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Kenewed right t on Tariff Looms Over Proposal W ashington Silent on Cana . da's Reciprocity Overtures —Means Seen for Help ing U. S. Farmers. By GEORGE F. AUTHIER. W n-hington Correspondent The Omaha Ilee. Washington, May 12—Suggestions made in the Canadian house of com mons yesterday by W. S. Fielding, minister of finance, relative to reci procity on agricultural products with the United States, threatens to renew the tariff controversy which wrecked the administrations of William How ard Taft in this country und of pre mier Sir Wilfred Raurier in Canada. Under the flexible tariff clause in the Fordney-McCumber bill and by the power given Canada through the “governor-in-council," both countries are able to make the suggested reduc tions without legislative action. The Canadian dissatisfaction with the American tariff is well known and is regarded as interfering with the increasingly close relations with Canada which the present adminis tration is endeavoring to foster. Min ister Fielding is the same man who negotiated the original reciprocity treaty with the Taft administration which resulted so disastrously to the parties in power on both sides of the border. Officials of the administration were silent on the suggestion, but mem bers of congress who are in Washing ton showed keen interest in the pro posal. The suggestion conies on the eve of the submission to the Canadian, government by the State department of the revised KPsh-Bagot treaty, which covers the maintenance of armed forces on the Great Rakes Treaty About Iteady. State department officials an r.ounced today the treaty is about ready for submission, although rofus ing to give any insight as to its char acter. Its purpose, however, is to meet the desires of Canada so far os possible and it may encourage the appointment of a resident Canadian minister in Washington, which has been strangely delayed. Mr. Fielding's proposal is assumed to have been made as a part of the policy of the McKenzie-King cabinet and probably as a result of* investiga tion of sentiment relative to the tariff in the agricultural sections of tlie United States. There is said to he some opposition to the tariff in the corn growing sections by farmers who find them selves deprived of one of their chief resources which has consisted in the past in bringing "feeders" over from Canada,—cattle which were fattened on American corn. Turing American . corn into profitable and salable beef by this method is now’ barred be cause of tha encroachment of the tariff which eats up the profit. The traiff reciprocity feature has been a theoretical element of the re publican tariff policy. The Blaine reciprocity arrangements with South America never found their way out of State department pigeon holes. bile the fate of the Taft Laurior reciprocity arrangement is well known. To Profit by Mistake. The belief prevails here and seems to exist ip Ottawa that conditions l ave changed and that any new re ciprocity arrangement will profit hv the mistakes of the last one. The American farmer objected to the Taft arrangement chiefly on the ground that while he was to he admitted into open competition with the Canadian farmer, the tariff on his machinery was not disturbed. A new reciprocity arrangement would probably have to take this into consideration. It is noted, however, that Mr. Fielding's suggestion deals only in a proposed 60 per cent re duction. both ways, on cattle, wheat, wheat flour, oats, barley, potatoes onion*, turnips, hay and fish. It in assumed that if t lie administration makes r proposal along this line, the American farmer will clamor once more for a reduction of the tariff on the tilings he buys, especially on fnrm machinery. The farming section in western Canada has grown stronger, built ip largely of Aouuican immigration, nnd may bo able to overcome the opposition nf the eastern . Canadian manufacturing section which proved frit?* to the Baurier program. There Is an increasing school in in the United States which believes that regardless of tariff policies ex isijng elsewhere, the tariff bar should be let down completely between the two English-speaking American coun tries. The pro British element in Canada is expected to oppose Much a program on the ground that increas ing commercial relations between ('anada and the United States would result In closer political affiliation .fudge \ earns for Law to Punish \\ ife-Beaters Atlanta. (In.. May 12.