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THE OMAHa' SUNDAY BEE; JUNE 23, 1918.- PANAMA CANAL LESSON APPLIED TO SHIPYARDS Problems of Sanitation Quickly . Solved Through Radical Re forms in Health Regulation and Community Spirit. Washington, June 22. What the United States learned at great cost in digging the Fanama canal is be ginning to pay rich dividends in ". aiding the construction of the great merchant marine now building. Com parable in size and importance, the two jobs have other striking similar ities in the problems of sanitation which threatened the success of work on the isthmus, but which are being solved quickly in this country through radical reforms in health regulation and community spirit found so ef fective there. r- Under direction of Lieut. Col. Philip S. Doane, the shipping board's : department of health and sanitation is supervising every one of the scores of shipyards for the protection of workers. Eager co-operation has been received from state, municipal and industrial agencies, which recog nize that the improved conditions sought to be created are of more than passing benefit in, the: matter of health, as well as "good business." Results have justified the efforts by lessening 1 the labor turn-over, de creasing the loss of time due to sick ness and hastening the' output of the ships needed to win the war. Water Supply Purified. Some striking instances of the de partment'a work were made public today by the shipping board. borne weeks ago, at a mue snip yard recently set down in a rather sleepy Atlantic coast town, an out . break of dysentery was reported among shipyard workers The ship ping board's sanitary engineer found ' that, while the drinking water sup ply used in the yards was entirely pure,, being -chlorinated, there was temporary water supply for con crete mixing, in which polluted river water was used. Workmen had drunk from the concrete water sup ply, despite warning signs. As the best way of eliminating all chances in the matter, the"sanitary engineers " arranged for purifying the concrete water, too using chloride of lime to . make it safe to drink. One of the oldest communities in New England, a place of consider, able population, was found to be without i a health officer, to have dangerous open sewers and to lack garbage collection. When an old shipyard in- that town was rehabilitate td, Uncle Sam said, "Clean up!" And the town has responded. The Pacific coast threw its energy into, shipbuilding to such good, pur pose that tt launched the first mer chant ships and made the first ship ouilding records. Likewise, in its eagerness to build ships, .the Pacific coast occasionally overlooked good imitation: f One yard in that locality was handi capped by sickness. Workmen were l.irtd only to quit, and during a single week the superintendent of steel construction, the foreman rivet er and the foreman of the plate shop acre all laid up in hospitals and 2heir places were being filled by as sistants just : recovering from at tacks of disease. . i r' : City Induced to Act Inspection ' showed that the yard lacked sanitary toilets, and equip ment for serving the men warm meals. It had too small a number of drinking fountains.' : Moreover; a large city sewer which ran over the tide fiats near the. shipyard was broken open,' making easy the spread of disease through flies. The ship yard company had called the atten liou of the nearby city to the bad condition of its sewer, only to be told that no city funds would be available for reparing the break n til'july. When the government stepped in through the shipping uoara, oacKea oy tne military au thorities, who refused to detail. sol- oiers to guard that yard until the sewer was repaired, there was a hur ried meeting of the city council and a special appropriation of $6,000 was mauc 10 matte repairs, it took si The Bee's Fund for Free Milk and Ice Lakes which had difficulty last fall in Dr. D. E. Maxwell of Albion, Neb., writes, "I think it is fine of you folks to do this for the poor little ones of Omaha." (It is "you folks," you readers of The Bee, who are doing this fine thing.) Two others of today's contributors live out in the state and one contribu tion comes from Gary, Ind. Weeks of hot weather are ahead. Scores of small babies and children of the very poor will suffer unless The Bee's fund grows large enough to ex tend help to all. Description of one case of a widow who was trying to support aix small children by laundry work is in today's paper. She is but one of many. Every cent you give to this fund goes to supply pure milk and cooling ice to such helpless ones. Will you take a part in the work? Bring or send your contribution to The Bee office. Previously