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"3, J... 10 A THE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEE: APRIL .29. 1917 STOP SPECULATING IN WHEAT OPTIONS Omaha Grain Exchange Orders Trading in May Options Be . Discontinued. LOWER PRICES FOLLOW Tlic idea that a local corner exists in May wheat was exploded when, on the floor of the Omaha Grain ex change, E. C. Twamley, chairman of the clearing house committee, pub licly announced that in Omaha ele vators the actual contract wheat ex ceeds the open trades two bushels to :nc. , He also announced that the quantity of wheat on hand exceeds all oier May tradei ten to one. Following the announcement, as he said, "to eliminate speculation," Chairman Twamley ordered the dis continuing of trading in the May ' wheat option, so far as the local mar ket is concerned. , Almost to Three Dollars. Prior to the discontinuing of trad ing the May option sold up to $2.91. with the low at $2.85, as against $2.65 to $2.8DJ4 Friday. At the same time May on the Chicago market was sell ing at $2.67 to $2.75,- as against $2.52 to $2.70 Friday. . On the local market trading in July wheat continued, the option ranging between $2.26 to $2.40 as against $2.19 to $2.294 Friday. On the Chi cago market the July option sold at $2.21 to $2J6 as against $2.16 to $2.26 Friday. The low wheat prices of the day came near the close of the session, when a wire from Winnipeg an nounced a decline of 15 cents a bushel in wheat, due to the fact that the grain exchange of that city had an nounced that any member trading without orders would be suspended . and that the British government was not in the market for futures, j Decline at Winnipeg. V The action of' the ' Winnipeg ex change, coupled with that of the Omaha Grain exchange, had a tie- Dressing effect upon the Chicago mar et, according to wires from the Chi cago Board of Trade there. All gains of the day were wiped out and at the closing hour May wheat was set back to $2.69 and July to $2.25 per bushel. This, waa a drop of more than 10 cent, j .' ' The Omaha cash wheat market was unchanged from Friday, the few sales being made at around $2.85 to $2.90-per bushel. Receipts were fairly heavy for a Saturday, (orty-one car loads. ': Com receipts were seventy car loads and prices were a cent higher to Vi cents. lower, with, a good de mand, from cattle feeders of Nebraska a'td Iowa. Oats sold at I cent to Wt cents of!, with prices at 71 cents to 71 S cents per bushel, llccciuts were forty-two c.irlosik ' : After the War France to v Be Heavy Buyer in America Pnrr.spamlsnc at The Associated Prist.) Pari.' March 20. Despite the ef forts of the French government to dispertse (with all import thav are not vital, French economists esti mate' that France will be 'a heavier buyer- in America after the war than before it. though' her purchased will be small in proportion to the; present figures. .After examining the situa tion that American business, interests must face when peace is restored, the I economists draw the following con clusion: tv . 1 Germany will suffer most'. ;" France will toe its; own waterfalls to furnish power for electric plants instead Of Westphalian coal and will make her own coloring matter and other chem ical products in plants developed' as a result of the war. One her blast furnaces: and roiling mills in the north and northeast are rebuilt, France will emancipate herself from dependency upon foreign supplies of steel, , It is not expected, however, that she wilj be ready to produce the machine tools -needed to rebuild her great industries in the north, and it is predicted that she will require heavy , importations of materials and foodstuffs. ' New public works, It has been sug- fesieor can provide tor the United tates a market for the continuation of some of the industrial activities developed by the war. New railroad lines, new canals and new porta in Europe, "Asia and Africa will afford openings for the employment of American capital and industry, "Beef Brawn" is New Army Ration for British (Corivspondsncs of Tha Associated Frtaa.) London, March 30. A new army ration to replace. trie familiar "bully beef" has been issued to a large sec- tinn -nf th .hnni, a-,... I f . . mi i.iiva 1,1 Jl .Britain. It is known officially as beef brawn.' and rcmkl. ;,. an pearance the familiar pressed beef. 1 A sausaffe ratinn has nmuA success in another section of the nome armies, and arrangements are being made to increase its use, while further large issues of Canadian fish and home-grown rabbits have been