THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1917.
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Council Bluffs
Department
Of The Bee, 14 North
Main St. Telephone 43
FIRE YOUR FURNACE.
AND SAVE YOUR COAL
Expert Engineers From Ames
College Will Teach Council
Bluffers How to Do It
and Get Heat.
The most valuable bit of assistance
that has perhaps ever been given to
Council Bluffs will be offered free this
week. It will be along the line of
saving one-half of the coal consumed,
by burning the smoke and gases in
stead of pouring out the poisonous
compounds to pollute the air. Ex
perts fron the Ames college will be
the instructors.
Secretary Blake of the Chamber of
Commerce Was advised yesterday that
Royal H. Holbrook, mechanical engi
neer, will .-rrive here Monday morn
ing accompanied by another Ames
engineer to inaugurate a fuel-saving
campaign in Council Bluffs, covering
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
and probaMy Saturday. They will go
from here to Shenandoah Thursday
morning and expect to return Satur
day and devute an extra day to the
campaign.
The campaign will be wholly educa
tional, and the desire is to reach every
person in Council Bluffs who has th
responsibility of building a fire. It
is notorious that mankind, keenly in
telligent in all other things, is bar
barously stupid when it comes ' to
building fires. It is to point out a
few practical methods of meeting the
fuel crisis by contuming instead of,
wasting coal. On Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings the Ames men
want a meting of engineers and fire
men of th big power plants and jani
tors of office tuildings and apartment
houses with large heating plants, and
especially ihe janitors of school build
ings. They will also visit all of the
school houses on Tuesday to make
personal investigations of firing "meth
ods. They also want all boiler and
furnace men to send invitations to
visit their plants. They plan an in
spection of all boilers and heating
plants in factories, office buildings
and apartment houses for the instruc
tion of firemen in the use of coal,
leaving charts showing the proper
methods -of firing. The Chamber of
Con.merce will furnish automobiles
for trese visits. The college men say
they want to get into every power and
heating- plant in the city.
Fo the purpose of reaching the cit
izens the pla- is to place in the hands
of every householder a little folder
giving instructions for proper han
dling of coal in home furnaces. These
folders will be given out at all of the
general meetings where the Ames
men make public f addresses 'for the
care of home furnaces or specialized
talks to groups of engineers and fire
men. All of the material for house
hold distribution will be furnished, by
the college, and the suggestion is
made that the folders be distributed
by the Boy Scouts as patriotic war
work. - .
The Chamber of Commerce has
been trying for years to get an Ames
college short course on furnace fir
ing and this will be a partial realiza
tion of th t long cherished purpose.
To be taught how to save nearly half
th fuel and get cleaner and better
heat is worth something, but this
course of instruction, costs nothing
but the ffort to receive it.
F. E. Cox Meets Death by
Accident in Strange bity
A telegram from A. L. Johnson,
brother-in-law of F. E. Cox, an
nounced that Mr, Cox was instantly
killed Friday morning when hit by a
train at Buffalo, N. Y. The telegram
contained no particulars, merely stat
ing that Mr. Cox was killed while
crossing the Erie railroad tracks
there, and that the funeral would be
held yesterday.
Ihe telegram was sent to it. , i.
Schoentgen, a war.n personal friend
and former business associate of Mr.
Cox before Mr. Schoentgen retired
from the architectural profession to
enter the wholesale grocery business
with Gronewcg & Schoentgen, fol
lowing the death of his father, John
Schoentgen. Mr. Cox was located
here about 16 years and designed
all of the principal buildings erected
during that time. He . sold out and
went to Chicago two years ago. He
was in Buffalo to visit his sister at
the time of his death. Mr. Cox was
married but leaves no children. It
is believed that Mrs. Cox was in Buf
falo with him.
Mr. Schoentgen is in the east and
Mrs. Schoentgen, who received the
telegram, does not know where to
reach him by wire.
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No. 1. Afternoon Nap Required in TMe School.
No. 2. Studying Outdoor! in Winter Weather.
Seventy-fiv e pr cent of the men who
failed to pass physical examinations
for the army can attribute their failure
to unsanitary and neglected conditions
of the rural schools in which they
were educated.
This statement was made recently
by Dr. J. A. Nydeggcr of Baltimore,
Md.
