DTfiDTTTTO AFUUD
THEIR SERVICES
' Guards Gather and Are Put
Sight to Work Guarding i
Civilian Property.
CITY OFFICIALS SPEAK
; LOCAL TALLY OF RECRUITS.
National Guard ........... 57 '
Army 3
' Navy 1 25
Marina Corpi ' 6
Toul
.123
I Extension of "important secret or
! ders for active work by the ' ational
Guard accompanied increased recruit
ing by the four branchea of the serv
i ice in Omaha Wednesday.
. Several sizable detachments of the
guard are tjutside of the city, guard
ing strategic points, bridges, military
stores and equipment "somewhere in
Nebraska." Guardsmen not so en
gaged are bending every effort to
rapidly recruit the local battalion up
to full war strength.
1 Since the call to the colors was is
sued Monday morning from. Wash
ington, recruiting :n all branches of
military service in Omaha, reached a
total of 123 men actually enlisted, up
' to Wednesday noon, in approximately
; forty-eight hours.
City officials came forward at noon
f to urge young Omahans to show their
1 natrintism hv enlistinff to meet the
crisis. Mayor Dahlman and City So
licitor Harry B. Fleharty spoke to a
large crowd, outside the National
Guard and navy branch recruiting
stations at Sixteenth and Farnam
streets. '
Mrs. W. W. Waddell, wife of the
i lieutenant in charge of navy recruit
' ing, and Mrs. Gonzales Bingham,
wife of the colonel in charge of the
army quartermaster and commissary
departments here, have started work
, in the federal building with other
society women to fold and mail
naval publicity, matter. of which over
t 1,000 pieces pv day are now being
sent out. .
By helping with such work, the
voung society women not only show
.their patriotism, but also release the
navy men from much office work, so
. that they can get out and secure more
recruits. -" '
Miss Helen Smith, Miss Dorothy
Bingham, Miss Betty Larr and Miss
Mary Taylor assisted Mrs. Waddell
and Mrs. Bingham Wednesday after,
noon and mailed out over 500 pieces
of publicity matter. Today and after,
these and other youngjsociety women
will continue the work, including Miss
Dorothy Smith, Miss Mae Engler and
Minn Alice Duval.
Miss Louise Fillmore and her Girls'
Preparedness and Recruiting club be
gan active work Wednesday toward
stimulating enlistments among young
men. ' , ,
t Seriousness of the preparedness
- lituation was emphasized when Lieu-
. tenant Colonel Etsasser of the Na-
, tional Guard began administering
both federal and state baths to guard
,! recruits. This indicates that hence-
; forth all guardsmen are actually in
i icacrai service inq auujcti w w w
j ders direct from Washington.
Villista Forces
Defeated South of
; City of Chihualma
Juarez, Mexico. March 28. Villa
; forcea were defeated at Maputa,
twenty , miles south of Chihuahua
City, yesterday afternoon by Car
ranza troops in command of General
Francisco Murium, according to un
official but reliable reports received
here todav from Chihuahua City. All
, reports of fighting within the city
1 were denied today.
' Mapula was the closet point to
; which the Villa forcea oenetrated yes-
terday, it was said. At military head
' quarters it was said no messages had
' been received from the state capital
. today, and this was taken as an indi
cation that there was no fighting in
i nroaress near there. Freight and ex
press matter is again being sent
i south from here.
