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:THEfBEE: ' OMAHA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 31, 1918.
PACKERS SPLIT
$500,000 STOCK
YARD DONATION
uiven Half Million to Keep Out
of Cleveland; Federal Trade
Commission Will. Help :
' ; : Small Dealers. V ;:
Washington, Jan."1 30. Difficulties
of independent packing firins in com
peting, with.r the "big five" t occupied
tooays session or tne leaerai iraae
commission's hearing. ' s' -
All the great packing houses were
given $500,000 of stock in" the Cleve
land stock yards last year, after they
had threatened to establish a yard
there themselves, Attorney Francis
J. Heney, special counsel for the fed
eral trade commission, declared at the
packers' hearing here 'today :
; ; . Prevent. Unfairness. '... :-
The . 'commission andr the Depart
ment of 'Justice both have the power
to.prevcnt alleged unfair trade prac
tices ,an effort to put. small com
petitors out :Ot business, Mr. neney
declared after reading affidavits from
independent packing firms,' charging
orict eutHne bt the bis: firms. ;
"I have tried to make it c'earto
alp the small' firms that trie' commis
sioh and the Department of Justice
have such authority," Mr. Heney told
the commission. y "" ' :
.."Not only the power, but also the
desire," ' interjected Commissioner
Colver." ; , , a '
Two Independents Left
-.'"Elimination of the small packers
is going on rigni. now wnuc mis in
vestigation is in progress," Mr.- Heney
replied." "There are only- two inde
pendents left between ; ;rthe, Rocky
mountains and the Mississippi fiver;
one ih; Ottumwa, la.; and the other
ml Austin,; Mmm ,, ;
Their territory has . .been ,'apoor
tioned among the big packers m, an
effort to .put them oUt.f of business,
and Wilson & Co. has been trying to
FRENCH PiBEEST TELLS OP
BATTLEFIELD WORK '
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,bujrout the4MinnesotaplanL ' I, have' Jn the of a house
evidence-on that to mtroddec later. There were several aerial engage.
'- ''- ' Big Stick Threat- ments. AH the British machines re-
AMERICAN HEROES
MEET DEATH IN
GERMAN AIR RAID
Two Young Members of Italian
Red Cross Killed Wherj Teu
tons Bomb Hospital; Left
Safety to Aid Victims.
VT (By Aaaoeiated Breaa.)
Italian ; Army Jteadquartcs m
Northern Italy. Jan. 29.T wo Amerl
cans attached to the Red Cross were
killed at Mcstrc bunday nicut by
bombs drooped bv German raiders.
Thev were William Piatt and Rich
ard Cutts Fairfield, and. were the
first Americans to be killed on the
Italian, front. ' -
Piatt and Fairfield had tt:sj arrived
at a Red Cross hospital on a motor
t ... . v
cycie wnen me raiu oegan. .
Germans Bomb Hospital. .
Five bombs fell in the court yard
of the hospital, killing four persons
and wounding a number of patients;
ine Americans were wuca oui
rieht. One received a fragment of a
bomb in the heart, while the other
was struck by three fragments, in
the head, stonuch and legs.
- The funeral -of the victims ot the
raid was held at Mestre today. The
lone lines of carriages bore 35 coffins,
American flags and floral offerings
covered the caskets ot the two Amer
icans. " - :V ' '
In the attendinir delecation of offi
cers and. men from the American Red
Cross were Major Lowell, head of
the military branch of the American
Red Cross in Italv.-and 15 men from
the three American Red-cross units
attached to the Third , and fourtli
Italian armies.
Refused to Remain in Safety.)
f-nmnanions of Fairfield" ' an44
T V -: Piatt sav thev were killed while per
London, Jan.-30. In last, nights forming an act of bravery. 'They
air raid in which tnree nersons were were tli a kcu wo8s, tamu ji uui ui
killed and ,10 injured,- bombs were range of the raw ana. couia nave, re
SSSHASiSSW L But,. two others, theyjechded
. . - . ... ia crn vn Mrsrre. wncrc mc idiu 11a
The bodies of six otners rre ounea r r t;- v: ... ... .