acknowledged $31.50 Cash Dr. D. E. Maxwell, Albion, Neb. 3.00 JO 1.00 1.00 Esther Higgins, Fairbury, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Feeney, Gary, Ind H. R. Cash P. G. Haughton, Arnold, Neb.. 5.00 A. Munroe 5.00 E. Bruce 5.00 Nebraska Editors Sell Their Sox for Red Cross "Strong" for the Cause Nebraska editors have found a . new way to raise money for the Red Cross auctioning their 6ox. The idea came when Georee Foxworthv of Lincoln tore one of his sox whe returning from returning from Ca ter lake Friday. A collection amount iing to $1.57 was taken up on th street car to purchase him a ne pair. William Maupin, being offere w cents tor one ot his sox, im mediately accepted the offer and stripped off the hose. The sugees tion that Maupin and Foxworthy donate their remaining sox to be sold for the Red Cross was then acted upon. The "Dutch auction' which ensued netted $15. President Cass to whom the hosiery was giv en announced that it would be prop eriy deodenzed. disinfected, steri lized," and preserved in the archives of the association forever. Secretary acott intends to secure the relics and resell them until $100 u raised. .Total .$57.50 Berlin Paper Scores German Propagand Germany's propaganda - abroad j ,:: - : t 1 : i i T ivatt 2 0Ol u iJuuutai review puuusnca BO . t in thm Krllr1 raorlilatf urhirh avm ,iT.i 1 r , muse wuo nave surcie view oi we situation have noticed with deep sur prise the astonishingly large number of persons who have been workin abroad in the interest of German since the beginning of the war. will be exceedingly interesting some later date to learn some details regarding the number of these ener getic workers sent abroad. "When the war broke out the con vlction spread here that Germany had done too little for the moral conquest of the world, that our means were in adequate and our methods 'too obse lete. Grasping the spirit of the time and the occasion, personages of every standing imbued by a spirit of sacri fice immediately offered to remedy conditions and every one who claimed to have relations with foreign coun tries was sent out on a mission. "Adventurous plans were accepted with thanks and furthered and that propaganda was taken up which was to gain us the hearts of others and which most effectively spoiled every thing that was left to be spoiled. special ordinance but it was done five day after Uncle Sam got on the job. In another shipbuilding center there was a mysterious outbreak of disease. Fifty ship workerj came down at the same time, with temper atures running, up to 103 or more. J here were rumors of poisoning by German spies.- When shipping board health officers invcitiaicd, however, they found that mosquitoes were to blame, and took steps to drain nearby swamp land in co-operation with the local authorities. i Exterminating Mosquitoes. Mosquito work will probably play as important a part in ship building this, summer, the country over, as it did in the building of the Panama canal In several dozen localities active drainage campaigns are being carried, out by communities workinn with the shipping board. One of no table project in that line is the work nu-ithf bi Ho, Is,and rard' ner Philadelphia, where $250,000 is being I spent in permanent ditching which is intended to rid that locality of mos quitoes for all time. The state of Pennsylvania has contributed $75,000 I , the city of Philadelphia $45,000, and manufacturing interest! have also ap propriated money. The work of the department of health and sanitation covers much more than the cleaning . up of un healthy conditions. The comfort and convenience of workers is also im portant 'Every shipyard ii 'required' to have medical and hospital facilities and these are inspected and informa tion gathered about disease, epidem ics and accidents. The living quar ters of shipyard workers are Investi gated, and recommendations made for . their convenience and comfort in bunk houses, homes, transportation to and from work, and recreation. Lunch room and kitchen facilities are studied with a view to seeing that men get nourishing food, in dean surround ings, at reasonable prices. This in volve investigation of milk, meat and . ice supply food storage facilities cooking and dish washing equipment and so forth. , , , There was a shipyard on the Great keeping a working force of 1,000 rtier. Its labor turnover was very large. Investigation showed that the yard had grown so fast that too little at tention had been paid to providing for the comfort and convenience of ship workers. The lunch room was inadequate, the food poor, it ves dif ficult for new'workers coming in to find good living quarters, and there was little in the way of bathing fa cilities