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
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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.
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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,
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officials of this company are well-known, conservative business men who have been residents
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capital stock, par value, $100 a share, is now off ered for sale.
Our company has two thousand acres of productive potash waters lying between the fam
ous Hord; Alkali Products Company lakes and the Potash Reduction Company lakes. The
tests on our waters have demonstrated that they contain millions of dollars of Potash.
Undreamed of Wealth Lies in the Deposits Taken From Potash Lakes
The addition of millions of dollars to the wealth of Western Nebraska, and the turning
of Potash into a mere by-product is the expected result of experiments now being made by
Chemists in Western Nebraska Potash plants. What the new mineral will mean to Western Ne
braska, iit proves all that is predicted, may be realized from the fact that one of the Potash
companies in Western Nebraska is said to be clearing $90,000 a month on an investment of
$500,000. , Our company will be prepared to refine all such minerals. .
. Air companies operating in Western Nebraska have made wonderful earnings. Most of
them vare close corporations and those fortunate to hold even a few shares of stock have already
received fortunes in dividend it being a matter of general knowledge that in one instance
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OFFICERS and DIRECTORS
F. J. FITZGERALD, Capitalist, Omaha, President
N. C. SEARS, Pres. Doan-Sears Co., 215 Grain
Exchange Bldg., Omaha, Treasurer.
FRANK A. MAY, Com'l Superitendent Nebraska
Telephone Co.. Omaha, Secretary.
H. A COPSEY, Pres: First State, Bank, Alliance,
Neb., Director.
B. N. .ROBERTSON, Corporation Attorney,
Omaha, Director and Counsel.
. The Board of Directors will be increased to seven mem
ben, one of whom will be a recognized expert in the operat
ing of Potash Plants.
OMAHA POTASH & REFINING CO.,
, Suite 522 First National Bank Bldg.,
Omaha, Neb.
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