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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE NEWS SECTION THE WEATHER. Unsettled PAGES ONE TO TWELVE VOL. XLII NO. 50. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1018 FIVE SECTIONS THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. HITCHCOCK LEFT A DEFICITI BUREAU Eostmaster General Declares Prede cessor Manipulated Records Bo as to Show Surplus. SPECIAL INQUIRY INSTITUTED Service Not Self-Supporting, as Claimed, Says Texan. "SYSTEM OF FALSE ECONOMY" Report Asserts Hole of $750,000 in i 1911 Existed. REASON FOR COMPLAINTS MADE Dissatisfaction vrltb. Poatofftoc De partment Attributed to Poller Pursued Under Previous Admtntst ration. WASHINGTON. May 31. Postmaster General Burleson today made public the report of a special lnvestlRatlon Into fiscal affairs of the postal service, charging that .during former Postmaster General Hitchcock's administration the service did not become self-supporting as was often asserted, but that In 1911 there actually was a deficiency of more than $750,000. The report chares than "An apparent surplus was attained by unjustifiable methods of bookkeeping," and that the efficiency and morale of the postal ser vice -were sacrificed to a "ruthlessly en forced policy of false economy," that a showing of self-maintenance might bo made. The report attributes to that al leged condition complntnts against the service. Deficit, Not Surplus, Mr. Hitchcock during hla administra tion and In his reports claimed that In the year 1900 a deficiency of approxi mately J17.600.000 had entirely been elimi nated and that In the fiscal year 1911 a surplus of moro ' than 1200,000 was at tained. The report of the "survey" mado at the direction of Mr, Burleson says that at no tlmo has thero been a legitimate surplus In postal revenues since 1883 and that the Pastofflco department under Mr. Hitchcock's administration In 1911 ac tually was under a deficit of more than (760,000! In this connection the report 'says: "It is pointed out by the committee that the published financial reports of the department stated the revenues and the cost of the service on dissimilar and therefore incomputable bases. Revenues of the postal service nre almost entirely collected In cash and, consequently re late properly to the fiscal year for which the report is made. But, the committed finds It has been the practice to compare these only -with payments Actually roade.1 during the" fiscal y earfregardTess o1"oW Jpfturred In that year, bat not to be paid until succeeding years." Vncnnclea Filled Nenr Finish. JuBt before President Wilson took of fice, the report says Hitchcock filled long-standing vacancies, made postponed promotions and assumed commitment to fixing charges for long terms in such a way "as to saddle the new administra tion with greatly Increased expense dur ing months, if not now in time to come. More than 100 rural mall routes wero authorized in three days. The fiscal statement of' the postal servloe for 1913 purported to show a deficit of $1,785,623, but that sum, the investigators say, was underestimated by nearly $100,000. Delay of promotions and filling of vacancies that lapsed salaries might be returned to the treasury, the report says, caused dissatisfaction among employes and lowered t he standard of their ef ficiency. Employes were transferred from other departments to the postal service, It is charged, "at salnrles In excess of the entrance grade" and many certifications to the civil service com mission that such positions could not be filled by promotion "were unjustified." Daniel O. Rohrer, Joseph Stewart, A. M. Dockery, James I. Blakslte, the four assistant postamasters general, and Mer rltt O. Chance, chief clerk of the depart ment made the "survey" and Blgned the eport. Father of Paroled Convict Assaulting Woman is Insane SIOTJX CITY, la.. May 31. Andrew Davis father of Bert Davis, the paroled convict who was sentenced to a term of eighteen years in the Nebraska peniten tiary for an assault on Mrs. Caddie Mc Glaahan Welte, has lost his reason as a result of his son's crime. Mr. Davit, who lived about a mile esst of Homer, Neb., was adjudged in sane at a formal hearing held today at Homer and was taken this Afternoon to be confined in a stato asylum at Nor folk. Neb. The family of Mr. Davis Is prostrated With grief. American Polo Player Injured MEADOW BROOK. L. I., May 31. Devereaux Mllb'urn, back of the American polo team, was seriously Injured In prac tloe this afternoon. His horse was trip ped with the mallet and In the fall Mil burn was kicked in the bead. The Weather Forecast till T p. m. Sunday: Far Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vlctn 1y Unsettled. Hours. 6 a. m. 0 a. m. t a. m. 8 a. in. Deg. .... 