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Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
Chicken Dinner.

The Florence aerie OF Eagles en-
tertained for til. members and their
familie. Wednesday evening. Their
was a program Of music and recitc
tons, after which all adjourned totl
banquet room. Dancing complete
the evenings entertainment. Thi
aerin will entertain the members Of
the joint boosters this afternoon at
a smoker and chicken dinner.
Alpha Camp Ball Team.
Alpha camp. No, |, Woodmen Of
the World, has base ball team in the
Metropolitan league Of the city,
which will play an exhibition game
at Miller park on Sunday afternoon
at 1880 o. m. I
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08

Omaha tent No. rs, the Maccabe,
have had sever new candidate tn
last month and next Monday will in
itiate large class On April l6 the
entertainment committee has ar.
ranged for an athletic entertainment.
This is for Maccabees and their
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
Community Centers Want
To Have Dances Next Year

The community centers which have
been held during the winter under the
supervision of the Recreation board
will be closed next week for the sea-
son.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
Modern Woodman Of America.
Letter Carriers Ball.

A masked ball will be given b.
Auxiliary No. rs to the Omaha Let
ter Carriers at the municipal Aud
forum Saturday evening, April IA,
raise money to send delegates to
national convention at Dallas n
September Ten prizes donated
Omaha merchants will be awar
those wearing the best costumes
musia will be furnished by the l.
Carriers band. The judges wi
Mayor Dahlman, Commissioners
B. Butler and W.. S, Jardine, Tho
F. Flynn, Oscar Lieben and
RENEE.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
Knights Of Pythias.

Nebraska Lodge No. ! will enter.
tain its members and friends Monday
evening at Crounse hall. The enter
tainment committee says there will
be dancing and other anluscments,
with plenty Of good things to eat.
All knights and friends are invited.
Remember the date->April 9.
At the next regular meeting night
there will probably be work in the
rank Of page. Definite announce
ment will be made later.
The fifteenth and one-half order OF
business will be suspended on next
Monday evening, owing to the enter
tainfn:nt, but will be taken up again
on April 10.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
Kniehts and Ladies' ~ S.cr,,;,,

Harmony Council No. 1880 will give
dance In their new hall at the An
Gent Order OF United Workmen
temple, Saturday. April IA.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08

maj Aid union will give a dancing
party Tuesday, April " in Labor
temple hall.
Modern Woodman Of America.
Magnolia Camp No. 1888 will pre-
sent to each attending member pres
ent for his wife, Tuesday evening.
Knights and Ladies of Security.
Imaska Council No. 229s will give
a dance Monday evening, April 9, at
the Swedish auditorium, Sixteenth
and Chicago streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08


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Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
LODGE ROOM NEWS
I OF GREATER OMAHA
Guards Of Seymour Camp,
Woodmen Of World, Going
to Alabama.
EAGLES SHOW PATRIOTISM

