Nebraska Newspapers

    Cooling of Sun
May Result in
Glacial Period
Scientists Startled Over Proof
That Earth Receives Less
Heat IVow Than 15
Months Ago.
By OKORtiE F. AL'TIUER.
Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee
Washington. April ,10. — Govern
ment scientists, including the heads
of the United States weather bureau,
have been thoroughly startled by re
sults of examinations made of the
sun's world heating capacity, made
h.v Dr. C. G Abbot, home secretary
of the National Academy of Seien
cies.
According to Ur. Abbot, the sun ap
pears to have gone on strike, and Is
exerting its warming qualities updn
the earth to an extent 3 per cent less
than 15 months ago. This unusual
action on the part of the sun is as
sumed to he responsible for tile pres
ent late spring, may have had its in
fluence upon the strange winter sea
son just passed and may presage a
damagingly cold summer and an in
tensely severe seaspn next winter.
Scientists See in the present situa
tion a duplication of the disastrous
summer of 181 i> when frosts oecurred
during the summer, causing whole
sale loss of crops and tjedueing food
prodttafion to a minimum. Whatever
may be the cause of the decision of
the sun to reduce its heating effect,
no one Is prepared to say when the
present conditions may return to nor
mal and further increases in the cool
ing-off process are possible.
Weatehr Iturrau Officials Mum.
Weather bureau officials refused to
commit themselves on the star’ling [
statement made by Dr. Abbot before
the recent meeting of the Academy of !
Sciences, saying the experiments up
on which Dr. Abbot bases his con
clusion* are so new that it is impos
sible to determine their value in antic
ipating weather conditions for long
periods in advance. All admit, how
ever, that if ,the experiments should
be demonstrated as correct over long
periods of time, it would revolutionize
methods of weather forecasts and
•nake possible predictions many years
in advance.
Dr. Abbot who has succeeded in
throwing this bombshell in the ranks
>f world scientists, makes no predic
ion as to the future, saying the ex- j
periments which have resulted in
measuring the sun's heat and deter
mining that it is 3 per cent below nor
i al. says they have been in progress
only 20 years and this is a short time
in the history of the sun. They were
begun by the late Professor Bangley, j
'ormerly head of the Smithsonian
■ nstitution in Washington and con
tinued by Dr. Abbot.
Makes No Prediction.
This scientific iconoclast says it is
impossible to predict what would hap
pen if the low temperature of the
sun continued. He points out that the
world is so filled with varying condl
‘ions which affect climatic differ
ences, such as clouds, deserts, mon
talns, etc., that general "coolness”
need not he expected. He merely
Igjints out that the last.winter was
most unusual and that the present
spring is the latest on record. Some
scientists have previously offered the
opinion that a lowering of the sun s
heat 4 degrees for an indefinite pe
liod might approach a return to the
glacial period. Dr. --Abbot has no
opinion on this subject, pointing out
that changes in the heat exerted by
the sun on the earth recur.
While Dr. Abbot is extremely con
servative about drawing conclusions
fiom his investigations, he describes
the drop in average heat from the sun
of from 3 to 4 per cent ns "extraor
dinary” and that nothing so outstand
ing in the way of a change m the
lent of the sun bad been observed
since measurements were begun in :
1903.
All acknowledge the world is facing
a strange and unusual situation which
will probably right itself but which
may have a startling effect upon eli
matic conditions during the next 12
months.
Mrs. Emma J. Carter Dir?.
Mrs. Emma Jane Carter, #<*. widow t
of the late Henry Carter, died Mon
day at her home, 1113 fiouth Eighth
street.
She is survived by a son and three
daughters.
Funeral services will he held
Wednesday morning at S:30 at the
home and at St. Patricks church at
9. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre
cemetery.
Birth? anti Death?.
Birth*.
m find Agues Bower*. 133S South
Twenty.fifth avenu*. boy.
Mark and Christina Sporcic. &<1* South
Thirty-first street, girl.
Earl and Violet Mataon. 441* South
Eighteenth street, girl.
Frank and Zoo King, hospital. Kiri.
Hg|1*tt and Be..* Kogel. hospital girl.
Ai*raham and Blooma Greenberg, hos
pital. girl.
Fred and Frances Anderson, hospital,
boy.
Deaths.
Maud* Applegate. 51. 4124 North Nine
teenth street. _ ..
John H. Neal. 8 months. 2 4 40 South
Twentieth avenue.