70 67 TO 73 9 a. m 78 10 a. m 77 11 a. m..... 79 12 m.... 78 1 P. m 76 2 p. m , gs 3 p. m 83 4 p. m si HAS TO GIYE HALF HIS WAGES Judge Troup Says Pick Must Sup port Wife and Child. SENSATIONAL CHARGES MADE Wife Sny that rick Hid Not Con duct llinuelf ns n Model Hus band Should and She Anita for Divorce. Allegation made by Mrs. Km ma L. Pick in her divorce suit against Joseph f Ick, manager of the American Supply company of Omaha and the York Foun dry and Knglne company of York, first came to light when a motion asking an allowance of temporary alimony was argued In Judge Troup's court. Judge Troup decided "that If Pick Is re ceiving a salary of $150 ho should divide It with his wife and 9-year-old daughter. Mrs. Pick alleges that her husband Is the owner ofthe Omaha and York es tablishments and Is worth many thou sands of dollars. Pick nsserts they are owned by his father. Mrs. Pick alleges that soon after thel' marrlago, September 10, 1S3S, her niece aged 16 years, came from Ireland to live with them at York. She alleges that In timacy between her husband and the girl continued for years without her knowl edge and that sho learned of It through her neighbors. The wife also alleges that Pick becanv. enamored of a milliner In York; that thoy stopped at a prominent hotel In Omaha, and that they exchanged endearing let ters. She Bays that her husband was In the habit of shaking dice for cigars at Omaha cigar stores and that one time he had u credit of $180 at one trtoro secured In this way. Mr. and Mrs. Pick have lived In Omaha about a year, coming here from York. . Fight for Control of 'Frisco System Seems Imminent NEW YORK, May 31. The members of the international banking firm of Speyer & Co., held a conference today with New York lawyers, who will co-operate with Frederick W. Lehman of St. Louis as counsel to determine a plan of action in a fight to bring about the dismissal of at least one of the receivers appointed for the St. Louis & San Francisco rail road and tho substitution of a man to represent the Interests of the bondholders. Mr. Lehman Is expected here early next week and will soon return to St. Louis, where the receivers now In charge of the road were appointed and that legal pro ceedings would be begun early next week. James Speyer has cancelled an intended trip to Europe and will remain here to look after tho Interests of the holders of the $65,000,000 'Friscb bonds, which Speyer & Co. floated, and who, It Is said, on bshalfbf InVfJjjir feels a Responsibility. uippaiciiEH irum runs suy mm a ranca Investors In the bonds are very indignant that the receivers should have been ap pointed without consulting the bond holders of the road and proposed to send representatives to this country to follow tho reorganisation proceedings. The fact that Speyer & Co. Issued a statement saying that they were "not consulted" in the appointment of re ceivers, both of whom are officials of the road, has brought about what Is char acterized in Wall street as open warfare between the firm and B. F. Yoakum, president of the road, and it is predicted that the coming legal contest will amount virtually to a fight to control the 'Frisco. Mr. Yoakum is quoted as saying that the "securities of the company are all safe. The stock will be worth more than ever. It will only take a little time to demonstrate this." Tho fact that the Frisco's bonded Indebtedness far exceeds its outstanding stock Issues Is, according to Wall street opinion, the chief cause of tho road's troubles. On behalf of the Speyers, It Is said the fate of tho bonds which ana a lien ahead of the stock la the more Important question to be deter mined. Friction between Speyer & Co. and Yoakum began a few months ago, It Is said, when the firm declined 'to finance maturing notes for 32.iW,O00. This brought about the reoelvcrshlp, although the earn ings of the road, the bankers so', did not warrant such action. Young Woman Dying of Bullet Wounds Accuses Club Man LOS ANGELES, May 31-Fred B. Kolb, a wealthy young clubman, was arrested here last night, charged with having shot Miss Irene Noble, 22 years old, George B. Noble, the girl's brother, according to his statement to the police, found her lying on the floor of his residence last night, unconscious from the wound, with Kolb at the telephone summoning a physician. When she was revived at the hospital. MIsB Noble charged Kolb with having fired the shot. Kolb. when told of this, expressed doubt, and was taken before her. She reiterated the charge and Kolb made no denial. Miss Noble probably was fatally wounded. A letter In her hand writing threatening suicide was said by the police to have been found in her clothing addressed to her brother. Kolb Is the son of the late C. C. Kolb, millionaire brick and tile manufacturer, and Inherited a large portion of his father's estate. Maga: zine Tells of Omaha Rebuilding The June number of the American Re view of Reviews, just cut, contains an Illustrated artlol on the work of restor ing the tornado havoc at Omaha, written by Victor Rosewater, editor of Tho Bee. The pictures show a typical reUef sta tion, soma of the clean-up day squads and the rebuilding operations. In the same number are several urticles on flood destruction In Ohio and Indiana, and flood prevention, contributed by Governor Cox of Ohio, Senator Theodore E. Burton nf flhfn nnri Rnntni .Tdtnnii V TYam-aII p. m.'