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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1920)
THE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEE: MAY 3U, 1VZV. GAS PLANT VISIT SOLVES PUZZLING COG MYSTERY i Corncobs Play Important Role In Gas Manufacture We'll Be "Making Our Own Soon." We now know where the corncobs go and why Missouri meerschaums Jiave been advanced m price. Corn cobs are used in the process of 'manufacturing gas in the plant wnicn tne city will formally take over on-juiy i. After the gas has been made ac coraing 10 formulae, based on chemical reaction, it is put through a purifying house, where wet corn cobs covered with iron ore take up the impurities, chiefly sulphur and tar. Thus the humble corncob has iound its place in science. fThere is a series of pits where the gas goes through this purifying process be fore being sent through the mains to householders. At intervals these pits are cleaned out and the used corncobs replaced by a fresh supply Municipal .ownership of the gas plant will be accomplished within a few weeks, the city to pay $4,500,000 for the plant and approximately S.?00,000 for improvements since 1918, supplies and materials, and for other items. The Metropolitan Water board will have control of the olant. - , , ,The manufacture of cas will be a matter of more public concern when the city sells gas to itself. The gas made at the plant of the Omaha Gas company is known 'as enriched water gas, coke, steam and gas oil being the ingredients, mixed according to formula. Gaa Making "Mysterious." "It is all done by chemical reac tion, and the science of making gas is an exact science," said Sidney C. Singer, superintendent of distribur tion. as he directed a visitor through the vaearies of eas iflaking, It seems vague to the visitor, be cause everything is under caver and iust what is going on inside of the 'cylindrical tanks and the many other i-frentacles is more or less of a mvstery to the novice. The first ooeration in making gas Ms to fire a lot of coke in a fire-brick lined generator and apply air to raise the heat to 2,000 degrees. Steam entering this heat is imme diately decomposed into hydrogen ana oxygen, tne laiier coiHmuing with the carbon of the - coke and forminsr what Is known as a blue pas or carbon monoxide. The blue gas is then transferred into a car buretor, of similar size and design as the srenerator. This gas comes into contact with , checker-brick heated to an intense degree and at this point a definite amount of gas oil is sprayed onto the brick, which are so hot that the oil instantly vaporizes, and as the blue gas passes the point of vaporaization it picks tip" the oily vapors and in that man ner the gas attains its heating and lighting values. The gas then goes into a third cylindrical tank, a super heater, in which the temperature is 1,400 degrees, at which heat the ele? ments are joined by what is known as chemical affinity. It's Not Dangerous If" That sounds almost as easy as making a home brew in the base ment, but there is much more to the manufacture of gas. In the intro duction of the steam into the gen erator, and the oil into the car- must be observed with clockwork nriiGtnn i n m cr. m i Tiirnpn riri for three minutes and then oil for four minutes, intermittently, and it must be precisely so or there may be parts of the plant going through the roof. Having the gas in the super heater at a temperature of 1,300 to 1,400, it is then sent through water and into a condensor to be cooled and then into a large relief tank, where the various "batches" mix to give uniformity of quality. From the relief tank it passes through the purifying house, where impurities are released through the wet corn cob and iron ore treatment already referred to. On its journey from the super heater, with a temperature of nearly 1,400 degrees, to the service main, with a temperature of 55 to 60 de grees, the gas eliminates byproducts, known as creosote and tar, which are carried in suspension when the gas ia hot, but are released as it cools. A small per cent of this su perfluous matter is carried with the gas into the service mains and it falls along the way into drip basins, which are emptied from -time to time. Pour Distribution Factors. In sending the gas out to consum ers there are four factor?" which must bfe watched heat units, can dle power, pressure and tempera ture. A storage supply of gas is held in a large tank with capacity of 1,300,000 cubic