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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 22, 1917.
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RIGHT TO FIX COST
; IS DISPUTED HERE
Grain Dealers ' Challenge Gov
ernment's Legal Authority
to Control Market.
"VIOLATES CONSTITUTION"
Omaha.'Ohc of the most important
food distributing centers in the Unit
ed States, sat up and took notice when
Secretary of Agriculture Houston rec
ommended to congress that the Coun
cil of National Defense be empowered
to fix food prices.
This city is the foremost butter
market in the world, the second
largest grain market and the second
largest live stock market.
Legislation tending to establish
standard food prices affects materially
the big business interests here.
Leroy Corliss and Charles Harding
declare that fixing the prices of dairy
products would tend to throw out of
joint this city's butter and creamery
business amounting to $10,000,000 an
nually. They intimate that produc
tion itself would be crippled seriously
by price tampering.
Demand to Be Gauge.
Grain men are unanimous in the
opinion that economic demand will
have far more to do with fixing cereal
price! than any arbitrary standard of
values the government may try to es
tablish. Some commission men chal
lenge the constitutional authority of
the men at Washington to govern the
grain markets by mere decree.
Omaha's grain receipts last year
were 75,169,140 bushels. Its ship
ments were 60.890,000 bushels.
Local packers, whose business in
1916 amounted to $149768,860, will
calmly abide, they say, by any order
the government wakes affecting their
industry. '
This is-what representative men in
the-dairy, grain and packing business
said"
Must Consider Costs.
LeRoy Corliss, president ' of the
Waterloo Creamery company, evapo
rated milk 1 don't see how the gov
ernment can fix a maximum price on
any manufactured food without going
back all along the line and fixing the
price of every article that goes into
the production and packing of that
food, together with the labor costs.
Two years ago our one-pound tin
cans cost us $46 per 1,000. Today
they cost lis $85 per 1,000. Even the
paper labels on the cans now cost us
$1.13 per 1,000, while a year ago they
cost us only 56 cents. Fibre cases
have gone up 100 per cent, solder 60
per cent. Labor has advanced 35 per
cent. Miscellaneous items have ad
vanced easily 50 per cent.
.Milk Is Big Item.. .'
Then there is the big item milk.
A year ago we paid $1.20 per 100
pounds. Today it coats $2.15. How
can the government fix the price at
which we must sell our evaporated
milk without fixing the price of ill
the accessories we have to buy? How
can it fix the price of our product
without fixing the price at which the
farmer must sell it to us?
. And the moment it reduces the
price the firmer gets, bingl he will
quit shipping. We in the creamery
business think , the. best possible
stimulus, to production u the high
prices the farmer it getting. You can
preach production: to the farmers till
you're black in the face, but the thing
that wilt stimulate them to produce
more is big prices.
President Charles Harding, of
Harding Creamery company The
fixing of food prices by the govern
ment is such in entirely new idea in
this country that I could not venture
n opinion as to what it would do to
butter or inything els. If the gov
ernment does fix the price of food
ituffs, we will ill hive to govern our
selves accordingly. I should hardly
think the government would do any-'
thing that would inflict unavoidable
losses upon those in the business of
manufacturing these products,
The margin of profit for the big
dealers, now is smaller than it was
before' the high prices came on.
Everything all down the line costs us
more now. Paper cartons for butter
cost 100 per cent more. The 10-gal-lon
cream cans we use are up 100 per
cent, ind to on down the line. We
pay. much more for the cream from
the farmers, and the readjustment
would all have to get right back to
him.:
John W. Redick," publicity agent,
Omaha Grain exchange No matter
what they do, they can't increase the
surplus stocks of grain and foodstuffs.
It is now entirely a matter of supply
and demand and there is no longer
any speculative element in cash grain.
This was apparent Friday, when on
the floor of the Omaha Grain ex
change cash wheat sold at $2.70, or
30 cents over the May option. This
wheat was takjen at this price on ac
count of the demand and it was worth
the money. Of course" the" govern
ment Could fix a miximum price, but
I doubt if i price lower than the
actual market value would be taken
into consideration.
. . Supply and Demand.
J, W; Holmquist, president Holm
quist Elevator company I don't
think the government will take over
the surplus stocks of foodstuffs. I
don't think the necessity for such ac
tion has arisen, and if it should take
tthem over, 1 don't see how prices
could go much lower. Right now
prices paid for cash grain indicate
that speculation has been eliminated
and that sales' are made on the actual
value of the commodities.
