu tiling *tage Mr l*r; thercli states “There are wo general methods for treating the li-ea-e tir*i. hy killing the parasite* v Idle they arc attached to the fish od second, hy destroying them after tie\ leave the flab and are free-awim uitig In file wafer. The first general method can he u«ed to hold the <11 He him* ii check, hilt will not completely wipe It out.” Alum Sulphate Helps. 'I lie logical time to begin treatment he continue*, is when the first symp toms of the disease appear and file whole fight ht controlling the disease should be directed against reinfection Idrect application of alum sulphate ha* been found most eftiegriou* in rid ding the fish of the parasites The healing actum of the alum leaves the “patient” In a leas weakened coudi tlon than any of the various other chemical* fried so far for this pur |M>*e. The aecond method which attack* the adult parasite after it has left the flati is more successful ami should he utilized says Mr. I'ry thercli. wher ever possible It consists simply in placing the fish in swiftly running water where the parasites will he carried away before reproduction can fake place. The overflow should he nrried off both at the fop aud the bottom to take care of any that do not fall directly to the bottom. In fected fish, in warm weather. It is staled may he cured in this way in a week or ten days and further epi demics prevented by quarantining new stock In running wafer. In some instance* swiftly-flowing streams may l»e fenced off and used for this pur pose by leaving the fish In the Inclos ure until cured Tadpole* and goldfish kept In tanks with Ashe* subject to this disease have been found extreme*,) helpful In keeping It down, since fiiey prey on ilie parasites for food. — Finds Movies Offer Field for Organist New York. Modern orgnitipta have found their greate-t op|w»r»nnlt.v for de\elp<»menf in a place where a few year* ago it wax least expected to ex iat—the American motion picture the ater -pay* Dr Melchlorre Mauro Cot tone. concert organic and compopet Many of tin lineal organ* 1n the world are In the cinema palace* and ttie men who play them, in Doctor Cottone'* opinion, reach larger audi ence* than they have e\er had before. “There wa* a time." he Maid, “when it wa* thought the organ wa* not very adaptable to the motion picture thea ter. Hut we now know how falae tin* opinion wa*. The organ i* rnoat elas tic. even more mo titan the orchestra, and in playing for the pcreen we can 'Witch blatantly from one theme to another. Nothing more develop* the i in pro viaation of an organlat. Here we alao play all type* of tntiafc. In the church, our range is narrow and there I* little need of impiovi*atbin.* % o,;”.: -.:- : #o-.: -::••• :: , Heat in One Peanut Can Type 1,000 Words Princeton. N. .1. IDir tli.’ii -hiii] words may lie will I on on * , typewriter witli llie expenditure / .if beat ioninlii.il in u mIiijjIc 4 peanut. I'rof. Andrew Hunter of 5 the University of I aifornia said. 4 Tlie Hinount of heat given off by K personx in various occupation* 3 during s day he estimates as: 1 No work. 1.430 ealorlsa; tailor, V 8,TOO ealorios ; carpenter, 3,000; I an A lumberman. MOO. SOME H'NTS FOR THE OCEAN “TENDERFOOT” _ First PaT^re Is Fi'll of New A*!vent'i-es. Washington Increased fHcllllIes for crossing the Atlantic at reason able cost, prosperity at home, and cheap money abroad are combining to send a larger army of American tourists to Klirope this summer than any, probably, that has ever Invaded the Old World in a like period. Many of these travelers, familiar enough with their pullmans and river steam era, will find conditions on an ocean liner disconcertingly strange A bul letin from the Washington headquar j ters of the National (leographlo ao clety Introduces the “ocean tender foot" to this new environment In which he will he confined from five to ! ten days, “netting off Is an exciting matter." j sava the bulletin “and the tempta Mon Is to spend the last hour or so near the gaurplj'iiks. chatting with your own friends and watching the milling throng of travelers and well wishers In holiday spirit If you are wNe however, you will invaat say ; JO minutes of this lime for your own future comfort Tske a turn around the promenade deck and select the j neighborhood In which you would I like to have your deck chair. Ten will not find distlnguiahlag auaabere on the chairs, lull where you would | least expect them—on the celling i above ••lotting a Btaamar Chair. "You probably will want vour chair on th» starboard tor right) aide going to Kurope