—A cry toi j the ancient Georgia statute providing :10 lashes on the hare hark of any pot «nn convicted of wife heating went up from Itecordcr George K .lohnson hi open court when •' U N'ew, rail road switchman, a'lmlued lie had not only maltreated his helpmate, hut had driven her and their four chll dren out Into a storm at 2 In the morning. N«w admitted he was drunk. ‘Fines and imprisonment won I work fur fellows tike you!" stormed | Judge Johnson in passing sentence \\ . u-u d to have a law that would ■ over yol/r ense, and I wish to good ” ss 1 could invoke dial old statute right now. Thirty lashes would teach il a lernton!” Hut the sentence was only $10 and costs. Runaway Hailed .funt Like M"' if Men Do II l-ankfoid. I in I., May 12.—It Imp pen* In real life, ns well as In the movies. A team hitched to an he wagon ran away and made a wild dish down Jackson street. Paul Matthews pursued In an automobile driven tiy Uhahner Hlingley. Htingley piloted tils car close to the swaying wagon and Matthews leaped. He ~ caurfht the rear end of tin wagon and fr . la inhered over the cakes of ice to the drivers' seat. The lines Were dragging oil the ground. Undaunted. Matthews made his way out on the wagon tongue between the plunging culms Is, grasped tholr bile, pulled ; I a- hv, heads together and brought tin rn to s stop. :Boy Mysteriously Disappears; Found Slain Irv.cl Carter 5 GraAuafe.<* %.rh^s:o ~bcx£iy .£0und. Gocxl^tru KorrUi When his parents separated when lie was a child Fred Carter was taken into the Kent (Connecticut) home of Ifev. and .Mrs. W. M. Goodwin. The Goodwins had, long before that time, adopted Jennie Itarker, now a 83-year old school teacher. The Goodwins died a few years ago, and Carter continued to live with Miss Itarker, who wielded a strange influence over him, in the Goodwin home. A few weeks ago Carter, now 19, disappeared. Itlnodstains were found near his home, and later a shotgun was found in the Housatonlc, river. A few days ago Carter's chum, Henry Gregory, shown above in a skiff, found his body In the river. He had been shot to death, but although shotmarks were found on Ills shirt none was found on his outer clothing. Although some were inclined to the suicide theory no motive could be found, nor could the absence of shotmarks on his outer clothing be evplaiued. Carter is shown here, with his graduating class, in the Kent High school. Shipping Board (/rants Seamen W a fije Increase Changes in Working Condi tions Also Announced— New Scale to Become Ef fective on May 14. Washington, May 12i—Increases ot from 12 to 2» per cent In the wages of seamen were announced by .the shipping board today, effective May 14. to meet the tabor situation creat ed by the continued surge of Indus trial activity ashore. While not meeting entirely the de- j mands of the men as presented hy the International Seamen’s union, the scales, with changes in working con ditions announced at the same time, were said to be acceptable to repre sentatives of that organization and i to remove whatever probability there . may have been of concerted coercive action. Yhe board acted on the report of a : special committee beaded by -Commis sioner O'Connor, wbicli was appoint ed May 2. after the union filed a sum ntary of the situation asserting the present scale was "out of line with* present economic conditions" Members of the board were Inform ed at the same time that the con stant decrease in percentage of Amer- j ican citizens among the crews could i be traced to dissatisfaction as to com pensation. That the hoard's committee recog I nlzed that fact was seen In i'» 1 statement that increased wages would I lie expected to solidify the support of j “real American seamen" which was j declared to he essential to the main terinnoe of an efficient service. Power Companies Fight for Contract at Beatrice Special OUpatch to The Omaha Bee Beatrice. Nob , May 12 —There was , a new phase today In the tight here between the Black Flour Mills com- . panv. yvhlc'h was recently awarded a contract to furnish electric current to this city, and the Nebraska (Has and Electric company, when the lat ter concern filed with the commis sioners a