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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1917. LYNCH GIVES HIS YIEW OF THE FEUD Hands Out Typewritten State ment of How the Squabble Now Stands. ENDS WITH A DISCLAIMER Another chapter in the current court court house squabble was ready for the binder bright and early Thursday morning, when the following state ment, written on a typewriter for Commissioner Lynch by aome one, was passed out among the court house reporters: "Since so many conflicting state ments have been made concerning the alleged controversy between Sher iff Clark and myself, it is only fair to say at this time, the controversy with relation to feeding prisoners is only a renewal of my efforts in behalf of the taxpayers in that the present sher iff, as well as ex-Sheriff McShane, should not exact of the taxpayers money for feeding prisoners in ex cess of actual cost. My position has been consistent in that regard and will continue to be. "Sheriff Clark made a pre-election promise, substantially i. follows, as referred to" in The Bee of April 16, 1916: " 'Michael L. Clark, Republican, for Sheriff As candidate for the repub lican nomination for sheriff, Michael L. Clark has given assurance that if elected he will be satisfied with the legal salary and that he will not put anything in the wav of enactment of a proper measure tor feeding of the prisoners at cost to the county. A vote for Clark will therefore be a vote to end the jail feeding graft.' Might End Controversy. "Having his word to the foregoing, I supported him for sheriff. My own ward and wards generally credited to me in political battles, although over whelmingly democratic, gave Sheriff Clark splendid support, thus in a measure contributing to his election. When Clark qualified as sheriff his duty in the premises was sadly neg lected. At the first opportunity he demanded extravagant prices for feeding prisoners. As county, com missioner my opposition to this prac tice was again brought into play, i.et Sheriff Clark yield and feed prisoners with good and wholesome food, at cost, and my voice will be raised in praise for the sheriff and the feeding controversy ended. "As to the matter of the elevator conductor in the court bouse, will say that our judges of the district court squarely support my contention, as evidenced by their decision. Although it is notorious that the morals squad officer, Sutton, has been reporting directly to Lynch instead of to his superior officers, Mr. Lynch concludes his statement with this dis claimer: "As to the activity of the police and the sheriff, that matter is no concern of mine. Superintendent Kugel, as city commissioner, has his duty to perform and so has Sheriff Clark. Personally, it is immaterial what branch of the police power enforces the laws. In no event should dives, joints and chili parlors be permitted in or out of the city, i tavor a sup. pression of this evil. I am not inter ested directly or indirectly in any joint or dive. Sheriff Clark, when he had finished reading the account of Commissioner Lynch a effusion before the South west Improvement club, remarked Why doesn t he get down to earth down to the real issue in this so-called feud? It isn t jail feeding. The supreme court has ruled that the sheriff's office is entitled to 32 cents I day under the law for feeding the prisoners. But I suppose Lynch knows more than the judges. I wonder if the people of Douglas county will take Tohnny Lynch's hot air akftnt thm 'toil tAintr ACTOR IN STUDENT PLAY AT CORNELL. air about the 'jail feeding graft' se riousiyr , Suggests Some "Reasons." "Is he fighting me because the law fixes it cents a day .for fail feed' ing, or is it because there are no road houses none that 1 ve been able to locate, anyway violating the law in Douglas county now: "And I wonder if the fact that slot machines, which formerly clanged all over tht county, are conspicuous by their absence now hasn't something to do with Lynch's denunciations of mer Ana the Uwl club doesn t seem to be prospering as in the days of yore. "I wonder If that fact couldn't be . connected up with these verbal at tacks on me by the commissioner?" The sheriff reiterated his statement that he wasn t figuring on stoiner be. fore any improvement clubs to debate jail feeding with anyone. What He Will Tell But he declared that if any improve ment clubs extended him an invita tion, he would be elad to tell a few things about law violations in Doug las county. , "And I II tell people another thing. This recent cleanup didn't come about altogether because a preacher and a reporter were thrown out of I ten- lcrloin district saloon. Not alto gether hardly. Employes in my of ice heard me call up Commissioner Kugel on the telephone one day and say: 'A!, I've just had some com plaints about some divea that (re said to be violating