of recreation. Housed in Floating Hotel. Today :.s this shipyard is fully manned , and has little trouble in keeping good workers. The expensive item of- labor turnover has been re duced until it is practically negligi ble. The company purchased an old passenger steamship, brought it to the shipyard and converted it into a floating hotel. First-class kitchen equipment was installed, with toilets wash rooms and other conveniences, providing good meals for 200 or 300 men. A large, dormitory was built near the yard, with a club room at one end where men could rea , write, pjay pool or cards, have music and visit and smoke. The sleeping . joms in this , dormitory were warmed by hot air last winter, and the piping system Is to be usdd this summer for blowing cool air through the cor ridors. With these conveniences for makinsr their, work Pleasant the em ployes organized a "Shipbuilders' Service club," elected officers and ar ranged for base ball, bowling and basket ball games,' with dances and other social affairs among themselves It is now . becoming a matter of pride among ship workers in that yard to serve for the period of the war. and arrangements have been made whereby every one who remains in the employ of the company until the ind of the war will receive a cer tificate showing that he not, only served in the fight for democracy, but that he stuck at his post until the jjight, was wpn. Uncle, Sam's work does not rtoc with the cleaning up of bad health conditions or the providing of com fort and convenience. He will safe guard life, and health by giving the shipyards the results of the t:s. that has been learned in war. As an instance, the Dakin, solution which, the. shipping board says, has saved tens of thousands of soldiers lives by preventing blood poisoning and other after consequences of wounds, is being furnished in every shipyard. Truck Drivers to Mee to I Consider Central Office Manager Gillan of the Chamber of Commerce industrial bureau has called a meeting for next Tuesday of truck drivers in an effort to establish a central office to facilitate the haul ing of freight between Omaha and surrounding towns. There are already three motor trucks' in regular service between Fremont and Omaha, "The Idea," he said, "is to have a central office so that when a truck conies in from a town, its driver can call and see whether there is some freight to haul on his return trip, thus saving the trucks from going empty in one direction." Archbishop to Deliver Sermon at St. Rose' Church Archbishop Harty will deliver a sermon on Sunday at St. Rose's par rish church, 4406 South Thirteenth street, at 10 a. m. A reception will fol low the sermon. On Tuesday nioht a dancing party will be held in Liberty nan, adjoining the church, for the benefit of the"narish. Soldiers will be admitted without charge. This church, formerly was known as the German Home. Rev. F. B. Tomanek is the pastor of this new Catholic church. Omaha Enjoys Cool Spell; Mercury Registers 56 Saturday, the second day of sum mer, was the coolest day in two weeks. The mercury registered 56 at 5 o clock in the morning, lower than it has at any time since June 7, when 53 was the figure. But even at that, at Moorhead Minn., Friday night it was only 12 degrees above freezing, and at Huron S. D it was as cold as 43 at 7 o'clock Saturday morning. It was cool Friday night all over Nebraska and the Missouri valley The heat wave in the southwestern part of the country has been definietly broken and low temperatures were re ported from all that region Saturday morning. Makes Private Canvass Of Registration Records Claude F. Bossie, formerly dairy in spector, has made a private canvass of the registrations records of th election commissioner's office with the following results: Eliminating challenges and remov als, the names of 36,323 qualified vot ers appear on me cooks, divided as to party affiliations in this manner Republicans, 18,657; democrats. 15,583 socialists, 639; scattering, 1,444. The vote at the citv election Mav 7 was divided as follows according to party affiliations as recorded: Repub licans, u.zo; democrats. 10,077; so cialists, 395; scattering, 961; total, 24, 211. v Omaha Postoffice Will Aid in War Saving: Drive National War Savings Stamp day, next Friday, June 28, will be cele brated at the Omaha postoffice by a program at the north entrance at 5 in the afternoon. The postoffice, under direction of P. E. McGovern super intendent of mails, is co-operating with 500 secretaries of war savings stamp societies in Douglas county in arranging the progfam. Flans are being made at the Omaha postoffice to organize 15 war savings stamp societies among postal em ployes at the down-town office andjit the different branches. The organi zation of all of these will be com pleted by next Friday. Suffered 50 Years With Rheumatism Now Cured, Com Flhln at At ( &3, and FwU Flntl North Dakota Man Tells Others How He Did It Wants No Money and Will Gladly Help Others to Realize Same Benefits. 