Psychologist
Makes Address
to Educators
•Vof. F. M. Gregp Declares
Child Should Be Able to
Sense Ideas Imparted
by Instructor.
To ha\e a practical undemanding
'* what he is taught, the child should,
•e able to sense the ideas t»eing im
t arte-d by the teacher, according to
I'rof. F M. Gregg of the department
< paycholog\ and education. Nebraska
Mesleyan university, speaking jester
day afternoon to the school hygiene
tion of the Nebraska State T^ach
era* association.
Prof. Gregg applied hi* thought par
t ularly to the promotion of physi
« %1 welfare. He held a fresh air
< :nic with a boy for a subject, fl
1st rating hie talk in a practical man
ner.
To demonstrate that children need
icre practical dent on hi nation of their
mnvledge of physiology, hygiene and
J.er sube s he : e-rj ri list of answers
Imported by the Gape county su-,
I • rintendent of *> hoola as having l»een
-»Nen the eight grade pupils. few
‘he answers follow
Need More Knowledge.
"The organs of respiration are \
heart, lungs and kidneys.
\n epidemic if something you g.'e
I • 4|» £ i< *US dlF» HSf
T*MateuriT'-d milk is th** kind you
get from coys in pasture* that haNe'
bitter weeds.
“The esophagus is between the
stomach and intestines.
Fumigation is purifying the bleed.
* The nervous system is a kind of
tub*-- where the blood flows in.
‘ Masticrtion is the lasting the
heart.
pox
“Alcohol weakens the nerves and
causes them to crack
Mast nation is what is going on.
* Fumigation is when air is shut off
and death may come.
“Respiration is s«ud> about th»
> pice
Tells Work of School Nurse.
Miss Charlotte Townsend. *up*r
' isor of medical inspection in Omaha
public schools, gave a sketch of the
work of the public school nurse, ex
pluming they are woperating with
the teachers to stimulate personal
pride among the children The bovs
arid cirls are being Ought the im
portance of regular habits of j*er.
*onal hygiene. The meeting was held
m l>»g.an Inn. Hotel Fontenelle.
’Children of Other Randf*. was the
*ubje« t of a talk by Robert Cow elJ
to the kindergarten section at Central
High school auditorium yesterday
afternoon. He recently returned
from jl two year tour of the world.
Makes Rapid Growth.
The growth of Japan is astound
i>.£ Mr. Cowell said. “In that land
I was privileged to travel with an
educated Japanese .whom we bad
previously met in the states. He told
me that a census of Japan showed
that the awi g^ number per family
teK - ight and that a family of that
■rr rin live on live acres.
*‘\\ e observed tlmt the children in
Japan were chubby, well fed and com
fortaMy clothed. Great attention is
being given in that country to sduca
tion. The women are awake. I be
lieve that the United States can do
much in Japan '
Mr. Cowell stated that in the days
of his childhood the child was seen
and not heard but today there exists
an unprecedented juvenile precocity.
While abroad he observed that the
children of France and Belgium re
fleet the close up of war which they
experienced. In Algiers he observed
children Just able to toddle helping
their elders in the rug factories.
Hope of World
"In the child of today is the hope
of the world.' Mr. Cowell told the
teacher*.
Ruth ltoekwood favored the kinder
garten section with a piano solo, and
lutura Goetz sang a group of lulla
bies Belle M Rv an. assistant super
intendent of Omaha si hods, spoke on
"The Superintendent s Job as Seen
by the Assistant Superintendent."
children of Mason school presented
their-pageant, "The Melting Pot."
Pate Elected Head of
Teachers’ Association
Moniiooed From Par* Out .'
education in our schools, that w« may
raise a citizenship that vill know how
to conserve its health. How ofren we
hear th* plea made in defense of crim
inals That they were physically de
ficient or mentally unsound. The im
plication i* that the fundamental
requisite for sanity of procedure is
ph>.-ical sanity.*’
Mi*- Alma 1Io*=tc of th^ sta*e t . ti
er- college at Kearney was elected
president of the modern language
T-eetfon and Miss Lila L Phejps of
Omaha was elected secretary.
The last general se--ion of the con
vention wd] be held this morning at
9 in the Auditorium. The combined
orchestras of the Omaha high schools
v ill give a feature prelude under the
direction of Henry Cox. Addresses
will N* given by ,T. H. Beveridge su
perintendent of Omaha schools: Frank
Cody, superintendent of Detroit
schools, and J. Fd C. Fishes Ne
braska commander of the American
Legion.
Mine Riot Defendants
Acquitted of Murder
<( onimuH] F>«tn Fag* On* >
victim of the riots The defense has
announced its readiness to proceed
with this trial at once.
