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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1924)
National Medical ^ Fraternity Will > Meet Here Sunday Omaha Chapter* of Pi Beta Phi Are Host* at Threo-Day CoU y option, f -- Rudolph Teschen of the University of IWlMoneln. champion amateur Hou Blnl, with * record of 6ft seconds to yin his release from a strait jacket, will be one of the delegates to the national convention of Phi Bet* PI medical fraternity, which will convene at the Fontenelle hotel Sunday for a three-day seaelon. For ty chapters of the fraternity will be represented. Delegates from eastern medical schools will arrive In Omaha In a special coach at 9 a. m. Sunday and delegates from southern colleges will come in a special car at 11:50 a. m. The first event of the convention program will be an Initiation cere mony to be staged by Alpha Alpha . chapter of Creighton university; *A1 R pha PsI chapter of Nebraska uni versity and Alpha Chi chapter of the University of Colorado. Dr. F. A. Fansler of Minneapolis, supreme archon, and Dr. Lawson <3. Lowrey of Cleveland, O., supreme secretary, will have charge of the convention sessions. Entertainment at the local fraterni ty houses In the afternoon with a theater party a night will be offered the convention visitors Sunday. V “Rudy’* Tescher, the etraltjacket king, and an orchestra of fraternity members conducted by Robert Lee of the University of Nebraska, will help entertain the convention dele gates Monday. Dr. Irving S. Cutter, dean of the state medical college, and the college faculty will be hosts of the fraternity men at dinner Tues day noon. They will be entertained Tuesday night at a smoker and en tertainment at the Chamber of Com merce. Denny Ryan and hie string of amateur boxers will also take part. Dances will be held at the two local fraternity houses Wednesday night. ! . Scouts to Hold $ Meeting Monday ^ ___ i8 Boys Will Get Badges at Monthly Court of (Honor. The meeting of the Boy Sceuts which was to have been held In the Burgess-Nash tea room Monday will be held Instead at the Brandeie grill, at S p. m. Monday. President J. E. Davidson will preside at the meeting, and short reports will be given of the activities of the council. Mr. David son will bs presented with a veteran - "—badge for alx years of service in scouting. This meeting will be attended by scout leaders, assistants, member* of the court of honor, troop committee men, the executive committee, and members of the Omaha council. The December session of the court of honor will be held at 7:46 p. m. and first class badges will be award to Orval Edmonds, Kennard Baxter, Leo Vaughan, Eugene Carrlgan, Robert Powell, John Hodlk, Fred Segur, Ro man Alex, Joe Janousek, Frank Jack arm, William Franklin, Gerald Dugan, . and BUI McEachron. Life and Star badges will be awarded to Philip Mandel, John Barnes and Lawrence Westover. t Eagle badges will be awarded to Rob ert Epsten and Vernon Mason. The Clyde W. Drew, Jr., efficiency cup wUl be presented to Troop 73, for having scored the highest number of point! for the three month* ending Decem ber 16. Parent* of the scouts will be permitted to attend the meeting of the court of honor. ECZEMA CAN BE CURED Free Proof to You An I want la you . bam and addraao ao L B oaa and ra a Re Xrae Trial Traat s-iJKasw thet a all—Jnat try ST That’a any only _ Jut think of lt» ,7 o. mssaa Svr Sncfflat woman and OhU dran elaJm they were cured by thia treatment alnce Z 11 rat made thia offer to the pnbllo. Zt you hare ■ciemd-Tetter, Balt Bhetun. Ztch or anyktadra4Shin w^t oaa# Z ayer aav. Olya me a chance / to prore my claim. Tba wondera i accompli eh ad la you owa oaoa a triu bo proof. ■an Thia Coupon Today 7. 0. HyTZBLL. DETJOOIBTF Ot»t 434 W. Mein St., PL Wayna, let. Pltata Mi tdttout amt ar etlljitlao U ta na yeur Free Preaf Treatamrt. VMM...—— - ■t. b Vo..