Daily Bee "" PART TWO EDITORIAL SECTION PAGES 11 TO 20 Want-ad Service Night or Day i Tyler 1000 VOL. XLVI. NO. 263. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1917. 0 TrilM. at Hotili, Hiwi standi, tic, , SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. The Omaha PERE MARQUETTE IS LOOTED FROM INSIDE Commerce Commission Cen sures Officials of System and Bankers Who' Aided Them. MINORITY TOO CARELESS Washington, April 20. The finan cial downfall ot the Pere Marquette railroad and the Cincinnati, Hamilton ii Dayton railway is attributed in a nag report made public today by the Interstate Commerce commission pri marily to "breach of trust by cor porate officials, often for personal gain." "That downfall with its deplorable consequences," the report reads, "can be traced only to betrayal within and not to compulsion without. Neither rivalry, nor low rates, nor regulation, nor all combined, can be found on this record to have contributed in any ap preciable degree to the disaster. "Nothing disclosed in the record be fore us is more to be regretted than the readinesj of great hanking insti tutions to loan enormous sums of moniy upoi, exceedingly precarious security in aid of such schemes as have been devised in the wrecking of these railroads. "Not only this, but the high officers of such institutions while acting os tensibly as directors of the railroads, have in fact been little more than 'Most Beautiful Womanin Colorado Dies in Paupers Hospital in Gotham Denver. Colo., April 20. Mrs. John V. Springer, divorced wife of the Denver banker and capitalist, once a society leader and called the "most beautiful woman in Colorado, died last night in a paupers' hospital on Blackwell's Island, New York City, alone, save for one friend, who re mained true to her, according to ad vices received here. Because of Mrs. Springer, two men are dead and one is serving a life sentence in the state penitentiary at Canon City, Colo. Mrs. Springer had been married tools and dummies for the promot ers." The commission asks if the fate of these two railroads cannot 3crve to1 avert similar happenings to other roads in the future. "Perhaps not entirely." the report continues, "but it will help if minority stockholders are more watchful and if bond holders assert their rights be fore their security fades away for lack of upkeep, purposely neglected in order to pay interests and dividends unearned. "It would, in our opinion, render exploitation mote difficult if the is suance and marketing of all securities of common carriers were subject to federal regulations. As to that we renew the recommendatio-t repeatedly made to congress in our annual re ports." ' two years when, in 1911, Sylvester Von Puhl and George E. Copeland were killed by Harold F. Henwood in a local hotel in a discission of Mrs. Springer. Following this Mr. Springer sued for divorce and Mrs. Springer was granted $5,000 and went to New York. Little was heard of Mrs. Springer until recently. Then she began posing occasionally for motion nicture con cerns in the cast. Her funds ex hausted, and when she became ill a short time ago she was forced to go to the hospital on Blackwell's Island. Limit Put On Discharge Of Married Guardsmen Washington, April 20. Discharges from the National Guard will not be granted enlisted men solely because they are married, according t in structions sent out by the militia bur eau. Where a soldier has indepen dent means which will prevent Jiis family from becoming a charge upon the government he will not be mus tered out. The War department has been flooded since the original order was issued with inquiries and protests from national guardsmen, many of whom have been discharged under the dependent family rule and against their wishes, because they were mar ried men. TAKE ELEVATOR--SAVE $10.00 The Spring Drive Is N ow On We have mobilized the greatest army of SPRING SUITS and SILK LINED TOPCOATS ever placed on inspection for Omaha men. When we say the greatest we mean the greatest styles, tailoring and fabrics that TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS could buy. Twenty feet above the high ground floor rent of 16th street. No charge accounts No free deliveries No floor walker's or window trimmer's salary to pay, are just a few of the many reasons why Barker can sell yoi $25 Spring Suits and Top Coats AT Our Guarantee If You Can Duplicate Theta Garmanta EUewher for Leu Than $25.00 Regularly, Coma Back and Gat Your Monay. FIT GUARANTEED SILK LINED TOP COATS Two shade of GENUINE PRIESTLEY GABERDINE "Trench Coats," Silk Lined. We Want You to Enlist In Our Army of Satisfied Customers. 10 CLOTHES SHOP 16th and Farnam. 2d Floor Rose Bldg. Nine Seized German Ships I Nearly Ready for Sea Washington, April 20. Vigorous , steps are being taken by the govern-, ment to repair the seized German ! ships and it is believed nine of them will be ready for sea in the next thir-1 ty days. A bill to empower the shipping board to take foreign built craft on t the ways and pay for them probably j will be introduced in congress next week. Nearly 1,.'00,000 tons now is I building for foreign interests. 1 he scarcity of ofneers for the great fleet the shipping board plans may require legislation to relax some of the restrictions of the present law. Treasury Will Issue Notes Only as May Be Necessary Washington, April 20. Treasury certificates of indebtedness, author ized up to $2,000,000,000 in the $7, 000,000,000 war finance measure now Chairman Hoover Asks Boys to Raise Beans New York, April 20. On the JTound that beans are the best of oods for war emergenciea. Her bert C. Hoover, chairman of the naiiunai roou cunimasion, urges the Boy Scouts of America to de vote their energies to the cultiva tion of thil crop. before congress, will be issued, Secre tary McAdoo announced today, "as may be necessary to meet the re quirements of the treasury" as soon as the bill becomes a law. The bonds authorized by the hill probably will not be offered before sixty days. Meanwhile certificates of indebtedness maturing June 30 and bearing accrued interest in payment nf subscriptions for bonds will be old. v.; German Papers Express Hope of Speedy Victory Amsterdam, April 20. (Via Lon don.) German newspapers express the opinion that the record figure of the sixth German war loan will prove to the entente that the attempt to ex haust Germany's financial strength is a failure and that thil, coupled with the American crop shortage and the German submarine exploits, must biing a speedy victory. The Vossische Zeitung attributes the success of the loan to the "fires that flamed up in German breasts at president Wilson's repulsive treat ment of us." The Deutsche Tages Zeitung says :hat "this 'U-boat' loan showed that even a world power like the United States is- unable to shake the con iidence of the German people" and that it is made plain that Germany wants "no business peace, no renun ciatory peace, but victory full and complete." Ambassador Elkus Seriously 111 With Spotted Typhoid The Hague, April 19. (Via Lon don, April 20.) United States Am bassador Elkus is seriously ill at Con stantinople with spotted typhoid fever, according to a dispatch from, Berlin. The Vossische Zeitung says a German specialist is assisting the embassy physician. Washington, April 20. Ambassador Elkus at Constantinople is suffering from a light attack of typhus and every attention is being given him, according to dispatches. Minister Morris at Stockholm tele graphed that the Swedish minister at Constantinople reported that Ambas sador Elkus had "spotted typhus." One-Minute Store Talk "Fully equipped like our new Light Twelve," said 'a promi nent automobile dealer, draw ing a comparison with the Greater Nebraska. Yes, every modern facility for your sat isfaction in clothes selection is here. Intelligent service that anticipates your wants and understands your require ments. A great modern store, a vast selection of styles. As sembling under one root the most worthy clothing and men's dress ac cessories made in America spells service-plus for our patrons. JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres.. .WM. L. HOLZMAN, Treas.. Wonderfully Complete Stocks Of America's Finest Spring Suits $20 - $25 - $30 VALUES that may never be duplicated again await your selec tion today. BUY NOW is advice that men will appreciate when they know the facts." 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