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- '' fl 1 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, APRIL . 20, 19l8. t ; i :At f - COUNTY'S MONEY IS USED FOR ADS IN GERMAN PAPER Court H6use Attache Discovers Several Bills for Official Legal Reports Printed in Omaha Tribune. Remember These Men if Your Soldier Is Taken Prisoner by the German Hun "Is Dougla? county pro-German?" asked a court house attache after running onto startling state of af- fairs in relation to county advertising, "I did not know that it was. It . seems to be doing more than it is asked in furnishing men and money to help whip the kaiser, hat have you discovered now?" "Oh, nothing. I just discovered these bills from the Omaha Tribune, a German paper, which show that the official reports of the proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners are pubhshea in German, if we are going to quit teaching our people how to read German what is the use of having out legal matters published in German Endres Contracts Bills. And sure enough, the court house man produced four bills from the Omaha Tribune, with the official ad- Terlising m . Geman attached, show. inn that the official notices of the proceedings of the county board are bfling published in German. There it .:n." - ij if. i ' i-wcie mice iijus, unc mcu rcuruary W P27 for $8, one March 20 for $4.33 and one nprn ?6 lor Then there was another bill which Gty and County Treasurer Endres had contra'ied on his own account with the Omaha Tribune (German) for $4.20,, for a notice to taxpayers to come in and payjtheir taxes. There is a law on the statute books of Nebraska which permits the board to advertise the county board proceedings m a foreign language pa per. Thes? were formerly advertised m a Bohemian paper, but Endres has been using the Omaha Tribune. Swedish and Bohemian papers are entitled to bid on the advertising the same as the German paper, but they flo not oo so. Food Administrator Makes New Rules for Shippers New rules have been promulgated by the food administration, according to ,State Administrator Wattles, to govern shippers of perishable com , modifies, such as fresh fruits and tegetables. Shippers are to be given three days to tmjoad the cars in addition to the timt allowed for inspection, Sundays and holidays not included. A little more time will be allowed under extraordinary circumstances, among Which are bad weather condi tions, unsound fruit or vegetables which It is necessary to sort or bunch deliveries. ' - . v Mew York Money. New York, April Prime Mercantile Peper Four end six month, 6 per cent. t BUrtlnt EchnioMxty.ny bills, 4.72 Vil commercial alxtjr-day bill on nk. 14.11; commercial sixty-day bill. S: demand, 14.714; kb)ea, 14.71 7-16. t,f ellver Bar. Itfto; Mexican dollar, 77o. Bond Ooverment and railroad, stroni. Tim Loan Steady; lxty day, 6 'per nt; ninety day and lx month, iQ I per eent V C1I Honey Banter; big-heat, I par etntl lowest, f per cent: ruling rate, 4 per cent; closing bid, H per cent; offered at ( per , Chlooro Produce. Chlcaro, April Butter Market un changed. Ear JRecelpta, 10,111 ease; market un hanged. Potato Market higher; receipts, tt ear; Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, bulk, $1.J51.86; sacks, $!.JS1.40. ' V. 0. Js, reg.. T Ot. N. 1st 4K.. sG IT. 8. Tb, coup, T l. C. ref. 4s... 7 tT. a Si, reg,. ( Int. M. M. 6s.. 0 tJ. B. ts, coup.. K. C. B. ref. (s 77 TT. 8. Lib., SUs 8.8U A N. un. 4.. 834 0. 8. 4s, reg.. 105 M K T 1st 4s 80 ,V. B, 4s, coup. .105 M. P, gen. 4s., ITM Am. For, Bee. 6s 19 Mont. Power Is 88T Am. T T e. 6 I2VIN. T. C. deb. Is 93 V (Anglo-French 6 SO Northern Pac. 4a 80 . Ar. A Co. 4H 14 Northern Pao. Is S6H Atchison gen. 4s 1114 O. B. L. ref. 4s IS B. O. e, 4a 7 P. T. & T. B 104 Bath Steal r. 6 8Penn. con. 4Hs 8H Csn. Leather 8s t4ftPenn. gen. 4 Hi 88 On. Pacific 1st 71 Reading gen. 4s 81ft a O. ev. 8.. 