——— City Aeo *****... KI-MOIDSI -FOR l . INDIGESTION ****** * 11 Instant Relief! ^ MADE BY SCOTT A BOWNE I MAKERS OF JRCJTTTS^KItjU^ Horses Losing Hard-Fought Battle With Pavements, Trucks and Ol’ BUI turn* hla head, takes a " careful survey of his surroundings | and backs 'er in. No Jerking on the lines; no profane directions. The stable foreman, John Buck, knows every on* of the 41 or BO horses by the first name, and pals with all of them. For Short Haul*. "About S5 per cent of our local delivery le handled by truck." aald I . Foreman Buck. "But the horse keeps hla place for the short haul deliver ies around the heart of the city. We supply Iowa and South Dakota with horses from here, and we draw on Chicago for our supply. We do not take young horses, for they would j soo'n be put out of commission on ; these payments. We get horses from A ‘o 7 years old and put them on j the wagons. It Is surprising how quickly they learn their business, and learn Just what stall to turn in at when the day Is over." The truck propelled by gasoline is making the future look pretty blue for old Dobbin and Billl. No use talk ing, the going for Ol’ Bill becomes in creasingly hard. About all he has to depend upon now is sentiment, and even that is weakening before the temptation to "step on the gas” and speed up. But Ol’ Bill has dug In here and there and manages to fight his gaso line foe to a temporary standstill. One of the places where he still finds work, and a home, and human com panionship is in the American Rail way Express company horse barns, Fourteenth and Davenport streets. But John Buck, stable foreman, real izes that Ol’ Bill is up against the fates, and up against them good and hard. Almost Human. There are between 48 and 80 horses still in the express service in Omaha, and Buck knows them all by name, and they know him. He manicures their hoofs, split up and crystallized by the hard pavements, dopes them when they are off their feed, and looks after them with loving care. Those horses have almost human intelligence. Ol' Bill knows his stall, and you couldn't fool him if you tried. When he is unhitched he turns and walks down the gangway, stops at the trough to get a drink, and then ambles off to his stall. Then he turns his head and winks at his driver, as much as to say: “Come on. pal, and do your stuff. This har ness should be off.” When he is har nessed up in the morning he starts out, pauses to get a drink, ambles up to the gangway and backs right Into the shafts of his own wagon. No matter where his wagon is put he picks it out. Plenty to Eat. Ol' Bill gets plenty to eat; 15 pounds of grain a day and plenty of sweet prairie hay. His ration of alfalfa is fixed up like dessert—molasses an’ ever'thlng. Pavements are hard on ol' “Bill's feet, so every now and than he is given a short vacation and allowad to spend it standing in a specially prepared stall, the floor of which is fixed up and medicated eo his hoofs will soften up and quit cracking. If he shows signs of illness he Is put in the hospital stall and his tongue looked at and his pulse felt. Then he gets the right kind of medicine. ■ Pavement Hurts. Ol' Bill's hours sre not overly long and his work Is not hsrd. It isn't pulling tbs load that hurts him; it is the pounding of his feet on the hard pavement. Fat men will under stand. Ol' Bill averages about 1,500 pounds in weight, and that makes his feet hit hard. Perhaps you have noticed that Ol' Bill’s driver never carries a whip. No, air, hs and his driver are pais. Tou can tell that by their conversation. The driver speaks in a kindly tone of voice and Ol’ Bill looks around and winks, then moves off In Just the right direction. "Back 'er in, Bill.” eays the driver, AU the black* ar# kept In one sec tion, ths grays In another, and so on. Bach driver haa his own particular horaa or team, and each horse or team a particular wagon. Believe It or not, but they soon learn to know tha particular wagona. Hameased and started up the runway, th* horse will back up to his own wsgon and wait to be hitched. Step up to on* of thoe* express horses on th* street and touch him around th* nose. He will at once be gin to nibble around, looking for the sugar. It la surprising how much sugsr those big equlnes get from their driver*. Where do th* drivers get It? Ask them. They may snitch a little from the restaurants now and then. What'a the dlff? O’ Bill likes sugar Just aa much an you do. Days Art Numbered. But It seemi that O' Bill's days are numbered. Much as John Buck and th# drivers wil hate to see It, Ol' Btll will elmply has-* to bow to th# inevitable. Just as the ox did. He 1* faithful enough, but ha la too elow for thla ruehlng