THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 191?.
PRISONERS' MEALS
WON'T KDUCED
Sheriff Clark Denies Story
Which Commissioner Lynch
Had Printed.
NO SEASON TO CHANGE
Sheriff Clark vigorously denies the
story which Commissioner Lynch had
printed as part of his fight on the
ilieriff that the prisoners in the county
jail are to be reduced to two meals
a day.. The plan of feeding the pris
oner three meals day started under
Sheriff McShane. Sheriff Clark as
serts that he has had no thought of
changing.
"I believe the prisoners are better
satisfied with three meals a day and 1
don't see any reason why we ahould
feed them only two," said the sheriff.
"The jail routine works out much
better, too, with the three-meal sys
tem. I did not authorize anyone to
say that I would feed the prisoners
only twice a day."
The Big Challenge.
Commissioner Lynch has been em
boldened to issue a quasi-challenge
to the sheriff to debate the jail feed
ing row before improvement clubs.
He declares he will appear before
the Southwest Improvement club
this evening to give his version of
the squabble.
"There's nothing to debate," re
plied the sheriff when told of the pro
posed verbal battles. "There is no
issue if there is it's a dead one at
stake. The law fixes the allowance
for boarding prisoners. I don't see
how the commissioners can get
around that fact. The real issue in
this so-called squabble is vice, and
law violation. I'll debate that with
Johnny Lynch any time."
At Lynch't instance, the county
board disallowed the sheriff's bill for
meals for the jail for January, later
coming out with the excuse that there
was no money in the general fund
to pay the claim if it wanted to.
In the interval, the sheriff has been
forced to borrow money from a bank
to meet the bills incurred in feed
ing the county prisoners.
Yo, Ho! Dan Cupid
Captures Another
Omaha Sailor Man
Page Dan Cupid, please I Officers
of the navy recruiting station in the
federal building want to know some
thing. When; Emmet A. Chapman, phar
macist's mate, first class, breezed into
work Wednesday morning he was
wearing a tulip and a rose, . Although
hit fellow soldiers of the sea whistled
a few bars from Lohengrin's popular
tune and the whole chorus of "When
You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big
Red Rose,!1 Mr, Chapman remained
as communicative as an oyster. -
But on his desk, awaiting the phar
macist's mate, were more tulips and
more red roses; Ay, there's, the rub,
Flowers and whistling have preceded
every one of the six weddings In the
last two years which have snared
Uncle Samael't marines. Even the
recent nuptial of Lieutenant W.'-W.
Waddell wtjt, no', exception. And
now. !.rt' ,.' .. .' "
Page Dfrn.-C,irpld. please. ' v .'
William McDonald, Here
Most of His Life, is Dead
William W. McDonald, head of the
f Finn a. 11 Hm; Rraaa (nunlri. im-
til his retirement three years ago, and
a member of t pioneer Omaha family,
died at his, home,, 2230 Burdette
street, Wednesday morning follow
ing t month's illness. He . suffered
a stroke about a month ago and his
condition hat been critical for the
last ten dayt. He would have been
SO yeart old in June.
Mr. McDonald is survived by his
widow, a brother, County Commis
sioner' McDonald, and a sister, Mrs.
Jamet Mahoney of Council Bluffs.
City Comptroller McDonald is a
nephew, at is Harry McDonald, a
deputy sheriff. John McDonald, a
former sheriff of Douglas county,
another brother, died in 1908. The
parents, pioneer . Omahans, were
called several years ago.
Definite arrangements : for ; the
funeral have not been made, though
it is proDaoie, mat ine services will
be held Friday or Saturday.
A brass moulder by trade, Mr. Mc
Donald had lived practically .all his
life in Omaha. He waa the active
head of the McDonald Bros. Brass
foundry for years. -
Mr. McDonald was known as a
(treat out-of-doors man and there was
nothing he liked to do u..v. .iian to
hunt and fish. He and Sheriff Clark
had planned a hunting ind fishing
'rip in the north this summer. Sheriff
" was at his bedside up t'll
midnight )Ot before hi
death, declared that "Bi.. McDonald
was tiic n-03t ardent follower :f
Izaak Walton he had ever known
Mr. Mi-Donald was a Mason.