Fizzle Mahoney. *4. 4220 F street,
flarry Merritt Davie*. 20. hospital.
Henrik Mortensen. 8'*. hospital.
**©l|a Lagatha Lambert. 7. hospital.
Hazel MrConaughey, 6. hospital
Herbert W. Walker, 3, 2516 Hamilton
t|f rest.
Caleb Winter, 71, hospital.
Ileglua Nebb, 11. hospital.
Marriage Licenses.
Marring* ilr«na#a w*r« laaued to th« fol
lowing roupl*"
Daniel Lightner. r«. Omahn. and Marian
Phuriow, 23, Omaha.
Frrim*tt V. liennla, 24. Omaha, and
Mnltlo K Moore. 29. <*rnah»
An»*lo Handazzo. 27. Omaha. and
Faaqua. Seato. 19. Omaha
Raniu*! F. Myers. 20. Omahn. and Kdna
K. Thompson. 1®. Omaha.
I_Uncle Sam Says
Duck Haising.
This booklet on duck raising de
»< rlbea the meat, egg-laying and or
namental classes of ducks, explains
duck farming, selecting and mating.
Incubation, brooding. met linds of
feeding and preparing ducks anil duck
eggs for market.
Duck raising 1ms been conducted
unite successfully both as a side lin°
on general farms and to a considera
ble extent on backyard city lots.
Headers of The Omaha Hen may oh
lain a copy of this booklet free as
long as the free edition lasts by writ
ing to the Division of T’ublicalions,
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C., asking fur ' k'. li. 6U7."
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Society
Nu Sigma Nu Holds
Annual Banquet
The annual banquet of Nu Sigma
Nu was held at the Brandeis grill Sat
urday night when many out-state and
Omaha alumni were present.
Dr. C. It. Kennedy acted as toast
master and the following responded to
toasts: Drs. Harold Mulligan of Has
tings, Neb.; D. C. Moyer of Lincoln,
Neb.; F. D. Barker of Lincoln, Neb.;
Donald Macrae of Council Bluffs. Ia.;
H. .T. Prentiss of University of Iowa,
and Drs. C. C. Tomlinson, Palmer
Findley and E. W. Bantin of Omaha;
W. B. Vance and C. Bantin of the ac
tive chapter.
Others present were: Drs. Charles
Harms, Lincoln: It. S. Cutter, Council
Bluffs; A. B. Anderson, Pawnee City,
Neb.: It. L. Troup, Council Bluftfe;
F. F. Chesley, Chicago; Andrew Sin
amark, Fremont; F. B. Belt, Minden,
la.; Herman Backen, Harlan, la.; O.
E. Olson, Red Oak, la.; H. C. Dun
lavey, Logan, la.; F. H. Morrow, Co
lumbus, Neb.; Byron Baer, Memphis,
Neb., of the active chapter, and
Drs. C. F. Kti8ohe. George Pratt, C.
W. Pollard. C. H. Waters, Alfred Soho- |
lek, Max Ernmert, J. S. Gaitz. W. A. |
Cassidy. A. E. Guenther. W. A. Wil- I
lard, Robert Schrock, W. A. Klllens, 1
Homer C. Law.‘••an. William L. Hons, i
jr.; Rodney Bliss. Ralph Linkart, W.
E. Wolcott. R. Allyn Moser, Earl C.
Sage, George W. Prichard, G. II. Mil
ler. W. H. Melcher, C. A. Hull and II.
Jefferson of the alumni.
Altrusa Luncheon.
Mar? Maraton Kinsey will return
Tuesday morning from Columbus, O..
where she has been attending the
national meeting of Altrusa clubs.
Kalamazoo, Mich., will be the meeting l
place for the next ’ national meet.
Mrs. Anna Settle of Louisville. Ivy.,
was re-elected national president; 1
Madge Sprague of Columbus. O.. and \
Miss Frances Spearman ©f Grand j
Rapids, Mich., were made vice presl- j
dents.
Local Altrusans will meet for !
luncheon Tuesday at the Chamber of
Commerce. Miss George, president of \
the Denver club, will be a guest of
honor.
Galen-Stine.