The defeat of the Villa troops at
Mapula yesterday, following the fight
f ni if between Macula and Bachiinba
i anyon Sunday and Monday, was be
lieved to have prevent. d Villa from
' carrying out his announced plan of
attacking Uuhuahua uty witn nis en
, lira force earlv today. - An uncon
- lirmed report was received here today
' that General Joaquin Amaro with 4,
000 troops had arrived at Chihuahua
' uty trom xorreon to reimorce ucu'
, oral Murguia. ,
-Quits the Fourth to Be v
In Uncle Sam's Big Navy
When the call for more seamen to
, man the fleets was issued Sergeant
Charles H. Franek of Company C,
i Fourth Nebraska National Guard, de
cided that he could serve his country
better on sea thai, land, and that the
navy call waa the more important in
.- the nresefit crisis. N
. i So he gave up his connection with
' ' the guard and promptly enlisted as
' a seaman, first class, at the navy re-Icruitina-
station. He once before
'served a term in the navy. This
' evening he will leave for the Norfolk
' navy yard to take up duty on one of
Mhe battleships. His home is 5136
f South Twenty-fourth street, and he
is the son of John Franek, a well
, known Soutn sme resident.
' Cleaners and Dyers to
Boost Prices Ten Per Cen
Omaha cleaners and dyers have
announced a 10 per cent increase in
. their Drices. effective next Monday,
April 2. ' Practically all such firms
nere nave sent out inoenncai an'
nouncetnents to their customers..
Arromnanvinff the statement is
list showing the increasea in cost of
materials used in the business. The
cleaning concerns assert that gaso
line, chloroform, paper bags, soap,
. coal and nracticallv all other materi-
. alt they use have advanced from 70
to 200 per cent in cost during the last
. two years, which necessitates the
present increasea cnarges lor woric,
.. they say. . ,
.' t Fimat M Ois
CalAa m Orl Laxative Bramo Quinine
runoni ravui. There le only one "Hrorno
WHEAT CROP OF
NEBRASKA HANGS
INTHEBALANCE
(Caatln4 from Fas. Om).
farmers. After seeding last fall, large
numbers of them sold their horses, in
tending to buy more animals during
the coming summer, wow, ne saia,
they are short on both horse power
id man oower. so far as outtting in
another wheat crop is concerned.
President Uustatson ot tne rarm-
Alliance asserted that from ob
servations and inquiries made, winter
wheat all through the South Platte
country has been killed to as far west
as Buffalo county. Considerable dam
ageihas been done north of the Platte,
he asserted, but conditions are much
better than to the south. He asserted
that the farmers of the state are ready
and willing to co-operate with the uni
versity and the umana wain ex
change in the matter of securing
spring wheat for seed. He advised
against sowing this wheat later than
Iter the first week in April.
Plow Up Fields.
P. T. Mullen of Saline county said
that in the section of the state where
he resides farmers are plowing up
their wheat fields and sowing them
oats and bar ev. He predicted that
the acreage as a result of the damage
wheat would be much greater tnan
normal.
John Mellen. assistant general
freight agent of the Northwestern, as
sured the meeting that the railroads,
called upon, would bring seed wheat
from Minneaoolis. giving it emer
gency service and land it in Lincoln
within three or four days after it was
ordered.
O. M. Smith of the Updike Oram
company told the meeting that reports
from twenty-eight of the company's
stations in the South Platte country
indicated fully 75 per cent damage to
the winter wheat crop. Some of the
gents reported the plant entirely
killed.
Club Will Co-Operate.
Robert Manlev of the Commercial
club assured the meeting that the club
stood ready to co-operate and that of
ficers and members would aid in any
manner that might be suggested.
W. J. Hynes explained that winter
wheat could be bougnt in Minneap
olis and that on track in Omaha it
would coat around $2.50 per bushel,
this without any profit to the persons
handling the transaction at this end
of the line.
Chance lor Avcrv. Prof. Burnett,
Messrs. Smith, Lane and Westbrooke
were named as a committee and
brought in the report appearing at the
head ot tnia article, tne same oeing
dopted.
To aoeed un the matter of getting
in touch with the real situation, mem
bers of the Omaha Grain exchange
last night telephoned and telegraphed
their anents and eorresoondenta out
in the state to at once get in touch
with the farmers and ascertain from
them how much spring wheat is going
to be needed for seed, the names of
the parties wanting it and the points
to which it is to be snipped, it is ng'
ured that thia information will be se
cured today and that the order for the
shipment of wheat from Minneapolis
win oe piacea not later tnan lonignt.
