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Bee AHA THE WEATHER Fair; Warmer VOL. XL VI. NO. 263. OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1917 TWENTY PAGES. t. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. CONGRESS URGED TO CONTROL FOOD PRODUCTS; TEUTON LINES MELT BEFORE FRENCH ONSLAUGHT .NEWS SECTION PART ONE PAGES ONE TO TEN The Om ? HOUSTON ASKS BOARD BE MADE PRICE CENSOR Secretary of Agriculture Wants Law That Will Give Council of Defense Power to . Regulate Markets. IOWA CHILDREN ARE ASKED TO GROW FOOD i- . I. Proclamation by Governor is Read in Every School Room in the State. WORKMEN WALK NIVELLE'S DRIVE CONTINUES WITH UNBROKEN FORCE Gauls Are Maintaining Initia tive and Are Making Sub stantial Progress All Along the Line. J& M ' I OUT IN GERMAN MUNITION IW BROAD SCHEME OUTLINED Authorizes Government to Buy and Sell Food in Cases of Extreme Emergency. NEAR PANIC AT CHICAGO Washington, April 20. Secretary Houston today recommended to the senate that the Council of National Defense be empowered to fix mini mum and maximum food prices. To meet the food situation Secre tary Houston told the senate the De partment of Agriculture needs the following power: "To make a complete survey of the food supply of the nation to deter mine its location, ownership, control and distribution. "In co-operation with the interests involved, to establish minimum grades of farm products, including i seeds and standards for receptacles. f "To license and supervise the oper ation of all plants, mills, packing houses, canneries, slaughter houses, breweries, distilleries, storage house or other establishments or factories in which food or feeds, implements and any other articles required for agricultural purposes are prepared, manufactured or kept for sale or dis tribution. "To require the preference move ment by the common carriers of seeds, fertilizers, farm implements or the materials required in their manu facture, To Facilitate Distribution. "To enlarge the, existing tele grahic market news service of the de partment to assist tn the distribution of product! to the proportionate re quirements of -the consuming centers. "In case of extreme emergency, the government should have power to nuikct(Mrn dispose pf, food products and to fix nttiiru,or,ijfe. f mumr prices. i .' ' ". ' "If is estimated that approximately $,25,000,000 will be required to carry' out the plans outlined herein. In or der that prompt steps may be taken to put them into effect it is urged that immediate action be taken to give the department the -requisite authority and to make available the necessary funds." VnnA Pantf at Chiraot Chicago, III., April 20. "Stop Hoarding ioou i This was the cry that swept Chi cago today as two new restraints , ; were thrown against the steadily V , i growing wave of household buying.-" J ' First An investigation of reports ;i mac speculators wcic tidiuujuig wuc- ' houses in an effort to corner the mar . ; fleet jn certain foodstuffs was begun by city officials. Second Through its president, Mrs. '. T. Yerne"e Morse, the Hornet Mak ; era' guild instituted a nation-wide movement to. check hoarding of foods through appeals to the patriotism of women. , X, . Householders Hoard Food. , . Despite the restraints thrown about . food hoarding by the quantity limita i lions established' by grocers, buying ly .householders' who feared further j advances reached a degree of inten J sity which led grocers in many sec ' i I tions of the city to institute what ' : amounted to the virtual disruption of 'The Weather Foiv Nebraska and warmer. Hour. Temp fi a. m 42 6 a. m 42 7 a. m 43 8 a. m 40 9 a. m 37 10 a. m 37 11 a. m 3ft 12 noon 3K 1 p. m 30 : p. m 41 3 p. m 4 ft 4 p. m 48 6 p. m hi 6 p. Ill r.3 -7 p. m r.2 8. p. m 6s mm Comparative Loral Record. '"- 1917. 191)1. Kit. 1914. Hlshfit yesterday 63 R3 S2 71 Lowaot yesterday 3ft 40 65 34 Mean temperature.... 44 4ft 8 62 Precipitation .-.38 .07 . 17 v.00 Temperature and precipitation departures fromt the normal: Normal temperature 53 deficiency tor the day 9 Total excess since March 1 86 Normal preclpltAtlon , 10 Inch Kxi'oss tor the day 28 Inch Total rainfall since March 1. ..3.09 Inches TJeflelency since March t. 10 Inch deficiency for cor. period tn 1916.1.15 lnchea Deficiency for cor. period In 1916. .90 Inch . Reports From Stations at J P. M. Station and State Temp. Hlsh- Rain of Weather. 7 p. m. est. fall. Cheyenne, cloudy 60 62 .00 davenport, rainlni 46 64 .04 Denver, clear 66 so ,00 Pes Moines, raining 42 60 .18 l)o.lr City, clear 68 62 .00 Lander, part cloudy 6tl so .00 Chicago, part cloudy .62 72 ' .06 Omaha, clear 62 63 .38 Pueblo, clear GO 62 .on rtspid.Clty, part cloudy. ..(in 5 .on Kelt Lake City, clear 62 63 .00 Kanta , clear 56. 66 .00 Minneapolis, cloudy. 42 44 .10 Htoua City, clear. 