.'.'.'.'.','. 83 ' of Lou181011' who Is also president of the T P. talim.m.''.'. gijiiB-Uonal Rivers and Harbors mnrrsw MANUFACTURERS DlJ NU I' it 1 ' 1, SAjpEDFIELD Ridicules Contention They Cannot Compete with Those of Other Countries. DOING SO MORE AND MORE Secretary Points to Continuous Growth of Foreign Trade. PREDICTS A STILL GREATER Tells of Attitude of Party in Regard to Labor. AGAINST WAGE REDUCTION "New Freedom for American. Indus try the Infective Test nomoc racy Has Sot," Declares Cabinet Member. P1TTSFIKLD, Mass., May 31. Secre tary Redfleld of the Department of Com merce, speaking at a banquet hero to night, given by the democratic city com mittee, denied the contention that Ameri can manufacturers could not successfully compete abroad and declared that on the other hand they were doing bo more and more successfully. He pointed to a continuous growth of American manufacturers abroad, begin ning with $443,000,000 In 1892 to nn esti mated total of $1,600,000,000 in 1913. He pro dieted a still greater growth with the elimination of what he termed unsys tematized management. "A new freedom for American Indus tries,' he said, " waB the effective test to which the democratic party had set It handss. "It stands for education and for federal aid to It It stands for the reduction of the taxes, not only upon food, but upon the means of earning, that Is to say, upon buildings, upon machinery and upon the means of earning! that Is to say, upon building',' upon machinery and upon materials, which together compose tho fundamental of our Industrial life. It does not stand for a reduction of wages, because It knows that American economic history has taught us, per haps, its greatest lesson that the highly paid workmen, well equipped and well treated and well led, is tho cheapest pro ducer In the world, else with out handi caps wo should not be selling $1,6000,000 abroad now." Nebraska Heiress to Half Million Located Newspaper Report CHICAGO, May 81. M. S. Wilson, an employe of the Adams Express company at Louisville, Ky glanced through a Chi cago paper tho other morning and found that Ills wife was heir to $150,000. In a letter to a friend here he relates further the peculiar circumstances under which an. unclaimed fortune was put within Mrs. Wilson's grasp. In a paper of May 19 a small item headod, "Hunt Heiress to $460,000." It was republished In other newspapers, among them theLoulsvllte Times. Mr. Wilson read the Item, sought its source, and sent for a copy of the Chicago news paper containing Us original publication. It was sufficient to Indicate to him at once that Mrs. Wilson was the missing heiress. Margaret Hawthorne was the heiress sought. Her mother was a daughter of David Shatter, who died at Vassar, Mich., In 1908. Miss Hawthorne's mother had died In the meantime, and there was no other heir to tho Shatter properties than Margaret, who was believed to be living In Chicago. Margaret Hawthorne was adopted by a Mr. Ladd of 1460 Michigan avenue, Chi cago, but, under reverses, he was obliged to return her to the orphanage from which he had obtained, ner. Then she was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. George B. France of York, Neb., and there she grew to womanhood under the name of Eva Hawthorno France. In 1902 she was married to Mr. Wilson, and with him moved to Louisville later. Tn make sure that her family name might be retained. Mrs. Wilson caused to be filed in Lincoln, Neb., a record of all the papers concerning her adoptions and of her residence in the orphanage. This precaution will be her means of es tablishing legal proof of her Identity and her ability to claim the $4EO.f00 estate left by her grandfather, Mr. Shatter. Secretary Bryan . Has Private Seal WASHINGTON, May Sl.-Secretary Bryan has Just made for himself a pri vate seal, of which he Is especially proud. It Is a repllea of the design on a coin that was circulated in the time of Alex ander the Great, which Colonel Bryan obtained while on his tour around the world. The design discloses a man hold ing a bird aloft. The bird la said to re semble a falcon, but Secretary Bryan, whose peace propensities are weU known, insists It is a "dove of peace." ' Mr. Bryan had not become the head of the -tate department before he realized the. onerous task of affixing his own sig nature to the. enormous mass of corre spondence which comes over his desk. So he hit upon the scheme of a private seal and stamp bearing the words, "William J. Bryan," and his name will be stamped upon all documents and papers of a purely routine character. Cudahy Plant at Sioux City Idle SIOUX CITY, la, May 31.