Miss Lola Stine and Harry J. Galen
were quietly married at the Fonte
nelle hotel on Wednesday afternoon. ;
Rev. Samuel Sub? of St. Louis, a
cousin of the bride, performed the
ceremony. This wedding was an
nounced to take place in June, but
owing to a change in business plans
of Mr. Galen the wedding date was j
changed. Miss Stine is the daughter
of the late Mrs. II. P. Stine of this
city, but has spent the past seven
months in Denver. Mr. Galen, whose
home is in Philadelphia, has spent
much time in Denver since returning
from overseas, where he spent three
• _ _ __
years. Tile couple left Thursday for
Denver, where they will locate tempo
rarily. Rev. Sale, who spoke at sev
eral gatherings here last week, had
also been present at the wedding of
the bride's parents, 50 years ago, at
Louisville, Ky.
The Stouts Return.
Word has come that Miss Gertrude
Stout and her father, John F. Stout,
sailed from England April 2fi and
will land in New York on May 3, fol
lowing a two months' Mediterranean
trip. They will return to Omaha
May 6. w
Kappa Luncheon.
Mrs. Naasson Young will he hostess
to the alumnae of the Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority at 1 o'clock luncheon
at her home, 138 North Thirty-fourth
street, next Saturday.
Personals
Fletcher Birch has left the Ath
letio club for New York.
The Misses Ruth Fitzgerald and
Helen Curtice of Lincoln spent the
week-end in Omaha.
Miss Matilda Stieren of West
Point, Neb., Is the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Janies Blakeney.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank King announce
the arrival of Mary Zoe at the Lord
Lister hospital on April 25.
Dr. and Mrs. F. S. Mellinger and
their son, Frank, will motor to Bur
lington, la., the last of next week.
Mrs. Irving C. Wood left Sunday
for Cincinnati, O., where she will l*e
present at the meeting of the national
board of Woman's Home Missionary
society of the Methodist church.
Mrs. M. V. Porter and son, Spencer,
leave the last of the month for Chi
cago. where they will he with Mrs.
Porter's mother, Mrs. Spencer, who
will be remembered as a guest in
Omaha last summer.
Mrs. Joseph H. Rawlings of
Springfield, 111., who underwent an
operation at the Clarkson hospital on
Monday of last week, was removed
Thursday afternoon to the home of
her son. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rawl
ings.
Mrs. Russell Harrison has gone to
Norfolk, Va.. where she accompanied
her daughter, Mrs. Harry Williams,
and the letter’s children. Misses
Marthena and Mafy Virginia Wil
liams. Mrs. Williams, whose left eye
was injured a few weeks ago, has
not yet regained her sight.
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ind Fragrant Talcum
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,'ret •£ C« '~ar» ..ADoraUrUt. Wpt Z, Maidta. luM
puref
Good for
the kids—
and good
for you!
"No fancy wrapper—
just good gum ! ”
3
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American Chicle Co.
1 Don't let skin trouble
unfit you for the days wrirk
Eczema, ringworm, and other
Itching rashes seldom heal them
selves, but Resinol Ointment does
heal them and makes refreshing
sleep possible for skin sufferers.
One who has used this comforting,
healing ointment writes—"Resinol
Ointment is so soothing it stopped
my itching at once and I got the firs*
night's sleep I had had in week*.
Now my skin is well.” What it
lias done for one it can do for others.
Why don’t you try it?
Ratinol Soap and Retinol Shaving stick
contain tha tame toothing inrredieptt which
enable them to thoroughly cleans* the skin
yat leave it fraa from aaoatUvanata and
smarting*
Resinol
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Paints - Varnishes
SOLD IN OMAHA BY
V. O. Hurd, Hrmon
WilHama-Youn* Hardware Co.,
220 South 24th St.
Meyer Hardware Co.,
2015 Leavenworth St.
North Side Hardware Co.,
4112 North 24th 3«.
M J. Simon,
5302 South 30th St.
■fl 5cho«ninf Hardwart Co., mU,
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jf f i I 11 •y*ton» of treatment that .turea Pllea, Piatuia ahd othat
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ontil cured. Write for hook on Rectal Dlaeaaea. with name# and teetfmnniale «f more
than l.OOi prominent people who have been permanently cured.
OR. a R. TARRY Sanatorium. Potato Truot 0tdi (Boo Bldf I. Omaha. Not
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May Music Festival.
Tickets for the May Music Festival
10 be given at the Orpheum theater
May 2 9. 1C. 23 and 30 under aus
pices of tiis Omaha Woman's club
may be obtained at the Victrola de
partment of Ilrandeis st< re or from
club memheis.