feet Experience has given the company an estimate of the load which must be carried in the mains during certain hours of the day, and it is eajjly understood that the consumption is increased during the three - meal-preparation periods of th day. An average of 13,000 gallons of oil y are used very day. This is a heavy oil, being the crude oil after the ligh oils have been taken off at the refineries. Troops Patrol City to Prevent Strike Outbreaks Bristol, R. I., May 29. Troops of cavalry and coast artillery patrolled "the streets of Bristol today to pre vent a repetition of the rioting that occurred yesterday when striking employes of the National India Rub ber company, sought to prevent other workers from entering the plant. , - - During the night cavalry guards dispersed several groups of strikers near the factory. Enjoins Denver Carmen From Going On Strike ' Denver. Colo., May i!r-Judge Greeley W. Whitford, irtjpC dis trict court, today granted a tem porary injunction restraining em ployes of the Denver Tramway com pany from striking on June 1. The Tramway company also was en joined from ceasing to give service. Dundee School Girls ho Tlse No Rouge Or Face Powder Make Their Own Gowns 'Ikl . : Y jM-' IV' c- - Y;y v : 1 Back row, left to right: Kathryns) Douglas, Dorothy Flitton, Adalin Kingsley, Ruth Kimberly, Helen Pancoast, Dorothy Rutherford, Alice Leslie, Edith Elliott. Front row, left to right: Ruth Grimmel, Helen Moore, Dorothy Caimichael, Virginia Heyden, Eliza beth Foster, Ruth Gordon, Irene Rosehoroueh. Tosephine Hamlin. Below: Dorothy Carmichael an&j Elizabeth Foster. The old-fashioned girl in her gir.gham dress has returned. She goes to Dundee school, and is in the Eighth B class. She uses neither face powder nor rouge, nor does she need these facial embellish ments to-make her look sweet. In her new gingham dress and smiling face she looks as if she had just stepped out pi a picture frame. Twenty of the girls of the gradu ating class receitly made their own dresses which they are wearing to school. These garments were made in connection with the instructions given in the domestic science work. In the making of these dresses they received practical instruction in the useful art of sewing and at the same time obtained dresses at costs from $3 to $3.50," as against average costs of $10 to $12 in the stores. By wear ing these simple and attractive gar ments to school, these, girls are ex emplars In the democracy of rlnthM amoner their schoolmates. A girl at this school does not attanTj popularity tnese aays Dy wearing a lot of expensive "duds." A home made dress of gingham, chambray The Heavens In June William P. Rigge. This is a quiet month in the heav ens. Ihe planets jupuer, oaiurn and Mars are in fine positions for observation in the early evening. Jupiter sets on the 15th at 11:03 p. m., Saturn at if.VA a. m. ana wars at 1 :38 a. m. Venus is morning star, but too near the sun to be seen. It will be of interest to watch the motion of the planet Mar in respect to the fixed star Spica. Mars will move westward or retrograde until the 7th, will then be stationary, and after that move eastward, passing Spica again on the 12th. Mercury may possibly be glimpsed on the 29th in the evening twilight. The moon will be in conjunction with Jupiter on the 19th, with Sa turn on the 21st and with Mars on the 24th. On the 21st at 11:40 a. m. the sun reaches its highest north, is at the summer solstice and enters ine iVn nf Cancer. The lenirth of the av hie mnnth varies only a auar tcr n( an hmir. from 14 hours 50 the 1st to 15 hours 4 mirntM from the 18th to the 26th The earliest sunrises occur from the 10th to the 21 st and the latest sun sets from the Z8th to July i. SUN 120 JUNE Tueiday Wednci'y Thursday Friday Saturday MOON RtylNo'nl Set Rlse8o'thl Set 4 E6I11.31 T.4S T.67 1101 4 6 ( 41 81 T2( 8 21 tl! 10 17 11 18 12.17 1.21 4 56'lJ.Jl 4 esSia.22 7.47 8.42 12 49 1 37 2 26 7.48 9.27 4 (6112.22 4 65112.22 7.4 7.60 10.05 10.40 11.12' 11.43 211 4 54 12.1J 4 54ll2.82 7.61 ( Sunday T Monday 8 Tuesday Wadnea'y 167 4 42 5 26' 11 6 671 7 46 I 37 t2 10 31 11 34 12.27 1.40 2.401 3.37 4.,,1 7.52 4 (4112.23 4 64.) 1.23 4 52U2.23 4 6312.I3 4 63 12.23 7.52 7.63 7.52 7.53 7.54 lMidn 13 12 10 Thursday 12 41 11 Friday 1 12 1 46 1 25 2 11 4 04 2.27 12 Saturday 3.3C 4.48 5.58 7.08 8.07 4 6S 12. 4 53113. 4 53 12. 4 63 h 2. 4 (3112. 4 63'13. 4 63113. 7.