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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: ' FEBRUARY 1, 1920.
HEALTH HEAD IS'
OPTIMISTIC ON
"FLU" SITUATION
Confident That Coming Week
Will Show Marked Diminu
tion in Number of Cases
In ' Omaha.
Y?trrlav's local reports on the
influenza situation encouraged Dr.
J. F. Edwards, health commissioner.
to believe that tne coming weeK win
gfiow a marked diminution jof the
number of new cases.
Only 28 cases were reported yes
terday, with probably a few more to
be added on account of belated re
ports. This was half of the daily
average for the week.
The total for the week will be
slightly more than 400, as compared
to 101 for the previous week. There
, have been 500 cases reported since
the fifst case, January 14.
The health commissioner believes
that his reports this week will show
x something more definite in the local
situation. He is watching the death
list closely.
, Nine deaths from influenza were
reported last week and two the week
before.
The health department nurses are
busy visiting homes of patients,
leaving instructions and giving ad
vice. The health commissioner re
peated his recommendations, that
Omahans should exercise care in
maintaining their general health and
aiv. va in, ii ji aj nip vviii wi tnui;v
sition.
The Visiting Nurse association of
Omaha reported that it attended 25
influenza cases Friday ; and 1 all
' nurses are unusually busy.
Nebraska Cases for Week 1,676.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 31. Influenza
cases in Nebraska reported the past
week totaled 1,676, the state health
department announced today. Of
these 496 were reported from Oma
ha. ,Recurs in Cycles.
Washington, Jan. 31. Recur
rence of influenza epidemics in
cycles of 33 to 66 weeks apart are
discussed in a statement issued by
the bureau of census, based on a
study made by John R. Brownlee,
an English physician, who advanced
the cycle theory.
' Decline at Chicago,
r Chicaeo. Jan. 31. Deaths from
Influenza and pneumonia 6ince the
disease became an epidemic, January
15, totaled 1,668, it was reported by
the health department. During the
tame period 6,888 cases were re
sorted.
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Although there was a 8harp de
cline in the number ot new cases
todav. the death toll was the heavi
est since the contagion appeared.
Influehza caused 122 deaths and
" pneumonia 85, while new cases of
. - latter 352.
, ; 21 Deaths at Sacramento.
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Sacramento, Jan. 21. Twenty-one
deaths from influenza were report
ed tncether with 15 from oneumonia
San Francisco reported 227
new cases and nine deaths; Los
Angeles, 119 cases. Four deatha in
Oakland.
Spreading in Kansas.
Topeka, Jan. 31. New influenza
cases in Kansas jumped from 1,441
Friday to 1,805 Saturday, an in
crease of 364 cases, according to
reports received by the state board
of health. Pneumonia cases re
ported totaled 36. Seven deaths
were reported, two being in Kan
sas City, Kan. The total number
of influenza cases for the week was
reported by the board as 6,572. The
disease is prevalent in practically
all parts of the state.
Increase in Boston, i
( ; Boston, Jan. 31. Influenza cases
rmnnrtmA in th tatA riiirincr Tanti-
ary, numbered 5,070, according to a
health department bulletin. There
' have been 850 pneumonia cases. The
greatest increase has been during
the week ending today, when the
influenza figures jumped from 490
n A . A Art f
cases on January i 10 ,k) ana
pneumonia from 200 to 314.
,.635 and the man went down tond
, 2,000 Cases in Toronto.
Toronto, Jan. 31. There are 2,000
caes of influenza in Toronto, ac
cording to Dr. C J. Havings of the
health department. More than 200
were repored during the last 24
hours. Ninety-five since last night
Seven deaths were recorded, mak
.' ing 17 to date.
Classes for Spring
Term In Nursing
Now Being Organized
Classes for the spring term in
nursing are now being organized for
both aftertioon and evening in the
Red Cross room on the fourth floor
of the Y. W. C. A., under the di
rection of Mrs. W. E. Bolin, chair
man of' nursing activities. Instruc
tion consists of 15 lessons, 45 practi
cal demonstrations and a text book,
i Plans are being perfected under
which the Red Cross expects by the
' next semester to have a course in
first aid and home nursing on the
regular at Central high school.
Importance of these courses was
displayed during the recent epidemic
of winter sickness in Omaha when
many women were pressed into
(service because of the inadequate
suppry of nurses to meet the de
"Tnand. Skaters on "Tailor-Made"
: , Ice Thrill Cafe Patrons
Do people like to be entertained?
Judging from the number daily din
ing at the Henshaw cafe one would
say they do, and the novelty of be
ing entertained by such famed skat
ers as Jamef Bourke, champion trick
' skater of the world, is a treat much
to be enjoyed. Assisted, by the
Misses Edna Blue, Hilda Ruckett
and Jeane Carlisle, the patrons of
the hotel witness some of the finest
skating ever given in an exhibition
anywhere. No trick seems impos
sible, and Manager Keenan states
if it is possible he shall retain
the services of 'these four artists
throughout the year and let them
continue their thrilling spins and
pond which has been constructed in
the center of the cafe dining rofiffl.