-As the re sult of a strike yesterday, the Cudahy packing plant here was shut down to day. About 900 employes are Idle. Flvn hundred struck for an increase tn wages and 400 more were forced into idleness. No serious trouble oocurrsd today. Drawn for Tho Bee by Powell. GRAND JURY TO LOOK INTO FALL OF PIER Yerdiot of Coroner's Jury Not Satis factory to Xong Beaoh Citizens. THREE EXPERTS TESTIFIED .Their. Statement'tlint Adtfjnato In spection Would Have Revealed Weakness Cause of Seo ond Inquiry.' LOS ANGELES, Cal., Mt.y Sl.-The clamor following the failure of the cor oner's Jury to fix responsibility for the collapse of the auditorium pier at Long Beach, which killed thirty-seven persons last Saturday, resulted today In an an nouncement by District Attorney Fred ericks that he would present the case to the grand jury Monday. The coroner's Jury held one rotten girder responsible for the disaster. The board of three experts appointed to ex amine the ruined structure reported that an adequate Inspection would have re pealed the weakness of the structure in time to prevent the accident. Fredericks said this report would be called to tho attention of the grand jury, but added that proceedings based on any alleged criminal negligence Involved in the construction of the pier and audi tort urn would be barred by the statute of limitations. Estimates for the New Hotel Run Too High for Directors Estimates on the cost of construction of the Fontenelle hotel as presented to the board of directors at a meeting yes terday run over $1,000,000, and the board remanded them to the architect to be cut down. The estimates were based on prelimi nary plans and skeleton specifications, and consequently were considered by the directors not to be amounts that actually would be necessary for the hotel con struction. The estimate of the Selden Breck Construction company was II,. 007,000. James Black & Sons went to $1,060,000 In their estimates. Thomas R. Kimball told the director that the hotel he has In mind can be built for less than $500,000 and the cost thus kept within the original Intentions of the company. He will modify the , plans he presented to the bidders and I ask for smaller estimates. These will be taken up by the directors in the near I future. Rosewater School Gets New Pictures For the Edward Rosewater school, the principal, Mrs. Martha W, Christlancy, has acknowledged the receipt of two plc I tures for the walls, one a large photo ; graph of the school Itself, and the other i a photograph of the 1912 competitors in ' the track athletics, both neatly -framed. The pictures were sent to the school with the compliments of Victor Rosewater, editor of The Bee. Amateur Flier is Crushed Under Motor CHICAGO, May 8L Aviation claimed another victim today when James Colo van, a young amateur filer was killed by the overturning of his biplane when It struok a tree. The accident occurred just outside the flying field of the Aero club of Illinois. Colovan was crush d under tha engine. This Is Editors' Week SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT IN Secretary Bryan Signs Formal No tice of Its Ratificat'on. PROVIDES DIRECT ELECTIONS Four Pens Are Used, Three of Which Go to Men Who Championed the Measure on the Floor of House and Senate, WASHINGTON, May JL-In the pres. ence of a notable "comtffclr&Minfl many legislators who had. to do with its adoption, Secretary Bryan today signed the formal announcement of the seven teenth amendment to the constitution, providing for direct election of senators. Former Representative Harry St. George Tucker of Virginia, chairman of a committee In the fifty-second congress having charge of the first direct election of senators resolution that passed the house; Representative Rucker of Missouri, chairman of the committee In the sixty second congress which had charge of the resolution which finally was adoptod, and Senator Borah, who championed the orange In the senate, were present, as was Mrs. Bryan. Ilrnn Distributes Pens, Secretary Bryan used four pens to sign the proclamation. The first, whioh he used to write "William," went to Mr. Tucker; tho second, with which ,he wrote, "Jennings," went to Mr. Rucker; tho third, with which he wrote "Bryan," he kept for himself, and. that with which he wrote the date he delivered to Senator Bora. To thoso assembled Mr. Bryan ex pressed his gratification at being the offi cial to proclaim the constitutional change. Moro Democrats on Committee, Increased senatorial