The opening concert will be given
Wednesday morning, 11 o'clock, by an
orchestra of 40 men under direction
of Robert Cuscaden.
Camp Fire Bridge.
Mrs. Jesse Whitmore of Valley,
Camp Fire guardian, will entertain 12
guests at the Camp Fire benefit bridge
party Wednesday afternoon. 2:30
o'clock, at the Blackatomj hotel.
Camp Fire girls in ceremonial gowns
will sell candy during the afternoon.
! Tickets for the benefit may be ob
I tained at the Blaekstone or at Camp
' Fire headquarters.
Woman's Press Club,
The writing section of the Omaha
Woman’s 1’ress club will meet with
Mrs. T. R. Rutledge. 3118 Decatur
street Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. Scliopp Hostess.
Mrs. William Scliopp has issued in
vitations for eight tables of bridge
to lie given at her home Wednesday
afternoon.
District Legion Auxiliary.
The fifth district American Legion
auxiliary held a successful conven
tion, at Mindcn, Neb., last week. An
organization was effected and consti
tution and bylaws adopted.
Addresses ’ were given by Mrs. E.
C. Warner of Norfolk, Mrs. W. A.
Prince of Orand Island, Mis. E. T.
! Ashby of Hastings and E. E. Chad
deron, chairman on committee of
Americanism of the American Legion
of Holdrege, Neb.
Mrs. W, S. Holmes of Hastings was
elected president.
Doctors Wives' Club.
The Doctors Wives' club will meet
for luncheon Wednesday, May 2, at
tlie Eontenclle at 12:30. Mesdamcs
A. B. Dunn, Alfred Schaieck, W. II.
Pruner and L. A. De Lanney will act
as hostesses.
Burgess Bedtime
Stories
Hy THORTON W. BlRtiftSS.
Drummer and Mrs. Drummer Talk
Thing* Over.
Wlien Mr*, says 'ti* so or thus.
Don't argue lost you start a fuss
—Drummer the Woodpecker.
Drummer the Woodpecker and Mrs.
Drummer had arrived Just in time to
see Mr. Blarksnake coming down the
tree in which they had made their
new' home. Perhaps you can gue.-s
how they felt when, they caught sight
of him. By the time* they reached the
tree Mr. Blaeksnake was on ttie
ground and was gliding away, with
Sammy .lay and the other birds fol
lowing him and shrieking at the tops
of their voices.
Drummer and Mrs. Drummer didn't
join the other birds. They were too
upset. They know as well as if they
had been there to see that Mr. Black
snake had visited their new house.
All the joy which had been theirs
when they *had started out to get
their dinner after finishing the new
house was gone. At first they didn't
visit the new house at all. Finally
Mrs. Drummer flew over and poked
her head inside. Then she flew over
to join Drummer on a dead branch.
“Of course he's been there," said
Drummer mournfully.
"<tf course," replied Mrs. Drummer,
still more mournfully. "What else
would he have been up in this tree
for?"
"Nothing," said Drummer. "lie
must have discovered somehow that
we had made this home, and so he
climbed up. The question is, what
are we going to do now'?"
' I don't know, but I can tell you
one thing we are not going to ilo,
we are not going to live in that
house," replied Mrs. Drummer, and
she said it in a very decided manner.
'He may never come back again,"
said Drummer.
“And then again lie may." retorted
Mrs. Drummer. "If i should lay eggs
In tliero and he should return we
would lose those eggs. He might
even surprise me in there and get me,
too No, siren, that house isn't for
us.”
"Then I suppose all that hard work
has gone for nothing," said Drummer,
still more mournfully than before.
"It has so far as I am concerned,”
declared Mrs. Drummer. "I won't
live in that house now if I don't have
a home all summer. I wouldn't feel
i safe a minute. No. sir, I w ouldn't feel
safe a minute."
"We might make another house on
the other side of this tree,” said
Drummer brightening up.
Mrs. Drummer looked at him scorn
fully. "Whut a sensible idea',” she
exclaimed. "Of course if Mr. Black
I snake came hack and found we were
not occupying this house he would
| go right down again without looking
j around! The idea! This tree isn't foi
! us. We've got to hunt up Inother
tree and do our work all over again
There isn't any help for It. There's
nothing else to be done. There's no
! use crying over what can't be helped.
