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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1925)
Smoke Evil Is ', Discussed bv ■* J, Leaders Here {Conference of Engineers, Civ* ► ie Bodies, Coal Dealers ~/V Needed to Take Defi nite Action. «£•r _ By SANFORD JARREI.U , Stirred up by the campaign con Uuctad by The Omaha Bee, there la a I healthy movement under way In Omaha for calling a conference on femoke abatement. Such a conference of all persons ln Itimately concsrned—boiler plant own ers, civic bodies, coal men, etc.— might lead to decisive action which would eventually abolish a nuisance which la universally regarded as a se rious detriment to the city beautiful program for 1B25. A friendly discussion of the prob i l*m, It Is believed, will go a long way in mitigating ths evil. Every boiler ! engineer In Omaha admits that boil ers havs temperaments, just as opera ' singers, and that each one must be l (cured in a manner all its own. Property Owners Must Help. r The clouds of aoot which darken the downtown business section can be , eliminated only witli the support of the property owners. The situation is not unlike that in Chicago, of which the smoke prevention department of that city says: t “The best way to handle the smoke problem is to have a strong backing of business men and to create a strong public sentiment In favor of ^00tnoke abatement, together with the co-operation of all plant owners. If the business and commercial inter ests do not support a smoke abate ment campaign, little can be done, be ‘ cause the business interests are the ones who must spend the money and effort necessary to get the desired result*. Smoke Consumer No Cure-All “The popular conception of a 'smoke consumer' is some sort of de vice that can be attached to boiler furnaces to consume smoke or lit some manner eliminate It. There is no device or apparatus that can be applied indiscriminately to all fur naces a* a cure for smoke. There are many articles on the market fur which such claims are made, but it is a great blunder to recommend one medicine for all diseases of the smoke "" variety. Each smoky platv must be diagnosed and the proper’treatment given it. “Smoke prevention Is a complex subject and smoke abatement devices can not be bought indiscriminately and attached to r lmiler plant with any assurance of getting the desired results, unless the Installation has received careful consideration by an unbiased engineer qualified to pass I: judgment.” . Big Job Ahead. It can readily l»e seen that Omaha's soot nuisance is not one that will vanish In thin air by the waving of a magic wand. It will take time, but what is more essential, co-operation is necessary before the nuisance Is 0g^Pbated. In some rases where volatile mat ter pours out of the chimneys In great volume, the remedy lie* in burning smokeless eoals. In other i cases appliances may be fixed to the t plant which will have the same re sult. Poor stoking Is also held as one of the causes of the sooty atmosphere in downtown Omaha. Sometimes the smoke is caused by throwing large masses of fresh fuel ; on top of the fire, cooliiff; down the fire where a higher temperature is re 1 quired. The products of distillation of fresh fuel do not get properly mixed with air until drawn up the chimney, fold air, sueked'up through the fire, cools it and carries out heat from where it is wanted. Coal Contains Waste. ® Coal is comprised of a snmlt per centage of moisture and ash, a larger measure of volatile matter, a bit of sulphur and a varying quantity of enrbon. Ash ip an Inorganic mat ter of no value as fuel. Carbon is the chief heat producing constituent of Coal. Volatile matter Is, ' strictly speaking, that part of coal drawn off as a combustible gas when the fuel is heated. If the plant owners of Omaha get iheir heads together around the con ference table they will discuss all these things and it is quite possible • that they will hit upon a solution of ths problem. BOYS LOSE GIFTS WHILE COASTING Two small boya at the Nebraska ^^^Ifeti^ildren's home, 3641* Euntenelle boulevard, are broken-hearted because they have lost their Christmas pres ents. The boys at the home don’t get any presents, so they were In the seventh heaven of delight at Christmas when ths Lions' club gave each of them a . watch. Two of them, Murray l’ut nam, 11, and Earl Cox, 3 2, took the watches With them Thursday after noon when they went coasting. The watches dropped out of their pockets and were lost. , WIFE’S BLACK EYE USED AS EVIDENCE