ordered, replacing imported cold storage beef, . , v Food Prices Are Low In Far Eastern Siberia (CVtrrcspondcnca Qf Ths Assortsted Press.) , Petrograd. March 30. While prices of foodstuffs have soared in Petro grad and Moscow to undreamed-of 1 heights, figures obtained from towns in eastern Siberia, where immense quantities of foodstuffs have been ly ing unused for months, show that prices in these out-of-the way centers were never so low. In some Siberian market towns the best meat can be obtained for about 3 cents a pound. Butter is 20 cents a pound, eggs are 9 cents a dozen and wheat fetches about 1 tent a pound. Increase in Cost of Production : Reduces Gold Mine Profits tCorraspondenc. of Tht Associated Press.) London, March 25. The produc tion of gold in the Transvaal is rela tively less profitable in war than in peace time, owing to the fixed price of gold, and the cost of mining it has been increased by the rise in Esther commodities. The Transvaal Chamber of Mines. tn iis yearly return shows that the output of gold was a record one of 39.4B4.V.M pounds sterling. An in crease in costs reduce '. the profits from 22,186,100 to 41,881,294 pounds sterling. : Omahan, Returned from Wilds o South America.' Is Unrecognized H. E. Fredrickson Hides Behind Chin Shrubbery and Has to ' ( Identify Self. IS TAKEN FOR A SPY The fellow hiding behind this chin shrubbery is not a German spy, though he was taken for one at New Orleans a few days ago. No won' der, for his own wife didn't know him. He is H. E. Fredrickson, for merly a leading automobile dealer of Omaha, who has since retired from the business, having made his fortune. Fredrickson raised this crop of chin jungle in the wilds of. Central a..:... : i.. I.... ,l..u'n.M(l,. .-tlllCllll 111 LUG 1431 1II1CC UlUllltia. He has been looking after his gold mine and associating with Indians and monkeys; When he stepped upon the docks at New Orleans a few days ago the soldiers on guard took him for a spy. "What is your nationality?" they asked Fredrickson, as they eyed his whiskers and broad-brimmed hat. Says He's a "Cherman." "I'm a 'Cherman,'" replied Fred rickson, in his best feigned brogue. "Stand here a moment," came the reply, and Fredrickson was detained while the other passengers passed. To make the joke better he set his two grips down very gently, as though greatly concerned about the "explosives" in them. A soldier yanked one of the grips open, and as luck would have it, opened the one containing the pistol with which the Omaha man had been shooting wild boars in Central America. "Ah-an-ha!" said the guard. The customs officers came and they all took part in the search. When the Omahan finally estab lished his identity the soldiers were "peeved." "What's the idea in joking us this way?" said one. "We're not here to be joked with." But a su perior officer told the boys it had been a rood experience for them and he hoped they would benefit by it. ARMORED GAR GREW DOES DEADLY WORK Mohammedans Mowed Down as the Machines, With Oc cupants Unhurt, More On. TWO HUNDRED ARE KI ILLED (Correspondence of The Xssoclated PrW) British Headquarters in Egypt, March 25. In the recent raid of the Egyptian armored car column on the Senussi, an Arabic order of Moham medans, the crews of the cars traveled 200 miles into the Limyan desert, fought a stubborn and well-hidden enemy for twenty hours and. durinz Utt-highi, twenty-two me in thfears remained within iw yards of a foe outnumbering them by fully twenty five to one. The story, of the raid it told by the British official eye witness: . ... The grand sheik of the Senussi. Sayed Ahamed, was known to be at the Siwah oasis, with his commander-in-chief, Mohamed Saleh, and the remnants of his army, 800' rifles strong. The problem of supply made it imperative that the journey of 400 miles out and back should be per formed in a week. It was exclusively a motor column. . Negotiate the Past. The British force bivouaced the first night ninety miles from the coast and went on next day to the summit of a sharp ridge fifteen miles from Siwah. the senussi were hidden on a series of low hills. ' Sequa pass, considered by the.Senussi the only possible road from Siwah to the outer country, was mined and the armored cars had to surmount a ridge to gain access to the little valley facing the Senussi position. EveTy car safely negotiated the rough-and tumble pass, except those in the supply service. The ar mored cars led the way toward Gitba, chief town of the oasis, and all but two of them got into action within 300 yeards of the