the law -ight" along. If you don't get busy with your po lice force, I'll tackle the job with my deputies.' " r City to Buy Two More Resuscitating Machines The city clerk was directed by the commissioners to advertise for two or more resuscitating ma-rines. Ex planation was made at the council meeting that tluse machines are not ntended for use in the city hall, but vill be used for reviving victims at the public bathing beaches during the swimming season. Jailbirds Eat a Nickel . More Now for Each Meal The city council adopted a resolu :ion offered by Commissioner Jardine. ncreasing the city workhouse meal illowance from 15 to 20 cents a .neal. . - . . , Hear Foph umnr. A sliwtUk liver Mara an twin lot at rali.rr to kMf it letlr urn Dr. KUifs N Lit. pun, Onlr jsc. AH arustlsta. Adv.rltotn.nl. - RUSSELL HOLT PETERS. Russell Holt Peters, son of Mr. an Mrs. A. D. Peters of Omaha, acted the leading feminine role recently in stop j. wet, a play produced by students of Cornell university. With ti e aid of girl's clothes and a good makeup, he made a very successful "Nell." Young Peters graduated from Central High school here, tin parents reside at 1931 South Thirty third street. Visiting Merchants and Ladies Visit Stock Yards Of the half thousand visiting mer chants still in the city for Merchants' Market Week, a majority spent the forenoon in the South Side stock yards, where they were shown through the yards and the packing houses. They were conducted through the cattle yards, the swine yards, the sheep pens and the magnificent horse barns in time to watch the selling operations in all these departments. Then with guides aplenty they were escorted through some of the large packing houses, where they witnessed the killing, the dressing and packing in all departments, winding up in the great coolers, where the meats are hung and stacked tons upon tons ready tor the market. This proved an interesting enter tainment feature for the visiting mer chants and ladies, tor the Union stock yards of Greater Omaha are so splendidly arranged with elevated walks, runways and viaducts that it is possible for parties to visit the whole stretch of yards and witness every activity of importance without once stepping orf the clean, dry ce ment and plank walks and elevated runways. Wednesday night's entertainment at the Motel fontenelle concluded the official entertainment program as pre pared by the wholesalers of Omaha for the visiting merchants. However, the buying is not yet over, and the wholesale establishments are still busy with customers who are laying in stocks of spring and summer goods. Uncle Sam Has a Fine Job Which is Going Begging Oh, won't somebody please accept a position as elevator conductor for the United States government at the city of North Platte, Neb. For three months Uncle Sam has been seeking someone to accept this position." It pays $55 month. Yea, sir. Uncle Sam throws his money about just like that. Miss Viola Lomn, who conducts examinations for government posi tions in the local federal building, has set the exam, for this position twice already, on February 17 and March 1U. tach time few applicants showed up," but, being Informed of the munificent salary, they smiled a sickly smile and vanished down the nearest stairway. Now the exam, is set again for April 14. So, if you want to wear a uniform and be the captain of the car in the federal building at North Platte, go up and show that you are mentally. morally and physically fitted for these responsibilities. And if you make good, the a a month is yours. Sugar Combine Says It Operates On Low Margin New York, March 14. Profits from operations of $9,756,379 are reported for 1916 by the American Sugar Re fining companysin the annual state ment issued today, as against $2,991.- 3 in ma. ine company s balance sneet snows assets ot $i,yy,7o, an increase of $7,971,901 over 1915. The turnover of the comoanv. ac cording to the statement ot f resident hart D. Babst. approximated $200. 000,000, leaving a manufacturing profit of about 4'A per cent. This per centage, it is claimed, is outside ot (tit. viinagw pahci a. mic aiuaucsi margin of profit in the manufactur ing world." Tables accompanying the report show that the company s business in ivio amounted to J4 per cent ot the whole sugar production, cane and beet, as against 75 per cent of the entire output in 1894. The company, it is stated, has nearly 20,000 stockholders, one-half of whom are women. State Superintendent Clemmons in Critical Condition Fremont. Neb.. March 15. (Soe-I cial.) The condition of State Super intendent W. H. Clemmons, who was forced to give up his official duties and come home last Sunday, shows no change. His physicians have pre scribed absolute rest and quiet and not even his closest friends are ner- mitted to visit him. Mr. Clemmons s suffering with heart weakness