The little red school house has been
the subject of frequent scathing ar
raignments. It is doubtful, however,
if any other criticism has brought
its shortcomings so squarely before
the public
The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
is calling attention to rid themselves
of a menace which has undermined
the healtl of the countr It points
out that insteait of waiting for state
departments of health and local school
boards the community itself can take
the initiative by creating ft new type
of school house which will conserve
and not destroy the health of future
defenders of the nation.
Fresh air classes provide an im
mediate remedy for conditions arising
from the unsanitary and neglected
rural school. Any community can
have these fresh air classes.
The nucleus for a fund to start
sucli classes can be raised this Christ
mas by the sale of Red Cross Christ
mas seals. The American Red Cross
and the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis,
which conduct the sale, believe tliat
open air schools should be instituted
as a war measure to aid in the effort
to stamp out tuberculosis. The disease
j is one ot the most insidious 01 our
enemies within. Jl liere can be no
sounder basis for a campaign against
it, they declare, than the care of tu
berculous and anaemic, children.
The open air school has been sup
ported in its early stapes almost en
tirely by the sale of Christmas seals.
Most communities where these
schools exist have started them with
money thus raised. Sometimes an in
sufficient .sum has been carried over
for a year or two, until it was large
enough to operate a school. Often
Minor Mention
Have Us Dry Clean Your Blankets,
and there will be no shrinkage and no
lo6s of color. They will be more
thoroughly and . scientifically cleaned
than if merely washed. There's an
other advantage. By having us dry
clean the blankets all hard rubbing is
eliminated and the blankets will last
very much longer. Blankets cost
money these days and will cost more.
Our dry cleaning will save yours
from wearing out quickly. Bluff City
Laundry, Cleaners and Dyers. Phone
2814. Council Bluffs, la.
Omaha Couple Plead
Guilty and Pay Fines
George T. Crompton, Omaha real
pitat man. entered a nl? of criiiltv
to the grand jury charge of lewd
ness in connection with Mrs. Lucile
Wilcox, when arraigned in district
court at Council Bluffs yesterday.
Mrs. Wilcox was arraigned at the
same time and made the same plea.
Crompton was fined $150 and Mrs.
Wilcox $50.
Crompton paid both fines and the
costs. After the sentences had been
imposed, Crompton and Mrs. Wilcox
left the court room. The woman re
mained in the corridor on the ground i r.r thq,,,i
floor while Lrompton went into the , ostentatious on account of the recent
ornce ot uieric loiiinger to pay the : (loath of the groom's sister. The color
fines, after which they left the build- scheme was of pink and .white. A
ing together. j three-course luncheon was served.
; ' Jiint the immediate relatives of the
Take Advantage of Rebates nride( iind eroom were present.
bv pavfllg for goods bought and ', "H rnf?"lar m'inR of Council
charged since December 18 by paying i kSPlV ,410rd",r K?u,rn
. ,.. k:it ri L i-l fetar' nel,J at Monic temple Friday
your bill not later than December b. n)eht. the following r,m -em wcr
Davis, Drugs.
Victrola, 520. A. Hospe Co.
Platte Overton buys walnut logs.
Correctly fitted glasses. Leffert'a.
toclrt Mils nigi. tot W. Bwy Tel 807.
Lewla 'latler, (uneral director. FUone 7.
Woodrlng Undertaking Co., Tel. S39.
We duplicate any lens In our own factorv
Terry Optical Co.. 408-410 Broadway. Adv.
TRMPORARy LOCATION Dr. II
A. Woodbury. Dentist, X5 Scott St.
The best yet, double' disc records,
latest popular songs and music, can
be played on any disc machine. 25c
each. II. Borwick, 209-U S. Main St.
A tool house in the Northwestern
railroad yards was broken into Friday
night and a lot of tools taken, includ
ing an $S0 air pump.
Court of Honor Jolly Boosters No.
U will entertain members and friends
Xlonday niffht at the Danish hull.
Dancing and cards will be features.
Harmony chapter No. 25, Order of
the Eastern Star, will meet in regu
lar session Thursday evening. There
will be business of importance. 1
South First street chapter of St.
Paul's guild will hold its regular meet
ing Monday afternoon at the home of
rMrs. Thomas Peacock, 128 Graham
avenue.
Pottawattamie Tribe No. 21, Im
proved Order of Hedmeii, will give its
Christinas dancing and card pany
Thursday evening for its members and
families only
Council Bluffs chapter No. Ml, Or
der of the Kastern Star, will hold a
special meeting on Tuesday evening.
