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Manipulation Is Blamed for Fall in Wheat Prices North Dakota Senator Alleges Speculators Drove Rates Down in Retaliation for Control Legislation. Washington, July 22.—The fall In wheat prices during recent months was attributed to manipulation by grain specultors In retaliation for the regulation of the grain exchanges by congress, in a letter by Senator Ladd, republican. North Dakota, on the eve of his departure for Europe, and made public today at his office here. “Nine days after the regulatory leg islation became effective,” the senator asserted, “the wheat market started to slide, and since that time there has been a steady decrease.” "For 30 years,” he continued, “the speculators successfully fought legis lation that would curb their activities. Now, finally this new law with a few teeth in It is proving to be annoying and they inaugurated a period of strict discipline for the wheat farmer and the farm bloc in congress by which discipline they hope eventually to convince the wheat grower that he was all wrong in demanding legisla tion which curbed their power and that he must come back and ask con gress to repeal this annoying measure, take the teeth from the law and trust to the generous mercies of the wheat sharks. “Their system has worked very cleverly during the last three months In driving down the price of wheat by means of heavy short selling. The propaganda has been clever and the consistent crop estimates, weather re ports, foreign supply and demand, ^^mmestic needs, possibilities of a tre mendous surplus In the growing crop, all have been cleverly used to force the natural buyer out of the market in the belief that he would eventual ly buy at a lower price." By THORNTON W. BURGESS. When madam's miml you find i« iet Don't argu*. ’Tl« for her way she 11 get. Don't argue. —Danny Meadow Mouse. The Meadow Mice Decide to Move. Mr. Blacksnake was disappointed when ha found no one at home in that nest In an alder bush. But he wasn't M much disappointed as he would have been earlier in the sea son. He had half expected to find a deserted nest when he climbed up In that alder bush. Of course, he had been greatly surprised when lie had discovered a roof on that nest. He hadn't known just what to make of it. But When he had put his head Inside through the little round door way he understood what it all meant. "Mice!” said Mr. Blacksnake to himself, and he would have smacked his lips had he had lips that could be smacked. “Mice!” It must be that ihey have gone out, so it is no use for me to stay here. I'll Just keep In mind and pay this nest an ^other visit.” So, slowly and easily, Mr. Black snake glided down to the ground and went on his way. Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse watched him. Not until he was out of sight did either dare draw a long breath. They stopped shaking. They knew they were safe for the time being. “I told you I felt it In my bones that something was going to happen,” sobbed Nanny. "Now we've lost our beautiful home.” “What do you mean by lost It?” demanded Danny. "What do you mean by lost it? It Is still there. Isn’t it? Mr. Blacksnake didn't pull It to pieces.” "No, but he put -his head inside and some day he’ll do it again. Yes, sir, some day he'll do it again,” de clared Nanny. “If you or 1 should happen to he Inside we wouldn't 'come out alive, I can tell you that,” ”1 don't believe he'll come back,” said Danny. "He probably thinks It is an old nest, not being used any more.” “He probably does nothing of the kind.” retorted Nanny rather sharply. "He'll visit that nest the very next time he comes along this way. If you want to stay, all right, Danny Meadow Mouse, you can stay. But I'm not going to. Why, I wouldn’t have a single comfortable minute In that house now. Oh dear. It Is such a bea&tlful house! I don't believe Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse Watched Him. we'll ever get another like It.’’ Nanny turned and started off. "Where are you going?” demanded Danny. "I’m going to look for a place for a new home,” retorted Nanny. "I don't see any need to be In such a hurry,” protested Danny rather crossly. "Mr. Blacksnake won't come back right away. Wre can spend the rest of the day In that home Just as well as not.” “Danny Meadow Moupe, If you think I'm going to put my head In side a house that Mr. Blacksnake has l«een In you’re very much mistaken. It would give me the shivers. Yes, sir. It would give me the shivers. I Hu going to get away from here, and ^^fm going to start right now," said Nanny. Nanny was as good as her word. Danny hestltated u moment or twg, and then meekly ran after her. He once more Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse were bouse hunting. (Copyright UJS> The next