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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1918)
THE BEET OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1118, CATTLEMEN ASK ftSSSgs PROTECTION FOR I XXS THEIR BUSINESS Say Country Will Suffer Unless Live Stock Reserve Is Con served and Shortage Prevented. (Br Asoclat4 Piwm.I St. Lake City, Jan. IS. Declaring that "there is a red flag of danger flying at the mast of the cattle busi ness" and suggesting steps which he said should be taken to protect the live stock industry of the United States. A. E. DeRicqles of Denver, Colo., addressed the twenty-first an- nual convention of the American Na tional Live Stock association today on "A Live Stock Policy for Wash ington." T'Unless," said Mr. DeRicqles, omething definitely constructive is promptly done to establish a policy for this great industry, the country will suffer. We find in Washington that many of the important industries that produce food are represented in the United States food administra tion, but to the best of our knowledge there is no department in charge of live stock, and we trust that some action will be taken to remedy this. ( Increased Receipts Dangerous. "The danger that we. see at this time is in the increased cattle receipts at market, which in 1917 for the nine big markets, Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, St.. Joseph, Sioux City, St. Paul, Indianapolis and Fort Worth, show a gain of 2,707,675 cattle, as compared with 1916 also a. year of large receipts. I beiieve,the cattle that have gone to, market this year have averaged 75 pounds less in ; weight than the average for the 10 years previous."- Mr. DeRicqles said that the im mense receipts showed that the re ' serve supply had been deeply cut into, : and that on account of the short calf j crop in 1917 and an assured short '' calf crop in 1918, this reset ve could i not be quickly restored. Mr. De- k t- i.j t.-. .1.. ; KicqiCS also asserica inai uic iccugis ; of cattle were not having such a i profitable seasor as believed and that the period following Julv, 1918. would I show a shortage in beet animals at a ; time when most needed. Meatless Day Disadvantage. . "At the risk of making myself un it popular with some of those in au- thority, I wish to state," said Mr. De i Ricqles, "that it' is my opinion that the meatless day that includes beef and mutton is one of the features I that will rebound to our disadvan tage." Mr. DeRicqles said that anybody : who criticised conditions without of- fering an improvement was not doing i a service. He made 'the following : suggestions in connection with what ; could be done. "First of all, to positively protect f feeders and stock growers against the draft, so that men may be available 'i to do the work. "Suspend the operation of the 640- acre nomcsieaa dim lor pcnoa ro il eluding one year after the closing of f the war. , - "Request the Indian rervlce to X make permits for grazing on Indian I lands for a period of not less than . five years, rather than for one year, as . is done in many cases. , Suspend Oleo Tax. "Suspend t once the tax on oleo- margarine, which will enable the packer to psy more for cattle and re : duce the price of a high grade food. "Stop the exportation of cottonseed ' cake and meal and establish a flat I price of $45 per ton on cake carrying 4 43 per cent protein with sliding scale .for higher or lower per cent based . an Texas common point freight rates. , "The government from time to time . to announce the quantities of meats . that it will need and has purchased, and prices paid for it, and to pay a good, fair price for such purchases. "An immediate control by license . or otherwise by the food administra , tion of the packing house and stock yards companies." Puling Modified as to Beef. , Washington, Jan. 15. -Residents of six western states may est all the beef they want on meatless days, but no other meats, under a ruling by the , food administration designed to meet ; a peculiar situation in California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Ne ; vada and Arizona. ; In the six states, the food adminis- tration was shown, it has grown less ' and less profitable to raise cattle be cause of mounting feed costs. Grow ers have on hand large numbers which they are forced to market. Railroad congestion, too, has made it hard to - get . their cattle to the eastern sea board. , The situation was outlined to food administration officials at the recent ' conference here of state food adminis- trators and it now has been ruled that 1 no effort would be made to restrict the consumption of beef in the six states. ' The ruling does not apply to any other meats. Chicago Packing Plants Open; Trains on Time ; Chicago, Jan. 15. Resumption, of full operations at the big meat pack ' ipg establishments, .interrupted yes- terday by the necessity of removing v snow from switch yards in order to ? bring in coal, and a weather forecast i which said nothing about any more i snow were cheerful elements of the t local storm situation today. Pas t senger trains were leaving on sched ule time and fuel by the trainload was reported moving from the