I did like this tree. I liked the idea
of living beside the Dong l.ane. But
I hate the place now. Yes, sir. I
! really hate the place. I would ha$
any place where Mr. Blaeksnake has
been. Come on. Drummer. Come on.
thei» is no use wasting time here."
Mrs. Drummer spr*ad her wmgs and
i flew away.
Where are you going?" cried
Drummer. Mrs. Drummer didn't re
ply, so there was nothing for him to
do but to spread h,s wings and fol
low her.
(Copyt rtii. 19*. )
Birth Announcements.
Mr arid Mrs. H O. Smiley an
nounce the birth of a daughter on
/April 29 at the Stewart hospital.
Mr and Mrs. I. .Samuel Srhlaibr
, announce the birth of a son at the
Stewart hospital on Monday, April
3U. Mrs. SchUtifer was formerly Miss
(Jertrude Stein.
Tap Hay Nets *2,000.
Minerva Home tap day Saturday
netted $2/100, according to Dr. Jennie
t'allfas who was In charge.
A three piece costume sait of navy
blue poiret twill has the ccmt and a
panel on one side of the skirt em
broidered in an aUover design in red.
This Will Ward Off !
And Break Up Colds \
Jut a tssspooafnl o! Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsia removes the cotfestioo
fpHE two ailments that jirojiln
J generally retard as of the least
importance are in reality the tauw
of most serious illnesses and of
the greatest proportion of deaths.
___ They are coasti
pation and com
mon colds. Many
doctors now !*■
lieve that cold-,
tousilitis a tou> h
of malaria will
caus« constipa
tion, instead of
constipation le
injr their can-a.
The fact remains
that you seldom have a cold with
out constipation, due to general
congestion. The only way to
avoid colds is to keep up your
vitality. You UMially cat h cold
in the winter if you are run
down. Therefore in cold weatht r
exercise more; eat more fatty
foods; drink four to six glasses of
water a day; keep the bead cool,
the feet warm, the bowels open.
Y'ou are also less liable to colds
if your system is free from the
intestinal poisons of constipation,
so empty the bowels regularly
with a plain vegetable laxative
like Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
ANY FAMILY MAY TRY IT FREE
Thousands at parents ore. asking
themselves, *' li here can I find a trust
wtrlhy Uizalire that anyone in the
family can use when constipated?"
/ urge \ou to try Syrup Pepsin.
I trill gladly provide a liberal free
sample hot lie, sufficient for an adequate
lest. Write me where to send it.
Address hr. W. H. (iohiuell. 5/5
H ash i not on St., Monlirello, Illinois.
l>o it turn!
At the Lpd „ign of a cold, at the
first few warning sneezes, take a
traspoodful of Syrup Pepsin and
the oongex^m will 1** gone in a
few hours. Don’t wait until the
i old has a grip on vou. Mr.
Henry Dean, Jr., of Rochester,
V V., cured a stubborn cold in
just that way, and Mrs. Alice
Corhhrey of Haskell, Okla.. uses
it effectively for all the small ills
of her family. such as constipation,
biiiouane.vi, headaches, dizziness,
and Pi break up fevers and colds.
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is
a srientij 'ally-balanced com
pound of Egyptian senna with
pleasant-tasting aromatics. It U
safe Pi give to inf'ints, and all
children like it. Before you again
resort to cold remedies contain
ing narcotics try a teaspoonful of
• •nip Pepsin. Any druggist will
supply you, and the cost is less
than a cent a dose.
A Wall Finish
That You Can Send to the Laundry
>f course, you can’t exactly put your walls
through the tubs and hang them out to dry.
Hut you can wash them when Mello-Glossed.
You can’t stain them, try as you will. Even
ink spots won’t, stain. Won’t because Mello
Gloss simply seals up a wall's pores and lovers
it with a lustrous satin-sheened finish that
rlivt, grease or stains can't get a grip on.
For halls, bathrooms, kitchen*—yes, and bed
rooms—it is a wonderful finish. I orm s in
a can. (does on with a brush as easily as
butter melts on a hot biscuit. Pr^p in and
i see the colors and the finish itself.
SEND FOR THIS BOOKLET
Called "The Diary of the House in the Woods." by Kath
erine and Edward McDowell, who themselves designed and
built the house, then Mallotoned and Mcllo til-.v-ed the walls,
N’eptunited the floors and woodwork, and did various other
thirds, odd and interesting:, to make their home cozy and
attractive. ,
Send 10 rents for it direct to our Dayton, Ohio, Office.