representation on the democratic congressional committee was discussed today at a eonferenoo be tween Chairman Lloyd and Secretary Page of the campaign committee and a coynmlttee of five senators. President jWllson favors a plan to have on the re organized committee a senator from each state where senators are to be elected by direct popular vote In 1911. Accord ing to the committee's Information these states are: Kentucky, Kansas, Ohio, Oregon, Arkansas, Florida, New Hampshire. Oklahoma, Alabama, Nevada, North Car olina, New York, Illinois, Indiana, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Arizona, Missouri, Colorado and Louisiana. Subcommittees Are Grinding Away on Tariff Schedules WABHINQTON, May 3L-Snator on the finance subcommittees grinding on the tariff bill foreswore their usual week end holidays and continued at work. The subcommittee working on administrative features considered tho possibility of amending the "anti-dumping" clause to take tn articles on the free 'list and worked on a modification of the provision to compel foreign manufacturers to show their books to American customs agents. Several nations have protested against It, Neither the house nor the senate was in session. REPUBLICAN MEMBERS ON HOUSE COMMITTEES (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May Sl.-Speclal Tele gram.) Nebraska republicans in the house have been recommended for the following committees by minority leader, Mannt Barton For public buildings and grounds, reform in the civil service, and war claims. Klnkald Irrigation of arid lands and Invalid pensions. Sloan Ranking member on expendi tures in the Department of Agriculture and agriculture and forestry. TIS AK-SARJN'S PLAY Mystery as to Kind of Show at the Den Tomorrow Night Cleared Up. EDITORS TO OPEN PERFORMANCE fFnsitertatninipnt of tU"ioeaon Will lie aiven Monday Hvenlnic, with Vlsltinic Newspaper M,en as the (Incuts. "Our Arabian Knights of Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp" la tho title that has been given the how which begins the season at the Ak-Sar-Bon Den tomorrow night. Samson has Just announced 'It after months of wondering wneuim ... would do to give the general publio any intimation of what was going on them But the nature of the Initiation, tho play and tho original muslo that goes with them brought about tho name and Sam son decided at least to give that out Ous Rwixe, who planned the various Initiation devices and the soenery and soenle effects of the show, says the New York Hippodrome might compare with It if a few of the bigger stunts nt the Den were eliminated. Asked if there would be a stage with a regular curtain and nil he answors loudly and enthusi astically that thoro will bo stages and stages. Probably the stories of the Arabian Knights require "stages and stages" and If they require them there is no doubt that Gus has provided them. He is a stickler for necessities and oven luxuries and everything must be replete when It comes to staging a show with blm. The play portion of tho entertainment will be a musical comedy. Tho book and lyrics wore evolved by Miles Grecnleuf after he had seen what Gus Intended to present. Oreenleaf doesn't say whother they are satires on the stories In the fairy book: others say the lines all through are of the kind that rock the risibilities. Omnhn Music. And for the third time In the history of Ak-Sar-Ben the musta of a play at the Den 1b to be entirely original. Four years ago Lee Krati wrote songs for "Paprika Schnitzel" and two years ago Harry Hangauer wrapped scores around The Gymkhana." This year Slgmund Lansberg, the Omaha pianist, has equipped the show with more muslo than any Ak-Sar-Ben show has had and It Is all of that lilting kind that brings the audience Into closest sympathy with tho delights o( the play. He devoted a great deal of time to the effort. A thirteen piece orchestra will render It, the orchestration of the TJandsberg muslo having been happily accomplished by Th. Rud. Reese. Have Larire Cast, The cast which will present the story and songs is an unusually large one and there are in it many of the lights that have shone so brilliantly In former productions of tho knights. Henry W, Dunn, chief of police, has been assigned the role of the Caliph of Bagdad, Charles Gardner, who was one ' of the headllners in "The aymkhana," will be back tn the cast, this time as the character Binbad, the Sailor. Charles R. Docherty, who has done several years on the professional stage as well as many memorable appearances in local theatricals, will be the lucky Aladdin. Joe Latch will be presented as the chief of the forty thelves and Ross Johnson the little tenor, will have the emotional singing part of Princess Castorla. As the chief of the Persian police force. W. T. Lawrence, a SL Loulsan, who has come to make his home In Omaha, will get an introduction to his new home (Continued pn Page fclvej ROOSEVELT IS GIVEN SIX CENTS DAMAGES IN HIS LIBEL SUIT Defendant Takes Stand and Makes Statement, in Which He Admits Injustico Done Colonel. ASKS FOR NOMINAL VERDIC1 He Says There Was No Malice Back of His Editorial. ROOSEVELT MAKES STATEMENT Defendant Says Be Did Not Qo Into Case for Money. WANTED TO BRING OUT FACTS. Court Then Dlrvota to llrlnrf tn Ver dict for Nominal Dninsgrii, Which Mrnn .Six, Cents Without Costs MAltQUETTli. Mlon., May Sl.