Man In Wild Horse Case is v
Charged With Embezzlement
Erhoei of the famous wild horse
case in federal court started rever-
heratinir nuain when an officer armed
with warrant from the "county at
w.n) tn Sank Center.
Minn, to bring John P. Shircliff to
(Umana on a cnarge oi imuciiicmciu.
C... ..n.is.inn which fionircfl
prominently in the "wild horse" case.
waa nnea ;uu oy judge wooarougn
of the federal court. Now he will be
.-J k rV,nw A.trrn.u (a (T.
jnuacbuicu mj v-u m . . j ...... .., H
ney on a charge of embezzlement, pre-
terrea oy j. aianey omitn, president
of the ''wild horse" company, who
waa fined $10,000 and sentenced to
two years in prison.
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trial was going on in federal court
days ana weni 10 jwcnuow vrruvc,
Neb., wnere, it is anegea, ne coiirciea
$XI in the name ot tne investors se
curity association.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Knraut to WuhlRffton to todn hti nrv
Iom u & United StttM nnator, Hiram
Johnaon of California will pasa through
Omaha at o'clock thla avenln. a paa
MnBr n tha Union PaslflQ-Northwaitarn
Ovarlaad umltao.
B. T. Ryan Jr., awratarr to Oarrttt Fort
traffic paaaangar manager ol tha Union
pirin avatdm. hni luat rctnrnad from an
aitandad tour of tha aouth and wat and ta
vlNltlm at tha noma of hla mother, Mr a.
Ulllto Ryan, ill soutn Tmriy-iiiio.
a m. wrrinar of Ianver. national tnett
tarv of tha Qraetflra of Amtrlca. ft hotel
clerka' orffanlaatlon, atopped at tha Wall
Invton Inn bar on hla way noma from tha
Grand Kaplda Dowunv tournament.
i.i.iit.n.nt P w Hawaii of tha Volunteara
of America entertalnad for tan ueata -in
honor of Mr. Dave inav Monaay avemna;.
aia.iu.mT.omci
I "It's Cornet If It B.r m
Fndden 4 Bittn.r L.b.1."
ITHEDUNLAP
I HAT IS SOLD
I ExclutiTely in Omk, at
I Fadden & Bittner's
I. You Will readily find a
hat suitable to your taste
I and adapted to your per
sonality, from our great
showing of many styles
I and shades for spring.
I ;;; . txu ...
j $4 to $20 :
Bit SOUTH 16TH ST.
nil
a
THE BEE:
Women Sidestep the Truth Much
More Readily
Women are more ready liars than
men. They are not better liars, out
they are quicker to see the advan
tage a little diversion from the truth
ight give them."
It was Police Judge Fitzgerald
talking. He was giving his post-impressions
of three months' work on
the bench, his first job as superin
tendent of a human repair shop.
"The large percentage ot tnose
ho appeared before me," continued
the judge, "have a very hazy idea
of what an oath means. They all
swear to tell the truth and nothing
but the truth, but only a very few
abide by the sacredness of that oath.
Women are especially lax in this re
gard. They can tell a fib or series of
em and look you right in tne eye.
en eenerally shift their gaze when
they start in to murder the truth.
, "Sometimes as I sit on the bench
and listen to defendants utter false-
MORE GUARDS
ARE CALLED INTO
FEDERALSERVICE
(lontlounta from Om).
signing a pledge to support the presi
dent in protecting American rights
was issued todav bv lames P. Hol
land, president of the New York State
federation ot Labor. i.ne pieoge is
beina- circulated bv the majority of
New York's committee of national de
fense, copies having been sent to pub
lic schools, clubs, restaurants, hotels
and all public places, where hundreds
of thousands of signatures have been
affixed to them. In explaining tne ac
tion taken, Mr. Holland said: i am
not unmindful of the noise that has
been raised bv some oeople who are
opposed to any action for the defense
of our national rights, but I am con
vinced that in the ranks of labor such
policy of surrender is favored by
onlv a small traction. As a DOdy,
working men and women of this coun
try are solidly behind the president in
this stand for resistance to foreign
aggression. . '
Many Women Wish to Enlist.
