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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. APRTL 4, 1917. NO EASY LIFE HOW FOR EVEN BACILLI Wise Doctors Sio Good Ones On ' Bad Ones War in Your Throat. 'if: BUGS K SPREAD DISEASE ; By A. R. GROH. Once J upon a time there was a happy family of Bacillus Diphtheria who had act np housekeeping in the throat of an Omaha citizen. They were wriggly little fellows, raiiKing from one and one-tenth mi- cromillimeters to four micromillime- ters in length. In other worda, if the biggest of them had been placed end to. end it would have taken just 5,500,000 of them to reach one inch. They ' were active little cussea, though, and about every ten minutea a new generation of them was born, grew up and married and raised fami lies of their own. ..... Then the doctor came. He looked at the throat. He took a "swab, which it a bunch of cotton on the end of a wire. He swabbed out the throat Then he rubbed the swab on a preparation in a glass tube and be corked up the tube and told the pa tient he would call again tomorrow. He sent the tube to Sherman McConnell's drug store at Sixteenth and Dodge streets, where it was placed in an incubator with a lot of other tubes. Get Fat and Sassy. ' Immediately the Bacillus Diphthe ria family found "living conditions much improved. The preparation was just full of food. They began increas ing and multiplying more rapidly than ever. They got fat and sassy and raised children so fast they couldn't keep track of them. Next morning their hopes were rudely blasted. For they were taken to the office of. Dr. Millard Lang field, city bacteriologist and diagnos tician. K reached into each tube with a platinum wire, got about a billion of the bacilli on the tip, placed them oa a glass, stained them and put them under a powerful microscope. In an .instant he could see that the bacilli were of the diphtheria family. That is what he doei every morn ing. Doctors who have tent in the tubes are notified by telephone or mail and they tell their patients whether they have diphtheria or not j.v Good Little Buge. If they have, the happy bacilli fami lies get another jolt when the anti toxin .is administered to the patient The bacilli in diphtheria antitoxin are good bacilli. They don't steal or drink or gamble and they hate the bad bacilli that make people sick. Whenever an antitoxin bacillus meets a Bacillus Diphtheria he jumps on himm like a terrier on a rat and kills him. They kilt the bad bacilli by the million. , The Omaha ' city bacteriologist makes examinations in cases of tu berculosis, typhoid fever, cerebro spinal meningitis. He knows all the different bacilli by sight '' ' In the ease of meningitis fluid is taken from the spinal canal by tap ping. Where the disease is present this fluid is thick. The epidemic form of the disease is treated by serum injections. When the attendant physician thinks the disease is well he again taps the spinal canal and sends the fluid to the bacteriologist, who puts a little of it in a tube with some copper sulphate and heats it If the disease is all gone the fluid will reduce the copper sulphate. Failure to reduee the sul phate indicates that the disease Isn't entirely cured. Thejife of a bacillus now is not aa easy one as it was in the olden times when epidemics used to slay their millions. Nw Top Recorded On Omaha Market for Steers Cattfe again broke all previous' rec ords when beef steers sold Tuesday on the Omaha market at $12.60. Re ceipts this .week have ' bean- .light, only about half as many coming in as during the same two days last week... Even these receipts, however, are very much higher than for the two corresponding - days last year. Cows and heifers ahowed the same advance in price as steers, ' Woods Bros. made . the sale for J. J. Luta of Papillion. ,. . , Weather Man Promises : Some Rain for the Fields Some much-to-be-deslred moisture in the shape of rain or snow is orom- ised by the weather bureau which pre- uma 'jwiii ur inww man comer lonigm ana tomorrow. German Aliens May File During War a Declaration of Intentions But Privilege of Citizenship Will Be Withheld Until Hos tilities End, Bales Natur alization Bureau. HANDLING RUSSIAN ALIENS A state of war existing between the United States and Germany will not prevent Teuton alien residents from filing; declarations of intention of be coming American citizens, the clerk of the district court was notified in a communication from the Department r.t T ahnv Tf rnnsrHi acts, however. according to President Wilson's pro gram, wrmans, as anen enemies, win not be permitted to actually become citizens of this country until hostili ties are over. The communication relative to the status of German aliens adds that "it u ,;, r.