story "At Lagl I'elci Know*." Adele Garrison “My Husband’s Love’* The "Evidence” the Officer Showed Madge and Katherine. A wall from Mamie greeted the young State trooper's statement that her father and mother were in the “hoose gov,” and that he had fright ened the children into obedience with his revolver. “Oh, let me go to the children!” she pleaded, and I spoke quickly. “What harm can she do? And the children must need her terribly.” “She can upset the evidence,” the young trooper replied amazingly, "it she's as strong and as quick as her mother. But come along”—he pulled the girl toward the house—"and re member that If you try any monkey business, I shoot.” “Oh, I tyon't do anything,” Mamie sobbed. “Just let me go to the chil dren.’’ “Better come along,” the young officer flung back superfluously' at Katherine and me, for we were close behind him, “and see what we found In the house here when we came In a little while ago. He flung open the door to the di lapidated old house, and we saw be fore us a dingy kitchen whose fur nishings were a stove, a table and two broken chairs. But on the stove was a queer copper contrivance from which liquid was dripping, and on the floor stood two washtubs with a brownish, muddy liquid, covered with white flecks. , "Dot vere my tub go," Katie's voice sounded behind us, and the officer whirled to face her. “What's this?” he said. “Another one? What d'ye mean, your tub, and who are you?" Katie put her arms akimbo, and faced the young fellow unabashed. "I mean dot's my tub, you foony boonch of soup greens,” she began truculently, but with a awlft move ment I thrust her behind me, whis pering an imperative command for silence, and faced the young officer who had bristled like an insulted tomcat at Katie's Impertinence. ''She Is my housekeeper, officer,” I said quickly, “and she means that the people here came over to borrow one of our tubs this morning saying they had an extra washing to do "Vashing” snorted the irrepressible Katie. “Foony kind of vashing, ain’t eet? Taking my tub to make dot dirty hootch. I never can clean eet again. Shoost smell dot stuff, L'nd, look. All ofer the floor, too!” “Yes, we’ve seen that, Katie.” I said Impatiently, and, indeed, the un even floot-boards were soaked with the stuff. “But you must apologize to the officer for what you said just now.” “Vy vot I say?” Katie demanded with just a little too obvious Inno cence, and she. looked the young of ficer straight in the eye*. ‘‘I no re member say notings. Eef you tell me vot I say dot's bad. I say I'm sorry all over lot." The young State trooper swallowed his offended dignity. There was nothing else to be done in the face of Katie's apparent guilelessness. “If she's your housekeeper, Ma-am. it's all right," he said with an effort at nonchalance. “But you can't blame me for being shy of these dames. The woman I found here with this still was as quick as a cat. She had one tub partly upset by the time l got through the door." The girl. Mamie, looked around the kitchen wildly. “Where's the children?” she asked quaverlngly. “In here.” As he threw open the door to an other room as bare as the first, we saw six forlorn little children, like the steps of stairs In height, the eldest, a boy of perhaps 10 years, the youngest, a baby of but a few months, held In the arms of a little girl of eight. All were seated in a row on a wooden bench, with their feet dangling and their little faces were streaked with tears. “Ob," said Katherine pitifully, go ing over to the group. “How cramp ed this child must be holding this babv. Tho young officer looked uncom fortable. That he wns naturally a kindhearted boy was patent, but he was so impressed Indeed obsessed, with the Importance and dignity of his assignment that he had lost all sense of proportion. "If you'll be responsible for them Ma'am.” he said uneasily, "I’ll be glad to let them down and move around the house. There's nothing they can do here. We searched every room before my buddy took the man and woman to the village. "Funny thing about this." he ex claimed. “We never expected to find a still here. We were hunting for something else In here, which we didn't And and stumbled upon this.” Katherine and I exchanged slgnlfl cant glances. Was there something after all In Junior's prattle about a man getting out of a window? The week «f July 23d to 28th, inclusive, wo offer our patron* all the Alamito Locust Lana buttermilk they can drink FREE with each order of 25c or more at any of our six conveniently located res taurant*. Restaurants |Al^icI^eopir^ I owe It to Ihemeelvee t* at leaat I j lavestlffete Chiropractic. X I The Thomas I | Chiropractic Offices § FOR TNt RCLItF Of Pain in the Stomach and Bowels. Intestinal Cramp COLIC, Diarrhoea ^^^OLO^VfRYWMf*^^ Picnickers to