Twn vnmrn for everv man anolied
for enlistment In the United States
marine corps in the last week accord
ing to Captain Frank E. Evans, In
charge of recruiting here. Several of
the women applicants, he asserted,
wanted to be detailed to battleships.
It was difficult to convince them
that women are not permitted o serve
in any capacity on warships," he said.
A recent ruling of Secretary Daniels
provides for the enlistment of women
to fill clerical position only.
Australia May Again
Vote On Conscription
Ottawa. Ont.. March ' 28. An
nouncement by Premier Hughes of
Australia that the question of com
pulsory military service might again
be aubmitted to the Australian elec
torate was greeted by cheering at a
meeting he addressed yesterday in
JiendiKO. according to a dispatcn re
ceived here from Melbourne by Ren
ter's Ottawa agency. '
Mr. Hushes annealed, the dispatch
says, for whole-hearted co-operation
in the war bv Australia with money,
men, supplies and production, urging
organised efforts to increase food out
puts for the empire.
He denounced the methods of the
tabor nartv caucus, declaring that all
loyal Australiana felt humiliated be
cause the laborites in the aenate had
nrevented Australian representation
at the imperial conference in London.
To refute false statements made, he
said, in regard to the soldier vote on
the conscriotion. Mr. Hughes an
nounced the correct figures as 72.0UU
for and 58,000 against.
Bee Want Adj Produce Results.
rr
I In Time
of Health
Shoes
For Women
Hanan
. There is nothing which more certainly denotes the
well-dressed woman than her shoes. Wear Hanan's
and your feet will be well dressed. t $7.00 to $10.00
DREXEL SHOE CO.
Mail Orders Solicited. 1419 Faraam StfMt.
.';C V'''-l. . ,t. . A Exdml Agtncy
OMAHA, THUKSlMt,
Than Sterner Sex
hoods thick and fast, I feel like is
suing some wholesale indictments
for perjury. No, I don't blame law
yers for making the court a clearing
house for falsehoods because there
is a greater deal of truth in what
clients say than in the statements of
those folks who are not represented
by counsel. It is just the prevalent
philosophy of the day which prompts
those who fall into police hands to
adopt any means which serves their
end and their end is to escape pun
ishment." i
Judge Fitzgerald said he liked the
work. ,
"It is an opportunity to study hu
man nature," he said. "The seamy
side of life is reflected very often in
the stories one hears 'in court, but
one glimpse of the sterner virtues
which make a man and woman go(
straight is enough to atone for all
the dismal tales that are told to the
man on the bench."
German With Maps
And Photos Tries to
Commit Suicide
Rochester, N. Y., March 28.-Ado!f
Vattes, a German, is under arrest in
Geneva on the technical charge of
attempted suicide pending the arrival
there ot federal omcars irom dui
falo. The discovery of a letter he
had written telling of visits to plants
at Springfield, Mass., and other cities
wnere ne touna conamons an ngiu
and had flashed a notice to the Ger
man Darnt fnr trannminsinn to Mex-
Rco," led to his arrest. Later he. at
tempted to kill himself with a knite.
Vattes arrived in ueneva seven nays
.nn an1 h,ain1 omnlnvttlfllt 9t nil
automobile scnooi: A searcn or nis
nersonal effects revealed maps, clip
pings, photographs and other suspici
ous documents.
Jewish Women Will Send
Delegates to Conference
' New York. March -28. Prominent
Jewish women throughout the United
States, it was announced today, are
organizing to represent their sex at
the American jewisn congress, ine
date for this congress will be fixed
at a conference here April 1. Mrs.
Nathan Straus has been elected hon
orary president of the woman's or
ganization and Mrs. josepn re is ac
tive oresident. - . .",.
