Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-05
TWO BOYS LOSE THEIR FEET
Mrs. ]. H. Van Cleve Of Des Moines
Gets Word Of Her Sons
Plight.
COMPANION Also IN TROUBLE
CFrom a staff Correspondent


Telegram. )-word was received today by
Mrs J. IT. vanCieve that her son. Her
man. and clifford McConahue. also Of
Des Moines. were in a hospitalat Omaha.
where surgeons found II necessary 70
smputate the feet OF both boys. They
beat their way from Des MoInes 10
Omaha on a freight train and az a
result OF exposure both boys froze their
feet They we're taken form a train
at Omaha and rushed 10 hospital. but
It wss too late TO avoid anlputAtion.
ROOsevet snd Bryan Invited.
Theodore Roosevelt has been invited by
the Greater Des Moines committee 20
speak in Des Moines while on his speak
! ing tour Of the central west, which he
plans to begin soon. Secretary Ralph
Bolton. in an invitation forwarded Roose-
welt. urged him 10 he the guest OF the
committee at dinner and 10 speak at
the Coliseum afterward. The committee
expects TO later invite william Jennings
Bryan 10 address a public gathering here.
Colonel Roosevelt recently stated that he
is contemplating VISIT through the
west
Arrests Cut Down.
| Arrests in the eight largest formerly
wet cities Of Iowa were reduced 20 per
cent during january, the first month Of
effective prohibition. according to figures
received here. Cedar Rapids reported
forty-three arrests in January this year
as against 1e2 IN January, 1915; Waterloo
had seventy-two arrests. as against a
monthly average Of 900 IN 1915. Council
Bluffs reports seventy-seven arrests this
past month a. compared with 14s in jan
uary, 1915
Discusses DairyinG.
! 1owa's butter output could easily be in
creased four-foid w. h. Barney. state
dairy commissioner. told the short-course
students at Amos, In an address made
there today on "The Future OF Dairy
ing in Iowa" II every county in the
state produced as much butter AZ Bremen
county the butter output Of the state
would be worth si24,2is.1s6. or four times
it's present worth. he said. And II the
methods now In use by the best dairymen
were followed It would be easy to add
fifty pounds to the average production
of each COW Of Bremen county and on
that basis the state Of Iowa would pro-
duce each year bs2. .sO1 .6ss pounds OF but.
ter. worth at 30 cents a pound Si59.7s0,-
40. 80. Commissioner Barney said thai
the future Of Iowa as a dairy state de-
pends on the proper development OF th'
entire state along progressive lines. Hs
showed by statistics that dairying is OF
the increase in tho state and southern
Iowa IL doing more dairying than here
tofore
Choose Teachers' Books.
The reading material for the year fo
the teachers OF the state was selecte'
yesterday at meeting OF the board o
directors OF the Iowa state Teachers
Reading circle. All OF the books are b!
Iowa authors except one. The books se
iected we're eFiye Messages 70 Teachers
Mrs. A. b. Funk. Desy Moines; TN
Brown Mouse" Herbert Quick, formerl
of sioux city now with the Curtis PUP
fishing company OF Philadeiphia: Tn
High school," Prof John Stout. Corne
, college, Mt. Vernon; Rural Education
Plckardt sThe Brown Mouse" by HeF
bert quick which deals with the prob
lam Of rural education. IL being fiime
ard win he exhibited in motion picture
, within a few months. The members Q
, the board are state superintendent 4
M Deyoe OF Dev Moines. Kate Maurice
Anamoaa:. John n. siacks. Sac City
Nfvrtie Dunggant. Charlton; c. ]. Boyc
osaaa. Nj. r.. Howell. Clarion. and Mr.
Rose Parker NJ. L. Howell Is seere
tary and manager.
Popalation Gain.
N,ratv-one OF the pinety-nine countie
~ iowa which have teen officially give
ont Nv the state census department sho'
. n gain In population over 1910 OF l%'sS
Tho total population OF these ninety-on
counties is s.2cessa. "a against a'Vi''so y
! 1878.
Sig counties were given out today. IN
gain Of these nlnsty-one counties eve
1919 ia about per cent With only eigh
more counties remaining TO be officiail
certified TO the Indications are that tn
total population Of the state, will be full
per cent greater than that OF 1910. tn
ak counties given out today follow; Fay
4 cite. e.aSf. as against 1I,sip in isios HaE
rison. A,as7, AZ against 2S1e2; Humpoidi
faOis. as against I2.lSs; Jones, DIS. a
AGAINST 1900; Rossuth. 1850. o. agains
, ASH; Montgomery. 1887. as against ie
: eo4. oelwein in Fayette county now show
a population OF 1881; Missouri Valley |
! Harrison county. S7ei; Humboldt, I
Humboidt county. sOsi; Anamosa, 1
! Jones county, ASA; AIgona. IN Kossut
county. s.6sl. Red Oak. in Montgomer
r county. h6oi.
, Iowa Blacl<Iisted. Says rhOrne.
r In an opening statement made at IN
rate hearing In the federal building yes
, terday. at which interior iowa cities ar
: trying 20 sot rates ON an equality wit
the Mississippi river citles. and THE low
olties 90 the river are trying to set
rate as low as that OF ST. Iso,iis. ciiffoT
q. Thorne. chairman OF the Iowa Raj
, road commission. declared that the raj
roads have blaeklisted Iowa. Chicae
alone has manufactured products nv
! times those OF Iowa. and ST. Louis. Wit
| a population less than one-third As lars
|. as that Of Iowa. annually turns out prot
uets which total In value more than thos
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