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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1319. WOMEN WILL AID ill CAMPAIGN ON ; SOCIAL DISEASE Major Louis Hough Speaks ,On Public Health at Women's Club Meeting. "If a nation wants to survive, it ( must make a campaign against the social diseases said Maj. Louis Hough of the national i i i t i , puDiic neaun service. speaKing oe fore the Omalfa Woman's club Mon ; day afternoon at the Y. W. C. A. ."The nation that makes the health "of its.boys and girls safe will have 1 a jvorthy people. If it fails in this, -'it will go dowtj as nations before us ? have gone. ; '"Congress is helping in the fight.'" assured the Speaker. "On July 9, 19)8, it appropriated $41,000,000 to as ' sist the states in combating and con ' trolling of these diseases. The sUtes are back of it too. Nebraska has "appropriated $25,000 to meet the congressional fund available for this state and there is now a venereal disease bureau at Lincoln with Dr. P. II. Bartholomew in charge. We must have the help ' of women in order to be successful in our ef forts. Nebraska Clean State. "These diseases," , according to Major Hough, "through neglect and i . i. t - v. ; - . id he i iuucsiv. I dvc laincu uu mtii slaughter of our present and the fu ture generation unchecked and un controlled. ' "Nebraska is one of the cleanest states in the union, one of the healthiest, and .you want to keep it eo. But. there is disease here and "vc are going to fight it, utilising the University of Nebraska, which has a venereal disease clinic in Oma- . ha, and also Creighton college. We want to make the world a good place for posterity as well as a place Safe for democracy. The campaign to be waged here will include cynics and a detention home for those who are unable or unwilling to care fbr themselves, and social workers as veil. . ' "1 ' Proved in Examinations. "Statistics show that 30 per cent of the millions examined for war service, were found physically unfit, and the largest per cent of these were de to venereal disease. No . other disease, except measles, ex ceeds it in number of victims. It is stimated . that 10,000,000 of our .. population in this country is af fected with syphilis, and five times this number, with gonorrhea. Sixty per cent', of the 780,000 boys who mature-- annually contract one or . both of these diseases before they ' are 35 years of age, and 30 per cent of these infect their wives. Con , ditions in Germany are as bad; Rus- sia is worse, and other, countries about the same as , trie United States. "These diseases have done more f i rlarnptat t anil Hnnnnl9tA th world than all (the wars and all the other diseases combined. In 70 per cent of the abdominal operations upon women, where pus is found , excluding zppenaicitus tne gono cocci germs , are present. Eighty per cent of 'the blindness in the ! young is due to this germ and 30 per cent of all blindness in the . world is due to tne same cause, it produces' sterility, rheumatism and divorce. Syphilis is the only 'disease transmitted to off-sorine in its full virulence, and its Hereditary errects are appainngrus ' victims "largely fill the feeble minded homes. Locomotor ataxia tand paresis and ovular paralysis are j almost aiways due to this disease. . ..'Uiu oy per ceiu ui iu viiums mc t innocent ones." t r Will Aid in Campaign! This was the last meeting of the Omaha Woman's club or any de ; partment of the club,, until further notice. "The large auditorium was not opened and the somewhat smal- - ler gatherings than usual assembled in the north parlor adjoining the lobby. - Following Major Hough's talk, the club, through motion of Airs. C.r V." Hayes, pledged ttseit to aid Dr. J. T. Edwards, city health physician, in the work of his depart - inentr so far as possible. Dr. Ed- wards, who presented Major Hough, said that "no health commissioner can go very far with his work with out the "women back of him." , President John W. Gamble of the Chamber of Commerce, speaking " for the civics committee, Mrs. F. H. Cole, chairman, declared that "We men' seem to have made quite a mess of things, and we are evi dently in a situation, where it will take strenuous measures and a great deal of help to get us out We hope you women will aid in ex tricating is." Mr. Gamble dis " cussed the big economic problems of the present day all over the world and approached their solution -with a history of the past in mind. His view is an optimistic one, for, in his opinion, the burdens, thougli heavy, can be borne, and America will have the biggest part in car rying them, i "After all," he concluded, "prog less ionsiyt largely n elimination. Kcmove restriction and throw off a restraint and you enlarge liberty. Get rid of a superfluity and you re duce cost. Reduce cost and you train economy. Gain economy and : you are "capable of bearing a burden ,that ptherwise could nor have been borne." - ' Mayor. Ed P. Smith spoke briefly, urging action rather than theorizing in the present day. Mrs. M. - D, 'Cameron spoke on the plan of co operation among club women in the , thrift movement. '' -Among the visitors at the Mon day club meeting was Mrs. George Abel of Lincoln, daughter of the president, Mrs. C. L. Hempel. Mysterious Miracle Man - Heals Sick With" Hands AKTVUtt U Wr if 'fa 'Jr-T - &D&- - Thousands Claim to Be Cured of Various Dread! Ailments. New Carlisle, Ind., Dec. 2. (Spe cial Telegram.) Harry Mayes, for mer pugilist, and his wife, hold forth in a brjck building on Main street here, where Mayes is known as the mysterious "Miracle Man." Because . Mr. Mayes, passing through here by automobile for Cal ifornia, made the remark, "I can heal anything with my hands," and proceeded to give demonstrations, gossip' started, and thousands- of blind, afflicted and suffering have poured in TI steady itream to his office from all parts of the country to be healed. j An average of 400 patientsa day, at $1.50 per cure, have come to him. Local people have founded a sani tarium with Mr. Mayes at its head. All employes of the sanitarium claim to have been cured of some ailment bythe mysterious "Miracle Man." . ' , . . Editor's Note: This is another telephotograph, or picture which has been telegraphed by the wonderful new method, exclusive rights to the publication of which are controlled in Omaha by The Bee.) Women Pay Fines and -Leave Court While Officials Wrangle Mrs. Mary Schoefflin and Miss Jessie Belmont, 626 South Seven teenth avenue, paid fines and'walked out of Central police court Mon day while Police Judge Foster and Court Sergeant John Holden were engaging in a round-table discus sion over the legal status ol the women, under an ordmance which provides for the physical examina tion of persons convicted on charges of immorality. ' , The women were convicted of having been inmates of a "disor derly house," and the question wa! whether this class of a house was within ' the purview df an "ill-governed" house, .is defined in the or dinance, v Holden at first declined to fill olH an order for the examination of the women, on the grounds that it would be unlawful. Omaha Detectives Warned v ' i io watcn unrisimas man Concentrated efforts by all de tective chiefs in cities throughout the United States against any pos sible outbreak 'of anarchy in the way of infernal machines being sent GEN. WOOD URGED FOR PRESIDENCY BY LINCOLN MAN Omaha Political Organization "Holds Meeting at v ,"' Paxton Hotel. Seventy-five members of the "Wood for President Club,", at tended a meeting at the Paxton ho tel l&t night, and were addressed by W. L. Gaston of' Lincoln. In opening his address Mr. Gaston said that it was up to the republican party toelect a man who would car ry the banner of the republicans to victory. He pointed out the reasons why Leonard Wood was the man for the presidential chair, saying that he was not so much a military man as a man of practical sense and experience in all matters of life. In reviewing the -career of Leon ard Wood as a generar in the United States army, Mr. Gaston told of his work in Cuba and showed the great work done by him in the Philippines, and also pointed out the service vhe did for his countiy during the great war just ended. i SiX.tr years of service to his country, and no man ever served his country more faithfully than did Leonard Wood, he is now ready for many more years of service to his fellowmen and to his country." said Mr. Gaston. Short talks on the life and ability of Leonard Wood and his fitness as a president, were made bv Dexter Buell and Dr. E. C Henry of Omaha. Two Girls Arrested on Charge of Shoplifting May Crawford and Elizabeth White, both living at 2924 Vinton street, were arrested yesterday aft ernoon by Special Detective Larry Finn and charged with petit lar ceny. Finn says the girls stole sev eral pairs of gloves and other wear ing apparel from the' Brandeis Stores. through the mails at ' Christmas time; are planned by the Interna tional Association of Detective Chiefs, according to a circular let ter received yesterday by Chief of Detectives Dunn. The letter warns the detective chiefs against the movements of the "bolsheviki and anarchists of the Russian Federation of Communists" and to guard against mysterious parcels coming through the mails to federal, state and municipal officials. Chamber of Commerce Asks , Citizens to Aid In Crisis That the members of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce are heartily in accord with the terminal fuel ad ministration's "efforts to conserve Omaha's alreaHy meager coal sup ply, and requesting all citizens of Greater Omaha to comply fully and -cheerfully with their regulations, is the substance of a resolution adopt ed by the executive tipard cf the chamber at its meeting yesterday afternoon. 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Weaver declared he didn't know what was in a confession which lie signed in the office of Chief of De tectives Dunn w hen he was arrested October 4. At that time his face and hands were bandaged. He testi fied he was burned by the flareback of the gasoliue when he threw it. The confessionvhich he signed de-clares-that he threw the gasoline into the burning court house. "I was just standing on the bajus trade of the front steps of the court house," said Weaver. "A man came up and handed me a can of gasoline and pressed a gun against niy side and ordered roe to throw it in the window. I threw the can into the court house yard, but .the flareback caught me and burned me." County Attorney Shotwell con fronted Weaver with proof of his jail, record in Fort. Leavenworth for desertion from the army in January, 1917, and in other places. Weaver was arrested at 1357 South Seventeenth street Oct6ber 4. He was identified by several po licemen. He worked at the Home hotel before his arrest. Five New Policemen Quit; Sa More Salary Necessary Howard S. Hall, William McCue, Ole E. Treen, William Gibson and Selden C. Smith, five of 70 police men recently appointed, have re signed. They stated that they could not afford to work fof" $109 per month and pay $75 for uniiform out fits. ' INDORSE WOOD FOR PRESIDENT -IN SO. DAKOTA Lowden Secorfd in G. O. P.' Convention Democrats Want Wilson or McAdoo. Pierre, S. D., Dec. 2. Major Gen eral Leonard Wood was endorsed for president of the LJnited States early tonight by the republican state convention after a spirited struggle, in which Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois came out second best." While the republicans were meeting in one legislative chamber of the state capitol, the democratic state convention 'in thff- opposite chamber endorsed President Wilson for a third term by a unanimous vote. Under the Richards state primary law, the donnty delegations cast their vote oit'the basis of their vot ing strength at the last state elec tion, and a majority was necessary to endorse or nominate. Wood re ceived 28,599 votes from theNrepub- Ucan majority and Lowden gojt 15, 442. The necessary majority was 25.558. The republican convention! was turned into turbulent session late today, when one faction halted a roll call on presidential endorsement and urged that the county delega tions withhold their vote on that question. After this move was de feated, the supporters of this plan who were classed as anti-Wood delegates, swung their strength to Lowden. The republicans then quickly en dorsed Governor Alvin Coolidge of Massachusetts for the vice presi dential nomination, fbolidge re ceived a heavy majority. A few scattering wtes were cast for Theo dore Roosevelt, Senator Hiram Johnson and Henry Allen of Kansas. Democrats did not indorse any one for vice president. 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