aga. So, while Ol' Bill la delaying the Inevitable ne long as possible, give him a thought now and then. He ha* been a mighty faithful friend. A lump of sugar and a kindly caress wouldn’t be amlsa, either. Ol' EM will respond gratefully, and that# something you could not truthfully eay of a gasoline wagon. Omaha Y. M. C. A. New General Secretary •Peirce \ E. W. Peirce of Fort Wayne, Ind., who ha* been appointed general sec retary of the T. M. C. A. of Omaha, to succeed R. S. Flower, who resigns January 1. Mr. Peirce, with hi* wife snd daughters, Is expected to arrive In Omaha early In February. QUERYOFBRlfAIN POTATO EMBARGO Washington, Dec. 27.—An Inquiry Into the British embargo against American potatoes Is under way In Washington although official notifi cation of the British action has not yet been received. After receipt of protest* from Main# potato producers, Senator Hale, re publican of that state, aaked for the co-operation of the State department In securing a modification of the em bargo but thus far no definite action haa been taken by department of ficials. They expect shortly to be In possession of all the facts, making It possible to formulate a definite policy. Both the Commerce department and the Department of Agriculture also sre Interested In the embargo and each Is making Inquiries to determine whether there Is ground for protests. The Commerce department today cabled Its representative In London to supply at once all available facts. Potash Plant Dismantled. Bridgeport, Neb., Dec. 27.—What Is thought to be the end of the potash business at Antioch Is the disman tling of the Union plant at that plnce. This plant, has been In the hands of a receiver for some time, and thing* have now progressed to a point where It. Is possible to sell the machinery, which Is t>elng token from the ground. No Concord Meeting. No meeting will be held by ths members of the Concord club Thurs day, due to New Years. The next meeting of tlj* club will be held Thursday, January I. under the auspices of the January group, of which Arthur E, Hwanson Is choir man. Divorce Rate Has Slump in Omaha Only Three Default Cases Heard by Judge Day Friday. Omaha la on* of tha f*w eltlaa In tha country where tha divorce rat# is decreasing. A marked change has been noted raoantly In Judge L. B. Day’s domes tic relations court. Only three default dlvorea eulte were heard by th# judge Friday. In th# last few weeks not more than seven or eight easts have been heard on default day. Formerly, according to the judge, SO and more defaults were heard every Friday. manIshurt in BOILER BUST Great Falls, Mont., Deo. IT/—The three-ton boiler of the Great Falla gas plant, used to distill creosote and other bl-producte from th* residue of coal used In the plant, exploded, jumped Ita solid masonry bed early thla morning, skidded 100 yards Into the house of Georg* Maiden, trouble shooter for th# plant, wrecked th# two-story building, badly burned Malden about th* feet, and Injured El! Malden by shock and bruise*. Both men are In a hospital, but are expected to recover. Th# bueklng boiler left a wide trail as It slipped Its mooring*, and when It stopped In th* Malden home at th* beds In which th* man war* sleeping, th* house was a wreck. No reason has been found for tha explosion, which was an ex plosion In noise only, as there were no holes tom In th* boiler, but only dents whsre It landed as It bueked from Its moorings to th* house. The t*a plant wee not Injured. The dam ages sre estimated St about |B,t)00. SAFETYPOSTERS IN STREET CARS The Omaha Hafsty council, through th* oourteey of th* Omaha and Coun cil Bluffs Street Railway eompany, 1* displaying In each street ear a safety poster pertaining to some form of safety—public safety, Indus trie! safety and home safety. These posters are Interesting and . are a part of the general program of the safety council's activities. CHALLENGE ISSUED OVER CHILD UBOR The city central committee of the worker* parly passed a resolution Friday challenging J. F. Hanson of Fremont to meet David (’outts, rep resentative of the party In public de hate on th* child labor amendment, and yrging that tha agntndmenta to tha constitution ha rat? led. Paul Sturges Heads Minnesota Alumni Omaha (Action of tho Alumni Arso elation of tho