(4112 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednes'y Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednes'y Thursday Friday Saturday 7.5( 14 7.55115 7.56115 5 05 7.66 7.57 14 7 26 9.01 9.47 10.28 7.67 S 89 .4.1 4 63112. 4 53!12. 4 (412. 4 54112. 4 64112. 4 64:12 4 54 12. 7.57 11.01 7.67 10 68 5 19 11.24 7.68 7.58 7.58 12.021 8.07Mtdn H.07 2.0 8.63 7.38 8.251 12 04 12 23 7.68 3.07 1 04 7.58 4.04 4.591 6.53 8.42 9.11 9.(8 4 55 1128 4 55 12.27 4 CB 13.27 7.68 7.69 7.68 27 Sunday 28 Monday , 115 10.48 2 55 29 Tuesday 30 Wednes'y 11.14 5 33 4 28 6 20 8 16 712 4 56112. 2717.59 4 661,12.27 7.(9! 4 67 12.2817.68 4 57'12.28 7.68 7.2lMldn 8.06112-22 8.421 109 1 Thursday 4 rrlday 2 Saturday 1.18 1 15 I I 1 MOON'S PHASES. ' Full moon on the 1st at 11:18 a. m. Last quarter on the 9th at 12:69 p. m. New moon on the 18th at 7:41 a. m. First quarter on the 23d at 12:60 a. m. Man, 103, Has Vanished; Landlady Fears Suicide Chicago, May, 29. Dr. Harmon Berry, aged 103, was sought by po lice today, when his landlady re ported that' he had been missing since Wednesday and she "feared may have committed suicide. lie owed me nearly $400 tor room and board, said Mrs. Marv J. Reynolds, with whom Dr. Berry made bis home. tie slept well' had a good appetite, possessed all his faculties and seemed to enjoy life." . Howell to Chicago R. B. Howell, republican national committeeman for Nebraska, will go o Chicago Sunday night to attend a meeting of the republican national committee on Monday. He will re main in Chicago until after the con vention, which will convene June 8. or Peter Pan ploth means more in the everyday life at this school than an expensive tailor-made outfit. Alice C. Peterson,- principal, has encouraged the girls in this work. Lucy Harte, who has charge of the domestic science department, super vised the sewing. The girls adopt ed various patterns and the fabrics are of various designs and shades. Neatness is the dominant note. - Mildred Cassidy made a dress for her baby sister, and Margaret Clark fashioned a dress for her sister who attends the Fifth grade at Dundee. These Eighth grade girls recently French "Old Maids" Ask Exemption From Surtax On Bachelors Paris, May 29. The Woman's Suffrage union of France has con gratulated Finance Minister Fran cois Marsal upon his rejection of the proposal made by certain senators that women should be exempted from the surtax on Bachelors, on the theory that women who remain un married do not as a general rule do so' of their own choice. The suf frage organization holds .that wo meh should be equal before the law in all respects. Establishes New Record In Four-Passenger Climb San Aantdnio, Tex., May "29. Another World's record for altitude was said tohave been broken at Kelly field yesterday when Lieut. Harry Weddington took a DeHavi land airplane to a height of approxi mately 19,856 feet with four passen gers. The plane climbed for one hour and 10 minutes, returning in 20 minutes. . ' Knights of Columbus to Send Hands to Nebraska New York, May 29. A woVking 'arrangement with the colonization department of the state of Ne braska is being effected by the Knights of Columbus here, by which former service men are to be put in contact with farmer employers, it was announced today. Who Appreciates Health? Why the Man Who Has Lost It! He knows its comfort its influence upon happiness its real worth in the successful ful fillment of his dreams and ambitions. He knows through widely disseminated dental, knowledge that health is absolutely dependent upon the Teeth. Therefore the Teeth must be looked after carefully day after day brushed regularly night and morning, and needed dentistry done. McKenney Dentistry is the better sort artistic and serviceable and yet reasonable in price. Another important feature is the make-good guar antee it the work doesn't please you it will be changed' or made over free of charge. TEETH r i 1324 Farnam Street Corner 14th and Farnam Phone Douglas 2872 made lingerie garments for them selves. Sewing is started in the Sixth grade at this school and cook ing is taken up in the Seventn grade and continued through the first semester of the Eighth grade, sewing being resumed in the second semestir of the Eighth. , Principal Peterson expects that rext year the graduating class will make their own class-day dresses. Sure Death to Corns "Gets-It" Makes 'Em Lose Their Grip and Lift Off Painlessly. The first thing "Gets-It" does when it lands on a corn or callus is to snuff out the pain. Ihen it shrivels the corn or callus and loosens it. 