Weather Survey
of U. S. Made in
Hour, Says Robins
m
Secrets of Forecasting Given
by M. \. Kobins at Meet
ing of Engineers—Illu
sions Destroyed.
The Americun Association of En
gineers henrd at their meeting Tues
day night at the Chamber of Commerce
the secrets of the weather man, t;e
v to led by the local forecaster, M. V,
Robins, who explnned the value of
apidlrd meteorology and climatology
to the farmer, the fruit grower, the
tobacco grower, to shipping ami espe
cially to the army and navy.
"There are 240 meteorological sta
tions In this country and by means of
these the weather burenu makes a
general survey of the country every
12 hours." he said. "It Is ns accurate
as If a man could actually gel a birds
eye view of the whole United Ntntes.
"At 7:45. morning and evening,
these observations ah- made and tel
egraphed In cipher to the central of
fice. Maps are immediately construct
ed from the data received and we
sometimes get the full report from
the entire country an hour after the
observations were taken. In addition
to this there are 125 climatological
report"TB in Nebraska alone.”
Mr. Robins destroyed a number of
popular illusions, such as "red sky
nt night, sailor's delight " When ques
tloned as to the accuracy of the al
manac. he laughed. "It Is founded on
the scientific fact that It Is colder
In January than In July." he com
mented.
Hla liertrers also learned that the
weather map is no picture puzzle
when you know what the isotherms
and tsolmrs mean, and were instruct
ed in the significance of the arrows,
circles and other cryptic signs which
dot Its surface. After his talk Mr.
Robins thok the audience over to
his office • In the Federal building
where they were allowed to Invest!
gate his barometer, thermometer and
other Implements and insignia.
100 Killed and Injured
in Explosion in Cuba
Havana, Cuba. Dec. 13.—(By A. F.)
—One hundred workmen were killed
or injured yesterday In a boiler explo
sion which wrecked the Kstrella sugar
thill, near Camajtuay.
"Thirteen bodies had been recovered j
Up to p. m. yesterday and 40 injured
person* were being cared for in 1
Ca maguey.
Most of the victims are Spaniards. '
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PISOS
Father of 10 Loses Hand; Gets $41,000
A Chicago Jury awarded *41,000 to Clinton F. Anderson of ttrand Rapids, shown here with his wife and 10
children, for the loss of his left hand through an accident alleged to have been the fault of the Pere Marquette
railroad. 's •
Anderson, ns a brakeman, was on top of a car and seized a brake which was declared defective, causing
him to fall to the ground and resulting in the amputation of his hand. _
Medic Men Fear
Heresy in Ranks
J
Report That Candidate * Ip
Practicing Tabooed The
ory Causes Furore.
Reports that a candidate for office
in the Douglas County Medical asso
elation lind endorsed and is practicing
the teachings of Dr. Abrams of Pan
Francisco—tabooed by the more "regu
lar" members of the profession—furn
ished a lively undercurrent at the as
sociation's annual meeting at the Uni
versity elub Tuesday evening.
Dr Abrams professes to be able to
diagnose the ailment of any Individual
by a test applied mechanically to a i
blood sample.
"AVhy, this man has an Abrams .
machine In bis office," was the pre- ,
election whisper.
"Dirty politics,” was the answer i
from the other side.
The latter won.
Officers elected were: Dr. J. M. Pat
ton, president: Dr. G. W. Dlshong,
vice president; Dr. Roy A. Dodge, sec
-^etary treasurer (re-elected).
Following the election, members of
the society heard an address by Dr.
R. E. Farr of Minneapolis on "Docal
Anaesthesia."
New Japanese Ambassador
to Ameriea Is Announced
Tokio, Dec. 13.—The Japanese cab
inet yesterday announced that Vice
Foreign Minister Han'hnra will lie
appointed ambassador to the United
Stales, succeeding Anibassadoi Shide
hara. Mr. Ilunihara was a member
of the Japanese delegation to the
Washington d'ssrmamcnt conference
Mr. Shidehara is in Japan on leave of
absence because of ill health.
Consolidation of Army
and Navy Is Urged
Washington. Dec 13.—Consolidation
of the War and Navy department in
n department of national defense de
signed to function under a cabinet
manner, with assistants in charge of
the army and navy, respectively, has
been def nitely recommended to Rresi
dent Harding by Walter F. Drown.
head of the commission appointed to
prepare a plan of governmental reor
ganization.