Indiana and Illinois' mines. ' Operations of the immense steel and munition plants along the south shore of Lake Michigan remained sus pended while tens of thousands of their men continued to work clearing the tracks to permit the arrival of coal already on its way. It will be a week before the plants are running normally, it was said. In Chicago 60,000 school boys put in their second day attacking the Irifts, as did innumerable neighbor hood dubs. Milk deliveries were sporadic ' congress May Investigate 'Charges Against Troops . Washington, Jan. 15. Congres iional investigation of "slanderous charges" against the character of American . troops abroad, alleged to have been circulated by .the Anti-Saloon .eague, was proposed in a reso lution today, t New York, Jan. 15. The fate of the American-Hawaiian, steamship Texan, reported in wireless messages yesterday as sinking somewhere off the coast, remained a sea mastery to day. Officials of the company this aft ernoon had received .no further in formation about the vessel, which is presumed to have been the victim of a collision. They were confident, however, that the crew of 43 had been rescued by other vessels which had proceeded on their voyage. MEXICO WANTS AGREEMENT WITH U.S. GOVERNMENT Carranza Will Reopen Negotia tions with Washington to Se cure Foodstuffs; May Send Another Mission. Washington, Jan. 15, Resumption of negotiations designed to adjust differences between the United States and Mexico over the question of ex ports and imports, especially those relating to supplying Mexico with corn and other foodstuffs, is depend ent on the Carranza government. It was said today that President Carranza has been urged by his councillors in Mexico and by the em bassy here to send another mission to the United States to continue the negotiations abandoned by Luis Ca brera, who left the country in pique to attend theh neutrality congress in Buenos Aires, which already had been postponed until April. Corn Shortage. Cabrera's departure checked all en deavors to get corn into Mexico to relieve famine conditions. Ambassa dor Fletcher, who was summoned here from Mexico to take part in the conferences, is still in Washington, but is making no move to effect an adjustment. It was reported that Carranza had virtually decided to'send as the head of the second mission Alberto Pani, prominent as one of his advisers and a member of the Mexican commis sion which met with an American commission last year to adjust the border situation. INTRODUCE BILL TO TAKE MORE MEN ON NEXT DRAFT CALL (Contluned From Tmgt One.) tion support is expected promptly in both houses. Badgo for Exempted. Another bill introduced by Senator Chamberlain would provide a distinc tive badge or button for exempted men. i The bill changing the basis of state quota is believed to provide a more equitable system, as it witl exclude en tirely enemy aliens from the basis. Enemy aliens were included in the basis tor the first draft and there was much complaint. Heavy enemy alien populations in some congested dis tricts forced Americans to army duty regardless of exemption claims to make up district quotas. Accept Proof of Death. . To facilitate collection of private insurance policies held by troops, an other bill would require private in surance companies to accept the offi cial army record as proof of death of men among the army insured. It is designed to meet the cases of men reported missing to which there is no actual proof of death. In case of payment by insurance companies upon policies held by men reported missing and who later should appear, the bill provides for reimbursement to the insurance companies by the government Exemption of the government from payment of the new war tax on auto mobiles is the purpose of another bill introduced by Senator Chamberlain to deal principally with the large gov ernment purchase of motor trucks. Children March Out of School; Smoke Causes Alarm Teachers marched several hundred children out of the Lincoln school, Twenty-seventh and F streets, South Side, at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon when the building filled with smoke. The janitor, fearing an explosion, dumped the grate of live coals in the furnace onto the basement floor. The water boiler was empty. Firemen extinguished the smoul dering blaze before it caused any damage. Life. Insurance For . American Sailors Washington, Jan. 15. Because of the extension of the submarine .war zone Secretary McAdoo . today or dered government life insurance in force for officers and crews of Ameri can merchantmen traveling between American ports and the Cape Verde islands and points on the west coast of Africa, north of Sierra Leone. Sailing vessel will not be insured. TEETH 1 .MffVW' DR. McKENNEY Says: "An achlnc tooth will nukt mar trouble than an tseaped iunatio lt' a fiendlih deitroyer of peace" HMvlut Bridrt I Baal SUvar FUN in " 75c Baat Jl-k Cold Crown $4.00 Wa ptauf yon tr Ycfund your minify McKENNEY DENTISTS 14th and Famcm 1324 Fanuiia 31 Phono Douglas 2672. ' Work, per tooth. 