I'nlvoralty of Mlnno iota (1 Acted Paul E. Murid preel duft. Win lam C. Kalaah li vice preal dent and Robert C. Rom* li lerretary. Tho local section now ha* tM mom bora. In every hundred lunboami there'! a dollar's worth of health. Tnatant Italtaf! Don't alay atuffed up! Taka "Papa'a Cold Compound'' •vary two hnura until thraa doaaaara takan, Tha flral ilnaa npana rlngtad* up nnatrlla and *lr pnaaiigna of liaad; atopa noaa running; r»llov«a hvudarh*. du’.lnaaa, fav»rlahnaaa, anaailng. Tha Federal Bureau Tells Symptoms of Fowl Disease Victims of European Chicken Pest Should Be Killed, Bodies Burned, Says Bulletin. If your chickens seem depressed and without appetite; If their cotnbs and wattles become purple; it their eyelids stick together, don't delay. Destroy those that are affected and burn their bodies, says a circular from the United States Department of Agriculture announcing the exist ence of the ’European fowl pest In this country, where hitherto It has been unknown. This disease, says Dr. V. A. Moore of Cornell university. Is afflicting chickens against which embargoes were recently established. The disease is extremely contagi ous and treatment of the elck birds is futile. When the afflicted fowls have been killed and burned, the others should be moved to new quar ter* and watched for any new vic tims. Houses and runs should be disinfected with 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid. Drinking water should be made, antiseptic by addi tion ’of one-third teaspoon of perman ganate of potash to each gallon. It should be remembered, said Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of the bureau cff animal Industry, that there are other poutlry diseases prevailing that may be mistaken for fowl pest. Dis eased chickens have been received for study from several points In the central west within the last few weeks, but fowl pest, was not en countered In any of these shipments. Congress, appreciating the impor tance of prompt action in eradicating this European Infection, passed a Joint resolution, making $100,000 im mediately available for ths control and eradication of this pest. Regula tion and other euppresslve measures are being formulated by the bureau of animal industry to become effec tive as soon as the work can be or ganized to meet the emergency. Rites Are Held for Mrs. Marsh Many Old Residents of City Attend Burial Services of Omaha Pioneer. "She ha* fought a good fight: she has finished her course: ehe has kept faith.” This was one of the many tribute* paid to Mrs. TV. TV. Mareh, pioneer resident of Omaha who' died Thurs day, by Rev. Frank O. Smith at the funeral servloea held Saturday after noon at the old home, 804 Pine street. Rev. Mr. Smith Is pastor of th* First Central Congregational church, of which Mri. Marsh was a charter member. Mrs. Marsh, widow of Captain Marsh, died In her 88th year. F.owers hanked the casket and filled the rooms of the home. A blanket of ro'ses covered the casket Many old friends and young men and women attended the eervlces. The pastor closed the short services with prayer. There was no mualc. Burial waa In the family lot at Forest Lawn cemetery. Pallbearer* were her »on*. Allan. TVlllam and Frank Marsh: two grand son*, Harry O. and William Marsh; and a nephew, A. D. Stiles. DRUG STORE LEFT BANKRUPT BY FIRE Columbus, Neb., Pee. IT.—R. p. Speece, proprietor of the Speece Prug store. Nvhlch wa* destroyed by fire, has made an asalgnmsnt of hia asset* to th* firm of Garlong A Long, at torneys, for th* benefit of creditor*. Th# assets consist chiefly of th* in surane# carried on th# etock end fix ture*. totaling $11,900, while th# 11a btlltle* are said to exceed $20,000. A Tteek before th# fir# Speece can celed $5,800 Insurance on th# stock and fixture*, reducing th# total In surane* to $11,000. f DON’T ' BUY A COAT UNTIL YOU VISIT Jalius Orkia ISIS DOUGLAS STREET Read Our A4v. an Pag* RA i * [for inventoryI Get Better Results! Rent a Typewriter, Adding Machine or Calculator. Low Rates, Free Delivery Special Inducements on Purchases Before Jan. 1 All Makes Typewriter Co. Inc. 208 South 18th St. Phone AT. 2413 AJDmfrilEMBNT. ADVF-RTIS) 'IK>T. " aarnnd and third doara uatially biaak Up tha rn|d rnniplotnly and and all gilppn mlanrv. "I’apla'a i 'nld Cum pound" la