Get Prizes Many valuable prizes will be award ed at The Omaha Bee family outing and old-fashioned picnic at Krug park next Wednesday. Charles Gardner, secretary of Ak Sar-Ben, and Edward Burdick of the Omaha Sporting Goods company, are arranging a series of contests which will be announced soon. The Omaha Bee is arranging to give prizes to the winners of these contests. Plans are being made for the out ing In co-operation with the Krug park management. A coupon appears below which will entitle you to free admission to the park and also will be exchanged for a string of "free tickets'’ to various amusement concessions within the park, Mark Wednesday, July 25. on your calendar. Arrange to spend the after Charles Gardner. noon and the evening with the family there. Get out your picnic basket. There are tables and benches and other pic nic ground conveniences at the park. The children will have a grand time there on that day with the free tickets at their disposal. There will be many other special events, now being ar ranged. The Omaha Bee and the park man agement assure everyone who comes out a grand and glorious time. v COUPON 9 The Omaha Bee Family Outing Wednesday, July 25 KRUG PARK This coupon is good for one admission ticket and a string of “free tickets” to Krug Park on the above date. Take this coupon to the park with you and exchange it at The Omaha Bee booth at the entrance to the park. Each person must have a coupon. Salary Claims Are Held Up State Delays Payment on Vouchers of Prof. Mickey and Assistant. Special Dispatch to The O ms Its Bee. Lincoln, July 22.—Approval of the state auditor and secretary of state of a claim for 325 made by Morris L. Irvlner, assistant of Clark K. Mickey, head of the university engineering iepartment, has been withheld pend ing an Investigation. The service for which Irvlner pre sented his bill is for examining and approving sewerage plans for the village of Snyder and waterworks plans for Gretna. The two officials believe these expenses should be borne by the villages. The claim was approved by Governor Bryan. The voucher for June salary of Professor Mickey, amounting to (208.33. Is still being withheld by these officials. The same trouble was encountered by Professor Mickey when he presented his May salary voucher which was finally approved by officials. Professor Mickey draws 3208 33 from the state for Inspecting paving materials and 34,000 from the uni versity for teaching engineering. It is contended that under the code officials cannot get two salar ies and the $208.33 per month comes from appropriations for code depart ments. The governor signed both the Msv and June vouchers of Professor Mickey. Dismissal of Havelock Police Chief Is Demanded Special Dispatch is The Omaha Use. Lincoln. July 22.—Affidavits signed by Havelock cltizena were presented to the city counoll there demanding dismissal of M. Mecham. chief of po lice. The affidavits assert the chief has been guilty of drunkenness and at other times lie played poker. Chief Mecham asserted the affida vits were inspired by U. F. Flans burg, former assistant chief, who has been discharged. The council took no action. State Appeals Payment Ruling on Oil Case Lincoln, July 22.—The state de partment of agriculture haa appealed to the supreme court from a Douglas county decision that It must payback to the varioua oil companies all in excess of the cost of inspecting oil in the slate. The oil companies several weeks ago secured an Injunction, claiming that the state was charging < cents a barrel In 50 barrel lots, which was. they asserted, in excess of the cost of inspecting and therefore illegal. The supreme court at that time said the companies were right. • The suit now brought to the su preme court is to determine whether the state must pay back the money collected between the time the in junction was denied in Douglas coun ty and the date it was allowed by the supieme court. Three Men Held for Fraud Fail to Appear in (iourt Lincoln, July 22.—Frank K. Schaaf, James H. <5*>re and H. L. T,ohmeyer, indicted on the charge of using the mails to defraud and conspiracy to defraud In connection with the Ne braska Hotel company litigation, did not appear when their cases were called in federal court here Saturday. Assistant United Slates District At torney Stewart suggested the pos sibility of forfeiting their bonds of $5,000. A number of minor offender*, chief ly for infractions of the prohibition law, were given fines. 2 Hours Faster m m _ A tited**** ■ on the p Portland Limited Effective July 29 Time from Omaha reduced to 56% hours— name chanced from Oregon-Washington Limited to Portland Limited. Lv. Omaha (Union Station) - • !