52 64 .Ot Uslahoma. clear 62 66 .00 L. A. WELSH. MetsorolclUt I WORK IS TO BEGIN TODAY Dcs Moines, la., April 10. In a proclamation which is believed to be the first instrument of its sort ever ! addressed exclusively to school chil dren by the governor of any state William L. Harding, governor of ', Iowa, today appealed to the boys and ! girls of the staje to help Iowa pro duce a maximum yield of foodstuffs during the coming season. The proclamation, which follows, will be read in every school room in the state this afternoon. "To the boys and girls of Iowa: "As governor' of the state on be half of humanity everywhere I call upon you to help in every way you can in reducing the world food shortage. Shortage Already Apparent. "You no doubt know that in our own United States we are producing less foodstuffs than is demanded to supply our own people. This, cou pled with European conditions, makes the situation very serious and com mands our earnest and patriotic at tention. "Our own beloved America is at war with a foreign country. It is the duty of every boy and girl in stir ring times like these to volunteer his or her service to the flag and to the country. Few, if any, of you can join those who take up arms, but you can do just as valiant service for your country and show your patriot ism just as much by doing all in your power to assist in growing food stuffs to help feed the hungry mil lions and those who actually do the righting in all the ways of modem warfare. Needs Help of All Children. "Our own Iowa is by nature equipped to produce more food than any other state in the union. To do this and bring this production up to the. highest possibility we need the help of every boy and girl in the state. We need your individual help. You can help and by doing so not only serve your country, but your self as well. The way that naturally suggests itself to one with open mind is for you to plant a garden, give it good care and then make a careful etudy of harvesting so that the fruits of your-toil can be available for iood. ."Parents and teachers will help you in this splendid task and, in addition, the state stands ready to give through its various agencies all the assistance you may command. The state can lo much for you by furnishing in formation of the latest and most im proved methods of food production i'nd harvesting. "Therefore, by virtue of the power in me vested as governor of the state of Iowa, I call upon every boy and girl in the state to enlist in this cam paign to increase the food supply and in accordance therewith set apart Fri day, April 20, 1917, as the day when this work shall be actually started." Letter to Teachers. In a letter address to all school teachers the governor said: "We are all interested in the great need of incrasing food production of our state and. I feel sure that you will co-operate .with us in bringing to the attention of the boys and girls of the public schools the fact that they can be of material assistance in this im portant work. "I am sending you the proclamation with the request that you make it a part of your program and that you do all you can to enthuse the boys and girls to plant, cultivate and harvest such garden and field vegetables as will increase the food supply." Another Ancient City Of Egypt Unearthed By the Scientists (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) Cairo, March 25. The site of Canopus, one of the most ancient cities of, Egypt, has been found, ac cording to Daninos Pasha, who claims the honor of making the discovery. For many years he has maintained that its site lay somewhere in the region of Abouklr bay and, appar ently, his contention is now proved to be correct. Before the foundation of Alex andria, Canopus was the commercial capital of the country and the most important religious center in lower tgypt. Excavations have already brought to light a great public bath of the Ptolemaic period, about 150 feet in length. It is divided into twenty chambers of which the largest is ahout twenty-tour feet long and of the same width. There are rooms for various forms of baths, such as hip and mud baths and a large ' all which was evidently used for massage pur poses and the preparation of aromatic oil. Bronze coins found in various rooms bear the effigies of Ptolemy Soter Ptolomey Energatcs and Queen Berenice. Of the several statuettes unearthed, the most interesting is that of a Chinese figure, which shows, it is contended, that in the dim oast relations must have existed between China and this ancient capital of Egypt. . ' Ben Teal, Theatrical Producer And Stage Manager, Is Dead New York, April 20. Ben Teal, theatrical producer and stage man ager, died here today. Strikes Breatt Out iWyQpp Plants and Various other War Factories in Berlin and Elsewhere. HOLLWEQ WON'T LISTEN Chancellor Declines to Aot as Arbiter or Discuss Situa tion With Toilers. DEPUTATION CALLS ON HIM Amsterdam, April 20. (Via Lon I don.) Strikes have broken out in var I ious munition factories in Germany, including the Krupps, the Telcgraaf says it has learned from German I sources. I Chancellor von Bct!fniann-Hollvreg I says the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, hav i ing declined to discuss the situation with a deputation headed by Hugo I Haase, president of the central execu ! tive committee of the independent so i cialist democratic party. 