RETAIN PREMIER HUGHES
AS LEADER
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I"ATHER, OJJES CABANtl-.
Father .Giles ' Benjamin Cabanel,
who foe three years administered to
dying poilus, " has arrived , in the
United States for a lecture tour. The
heroic priest was decorated seven
times for bravery, ;iVhile under fire
snH eras 'attacks he suDolied the spir
itual wants of the brave men who fell
for theifc country. 5 -
GERMAN AERIAL
RAID ON ENGLAND
KILLS 3 WOMEN
already begun, to give aid and help
the probable- victims.
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AWP1 Y JJUllllflK Will -BlUU m ci J ' .. .. .. . I , . .. . , I .rt v. t.
k; .v.. i,;-, .vt, t, The enemv raiders during tne pasi Canibridee. Mass.. Jan. ou.-K.icn
ing oit them " : r twoaiights did not succeed and appar- ard Cutts Fairfield, son of Mrs James
: An affidavit from C-W. ,R. fhelani entlyv did not attempt to bomb any r. Barr of. New York, joined the
general manager of the Jieiland Pack- military objective. - . mi Wynne-Bevan ambulance v corps, ; an
ing effmpanirvof Grand Rapids. Wis.. They merely attempted to kill o- English organization, connected with
vuiana ano iiuajwm.jr v u '"""'I
as usual, were women and children
The official statement says:
"A nnmher of attacks were deliV'
ered against London by hostile air
nlativ last nieht between 10 p. m
and 12:30 a. m., but in uo case did
charged that the pjg packer sold for
. 11 .cents to 12'A cents a pound in
-competition with the Reiland firm
the Saine' beefwhich they priced at
1455 cents to 15 cent? in territories
where the Rtiland firm did no busi
ness.iv 'v ; . ; ;'
"That's price discrimination," said
. Commissioner Murdock. . ' '
"The" big packers afti'. afford to
stand local Josses for ten years, if
necessary, to put competitors down."
Mr. Heney replied, "because their
profits elsewhere more than take care
of such loss.es." . 7 '
, ' Np Competition in "Big Five."- ,
ATlth the intention of showing that
competition between the big packers
virtually has been eliminated by oni
. derstandinj? r regarding all business,
the Red Cross, shortly after he -had
entered Harvard university. last tall,
He was 18 years old and the youngest
OI nve nicntail hi uw i
Baltimore. Md.. Tan.' 30. William
Piatt was the son of the late William
th aiier nehetrate' into the capital. D. Piatt of Baltimore. ;
The "first enemy machines crossed He. went to Iiurpey last-summer
to anvc an. ainuuittiitv, at m. wamv
front. He was 26 years old
the Isle of Thanet.at 9:30 p. m. and
nrnrprlfH n the 1 names estuary
towards' London, but all were turned
back by gun fire. v . .
Turned Back by Gunfire.
J "Meanwhile a sintrle airplane which
1 11.- r rnntl at ifl-D fljl
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m . nasse! around the north and west
of London and dropped some bombs
"A the. same time another i-eiiemy
machine dropped bombs on the notih-
. tnree letter were .introaucca .concern. outskirts, witbout.causing any
in aproppsai to go'inxo we ti raso ..u.li.
marKeti . 1 . . 1 rVir simUnes which crossed the
- Arthur Meeker, vice president -of v-Jt j lwueen 10:25
Armour & Co., wrot? Lewis F. SwifH . 10;S0 ni were an turned back
March. 15, 1915, asking, "how do ou
feel about our eomsr to El Paso?'
Swife replied .he didn't think the El
Paso connection was important for
the Fort Worth stock yards.
. A memorandum from Charles" ' H.
by gun fire at various placesN-on the
way to London- - , .
The hnal attaCK. aenvcrea across
Essex bv three or founmachines .be
tween 11:30 p. m. and midnight, was
niialt unsuccessful. Bombs' were
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Illinois Socialists Indorse
- Bolsheviki Peace Plans
Freenort. III.. Jan. 30. Socialists
of the Thirteenth Illinois cougres
sional district, in convention here, en
dorsfed the Bolsheviki peace proposals
as representing also the peace aims
of British socialist ana lapor orgaq
irations. S. H. .immernian was uoni
inated for congress. ; -. .