7I8 L s I F I ti 61 0 B. Cj. J. 4 12 8. P. or. 8s.... tl CM48P c4s 78 Southern By 8s 2 O I A P r. 4s !4Tex. A Pao. 1st 8i C A B. ref. 4s 10V 'Union Pao. 4s.. 86V D. A R, 0. r. 8s 4 U. B. Rubber Is 71 D. ot C la Cil) II U. a Steel 8s.. 17 Erie gen. 4a... 11 Wabash 1st.... 11 Oea. Electric I l5Fah gv. (He II 16-H U. & L. 1st 4 18.61 U. B. Lib, Id 4s 18.80 .Bid. . - I SOLDIER'S EYESIGHT RIGOROUSLY TESTED Many Men Discover in Mus ketry Practice; Weakness of Vision of Which"They Had . Never Been Conscious. (Correspondence of TheAssoctated Press.) Behind British Lines in France, April 14. Rigorous eyesight tests await the British army recruit when he reaches France and is put into the musketry school for a final course of training in the use of the rifle. io the musketry instruction officer. his men's eves are a continual nroh- lem. Under his guidance, th men's eyes are put to a use to which they are quite unaccustomed. For the first time in tMeir lives, probably, they have to look at a small object with ereat concentration. A. man with good eyes may beirin to wonaer it tfiey are. weak, partial 'to y if such a possibility is suggested him. He may begin to think it, nis This is a war picture. It doesn't look so, but it shows a group of men on whom the comfort of American prisoners in Uertnany Jsirgely depends. The American Red Cross, which co operates with the government in this, work, has delegated the" task of caring tor American prisoners of war in Germany to a staff headed by Ellis L. Dfcesel, the official representative of the American government in Switz erland, for this work. His headquar ters and supply depot are in Berne. In this picture he is seen holding a box of Keel Cross supplies, which has just arrived on the Swiss freight NEW YORK STOCKS Bullish War News Creates a Responsive Market and Pro motes Steel and Active Industrials. Kw Tofk Grain and Provision. New York, April JI. Corn Spot, un settled; kiln dried No. t yellow, 11.80; No. 4 yellow, (1.18; No. 8 white, i.io, c L . New Tork prompt shipment. 1 Oats Spot barely -steady; natural 180 to. ' Lard Easy; mlddlswest, Ili.tOQll.T. Tallow Finn; city speolal loose, 18c Other article unchanged. New Tork, ; April 18. Butter Market Arm; reoelpta, 7.J27 tuba; creamery higher tbaa extras, 4SH8tie; creamery extra (81 core), 44ttc; tints, 42944c: packing stock current make No. 1, SlftGISc . Egg Market weak; receipt, 18,844 sea; freab. gathered extras, 88018tto; fresh gathered storage packed first. 88 Vitf 17 Ho; regular packed, xlrsts, 888Io; firsts, tiHe8c . Cheese Market steady; receipts, 7,108 boxes; atate whole milk held flat, specials, leQHtte; average ran, Uff24i,c. Llv Poultry Market flrtn; old rooster, 7o; young rooeter and smooth-legged hlckena, lie; turkeys, J 5c. Iwessed, llrtr: pricey unchanged. Metal Market. New -ToA, April 'II. Metal exchange quote lead firm; spot, f7.16Qi7.10; spelter, dull; East St. Louts, spot, offered at 18.10. At London: Capper, spot and (uturea, 1110; electrolytic, fill; Un, spot, 1380; fu tures, 1330; lead, spot, 28 10s; futures, C28 10s; spelter, spot. 184; futures, 180. , v Minneapolis Grain. 'Minneapolis,, April II. Corn No. t yellow, 11.8001.80. . Oat No. t white, HO 17. : Flax At 84.880 4.08. Rye At $2.61 01.61. 'Barley At S1.4301.SI. Braa At 831.14. City Grain. Kansas City, Mo., April 18. Corn No. I mixed, 11.8201.68; No. S white 81,7101.76; No. 1 yellow, 11.82 01.