Seymour Guards, Seymour CAM
No. 26, Woodmen Of the World, will
give another dance in Crounse hal
in the near future. The guards will
attend the general encampment o.
the order in Mobile, Ala, July Is
These entertainments are given tc
raise funds to defray the expenses o.
the trip. This organization has at.
tended practically all of the encamp.
ments held under the supervision Of
the Woodmen OF the World order
Captain c. M. Richards organized and
has been captain since its organiza-
ton.
A session of Thomas Camp No. 521
was held last Thursday evening and
The following officers were installed:
Charles E. Barney, consul command
err; ]. E. Rounds, clerk; w. A. Hall,
watchman; Roy Henrickson. board
Of managers. The camp is arranging
for new home.
South Omaha Camp No. I'll will
confer the protection degree Wednes-
day evening at its hall on Twenty
fourth street. The special work Of
the drill team and the new and daz-
cling uniforms make the work espe-
cially attractive. :.
w. A. Fraser Camp No. ago will
meet Tuesday evening in Muller hall,
Seventeenth and Vinton streets. A
new deputy has been assigned to the
camp.
Druid Camp No. "a, is taking on
new life. w. J. Norman, camp dep
uty, is securing large number OF
new members which, when initiated,
will make camp life interesting.
The Thursday evening meetings
held by Alpha Camp No. in its new
home at Nineteenth and Farnam
streets, Barights hall, are well at
tended. At the next meeting issues
are to be discussed relative to the
new home which the camp is going
10 build.
Sobieska Camp No. rs, will meet
today at 2 in the hall, Twenty-fourth
and Walnut.
Fraternal Order Of Eagles.
The aeries of Omaha, South Omaha,
Benson and Florence held joint
meeting at Benson last week, and it
was decided to give grand ball
April rs. at the hall Of South Omaha
Acrie.
The next meeting Of the joint COM
mittee will be held at Florence Sun
day at 3 O'Clock. The committee in
charge has an Easter surprise for
the visitors.
The joint degree team has been
perfected and will get busy confer
ring the work. Every Eagle in this
territory will wear a button showing
a picture of an eye and the word
Am" indicating, Il am loyal to our
country" This is the slogan Of the
Eagles.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11
InFANTILE PARALYSIS NOT CAUSED BY
 INSECT OR AnlkiAL--ExCLu uSivELY
 HUMAN DISEASE---SPREAD BY CONTACT

Six weeks have been recommended hy the conference and territorial health officers with the surgeon general of the public health office as sufficient and this period has been generally ac- copted throughout the United States.
 "Disinfection of all body discharges:
 Restriction of the movements of intimate associates of the patient 80 far as practicable. This should in- clude at least exclusion of tho child ren of the family from schools and other gatherings.
 Protection of children. so far as possible, from contact with other children or with the rural public dur ing epidemics.
 "Observation of contacts for two weeks after the last exposure.
 There is no specific treatment oi established value in poliomyelitis During the persistence of the 0:ute
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ly in the majority of cases between three and eight days.
 Assuming it's find. .ngs to be correct, the committee said that i3 is obvious that isolation of recognized cases Of the disease and restraint upon their immediate association must fail to prevent the spread of Infection by un- recognized cases and carriers.
 The report says. regarding the et- forts to control the disease:
 At present our information de- mands the employment of the follow. Ing administrative procedures in at. tempting to control the disease:
 "The requirement that all recog- nized and suspected cases be promptly reported.
 Isolation of patients in screened premises. The duration of infectlyity being unknown, the period of isoa . ton must necessarily be arbitrary.
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STEADY GROWTH IN AGRlCUL TURAL INSTRUCTION BY C0vERNMENT---
 NINETY THOUSAND STUDENTS

Paeific News Service. Wash. Bureau
 WASHINGTON.-T federal gov- ernment's agricultural extension work has shown steady and substantial growth throughout the country, ac. cording to the director of the states relations service of the department of agriculture in his annual report.
 Considerable progress has been made, the report states. in settling general lines of work in the new field and in shaping the methods of cooperation. Headquarters of agents for carrying on the extension activities have heea located in more than 1,200 counties, and have received the cooperation not only of the states but of the
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11
FAIR EXCHANGE
\ New Back for an Old One,