Former Omaha Preacher
Sued by Theater Owner
Asks $50,000 for Alleged Alienation of Wife's Affec
tionsAlleges Many Clandestine Meetings Pas
tor Denies All Charges, Supported by His Own
Wife's Faith.
' The Rev. John F. Poucher, for
mer pastor of the Trinity Metho
dist church and other churches in
the Nebraska diocese, has been sued
for $50,000 damages for alleged al
ienation of the affections of the
wife of William G. Smeltzer, San
Francisco theater man. After
leaving Omaha Mr. Poucher was
pastor of the Central Methodist
church in San Francisco.
Last Sunday following a consul
tation with the bishop, the Rev. Mr.
Poucher resigned his pastorate.
It is alleged that a systematic
campaign was waged by the pastor
to win the affections of Mrs. Smelt
rer and that he sent her flowers and
candy and talked. to her in endear
ing terms and for some months
visited her clandestinely.
Alleged Love Leters.
Mr. Smeltzer also says in his
petition that the Rev. Mr. Poucher
induced his wife to leave her heme
and go to Los Angeles where, for
about two weeks, he called upon her
almost daily and took her about the
citv and nearby beaches. Many
letters couched in endearing terms
it is alleged were written by the
minister causing the theatrical
man s wife to cease loving him.
According to reports from San
Francisco, the Rev. Mr. Poucher
and his wife have a completely dif
ferent version of the affair.
,"I went to Long Beach with my
wife and sons because friends there
invited us and sent us tickets," he
said. "It had nothing to do with
Mrs. Smeltzer's presence in Los
Angeles."
Denies All Charges.
He denied sending candy and
said the only present sent to Mrs.
Smeltzer was a poinsetta sent as a
Christmas gift by his wife. Visits
denied by the minister, who
Rail Snaps From Cold,
Sleeping Passengers
Thrown in Icy Lake
New York, Jan. 31. The extreme
cold in Vermont is believed to have
caused the wreck of the Montreal
express of the Rutland railroad at
Hibbards Bay, throwing a sleeping
car of passengers into the icy waters
of Lake Champlain. It is believed
that the train was derailed by a rail
which had been snapped by the ex
treme cold. All passengers were res
cued, but several were badly frost
bitten.
Embezzler Fined $100,000.
Warren. O., Jan. 31. Charles B.
Kistler, former city treasurer, to
day pleaded guilty to a charge of
embezzling city funds and was fined
$100,640.10, double the amount of
.the money embezzelc-.!. and sen
tenced to from one to 20 years in
the state penitentiary by common
pleas Judge C. M. Wilkins.
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Jiey. JohnTJPoucher
said the Smeltzer's called once at
his home but did not remain long
and that he could remember of but
one automobile ride with them.
The only letters ever written to
Mrs. Smeltzer were business letters
connected with the church, the Rev.
Mr. Poucher said.
The Rev. Mr. Poucher was pastor
of the Trinity Methodist church in
Omaha for about two years leaving
here in 1917 to enter field work,
following which he went to Chicago.
He was given leave of absence here
in 1916 to go to the Mexican bor
der with the Fourth Nebraska na
tional guard.
Newberry Trial to
Begin Monday; All
Satisfied With Jury
Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. 31.
With a jury sworn in, attorneys and
defendants in the federal trial of
United Sta'tes Senator Newberry and
122 others on charges of fraud, cor
ruption and conspiracy in the 1918
election, are making ready for the
next act of the political drama. This
is expected to come Monday after
noon, to which time court ad
journed. Frank C. Daily, special assist
ant attorney general, wfll make the
opening statement for the prosecu
tion. ,
i Both sides professed satisfaction
with the jury. It consists of six
farmers, two produce dealers, a cat
tle buyer, the manager of a farm
ers' co-operative elevator; a grain
dealer and a grdcer.
Politically, attorneys for both sides
agreed, the jury consists of 10 re
publicans and two whose party af
filiations are doubtful.
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AGREE ON FINAL
PLAN TO SETTLE
LABORDISPUTES
Will Be Taken Up by Second
Industrial Conference Next
, Week Gompers Op
' poses It
'Washincton. Tan. 31. Formula
tion of a final plan for settlement of
industrial disputes, .. basea on xne
great volume of criticism and opin
ion evoked by the tentative plan of
regional adjustment boards an
nounced six weeks ago, win De lateen
up by the second industrial confer
ence next week.
Chairman Stanley B. King said
practically all executive session hear
ings has been completed and that
work on drafting final recommenda
tions to the president would be
started at once.
Opinion of Leaders.
How far the conference may mod
ty its tentative plan calling for a
! national industrial tribunal with
: recional boards of adjustment and
inquiry, Mr King said, was entirely
speculative in view of the fact that
the conference, since reconvening,
has concerned itself only with draw
ing out the opinions of experienced
leaders and that it now remained
for its 17 members to agree upon
conclusions.
One definite conclusion already
eached, however, Mr. King said, was
that any system of regional adjust
ment, while providing for disputes
that have once arisen, must be sup
plemented by some "preventative"
plan of shop organisation to catch
and cure the dispute at an earlier
stage.