20,000 work ers in four factories m Greater Berlin decided to continue their strike. Strike Continues Everywhere. Copenhagen (Via London), April 20. According to the Berlin Vor waerts the strike continues every where in Berlin and Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg's reply to a depu tation of workers from the Deutsche VVaffcn uud Munitions Fabrik of Ber lin was a declaration to assume the task of arbitrator. Loqan Backs Up Men Who Enter Army Service Logan, la., April 20. (Special Tele gram.) The war meeting here last evening at the Christian church in honor of the company in process of organization at Missouri Valley was a decided success in attendance, en thusiasm and patriotism. Dr. R. D. McEvoy presided. Speeches were made by Rev. Edgar Price, of the Christian church; Editor A. H. Sniff, of the News; Attorney Ambrose Burke, Captain Brown, representing the veterans of the Civil war, and the Spanish-American war soldiers also had a representative. Dr. C. S. Ken nedy, of Logan, and Dr. Wells Dew ell. mayor of Woodbine, who recently enlisted with thirty or more young men of Woodbine and vicinity, were speakers. Missouri Valley proposes to give $1,000 to the local company. Son-in-Law Tried to Chop Him Up With Cleaver, He Says Frank Wilson, 2710 Parker street, colored, is in the hospital' ward of the city jail with several deep gashes on his head, which he said were inflicted by his son-in-law, Tex Richard, with a cleaver. According to Wilson, his son-in-law attempted to chop his wife. When Wilson protested, Wilson said, Rich ard grabbed the oil lamp and heaved it at hinie. He then took a meat cleaver and was in the act of chopping him up when police were called. Frank, jr., son of Mr. Wilson, 'was cut on the arm by Richard, when he asked that his father be spared. His injury was not serious. A fire alarm was turned in to put out the blaze, caused by the oil spilled on the floor. Richard made his escape. Forty More Car Men Join Lincoln Strike Lincoln, Neb., April 20. Forty street car operatives joined the strik ers here this morning, bringing the total of men striking up to 140. Only twelve of the old men are now work ing. Street car service is further par alyzed and hundreds of people walked in from the suburbs through a chill rain this morning. The traction com pany has complained that the Lincoln police officers have not given satis factory protection and as a result all car service will be abandoned again tonight. Nebraska House Asks Law Barring Liquor During War Lincoln, Neb., April 20. The low er house of the Nebraska legislature iast evening adopted without dissent a resolution petitioning President Wilson and congress to pass a law "that will prohibit the sale and trans portation of malt, spiritous, vinous, alcoholic and intoxicating liquors in the United States during the period of the war." American Sentries Fire On Mexican Snipers F.I Taso, Tex., April 20. Snipers, who fired at an American sentry sta tioned at the viaduct, in the suburbs of this city, were fired upon in return by a squad of United States soldiers late today. "One Mexican was seen to fall after a volley had been fired across the border. Bennie Leonard Knocks Out Richie Mitchell in Seventh Milwaukee, April 20. Benny Leon ard of New York, crack lightweight, scored a knockout over Richie Mitchell, Milwaukee, in the seventh round of a scheduled ten-round, no decision boxing bout tonight. The blow that ended the bout was a stiff swing to the jaw VILLA TELLS D.S. HE ISN'T KAISER'S ALLY Bandit Chief Reported to Have Sent Envoy With Assur-i-ances Not Leagued.", i ALLEGED DEAL 18 .DENIED El Paso, Tex., April 20. Coming direct from Villa's camp on the Cpn chos river, a delegate from the Mexi can leader is said to have passed through here recently enroute to the interior of the United States to de liver documents to Miguel Diaz Lom bardi, who is understood to be Villa's choice for provisional president of his proposed government. The presence of the Villa courier was not known here until after he had left the border, according to men who are close to Villa. This courier told a Villa partisan here that he would de liver papers to Lombardi instructing him to go at once to Washington and. deny that any Germans were in Villa's command and to state that Villa would oppose' by force any ef forts of any Mexican faction to align his people with the Germans. The arrival of this courier was the first direct information which local Villa partisans claim to have had from him for three weeks. Russian Socialists Say Must Continue War With Germany Petrograd, April 20. (Via Lon don.) The Zemlia Volia, the organ of the revolutionary socialists, de clares that the prosecution of the wa.' is necessary, since Germany persists in its plans of conquest. The paper says: "A peace formula without annexa tions implies of necessity the restora tion of the devastated countries of Belgium,- Serbia, Montenegro and Rouroania, and also the application of the principle