The back aches at times with dull. indescribabie feeling, making you weary and restless; piercing pains shoot across the region of the kid neys, and again the lolns are so lame that to stoop Is agony. No use to rub or apply a plaster to the back if the kidneys are weak. You canno, reach the cause. Alaskans residents would do we'll to profit by the follow ing example:
 Mrs. A. 1. Davis, 296 Weidler St., Protland. Ore.,s avs: For years 1 had . great deal of trouble with my back and kidneys. Sharp pains would catch me and 1t seemed as 1t my back was giving out on me. My kidneys acted too frequently. causing much annoy ance. Doan's Kidney Pills rid me of the pains. My back got strong and we'll and my kidneys became normal. I have had no severe attacks of that kind since."
 Price. Soc. at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Davis had. Foster- -Milburn Co.,, Rssps. es1ale. N. '.
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Pacific News Service. Wash. Bureau
 WASHINGTON.-E which would indicate that some insect or animal Is a necessary factor in the spread of poliomeyelitis, popularly known as infantile paralysis. could not be found by the committee of the American Public Health Association. which made study of the disease, according to a statement Issued by the United States Health Service.
 The weight of present opinion. the committee found, inclines to the view that poliomyelitis, is exclusively a human disease and Is spread by per sonal contact. whatever other causes may be found to contribute to it's spread. The committee did not de- finately determine the incubation per- tod in human beings. but the infor- nation they obtained indicated that 1t is less than two weeks, and prohab-
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symptoms of the disease the imnor-
 tant principles of treatment are -est
 m bed. symptomatic relief and pas.
 slve support for the prevention of re-
 formities. Active measures during this stage are not only useless. hut are apt to cause serious and of.ea permanent injury. disqualification of patents, where possible. should be en- couraged. The best chances of re- covery from residual paralysis de- mands skillful. accurate case. often long continued, and always under the direction of physician familiar with the neurological and orthopedic prin- ciples of treatment. The provision of such after care often becomes rotn- munity problem, demanding the CO., operation of all available agencies, 800 .al and professional
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11
MEXICO SHORT 0F. FUEL 0|L
 BECAUSE OF DECREASE IN
 PRODUCTION DURING .TROUBL|

Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau.
 WASHINGTON.-The decrease in production of oil in Mexico and the demoralized condition of the tran sportation facilities of that country, both of which are due to the five years of revolution that have been maintained. have resulted In a ser. 'ous shortage of fuel oil il the West Coast country, and adoption of relief measures by the de facto government This was learned from dispatches to the state department from American government officials In Mexico city.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11
ALASKAN EARTHQUAKE AT YAKUTAT ONE OF GREATEST
 KNOWN IN WORLD HISTORY

land which took place in the Yukatat Bay region and of the effects of the earthquake on the many glaciers of
 he region. the writers amassed a
 great fund of information in regard to the intensity of the quake through out the whole area within which 1t was sensible and recorded the tes- timony of many witnesse3 The shock was felt at distances of 670 and 1,200 miles in opposite directions from Yakutat Bay. and the aera of the region over which the tremblings were felt is more than 1,50O,O0O square
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11

Uncle Sam has for sale copies of a report by the United States Geological Survey. of the Department of the In terior on one of the 10 greatest earth Quakes of historic times-that in the Yakutat Bay region of Alaska
 The Yakutat Bay earthquake oc- cured on September 3. 1899, and WAS followed during the next three weeks by many less violent shocks. The area of greatest intensity lay along the Hanks of the St. Elias Range, in a region of high mountains and su- perb glaciers, and the movement was
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11

accompanied by enormous avalanches and rock slides. This was a vivid omonstration that the growth O. mountains is still in progress. Al some places In the region the land subsided and forests were submerged. At most places, however the land rose, and many points which before had lain below sea level were elevated above 1t. Barnacles which had lived in ocean water were found 47 feet above the sea.
 In addition to making an exhaus- tive study of the movements of the
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11

Crude oil going into Mexico from the southwestern part of the United States will be allowed free entry, a, the following ports: Guaymas, Agu- aprita, Naco, Nogales, Las Algodones. Mexicali, Tia Juana. Ansenada. Mag dalena Bay, San Jose del Cabo. las Paz, Santa Rosalla, Topolobampo. Mazatlan, and San Bias. This applies only to oil to be used as fuel, the die- patch states.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11

II structural purposes has greatly In- creased and many Of the schools have introduced the home project method as practical feature of agricultural in- struction. Many schools are also taking advantage of the boys and girls clubs as 0 feature of the co. operative agricultural extension work
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11

Adolph Beck, large mine owner # the Hot Springs district, of the Ta- nara, and one or the wealthiest indi- vidual operators h Alaska, was re- gently married at Woodchopper to Miss Zetta Schoenberger.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11

counties, local organizations and in- dividuals.
 The report directs attention to the unprecented increase in the number of secondary schools giving agricultural courses and estimates the number of students enrolled in such courses at more than 90,O0o. In connection with tl.is school work the use of land for
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11
TYPIST BREAKS RECORD.