(7; May, $1.27; July, $1.48. - Oat No. 2 white, S7H0o; No, t mixed, SlOSitte. - -. Bt Louis, Mo.. April II. Corn Ne. 1. $1.87; No. I white, 11.80; June, 1L44; JoJy. 1.48. , Oat No. t, 84e; No. I whit, ItOITHo; May. lilies July. TH. . . Lodoa Money. London. April II. ellver Bar. 47 I par HUM. t Money At 1 per cent , . Discount Bate Short bill, IK per eent; three nsoaths, 1 l-ll per cent. i - Kama aty Produce Kanaag City. Mo., April II. Butter and Poultry Market unchanged . . Kg-Trts, tfe. . . . ,1 ' Vtm Jmk Sugar. '' ' New Terk, April II BugarlRaw. market, teady; eatrifuaal -0lo; fin granulated. New Tork, April II. Stock were even more responsive to the war new today, leaping forward 1 to 1 point to the very active first hour, but the movfment lost much of Its spontanlety later, gains miff.r Ing material reduction 'en realizing for profits. i There was at times a pronounced secession of publlo Interest and a corresponding diminution of the short account, especially in popular was Issues. Denllnga exceeded In breadth any session since the Inception of the German drive. United Flatus Steel galn overtopped all other stocks, Its Irregular course on a Very large turnover serving as a guide for other favorites. Steel's extreme adavane of IHo finally dwindled to a small fraction. Other strong and active Industries and equipments Included the Independent steels. International Harvester, Baldwin Loco motive, American Locomotive, American Car and Hallway Stoel Springs as temporary gains of 1 to 8 points. Motors, oils, leathers, tobaccos, shippings and coppers trailed (long more moderately with unclassified Issued. In every noteworthy tnatanc final price were 1 to S points under maximum. Salts amounted to 826,000 shares. In anticipation of an advance bank state ment, call money stiffened from It early rat ot 4 per cent to I, moat loan being made midway. There waa only a nominal Inquiry lor time fund at unchanged quotation. Bonds were active and stronger. Including domestic and foreign government Issues, Toklo 8 adding H point to their recent advance. Sale (par value) aggregated $6,878,000. United States bond (old Ibnucb) were unchanged m call. Number of sales and quotatlona on lead Ing stocks: Closing Sale. High. Low. 1M. Am. Boet Sugar.. 700 73 American Can 13,600 44l(j Am. 'Car A F'dry.. ,00 79"5 Am. Locomotive,. , 14,600 66V Am. 8. &. Hvt 8,500 79 Am, Hugnr Ref..;, 20 104 lOSVs 1$ Am. T. & T 800 100 H 100 100 Am. Z., U & S...,, 13V4 Anaconda Copper.. 11,600 66 fi 6.1 Atenison 1,400 81 V4 AU&WISSL Bait, ft Ohio..., B. it 8. Copper.. Cal. Petroleum.. Canadian Pacific. 72V 43 78 66 71 84 72 41 78H 64 78V 400 110 110 2,200 62 Vi 61 600 20V 600 17 20 3Va 100 61V4 20 17 Central Leather... ,8,800 Ches. A Ohio 600 C, M, ft fl. P 600 C. A N. W C, R. I. A P. ctfs.. 600 Chtno Copper 800 Colo. Fuel A Iron . . 700 Corn Products Ilof 8.800 Crucible Stoel 10,800 Cuba Can Sugar.. 1,400 Distiller' Sec 13,200 Erie 800 General Electric. General Motors,... Gt. Northern nfd.. loo Ot N. O. ctfs 1,400 , Illinois Central Inspiration Copper, 6,600 Int. M. M. pfd.... 1,800 Int. Nickel 700 In Paper 7,800 K. C Southern Kennecott Copper., 1,600 Louisville A Nash., ..... Maxwell Motors,.., 800 Meg, Petroleum..., 18.100 Miami Copper...., 1,600 Missouri Pacific... 1,600 Montana Power... - ..... Nevadav Copper.... 800 Y. Central 800 Y., N. It. A H Norfolk A Western. Northern Pacific,.., Paclfto Mall 1,400 Pennsylvania 1,300 Pittsburgh Coal.., Ray Con. Copper., l.iot Reading 13.400 Rep. Iron A Steel.', 11,800 Southern Pacific... 600 Southern Railway, t 1,700 Btuaebaker Corp..' Texas Co Union Pacific U. S. Ind, Aloohol., 1,100 1:11 1.18V4 138 61 66Vi 'ii 41?i S9V 87 e V4 48 14 87 65 19 19 41 88 36 64 19 47 66 39 91 19Vi 41 38 3614 64 18 47 14 1,000 142 141 141 1,100 123 121 121 123 194 II ' 89 . 18 69 23 48 89 18 17 32' It 29 96 28 21 19 88 Vi 44 ii 81 88 83 11 40 17 94 28 10 ..... 69 12 '43 24 80 2 3 21 18 18 96 48 89 28 87 16 33 111 28 4 28 21 69 18 69 28 103 84 11 48 63 16 80 82 83 11 88 146 6,100 1,100 148 147 1,900 120 119 119 1.200 l!7i 12S lltu iil.iuo !! 14 94 U. S. Steel pfd...., 300 110 110 110 Utah Copper 1,900 80 79 79 Wabash pfd. "B" 12 Western Union.... 