( thm hitrrau nf naturali zation that section 2171 of the revised statutes prohibits the actual naturali zation of an alien enemy during the period of war with the country of his birth, but that it does not prevent the tu- rtf ,4r1aratjnn ni intention or petition for naturalization by such a Omaha Men to Build Big Apartment House in Florida E. O. Hamilton, well-known Omaha contractor and builder and until re cently joint owner of the Hamilton apartments at Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets, has become interested m a $250,000 winter tourist apartment project at Miami, Fla. ' He is vice president of a new cor poration just organized there, which has bought a large tract of land ad joining Miami and will erect a pa latial apartment house upon it ine land purchased is on Miami beach, with frontage on both the ocean and a lake. The proposed building will be completed for occupancy by next winter.. Warren Hamilton, son of the Omaha builder, is now in Los Ange les studying winter tourist apartment structures there before drawing plans for the Miami construction work. It is understood that E. O. and Warren Hamilton will be the building con struction directors of the new com pany, in which both are heavy stock holders and the elder Hamilton is vice president ' Choir at Burgess-Nash Sings Patriotic and Easter Songs Every morning at 8:30 the Burgess- Nash company opens the store with the singing of the "Star-Spangled Banner," and Easter anthems. A choir of sixteen trained voices render the anthems to the accompani ment of an organ located at the end of the main aisle on the balcony. In commenting on the innovation Mr. Nash said: "We feel that the singing of the choir is in keeping with the spirit of the times the Easter season and we all realize there is nothing that stirs the blood in these old bodies of ours more than the sing ing of the "Star-Spangled Banner," and particularly is this true at present The choir sings every morning at 8:30, and again each day at 12:30. person, even during the existence of a state of war." The Department of State has ad vised the Department of Labor that it cannot of course, state definitely in advance what effect declarations of intention to become citizens of this country by those who may become alien enemies for such a time, will have with regard to such restrictions as may be placed upon such aliens, although it has no doubt that such declarations will be given due consid eration. A declaration of intention of itself does not confer citizenship; it is merely a preliminary step for natu ralization, except that in some states (including Nebraska) an alien declar ant is permitted to vote and, in some restricted conditions, the secretary of state is authorized to issue passports thereon, for limited terms, but not to provide protection in the country of nativity, and it is understood that passports upon declarations of inten tion are not being issued at this time. In naturalizing aliens of Russian birth the clerk of the district court is advised that they shall renounce al legiance to "the present form of gov ernment in Russia," instead of to Nicholas II, the recently deposed czar. Major Chandler Takes Oath of Office at Fort Major C DeF. Chandler, command ing at Fort Omaha, was sworn in as an officer of that rank Monday night, his promotion having been announced recently. He was formerly a cap tain. Captain Bower, and the sum mary court of the post administered the oath. The "kite" or captive balloon at the post was sent up about 1,000 feet Monday for practic. and training in observation work. A flight of the large, free balloon, with officer pas sengers, was planned for Tuesday morning, but was potsponed on ac count of unfavorable weather conditions. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. and Mrt. N. Startler Brown, 132 Ckuth Thirty -first atroet, havt son to Rlv eriid Cal., to vdlt tbslr brother-Jn-law, C. F. Patterson, and will ba font about three weeks. Bee Want Ads Produce Resulti. Stare Fiaous Bock Beer On rfraiffffit inA in hftttl thtvtMa.lt out the city on and after April 2d. Order a few cases of this fine brew for your home. Phone CHAS. STORZ, wen. iOU. Trainloads of Furniture will soon be arriving from the., factories, demanding place on oar floors. We must make room by clear ing our sales floors of as much as possible, RIGHT NOW, and at prices that wiH do it. . 