Writing S22o words on a typewriter in one hour Is the new record made by Miss Margaret B. Owen. That is an average of 137 words a minute. The record was made at the annual Busi- ness Show in New York. Miss Owen is the worlds champion typewriter. She surpasses her own former record of 1S6 words a minute.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11

Politics are getting warm in South : eastern Alaska. Some one in Juneau has charged Senator J. Nj Tanner Of Skagwa with renting buildings own ed by him for immoral purposes. The Senator Indignantly denies the ale gation.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11
THERE'LL SOON BE 4
 MEXICAN voTE."

More thon 10000 Mexicans, men, women and children, entered the United States as immigrants during the last fiscal year. Mexicans and some other aliens are fond of do- nonncing the United States, but they all find 1t a pretty good place to come to and to stay in.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11

Mrs. Gladys P. Mayheld of the Rcslyn Apartments, Oakland, Gulf, has written the Governor relative to the whereabouts of her husband. William Lee Mayfeld who is suppos ed to be in Alaska.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11

Owing to the large number of car penters employed by the Alaska En- gineering Commission there is a scar city of men in the building line In Seward and as high as 80 cents per hour Is being paid.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11
ALASKA
 NOTES

Nellie Warren of Juneau. who was ind cted for selling liquor without license was found guilty by jury Ia the District court at that place but with recommendation for clemency.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-01-11

miles. This gives the Yakutat Bay earthquake a place among the very greatest earthquakes of historic times Previous great shocks, without ex. ception. resulted in heavy loss of life, the number of persons killed reaching in che of them the enormous total ot over 60,O00. The Yakutat Bay shock was fortunately free from fatalities because the region in which 1t oc- cured is sparsely settled
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-09
WAR WOMEN
OF AMERLCA

(Heroism is prominent in the
ma ke-up of the American woman
and some American women have
performed deeds in war time for
which they deserve places in his
tory alongside our greatest idols
With the United States on the verge
of another war. it is appropriate
that these heroic feats be called to
mind. This is the first of several
articles chrOniclipg the deeds OF
the war women of America
BY W/NONA WILCOX.
No great female conQher0rs are
numbered in the worlds histOry-nO
Hannibals, Alcxanders, Caesars or Ma
pOleOns.
The few great. wOman-generals like
Boadicea and Jeanne dare have come
to some tragic end: the warrior queen
committed suicide, the French peasant
girl was burned at the stake.
The annals Of all the nations
seem to prove that the wOman's
genius is not fitted to active military
operations. If the AmaZOns are myths.
Barbara Frictchie is fiction. Yet there
is no more popular bit Of American lit
erature than Whittier's story of the
woman "bowed'' with her four score
years and ten" who took up the flag
the men hauled down."
"ShOOt if you, this old gray head,
But spare your country's flag" she
said"
Barbara Frietchie survives in the
popular imagination as a kind of war
heroine because she actually is a sym
Dol Of the highest type of woman pa
triOt. She is the true war-wOman of
the land. She embodies the spirit of
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fortune of war. Her notable service to
the Continental army was at the bat
tie of Monmouth in June 1878. This
was the only battle in which all of the
thirteen original states were repre-.
sented at one time. In every sense
Mollie Pitcher is il national figure.
1t was on n Sunday. the hottest day
Of the year, that the American and
English troops came together. Through
the dust heat and smoke OF the battle
MOllie Hays carried water to the front
ranks Of the fighting men as well as
to the fallen. She carried the water
in a pitcher. and thus earned the name
she wears in history.
Coming back to her husbands gun
M0llic faced a fierce charge Of the
enemy, saw her husband fall MORALLY
wounded, and heard an officers order
"Whcel back the gun, there is no time
to serve il I"
But for MOllie there was time tC
avcngc her husband and serve hen
country. She seized the hammer OF
the cannon and took her head husbands
place for the rest Of the day. On the
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sacrifice and ,loyalt (which animates
the mothers, wives and daughters of
the nation. As un inspiration in the
hour Of supreme trial the American
woman has never failed the American
soldier. .
But the history Of the country is
brief it has to deal with genuine sol
dier-wOmen.
The most notable story of this kind
is that of MOllie Pitcher BY strange
chance Of fate, the name OF the most
famous war woman Of the United
States has, Tcutonic tang-Barbara
Frietchie and Mollic Pitcher. the first
soldier-woman was born Of German
parents.
In the time of the revolution, Bollie
Pitcher was the wife of John Hays. Il
barber, Of whom it is recorded that he
changed 1.-THE peaceful occupation of
cutting off hair with shears to the
more exciting one of cutting OFF heads
with cannon balls" Hays was COM
missiOned gunner in the Pennsylvania
artillery in the war of the Revolution
and his wife followed her husbands
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WOMEN petition
FOR SCHOOL NURSE