of a plebiscite to de cide the fate of the people in cases where there is a dispute. Germany still continues to seek conquests and to penetrate further into Russian ter ritory. It is, therefore, necessary to accept the Calvary of war to the end. "But the defense of the country and abstention on our' part from at tempts at annexation in no way means that the soldiers are to re main in the trenches without attack ing. An offensive is necessary to se cure a successful end to the war." Bread Cards in Sweden ! : Force Use of Barley Bread (Correspondence of The Associated l'ress.) Stockholm, March 31. One result of the introduction of the bread card in Sweden has been a return in some quarters to the baking of barley bread. Bread from barley flour, which may be sold without bread cards, is already being served in several railway res taurants. Hotels to Save Eyes Of Spuds for Gardens Columbus, O., April 20. After a conference with Governor Cox, Columbus hotel proprietors an nounced today that in the future they will save the eyes of the po tatoes they use foe distribution to backyard gardeners as seed. w Our Flag MONTGOMERY OF STACEJAME DIES Comedian, Who Wai HI for More Than Month in Chicago Hospital, Succumb.. BK8AK WITH SMALL CIRCUS Chicago,. April 20. David Mont gomery, the comedian, who had been ill in a church hospital for more than a month, died shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon. ' Montgomery was of Scotch descent and was about 47 years old. He began his career as an entertainer with a small circus. From clown and side show dancer he became a minstrel and for some time was with the Hav erly troupe of Mastodon minstrels. In 1895 he formed the partnership with Fred Stone, and the team of Montgomery and Stone soon became famous. The two appeared in the "Wirard of Or," Montgomery as the tin woodman and Stone as the sjraw man. Montgomery last appeared in "Chin Chin" at St. Paul, leaving the com pany to come here for medical ex amination, which resulted in his going to the hospital on March 20. After the operation he rallied for a time, but suffered a relapse, since which he had been unconscious for days at a time. , Rev. C. C. Tracy, Author And Missionary, is Dead Los Angeles, Cal., April 20. Rev. Charles C. Tracy, educator and mis sionary, died here , early today, having precipitated a fatal crisis in his illness, his physicians said, when he left his sick bed about ten days ago to urge Armenian relief work in a speech at a public gathering. Dr. Tracy was president of the Anatolia college at Marsivan, Tur key, from 1886 to 1913 and was in Los Angeles on furlough at the out break of the war. He was the author of many religious stories and hymns. He was 78 years old and is survived by a widow, a daughter and a son re siding in Los Angeles and by an other son in the ministry at Rich mond, Vt. He was born at Smith field, Pa; May Option on Wheat is High:.- Than at Chicago On the Omaha market the May wheat option sold at $2.56, while Chi cago May was selling at $2.44, but cash wheat was unchanged, the top price being $270 per bushel. Re ceipts were twenty-eight carloads. Corn was up 3 cents, selling at $1.51 1.58, the high for the day being a new top. Receipts were seventy-two carloads. Oats sold 'around 72(j73 cents per bushel, unchanged from Thursday. The receipts were fifty-four carloads. TOO MUCH ECONOMY WORSE THAN WASTE National Defense Council Ad' 'i Titer Warni Against Hys - terics in Sacrifices, P&OSPZKITY IS ESSENTIAL Washington, April 20. Warning to the nation against a real danger in hysterical . and ill-advised economy and interference with normal pursuits of the people is given by Howard E. Coffin of the advisory commission of the Council of National Defense in a statement made public last night as the first enterprise of the govern ment's new committee on public in formation. Just returned from a trip through several middle western states, Mr. Coffin deplores the fact that condi tions of unemployment , and closed factories should arise as a result of indiscriminate efforts, public and pri vate, toward wt,r-time economies. Often Far from Practical. "After nearly three years of refusal to take the European war and its' les son seriously;" Mr. Coffin says, "we suddenly launched forth in a most feverish activity to save the country overnight. Patriotic organizations al most without number are milling around noisily, and, while intentions are good, the results are often far from practical. "Because of an impending and pos sible shortage of foodstuffs we have hysterical demands for economy in every line of human, endeavor. Waste is bad, but an undiscriminating economy is worse.