1 CENTRAL ITt and Howard 1513 Howard Meat mt yoa wk w Mt burUoquai ft- vealei aaark the akowe at the Cayety aa "OJC." If aold to ym at afrhar arieea uaeJ.ir fatty title awl ywiM mw knew the differe&ce either. North Platte Wheat is All Right; South a Problem General Manager Holdrege of the Burlington is back from an extended trip over Nebraska, and while he was away he visited a large area of the winter wheat producing section of the state. Speaking of conditions and prospects for a wheat crop he said: "At this time It is difficult to say just what the condition of the winter wheat is. North of the Platte the plant is in very good condition and the fields are looking fine. To the south it is a problem. There Is no question but that there has been damage by winter killing, but how much it is impossible to s.:y. Many fields are being plowed up and spring wheat planted. Other fields will be plowed up and planted to corn, and still other fields will be left for a time to ascer tain what will be the ultimate result "The situation la peculiar, for in some fields where the blades of the plant are a bright green, the roots arc dead, and in other fields, where the plant appears to be brown and killed out, a close examination discloses that there is life in the roots and that new stools are shooting up. "While the crop may not be up to normal, it will lack a good deal of being a failure, taking the state as a whole." - Federal Officers Say No One is Yet Interned No Germans of Omaha have been interned. It is all foolish talk, according to the federal authorities, who laugh loud at the numerous rumors which are floating around and grow as they travel. The men whom rumor says are in terned are seen daily on the atreets, but that doea not keep the rumors from floating. These rumors have been keeping the telephones in The Bee office hum ming for over a week now, but the situation is still as it was a week ago, when the federal authorities said no charges had been filed. m uIwon'tbereadytogiveyouthisfortwo years, It'sforVELVET." We Won't Say VELVET is the Best Pipe Tobacco We couldn't until wc had tried every tobacco made, but we know that most American pipe smokers agree ' that Kentucky Burfey is the world's choicest pipe tobacco. We know that this tobacco can only be at its best after two years' natural ageing, and we take the time and pay the price to age VELVET in Nature 's sure, patient way. Too many cook poil th broth. WhenTimeandNa. tan arc matin' VEL VET, no mm anybody the You ought to know what we know about VELVET'S mildness, mellowness and taste. Well, it's mighty easy to know, and you can never learn younger than right unu by trying VELVET yourself, today. ; 1 l ". i i : - BLOUSE STOP I 1 Reliable Family Paper- THE BEE "The Store of Individual Shops" FOR WEDNESDAY ... A Special Group of at 4 . Mentioning but a few of the many new ' somen that will have (heir first showing in this big sale. Smart email 11 sere hate for suit and street wear. Blaek and all the high shades. Trimmed with quills, wings and fancies. New User hats, black and colors. Some with colored Georgette facings. Trimmed with flowers, ornaments, wings and fancies. Newr leghorn hats, trimmed with flowers and ribbon. Milan hats in light spring shades, plain and fancy trim. These Benson and Thome Hats at $7 .50, Are the Kind-Shown Elsewhere at $10 and $12.50 I . M iu. Thin Blouses Rose Crimson Bisque Flesh Brown White Green High Colors mi The Store of Individual Shops' The $5.00 and $5.75 Kind $3.95 It isn't often that we quote comparative values, but we want to particularly emphasize these. ' blouse values Wednesday. And we mean every word ' of the heading. We candidly believe you'd buy a half dozen of these blouses at ' $5.75 if you could see them, but we are determined to make our Blouse Shop synonymous with Blouse Quality and Style, at a price lower than you expected to pay. ' We want you to feel you can buy blouses here and not only be satisfied with them but more than satisfied pleased in every way with the purchase at the price. To this value-giving policy we adhere to most rigidly. Wednesday you may be the judge of how truthful this statement is. The Colors Styles, Materials Trimmings Georgette Crepe Cree de Chene Uncommonly Smart Styles Cut Full Big Collars -Long Sleeves Every one a recent arrival. Frills Tucks Embroidery Sport Collars SPort Ties Persian Embroidery Lace Edging: Picottng Fanum at Sixteenth I