There will be initiations nd other
business. v
Special conclave of Ivanhoe Com
mandeiy No. 17, Knights Templar, at
Masonic . temple at 7 o'clock Mon
day evening, for work on the order
of the Red Cross and the Older of the
Temple. Banquet will follow at close
of the meeting.
A great many sensible and practically-minded
parents make Christ
mas presents to their children of
scholarships in the J lam mill college,
746-748 West Broadway. Nothing
more desirable could be given. A
good education is better than an an
nuity. After two days' trial, Clement
Hough, former Crescent foot racer,
was acquitted last evening of assault
ing Pat Moran, fellow townsman and
life-long friend, and breaking his hip.
The case was given to the Jury about
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and the
exonerating verdict returned about 8
o'clock.
NOTICE TO ALL RAlLROAD EM
PLOYES: Mr. F, B. McNinch, the
official and authorized representative
for the general time and ?atc' inspec
tion, is here with authority to sell
railroad men in any department
watches on easy payments. His of
fice while In the city will be at Lef
fert's Jewelry store, between Pearl
and Main streets, on Broadway, the
official local time watch inspectors
for railroads at this point.
Alfred Nelson and Miss Emma Pet
erson were united in marriage at 8
o'clock last evening, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jacobsen, 331
Williams street, by Rev. John Hanson
The affair was un-
The John Beno Co.
, elected: Worthy matron, Mrs. E.
Michaelson; worthy patron, C
Spanlding; assistant matron, Mrs.
Walter Johnson; .secretary, .Mrs. I,.
Nargens; treasurer, .Miss Flood: con
duciress, Mrs. Brandt; assistant con
ductress. Miss Hetegard.
Mrs. Mary Swassing, 63 years of
age, died at the home of her son,
W. G. Swassing, 787 Madison avenue,
Friday at 5 o'clock. She is survived
by three sons, W. C, of this city;
C. M., of Sppkane, Wash., and M. J.,
White Knob Ida.; one daughter, Mrs.
John Volmer, Clearfield. S. D.; two
sisters, Mrs. Hugh Donahue, Coming,
and Mrs. William Mulvahill, Council
Bluffs, and two brothers, John Hein,
Seattle, Wash., and Martin Hein, Port
land, Ore.
Police officers and several others
are looking for a man who said his
name was Joe Ferrald, He had been
staying at the Ogden hjoikse and shar
ing the room of H. Horo for a week.
When Hoff returned from his work
yesterday afternoon he discovered the
place looted, about $40 worth of stuff
missing. Ferrald had been working
for Max WollVen, Broadway and I
Fourth street, and it was discovered
last evening that be had robbed his
employer. went to a branch house ,
anu nil in nc nau ocen win mere 10
check up the business. Ho "checked"
$60 from the cash register and depart
ed. When his roo n at the Ogden was
searched last evening, 700 cigars and
18 cartons of chewing gum were
found there, which hud been taken
from the Wolfsen stove.
K. T.Ward, retired farmer, who had
Used in this vicinity since 1 872, died
yistenlay in the Methodist hospital,
Omaha, of heart disease. Ho was
taken from hi home, 335 Lincoln ave
nue, to the hospital a few days ago.
Mr. Ward was 70 years olu. He was
married at Salt Lake City on Decem
ber 7, 1867, and the golden wedding
was celebrated at the Lincoln avenue
home a week ago yesterday. Mr.
Ward came to Council BlulTs in 1872'
and went to a fan i in Boomer town
ship soon after, where he remained
until he returned here in 1S07. lie
was a charter member of Park City
Lodge, No. 606, Odd Fellows. He is
survived by his widow and 11
children, .three daughters, Mrs. George
Page, Boomer township; Mrs. James
Peterson, Burled, Ida.; Mrs. Myrtle
Je.ssen; eight sons, W. F., C. W., W.
A., C. N A. C. and W. K., all of
Boomer township; J. C. Ward, Lin
coln, N"b., and . L. Ward Of Coun
cil Bluffs. The body was remoed to
Woodring's undertaking rooms await
ing arrangements for the funeral.
it has been added to by contributions.
The history of the open air school
shows that after public spirited citi
zens have shown its efficiency school
boards and departments of health are
generally willing to maintain it. The
authorities "must be shown" first.
Seal money therefore is being used
for demonstration purposes. '
There are three types of fresh air
classes. The first is for children with
tuberculosis, wjio are segregated from
healthy children. It is generally con
nected with a hospital or sanatorium.