and his condition is considered critical. Three Cousins of Omahan Decorated by the Kaiser War news these davs ia of navicu lar interest to Mrs. Herbert Stubben dorff, wife of the marriage license clerk at the court house. She has thirteen cousins in the German army, all of whom she visited at Wurtem burg, Germany, when she was 10 years old. A cousin, a lieutenant, was killed during one of the great battles. Three of the cousins have been decorated with the iron cross. OMAHTPREPARING FOR A RAIL STRIK Freight of All Kinds ii Be ing Rushed Through and Coal Bins Being Filled. PACKERS RUSHING IN COAL While local railroad men are not predicting a strike of the trainmen in this territory next week, they are working to the end that they may be prepared to handle the situation to the best advantage should a strike occur. Freight of all kinds is being rushed to destination in order to have the lines cleared up and as 1 tie congestion as possible at any one point. On the lines running into Omaha trade territory, business, so far ai freight movements are concerned, was never better. Countrv mer chants are placing large orders with the Omaha jobbers and in everv in stance there conies the request to get tne consignments out as soon as possible. From the coal fields the shipments into tne city are abnormally heavy, especially for this season of the year, and the shipments going out to the country towns are correspondingly as great. Not Much Steam Coal. While there is more than the usual quantity of coal on hand in Omaha for the middle of March, it is con ceded that there is nothing like enough to supply the demand in the event that a strike of anv length of aurauon snouid occur, mere is probably enough domestic coal in storage to run the city a month or nore, but, as at all other times, there is a shortage of steam coal. Of the extensive consumers of steam coal, there are but three con cerns, the water works company, the electric light company and the street railway, that ever carry any large supply, inese concerns have sum- cient coal to run thirty to forty-five days, but with other extensive con sumers the supply on hand would not run more than a week to ten days. Owners of many of the large of fice buildings depend, as a rule, upon practically daily receipts. That is. they get a carload of steam coat and buy the next just before the former purchase has been burned. With a strike, it is asserted that the packing houses are likely to be the first of the laree concerns af. fected. South Omaha consumes an average of about sixty carloads daily. mi tuusunipuon, in me event ot a strike, would be cut materially by the shutting down of the killing plants, but the refrigerating rooms wouio suner. At the present time the refrio-er. ating rooms of all the South Omaha packing houses are filled to the roofs with fresh meats. Immense quanti ties of coal are reauired in the nnrn. tion of the machinery that runs the ice-making and cold air plants and with the supply shut off, it is asserted that the meats in storage would soon spoil. However, all nf the narlrar. ir. placing orders for large quantities of coai and aunng the last two days many trainloads have been coming irom me rvansae and Missouri fields. Since the first of the week i tn coal trains have beencoming into ouuui ununi aauy. instead ot plac ing it in storaa-e it is hem? rlumnrrl along the railroad tracks, from there to oe hauled to the houses as needed. Savldae Knocks Pool Halls Before Citv Council 'Make it Shnrt." rni.rr! r4vn- Dahlman when Rev. C. W. Savidge, pastor of the People's, church and underworld pilot, asked for the privilege of addressing the city coun cil on pool nans. "The Dool hall i' vniir ViK V.. were present at its birth. You washed the infant and I believe it is time to give the kid a spanking. The sections of the Oool hall ordinance relating n minors and gambling are being vio- micu. rooi nans are worse than saloons and should be closed at 8 D. m. and nn Snnrlnve" B;A ,1.. . , J"l O.IM tll militant minister. His statements were of a general nature, ne cnarged that some men at tend rjOOl halla rlnrinor the nnnn t.... lose their money and then steal from' ujcr employers. Municipal Judge TakeF ' Job Away from Own Son . , w v, BJJ.JVOHl vie (it, ui lilt muninnal rrmrf nU. UA k.. f i Britt, son of Judge Britt, is to be uuiimicu npm i, accordiug to an an nouncement made Wednesday. luduc uamniii nu juage noimes told Mavor DaMrnan that tUmr ; ...c ficient work to require an assistant. Dr. Ftrdinand King says: EVERY WOMAN EVERY MOTHER EVERY DAUGHTER NEEDS IRON AT TIMES To put atraifth in bar ncrvM and color in hr choefc Thtr can to O bMUtlful.. hcHhy, rosy. necked womtn ritaout iron. Tht trovbl In Ui past has been that when Iron thar gen erally took or dinary nttallie iron, whlefc often corroded the atomaeh and did far more harm than aood. Today