Delos Duty, states attorney of;
Williamwon county, refused to ctyxe
ment on the verd t but Angus W.
Kerr, chief counsel for the defense,
declared:
“It was Th* only righteous verdict
which could have been render**! and it
ought to be the height of a new
era in industrial disputes in Ain*ri' i
and the abolishment of the use «.f
hired gunmen in controversies be
tween capital and labor
Must Accept Verdict.
ChicSgo, .lan. 3 9—^By A. P>—con
tinuation on the part of authorities of
every energy to bring to .iust ice per*
sons guilty of the killings of the Her
rin mine employed, slain in the riot
ing last June, was tH ged by John II
Oamlin, president of the Illinois
Chamber of Commerce, as a result of
the verdict of acquittal of the five
men who were tried on the charge
of murder. Mr. Camhn said the ver
dict must be accepted but that llli
r ois cit.zens would not be satisfied
until "the stain of Williams couhtj
has been blotted out
Mr. Camlin said:
"The verdict iust rendered in the
Herrin murder trial is the jury's ver
dict and as law abiding citizens w«
accept it A heinous crime was com
mitted at Herrin. 111. June 22 in
which 22 men were murdered. Pi me
per- n t persons are guilty of this
crime and we trust the authorities
will continue to exert every energy
toward discovering and bringing to
justice the guilty parties
"The Illinois Chamber of Commerce
does not wish t" see one innocent
man suffer. It simplj stands for
law and order and the complete re
establishment of the same in our
state."
The Illinois Chamber of Com
merce ra ;ed *2*' r,00 to aid Attorney
General Edward J. Brundage in fi
nancing the in' astigation of the Her
rin killings
Motion Picture World
Mourns Death of Reid
Uontinued From Page On* >
or eat*-’ the photoplays ra'ber than to
interpret them, but casting directors
always seamed to find parts in which
n<*ne other than Reid vould do to fill.
Thus he rose to the stardom in the
Lasky lot.
The determination to continue some
two years ago in New ^ oFk wr*rk
upon a picture despite an injury in
a tra:* wreck and consequent illness.
wa« the f.ital move Physicians pre
soribed narcotic s*imulu«. It insidi
ously became a habit. Like habits, it
grew, not discernible for months even
to hi* family, until finally the o\ er
fb wing happiness and open spirited
cheerfulness of the a* for seemed to
wane.
Friends palled upon him. he sought
more silent company and his dog be
came his most popular friend and only
confidant. Through the underworld.
wh^rPECfs the traffic in drugs word
was whispered and police reporters
heard the name, then rumors spread
through the movie world, reaching
into his family. He stoutly and not
unnaturally denied them. But z
hinge va* visible.
Then * Reaction.
Then a reaction. It whs only a few
month* ago wh«n his vision was af
footed nnd the realisation came upon
lnni that it wa*'no longer himself
that controlled him. He confided ,n
his wife ai d voiced^lie determination
to make the fight of his life. The old
spirit returned after months of ab
stination Strenou* physical exer
ises. Jong hikes under a trainer were
refleeted in many ways, even to moie
cheerful music front his saxophone.
Then the reflex. Nerve against
will agin and this time came utw
' physical collapse. But the fighting
spirit was not broken, and although
so pitiably weak that he could not
-upport his body and so racked with
pain that it put his utmost powers
to th** test, it was the old "Wally ’
that w ih a grim smile said that he
was going to win.
Waged on Cot.
"This was some two months ago.
The fight waged on a eot in a pri
vate sanitarium
Instead of convaJoscenee came com
plex internal reaction*. Then three
! days ago. “Wally." still victorious, al
though too weak to lift a saxophone,
displayed- his spirit by asking that
his favorite airs he played by record.
He won his fight against the drug
that had changed him. but it was
only a victory of will over habit It I
was too late for a victory of matter
over abuse and he went to sleep,
peacefully, in the tender arms of his
pal in the fight, Mrs. Dorothy I>av
enport Reid, never to awaken
Fight on Control of
C. P. Railway Dropped
tConttnued From Page One I
no interest or territory which would I
bo left unsatisfied by its adoption.
The agreement provides for tL-'
maintenance of through ratg-s a! d
services betw'eer. the middle west ..xid
the Pacific cast by way of the Ogd- i
line of the Central Pacifii . In adh j
tion. the Southern Pacific would acr ■>»
to refrain from any discrimina'ion
against the Ustden roule in its en
deavors to obtain traffic for its second
transcontinental route, which runs bv
way of El Paso, Pealing with the
Western Pacific, a supplementary i
agreement proposes similar conditions i
for joint use of Central Pacific fa
cilities.
Want tuloff Completed.