Ward Burgess Finds the
Coast Country Prosperous
Ward M, Burgess has just returned
from a trip of a month during which
time he was on both coasts. He went
from here to New York and from
there to California, where he has put
in. most of the month in a winter
vacation.
Mr. Burgess says the car shortage
situation is still bad, though he finds
it is casing up a bit. The west coast
h prosperous; business there it
good," said Mr,' Burgess, "and busi
ness men there still cau't get cars to
- handle their goods at fast at they
can sell or manufacture."
"We Can't Get Our Coal," Still
The Complaint of Omaha Dealers
Usual Drop in Price May First
is Not Scheduled to Take
Place This Year.
OAS SHORTAGE TO BLAME
Though coal ordinarily drops some
what in price about May 1, local coal
dealers say they see no prospect as
yet. At least they say they have no
information that leads them to be
lieve there will be a drop this spring.
"We still can't get coal," said Vic
tor White of the C. N. Dietz com
pany. "We've got coal on the tracks
at Hammond and Gary, Ind., that has
been there since December, and we
can't get it through to Omaha. The
railroads will not hustle the coal
along like they will other things in
a time ot car snortage. u a iram
has too much freight to handle, they
will take on more cart at every sta
tion and when the train gets too heavy
they will cut out a few coal cart and
PREDICTS U.S. ML
S00NBE IN WAR
Director of Alexander Hamil
ton Institute Warns Busi
ness Men to Prepare.
ADDRESSES ROTARY CLUB
The United Statet cannot help be
ing drawn into the European war.
unless Germany backs down; also,
the war will terminate before the end
of t this year, either (because of this
country's entry into It or from ex
haustion. H. F. DeBower, vice presi
dent and a director of the Alexander
Hamilton institute and a lawyer and
business man of national prominence
told members of the Rotary club at
the noon meeting and luncheon at
the Henshaw rathskellar.
Mr. DeBower spoke on "America's
Business Opportunities and Respon
sibilities." He has been addressing
business men's organizations through
out the east and middle west. Sev
eral big jobbers and retailers of
Omaha had representatives at the
Rotary club meeting to hear Mr. De
Bower. On Brink of War.
. The fact that the United States is
on the very brink of war waa pointed
out by the easterner, who declared
that obviously there was no way out
of it unless Germany backed down.
He said that in the east the con
sensus of opinion is that the war wilt
terminate before the end of the year.
"The war has made the , United
States an exporting country, instead
of an importing one. But did you busi
ness men ever stop and think what
would happen if we. were suddenly
plunged into the world struggle? Do
you realize what effect it would have
on the industrial life of this country?"
National legislation has not been
in accordance with the ideals of the
majority of the big business men of
the country, Mr. DeBower asserted.
He declared that the Sherman act
should be repealed and another law
enacted in itt place,
- Big businesa men should be better
organized, he advocated. They
should organize, he said, for their own
good, regardless of party lines.
He spoke in favor of the profit
sharing plans of some of the big cor
porations, declaring that the .laboring
men should be taken into confidence
by tht business leaders their em
ployers. Superintendent Clark of the State
Industrial school at Kearney was a
guest of the club. He warned Omaha
business men to make provisions for
the lads when they come out of the
school lest they go wrong again and
become menaces to aocicty. He laid
that 40 per cent of the tchool in
mates were Omaha boys.
Harley G. Moorhead acted as chair
man of the meeting.
Big Buyers Still Pay ,
High Prices for Coal
Though the Building Owners' and
Managers' association members have
talked for a couple of years about the
possibility of buying their coal sup
ply for the big buildings of the city
in a co-operative way, they have not
yet arrived at anything definite.
Recently D. C. Patterson, real es
tate man, offered to build them a
storage house for this coal, and lease
it to them or let them use it on some
basis satisfactory to, both parties con
cerned. They did not take him at his
bargain, and the, result is they are
still up against the proposition ol
paying as much for their coal as every
other individual has to pay.