E. S. Westbrooke, president Trans
Mississippi Grain company If the
government fixes the maximum price
it which grain is to be sold and eli
uinates speculation, of course that
would be the price that would main
ain. However, if there should not
e the consumptive demand, my judg
ment is that prices would have to de-
:line to meet the ideas of the buyers
who would be willing to hold for the
maximum prices, or until another
consumptive demand appeared. Right
now there is no speculation in cash
grain, every bushel offered fetching
what it is, actually worth for milling
purposes.
Government Is Right.
- C. S. Rainbolt, president Rainbolt
Grain company For long tune I
have felt that the government would
take over the surplus gram and food
stocks. Ever since the declaration of
war this action hasbeen apparent and
the goverament is right, for the first
Uhlans Cut Down
Teuton Deserters
Amsterdam (Via London), April
20. More than 500 German fusi
liers, sailors and landsturmers,
tried to cross the Dutch-Belgian
frontier near Cadzind, Holland,
saya the Handelsblad, but the at
tempted desertion was frustrated
after the party had been pursued
and fired on by Uhlans with ma
:hine guns. Thirty-eight of the de
serters were wounded. The mount
ed guards along the frontier have
been doubled.
essential is fo feed our own people
and the second to feed the allies.
While the constitution does not pro
vide for anything of the kind, the
government can take over every
bushel of grain in the country and fix
the maximum or minimum price. If
the government should take over the
grain surplus, for a time it might in
terfere with the business of the
Omaha grain market, but it would
right itself later on.' .
K. .C. Howe, general manager of
Armour packing plants of the South
Side Secretary Houston's recom
mendation that the government regu
late food prices will not be detri
mental to farmers or stockmen. In
taking over the packing plants the
government will first see to it that
the class of products demanded by
the army and navy are supplied. Next
production will be regulated to supply
government requirements first, then
those of the nation at large will be
attended to.
Consumers' League Seeking ;
To Divert Union, Trade
T. P. Shirley, secretary of the Doug
las County Consumers' league, in a
letter read last night at the meeting
of the Central Labor union, urged
members of the union and their fami
lies to divert their trade tQ. the store
owned by the Douglas County Con
sumers' league. " " .
Shirley estimates "thaf: $10,000 is
spent daily in Omaha stores by the
families of members of the Central
Labor union. '. .
"Why - not spend this money in
stores which you yourselves own?"
he asks. -"Thus you can withhold prof
its from those whu are hostile to you
and put profits in, your own pockets,
thereby reducing the high cost of
living. .
C. L. Shamp, 3615 North Twenty
fourth street, recommended that all
members of the Central Labor union
join the Douglas County Consumers'
league as il step of reprisal against
business men who interfere in labor
disputes. '
Shamp explained that stock in the
Douglas County Consumers' league
was controlled by "working men."
Each owner of stock whose par value
a share is $10 has i-voice and vote
in conducting the league's affairs.
j? . V Nair Foatinaate..
Washington, April II). (Hnarlal Til
ffram.) W, V. Strohl has bssn appointed
postmaster at Mtlburn, Butler county, Ne
braska, vlo. Mrs. B. Lakeman, reilnnrd.
Mra. Laura P. ! t Myranda, Kaulk
county, Boucn Dakota, vie T. J. Slavara.
rsslgnrd.
"Anaemia-Lack of Iron-Is Greatest Curse
To Health and Beauty of American Women"
Says Dr. Ferdinand King, New York Physician and Medical Author
Any Woman Who Tires Easily, is Nervous or Irritable, or Looks Pale, Haggard and
Worn, Should Have Her Blood Examined for Iron Deficiency.
Administration of Nuxated Iron Will Increase the Stren gth and Endurance of Weak, Nervous, Careworn Women
100 Per Cent in Two Weeks' Time In Many Instances.
THE CHILD'S APPEAL
Mother.why don't you take
riUAULU 1KUN and be Strong
, " . . m z ,
11 j i
UnU WeU ana nave nice rOSV
cheeks instead of being so
nervous and irritable all the
time and looking so haggard and
old-The doctor gave some to
Susie Smiths mother and she
was worse off than you are
j . u l a
and &0W SnO lOOkS JUSt tinQ
"There can be no healthy, beautiful, roav
cheeked women without. Iron,"" eays Dr.