John ti Benton, representing -ne
Oregon protestants, declared that |
state desired to be assured of th*. j
Southern pacific's willingness to pro
ceed with construction of the Natron
cutoff line of railroad Further, the
Oregon commission wished to have it
undersiood that when the new line
was built, the Southern Pacific would
agree to its Joint use by other rait ,
tiads which might hare need of a
cess to Oregon territory.
Mr. Wood rejoined that the South
ern Pacific was already pledged to
the construction suggested, but tnai
reference to the matter in an agree- i
nient which the court* would later
hate to pass upon would constitute
ar unnecessary complication.
Mr. Scandrett, announcing the po
sition of the Union Pacific, said that
his road, in the light of the tcn’a
tj\e agreement, not only desired to ,
withdraw its opposition, but to urge
upon the commission the advisability
of granting the application of the
Semthern Pacific for lease of the lines
and ownership of the stock of the j
Central Pacific system. Such action,
he argued, would be a constructive
solution of a most difficult proposi
tion.
Net (.losing on Slavers
of Viueriean in Mexico
Calexico. Cal., Jan. —Mexicali
police and Lowei California authori
| lies announced la.“t night they were
lose to an arrest in the case of Key
; Gibson, American citizen, who dug
his grave and then was shot to death
i in it just across the border from here
; yesterday.
Persons implicated in narcoti'
smuggling activities on the border
■ were among those under close sur
veillance veeierday, it being the theory
of the authorities that Gibson's slay,
ing was an outgrowth of tho arrests
I here last week of Joe Vidal and two
others and the seizure of narcotics
valued at IDO.OOO. Gibson, the police
“aid. probably was executed by the j
narcotic smugglers in the belief that \
he had helped the authorities in this
raid.
Pawnee City Pastor Resigns.
Pawnee City, Jan. IP—(Special.)—
Rev. F. K. All^n. pastor of the First
Baptist church hero for four years,
has resigned and ■uiil move to Wayne,
where he will become pastor of the
Baptist church there .
Saturday—Continuing Our Sale of I
I Women’s Late Fall and Winter
Low Shoes
All Are Sty les Suitable for Present
Time Wear—On Sale at. Pair
Modish In
Footwear All Sizes
for All and
Occasions Widths
Formerly 6.50 to 12.50 Pail'
Clever Styles, Good Materials, Fine Workmanship
and an Unusually Low Price Are the
Components of This Big Sale
The Shoes are taken from our regular slock
and all sizes, widths and styles of heels are in
cluded. The daintiest of Dress Pumps and the
smartest of Walking Shoes are offered in this sale
at a price that makes the buying of several pairs
radical economy.
Third Floor—Eatt
I Saturday Specials in Shoes for Children
Infant*' Elkakm Play Shoe*—Blucber si) le »lth soil
;oes, brown or smoked elkskin. Sues 1 to 5.
Regular 2.25 to 2.7a 'alues for.
Children's Play Shoe*—Brown or smoked elkskin,
black or brow n calfsklo. All lace styles, low or high
topped, some with buckles. Sises a’i to 8, 2.33
.egular 2.75 to 3.50 values at.
same styles for school children. Sues 8-, to 9,85
11, 3.25 and 3.75 values for.
hues lit, l0 400 and 4.50 'alues 3.63
for .
Third Floor— East.
Saturday-Pre-Inventory Sals
Men’s and Young Men’s
Suits and
Overcoats
450 Suits,
originally
up to 4500,
Saturday
260 O’coats
originally
up to 4500,
Saturday - (
2522
Unprecedented Prices in
Preparation for Our Annual
Inventory of Men’s Clothing. All Latest
Styles and Materials and the Products of
the Best Clothing Factories in the Land.
Fourth Floor
«
MEN! A Sale of Your
Favorite Socks
We must withhold the name of the maker because we are not
permitted to use it, but this is
A REAL SOCK SALE
Comprising as it does several thousand pairs---mill runs and slightly
imperfects, but all in fine shape. These socks are famous for their won
derful wearing and washing qualities.
2,400 Pairs of Silk Lisle and
Fiber Sox—Regularly
40c and 50c, pair,
1,200 Pairs Fine Thread Silk
Sox—Regularly ^2 Q
75c, pair
or 2 pairs for /5c
1,200 Pairs of Regular 1.10
Fine Silk Sox— £ £
Pair JJC
600 Pairs of Fine Silk Accor
dion Ribbed Sox—
Sold regularly at 1.75.
per pair,
or 2 pairs tor 1.75
Since blacks are the biggest sellers in the winter season, the majority of
these come in black, but there will be a fair assortment of cordovans,
grays, and other shades and a fine scale from 10 to 12.
Main Floor—South