The president is giving serious con
sideration to this and other recom
mendations submitted by Brown and
may lay them before congress within
a week or two, accompanied by a spe
cial message expressing the opinion
of the administration on each of the
changes suggested.
Honeymoon Ends Fatally.
Beloit, Wis., Dec. 13.—The honey
rtnjpn tour of Mr. and Mrs. Stevan
Brown ended disastrously when the
car, driven by Brown, overturned in
a ditch on the outskirts of Durand.
A broken steering gear caused the
crash. Mrs. Brown's neck was
broken, and she died almost instant
ly. The Browns had been married
less than a week.
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Origin of Dime
Store Fire Is
Undetermined
Theory That Blaze Destroying
Bluffs Building Started
hy Safe Craekers
Disproved.
Origin of the tire which gutted the
Woolworth building at Fourth street
and Broadway In CouniMl Bluffs early
yesterday morning remained undeter
mined last night
Damages at the fire have been esti
mated at near $100,000.
Theory that the flames started from
an attempt of yeggmen lo blow two
safes in flio Woolworth 5 and 10-cent
store in the building was broken down
yesterday morning when William F
Walton, manager found the safes in
tact, with valuables and money un
harmed.
The fire was discovered shortly aftei
11:30 Tuesday night by Police Sergt
Jack Dempster while away from his
desk for his midnight lunch hour. He
noticed smoke pouring from the build
ing when lie crossed Main street at
Broadway, and after an investigation
turned in an alarm.
Omaha Gives Aid.
Every fireman and every available
piece of fire fighting apparatus in
Council Bluffs, as well as the com
pany from the Omaha lire station at
Eleventli and Dodge streets, battled
the flames until after 4 yesterday
morning.
A $20,000 stock of Christmas goods
In the store was consumed. The
building was gutted, the roof caved
in and the front wall leveled.
Efforts of the firemen were con
lined fur liours to halting the flames
from spreading to frnme build ngs
• Immediately In the vicinity and In the
heart of the business district of the
town.
Smoke enrly tilled the Bluffs branch
of the A. llospe company, next door
west, and pianos, talking machines ;
and office fixtures were moved to the
sidewalk. Bart of the jewelery stock '
of George Gpruer. second door west,
also was removed, and automobiles
In the Central garage, on the alley j
in the rear of the dime store, were
run out.
Flames Spread.
The flames spread severul times to
both the Hospe building and the
garage, but were extinguished each 1
time. Water is in the basements of
almost all the buildings in the tucin
Ity.
The front wall of the four-story
Woolworth building fell out into the
street at 4 a. m. Six firemen, playing
a three-stream nuzzle over the fire,
beard the rumble as the wall tottered
and fled backwards Just in time to j
escape being buried in the debris.
The giant nozzle, under the terrific i
force of the water, broke from their
control and knocked down several of j
the men.
Firemen at work on the fire escape
on the east wall were ordered down !
by Chief Cotter when It seemed the
rear wall, too, would cave in.
Landmark of City.
The Woolworth building was erected
in 1879 and was a landmark of thu '
city. It first was two buildings, own j
ed by Mayor Ixiuis Zurmuehlen and ;
Fred Empkie. but later was remodel- I
ed for the dime store, the middle wall
being removed on the first floor but 1
remaining in the upper stories
Absence of the high wind which ,
has been sweeping the Bluffs for sev
eral nights materially aided the fire
men. although the bitter winter cold
froze much of the water played on the .
flames.
Empkie and Zurtnuehlen estimate
the loss to the building nt $50,000,
with $15,000 Insurance on their half.
Owners of adjacent property com
mended the Muffs firemen for their ef
ficient work In stopping the flames
from spreading to the rest of the
block. ,
Hundreds of spectators braved the
chill winter night to watch the spec
tacular battle of the fire fighters.
Prairie Oil Increases Stock.
Independence, Kan., Dec. 13.—
.Stockholders of the Prairie Oil and
das company nt their annual meeting
yesterday ratified capital stock In
crease of 200 per cent payable to stock
holders of record December 20.
“Why did you shoot
your husband?”asked
the Judge:“Poisons is
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Cordelia.“NotGuilty,”
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