Ferdinand Kin,, a New York Phyalclan and
Medical Author. "In my recent talk, to
Dhyaielana on the grave and aerloua con
sequence of iron deficiency in the blood
or American women, I
have etrangly emphasis
ed the fact that doctors
should prescribe more or
ganic Iron nuxated iron
for their nervous, run
down, weak, haggard
leoVing women patients.
Pallor means anaemia.
The skin of an anaemic
woman (s pale, the fleih
flabby. The .muscles lack
tone, the brain fags and
the memory fails, and often they be
come weak, nervous, irritable, de
spondent and melancholy. When the
iron goes from the blood of women,
the roses go from their cheeks.
"In the most common foods of
.America, the starches, sugars, table
syrups, candies, polished rice, white
bread, soda crackers, biscuits, mac
aroni, upaghettl, tapioca, sago, farina,
degerminated eornmeal no longer is
Iron to be found. Refining processes
have removed the iron of Mother
Earth from these Impoverished foods,
and silly methods of home- cookery,
by throwing down the watte pip the
waters in which our vegetables are
cooked are responsible for another
grave iron loss,
"Therefore, If you wlnh to preaerve
your youthful vun and vigor to a
ripe old age, you mu.t eupjily tha
iron deficiency in your food by uaing
aotne form of organic iron, Juat aa you
would use salt when your ' food haa not
enough aalt.
"Aa 1 have Bald a hundred timea over,
organic iron I. the greatest of al atrength
buildera. If people would onlyj take Nux-
HAPPENINGS IN
THE JIAGIC CITY
Eagle Delegation to Nebraska
City Monday to Attend
Convention.
MISSOURI FLOODS HOMES
A delegation of local Eagles will
go to Nebraska City Sunday evening
to take part in the state convention
to be held Monday and Tuesday,
there. Arbor day will also be ob
sevred Monday and in formal recog
nition, the state Eagles will parade.
They will je accompanied by the
Franeic band. Several local lodge
members are scheduled to prominent
parts in the convention.
Saloonist Reports Big Loss,
Joe Hyjek, saloon man, 4920 South
Twenty-fourth street, reported the
robbery of $650 from his place of busi
ness sometime Friday evening. He
told Detectives Sullivan and Za
loudek, who investigated that he met
his partner at opening time Friday
morning in the saloon. The partner,
Mr. Morozck said they had been
robbed. The money was gold coin
and was in the bar register. A sack
of change amounting to nearly $100
under the bar was not touched. De
tectives reported that there was no
sign of the place having been broken
into,
. Cleanup Campaign On.
Cleanup days was observed on the
South Side. In nearly every quarter
of the city back yards received a rak
ing ind alleys the same. : . '
' HenTy Schmeling and his assistant,
Mr. Hedges, exercised i the Golden
Rule to. excess. Real estate owners
were notified of breaches of the law.
The city hauled a considerable amount
of debris to the river and other dumn
ing grounds.
Kawczyk Funeral. '
I The funeral of John Kawczyk, 35
years old, florist, who died of apo
plexy, while at work Thursday, will
be held Saturday morning at 8:30
o'clock from the Brewer chapel,
Twenty-fourth and M streets, to the
Church of Immaculate Conception,
Twenty-fourth and Bancroft. Service
will be held at 9 o'clock. Burial will
be in St. Mary's cemetery.
Magic City Gossip.
For Rent Store, houses, rottakrs and
Bala. SOUTH OMAHA INVESTMENT CO.
.The business man's dinner at the Grare
Methodist church will be hold the evening
of May I at Twenty-nfth and E streots.
Major J. W. Crrss, 4427 Houth Twenty
third atreet, will entertain members of Phil
Kearney Poat No. 2, Grand Army of tha
Republic, Saturday evening.
Mothera of arhool children In the Jung
man school district, were entertained Friday
afternoon at the achool houss by Principal
Margaret O'Toole and membera of the
faculty.
aFIRE INSURANCE, choice of u leading
companies; prompt aervlee, lowetit rates.
SOUTH OMAHA INVESTMENT CO.
John E. O'Hern, a'uperintendent of alt Ar
mour & Co. planta, waa the gueat of honor
at a banquet at the local plant Thurnday
evening.