U. S. Senator Dies.
Trenton. N. J., Jan. 30. United
States Senator William Hughes of
Paterson died here today at 10:15 a.
m. at a hospital where he had been
a patient for' several weeks suffering
from sentic noisonine resulting from
an infection' of the teeth, followed by
bronchial pneumonia. . .
Reprasent Shipping Board.
Washineton. Tan. 30. Raymond B.
Stevens, vice chairman of the shipping
board.and George kudicc ot tne
board's legal staff, are to be sent to
London as permanent representatives
of the shipping board. '; . y. :. '.
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HUGHES '
NThe nationalist party of Australia,
liv a vote of 63 to 2. has resolved to
retain Premier Hughes, in the leader-
ship, according to a dispatch from
Melbourne. v . s.
U. S., Great Britain and
V Canada Agree on Draft
Washington, Jan. 30. Agreement
between the United States and Great
Britaiij and Canada on the terms of
separate , conscription conventions,
which only await the signatures of
the represeuatives of the governments
concerned, was announced today by
Secretary Lansing in a letter to Chair
man Dent of the house military com
mittee. . . ,
The conventions Rive to the citizens
of each country the option of return
ing to their own country tor military
service within a fixed period after
which they would be subject to mili
tary duty undirr the laws and regula
tions ot the country m whicn they
reside. They toould also permit each
country to exempt nationals from
military service if deemed necessary,
U. S: Has 500,000 .
Tom of German
Shipping in Use
With the American Army in
France, Tuesday, , Jan. , 29. An
nouncement was made here today
that the total tonnage of former
German steamships ready for the
high seas service, most of which are
now bringing men and materials to
France, is approximately 500,000.
; Among the, considerable number
already arrived safely in entente al
lied ports is the Leviathan, formerly
the Vaterland, and 15 v other of
Germany's largest ships. These
figures demonstrate the falsity of
recent German claims and the pub
lication of this information is per
mitted for that reason.
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COATS SACRIFI
We'll sell hosts of coats
during the next three
days v at these extreme
price reductions-r-
GEO
$19.5$, $22.50 and $25 (tj
Women' fHAT
and Misses' VA1r
To Be Sold at the
Startling Low Price of
$35, $39.50 and $45.00 d
Women's rhAT5
and Misses' WA1 0
To Be Sold at the
Startling Low Price of
$55, $59.50 and $65.00 fi
Women's ff ATQ
and Misses'wmO
U. To Be Sold at the
Startling Low Price of
$35.00, $39.50 and $45,00
DRESSES NOW
Serges, Taffetas, Grepe de Chines, Satins
and Georgette combinations ; all colors ;
majority are newest Spring styles.
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Mention Seeing it in
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Swift to Lewis F. 5wift, dated Octo- dropped jn various places
ber 31, 1916, gave a list of trans-ship- Fssex. , V
ments of cattle said tojiave been made "Ahmit IS machines, the same num-
by various big packers. '. f ber as'on the previous night, appear
AfrHenev introduced this, he said, . liavonarticioated in the raid. A
- with the intention of showing that of ' our airolanbs went . up.
there were more cattle at these points Several engagements with 'enemy ma
named than needed by the big packers chine's are reported. ;' ' V, '
;,and that the existence. of ether inde- ' "One'of our pilots attacked a raider
pendent firms were justifiable. 0Ver the, north eastern - outskirts . of
"In trans-shipping attle the pack- Londqn "' with . the ( result .? that . it
ers were going in the'face of economic dropped its bombs on. open ground
law and adding the cost to the, con- and made off.1 All our pilots returned
sumer. Commissioner lurdock an-1 safely." '. ' - 1 ' ' f. . ' f.