If is the ylan of the organizers to
choose representatives to congress
bv democratic measures based on
universal suffrage. One purpose of
the congress is to formulate for pre
sentation to the peace conference that
will follow the war a program for the
emancipation or Jews living in eoun
triea where they are now subiected to
persecution. - An important part ot
this program, says a statement issued
by the organisers, is a call for the
recognition of the natural claims of
Jews in Palestine, with the possible
creation or a jewisn auinuusiraiiuu
and an international guarantee.
Brakeman Killed.
Boone, la:, March ; 28. (Special
TeIegram.)--Loyd Kennison, aged 21,
brakeman for the Milwaukee railroad,
fell from train at Madrid last night,
breaking nis necic
Obituary Notes
MRS. MART A. ARNOLD, whose
death occurred at the home ot her
son In Falrbury Sunday, due to old
age, waa burled from the Baptist
churon Monday aiternoon, itev.
Parker officiating.
JAMES LUNDOCK. a farmer living
near Odell, waa found dead In bed
Tuesday morning by a neighbor. The
authorities investigated and round
death was due to hemmorrhage. Lun
dock waa a bachelor, 86 years of age.
r' is then' when your mind is
dear and your body strong,
that you may best plan the dispo
sition of your estate.
Come in now, while there is
nothing to distract or dull your
thoughts, and talk with us about it
MAKUH Z9, 1MT.
FOOD STOCKS IN
GERMAMARE LOW
Deputy Ebert Sayt Secent In
ventory Discloses Alarming
Decrease in the Reserves.
RATIONS ARB INSUFFICIENT
Copenhagen, March 28. (Via Lon
don.) The result of the recent stock
taking of the grain, potatoes and
other foodstuffs was so unfavorable
as to cause general apprehension, ac
cording to th,e Berlin Vorwaerts,
which quotes remarks made before
the Reichstag committee on food by
the socialist deputy, Ebert. The
Vorwaerts is the only Berlin paper
which carries an account of the pro
ceedings before the committee.
According to this report, Deputy
Ebert said that an inventory showed
that the 1916 yield of bread grains
was only 500,000 tons, or fifteen
pounds per capita above the 1915 har
vest, a harvest which lias been re
garded as almost calamitous. Ear
lier reports on the 1916 harvest had
described it as good and a rationing
scheme was based on an estimated ex
cess of 1,000,000 tons. Iht reduction
in the visible supply by one-half ex
plains the cut in bread rations which
was announced by the authorities as
soon as the results of the census were
at hand.
Deputy Ebert added tlut a similar
deficit apparently existe in other
food products, and declared that part
of the missing foodstuffs had un
doubtedly vanished down the throats
of cattle and hogs, which were fed
on illegal fodder by the farmers. He
demanded that everything imported
from Roumania be reserved tor Hu
man consumption.
New Rations Insufficient.
London. March 28. Adolph von
Batocki. president of the German
fooJ regulation board, in a statement
to the Reichstag committee, admit
ted that the compensations for the
reduction of the bread ration were
not sufficient, but declared no other
solution was possible, according to a
Central news dispatch from Amster
dam. Despite all the experience the food
administration authorities had gained
and the knowledge they had acquired
the suDDlies. continued tlerr von
Batocki, had been too nigniy esti
mated, but the seriousness of the
situation did not justify either sharp
criticism or Utopian proposals.
Ihe sunolies ot pies were not sur
ficient to nermit the slaughter of the
number which strict necessity re
quired, the food dictator is quoted
as declaring, and therefore the re
serves of cattle would be drawn upon
considerably. Increased production
was impossible, owing to the lack of
labor, leaving out of consideration
the- enormous difficulties of trans
portation.
Sec. McAdoo Borrows Fifty
Million From Reserve Banks
Washington, March 28. Secretary
McAdoo announced tonight that he
had borrowed $50,000,000 from the
twelve federal reserve banks at 2 per
cent per annum ninety days' treasury
certificates of indebtedness in antici
pation of the government's heavy tax
receipts in June. An additional $50,-
uuu,uw in ccriincaics may uc idbucu
before July 1.