WALL PAPER! WALL PAPER! At
greatly reduced prlrea for your aprlng
4,tnun Uakn vn.av ,..
. r- jum. oivbdui, H,,V.
I Koutaky-Pavllk Co.
ted Iron when they ful wak or run
down, instead of doting thcmitlvcs with
habit-forming drugs, stimulants and alco
holic b v trade b, 1 am convinced that in this
way they eould ward off disease, preventing
It becoming- organic in thousands of eases
and thereby the live of thousands might
be saved who now die every year from
pneumonia, grippe, kidney, liver, heart trou
ble and other dangerous maladies. The real
and true cause which started their disease
was nothing more nor less than a weakened
condition brought on by a lack of iron in
the blood.
"On account of the peculiar nature of
woman, and the great drain placed upon
tier system at eertaln periods, the requires
iron much more than man to help make
up for the loss.
"Iron is absolutely necessary to enable
your blood to change food into living tis
sue. Without it, no matter thow much or
what you aat. your fond marlv
thrugh you without doing you any good.
sou gone get tne strength out of It, and
as a consequence you become weak, pale
and sickly looking, just like a plant try-
ma u grow in a sou deficient in iron. If
you are not strong or welt, you owe it to
how long you can work or how far you can
iii.ni me lunuwinK ieet; nw
now i
lk without becoming tired. Next take two
iive-grain tablets of ordinary nun
fiv.grin tabl.ts of ordinary nuxated Iron
times per day after meals for two
inree um.i per nay arter meala for two
weak,. Then teal your atrenstb. asaln and
aee how much you hava (rained. hava aeen
doaana of nervoua, run-down people who
wera alllni all tha while double their
atreneth and endurance and entirely rid
themaelvoe of all aymptoma of dyapepala,
liver and other trouble, in from ten to
" prop'r ,or1m- And thia ftw the A
l "ww been doctoring for months
r111011 btn'n ny benefit. But don't
u" th 0,d form8 ot educed iron, iron
ceUte, or tincture of iron simply to save
uurioen uaya time aimply By taking: iron
few cents. The imn rtmnfiwt k. uu..
Nature for the rod coloring matter in the
blood of her children is, alas! not that kind
of iron. You
must take
iron in a
form that
can be easily
absorbed and
Dr. Ferdimmt Kins, Neu Hark Physician,
and AfajieaJ Author, lelk phy kinns thai they
wW fraetiU wore orjonic iron Nuxated
Ironfcr their patien t- sayt anaemia- iron it
Jkierxy is the greatetl euni to the healtli, etreng h,
titalily and beauty of the modern American
Woman Sounds uwniiij cgainut ute of metallic
iron, which mcy injur the
leet , eorroe'e the ttomach and
do far more ham than good,
c (irises vss of only Nuxated
Inn.
Sees Hen Solving
War Food Problem
Chicago, April 20. The peaceful
barnyard hen may become a factor
in solving the war-time food prob
lem if the program of the Amer
ican Poultry association is carried
out.
"Be patriotic and raise chickens,"
said E. T. Richards of Cedar Rap
ids, la., today, addressing a meet
ing of the association, of which he
is president. "Within sixty days
we can hatch enough chickens to
add 100,000,000 pounds of meat to
the nation's supply the middle of
September."
Archbishop Blenk of New
Orleans Dies of Heart Trouble
New Orleans, April 20. Most Rev.
James Hubert Blenk, since 1906 Cath
olic archbishop of the ecclesiastical
province of New Orleans, died here
tonight, aged 62 years. Physicians an
nounced death was due to a compli
cation of .ailments superinduced by
heart trouble. .He had been in poor
health about two years.
Archbishop Blenk was born in Neu
stedt, Bavaria, July 28, 1856, of Protes
tant parents and came to New Or
leans, when a child. After graduating
from Jefferson college under the Ma
rist Fathers, he went to Belloy,
France, and studied. In 1885, he en
tered the priesthood at Belloy. He
became an instructor in Jefferson col
lege and later was its president. .
In W7 he was appointed rector of
a New Orleans church. Later he was
appointed bishop of the Porto Rican
diocese, the first under American oc
cupation. Bishop Blenk on July 1,
1906," became 'archbishop of New Or
leans. '
During his administration he was
accredited "With adding materially to
the church and educational buildings
in the various dioceses.