The second is for anaemic children
or those Otherwise prcdisposcd'to the
diseasf-, who study in the open air,
are obliged to rest at certain periods
and arc given proper food at the
school. The third type is the open
window school, in which normal chil
dren arc Kept well and strong.
Communities which do away with
the tin anitary red school house and
substitute an open air school are per
forming a patriotic service. They are
helping to make, strong, capable citi
zens of growing children and to
stamp out tuberculosis.
,
g I T.iii'Mn. anil Bi'uiHlc'lillili-tMi In Colorado. On
tie- arriv.'il vi rolor.-nlo find oth-r relative
tie- funorul K(-r Icos will bo i'l:tnn-d nml an-n'uiw''d.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
IN COUNCIL BLUFFS
in
Municipality Will Set Big Tree
Auditorium and Give
Pantomime for the
Children.
Complete arrangements have been
made for the big. municipal Christmas
tree on Christmas eve in honor of the
families of Council BlulTs soldiers. The
tree will be planted in th-: auditorium
and it will reach from the floor to the
roof, and will be only a part oi the
event. There will be a pantomime
with a chorus ot 1.500 school children
who will sing Christmas carols in the
pla7a in front of the building, and
George S. Wright will lead a the aii'l
drum corps.
The character of the program is in
dicated by the fact that Mrs. Friu
Haumeister is to have charge of the
pantomime, "The Christmas Dream."
with Miss Frances Fanlight in the
part of "J tarle(iuin," arid naiads, fairies
and Mother (loose characters will
dance and frolic tj the delight of
everyone. The chorus of 1,500 chil
dren will'be in charge of Miss Middle
ton, who is drilling an enthusiastic
bunch of happy and patriotic young
sters. George Wright, who is head
of the draft exemption board, will use
his military prerogative to requisition
everybody who can play a fife and beat
a drum, but he will nave no power
to court-niartial those who do not
know which end of the drum to beat
or anything about keeping time.
"Kattling drums and screaming lifes"
will be the sole desideratum.
The Christmas tree will he a large
one and its branches will hear a gift
for every child. Mrs. Quiiiu and the
Flower Mission girls arc now prepar
ing the gifts. The Chamber of Com
merce has given its endorsement to
the plan and all of the churches have
expressed a willingness and desire to
co-operate. The committee feels that
the spirit that is animating the Coun
cil Bluffs municipal Christmas is one
of the finest and best things that lias
been developed in the community.
The families of soldiers can obtain
tickets for reserved seats without
charge at the Red Cross rooms on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
this week. The rooms are on the sec
ond floor of 102 Pearl street. Chanjes
R. 1 human's office. All other seats
will be open to the public and will not
be reserved.
FARMERS HELD FOR
HARBORING ENEMY
Man Accused of Striking Land
lady Who Denounced Him
Gets Friends in Trouble
by Fleeing; to Them.
Shenandoah SolcNer Is .
Letter Censor in France
Shenandoah, la., Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) A pipe, organ for the new
Presbyterian church as a memorial
for the late Dr. D. C. Mackintosh,
former pastor, was made a possibility
by the gift' of $1,000 by Kdgar
Foust and $500 by Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Murphy. Karl Ferguson, F. N.
IlacKctt, the Mack's men, the choir
and the Presbyterian Cubs have also
signified their willingness to give to
the. fund.
"It is quite a task to censor the
mail along with other things, but
so far I am getting along splendidly.
If th reports are true I may find
myself permanently located here. Am
feeling fine, have plenty to eat and a
line place to sleep," he .writes in his
letter "from somewhere in France."
You can secure a maid, stenogra
pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee
Want Ad.
(From a Staff I'orn -ioinlnt )
Dcs Moines, Dec. 16. (Special Tel-egram.)-
Hans and Nick Wulf, farm
ers, were arrested at Deuison today
on charge of harboring and comfort
ing an enemy and placed under $1,
J50 bonds. Fred Orth, young Ger
man, who lias been working on farms
in the vicinitv of Denison for two
years, is being sought by secret serv
ice men)
According to reports from Denison
he struck Mr. Patrick O'Donnell in
the lace when she denounced him at
her boarding house for his alleged
pro-German utterances. Two men
threw Orth out of the place. He went
to the Wulf farm, but when officers
went there for him he had gone.
German Arrested.