proposition that they hi per mitted to submit at the special elec tion to be held .lone 1b a contract to furnish current for a five year period to the citv nr 2>-> cents a kilowatt. It obligates the city to furnish at rest the labor for making the street lighting extensions and prohibits it from using Its own generating plant except In emergency Ender the terms i f the agreement, the city can not bn-y electricity from any other company. Till r e More Bodies Recovered' From I exas Oil Well I’ire Corsicana. Tex, May 12. — Three bodies were removed from close to the burning Hughes-Me Kle oil wen near here today, making the total bodies recovered 11. Workmen wore asbes tos suits to approach the blaze Ef forts to Identify the bodies will he made from watches and metal the men carried. plans were to flood the vicinity of the well tonight. Efforts to extin guish the blaze probably will be made -Sunday t'ntll the the Is out It will lie Impossible to know whether other bodies will l>e found Iii Self-Defense, Itv* Intermit loi**»l New* Service IIhirimoml. Ind.. 'May 12.—"Robber* have* !»#*• n in my house." John O. Ilokuneon rr |-rtc«I to police wh**n ho returned homo from visiting friends. An investigation diecloaod that Hoken son’s entire coll» « tion (f 18 phono graph records wmh missing "Robbers, nothing neighbors!" de dared the police. For Sale Summer Home In primitive Wiaronaln, only two hour* from Twin Cities, hft-anre gentleman'# faim, one-half mile lake *hor*. Vlrgir pin*. apruc# and other tree#. Real baa# flaking If An Meal. PKRFFCT *umm*i bom* or high-ela** rennrt. Priced low for ouick aale, NO trade*. <». C. Prain ard. South Waba*ha. Ht. Paul, Minn. COASTER WAGONS VELOCIPEDES TOY AUTOS NEBRASKA MOTORCYCLE A BICYCLE CO. 1512 SI. AT 2957 Opposite Gaa Off^ve 1 When in Omaha Stop at Hotel Rome Willard Hall to Open on June 1 Iowa Woman Engaged as Su perintendent of Employed Girls’ Home. - S Willard hall, residence for em ployed girls and women, will ho opened June 1, K L. Geisslnger, sec retary of the board of trustees, an nounced Saturday The board has engaged Mrs. Flora Smedly of Ml. Vernon. la . as super intendent. Mrs Smedly, who has had Y W. C. A experience, will move into the hull May 15 She is now at the home of Bishop and Mrs H C. Stuntz. Willard hah will be ready for 50 girls June l. Mr Gelssinger said, and by the end of June will be equipped to receive fr«*m 103 to 110 girls. "By June 1 the north wing and din ing room. parlors, laundry and kitchen will he finished. The center wing will be completed by the end of June.” Trustees expect to announce In a few days the prices to be charged for living at the home. The hall will not be operated for a profit. Willard hall is the old Brownell hall building on South Tenth street, pur chased a few years ago by David Cole for the Willard Hall association. _ Loan Associations to Meet at Fremont The thirty-second annual meeting of the Nebraska League of Havings and Loan association.*) will be held - In Fremont Wednesday Omaha mem hers of the league will be represented by large delegations of active officers and directors, who are desirous of showing by their presence the esteem In which they hold two veteran asso ciation men—George \V Loomis of Omaha, with a record of 40 years' service, and T L. Mathews of Fie motif, who has a record of 30 years Mr Loomis will recount the begin nings of building and loan work in Omaha, of which he was a part the difficulties encountered and overcome, th»* men who achieved In that field results beyond their dreams, and the present development of the home loan ing business. Addresses will be delivered by 1>»n V. Stephens and T L Mathews of Fremont. It. K Harrington, state rep resentative. Lincoln; Iv I.. Hevelonu, per. trice; C* W Brin I riser Grand Island, and W. I Levereti of Council Bluffs N • I ft % North Twentieth street, was fined $30 on i charge of speeding in municipal court yesterday instead of $lf» Embezzlement Charges Filed at North Platte Former County Treasured Al leged to Have Taken Over $ 14,000—Probe Indicates Loss W ill Be Larger. *1*#mIuI IHtimtcJi to The Oninhrt flee. North Platte Neb., May 11!