54 00 Wonder ptatee worth SIS to S2S, $5, $8, $10 THIRD OF MILLION PLEDGED IN WAR SAVINGS DRIVE "Baby Bonds" to the Amount of $325,000 Subscribed; Com mittee Hopes to Exceed Omaha's Quota. War savings certificate sales pledged up to last night totalled more than JJ5,0U0. I he committee now feels that Omaha will far exceed its quota for the week's big drive. 'We will probably reach $750,000 easily and we hope to reach $l,WO,UW, said Kobert ti Manley. A force of more than SO women started Tuesday morning to canvass all of the grocery stores, outlying drug stores, ' and other stores throughout the city. J. T. Cameron, secretary or xne Keiau urocers as sociation of Omaha, furnished the women with typewritten lists of theJ grocery stores in me city, ana aiso mapped them out and arranged them into convenient routes for the work ers. Thus, the women started, each icam wur. a aennne route to cover, reaching all stores on a given street or circuit ot streets for a given dis Many Give Their Time. More than 500 men and women are working on the drive in Omaha to day. They will continue to work throughout the week. Some are nut ting in full days. Others are split ting up their time, giving half days, or a given number of hou" per day. Cards have been distributed in the schools so as to reach all of the school children. The pupils are sign ing mem reaany. rarncuiariy are the $5 stamps popular with the school children. The committee met with team cap tains at the Commercial club at noon Tuesday, and went over details. The captains made their reports of amounts subscribed thus far. Not all of the figures have as yet been tabulated however, as the office force cannot, keep up with the volume of subscriptions pouring in. Reds Are Alarmed at German Control of Parley Washington, Jan. IS. Deep appre hension and alarm are felt by the Rus sian Maximalists at the- dangerous turn taken by the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk. Official advices received here today say the belief is spreading among the Bolslieviki that it is only possible to treat with Germany as victor or van quished. It was because of the growing feel ing that the Russian negotiators were completely in the hands of the enemy in the fortress at Brest-Litovsk that an effort was made to transfer the conference to another point. Profound differences of opinion al ready have developed at the con ference in regard to the political fu ture of the Poles, Lithuanians and Letts and 'he conviction has followed that the Germans, feeling that they could moie readily enforce their will in regard to these matters at Brest Litovsk, prevented a transfer of the negotiations to a neutral country, Government Wins Suit to Exclude Paper from Mails Washington, Jan. 15,The dis trict supreme court here today up held the right of the postmaster general to exclude from the mails the Milwaukee Leader under the terms of the espionage act The proceedings brought by the Milwaukee Social Democrat Pub lishing company, which prints the paper, and of which former Repre sentative Victor Berger is a mem ber, were dismissed. It was the first test case of the right of the government to exclude a newspaper from the second class mailing privilege for violation of the new law. Right H mm is where 3A of your engine troubles are! Out of sight, hidden in the cylinders, are the piston rings. You can't see them 'working. You never think of them. As a result, even when you have too little power and no compres sion, you do not readily think of the piston rings. But the chances are that they really cause the trouble. " win solve your "more power" problem. They will save you gasoline and oil, ana prolong tne life of the engine by eliminating carbon, smoking, and spark plug troubles. American Hammered Piston Rings are made in aUes for all cars. All good parage and accessory dealers sen them. If your dealer cannot supply you see us. Dele Exid Srrle Station Wfcelmate and RUt Dlatrftator 2024 Fanuun StrMt PbM O. 3687 Ornth. Ntb. Vui txduivrty by Ckalnurs Wiukm, WhU Msrctr Suenu.lMUt SHgtmtn, tic Defeat Plan to Give President Control of Paper Washington, Jan. 15. An amend ment to the pending resolution for government control of news print paper which would have placed au thority with the president was de feated today in the senate, which voted to place the power entirely with the federal trade commission, Another vote will be necessary before the resolution is finally passed. The senate as a committee of the whole then accepted the amendment of Senator Jones of Washington, limiting newspapers to 16 pages, 30 days after the approval of the resolution. The senate later rejected, '53 to 4, Senator Jones' amendment limiting newspapers to 16 pages. CALL STRIKE IF PEACE DEMANDS M NOT GRANTED English Shipbuilders in Ugly Mood; Threaten Treble if Man-Power Law is Not Repealed at Once. London, Jan. IS. The reference made in the House of Commons yes terday by Sir Auckland Geddes, min ister of national service, to the en gineers attempting to force the gov ernment to conscript their fathers and return wounded men to the front has focused attention on the attitude of engineering and shipbuilding em ployes along the Clyde, where the trouble has been most active. Sir Auckland declared that many young men in essential industries had acted as though they held a privileged position. He said that they must share the burden with the others. At a meeting in the Clyde district on Sunday, the engineers and ship builders decided to strike if the gov ernment man-power bill was not withdrawn before the end of January and a peace conference called. The rebuke given these men by Sir Auckland Geddes is generally en dorsed by the press and members of parliament, but in some quarters the minister is condemned for lack of capacity, as the temper of the men is strained and persuasion is more likely to be effective than a menace. J. Ramsay MacDonald, labor leader and who has just returned from the Clyde, says the situation needs very careful handling. 