Rccause he failed to rise when the
Garden theater orchestra played the
national anthem Thursday night J.
K, Farlocher, American-horn German,
was arrested by Lieutenant M. S. Sar
lev and Private llj Fngerude of Camp
Dodge. Farlocher. who is .kS years
of age, claims Cedar Rapids as his
home. He is a plumber and has been
working at Camp Dodge. He has
been booked at police headquarters
for investigation.
Cold Weather Continues.
The local weather bureau forecasts
that the mercury will go to 12 htlow
tonight, with wanner weather and
possible snow Sunday. Snow was
general throughout Iowa Friday
night. The total snowfalt in Des
Moines last night was 1.2 inches. At
Austria' 8 Man Resources
Invoiced as Enormous
With the French Armies in
France, Dec. 16. The total man
p o w e r of Austria-Hungary's
armies, the latest enemies of
America, now has reached 1,170
battalions of infantry; 240 squad
rons of cavalry, 2,(50 field guns,
1.500 light howitzers and 922 heavy
guns, according to approximately
exact figures obtained today by the
correspondent.
9 o'clock Friday morning the mercury
was 5 below zero.
Home Folk Coming.
Many of the parents of national'
army men may come here to visit their
sons Christmas day, inasmuch as the
men may not be permitted furloughs
to go home. It is estimated that ap
proximately 8,000 visitors may come.
It is not known dclmitely whether or
not orders will be enforced atramst
permitting lfien or officers taking fur
( loughs over Christmas.
j Governor Harding today issued a
I proclamation naming the period from
, December lt to 25, inclusive, as Red
I Cro.ss membership period, lie says
I that all ot the members of Iowa fam
1 ilies should be able to enjoy the sat
isfaction at Christmas time of being
memlx-rs of the Red Cross.
Earl Caddock Throws
Freberg, Swedish Grappler
cw York, Dec. 16. In the inter
national eatch-as-catch-ean wrestling
tournament here tonight. Earl Cad
dock ol Auita. la., threw John Freberg
of Sweden, in 45 minutes and 15 sec
onds, with a head, arm and body hold.
, Joe Rogers of New York, threw
George Munich of Serbia in 14:07, with
a grape vine hold; Ivan Linow of Rus
sia, defeated John Ileracle of Wil
mington, Del., 2.5:15. forearm nelson
am! reverse body hold.
YussutT Hussane defeated Fred
Pilakolf. Finland, 2:20, arm lock.
Skates and Sleds
For Live Boys
BOYS: Here's a
chance for you to get
a sled or a pair of
skates, by doing
a little work for
us after school.
Call at The Bee
branch office
nearest youand
we will tell you
all about it.
Am J I
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teiilm &wwiss .--
Last year alone Victrolas were in
stalled in the schools of over 4,800
cities. Th'ii alone should be convinc
ing enough to show where the Vic
trola stands with musical directors.
Every style and priced instrument
sold on easy payments at A. Hospe
Co., 407 West Broadway. Advertisement.
Iowa Note.
Logan From Superlntfiident F. E. Oreen
of the I.oean rhoois, It Is learned that n
enthusiastic ranvasa is bf-lnif made by
pupils of th gratl'-s and high 'hool, and
with "X'-oIlcnt result?. In the (rrartei Mi
N'fllie Kenni-dy and her jiupila lead In the
number of Ked t'ro.s members.
Lnpan Ft. Ji. Wallare of Council liluffs.
president of the L'nited States military hu-I
reau of Iowa, inadea stlrrlnp speech on the I
Ked Cross, war. Young .Men's Christian as- j
sociatlon, Liberty loan and loyalty to our;
government at Magnolia last evening. He
yas accompanied by It. O. S. Kennedy.
Thomas Thallium was chairman. ;
Loran The death of Henry Ti.-tge, nc
92. at th" home of his pranddaUKhter. Mrs
flint Kiteh. here last jiiKht at 11 o rlo. k
afler a brief illness, marks th-- fassinK of
an early settler of wcnt.-rn Iowa, ivhu set.
l-d at t'ouneil Ttluffs In the early 'Jes. ami
when there were but iTirc Mores In th 1
town. Sir. Tietge is rurvlved by M daugh- '
ter. Mrs H. B. Ityer, nd two inm, John j
and Kdward Tlelire. hi rrnddanhter.
.Mrs. Clint Fitch and .Mrs. iuy ijubletiofj
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