Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
SOCIAL HYGIENE IN SCHOOLS
Plans to Establish System Of Instruo
ton at Des Moines.
IOWA FEDERATION IN THE CLEAR
President Urick Returns from
Toronto, Bringing News-BiE
Factory Leaves Capital
City for waterloo.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

refOrmers succeed there will be established
in the Des Molnes schools within the next
year a department Of instruction in social
hygiene, with a prominent physician to
direct the instruction OF the boys and a
woman physician for the girls. The super
intendent Of the schools and others are
fav orably disposed toward the movement,
and will do all they can to establish 1t as
a new feature. There is a demand for
the same, but It has never been tried in
any Of the western cities.
Town in Good
President Trick Of the Iowa Federation
of Labor, who has just returned from the
Toronto meeting of the American fedora
ton, says that the Iowa federation will be
restored to full fellowship and standing
whenever application Is made. The Iowa
delegates were debarred because Of trou-
BILE over the electrical workers, and this
has been referred to a mmitt of three,
Of which Mr.. Trick is one, he having been
named to represent President Gompers on
the committee.
Removal of "a Big Factory.
The removal of the Mason automobile
factory from Des Moines to Waterloo is
recognized here as one Of the most seri-
Gus defeats Des Moines has suffered in a
long time in the matter of attaining SUI
premaCy in commercial matters. The com
pany had built up the business here with
no local aid and very little capital. When
Senator Maytag bought the factory it was
given out that he desired a location where
the business could expand, but he could
not get it in Des Moines. The local factory
will not be abandoned, but most Of the
business and the office will go to Waterloo.
Chief Justice Reversed.
Tbo g,,,ror,, c,,,rt ro,yargeI tic ,v-p chief
justice during the work Of the last week.
In a case from Hardin county, where
Judge Evans sat as district judge, he laid
down the law as to the liability Of an
abstracter for his work in a case where
it was shown that the acreage was not as
supposed to be. The supreme court holds
that the law Judge Evans gave was not
good at all and directly contrary to the
best custom.
No Interest in Brown Case.
The fact that the Brown case, involving
the civil rights of the negro, is to get be-
fore the court again does not mean the
court will reopen the case. There is gen
eral acquiescence in the correctness Of the
position taken by the court as to the right
of anyone to do about as he pleases in a
strictly private matter. But it will prac-
tically cost nothing to reopen the case and
get a new argument on record. The negroes
of Des Moines have manifested no concern
over the case from the start.
FrnternaI Insurance Case.
A fraternal insurance case involving the
duty of a ~policyholder in the Iowa Legion
of Honor, as decided by the supreme court,
makes a suggestion which will be an eye
opener to many who are in the fraternals,
rTb, ,ogo 700 Fr1v, tha font 4hat q r,av,-
Der refused to continue paying a greatly
increased assessment and sued to recover
what no had paid. The court. s~ustains him
and goes further in declaring that II he
had continued paying the increased rate to
the time of his death 1t is a question
whether his heirs would nave had any right
TO the benefits. The company had not only
raised the rate very much, but had scaled
down the policy without his consent.
Drainage and Waterway.
The Iowa Conservation commission is in
session here. L. G. Elliott, a United States
engineer engaged in making special in
We designations in relation to drainage matters,
appeared before the commission today to
explain the relation between drainage prob.
lens and river Improvement S. A. Thomp-
son, connected with the National Copserva-
ton commission, is also in the city and
spoke at a banquet last night on river
improvement, making prediction of the i'm.
merse value of the Des Moines river as a
highway Of commerce.
Error of Mine Officials.
The error and poor judgment of the
mine officials in starting the huge fans in
the mines after the fire had started is
res ponsible for the loss of the lives of the
800 men in the mine disaster at Cherry,
H." stated r, T. Rhys, who is one Of the
Iowa mine inspectors and has just returned !
from Cherry, where he went to give as
sistance and investigate the cause Of the
disaster. He says the people are not as
excited as the press reports would indicate.
R~ehearing I'm Discrimination Case.
The attorneys have given notice of intent
TO ask rehearing in the case of Brown
against j. II. Bell company, involving the
refusal of the coffee company to serve a
cup Of coffee free to a eolored woman at
a pure food show. The court held that as
the transaction was strictly private the law
against discrimination on account Of color
did not apply. The husband of the plaintiff,
being a lawyer, will argue the matter be-
fore the court again.
Slow Train to south Omaha.
AhlAOdu NoAiliillbsAph lOuag received
complaint from S. Shoemaker OF Bridge
water, Wayne county, about the slowness Of
train service on the Burlington to South
Omaha. He declared that he lost 500 a
carload on stock shipped because the rail-
road took nearly twenty-four hours to haul
the shipment to market, and that made
him miss one day on the market. He wants
the company to get a hustle with its stock
trains.
Strict Complained with the Laws.
The supreme court once more decided
that druggists must comply strictly with
the law as to filling in the liquor permit
blanks. In a case from Hamilton county
a druggist had permitted the filling In Of a
blank showing for what purpose ~intoNicat-
ing liquors were bought with the word
chemical or in some cases merely
chem" The court holds this is not COM
pliance with the law, The plea was also
made on behalf of the druggist that the
clerks had no authority to sell for any
illegal purpose, but the court holds the