- , ,r -, , ; : Snfinial Guard to Protect v
Federal Bread Expert Will '. ' New Yorl( ShiDDing IndiBestioni' Druggists
' 11':? Attend Bakers Hearing New. ywk, jan. 3ofA special wa- refund money if it fails. 25c
'; Omaha bakers have refused to sell terfront guard of ,1U0 policemen in
thread atwholesale at ycents'per ??
pound, despite direct oraers by state nd shipping in New York and vicin
Food Administrator Wattles. i', uv - . . . .
This breach of obediente to the or- , . Tu. liew puards do hot rcolace the
der-f the food administrator is what reuiar military patrol of the water
has led Mr. Wattles to summonthem frnt but they will gradually supple
to appear at the office m the Union meiJt the soldiers', efforts in handling
Pacific building inursaayTnormng xu
- Krinir tKeir fac'i and ficures to show
i why they maintain they xannot afford
Vtp bake-bread fox that price. J
If in thia hearing they cannot show
a' h' js.iiifartion o- the food- ad
ministrator and the expert who will
hat 7Vi cents is' too low.
the food .administrator wilt haveuf-
fitient grounds tar revoKing ineir -
difficulty fasesJ
o o o o ooj
. I III ft I K
mi
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censes, if they continue to refuse to
Mr. Wattles' has received 'definite
assurance that a bread expert from the
food administration is on
the way from Washington ,to attend
the meeting, y
'Banks Oversubscribe
i U. S. Treasury Certifcates
Wahinirton. Tan. 3a-The issue of
nirtonnoim of certificates of indebt
edness whkh closed last night was
iheavily-oversubscnbed, the treasury
irlpnanmcnt announced today.
t The allotments will be made as soon
oil ckx-rintinna are renorted. .
i The certificates are v payable
iApril 22. " .y
ISmileage" Campaign Nets
Thirdvof MilHfin Dollars
' Washington, Jan. 30.Nearly $360.-
000 worth ot "smileage- dooks cou
; taining tickets for use at army camp
Winter have been sold in the na
tional campaign, to - provide better
..m.icmTita for Taeti in service, it
i, was announced today. x
S. 6 !S. Call From British'
! i Steamer: Reports Mutiny
lan Atlantic Port. Tan. 30. A call
for assistance from a British steamer
which reported a mutiny among the
firemen, was , received here
to'dav".
' . The vessel, the name of which was
not eiven. was several hundred miles
.'
TheCerealFood
you should use
these ays is ,
Grape-Nuts
TKis food is a sugar
saverrcontabs over
10 8Ugatr by weight
not "jut there," but
developed in the mak
ing from prime wheat
x ancf malted barker
Ready Cooked
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No Waste
A f ood f or the tbaes
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FLofeibA
East
The Greatest
; v Winter .
v Resort of the
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', U in beauty c
' cea.ibilitr and
- varied accommo'
duon.
Frenchmen
Englishmen
Columbians
' All moat adroit that
thia Amaiican
Beantr apot 'like
. the Amerieao Sot
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24) Fifth Aeiwe lVJ7
I CHICAGO OFFICE,
I I5i W.MaJiaonSt Jj
I GENERAL OFFICES f4 V
I S. Anntfiu Fl. I J A
Pharisee
People prof easing " the
most virtue' frequently
bear the most watching.
I
Whenever I, hear. a man
continually prating about his
monopoly on honesty it fails
to impress me with his pres
ent "goodness" as stroHgly as it does with his probable
. unsavory past. , - 1 , -
! "Hypocrisy is the hiftnage vice pays to virtue" and
the recent convert sings louder than the rest of the'eon
gregation. . :
, If I really thought I was the ONLY good dentist in
this city I would feel so ashamed 01 ,my proiession
wouia aDanaon it.
If I had the idea that I alone possessed all the hon
esty in the profession I would suggest the calling of a
grand jury. V " ;y
. ' There are scores of good dentists in Nebraska most
of them honest most of them using the selfsame mate-
rials the best rubber for plates,, the best materials for
fillings,, pure gold for crowns and bridge work-rjust as
are used daily in this office. "' ' ; 1 .