"I certainly think it is time some-
! thing should be done," said Byron
Hastings, president of the Building
i Owners' and Managers' association.
hut so far we have not come to any
thing definite.."
let them stand on the sidings any
j lace in the country. We have no
recourse. We are helpless in the
matter."
Mr. White has on his desk a letter
stating that the Phildelphia & Reading
Coal & Iron company, one of the larg
est producers of hard coal in Penn
sylvania, has nunc of its own product
at its St. Paul yards, and other north
ern and lake cities, such as Duluth.
Mr. White believes little relief can
be expected until the lakes open for
navigation.
The fact that cars have been hard
to get has curtailed the mining of coal,
according to coal dealers here, for
when the breakers are full and there
are no cars to haul it away, the min
ing stops, or is cut down for the time
being.
Local coal dealers, however, see no
reason why :hey should be compelled
to pay the increased price at the mines
this year. "We are simply a lot of
fools, to be standing in line bidding
. rainst one another for the visible
supply," said Victor White.
SMOKE INSPECTOR
FILES COMPLAINTS
Ten Alleged Violators of Ordi
' nance Ordered to Appear in
Police Court,
MORI ARE TO COME LATER
William A. Chrisman, city boiler
and smoke inspector, has filed in po
lice court the first group of com
plaints in his campaign to abate the
smoke nuisance. He says others will
follow.
These persons are charged with
violation of city ordinance governing
abatement of dense black smoke and
are summoned to appear in police
court Friday morning;
Dr. Harold Gifford, for the Lyric
building. Nineteenth and Farnam
streets; Frank B. Martin, for the
Wellington Inn building, 1815 Far
nam street; Joseph Hayden, for Hay-
den Bros, building, 1618 Douglas
street: F. F. Hamilton, for Mer
chants' National bank building, Thir
teenth and Farnam streets; M. V.
Dimery, for the Farnam building,
Thirteenth and Farnam ktreets; T. C.
Byrne, for the Byrne-Hammer dry
goods building. Ninth and Howard
streets; is. lowle, lor tne u Bnen
Candy company, HOI Douglas street
Charles Harding, for the Harding Ice
Cream company, oUe Harney street:
C. Hyson, for the .Omaha Cold Stor
age company, 801 Farnam street; J.
C. Carpenter, for the Carpenter Paper
company, Ninth and Harney ttreets;
Elmer Neville, for the Neville block,
Sixteenth and Harney streets, and L.
B. Wilson, for the World-Herald
Building company, Fifteenth and Far
nam ttreett.
Cave Man No Longer in ' '
Style, Says Fitzgerald
The day of the cave man has passed,,
according to Police Judge Fitzgerald.
So he told a gang of youths who
were on trial for fighting.
"Men no longer go out and get
their girts with clubs," he declared,
as he discharged the ladt with a
warning. "Let the girlt go with
whatever young men they choose."
E, G, Swacina, Sixty-teventh and
Grover streets, said he was on his
way to the home of Jennie Pease,
Fifty-third and Center streets, when
a gang of young fellows met him as
he left the street car, and threatened
him. He testified that he grabbed a
big club to defend himself.
Other youths in the case were
Hawker and J. Jorgensen and Byron
Madsen.
ENJOINS THE WHEEL
TAX TEMPORARILY
Judge Leslie Decides in favor
of Ten Corporations Fight
ing Ordinance.
FINAL HEARING . SOON
Judge Leslie of the district court
has granted a temporary injunction
in the case brought by ten Omaha
corporations against the city, Mayor
Dahlman, City Attorney Rine, City
Prosecutor McGuire and Commis
sioner Parks, seeking to enjoin them
from enforcing any of the provisions
of the wheel tax ordinance, which
should have gone into effect March 7.
The judge's decision at the hearing
for a temporary injunction now holds
the matter in statu quo until the court
decides whether it should be made
permanent. The hearing for a per
manent injunction will probably be
held in Judge Leslie's court within the
next two weeks.
At the time the petition was filed
by the corporations the court issued
a restraining order, which held until
the hearing for a temporary injunc
tion. Claim Tax it Null.