doctor prescribe orsanle Iron Nuxated Iron. This Dartleular form of Iron im ! nutl does not blacken nor injure the teeth nor upeei tne alomacn. n will Increase the trenitth and endurance ot weak, nervom. Irritable, careworn, hansard lookina women JOS per cent In two weeks' time in many instances. I have used it in my own prac. tice with most eurprisint malts. Ferdinand King, M. D. NOTB Nt'XATKD IKON rerommrmlcd nbsTC by Dr. Kin, can be obtained from nay (owl drasilst with or without a nhfilelaa's prescription, aa abeelste tumraatM ef access or none? refunded. It hi dispensed this dty by Hhermnn Mervanell Dreg Store m ail good drufaiela. MRS. V HAYDXN TIMELY WARNING GOESUNHEEDED Scathing; Arraignment of King Potato Written by Oroh Stops Upward Trend. BUT PEOPLE STILL EAT 'EM By A. B. GROH. A week or two ago I wrote a scath ing arraignment of the potato, lately known as "King Potato." I directed at this contemptible, but expensive, vegetable a philippic of deadly viru lence. I pronounced upon it the dread anathema maranatha. I called upon all patriots to stop eating potatoes. That, I pointed out, was a sure ."cure" for the high orice ot potatoes. For, if you stop eating them, the speculators will be thrown into a name, notatoes will droD to 20 cents a Deck, and then vou can laugh and wink the left eye. Has the price of potatoes gone down? Well, no. But neither has it gone up. Uur article seems to have scared the potato speculators enough so that they didn't increase the price, anyway. Out have the people stooped eat ing potatoes as 1 called noon them to dor Not so you can notice it. There's the trouble. Everybody who read my article considered its premises sound, its logic unassailable. Ihev ao plsuded my effort toward reducing tne prestige ot the Dotato. Thev aD plauded it, I say, and then went right on eatinu notatoes iust the same as D-etore. Argument Sound. I asked one man about it. He was telling me how sound my argument naise, Hollandaise, Bouillabaise, Bor delaise, potatoes Parisienne, potato chowder, potato salad. Go ahead and eat 'em. ' My conscience is clear. I have struck my blow for freedom, t have smitten the shackles of spud slavery from my wrists. I tried to do the same for the people. They said it was good work and then went on serving King Potato. Eat potatoes if you want to--and can pay for them. But don't come to me, complaining about the price. For if you do, I warn you I shall laugh at you loudly and scornfully. RAIL OFFICIALS READYFOR STRIKE Operating Chiefs Prepared for Worst, Try to Keep Traf fic Moving. LONG DELAYS EXPECTED "All that's necessarv is for everv- DOdy to stop eating potatoes while the price remains so high," he said. "That'll show the speculators what they amount to when the people once wake up. We don't need potatoes. We can just as well eat other vege tables." I He was getting auite warmed un with enthusiasm when 1 asked: lou have stopped eating potatoes ai your nouse, i suppose r He was auite embarrassed. He hem-ed and haw-ed. "Well, no." he finally said. "I can't say that we have. But then, what does one family amount to? Why, we don't eat more than a peck a week. It wouldn't affect the demand if we stopped eating them." Perhaps not. But when 10,000 other families do the same thing it makes big difference. Eaten in Every Way. And so the oeonle are eatintr no- tatoes baked and fried and creamed and scalloped and boiled and mashed, French fried potatoes, German fried potatoes, hashed potatoes, ootato puffs, potato croquettes, potato soup, potatoes au gratin, potatoes Lyon DESKS CHAIRS ad complete Una of Office) Equipment. Globe-Wernicke Co. Steel and Wood Flits. Sanitary Office Desk, Solid Oak, as low aa 825.00. We invite yea to see our line Orchard & Wilhelm Co. 414-416-418 South 16th St iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiNi'iiiiitiiiiiiiiiiaitiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimitii It la Pink for Bore Blue for Girl I and wash the baby with i "Bocabelli Soap I ABSOLUTELY PURE f Best for bath, nursery and for . 1 Infanta, s It's the finest soap for babies, f doctors, nurses, patients, too. 1 Best for shampoo, bath and for I shaving, and it's just the aoap 1 for YOU1 i 10c Cakes, 3 for ;23a Largo Bar for , , 98e I 16th and Howard. Doug. 846. ... . IIIIIIIIIIfllKlllltlllllllllMllilllllllltll'ltllllCtllHSttlllllilllSIIIII A meeting of operating officials of all the railroads in the Central asso ciation was held in Chicago yesterday, presumably for the purpose of de ciding upon ways -nd means to keep traffic moving in the event of a train men's strike. General Manage- Wal ters of the orthwestern was called to headquarters last night that he might be at the conference today. Interests of the other Omaha-Chi cago roads are being looked after by representatives of the Chicago offices. Whether or not they expect a