Sehussi position by 10 o'clock. The cars had a hot reception. The tops of the turrets had been removed to save weight, and the mohafzia, as the Senussi sharpshooters are called, scampered from the places of security behind rocks to the top of the Girba limestone cliffs and poured down a plunging fire in the hope of hitting the machine gunners inside the cars. Leaving one car in the center to engage the enemy, the remainder moved to the right and left to en filade the position, and for half an In the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska, . Hastings Division, Or der of Sale in Bank ruptcy, Elizabeth Epley, Bankrupt By virtue of an order of sale, issued by G. Norberg, Referee in Bankruptcy, I shall expose the fol lowing property at public sale to the highest bidder for cash, at No. 513 West Second street, in Hast ings, Nebraska, on the 4th day of May, 1917, towit: (at 2 o'clock in the afternoon) Electric Light Fixtures and Wiring and Lamps. , One Power No. 8, a Motion Picture Machine. , , One Metal Booth. .. , 286 Theater Seats. One Piano. . .. ... i: , One' Hot Air Furnace. ! , , One Electric Stove. t . Lobby Frames. ' Two Electric Fans. .. Four Slab Doors. -Lumber, Posts, rWindows, Stair way and Doors in front - ' Three Flash Signs. About H Ton of Coal, ' v Dated this the 23dlay of April, 1017, at Hastings, Nebraska. " JOHN W.'SHAW, x Trustee in Bankruptcy. Vl J i jV. E. fffEDfflCHSCW They all had a good laugh and Fred rickson was allowed to pass. On the dock he met his wife, who had remained in New Orleans during the three months her husband was in South America. He asked her who she was looking for. "I'm looking for a Mr. Fredrick son, my husband, she replied. "I'm it," said the man with the whiskers and the broad-brimmed hat. Then, in order to convince her he al most had to call the soldiers to his aid to identify himself. i When he stepped intMhe Commer cial club rooms in Omaha no one knew him. Commissioner Manley caught a glimpse of the back of his head before he saw his face and thus recognized him. E. V. Parrish had to squint at him from six angles before he was certain. J. Stewart White passed him three times in the lobby and each time Fredrickson spoke to him. finally. White said, Did you want to see me " Then the Central Ameri(a . jungle man revealed ms identity. hour the ont car at the center re ceived the fire from two ten-pounder mountain guns, two machine guns and 800 rifles. Sprinkle Hill With BuUets. v Farther in the rear the patrols In unarmored cars, with machine guns, came into action, - and so sprinkled the hill with bullets that the enemy dared no longer show a' head. At noon a Senussi bugler sounded the charge and many of the enemy rose to advance, but the automobile ma chine gunners did such execution that they quickly dropped back to cover. Air through the night the armored cars were stationary being occasion ally sniped, aiid occasionally firing on spots, the bearing of which had been taken before dark. Such a wholesome dread had the Senussi of the armored , cars that 800 of them made no attempt to rush the little band. Meanwhile the unarmored cars had gone back fpr supplies-, of food and ammunition. Two Hundred Killed. Before daybreak the Senussi retired and when dawn broke figures sil houetted against the sky showed the enemy and their camels trekking westward, a long- way out of range and .impossible to reach owing to the precipitous hillsides. The crews of the cars destroyed their camp and collected a large quantity of arms and ammunition. Fully 200 Senussi sol diers were killed or wounded. The next day the Egyptian force en tered Siwah. Sayed Ahmed and his commander were never in the fight, but left Siwah when they learned of the arrival of the cars. Lieutenant William Griggs was In command of one of the armored cars and has. just received the military cross Jor his part in the raid. Plek th. Sox. The so-called wise boys have plotted a pair of Son for the most conspicuous place on the American league waeh line. But lha rldtlla la, will they be Red orjvhitej .The sharper the competition, the better the Hupmobile looms up. In beauty it is the Year-Ahead Beauty. Car. ' In performance it is the world's best four, which out-does cars of six, eight and twelve-cylinder type. In money-value its place has long been established at the top of the list. We will consider it a favor to have you ask for a demonstration. Pfea-poeoentfor Tburfnd Cor $1283 f Sarofi-paaeontfor Tourina Car f0 Two-paaaandar floadetor - - 1365 Ftvo-paaaeniar Sedan 1T3S rtic