When Agnes L. Walker appeared in domestic relations court December 19 to secure a divorce from her hus band, Frank, she offered in evidence a black Aye supposed to have been giver* her by her husbund on Janu ary 23. .She ahnwed Judge Day the bruise which still dimly encircled (lie optic. Hhe charged her husband with cruel ty and testified thst lie threatened her with a revolver. Judge Day granted her petition for divorce Friday. MORE RABBITS Tlie Omaha chapter, American Itcd Cl os*. Friday dlst rlhuted, gratis, 774 ^^44’teshly killed rabbits, which were a*-rit to the Omaha chapter for dl* trlbutioo by A. P. Persinger, ires urer of the Lodge Pole, Ncbrasltn AUd Cross. They were sent to Omaha fre* of freight through the courtesy of Mr. C. J. Lane general freight ■gent of the Union Pacific railroad. “How did I happen to produce 'Sancho Panaa?’ Because I happened to be in London three years ago and read a review of the piece aa pro duced in Budapest, the home of its author, Melchoir Langyel. and I im mediately telegraphed for the manu script—had It translated—and bought it at once.” •» So spoke Russell Janney, producer of the new Skinner spectacular play that closes its Omaha engagement at the Brandeis with the two perform sncee today, matinee and night with Mr. Otie Skinner as the star. “X knew very little about Don Quixote when X first read the piece," continued Mr. Janney. “I did read it through at once, however, after finding this play, and I regretted that I hadn't discovered it before. For happiness, for philosophy, for just plain entertainment, I recommend Cervantes' ‘X>on Quixote de la Man cha' to you. It you want a short cut to It, enme and see Mr. Skinner, You will go home and read it then surely, to learn more about two of the big gest, most human characters In all literature—the windmill-charging Don and the rotund Sancho." “Spooks,'' sensational mystery play, is the offering at the Empress start ing today. All aong numbers during this play will be glve.n between acta so as not to interfere with the action of the story. The mystery 1* not solved until the very last moment so the theater management requests that its patrons be seated at the be ginning of the play In order to en joy the performance at Its best. “Flashes of Melody and Dance,” with cast of five, and Harvard, Wini fred and Bruce in a sensational nov elty along new lines are the twin headliners of the six-act vaudeville bill opening at the World today. The bill is ohe that will provide much laughable entertainment and prom ises to prove exceedingly popular, Foster and I’eggy at .the Orpheum Ihls week present an original and de ckled novelty. “Peggy” Is a highly Intellectual dog. A bell apparatus is utilized, the dog ,striking the bell to register numbers) etc. For instance, when Foster goes into the audience and asks Peggy to Indicate how many rows from the stage is a given seat, etc., the dog unfailingly gives the exact number on the bell. Peggy also assists Foster in playing a tune on a set of bells—Foster playing the hand bells and Peggy getting in on the melody. The climax of the act is when Peggy plays with the orches tra—she leads the time and the or chestra accompanies. Grace Leon, the charming prlma flonqa with "Talk of the Town" at the Gaye.ty, Js .adding to her ward rolie while here and speaks In high praise of the local shops. One par ticularly striking outfit which Miss I,eon is wearing and which she pur chased here is a white crepe de chine dress with plaited skirt and a bril liant orange jacket. This she wears Ivith an orange-colored sport hat and tan sandals with white hose, Her stay at the Gaygty terminates to night. Fun, fast and furious, and a scenic equipment whore the average,! are outstanding features of Branded A Travers’ "Best Show in Town,” at tlie Gayetv starting tomorrow mati nee. Frank Hunter, star comedian of the show, has also staged it. A well balanced cast headed by Mr. Hunter Includes Walter (Boob) Mc Manus, Inez, de Yerdier. Rose Ber nard, Mae Perclval, Lydia Harris, Nancy Martin, the Six Sunshower Girls, George Mack and Harry Kilby. Featured among the special settings are onp showing a bungalow being constructed by the girls of tlie chorus and another picturing a mammoth purse from which Issue the girls In gorgeous costumes. MATE LURES HER WHEN OUT OF JOB Two days after Clara and Harry J. Holmes were married on March IB, 1920, Harry left home and did not re turn for a month, the wife testified In domestic- relations court Friday morn ing. Then he came bark