'Boon, it is almost ready to fail off. You help i just a little by lifting it off 'twixt thumb and finger. You don't even1 feel it. because there is no hurt left in it. Mil Joins have proved it the cleanest, surest, sal est ana most pleasant method. "Gets-It," the never failing, guaranteed money-back corn remover, costs but a trifle at any drug store. Mfd by E. Lawrence ft Co.. Chicagor Sold in Omaha and recommended as the world's best corn remedy by Sherman ft McConnell s Drug Co s. Stores. - McKenney Dentists I Spells "Finish" I for Cgrma STOCK SALESMEN DISAPPEARING AS MONEY TIGHTENS c i Hotel Registers Show Whole sale Exodus From Omaha In - Hopeful Search for "Greener Fields." The stock-selling business in Omaha and throughout Nebraska and Iowa is reported to be in a state of violent decline. Scores of stock salesmen who a few weeks ago were doing a lucrative business ia various issues of worth and wortnlessness hae left in search of greener fields. A few weeks ago their profits were thousands per week. Now it is said to be practically impossible to sell a share of stock. The reasons for the sudden "slump" are not difficult, to find. Tightening of money has resulted in a stoppage of buying and even the throwing of many blocks of stock's on the open market. Cases recently aired in court in Iowa have exposed methods used byf many stock salesmen in a manner not likely to increase the prudent Nebraskan's confidence in the spe cious arguments of "blue sky" ped dlers. x Investors Becoming Wary. Small town bankers have also "tightened up" on discounting notes given in payment for stock. J' Indict ments returned in some mid-western counties against stock salesmen, who are charged with making too great promises Regarding their stocks, have caused a further tight ening of the purse strings in the presence of stock salesmen. Some highly-capitalized companies in this part of the country have re cently been involved in serious diffi culties, notably the Midland Packing company of Sioux City and the As sociated Packing company at Des Moines. N . So, now. the registers of Omaha high-priced hotels show that many of the smooth-tongued gentlemen with the bright promises "and stock certificates have departed for fields of a more emerald hue, if such there be anywhere in thjs stock-saturated land. The Blue, the Gray, and the J Close at 1 p. Calls On South Side Friends; Car Stolen, Police Recover It Mrs. E. C. Henry, 102 North Fifty seventh street, was visiting on the South Side Friday afternoon. When she started home she found her automobile had been stolen. She notified police, who at once promoted the theory the highway men who attempted to rob the Ral ston bank Friday, had stolen the car for their escape. v They finally located Mrs. Henry's car about one mile east of Ralston, somewhat the worse for wear. It was not the one used by the bank bandits. i Wants City to Advertise s For Proposals From Banks City Commissioner Butler has of fered the city council for considera tion next Tuesday morning a resolu tion which provides the eity shall advertise for proposals from banks which wish to be depositories of city funds. The commissioner asserted banks now carrying city funds are paying only 2 per cent and that there desig nation has not been determined by competitive bids, as should have been done. "They are paying the city 2 per cent, he said, and when it comes to a matter of financing necessary paving work for the contractors they refuse to help," Mr. Butler said. , Great Lakes Commission Hearing In Omaha Tuesday Hearings bjefore the international commission on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence tidewater project will begin in Omaha at 10 a. m. Tues day, the commission announced in a telegram to the Omaha Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Sessions will be held in the assembly room of the county commissioners' office. The commission held simultaneous hearings in Denver and Cheyenne yesterday, with three members in each city. " 1 . Only 800 Guns Destroyed Paris, May 29. Germany has sub mitted a statement to the allied con trol commission declaring that 23,000 pieces of German artillery re main to be destroyed and that 800 have already been Tiroken up.'ac cordirrg to the Echo de Paris. t m. Monday JUVENILE HOME HEAD DIES FROM BULLET WOUNDS J. L'Sexton Dies During Re lapse Following Shooting 1 by Negro Sentenced to Penitentiary. J. L. Sexton, superintendent of Rivervie,w Detention home and an officer of the