German Paper Says America
Cannot Break U-Boat Blockade
Amsterdam (Via London), April 20.
"Will the American fleet enable our
enemies to break our submarine block
ade? The answer is, most certainly
not," says the Koelnische Volks Zeit
ung, which adduces a curious and cu
mulative argument which it evidently
considers final that "The submarine
cure has not been invented. There
fore it cannot be invented, because
there is none."
Recovers Car Fifteen Minutes'
After It Is Stolen by Thief
Martin H. Harris, 3205 Poppleton
avenue, manager of the Toledo Scale
company, recovered his speedster, fif
teen minutes alter it had been stolen
last night from in front of the Black
stone, where he and his wife were
calling.
I Police located the car at Thirtv-
sixth and Dewey avenue.
. Can't Sell Liquor to Rolillera.
Pittsburgh, Pa., April 10. Judge Jamea
McF. Carpenter and Judge A. B. Reld, alt
ting In license court here today, handed
down an order which forblda saloon keepera
to eel liquor to aoldlera In Allegheny
county.
You can tell the women with
plenty of iron in their blood
beautiful healthy rosy cheeked
women full of Life, Vim and
Vitality
assimilated to do you any good, otherwise
it may prove worse than uselesit.
"I have used Nuxated Iron widely In my
own practice in most severe aggravated
conditions with unfailing results. 1 have
induced msny other physicians to give it
a trial, all of whom have given me most
surprising reports in regard to its great
power as a health and strength builder. ,
"Many an athlete and nrize fltrhtpr ha
won the dsy simply because he knew the
secret ot great strength and endurance and
filled his blood with Iron before he went
into the affray: while many another ha
gone down in inglorious defeat simply for
Dr. Schuyler C. Jaques. Visiting Surgeon
oi en, niuaoem s Hospital, New York City,
said: "I have never before given out any
memcai imormaiion or advice for publica
tion, as I ordinarily do not believe in it.
But so meny American women suffer from
iron aenciency with Its attendant llls
phystcal weakness, nervous Irritability, mel
ancholy, indigestion, flabby, sagging mus
cles, etc.. etc. and in consequence of
their weakened, run-down condition they
ere so Hahle to contract serious and even
ratal ft is ea . that I deem it my duty
to advise all such to take Nuxated Iron.
I have taken It myself and given it to
my patients with most surprising and
satisfactory results. And those who wish
quickly to Increase their strength, power
and endurance will find it most m.
markable anfl wonderfully effective rem-
ray.
NOTENuxated Iron, which Is pre
scribed and recommended above by phy
sicians In such a great variety of cases.
it not a patent medicine or secret remedy,
but one which is we'l known to druggists
and whose iron constituent are widely
prescribed by eminent physicians both in
Europe and America. Unlike the older
inorganic iron products it ie easily assim
lleted. does not injure the teeth, make
them black, nor upset the stomach; on
the contrary, it is a moet potent remedy
in nearly all forma of Indiireiition as
- . ... TTW.--r a,
well as for nervous, run down conditions. The manu
facturer have such great confidence in nuxated iron
that they offer to forfeit SI 00 to any charitable in
stitution if they csnnot take any man or woman
under 60 who lacks iron and increase their strength
100 per cent or over in four weeks' time, provided
they have no serious organic trouble. They also of
fer to refund your money if it does not at least
double your strength and endurance in ten days'
time. It is dispensed in this city by Sherman 4 Mc
Connell Drug Co. and all good druggists. Adv.
VILLA TELLS U.S. HE
ISN'T KAISER'S ALLY
Bandit Chief Reported to Have
Sent Envoy With Assur
ances Not Leagued.
ALLEGED DEAL IS DENIED
El Paso, Tex., April 20. Coming
direct from Villa's camp on the Con
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 .0 Villa. This courier told
a Villa partisan here that he would de
liver papers to Lombardi instruefng
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:
German Sub:r.:; :.ie in the
Middle Atlantic, Is Report
Boston, April 20 A British steam
ship from Mediterranean ports today
reported the receipt on Tuesday night
jf a wireless warning from a British
naval vessel that a German submarine
was in the middle Atlantic.
Quentln Booaevelt Knllate.