and stayed three days before going to Michigan, she said. Hater he wrote her and told her he was earning >1,000 a month and asked her to sell out her rooming house and come t^ him. This she did, Mrs. Holmes declared, hut found when she Joined her hus, band that he was out of a Job, She testified that lie frequently asked her for money and cursed her when she refused to grant his detnknd*| Relatives Sought. Relative* of David Fvard, 62. la borer, who died Thursday at Douglas county hospital of dropsy, are being sought. Fvard entered the hospital In October and gave his address at 2609 North Thirteenth street. He hud been a resident of Omaha for 32 years. He is survived by two nephews, Finest and Arlhur Fvard. The body Is at the Stack funeral home. Shoal* Average 30.'> Pound*. Jtrd Oak. In , Jan. 2.—Si*\> Sand holm, n farmer wilding northeast of n*d Oak, recently aold 34 head of rprln* ahoata to Alex Sandell which averaged 305 pound*. They were farrowed between March 20 and April 1. * /- A Two Nebraska C<tuples Get First Licenses to If eU in Council Hluffs v._/ Waller F. O'Neill, 24, and Anil Toureli, 21, liutli of Oinnliu, were Die first couple to obtain a niiirrlugr license In Council Itlntfs In 1023. A few minute* after they had tiiUrn it out Thursday morning a license was isaueil to Thomas II. Mrllaley, 21, of (iranil Islauil, Neb., and Tansy I,. McKenney, 21, of Tern, Neb. \ ronnt of llie marriage licenses Issued during 1921 showed an In iica.se from 2,t.Vi in 1023 In ;<,HA2 in 1921. Marriage license bureau officials s 11 eilmle most of this In crease lo the Nebraska law, which went Into eflecl In \ugiisl, I!**»:!, requiring adiance notice before the issuance of licenses in Nebraska. Townsend, Dry 7 y Head, to Chicago Move Launched Here to Make Robert P. Satnardick Di visional Chief./ Robert P. Satnardick, general pro hibition agent and Nemesis of Omaha bootleggers, may leave Omaha. After learning officially, that Capt A. C. Townsend, divisional chief, with headquarters in Minneapolis, Minn., had been transferred to Chicago, Samardlck'a friends get Ttuiay and started a boom to have him promoted to Townaend’a job that carries a big ger salary and authority In five atates, Maurice D. Silverman, mobile agent, who was instrumental in procuring the conviction and padlocking of doz ens of Omaha soft drink parlors and the Dublin Inn three years ago, is made temporary chief, , Townsend, former Omaha boy, has been active in liquor enforcement for several years. He was active in arresting dozens of rumrunning ships while assigned to the east coast. Samardick stated that Townsend's transfer was not a surprise because divisional chiefs are usually changed. “Of course, the job is a bigger one and more money, but still I sm very well satisfied,’’ said Samardick. "So doubt there are a lot of people here that would like to sfp me go.’’ He wouldn't deny that his friends were boosting him for the job. VET, AUXILIARY INSTALLATION ■ Officers of Bee Forby camp No. 1, Spanish War Veterans, will 1* In stalled at Swedish auditorium Satur day, and at the same affair ladies of the auxiliary will install their officers. Alfred Aldren will 1* Installed as commander; Carl A. Anderson as sen lor vice commander; Charles Walker, jr., officer of the day; W. H.Woener, officer of the gtiard; F. H. Bllger, trustee; Pat N. Burns, sdjutant; Charles L. Cline, quartermaster; Wal ter K. I.ane, chaplin; Bert Polly, pa triotic Instructor; B, J.-New Ion, his torian; A. J. Bussell, color sergeant; Frank Kohlert and Bewayns Shep pnrd, quartermaster sergeants: Hub ert Maroney, sergeant major; II. F. Raffenspai ger. chief musician. SI ONE REMOVES U. S. ATTORNEY Washington, .Tan. 2—Walter P. Van I. per, the New Jersey assistant 1'lilted Stale* attorney who refused tc resign at the demand of.Attorney' titneral Stone, wa* removed from of fice today. Mr. Van Riper'* Reparation from the service Is effective immediately, and wa* ordered by Mr. Stone within a few hours sfter he had received a letter from the outgoing assistant district attorney refusing to resign and attacking official* of the Depart ment of Justice. Wife Threatened Suicide. The married life of Klizabeth and Janies A. Rogers, railway mail clerk, lasted hut two months. During that time, Rogers testified In divorce court, she constantly nagged him and threat ened to kill herself If he did not take her hack to her home In Pennsylvania to live. At the end of two months she left him, he declares. 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