r. O. B. Dttnlt McSHANE MOTOR CO. HUPMOBILE CO. OF NEBRASKA Local DlatribuMr Douf las 64OT Ffra-PaoMiiJo Teatlnt : Z5U-2S2S Faraam St. ( ' ' SNOW PLOWS USED BY WYOMING ROADS Six to Twelve Inches Interfere With Traffic Rain is of Wide Extent. FROM ROCKIES TO LAKES Six to twelve inches of snow over eastern Wyoming and Colorado and one to two inches of rain over all of Nebraska, the greater portion of South Dakota, Iowa and Kansas, was the report to the railroads yesterday. The storm continues general over the entire country from the moun tains to beyond the lakes and with no signs of abatement. The Northwestern, Burlington and Union Pacific are running snow plows ahead of their passenger trains through Wyoming, and, though the temperature is only around freezing, the snow is being driven along by a high wind and is drifting into the cuts, filling them to the level of the surrounding country. On the Northwestern the snow storm that started Friday night con tinues, covering the entire country from Newell, S. D., to as far south as Buffalo Gap and from Chadron west to beyond Casper, Wyo. Heavy Fall in Wyoming. The heaviest fall of snow along the Burlington has been from l$illi-.gs south to Sheridan and from' Orin Junction nearly all the way through to Cody, Wyo., while along the Un ion Pacific snow and blizzardy con ditions maintain from Cheyenne to Green River.. All Friday afternoon and night heavy rain fell in ttry portion of Nebraska, according to the railroads, the precipitation ranging from one to three inches, the greatest fall being around Seward, Sutton, Stromsburg, Hickman, Iccumseh, Wilber, Chester and Endicott. : 1 . The rainfall has been distributed over such a long period of time and his come so gently that it is the opinion that no damage has occurred by reason of washouts. The benefits have been immense, the ground hav ing beenwe.t down several inches. Reports to the railroads indicate that nockmasters of western Nebraska and Wyoming are losing large num bers of sheep, especially in the flocks where shearing has been finished. HE SAVED SEVENTEEN LIVES Death Claims Lake Michigan Hero, Who Inquired, "Did I Do My Best?" Edward W. Spencer, first student life-saver at Northwestern university at Evanston and "the hero of the Lady Elgin," died at Burbank. Cat.. recently after a lingering illness. He was Bl years old. His death recalls a bit of almost forgotten Chicago history. In 1860 the side-wheel steamer Lady Elgin collided with the schooner Augiista off Winnetka while bound for Mil waukee and sank, with the loss of. the. lives ot ) passengers. Spencer s feat of rescuing seventeen rjersons was commemorated by the -class of lows, wirch -erected a bronze memo rial tablet in the Orington Lnne li brary at the university June 3, 1908. As spencer sank with exhaustion on completing his final trip through the breakers and the surf he asked the question inscribed on the tablet. uid 1 do my best? His exoenence left him broken in health and he went to California to recuperate. He lived tnere until nis death. Chicago News. . Everything an tha Docket. "Ben Jaeon." ' . Taa, aoh." I "Aecuied of belna under tht Influence of liqnor on Chriitnaa eve." ' "Taa, eun." "Dlaorderlr conduct Taa, euh." "Profanity.- -I mliht or awo yaa, auh. 'Reelatlna officer?" -I oho' tried ter lick dat Irishman. Juan." "Petty larceny." "Count dat In, too." "Ben the law rauat deal heavily In your ewe. la there onythlnf you left out on your holiday apreer" The negro ecratrhed hln head. "Yaa, auh: et yo could lemma out to a few mtnlla I'd like ter beat up my ol' woman to' 'ceptln' preeenta from a Uacon barber." C ate and Comment. Factory Branch Phono Douilaa aaaa OMAHA, NEB. Car Wheel Beee ineJieo wew ., tP COAL FAMINE ML BE NATION WIDE France Wants five ; Million Tons a Year for Five Years, With Shortage Now Here. DEALERS SAY BUY EARLY Omaha coal dealers are unable to quote summer prices for fuel. " The situation is without precedent and is said to be the forerunner of an acute aituation that may arise next fal. . Dealers are at sea as to. what the future may bring forth.' Mine opera tors refuse to make contracts for fu ture delivery and wholesale and re tail' merchants arc' pessimistic. ' "Price to govern date of shipment," is the .brief and significant informa tion sent to dealers by operators. In stead of the usual reduction of coal prices in May, some of the dealers say thev would not be surorised to hear of afC advance. :.,, Started Last Winter. The erratic condition of the coal market was first felt in Omaha last winter. , Illinois