—Two complaints were filed here against former County Treasurer 8 M. Souoler charging him on 2* - unis with embezzlement of $14,031.19 of money belonging to l.incoln county and Drainage District No. 1. The complaints were filed after confer ences between Deputy Fire Marsha! f,. J Butcher. Slier iff L. L Berthe. County Attorney Wills C Jones »n1 assistants, William Tv Shuman and George N Gibbs, who are invest iprrit ing Lincoln county's affairs Kvi donee on which the charges were bas€$d was obtained among papers found in ruined remains of tb* old courthouse, in bank records and various other sources It is alleged the shortage in the county treasurer's office will mount tip into large figures, probably s*»ven or eight times amount involved m the complaints filed today. Enough books and papers wore saved from the fire to make up a new set of books for the county. Notices are being prepared by the county at torney advising the bonding com panics of a shortage being found. Houder was arrested and his bond fixed at $25,000. Legal Tangle Starts Owr Separating of Mixed Jury Akron. May 1J The provision *n the Ohio law that Juries in criminal cares may not be separated until s verdict Is reached la the cause «>f a legal (angle here. Recently the mem bers of a mixed Jury, unable to agree, were looked up In separate rooms for the night—men In one room and wom en In another The next day the court discharged the Jury and the commlssioncra have declined to approve their pay. The hotel also awaits payment of a bill of |!l for the accommodations fur nished. J. A. Matliiasen Joins Orchard and Wilhelm To. ,T A Marbts«**n h.i* Joined the *cl1 inj forcer of the Orchard A Wilheim ' -otupeny ft** floor covering silesnian. He has had 20 years experience in selling rugs, mid for fh«- last 15 yearn has bt?en collect* I with a furniture cst.ibiisbinen: It* Council Muffs. Ask Your Grocerl Good when you're sick wonderful when you're well. The full, rich strength of PURITAN Malt, made only from the choicest No. l barley, means nourishment, not indi gestion. 8?UR|TAN aas: HOP £4 A A ABygrat PLAIN FLAVORED EMMA Mi H m EXTRACT SUGAR DVIJaiiBB WITH FRESH SYRUP W V pressed HOPS “Highest Quality" “Pillbox” Police A r e Instructed I by Commissioner Suburban Motorcycle Officers Told Their Responsibility Is Heavy—Butler Re plies to C. of C. _ Respect for the uniform of a polite officer and for constituted authority* wus urged on 22 motorcycle officers who will man the new suburban po lice stations, at their first assembly at central station .Saturday afternoon. "You men have a distinct service to render the community." Dan Rut ler, police commissioner, said. “This Is more or fess of an experiment, but we are going through witli it. "You men perhaps have more * responsibility than any of the down i town officers. You have a sleeping | city under your care.” Decries Ward “(’op." He decried tlie use of the word | “copper," declaring that it tends to j breed disrespect for authority. All “pillbox’* station men will be equipped | with motorcycle and sidecars. In ad- j dition, seven independent officers on solo machines will patrol the city. Each “pillbox'1 station is equipped j with telephone, by means of which calls will he relayed from central station. Mr. Butler, in his talk, ex plained that householders, discovering ■ a prowler may. without lighting a light, dial “JA 2345“ and report the . matter to the operator at central sta-j tlon. Motorcycle patrolman will iin-! mediately be dispatched from the i nearest “pillbox." The stations are located at Twenty- | second and Hake. Thirty third and | Owning. Fortieth and Farnam. Thir ty second and Woolworth. Thirteenth and Vinton. Thirtieth and Redick. Forty second and Ames. Sixtieth and Military avenue. Forty-ninth and Dodge, the South Side station, and Thirty-third and Q. \nswers C. of (\ Mr Butler wrote a (After to \V. A Kills, assistant commissioner of the Chamber of Commerce, in response to a i-pqiipsf mad** by chamber off! rials for an explanation of the nev pill box svsiem and for figures on the deficit which the commissioner al leges threatens the police department In th** lett*»r h*» so vs that former Commissioner Dunn originally put on 57 men. of which 10 have hern drop pad for various causes The depart ment budget, however, he says, pro j vide* nnjv for 30. teu\ ing an excess • if 17. He *avg that either men must be dropped or more money must 1»*» forth coming Th** letter also explains the pill box system. I'dstiil Saving-. Increaw. ni(p«»r|i to Thf Omnhrt Bre '•Washington May 12—Postal twv lugs business showed an Increase for ! April, according to the F*ostoffjce de partment The depositors balance at j Omaha. »t *»nd of month was $261 606, an Increase of $2,399. Use C’tmalero» for dish washing. Advert Isemen*. (.rook Seeks Salesmen for Their $10 Deposit Atlanta, Ga., Muy 12.