Women of the city are circulating
a petition for the. employing of a
school nurse for the public schools
The matter will come up at the regu-
lar meeting of the school board this
evening.
The women favOring the movement
are members of the women's clubs OF
the city and those interested in the
welfare of the children. The petit
tons contained number of sigma
lures. This movement has been agi-
tated for long time among the club
women and will now be presented for
the consideration Of the board Of edu-
cation.
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SOCIETY
Church Society Meetings.

The Concordia Young Peoples soci'
ETY. of the German Lutheran church
will meeting this evening in the
church parlors at s O'Clock. They
have arranged an interesting pro.
gram.
Royal Nelghbor Meeting.
The Royal Neighbors will meet in
regular session Tuesday evening in
the Knights of Pythias hall. The
meeting will be called at 8 o'clock
and all members are asked to attend
Easter Baby.
Announcement has been made of
the birth of daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c.. Yates Of Third street,
Easter morning. Mother and daugh-
ter are getting along nicely.
B PERSONAL NOTES.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gehner and small
daughter of Garrison were guests
over Easter of Mr.. and Mrs. Grant
Marsh of Main street. ...-
Miss Helen Hoskins, teacher in the
Medina schools, is spending the Eas-
ter vacation with her sister, Mrs. P.
J. Meyer Of Fourth street..
The Misses Hannah and Mary Nc
Mahon, who have been the guests of
Mrs. o. F. Rustad of Avenue B, have
returned to their home in Grand
Forks.
The Misses Marjorie and Cecilia
Clifford, Mabel Breen and Sylvia Sell,
who have been spending their Easter
vacations in the city with relatives,
will return the first of the week to
Jamestown, to resume their studies
in the St. Johns academy.
Miss Glenn Bruce, a student at st.
Marys, Faribault, MIMI, is exepcted
to arrive in the city today to spend
her Easter vacation with her parents,
Judge and Mrs. A. A. Bruce of Fifth
street. 49,.
The Misses Dorothy Treacy and
Esther Talcott, who have been spend
ing the Easter vacation with their
parents, Dr.. and Mrs. r.. H. Treacy
of Broadway and Mr.. and Mrs. F. s.
Talcott of the penitentiary road, re-
turned today to Minneapolis to re-
sumo their studies at Stanley hall.
DR.. and Mrs. r. S. Towne OF Sixth !
street have returned from several
weeks trip through the east includ-
ing Chicago, Niagara Falls, Boston.
New York City, Philadelphia and
Washington, D. c.