400 '14 13 -81 Westlnghous Elec 1.100 41 40 40 Total sales for the day 626,000, shares. Omaha(XIay Market. Receipts continue heavy on prairie hay, but lighter on alfalfa. .Demand very quiet, causing market to b In a weak condition and price lower on all grade of pralrt hay. Pralrt Hay Cholc upland. I1T.00; No. 1 upland, I18.00OK 00; No. 1 upland, $10 00 O14.00; No. I upland. $6.O09tOO; No. 1 mlldland. I1S.00O16.00; No. 1, midland, $10.00014.00; No, 1 lowland. $10.00011.00; .0i., '"'"a. 7.00O.00; No. t lowland. $4.0006.00. i Alfalfa Choice, $21.0; No. J, $11,000 11.00; atandard, $11,00017.00; No. , $10,000 11.00; No. 1, $7.8010.00. Oat straw, $6.00(T.80. t I Wheat atraw, t6.00O6.lt. ' ' Turpetlne and Bosla. Savannah, Oa., April II. Turpentine, firm, !!; sale, none; recelpta. 14 bbl.; ahlp menu, 17 bbla.; stock, 11.440 bbl. Roatn Firm; (ales 8J6 bbla.; receipt. ITT bbla.; hlpmnt, 108 bbla.; stock, 17.461 bbla. QuoUt B. D. H, F, O, K. I, ti ll; X. $6.80; M. $6.70; N, $1.26; WO. $I.T; WW $7.00. f Dry Goods Market. New Tork, April II, Dry Good-.Further large requirement of cotton good ar pend ing In the market. Ther ha been om easing la a few number ot print elotha and sheeting. Colored good ar firm. Evaporated Apple and Dried Fruit, New Tork, April II. Evaporated applea, dulL Aprleot and peaches, gtA4 YilxJ. car in the background. The other men are member of his staff and Swiss workmen. The work of getting supplies to American prisoners of war from Switzerland is- so highly organized that comparatively little obstruction through red tape or for malities is experienced. The arrange ment made with the Germans through the International Fed Cross works admirably. The food sent them is the regular army ration; and is supplied by the War department iffon requisi tion by the bureau of prisoners' re lief, which is at 1818 H street, Wash ington, D. C. Clothing, delicacies and supplies for the sick and wounded are provided by the Red Cross when supplementary supplies are necessvy. Tobacco is furnished in abundance pipes, the "makin's," everything and the comfort kit ration follows a small sewing outfit, hair brush, clothes brush, com, tooth brush, canvas toilet case, shoe laces and pencils. An in valid ration his been worked out in conjunction with the surgeon gen eral's oflice. simpler, uecausa nis eyes tire very quickly under this unaccustomed work ot concentrating on a small thing, and so the instructor has to be continually telling men that the eye needs rest be cause it is doing new work. On the other hand, men who Vvere unconscious that their eyes were not normal, and who have passed the oculist's test cards without difficulty, will discover a real weakness. They may have been content all their lives to see a thing in the distance a little blurred perhaps not even knowing it was bjurred but when the musketry practice comes and they can no longer be content with the blurred image, they become conscious of their weak ness. Wanted to Save His Glasses. The instructor makes manv interest ing discoveries. He come across odd cases, like that of a man who was toJd he would be put bacl. for a course in order to have his eyes tested for glasses, and who, to the astonishment of the officer, said that he had a pair in his'pocket. When asked by he didn't wear them, he replied that they had cost him $5 and he wasn't going to run any risk having them broken. In the early days of the war, many men who wore glasses discarded them in the belief that this would enable them to pass the physical examination more easily. Others, for a somewhat similar reason, do their best to con ceal their weak , eyesight at the musketry school There is, seldom any complaint of men wuo wisn to shirk or who try to excuse carelessness in shooting by 20-YEAR:OLD GIRL THROWN ', INTO PRUSSIAN PRISON Geneva. April 19. When Edftti Caveil was executed in Belgium by the Germans, a girl friend, Miss Julia Wyss, aged 20 years, of Geneva, was sentenced to 25 years' penal servitude for the same offense. She is now in a Prussian prison. A petition for a pardon, signed by 3,000 women of Geneva, was sent to the crown princess of Germany nearly a year ago. A cold, almost brutal, reply signed by Baron von Stulpenzel, secretary to the crown princess, has