- "Some states and municipalities are stopping road building and other pub lic work. General business is being slowed down because of the emo tional response of the trading public to these micguided campaigns for economy; savings are being with drawn from the banks; reports show that some people have begun to hoard food supplies, and thousands of work ers are being thrown needlessly out of employment. All this is wrong-. Prosperity Essential in War. "We need prosperity in war time even more than when we are at peace. "It seems therefore, that a plain statement of general policv is most desirable.' ( "Upon the industrial side of the war three great tasks confront us: "First and foremost, we must fa cilitate the flow of raw materials and finished products to our allies and must provide the means of rail and water transportation therefor. "Second, we must meet our own great military and naval building schedules.", "Third, we must plan to do all this with the least possible disarranaiement to our own vast commercial and in- austriai machines.' Recruiting Posters on the Union Pacific Local Trains Kavy recruiting posters are to be placed in all chair ears of local and branch line trains on the Union Pa cific railroad in Nebraska and Kan sas, according to orders by President E. E. Calvin of the road. Frank, 19-year-old son of President Calvin, has asked and received his parents' approval before joining an or ganisation tor military service. The young man is still attendinsr the Uni versity of California in Berkeley, bul plans soon to enlist FORT CONDE IS CAPTURED Strong Force Defending Im portant Angle is Caught Between Jaws of Vice. COUNTER ATTACKS FAIL Paris, April 20. Hard fighting con tinues between the French and the Germans all along the southern front in France. The French war office in its latest communication issued this evening records further progress for the forces of General Nivelle north of the Aisne, in Champagne and in the' Ar gonne forest. ' More than 19,000 Germans have been made prisoner and guns in ex cess of 100 have beeivcaptured by the French since the offensive began last Monday. German counter attacks were repulsed. The failure of the Ger mans to resist the pressure of the French is the outstanding feature of the operations to date. Crushing All Salients. It is clear that General Nivellc's armies are in no danger of losing the initiative and that gradually but sure ly all the salients along the Soissons Auberive front are being crushed. The principal salientf to which the enemy had clung formed an. angle where the front, running south from St. Quentin, hinged to the line run ning eastward toward Rheinis. .' Caught as in a vise by the troops advancing northeast from Laffaux and northwest from Vailly and Chav onne, the angle collapsed yesterday and Fort Conde was captured. Sub stantial progress also was made in the center, ground being won cast and west of Craonne. , Countsr Attacks Repulsed. . ' Violent fighting" umlinufd during the night, in the course of which the French msdc further gains in -the re gions of Lsffaiuc-and the Vauckrc platesfl, - the t war : office .announces. Several .fines of trenches east of Loivrt were captured. Heavy counter attacks by the Ger mans in the Champagne were re pulsed, severe losses being inflicted on the enemy. The statement follows: "South of St. Quentin the enemy's artillery kept up a heavy fire, to which our batteries replied vigor ously. During the night patrol en counters occurred north of Urvillers. In the region of Laffaux we made ap preciable progress and took fifty prisoners. We repulsed several counter attacks in this sector. "On the Vauclerc plateau and south west of Courcy we carried several trenches with grenades. East of Loivre a well conducted operation enabled us to gain ground and take 250 prisoners., German Attacks Violent. "In the Champagne the night was marked hy violent reactions of the enemy. Strong counter attacks pre ceded by bombardments wera launched by' the Germans in the re gion of Moronvilliers. Our curtain of fire and our machine guns competely negatived these efforts which cost the enemy very heavy losses. A score of prisoners remained in our hands. Everywhere else the night passed in quiet. ' "On April 16 ten German airplanes and two captive balloons were brought 'down by our pilots." Berlin, April 20 (Via London). . The occupation of the Siegfried posi tions, which long have been under construction, says the official state ment issued today by the German army headquarters, began on March 16 and ended yesterday by the aban donment of the bank of the River Aisne between Conde and Soupir. "The enemy," the statement adds, "follows hesitatingly." The German statement continues: "On the Arras battlefield the firing increases daily. Near St. Quentin it varies. Th double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne continues its normal course, v "A second French attempt to break through in the Champagne has been frustrated." , , ' Berlin Reports New Battles. Berlin (Via London), April 20. The official statement issued, by the Uerman war omce this evening re ports that new engagements devel oped during the afternoon between lJrosnes, east ot Kheims, and the Suippes valley. ' Your Want-Ad for the Big Sunday Classified Section . must be in before 9 o'clock tonight. To be sure to have it in in time, call , , Tyler 1000 right now. You are as close to The Bee Want-Ad Dept. as your phone is to yon.