■ :33a.m. Ar. Portland (Union Sution) 0.13 p. m. 2nd day The Continental Limited, another fine train, makes the run in 57*/a hours. Lv. Omaha (Union Sutton) - - - I3di.ni. Ar. Portland (Union Sution) 130 a. m. 2nd day Observation, Sundard and tourist sleeping cars, ires reclining chair cara and dining cara on both trains. Oood connection* In Union Station, Portland, with both train* for Tacom^ and Seattle. Sleeping cara for Tacoma and Seattle on the Portland Limited. Par (alorntatloa, ask— A. K. Curt*, City Pass. Agent. U. P. Syatem, I«i6 Dodge Kt , Omaha, Phans Jackaan }lfj Consolidated Ticket Office Union Station Igtt Dodge St, Phono Atlantic t*'d loth end Marcy Streets l/nion Pacific ,_—1MC Rough-Hewn Dorothy Canfield | <(oot*na*<i From Yntrrdaj.) SYNOPSIS. Neale Crittenden, ■ typical, red-blooded American youth, live* with fli* parents In I'nlon Hill, a village near New York city. While attending preparatory school, and later Columbia university, he takes aa active part In all kind* of athletics, and makes progress In hie studies. In Franee. Marine Allen, a year or two younger than Neale, live# with her Amer ican parent* In the home of Anna Etchcr gary. a French woman. Marine's father in foreign agent for an American busi ness firm. Jeanne Amlgorena Is iui old French servant. In the Allen family. Marise applies herself diligently to the study of nutftir and French and wins a l»rlte In a musical contest. While away visiting, .Marine’s mother sees u close friend killed by a fall from a high cliff and suffers severe nervous shock. Hhc »• brought home In a serious condition and taken to a convent, where Marine la not allowed to aee her. Marine’s father, who Is away on business. Is sent for and ar rive* at the Allen home. Marl*e’* mother dies that night. Back In America Neale Is interested In his studies and football at the university. He passes hi* sopho more year and debate* where he shall spend tits vacation. "Dear Crittenden: "We lmve a hard schedule ahead of us this season. I want all last year’s squad to report at the football house for practice on September 1st. I can count on you not to be late. "Ft. M’ALPIXE, Capt.” Neale read it over and over, stupid ly at first and then with growing ex citement. Alone in the tent, he al lowed a broad, childish, unrestrained smile of pure pleasure and pride to shine all over his face. Then the date struck his eye. He was to report on September first and this was August 24. Gosh! I-ess than a week to get into condition! Not a single minute to lose. His chance might depend on his being in con dition. His chance . . ! He tossed the blankets off and sprang up, making plans rajtidly. The coffee pot left by Billy was still warm in the banked ashes, but Nenle put it aside. No cof fee! After his breakfast of oatmeal and toast, lie looked longingly at hia pipe, but did not light It. No tabacco! He remembered that this was about the lime for Miss Austin's train, but he did not change hia clothes to go down to see her off. No girls! Still in his foothall togs, Just as he had danced the last waltz, he aet off for the first of his training, a two mile Jog trot over the hills. CHAPTER XXVI. There were horribly emotional ups and downs in the Junior foothall sea son for Neale, ups and downs that ploughed and harrowed his young soul, planted many seeds In his heart, a^id left him at the end of the season with so much new knowledge of him self and others to digest, with ex periences so rich and varied, dark and brilliant, to look back on. that he needed the entire rest of the year to grow up to them. The other students, those who did not play football, seemed to him like little boys, fooling around with marbles and kites, so little did they know of the black depths of depression and despair, and the hard won heights of exultation w hich crammed his own personal life full, and gave him a premature ma turity of experience, like that of a boy who has t>een through a war. The day after his third game on the varsity, father called hint < ti the telephone and asked him If he couldn’t come home and have dinner with them to celebrate his success— would that be breaking training? Oh, no, Neale answered, not If he got hack to the house at 9. So he went home to a specially good dinner. Just the kind he remembered as a little boy, when there was company. They talked football mostly: that meant he and father talked and mother saw to it that the plates of her two men were filled. After dinner they went Into the library, the library where he had first plunged Into the world of books, and there he and mother sat on the sofa while father sat in his own chair, and they visited some more. Neal* found It surprisingly easy to talk to his parents now, almost as easy as if they were strangers. Dur ing the last year he had lived away from them except for week ends and short visits. In that time he had ac quired a little