tha nulckant, auraat rallaf known and rnatn only thirty fl\a rant1* at drug amraa Taataa nlrr I'ontatnn no ijulnlna. Inalat upon Papa a. Night Phone Girls Control Destiny of Sleeping Omahans I By ELIZABETH GOULD. On natch for 13 years every night of the year has been the duty of Mrs. Mamie Shaw, night chief opera tor at the Northwestern Bell Tele phone building. Mrs. Shaw haa been at this Important work during the night all these years at the Atlantic and Jackson exchange at the local telephone building, with the excep tlon of a few months at the Walunt exchange. She keeps a watchful eye at a post that Is practically the only means of communication with the outside world. It is by means of the tele phone that the police are called, fire Is reported, or the doctor summoned. Flashing lights before her eyes while Omahans’ eyes are closed In sleep, bring service to those In need. Armistice Greatest Thrill. When questioned as to the most thrilling experience during those years of night work, Mrs. Shaw re plied that the day the Armistice was signed was perhaps the most thrilling for her and her assistants. Mrs. Shaw has six girls In her charge at the night telephone work. •"I'll never forget how thrilled I was to hear voices on the wire say "Peace Is declared,” she said. "Into the early hours of the morn Ing numerous calls were sent through VIKINGS TO HOLD NEW YEAR FROLIC Orvar Odd, Bjorn, Helge and Astrid lodges of the Independent Order of Vikings will hold their annual New Tear's celebration Wednesday evening beginning at 8 In the Swedish audi torium. A musical program will be given and refreshments served free. At 11:30 a one-act play called "Re reiving Hour of the New Tear" will be presented. Albert Peterson Is cljalrmsn of the entertainment committee and Emil Peterson of the floor committee. with this message. That was a busy night at the telephone exchanges." Night Following Tornado Another busy night during Mrs. Shaw's service was the night follow ing the Omaha tornado; "We were npt as busy at the down town exchange as the girls in the res.dence section, but we were busy," said Mrs. Shaw. "One half the world doesn’t know how the ther half lives until they have night work." she continued. "Telephones at cafes downtown and on the outskirts of the city are busy half the night. When I go to work at 10 p. m., the boards are still fair ly busy and the calls don't let up until almost 2 a. m. Calls for taxis, calls to the railroad stations and telegraph companies are only a few that are received. The night opera tors seem to think little about police calls or fire calls through the night unless there is a second alarm or an emergency call.” Note Emergency Calls. Whenever there is an emergency call operatora note the time and place from which the call is received. This record is often useful to police. ^ ' TragB mih mi On second or third fire calls, opera tors call fireman needed for the emergency. Night operators are off duty at 7 a. m. "In the hour or two In the early morning when there Is a lull, from 1:30 a. m , to 3, the girls are busy on clerical work." said Mrs. Shaw. In the winter months, if there Is a heavy snowfall or a blizzard, telephone calls begin as early as 4 a- m., from workers who question men at the street car barns as to service. The early hours of the morning are bus ier during the summer months than , in winter. Relief Calls to Polie*. Nervous or distracted persons who call to the operators for help are always connected with the police headquarters. Such calls as "Get me a doctor, quick," or "I hear a burglar In the house, central,” are given Immediately to the police, said Mrs. Shaw. Such calls *re frequent, she said. As a rule, users of the telephone at night are most considerate Mrs. Shaw has found. She says her great est satisfaction comes from men or women who tell her the effort to serve at night has t>een helpful. i—m i Special Removal Notice of Black and White Room | Burgess-Nash Company Mr. Robert withes to announce that the entira Black and White Room Beauty Parlor personnel will bo temporarily moved Monday to Goldstein - Chapman Beauty | Parlor 2nd Floor, 16th and Farnam Sts. We Turn Over a New Leaf Jan. lst-Another Best Seller Coming * « Nebraska Fuel Co. 1104 City Nad Bank Bldg. JA ckson 0430 V