-The jury tn the Roosevelt libel suit awarded the defendant damages In the sum of t cents, without costs. This action was taken by direction of tho court utter statements by the defendant and plaintiff. Georgo A. Newett went on the witness ntnhcl thin afternoon and retracted the alleged libel charging Roosevelt with drunkenness. Ho said he had been Im pressed that nn Injustice had beon don th colonel In tho publication of the ar ticle nnd deoply regretted it. Tho plain tiff then, In person, united tho Judge ta Instruct the Jury to bring In merely nom inal damages. Mr. Ncwelt's statement follows; "I was born nn n form near Janes villi, Wis., In ISM and lived thero until I wns about 10 years of ago. "I obtained my education In a district school In that vicinity, working on th( fnrm sunimorB and going to school wlnv ters. I came to Mnrquotto county in IKij nnd havo lived hero ever since. In 187(1 I hegnn working for tho Iron Home, the first pnpor published In Ishpemtng, and have ever slnco been engaged In news paper work In this county. "In 1S79 I left tho Iron Homo and started the publication of a paper of my own nnd havo continued Its publication from then until the present time. This paper Is known as Iron Ore. "The Iron Ore Is a weekly paper which contains the usual local nows published In such pnpern In communities like Ish. pcmlng, nnd In addition specialties in mining nows, covering not only the min ing districts of Michigan, but elsewhere. In October, 1912, It bad a circulation of from 3,600 to 3,000, four-rlfths of which was confined to the county of Marquette nnd the greater part of tho remainder to other town? I tho upper peninsula. IS n Trrtolnlrr, Himself. "I do not use wines or liquors myself In any form and am an absolute teetotaler, having strong convictions on this sub ject. Neither do I uso tobacco tn any form. ,fW'U9l I was appointed commissioner of VilmWal statistics for ho state of Mlchlgon, a position I held for four years, covering two terms, my first appointment having been made by Governor Rich and my reappointment by Governor Plngree. In 1906 I was appointed postmaster nt Ishpemtng by the plaintiff of this case and held that office for four years, nt the end of whloh term I resigned, t have also held various positions on clvlo boards In tho city nf Ishpemtng and am. now president of the Ishpemtng Ad vanremcnt association. "Prior to 1912 I had been for many years a strong supporter of Theodora Roosevelt, recognizing him as the great republican leader, and had frequently published editorials In Iron Ore commend ing him and approving his policies, and T, had heretofore assisted all his campaigns, not only by pVsonal effort, but also by financial contributions, Even tn the pri mary campaign of 1913 I supported him as second choice for the republican nominee "I mention these facts as Indicating the Impossibility of my harboring any feeling of personal mallco against the plaintiff Hn! nf CharKes. "Some time before 191! I began to hear statements from various sources that Mr, Roosevelt was drinking wines and llquois to excess. During this period I took n trip throughout i the western country, passing through the states of Montana. Nevada and Arizona, as well as the Inter- (Continued on Page Five.) " The Housewives of the Nation. A thinking writer observes that "the housewlvoa of Amer ica arc engaged in one of the most actlvo trades of the day houBekooplng. Solid senso In that remark. But how many local advertisers the small merchants in any community study this fact deep, ly. analytically with a view to fit ting It to their businesses to increasing their trada with the housewives T The home Is the backbone of every community; the very foundation of this nation. And nearly every home has fem inine head. Housekeeping In the large cities is becoming more and more a sci ence; in the smaller towns it is being lifted out of tho sphere of drudgery. And It is advertising that has done so much for the housewives. Advertising brings to their doors the things that lesson the drudg ery and make housekeeping a pleasure. Read the advertisements in THE DEE, almost any day, and you will read of labor saving devices for the house hold. Appeal to the Housewife, Mr. Storekeeper, and you will make no mistake. SHE is a power in tnis lana.