Counsel for the plaintiffs alleges
that the wheel tax ordinance, which
provides that each person, firm or
corporation owning or operating any
vehicle upon the streets of Omaha
annually register the same, a penalty
being specified for its violation, is null
and void and was attempted to be
passed without authority of law.
The following corporations are in
volved in the suit:
Omaha Ice and Cold Storage com-
fiany, C. W. Hull company, Sunder
and Bros., Updike Lumber and Coal
company, J. T. Stewart Motor com
pany, Omaha Van and Storage com
pany. Lee Huff, Gordon Warehouse
and Van company, McShane Motor
company, L. V. Nicholas Oil com
pany and the Omaha Merchants Ex
press and Iranster company.
Four People Are
Being Sought Here
By Their Relatives
Officer Frank Murphy of the police
"lost and found" department, is seek
ing to locate four persons, for whom
relatives have inquired.
Ed Flint of Hastings came to
Omaha a week ago to take treatment
for rheumaticm, his half-brother, C.
W. Moon, writes the police. Moon
has been unabL to locate Flint in
any hospital since then.
Fred Willson, supposed to have
lived at 859 fine street two years ago,
is sought by his brother-in-law, C. A,
Oliver, of1 Pittsburgh. There is no
house at the number given, Officer
Murphy sayt, and he has not yet
lound a trace of Willson
Clairie Nan, who waa married to
William Mahen of Fremont, is solmht
by a relative, Frtiik Brown of Van-i
couver, B. C, who thinks sne may be
known here. ,, ;
Mrs, Olive Pitt has asked police
aid in ending her. husband, W. C.
i Pitt, 75, who has net been , heard
from since he came to Omaha some
time ago. He js supposed to have
visited Jac fausjer ot this city.
Savidge Will Appear
Before the City Council
Rev. C W. Savidge, pastor of the
"People's church, state he will
appear before the city council this
morning and wilt ask for the privilege
of the floor. It is his intention to
express himself on the subject of
pool nails and it time will permit
may touch on a. few other topics.
This it the minister who recently
made a stumming tour and lost his
notes.
Janitor Sets Off County
Treasury Burglar Alarm
Police are voicing a desire to have
an investigation of the burglar
alarm attached to the vault in the
county treasurer's office. They tay
that the mechanism went wrong again
Tuesday about 9 p. m. and caused
pohoe to make t hurry run, only to
find an innocent janitor, who won
dered what was the matter.
Tat CMMru-s Com h.
Wot cannot a anything battar for your
child ' couth and colt than Dr, Xlnt's Now
IMatorarjr. Contains aothlng harmful. Ooar-
At drutflata, toe. AdrarttMmaat.
In the
Promotion
of Health
It it imperative that
you keep
THE STOMACH NORMAL
THE BOWELS REGULAR
AND THE LIVER ACTIVE
To That EndTry
HDSTETTER'S
Stomach Bitters
SHOE SHOP-
16TH AND FARNAM STREETS.
Shoe Exclusiveness
That's what we are offering to the ladies of Omaha.
A style their own individuality and character. A shoe
that It just for you. That's what we call exclusiveness.
Benson A. Thome are showing a most charming and
distinctive assemblage of smart Spring Footwear for
every function, original in design and graceful in ap
pearance, with a maximum of perfection and style, fit
and workmanship at price attractively moderate.
Pearl or Silver
gray and ivory and
field mouse, with
French kid cover
ed heels, turn or
light welt soles
button or lace pat
terns; tizei 2H to
8, widths AAA to
D't, at
Beautiful white wash
kid boots, 9-inch pat
terns with small wood
covered heels, with
turn soles, at
STRIKE ORDER WILL
BE IGNORED HERE
So oh is Opinion of Men Close
to the Trainmen Operating
from Omaha.
NO ORDERS YET RECEIVED
Railroad trainmen working in the
local yards and coming into the city
from off their runs, as well as rail
road officials in the headquarters of
the several roads, assert that, aside
from what appears in the daily papers,
they know nothing new i.i the train
men's strike situation.