perspective; and the new shell to his personality had set ha'rd enough so that he no longer felt an Irritable, shame faced distaste of being looked at by people who had known him as a little boy. Great ficott! Had he ever been a little boy? The college junior looked around on the walls and furniture that had not changed a hair and remembered with difficulty that he had once been a carefree child In these surroundings. When he went away, he shook hands with his father, as he always did, and stooped from his great height to kiss his mother as he al ways dkl. Why not? It did not oc cur to him that might not kiss his mother. * But apparently it had occurred to her, for when she felt on her lips the cool, fresh, boyish, matter-of fact pressure of his lips, she gave a sob and flung her arms around him, hold ing him close and crying a little on his shoulder. Why, dear old mother! What was the matter with her? Neale put both arms around her and gave her a great hug, as he used to do when he came home from West Adams. It had done him good to see his folks, he thought, as he etrode off down 'he familiar, but not much loved ADVERTISEMENT ' _ Say “Bayer” and Insist! t'nless you see the name "Bayer" on packaee or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over twen ty-two years and proved safe by mil lions for folds Headache Toothache Lumbago Earache Kheumatism Neuralgia Bain, Pain Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" only. Each unbroken package con tains proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacctic acldester of Sallcyliracid. city street. He thought affectionately about bis father and mother, for quite a time thereafter, a* far as the ferry house Indeed, when the build of a deckhand reminded him of the new Swede on the team. After that lie thought football intensively, a strong color of junior cocksureness tinging all his thoughts. He was making the teum! 'He wasn't so worse! How gre*.n, how Incredibly green the thumb fingered freshto* were who came out to try for the squad. And he hail beaten Hlffy to It, although Blffy had almost killed himself with trying. The weak opponents of the prelimi nary season were easily swamped. McAlpine, Rogers. Neale, with one of the tackles back, the big Hwede, <Jus Larsen or Atkains’ coal miner (whose name, Vaclav Rlahhaslav, stamped the squad till It was shortened to "Mike”) tore over Rutgers, Kordham, Hamil ton and the other small fry. True, the battering ram machine broke tragical ly down before Princeton's even stronger attack, but none of the blame for that attached to Neale. He was kept out of the game by a wrenched ankle, and Biflfy's rotten luck let hiim into the lineup for the first defeat of the season. Neale really had luck on Ids side, he thought with some com placency. By next Saturday his ankle was all right again and ho trotted out on Franklin field supremely con fident, trotted out to fall straight into the black depths of the bottomless pit. For after that swelling supreme self confidence came a queer slow ness of mind. Ho found It hard to keep his thoughts on his work as they ran through signal*. Hi* eyes kept stray ling to the rioting, flag waving grand stand*. The whistle blew, the kickoff came straight to Neale. For the first time since freshman year he felt a sinking dread that he might fumble. The tell hit him on the chest and bounded off. Tod McAlpine fell on it and the rushing game began. For the first half It was anybody's game. Either team when it got the ball could gain, but could not score. Something was the matter with Neale, He wasn’ all there. He knew he was playing mechanically, but couldn't seem to summon the energy- to do better. He sat listless, almost sullen while Andrews harangued the team between the halves. He Was hardened by this time to the Neapolitan frenzy of em phasis which marked exhortations to play your best football or die. He’d do his best, he told himself, looking down at his feet. Nobody could do any more. (Continued In Tbo Morning Boo.) All Sick People owe it to themselves to at loast investigate Chiropractic. J| ; The Thomas Chiropractic Offices Gardner Bldg.. 1712 Podg.. AT 1»3 EFFECTIVE Tuesday, July 31st, the Oregon-Washing ton Limited, No. 18, now leaving daily at 9.-00 p. m., will be known as the Portland Limited and leave at 8:15 p. m., arriving Chicago 935 a. m. instead of 11:00 a. m. 7 Daily Passenger Trains to Chicago Lv. Omaha At. Chicago No. 12—Chicago Express - 730 a/m. 8:55 p. m. “ 6—Atlantic Express • 2:00 p. m. 7:00 a. m. “ 22—Chicago Special - 6:00 p. m. 7:25 a. m. M 8—Los Angeles Limited 7:32'p. m. 8:50 a. m. “ 2—Overland Limited - 735 p.'ch. 9:00 a. m. “ 18—Portland Limited • 8:15 p. m. 935 a. m. “ 20—Continental Limited 230 a. m. 3:55 p. m. 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