coat went: to $8.50 per ton retail, which is the current price. In former years the winter price, whatever it might have been. dropped to $6:50 in Mayj "There will be no drop this spring." dealers declare, and it is not possible at this tim- to make a contract even at the $8.50 price. None will ven ture a gue3S what the price will be in September or October. Semi- anthracite :s $11, with no chance of a summer drop. Anthracite is $13.50. John Sessions, general sales man ager inthe northwest for the Phila delphia Coal and Iron company, speaking over long distance tele phone from Minneapolis, told an Omaha dealer that his company had nothing on its docks at Duluth. St. Faul, Sheboygan and other. points in this territory. - No Orders for Future. R. T. Aitchison of the Union Fuel company, offered this comment on the outlook: "We cannot take or ders for future delivery on account of the unusual condition of the mar ket. Anthracite coal can't be bougfyt. Omaha dealers cannot carry large stocks of bituminous coal be cause it disintegrates if stored in large quantities tor a long time. We could not carry a season a sup ply even' if we could get the coal. Lack of equipment to haul the coal and a shortage are the factors gov erning the situation. I anticipate higher prices next fall. ' Borders on Famine. The coal situation borders on famine and is nation-wide. War imposes-a heavy toll on the black diamond sup ply. An Omaha dealer has informa tion that a contract has been closed with the French government for 1.000 tons a day for three years, from three mines in Franklin county, Illinois. It is understood in coal circles that France wants 5.000,000 tons a year of Illinois coal for five year and -is seeking ivfJW tons a month trom the Colorado mines. Colorado already is short, of coal, cars and miners. Omaha lealers are. advising patrons td lay in a little coal during the sum mer as long as the supply last; and not to wait for any reduction of the prices which prevailed during the last winter season. This to meet as nearly as possible the shortage they say is bound to come next winter. Rabbit Carries Flar. , "Rabbit Maranvltle la color bearer when the Braves do their military atunta. That'e alwaye the wav. With a yard full of hue kleo the emalleet (uy in the bunch is picked to do the neavy work. - f - Perenoded the aitH. 1 need ealeamanehlD methods to win a wife. One day ehe remarked that ehe did not intend to ret married for a number ot yearn, no matter how attractive an oppor tunity might be ortereo. to her, that she was young enough to watt a while, she thought, and was in no hurry, a. The next time I saw nerr was armed with some Interesting facts I had obtained A Real Hair Mattress for $25.00 ' This is the firs yime a genuine hair mattress has been offered at any-' . thing like this jSice. Think of it! A big thick comfortable hair mattress at a price almost as low as you would have to pay for the inferior cotton or inDrc. II IS led O incites WlUC anu WClglia tu puunua. niiic aui uui uuunrci "'Correct Sleeping" and let us tell you how we can sell the SLUMBERON Hair Mattress at such a low price. ; ' from a friend of mine who waa an inaur anca agent. These facta dealt with the marrying agea of women In various atates. and showed that the average bride is sur prisingly young. In other words, the woman who does not marry before she is 3i, stands sn aatontshlng big chance of not msrrylng at all. I told her that out of every six girts I 0 The BANNER Day AMY 07U In The House That Sold Up to , $25.00 For 125 Silk and Cloth Skirts That Sold JJp tp J8.50, Monday at CLOAK CO. 3I8-3E9 Hi mM Ready to give to every curve and mPve the body. This means IjT real comfort You get more out of your rest and get up m me morning reauy ivi tuiuuici uay a work. You get real restful sleep, with never a trace of that "tired feeling." You get allof this and more when you sleep on a Slumboron Sanitary Hair Mattress The SLUMBERON doesn't mat down like th cotton and fibre mattresses. It always retains its springiness and does not retain moisture. The price is so low that it is within reach of all. Cudahy Curled Hair Central OfflcM 111 W. Mann St, Chicago of 2S who refused a proposal, only one. on the average, ever received a second offer of marriage. Of course, I presented theso figures tn a Joking way. Thus they served the doubted purpose of giving the Impression -that I had a good snnse of humor, and also of setting her to thinking, American Maga- xlne. I Sil flfl .''' I 59.. I6LST Works Factorial East Chi'cajo, hettaM