THOMPSON BELDEN 6XO
VAp&as&onCpnfcrorJfSmpn
Gstabfishpd f066
Easter Fashions Greet Omc Everywhere
,
The Blouse Store
New models of . American
and .French Voile Blouses
with many new, distinctive
touches. Prices, $1.95 to $25.
Spring: Petticoats in new
3tyles and pleasing: light col
ors; $5 to $6.50.
New Wool Coatings
Ten new ' colors in light
weight Burellas, Jerseys and
Chiffon Velour. We advise
an early selection, as the
wanted colors go quickly.
Housewear
New Spring House and Porch
Dresses, in attractive fabrics
and patterns; $1 . to $3.50:
Dix and Electric makes.
Basamant.
Cotton Skirtings
New effective stripes, dots
and woven patterns that are
very attractive. ,r
Opposite Ik Silk.
Children's Dresses
Attractively Priced
White dresses of voile, or
gandie and lawn with trim
mings of lace, smocking, em
broidery and hand embroid-
, ered; size 4 to 12 years. In
a great variety of prices
all moderate. , , .
Children's colored dresses of
gingham and cambric; sizes
2 to 6 years. All prices.
Third Floor.
Big Wool Clip is
Contracted for at
Forty-Four Cents
Chevenne. Wvo.. March 28. Spe
cial.) The highest price ever paid
for a Wyoming wool clip is that re
ceived by the Scotch outfit' of John
son county from Silberman Bros, for
its 1917 clip of 400,000 pounds, this
price being 44 cents per pound.
U u. rneips ot rant county nas
sold to Montana middlemen his 1917
Clip of approximately 300,000 pounds
for 40 cents per pound.
Mrs. Nellie Case of Kemmerer has
contracted her 1917 clip of 30,000
pounds to Utah middlemen for 42
cents per pound.
Wyoming's shearing season will
begin April 1, the first pens to open
being those in the central part of the
state. The Australian system of
grading wool at the shearing pens is
to be much more generally toiioweo
in the state this year than heretofore.
Students from the University of Wy
oming will be stationed at many
shearing camps to assist in tne grad
ing and classification of wool.
Dynamite and Caps
Are Found in Boat
Near Fort Totten
New York, March 28. Discovery
of a motorboat containing forty
pounds of dynamite and sixteen de
tonating caps within a half mile of
Fort Totten and not far from a
United States destroyer on neutrality
dutv led to the detention by the po
lice today of a man who said he was
Mathias Johnson of Perth Amboy, N.
J. Johnson said he was a wrecker,
who had come from Perth Amboy to
blow up a wreck and had put in for
shelter at the basin near the .'ort be
cause of rain and darkness. The po
lice authorities asserted he produced
no license as a wrecker or to trans
port dynamite,
New York Police Round
Up the '.'Tango Pirates"
New York, March 28. In connec
tion with the investigation of the
strangling of Mrs. Elsie Lee Hilair
here two week: ago, the police are
taking a census of so-called "tango
pirates" men who make a practice
of meeting women, especially married
women, in dancing places and extort
ing money from them.
Of seventy-six names already ob
tained, it was said, investigations
showed that almost fifty of the "danc
ing men" were former convicts.
Search is being made today by the
police for an anonymous letter writer
said to be a woman, who wrote that
a day or two1 after Mrs. Hilair was
killed a man resembling Benjamin
Sternberg, who is under arrest in
connection wUh the murder, asked
her employer, a jewelry "middle
man," if he could "dispose of some
diamonds in a hurfy."
City Manager Law of
Kansas is Held Valid
Topeka, Kan., March 28. The state
supreme court today upheld the city
manager law; passed by the recent
state legislature ,.The decision came
in the mandamus action to compel
Mayor CV H. Bentley of Wichita to
call an election for ! commissioners
who would appoint a manager for the
city.