5Sfc SAVE d SERVE WT WAR StfyCS STAMPS FINE FURS 25 Less Than Regular This offer is worth more than pass-, ing notice because of the quality of the furs offered. May we show them to you? Second Floor THQMPSON.BEIDEN - CO f8- Zhe fashion Center for Womei3 Linen Opportunities i GLOVES Other Than : Kid for Winter i Fownes' and Kayser's Silk and ; Double Silk Gloves, $1.25, $1.50, I $1.75. i I Fownes' Filossette is a washable I fabric glove in white, that is very popular, 75c and $1. BRASSIERES for 50c Err'joidery and lace trimmed styles, lace and embroidery com binations, others of plain mate rials; perfect fitting brassieres, made by well known manufactur ers. Price, 50c. Corset Section Third Floor Cloths and Napkins In Matched Patterns $5 Cloths, 72x72, $4.50 $5 Napkins, 20x20, $4.50 $10 Cloths, 72x90, $7.89 $10.75 Napkins, 24x24, $8 I Hemstitched Damask Luncheon Napkins $5 Qualities, $4.38 a doz. $6.75 Qualities, $5.89 doz. $7.50 Qualities, $6.00 doz. Hemstitched Damask Luncheon Cloths 1 $4.75 Cloths (36-in.) $3.38 $6.00 Cloths (45-in.) $4.50 $7.50 Cloths (54-in.) $5.89 Fine Hemstitched and Embroidered Pillow Cases Regular $2.50 quality for Wednesday, $2.00 a pair. Heavy Bleached Damask $2.50 quality, two yards wide, $2.25 a yard. BED SHEETS, 95c ;'i Bleached Sheets of Rood muslin, free from dressing., French seam, size 72x90, special, Wednesday, at 95c. Basement Out Size HOSE In lisle with garter tops and dou ble soles, 59c In silk lisle with ribbed tops, 75c. In silk with garter tops and dou ble soles, white and black, $1.25. We Consider This the Best SHOE SALE of the SEASON It Starts Wednesday, &30 A. ML Black Kid and Patent Leather Shoes, both lace and button styles, regularly sold up to $8.00 a pair, WEDNESDAY, 51 Black Kid, Gray Kid, Brown Kid and Colored Combinations in lace and but ton styles, shoes sold regularly up to $12 a pair, WEDNESDAY, fl White Kid, Light and Dark Gray Kid, Ivory and Brown Kid shoes, with low or high heels. Sold regularly up to $14. WEDNESDAY, $J95 $; 95 $088 irextf s Miii Women's High Shoes and Party Slippers Starts Wednesday, January 16, 8 a. m. This year our Annual Sale strikes harder than ever before at the High Cost of Living the values are bigger than ever in the face of higher markets and still higher markets coming fornext season. 1.4 ft hi. ill ft ,sIi Quality. Such The world's best shoemakers have contributed to this great sale therp. a nn "crmA "rejects" or job lots bought to sell to the unsuspecting public. Every shoe in this sale was Dougnt tor our regular stock and all are up to the High Standard of Drexel famous makes as Hanan & Son, John Foster, J. & T. Cousins, S. Weil and Armstrong's Shoes for Women are in this sale. Some selling for Half Price and some even at Less Than Half Price Note the wonderful values and be here early Wednesday morning. We have arranged for extra help and will try to serve you in truly Drexel Style. But advise your coming early. 200 pairs Hanan 's, Cousins Armstrong patent leathers can nign snoes regular , $6, $7 and $8 values 00 pairs Cousins, Armstrong and Weil Colored Kid and Combina tions, High Shoes, $10, $12 and $14 values. During $1745 this sale. 200 pairs of women's colored kid and combination High Shoes our regular $8, $9 and $10 values your cnoice now. . 5ii 500 pairs of $5.00 and $6.00 values in Patent, Kid and Calf reduced iot j tins sale to 3H Extra Features in Women's High Shoes That are Wonderful Values 500 pairs of broken lots, consisting of Satin, De Laine, Cravanette and Patents regular $5.00 and $6.00 shoes. No exchange no re fundno delivery. Rxtra qc Special for this sale , . . P 1 200 pairs of Young Women's and Misses' Kid and Calf, button or lace broken sizes reeular $3.00 and $4.00 values. Extra Special. No exchange no QKr refund no delivery ,. 5OC We have taken all our imported French Bronze Kid High Shoes button or lace values $7.00, $8.00, a $9.00 and $10.00. Extra Special P0 (X Big Special Reductions in Dress and Party Slippers for This Sale $7.00, $8.00 and $10.00 values, Dress or Party Slippers In imported bronze, kid,, patent kid and kid o A a i-' beaded. Extra specials, at v45 200 pairs of White, Black and Colors in high grades of Satin Party Slippers. Our regular $4.00 and $5.00 0i values, for pl.y5 100 pairs of nouse SI black kid end patent leather, &a $3.00 to $6.00 values M.45 100 pairs broken lines Kid Strap House Slippers $2.50 and $3 values special 95c 3 mi 1 IT. i DREXEL SHOE C 1419 Farnam Street O 4 Eft1 J 4 1