Local trainmen assert that up to
this time a strike order has not been
received nd that they have had no
intimation that an official one is com
ing. Such an order, they say, would
come from the brotherhood chiefs, and
none of them reside here. They as
sert that the headquarters of the loco
motive men is in North Platte; the
conductors, Cheyenne; the brakemen,
Laramie, and the firemen, Creston, la.
Men here are not talking, saying that
this is a matter entirely in the hands
of the chairmen. However, men who
are close to the trainmen say that if
a strike order should come it would
be ignored by a large majority of
those working on roads running out
of Omaha.
Officials of the roads assert that
they are not anticipating a strike or
der, going upon the theory that the
railroad men would not qui' now, es
pecially at a time when the constitu
tionality of the Adamson law is being
considered by the United States su
preme court. As to the status of the
strike situation, they contend that
they are ignorant of what is being
done, if anything, to hold it off, that
being entirely in the hands of the ex
ecutive committee of all the roads
and which has headquarters in Chi
cago, New York and Washington.
Sugar Combine Says It
Operates On Low Margin
New York, March 14. Profits from
operations of $9,756,379 are reported
for 1916 by the American Sugar Re
fining company in the annual state
ment issued today, as against $2,991,
465 in 1915. The company's balance
sheet shows assets of $129,979,776, an
increase of $7,971,901 over 1915.
The- turnover of the company, ac
cording to the statement of President
Earl . Babst, approximated $200,
000,000, leaving a manufacturing
profit of about 4'$ per cent. This per
centage, it is claimed, is "outside of
the Chicago packers, the smallest
margin of profit in the manufactur
ing world."
Tables accompanying the report
show that the company's business in
1916 amounted to 34 per cent of the
whole sugar production, cane and
beet, as against 75 per cent of the
entire output in 1894.
The company, it is stated, has
nearly 20,000 stockholders, one-half
of whom are women.
Cuticura Heals
Little Boy Of
Distressing; Rash on Head. De
veloped Into Eruptions. Hair All
Fell Out Lasted for Six Months.
Cuticura Healed at Cost of 75c
"When my little son was about four
months old a rash broke out on his
head. It kept spreading until his head
was covered ana me
rash soon developed into
large, deep eruptions.
MewouiascratcnanaruD :
hisheadonthepillowand
did not sleep. His hair .
became thin and dry, and .
all fell out This lasted
for six months.
"A friend advised me
to try Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and
I got them. After I used one box of ,
Cuticura Ointment and one bar of Cuti
cura Soap his head was healed."
(Signed) Mrs. S. Brant, Box 95, Harris,
Minn., Sept 15, 1916.
Most skin troubles might be prevented
by using Cuticura Soap and Ointment
for everyday toilet purposes. Sample
free on request. Address post-card:
"Cuticura, Dept. H, Boston." Sold
everywhere.
BLOUSE SHOP I
151648-20 Farnam Street
The New Blouses
Several highly distinctive models, that portray ad
vance fashions in' Blouses for the coming season, are
now displayed in the regular stock.
A Special Offering
Thursday Only
We will place on display and sale a wonderful as
sortment 'of new georgette and crepe de chine, the most
wonderful Values we have offered this season.
$4.75
Colors:
Chartreuse. Coral.
Peach. ' Gold.
Yellow. Orchid.
. American Beauty.
Description: -
All sizes, crepe de chine
with novelty colors, bead
. ed and embroidered fronts.
mmmmm
$12.99
Twenty styles in'
black glased kids, also
in all-over gray and
brown, with tarn
soles, with Louis heels
, lace and button, at'
Novelty Boots, very
. similar in style and
, color to the new
' spring models, black
kid vamp with gray
and ivory, top, Louis
and modified heels,
at
$4.95
$6.95
Whit wash kid
pumps for spring,
turn soles, covered
heels to match, spe
cially priced, at
Black kid vamp '
with champagne
quarter, . ill-over
field mouse, but
, ton and lace, turn
-and welt soles, at
All-over steel gray or)
Havana brown, patent
kid with ivory tops
with kid covered heels
to match, at
$7.95
$6.50
$19.19
$8.00
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