1 am tight-throe years old, and 1 doetorcd for rheum. tiam and iti .atioeiatcd trouble! ver tine 1 came out otth mrmjr over fifty yean ago. LIkt many other, 1 apent money freely for o-ealled'ettrei,' and I have read about 'Urio Acid until I could alraoet taite It I tould not sleep nighte or walk without oaln : my handi were so tor and itiff 1 could not V'n. jjui now i am agam in active busineei and can walk with aee or write all day with comfort Friend are , lurprieed at the chinge. My heart naturally 'goet out to thoee who euffer and don't know where to get the treat-. mint that enabled me to cur eaytelf at home, after doctor! r iner remedte Dad ailed. Therefor, while 1 mb do moncT I mm tnnaa ana wit ma, aeilit any sufferer! ttward getting th earn maimeni mat tet me absolutely free from my offering and gave me back my remarkable health, itrength )nd power of endurance. HOTS Thoie whe k nam M A attain. vet at all recovery and renewed vital energy. He, like thouaanda of other, had given up hope, but peralatent effort enabled him to find a tret. ment that drove the coUonoua toxin out of hi. blood, and avatom. ffoUftttt-ia, a. thia. and not "Uric Acid." to be the real eaua of rheumatiam. Any pereon having the alight t aymptoma of rheumatiam. neuritis, rout, lumbago, neuralgia and like disorder ihould wr.te Mr. Aihelman and benefit by hi friendly offer. M W m W : .wH Ul tladly I r J vf U tl f4J im i mi i .iu i...irUaJ WAR WORK HELPS CHILDREN Saving Is an Pennies Aid to for Thrift Arithmetic Stamps Classes IN THEIR CLASS ROOM DUTY What a walloping the kaiser would receive if the Omaha school children could aet at him to wreak their ven geance. Lacking the 6pportunity, they are working hard for the Red Cross and other war activities. During the recent Red Cross drive the school children were asked to write their ideas of appropriate slogans. Here are ome of them: Washington was the father of his rmintrv: don't let the kaiser' be its stepfather; help the Red Cross. The way for our Boys to reach Berlin Is to give our dollars and push them in. There, little Belgium, don't you cry! The Red Cross will help you bye-and-bye. Hearts steeled; eyes peeled; lips sealed; never yield is the Red Cross. One a penny, two a penny ., Red Cross funds. Do not waste while others want. "Over there" and "over here" The Red Cross nurses carry cheer. Kaiser William went to war, All the world to win, But all the world that he can rule Is little old Berlin. The mother gave her son; the son gave his life; what are you giving? Never a penny will we spend, But every one to the Red Cross send. What shall it profit man if he train the whole, world and . then have to hand it over to the Huns? Stop ! Look! and Loosen! R means Relief; C means Care; You can do these through the Red Cross. There are hundreds more that are ust as good. War Work Helps Schools. Best of all, the children mean every world of what they say and they are proving it by doing the work that lies nearest them. Miss Belle Ryan has been collect ing data on war work-irom the teach ers for the use of the federal educa tional department, and the teachers all declare that the war and Red Cross work have had a wonderful effect on the schools. Instead of being dry j j t.i ueaa dook learning, lessons mean something real to the children now. When a child is told to bound Bel gium, he doesn't need to think of blue and green and pink splotches on the map. He thinks of Germany's devas tating march toward France, and the map of central and western Europe is clear and. vivid in his mind. Arithmetic has been made real by ine necessity ot calculating Red Cross and Thrift Stamp funds and ngunng .fttrcentages according to numbers of pupils m the rooms. English composition has taken on a new interest in the effort to tell the story of the war and the necessity for relief work in an effective way. In the manual training classes both boys and girls have een making things for the soldiers and the orphaned children of f ranee and Belgium, and into the art work the youngsters have put their whole hearts and done some really beautiful -posters and other designs for the Red Cross', f Aot orriy m their studies, but in their dispositions do the children show the result of the war work Teacher asrree that there is less nuar- relinp; and' that 'children are far less selfish -than formerly. They have learned to think of others. One teach er tells of a clique in her