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." . ' , . .
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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 ADMITS
THROWING OIL
IN COURT HOUSE
Testifies"" Man.' With Gun
Forced Him to Hurl Can
-. - Of Gasoline -.Was '
Badly Burned.
Louis. Weaver, testifying Vyester
day at his trial before a, jury m Dis
trict Judge Redick's court for arson
in connection with the court house
tire of September 28, declared that
he was forced by an unidentified man
to throw a can of gasoline into the
burning court house at the window
of the coirflty clerk's office." The
case went to the jury last night.
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.
The only other presidential possi
bility mentioned at the democratic
convention was William G. McAdoo
Fraiier Indorsed. .
Governor L. J. Frazier of North
Dakota was endorsed by the Non
partisan league convention as a can
didate tor president. senator Rob
ert M. La Follette was suggested
as a candidate for vice president, "but
the convention decided not to take
action on vice president.
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