and on the port (or left) vide returning, for those are Ihe eun ny aide# Having decided on the lo cation you desire and noticed the neighboring number*, look up Ihe deck steward and try to persuade him to allot you a chair somewhere In the neighborhood There will he a fee. of course for the chair and a steamer rug If you are traveling with friends you will wlah to make this a Joint ar rangement «»• as not to he separated. "Watch the bulletin hoard* These are the town crier* and newspapers on shipboard. There are little daily paper*, too. on the larger litters, I’su ally there will he a bulletin hoard In the main companlonway at the prome nade deck level, another outaide the ! dining saloon and a third perhaps. In ; the smoking room "Your seat In the dining saloon I* I usually arranged for. unless other wise announced, at the first ineal after sailing "Cheerful bugle blast* order your i i life on many of the big liner*, hut yon 1 must learn wlial they mean or they i will lead yon hopelessly astrav. The j blast In the reasonably early morning, say at eight o'clock, ship's Mine, . means either of two things: If you are an early riser and are taking a pre hreakfast walk on deck. It is a signal that your food Is ready If you are a late sleeper (and an ocean voyage Is i the chance of a lifetime for laziness) | It means that you can take forty | winks and still he In time for a late j | breakfast. "If you hear a tutgle blast Hi about 10:30 pay no attention to It. It Is not for yon and your fellow passen gers. hut for the ship's crew. It slg nifles that Ihe captHln is making an unexpected Inspection of some part of his domain Hot Broth Unharaldad. ''Having made the acquaintance of the breakfast hugle. Ihe 'ocean tender foot’ might well think the 10:30 hugle call connected In some way with the hot broth that appears about this time for those In deck chair*. But this come* quite unheralded a mere de tall In carrying out the ship manage ment's evident Intention to keep the passengers continually busy with food The food schedule on a big liner run* soriiet hi rig like this: Breakfast. 3 to 10: hot broth, 10:30 or It; luncheon. 1 to 2:30; after-luncheon coffee. 2 to 3: afternoon tea and cakes. 4 tn 5; dinner. 7:30 to 0: after dinner coffee. 3:30 to 0:30: sandwiches In the smok ing room. 10 to i|. ‘‘The second hugle for passenger* blows at one o'clock and means that luncheon Is then ready At 7 p. m. the hugle sounds again. But do not rush to the dining saloon. It ia sim ply a signal that It Is time to dress for dinner! At 7:30 the bugler quite outdoes himself In the cheerlness of his chII to the chief prandial occasion of the day. "The only other major signal of the day on shipboard Is the blowing of the whistle exactly at noon, ship’s time. On the larger liners, at least, the whistle I* heard at no other time un less there Is a dense fog. The wrhlstle )s blown for a double purpose at noon: to signal Ihe lime and to test the whistle Itself. "You must watch your time care fully on shipboard. On the trip to Kurope you will lose five hours, VVhat the loss is each twenty-four hour* de pend* on the s|>eed. On the fastest liners it amounts to hd hour a day. "Don't fancy you can stand at the rail and see the traffic of the Seven Seas go by on your way to Kurope The day of crowded steamer lanes Is no more. Now l wo tracks are ‘staked out’ in the ocean for ships: one east hound and one westbound. On one of Its most recent voyages to Kurope the huge Majestic was seemingly almost hh Isolated as Columbus' little fleet It sighted a tramp steamer the second lay out from New York. There was qo additional visual evidence fhai ther ships sail the Atlantic until the • ig vessel approached the Kngllsh '• 'imel only s few miles from hei estlrmllon." Business Directory ART_ HIGH CLASS PICTURES for sale. Picture framing a specialty. High grade toilet articles; newspapers and magazines. STUART ART SHOP, 1803 North 24th Street. BAGGAGE AND HAULING J A. GARDNER’S TRANSFER Bag gage, express, moving, light and heavy hauling. Reliable and com petent. Six years in Omaha. 2622 Maple Street. Phone WEbster 4120. |C. H HALL, stand, 1403 No. 24th. Baggage and express hauilng to all parts of the city. Phones, stand, WE. 7100; Res., WE. 1066. BEAUTY PARIX>RS MRS. J. H. RUSSELL, 2914 Erakine street. Poro hair dresser. For ap pointments phone WE. 2311. MADAM ANNA E JONES TUBBS Scalp and hair treatments. For good and quick results call WEbster 6450. 1712 North 25th Street.