Gompers Opposes Plan.
The most complete disapproval of
the tentative plan announced by the
conference, Mr. King said, had come
from Samuel Gompers, as the repre
sentative of - organized labor in
America, and from the "president of
one of the biggest employers' associ
ations in the country," whose name
he withheld.
js viewed by members of the con
ference, the attitude signified by the
opinions of these two men, he said,
was that any conflict ot interests
now existing between capital and
labor is a private fight with which
the government properly has noth
ing to do." This was found to be by
no means the general attitude, how
ever, on either side, he said.
Inventor of Phillips Code
Dies in Massachusetts
Vineyard Haven, Mass., Jan. 31.
WalterP. Phillips, former president
o.: the Columbia Graphophone Co.,
and prior to that a widely-known
newspaper man and telegrapher,
died at his home here Saturday. He
was at one time general manager of
the United Press, and was the in
ventor of the Phillips code for tele
graph operators.
Erzberger Is Better 1
Berlin, Jan. 31. Mathias "Erz
berger, minister of finance, who was
shot last Monday, received a num
ber of visitors yesterday. He had
no fever and his heart action showed
hardly any abnormal symptoms.
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INDICTMENT BY
CHICAGO , JURY
I. W. W. Leader, Bonded Out
Of Prison, ov Charged
1 With Sedition.
Chicago, Jan. 31. Indictments
against .v members of the I. W. W.
were returned this morning by the
khiiu jury investigating
radical activities.
Chief among those indicted were
William U. (Big Bill) Haywood,
lonner .secretary ot the orgamza
tion, now at freedom from Leaven
worth prison under bond, and
Thomas Whitehead, who succeeded
Haywood as secretary.
The indictments complete the
work of the "red" grand jury. Last
week the grand jurors indicted 85
members of the communist party
and 38 members of the communist
lanor party.
The charges in all cases are con
spiracy to overthrow the govern
ment and advocating the overthrow
iOf the government by force.
The indictments of the leading
figures in the three radical organ
izations are the outgrowth of the
sensational New Year's eve round
up in which State's Attorney Mac
lay Hoyne, anticipating federal au
thorities try 24 hours, arrested more
than 300 persons suspected of be
ing members of the three groups.
Besides Haywood and Whitehead,
those indicted today include George
Speedy chairman of the I. W. W.
executive committee; Charles H.
Miller, Henry Bradley, George Brad
ley and Fred Nelson, all members of
the committee.
Another of the prisoners is Rosco
T. Sins, janitor of the Chicago citv
.hall and said to be the leading light
in the negro branch of the I. W. W.
The indictments were returned
secretly before Chief Justice Crowe
early this morning. At 10 o clock
the I. W. W. leaders appeared in
Judge Pam's court to answer to
other ' charges already pending
against them. They were met by
agents of the state's attorney office
and the 37 principals sorted out and
placed under arrest. .
Say Mexican Will Face
Firing Squad if Returned
Washington, Tan. 31. Protest
against deportation to Mexico of
Thomas Martinez, an alleged anar
chist, was lodged with the bureau or
immigration by Harry Weinberger,
a New York attorney, on the ground
that it would be sending him to face
"a firing squad." i
Martinez, according to Weinber
ger, was a revolutionary soldier un
der the late General Angeles, who
was executed by the Carranza gov
ernment. Flour Freiqht Piles Up
And Prevents Shipments
Montreal, Jan 31. Congestion of
freight in St. John, N. B., where 20,
000 tons of flour are awaiting ship
ment westward, is forcing the clos
ing of many large Canadian mills, it
was learned here today. The Cana
dian wheat board has notified mill
ers to stop work on big contracts
given in December and the Cana
dian Pacific Railway company has
notified them that at present no
more flour can be accepted for ship
ment. N. W. Corner
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United States Ranks
Third in Population
Of the Jewish Race
London, Jan. 31. With 3,100,000
Jews in its population the United
States contains almost as many
members of that race as Poland or
the Ukraine, according to Dr. David
Trietsch. the Jewish statist of Ber
lin. Figure. published in the Zion
ists' organ shows the world's popu
lation of Jews distributed thus:
Poland. 3.300.000: Ukraine. 3,200.-
h)00; United States, 3,100,000; Rus
sia, (including biberia) yuu.wu: ku
mania, 650,000; Germany, 540,000;
Hungary, 450,000; Czecho-Slovakia,
450,000; British Isles. 300.000; Aus
tria, 300,000; Lithuania, 250,000; Ju-go-Slavia,
200,000; Africa, (excluding
Morocco. Tunis and Algeria) 170.-
000; France, 150,000; Algeria and Tu
nis, 150,000; Arabia, uu.uuu; ureece,
120,000; Holland, 110.0UU; Morocco,
110,000; Argentine, 100,000: Canada,
100,000; Turkey, 100,000; Palestine,
100.000: Australiasia. 20,000; Eu
ropean countries not relatively given,
2D0.000; Asiatic countries, luu.wu
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