just been received. It states briefly that the petition cannot be taken into consideration by the crown princess. . ? putting it down to their ees. Tit difficulty is all the other way, and sU far from men exaggerating any weak!, ness of the eyes, it is the hardest thihj) ... - - Cw fcvx au HI IL t : t It is this reluctance, more than anV tning eise, tnat the musketry rofhq'1 has to take into consideration in hij study of his pupils. New Bill Will Increase Marine Force to 75,00! ' Washington, April 19. Increase o marine corps to 75,000 men and d? lotion nisi a major general oi mai rines accompany the marines to th the house naval affairs today as at amendment to the naval appropriate bill. This action was largely a resul of a fight made by Representativi Britten of Illinois. - STOMACH UPSET? ; Set at the Real Cause Take Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets That's what thousands of stomach sufferers are doing now. Instead of taking tonics, or trying to paten up rg Door dieestion.' they are attacking thli real cause of the ailment clogged liver and disordered bowals. Edwards' Olive Tablets arouse thev liver in a soothing, healing way. Wher! the liver and bowels are performing thei aarurai functions, away goes inaigesnon and stomach troubles. a If you nave a baa taste in your, mouth, tongue coated, appetite ooor. t lazy, don't-care feeling, no ambition or ; energy, troumea witn unaigescea looas, i you should take Olive Tablets, the sub-; stitute foe calomel. ' Dr. Edwards OKtc Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil You will know them by their olive color. They do the work without ; griping, cramps or pain.- Take one or two at bedtime for quick relief, so you can tat what you like. At 10c and 25c per box. All druggists WW 0 Eflntmw(D(il ieini 1 Your Chance to Own a Home See for Yourself that This Is the Biggest Opportunity in the Market Today 89 Rich Garden Lots $195 to $275 A Few Slightly Higher $1.00 Down and $1.00 a Week Perfect Title. Free Abstract. No City Taxes on These Lots f 29 Large Lots Mostly Quarter Acres High and Sightly, With Fine Trees, Overlooking the Park $300 Upwards $10 Down, $5.00 to $10.00 a Month Perfect Title and Free Abstract RAISE YOUR OWN CHICKENS And Have Fresh Eggs for Breakfast Every Morning No Payments During , Sickness Fourteen New Houses Built and Occupied by Satisfied Owners Since Last Fall. We Will Plow Your Garden Free PLANT ' YOUR OWN GARDEN You Will Enjoy the Work nd Cut Down Living Expenses No Payments if Called to the Colors Invest Your Eet Money in Seal Estate That Is In the Path of Advancing Values. Own Your Own. Home fat Elmwood Gardens. NowTsthpTlltlptfi Apt For member, this property is bound to increase in value. Check t V ; f V 7 UP the crease in property values in Omaha during the past ten years. .Note the growth of population, bank deposits, postal receipts and home building. You can't go wrong if you invest in Elmwood Gardens, because it is in che Path of Omaha's Greatest Growth. The question "What is the best direction to buy Real Estate?" needs no argument everyone knows that it is West. Come Out -Saturday or Sunday , April 20 or 21 Bring your wife with you and make your selection AT ONCE. Good homesites will never be cheaper than NOW. Terms will neverbe easier to meet. One DoUar starts you toward Financial dependence and Happy, Healthy Living lor the Whole 4 Family. Don't wait aiiothe day. One Dollar a week will never buy more. TTowt"fb CrPtTTlPfP Take tne West 'Leavenworth Car and get off at the entrance to Elmwood xxvr TT VJVI x iivlv . Park. Antns will ha gardens ' bordering the Park on the west Elmwood Gardens is bounded on the South by Pacific Street on ncat ueaveuwwui, ana exienas irom the edge ot Hiimwood rarJj on tne Jast to 69th Avenue on the West . . -" I O O " 1 1 1 1 I cmc3,cjccac3ac3c .1 . " " J 616 Omaha TR) Nat'l Bank If Realtors Telephone Doug. 1016 I o 0 o II . 4 4 it 'V r