—Poro. MADAM 7 C. SNOWDEN. Scientific scalp treatment. Hair dressing and manufacturing 1154 No. 20th St. WEbster <194 MADAM WILLIE DIXON, 2426 Blondo street. WEbster 6163. Poro hairdressing, facial massage. Turk ish baths. Home comforts. COAL DEALERS C. SOLOMON COAL AND ICE CO At your service winter and summer. All kinds of good coal at prices to suit. Phones WEbster 3901 and 4238. DRESSMAKING and SEWING DRUG STORES ROSS DRUG STORE, 2306 North 24th Street. Two phones, WUniter 1776 and 2771. Well equipped to supply your needs. Prompt serrice. THE PEOPIJCS’ DRUG STORE, 24th and Erskine Streets. We carry a full line. Prescriptions promptly filled. WEbster 6323 HOTEI^S PATTON HOTEL, 1014, 1016, 1616 South 11th St. Known from coast to coast. Terms reaaoaable. N. P. Patton, proprietor. THE HOTEL CUMMINGS, 1916 Cum ing St. Under new management. Terms reasonable. D. G. Russell, proprietor. NEW LAMAR HOTEL, 1803 North 24th street Tel. WEbster 5090. Semi-modern, comfortable rooms, reasonable. Cafe in connection. Mrs. E. V. Dixon, proprietress. LAWYERS W. B. BRYANT, Attorney and Coun selor-at-Law. Practices in all courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and Famim Sts. AT. 9344 j or WE 2502. W. G. MORGAN—Phones ATlantic 9344 and JAckson 0210. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney and Coun selor-at-Ijiw. Twenty years’ ex perience. Practices in all courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and Famams Sts. AT. 9344 or WE. 3180. A. P. SCRUGGS, Lawyer. Large ex perience. Handles all law eaaes. 2310 North Twenty-second street. WEbster 4162. 1 NOTIONS -li—Miyaiffl- -n—ri-r-a.TrriiT-r.-.r.-..-..- r n PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS ! A. P. PEOPLES. Painting and decor ating, wall paper and glaaa. Plaster ing, cement and general work. Sher win-Williams paints. 2419 Lake St. Phone WEbster 6366. PRINTERS FORD PRINTING COMPANY, Jew all buildlag, 24th and Grant Sts. Far good printing see us. Wa. 1766. RESTAURANTS PEATS RESTAURANT, 1405 North 24th Street. Where those who de sire good home cooking at reason able prices go. WEbster 0530. SHOE REPAIRING BENJAMIN & THOMAS always give satisfaction. Best material, reason able prices. All work guaranteed. 1415 North 24th St. WEbster 5084. UNDERTAKERS JONES A COMPANY, Undertakers. 24th and Grant Sta. WEbster 1100 Satisfactory service always. H. A. CHIIJCS A OO., funeral direc tors and licensed tmbalvners. Cour teous, efficient service in the Iaet »a<l hour. 1830 North Twenty-fourth street. Phonee, office WEbster 7138; residence WEbster 6349 Classified FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT IN modem home. Call after 4pm Web. 4535. 2-T. FOR RENT—Modem furnished rooms 2204 N. 19th 8t. WE. 3308. . .. . ii . ——— ■■ . i ——— / FOR KENT—Two unfurnished rooms. 2310 N. 22nd St. FOR RENT—Light house keeping rooms, partly furnished. Modem ex cept heat, 2635 Parker street. Phone after 6 p. m. WEbster 1259. FOR RENT — Three-room apart ment, nearly furnished. 2514 North Thirty-first street. WEbster 0562. For rent. Four room modern span menu, 1547-1551 North Seven Icent b street 315.00 per month. At. 6863. tf. For rent. Neatly famished room. Heat sad kitrhea privilege. Web. 2089 FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms In modern home. WEbster <314. FOR RENT—Modern furnished roema. Steam heat. Close in. On two car lines. Mrs. Anns Banks. 914 North Twentieth street. Jarkaoa 4379 FOR RENT—Light housekeeping rooms. 1 block from ear. All mod em conveniences. 1714 North Twen ty-fifth street. WEbster 5450.—tf. FOR RENT—Apartment, furnished at un furnished, for couple. Web. 6975. 2216 North Twenty-eighth Ave. FURNISHED APARTMENTS FOR RENT—2 and 1 ROOMS WEbster 1166 ilM NORTH 28th STREET K)K RENT Nice front room. Modern home. For two gentlemen. WE. 6789. tf FOR RENT—Light hou.se keeping rooms. Modem home. 2614 Caldwell WE. 2180. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. One block ^ from car line. Web. 4064. 1405 No 25th street FOR SALE—All modern five-room house. Good location. WEbster 2478 or WEbster 8030 FOR RENT — Neatly furnished rooms. Heat and kitchen privileges. Prices reasonable. 2433 Franklin. WEbster 2089. FOR RENT. Two unfurnished rooms. Reasonable. Web. 5188. FOR BERT—Four furnished rooms for light housekeeping. $20 per month. 2814 Hamilton street. Web. (6(1 tf. 2 20-24 PLUMBERS NEBRASKA PLUMBING CO. J. F. Allison, manager. Estimates fur nished. 3025 Evans St. Phone KE. 6848. Ne Advertisement Accepted fer This Classified Directory for Leas -?Zl I PATRONIZE TIE STATE FSRIITUE CO. Oanr 14* mi M* Sttnh Trt. JACKSON 1817 j H~y MiMSWCK snoot