Washington. April 20. Quentln Booae
velt, youngest son of ex-President RooBe
velt, has enlisted In the algnal offlcera' re
serve corps. He received hie papers at the
War department today and will be sent lm
meilately to the aviation school at Mlneola,
L. I.
Drugs and Toilet Articles
At The Owl Drug Co., 16th and Harney Sts.
Monday Morning, April 23d
'The Schlitz building, in which we have been quartered for nine years, is to be
torn down May 1st. We have secured quarters in the United States National Bank
building at 16th and Farnam streets. (This store is both north and west of the
Burlington ticket office.)
To fittingly celebrate our "Swan-song" at this store, we shall hold a Removal
Sale of one week, starting Monday morning, April , 23d, and closing Saturday,
April 28th. It would, of .course, be impossible to name all the items we shall offer
for sale, but we shall try to make a complete close-out as far as possible of our
surplus stock of toilet goods, medicinal and sundry items, as contained in the store
at the present time, and shall possibly draw on our warehouse for some items to
make this sale truly interesting and profitable to those who attend it.
Toilet Goods
15c, 19c and 25c quality Williams'
Perfumed Talcums, per Q
can, at
$ 1 Mme. Nordica's Bath AQ
Powder, at tC
25c Absorbit (Body De- 1 A
odorizer) for.........
25c Assorted Lot Faca Powders
and Talcum, per pack- 1 A-,
age, at ItC
50c Assorted Lot Powders and
Talcums, per package, 29 (J
Colgate's Medium Size Cashmere
Bouquet soap, lUc
cakes, 3 for
25c Golden Bath Powder
for
$1 Golden Rule Hair Re
storer and Tonic for. .
$1 White Cross Hair Re
mover, for
25c
14c
59c
59c
25c Houbigant's Rice Pow- 1 P .
der, 2 shades, for IOC
60c Standard Bulk Perfumes
' six kinds, per ounce, 29 C
5c Ivory Soap,
5 cakci for . .
19c
10c Maxine Elliot Soap,
. per cake
6c
i Lux-
50c Harriet Hubbard 'Ayer's Lux-
una Face Cream,
per jar
25c Face Ease Lotion,
for
25c Nu-Fut Foot Powder,
for..
29c
14c
14c
The exquisite Dorothy Vernon
line of Toilet Waters, Soaps and
Face Creams at the following
deeply cut prices i
All 25c Creams, Powders, Toilet
Waters, Perfumes, per 1 A
pkg., at IC
All 50c Creams, Powders, Toilet
Waters and Perfumes, Oft
per pkg., at aCIC
All $1 Creams, Powders, Toilet
Waters and Perfumes, llAr
per pkg., at OtC
25c Sanitol Liquid Shampoo or
Hair Tonic, per bottle, 1 A
at ItC
50c Sanitol Liquid Shampoo or
Hair Tonic, per bottle, 29(J
This Sale at Owl Drug Co. Only
1 16th and Harney
THE OWL DRUG CO.
16th and Harney
SHERMAN P McCONNELL DRUG CO.. Proprietors
England Will Draft
All its Physicans
London, April 20. The war cabi
net decided today that every physi
cian and surgeon and every man
with medical training of military
age must be called up for service
immediately. The action is taken,
it is explained, in order to establish
large number of hospitals over
seas because of the torpedoing of
hospital ships by German submarines.
Three Thousand Germans
Under Eye of Government
Washington, April 20 Approxi
mately 1,000 German residents of the
United States are under close surveil
lance, Department of Justice officials
announced today, because of their ac
tivities in behalf of the German gov
ernment hpfnr. America's entrv intfl
man sympathies.
The department's field force of in
vestigators, now grown to formidable
proportions, is keeping so close a
watch upon the small army of sus
pects that it would be possible, it is
authoritatively stated, m arrest virtu
ally every man, under suspicion with
in twenty-four hours. The suspects
are living in every state. Hundreds of
names have recently been added to
the lists.
British Food Dictator
May Seize Any Storehouse
London,Npril 20. The food con
troller is empowered by an order in
council to take possession of any fac
tory or other premises where food is
manufactured.