Georgette Crepe Dresses
That Are Especially Charming
Spring colors of maize',
gold, monsoon gray, kha
ki kool patterns and strik
ing combinations. A col
lection of correct fashions
for well dressed women.
Other lovely creations, $33.75 to $75.
Foulards Favorites for Spring
There is no fabric quite so serviceable for
general wear or more stylish, this season par
ticularly, than Foulards. Many new designs
received during the past week, in the newest
colors for spring and summer wear. (40
' inch) ; $1.95, $2.25, $2.95 a yard.
Sorosis Springtime Shoes
Will CO-ORDINATE
0. S. ADVERTISING
Special National Advisor
Board Will Direct Uncle
Sam's Publicity.
EXPERTS TO TAKE CHARGE
Washington, March 28. Prelimi
nary arrangements for co-ordination
f all snwrnment advertising of na
tional scope through a national adver
tising advisory board were made to
day at the War and Navy depart
ments. Details will be worked out
through Director Gifford of the Na
tional Defense council.
The purpose of the board, the
services of which have been offered
to the government without cost, is
to determine the advertising mediunt
to be employed in, campaigns to se
sure soldiers, sailors or workmen of
any kind in the present emergency.
As a measure of preparedness in the
event that a big volunteer army is
raised, copies of all the posters and
literature used for this purpose in
England are now enroute from Lon
don. The committee, which called on
Secretary Daniels and Secretary Ba
ker today, is headed by Herbert S.
Houston, president of the Associated
Advertising Clubs, and included Wil
liam H. Rankin, president of the
Western Advertising Agents' asso
ciation, Chicago; O. J. Gude, New
York; Thomas H. Moore of the
American Newspaper Publishers' as
sociation and u. nam oi wic na
tional Association of Advertisers.
Will Protect Commerce.
Secretary Redfield will name shortly
a committee of business men to ad
vise his department in framing meas
ures to safeguard the country's com
merce if war comes and to meet con
ditions after the war. He conferred
today with Willard Straight of New
York, representing the National For
eign Trade council, whose members
have approved the plan.
The committee will serve as an
informal body. It will work out with
the department plans for a permanent
organiiation to co-operate with the
government in promotion of foreign
trade. ' 1
Commerce department officials real
ize that the war has changed so com
pletely the position of this country
in the financial work that a future
practical national financial policy
must be outlined. Officials believe it
Imperative that foreign trade and for
eign loans be encouraged by the gov
ernment since the United States is
now a creditor nation.
Steel Pipe Advances
Ten Dollars Per Ton
Pittsburgh, Pa., March 28. Steel
pipe manufacturers in the Pittsburgh
district today withdrew all prices
and immediately afterward a leading
interest announced that all i sizes of
standard steel pipe had been ad
vanced $10 a ton. It also stated that
it was quoting prices on oil-country
goods "only on application." Other
concerns are expected to follow this
lead. - - - " ..
- - Department Onlen. " l
-'Wafthlngton, March S8.WSpecUt Tel
fram.) Andrew U. Anderaon has been ap-
Jolnted poatmaeter at Lorah, Can county,
a., vice O. W. Anderson, resigned.
U. J, Brewnson has been appointed clerk
In the Lincoln (Neb.) postfotlca and A. 1.
H eider at Mllbank. 8. D.
Of particular interest is an
exquisite French Geor
gette dress with hand em
broidered and hemstitch
ed tunic. The skirt of tur
quoise blue. Priced $39.50.
Impart to the well dressed
woman the final degree of
distinction. For Spring we are . . .
showing white, ivory, gray,
champagne, brown and black ."5
kid shoes, in both lace and:
' button styles. Turn or welt ..
.'soles; heels covered to match V
the uppers. ' ' . '
Priced, $9 to $12. :
quinine. K. w. Grove1 itcnAlure en box. - 3fc
'Atvefieenieai.