school that had been giving her a great deal of trouble. The Children from the more comfortable homes had banded to gether for good times, excluding their less fortunate comoamons. Since the war work began this clique has dis solved of its own accord and the chil dren all help each other on an equal basis. Five Auto Races Carded For North Platte July 4 North Platte. Neb.. Tune 22. (Spe cial Telegram.) A patriotic celebra tion and series of five auto races will be held here on July 4 under the auspices of the Lincoln County Agri cultural society. The home guards, local band and citizens will take part in the parade, and the program of outdoor sports will be held at the city park. The main feature will be 50-mile race in which entries have now closed Twenty-nine state wide cars have signed for the five races. The program will close with a ball in the evening. seventy-one drafted boys of Lin coln county will leave here Monday evening for Fort Ri'ey and Camp Funston. A patriotic farewell will be given in their honor by the Sammy Girls' club at the Red Cross theater. The principal speaker will be Attor ney C. L. Baskins. Ex-Representative Bullock Dies at Denison Home Denison, la., June 22. (Special.) Charles Bullock died at his home in this city Friday. He was one of the oldest business men of the county, engaging in the drug business at Den ison in 186$. He was prominent in democratic politics of the county and state and represented Crawford county in the legislature two terms. Mr. Bullock was the local Cl.auncey Depew as an after dinner speaker. The funeral will be held Sunday aft: ernoon. SENATORS AGREE TO REMOVE LIMIT ON ARMY CALLS Military Committee Approves Provision to Authorize Sum moning All Men of Draft Age. Washington, June 22. Approval was voted by the senate military com mittee today of the provision in the $12,000,000,000 army appropriation bill as it passed the house, empowering the president to call to the colors all men of draft age who can be trained and equipped. The committee completed discus sion of the bill and Chairman Cham berlain announced it would be fa vorably reported to the senate next Monday. .After discussing the resolu tion introduced some time ago by Senator Chamberlain providing for the drafting of citizens of ajlied coun tries under such provisions as may be agreed upon in treaties, the sommittee referred the matter to a sub-Committee, which will confer with Secre taries Lansing and Baker and then frame an amendment. Another question which will be con sidered by this sub-committee will be probable legislation affecting the crafting of aliens from neutral coun- Uncover Robbery of $5,0C0 Worth of Copper ; In Council Bluffs The theft of $5,000 worth of bar copper was unearthed in Council Bluffs Saturday night and J. W. Hal- ' lcr, O. F. Goodwin and J. A. Blake were arrested in connection with the ' robbery. The cooper was in transit to : government works. A portion of the loot was recov ered valued at $2,300. and the remain der, it is stated, has been located. The copper Was taken from the Wabash railroad, and was found hidden on th i Wabash tracksnear Twenty-ninth avenue. The case was ferreted by -J. P. Gale of the Union Facific, W. A. Maskin, special agent of the . Wabash, and F. M. Cashman, assisted : by the sheriff and his deputies. tries. Senators claim that since the " draft law became effective there have been instances where such aliens have -been drafted after having failed to claim their rights and have been sent to France. Should these men be Y wounded or killed, the United States might be placed in an embarrassing position. Canaday Out for Treasurer. Lincoln, Neb., June 22. (Special.) J. S. Canaday of Minden. who ia serving his second term as treasurer , of Kearney county, has filed as a can -didate for state treasurer on the . democratic ticket. His personal ap plication for the primaries was re ceived by Secretary of State Pool -Saturday, i . CONGRATULATIONS TO VICTOR ROSEWATER AND THE EMPLOYES OF THE OMAHA BEE From OMAHA'S "Quality Drug Store" You're As Near To Us As Your Telephone Unitt-Docekall Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS 17th and Farnam Sta. Phone Douglas 808. tfwmiwiimm.iiiui.imi.mm.ium 0 maha f otash Kenning Co. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS of NEBRASKA Capital Stock $1,000,000 EXECUTIVE OFFICES SUITE 522 First National Bank Bldg. OMAHA, NEBRASKA 10,000 SHARES Par Value $100 All Common Stock Non-Assessable Plant: Lakeside, Nebraska ACT QUICK A Remarkable Opportunity to Conservative Investors Potash Will Help America Win the fVar 5 1 I.-' ) .i St t - s IV f i' i S I 1 J. B. ASHELMAN. Room 50S, Fair Hill. 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