juvenile court for four years, died at Wise Memorial hos pital at 9:30 a. m. yesterday from the effects of a bullet fired by a negro highwayman the night of April 17. Announcement of Mr. Sexton's death was made while juvenile court was in its weekly session. For sev eral moments work stopped while officers, children and parents wept, some of them crying aloud. Mr. Sexton had a wide acquaintance and was a favorite juvenile officer, al though he filled a position of great difficulty as superintendent of the RiverView home. Wife is 111. x ' He was 31 years old and is sur vived by his wife and two children, Katherine, 3 years old, and John, 16 nonths. MrsSexton is also a juvenile court worker. She is ill at present. He is'also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sexton, 1746 South Twenty-ninth street, and by six brothers and sisters. Mr. Sexton was returning home late the night of April 17 when he saw a negro following a young man u.nd woman in the shadows of the Bancroft school, Sixth and Bancroft streets. He followed the man who dodged behind a tree. Confronting him, Mr. Sexton asked what he wa3 doing. The negro fired three shots and fled. Mr. Sexton was found a short time later and taken to a hos pital. Sentenced to 20 Years. The negro was arrested the next day and proved to be James Black, alias Frank Williams. He signed a confession and on April 20 was ar raigned before District Judge Troup, where he pleaded guilty to a charge of shooting with intent to kill. He was sentenced to the peni tentiary for one to 20 years. At that time Mr. Sexton was con valescing rapidly. He was taken A greater thing than his own no man can give to his country.' In Memorjam r ON the Thirtieth of May, each year, we of this great and glorious United States of America pause to pay reverent homage at the graves of the valorous dead who have fought for, won and perpetuated our world-envied Jiberty that has known no conqueror. y A greater thing than his own life no man can give to his country. How Christ-like , the valor of , the soldier I Even as He gave His life, so have our brothers died for lis. The message of the flowers you lay upon the graves on this Decoration Day, May 30th, 1920, breathes a prayer of reverence 'deeper yet more beautiful, more tragic yet more thankful for the fear of tyranny ' upon the peoples of the world has been swept into the past and world freedom is bursting from its chrysalis.'v V Two Armed Bandits . !' Disturb Seance of . Man and Girl In CaY Two armed bandit terrorised Ralph Powell. 5108 Underwood avi !iue and a girl friend early yesterday tl:.... .-3 urf illuming i Aim ij-iuui biiu v uui- worth avenue where Powell had parked his automobile. 'y The srirl and Powell were tittinar in the pack seat of the machine, a sedan, when the bandits opened the-' uuur aim eiaiucu uic coupio -vjr flashing a flash light. . - , ; ' As Powell was ordered to more into the front seat a passing auto rct o ti I a frirvh f mn A tfi vAa au9 J . I - . . 1 I . 1 1 w "I don't think they intended to I. . j- - roD us, roweu saia yesieraay ac Central police station, where Jiis car was examined for finger prints by Bertillon Officer Hans Nielsen. " i ' Powell did not report the . inci dent to police until noon. He re fused to give the young woman's name. Census Statistics - Washington, " May 29. Sharon.' Pa., 21,747; increase, 6,477, or 42.4 per cent. - -( Bay City, Mich:, 47,554; increase, 2,388, or 5.3 per cent. Findlay, O., 17,015; increase, 2,157, or 14.5 per cent. Atchison, Kan., 12,630; decrease ' 3,799, or 23.1 per cent. -.z Bartlesville, Okl., 14,417; increase, 8,236, or 133.2 per cent -" Vancouver, Wash., 12,637: in" crease, 3,337, or 35.9 per cen? v Hanover, Pa., 8,664; - increase, 1,607, or 228 per cent. ; . Wilmington, O., 5,037; increase, 546, or 12.2 per cent. Iola, Kan., 8,513; decrease,, 519, or 5.7 per cent. Bristol, R. I,," 11,375; increase, 2,810, or 32.8 per cent. , Bethlehem. Pa., 50,358; increase, 37,521, or 292.3 per cent. . Chester, Ta., 58,030; increase, 19, 493, or 50.6 per cent. ' Sunbury, Pa., 15,721; increase, 1,951. or 14.2 per cent. Willimantic, Conn., 12,330; in crease, 1,100, or 9.8 per cent- Ashland, Wis., 11,334; decrease, 260, or 2.2 per cent. :- home about May 1, but suffered a relapse and was taken again to the hospital. County Attorney Shotwell will ex amine the case to see whether Black can be brought back from the peni tentiary and tried on a charge of murder. -. -.- Khaki life V f. rr