—Ambitious Atlantans, aspiring to become 100 per cr*nt salesmen, have been warned against h neatly-dressed gentleman, with a red nose, offering, entirely without cause, positions with the "American Sales Company, of Phila delphia. Pennsylvania." Ills nom de "con” is J. E. Johnson. Johnson work* from a comfortable and eonfidence-insplrins; suite In a first-cla** fiotel. He discus*** th* necessity for a J1.000 bond for hi* salesmen and accepts a 110 fee. Tes. that's the catch. I Mid-Season Clearance of Our Better Grades of Women’s Low Shoes \ 55 Different Styles Formerly 9.50 11.50 and 13.50 This group consists of 1.200 pairs of new Spring styles— shoes that can be worn on any occa sion— street, after \ noon, dress and ^ \ sport wear. 55 dif- y ferent styles f Early shopping in sures best selec tion. Efficient sales force on hand ready to give you prompt and courteous service. Third Floor—Eest Buster Brown Shoes N'i w spring styles for*children are now ready for vour inspection. IJelow we list a few special items which should interest mothers. ISiist-r Brown Patent Leather or Jail Oxford*— For early spring wear Size* S>4 to II.1.50 size* 11ti to 2 5.00 Buster Brown Pumps —Two strap Mary Jane patent leather ramp with beige quarter? Sixes sfz t" 11 at . 4.50 Sizes Ilia to 2 at 5.00 Buster Brown Calf Oxfords for either boys or girls; made over the foot-shaping last with welt soles; In brown only. Sizes $14 to 1114 ...3.50 sizes 1114 to 2 —4.25 tirowing t'irU' sizes, 2*4 to 7 at.5.00 Third Floor—East Ruslrr Brown ratent Leather Cut-Out 4 amp Mary Jane Ban day*—A very pretty dreaa aho*. Mae* SVi to 11 at-4.50 Mae* llVfc to 3 at_5.00 Iluatrr Brown Children** Black er Oxford* In Patent leather— Brown calfskin or white elk. Sixes I to I it, per pair . Buster Brown Sandal*—Effect for little frirls Sixex ■) (IF I to I. Per pair .... This natural fresh food is freeing thousands from all the ills of constipation IN place of drugs which upset diges tion and actually increase the trouble —instead of cathartics which have to be taken in larger and larger doses— Physicians and hospitals today are prescribing Fleischmann’s Yeast! It is not a medicine, but a fresh corrective food which simply assists nature to restore normal, healthy conditions. Every cake of Fleischmann’s Yeast consists of millions of tiny living plants, which help to increase the bulk of our concentrated modern diet, and stimu late the intestinal muscles to act regu larly and naturally. Your own physician , will heartily endorse this principle of treat ing constipation by gently encouraging the intestinal muscles toact for themselves. Hundreds of thousands of men and women are being freed from all the evils of constipa tion by the regular eating of Fleischmann’s Yeast. It is a nourishing food—not a digestion disturbing medicine—and like any other food, it must be eaten regularly to achieve results. Be sure you get Fleischmann’s Yeast—yeast in its natural fresh form. Recent experiments have shown that yeast corrects constipation only when its cells are alive and active—that it loses its laxative effect when these cells are “killed” and dried. Eat two or three cakes a day—plain, or dis solved in water, milk or fruit juices—prefer ably an hour before a meal or the last thing at night. If you eat it plain, follow with a glass of water. Get several cakes at a time— they will keep several days in a cool, dry place. tie sure you get Fleiseh marm’s Yeast! All grocer* have it. Send for free booklet, “The New Found Value of Fleischinann’s Yeast in Building Health.” The Fleischmann Company, 701 Washington Street, New York. . , |*T» “Assured perfect regularity '* - Since 1 was eleven years old," a New Yorker wrote US recently, I had used everything that could be sug gested for constipation—without a cure. Three c't-ei.i tions had been necessary. And then thus cakes of Kloischmann’s Yeast a day for a period of one month not only assured perfect regularity, but brought me buck to my normal weight."