strike of the trainmen, officials of eastern lines do not state, but they are taking extra precautions. They have sent to the headquarters ot the lines here no tices ot embargoes, that it continued in force will make it pretty difficult to get any freight a great distance east. Shipments East Subject to Delay. The New York Central lines have forwarded notice of an embargo on every commodity, stating that from connecting lines, after Saturday noon, nothing will be accepted for ship ment east, unless such consignments are sent subject to indefinite delay. The Big Four embargo notice re ceived by the Omaha-Chicago roads, is conditioned that, barring live stock and perishable goods from its con nections, it will not receive any freight later than Saturday noon. Embargo notices sent out by the other lines operating east from Chi cago are very similar to those of the New York Central and the Big Four. So far nothing has been received from the eastern lines indicating that an embargo on passenger busi ness is contemplated. Southern Pacific Order. G. W. Luce, general traffic manager of the Southern Pacific railroad, sent the following order yesterday to all company agents: "Effective noon today, endorse all bills of lading thus: 'Shipment re ceived subject to delay and loss due to delay as result of impending strike.' " For quick and sure results use The Bee Want Ads. Judge Leslie Will Hear Vaccination War Next Tuesday The hearing in the suit brought against City Physician Connell and the members of the school board by parents of pupils attending Saratoga school, seeking to enjoin the officials from prohibiting children with cer tificates of vaccination the internal method from attending school, has been set for 9 o'clock on the morning of March 20. On that day Judge Leslie will hear arguments by counsel for the plain tiffs, Charles C. Haynes et at, parents of school children, for temporary and permanent injunctions against the city physician and the members of the board. The parents ask that the defend ants be restrained from keeping the children out of school, ordering smallpox signs to be tacked up on houses and from "encouraging and maintaining the dump at Twenty second and Meredith streets." Please Tell Others What You Know About Bell-ans FOR INDIGESTION jfDrexe's Arch Preservers II n""" I 1 Dc-'' let anyone put a bun- I III 1 If 1 glesome, heavy, metal arch I l I J I I prop in your shoe. If you I LI I ff htve tTouble with rcn or I CJ! I IV v foot pair of L F I 1 our "Arch Preserver" shoes. I II J They are scientifically con- II j M structed to preserve the I II j beauty of the foot In soft I II glazed kid, narrow or broad I II Y toe, medium or low heel. I 1 N $7,0 " $7,50 II j "'J Parcel Post Paid gl I DREXEL SHOE CO. 1 Uj 1419 FARNAM STREET j Could Hardly Walk From Berger, Missouri, word comes from Mrs. Llizls Groeber. She says: "I bad always been a very healthy woman until my sev enth child was born. When my baby was six weeks old. . . I could hardly walk. . , I suffered. . . dizziness In my head when I would stand on my feet just aa If I would faint away. . . I used Cardui, I 1 Cabdosiftio and Buck-Draught and. . . hava never had any symp toms of It again. . . I certainly will praise Cabdui. . . for I surely think It saved my life." There are thousands ot weak, worn-out women In this country who could be helped like Mrs. Groeber, with Cabdui. Whj don't you try It for your case? USED 40 TEARS U I The Woman's Tonic CAne-You-aYc at all drug stores wr Huckleberry Finn is living today in Indiana Mark Twain didn't invent him any more than Corot in vented the skies and trees in his pictures. There's nothing new in nature or boys they're always the same and have been from the outset. Every so often a great artist happens along and sees things about them that most folks don't bother to notice. Mark Twain simply saw the Boy Eternal through his own experiences. "The Penrod Stories" by Booth Tarkington are later chronicles of early memories. "Penrod" hap pens to wear shoes and stockings and pants that buckle at the knee, but underneath it all, he's the youngster who has raised Cain and raided pantries and led "the gang" ever since kids began to have imagination he's, your vanished youth and the sort of boy you hope to have. Booth Tarkington writes plays and problem stories and all sorts of novels, but we think he has put his heart as well as his art into "Penrod." He was born in Cosmo politan and we've arranged that he shall grow up in Cosmopolitan. You won't find him in any other magazine. "Sam's Beau" in the April issue now on all news standswill carry you back to the memorable day when you decided that girls were worth noticing after all, and first fell for a pair of taffy pigtails. BUT COSMOPOLITAN NOW. Every edition sells out early in the month. Cosmopolitan for April 20 cents Everywhere ..X ,v-Ut