Gen. Weyler Candidate for
Spanish Senate Office
Madrid (Via Paris), April 20. The
Epocha announces that General Va
leriano Weyler will be the candidate
of the new cabinet for president of the
senate.
ig Removal
News Notes About
The Owl Bird
Col. Harry Wolf is going to
show the people of Omaha a new
record in razing an old building
and raising a new one,
When we started our Owl store
at 16th and Harney, we were in
deed pioneers. The far-seeing mer
chants, W. R. Bennett, Thompson,
Belden & Co. and Orchard & Wil
helm Co., had, however, blazed the
way.
The new home of the Owl in
the quarters formerly occupied by
Orkin Brothers Cloak Store at
16th and Farnam streets will be
made more convenient by a nice,'
wide Farnam street entrance, just
west of the Burlington Route
ticket office.
Lower Broadway, (16th and
Dodge and Douglas) which was de
serted by "Hatty" Black, is still
a busy mart of trade thank you.
Sorry to see you go, Charlie.
We have secured a fifteen years'
lease for our Owl store in the new
Wolf-Hiller building that will be
erected on the site of the old
Schlitz building.
Handsome is that handsome does
and no matter whether our
stores are new ones or old ones,
we well realize that it is service
and stock, first-class goods, and
price that really count, and this
we strive ever to have in mind.
This is our second "Removal
Sale" in twenty-eight years. The
other one was when we moved our
first "Middle of Block" Blue Front
Drug Store, 1513 Dodge street, to
its present location at the corner
of 16th and Dodge streets in 1900.
Household Items
25c Wright's Silver 1
Cream, for lxC
25c Liberty Cleaner, 14c
25c Castilian Cream or 1 A
Ethereal Cleaner, for.. iC
60c Stella Brand Pure QQ
Olive Oil, for .S.iC
35c Household size Machine and
Lawn-mower Oil, 0 1
for
10c Skat Hand Qleaner, fr
per can "C
25c "Rat Nip
Killer, for
Paste Rat
KAISER IS FLAYED BY
ARGEHTIHELIBERALS
Executive Committee of So
cialists Declares German
Methods Violate Law.
TWO SHIPS REPORTED SUNK
Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 20.
At a meeting of socialists here to
day a rupture occurred over the ques
tion of Argentina's policy toward Ger-
many.
Many members favored mainte
nance of absolute neutrality. Others
desired the party to go on record in
opposition to German militarism and
the conduct of submarine warfare.
After a stormy meeting the execu
tive committee, by a two-thirds vote
approved a declaration to be submit
ted to the forthcoming national so
cialist convention, setting forth that
Germany's submarine methods vio
lated international law and the free
dom of the seas. "
It favors efforts to reach a settle
ment by diplomatic means, but rec
ommends the arming of ships.
There is a persistent rumor that the
Argentine sailing ship Orina has been
sunk by a submarine in the Mediter
ranean. It is also reported that the
Argentine steamer Curumalan, 1827
tons, has been sunk.
Melon Crop of 1917 Will Be
The Biggest One in History
Evansville, Ind., April 20. Melon
distributors in conference here today
heard reports which indicate the 1917
watermelon crop will be the biggest
in history. A 50 per cent increase in
tonnage was predicted.
Two Earthquake Shocks Are
Felt Over Southern California
Los Angeles, Cal., April 20. Two
earthquake shocks in rapid succession
were felt in various parts of southern
California late tonight No damage
was reported.
Sale
Medicinal Items
$1 Fenner's Kidney and CQ,,
Backache Remedy OIC
$1 Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy, for
59c
75c (Paraffin ,or Petrolatum)
White Mineral Oil, per
internal use, per bottle, "IC
$1 Pinkham's Compound,
25c Ointments, 4 kinds,
per package, at
100 Hinkle Tablets,
for
100 2-grain Quinine Pills
for
14c
19c
59c
1-Jb. sack Sulphur or Cop- C
peraa, for DC
85c Limestone Phosphate, 24 (J
60c Pape's Diapepsin,
for ; . . . ,
$1 Duffy's Pure Malt,
for
29c
84c
Pure Wines. Malta and Liquors
t Specially priced for this
ale and to close out. Sold
for medicinal use only.
Rubber Goods
Bargains
76 Wood Box Paragon IZAt
Bulb F.amily Syringe. . . J'tC
$2 2-qt. Hercules d 1 Q
Fountain Syringe. . Hif
$1.76 Hercules 2-qt. Water Bot
tle (warranted) $ 09
75c .Good Value No. 1 5 A Q
Atomizer (warranted), "C
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