While I am pardonably proud of the skill of my staff
of associate dentists, I am' not deceiving myself with the
idea that all other dentists are incompetent.
I am not posing as a philanthropist because my fees
for dental services are lower than those charged by other '
good dentists; but I do claim that systematization and
specialization of thd practice of dentistry enables me to
give better services and better value for every dollar than
is possible under other conditions. .
' ' I merely claim for myself a knowledge of my. pro
fession entitling me to rank with my fellows; a record for
honesty and square dealing that entitles me to the respect
of the public, and a "business ability" to serve both the
public and myself satisfactorily.
--Th "hammer" is the blacksmith's tool not the
dentist's. v - -,; . ; : -
Painless wit hers
Dentist
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423-428 Securities Bid g. 16th and Farnam Sts.
. v OMAHA, NEB.
Office Hours: 8:30 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sunday, 9 to 1.
' IFTOUBEOTE A -EOSI-COEffllPLEXIOIJ
6ays wa cant he!pt but look
better and feel bett V -,
. after an jnetde bath.
An Old Recjpe :
to Darken; Hair
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turne
Gray, Faded Hair Park v.
and Gloeey. V
To look one's best and feel one's
best is to enjoy an inside bath each
morninff to flush from the system tha
previous day's wastef sour fermenta
tions and poisonous toxins before it
is absorbed into the blood. Just as
coal, when it burns, leaves behind a
certain amount ot incomousuDie ma
terial in, the form of ashes, so the
food and drink taken each day leave
in the alimentary organs a certain,
amount of indigestible material.
which if not eliminated, form toxins
and poisons which are then, sucked
into the blood through the very ducts
which ate intended to 'suck in only
nourishment to sustain the body.
If you want to" see the glow of
healthy bloom in your cheeks, to see
your skin get clearer ana clearer, you
are told to drink every morning upon
arising, a glass of hot water with a
teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in
it, which is a harmless means of wash
ing the waste material ana toxins
from the Btomach, liver, kidneys and
Ic
the stomach
food into
bowels before putting more
e stomach. , '
Men find women with (sallow skins.
liver spots, pimples or pallid com
plexion, arc those who wake up, with
a coated tongue, bad taste, aasty
breath, others who are bothered with
headaches, bilious spells, acid stom
ach or constipation should besrin this
nhoetnhated hot water df infting.
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A quarter pouna 01 iimesa.ie jhiuo- j
phate costs very little at the druse
store, but is sufficient to demonstrate
that just as soap and hot "water
cleanses, purifies and. freshens the
skin on the outside, so hot water and
limestone phosphate act on the inside
organs.- Advertisemenh ...
D ELI C ATE GIRLS IN
Business or School
who have ihin or in
sufficient blood lor are
physically-frail will find
Almost everyona knows that .Sago
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color.
and lustre to the nair , wnen ,iaaeu,
streaked or tray. Years ago the only
way to get this mixture wasfo make
it at home, wntcn is mussy ana.wou
blesome. " -. : ' : . . ". : : ' i "j: .
Nowaiays we" simply ask atany
drug atoro. for "Wyetfi Sage and
Sulphur Compound;" xoir wyi get a
large ootue ox inis oiu-nuio ivvo
improved by the addition of other in-
redients, at very. urae cost, ivery
ody uses this preparation now, be.
cause no one can possipiy;,ieii tnat
you darKenca your nair, as n aoea jw
so naturally and evenly. . You damp
en a sponge or soft brush with it and .
draw this thrdugh your hair, takinff t
one small strand at-a time; by" morn
ing the gray hair disappears, ana
after another, application or - two'
your hair becomes beautifully dark,
thick and glossy, and you look years
younger. -"tVyeth's Sage and . Sulphur
iompounu is s ueiiyaiLui vuucv ic
quisite. It is not intended for; the
cure, mitigation or prevention of dis
ease; Advertisement., ; ,
a rich blood-food ;and strengthen
ing tonic. It is so helpful for
delicate girls it should be a
part of their regular diet.
ScoU & Bowne, Bloomfield. N. J, . tf'ii
1IHD BY
Iilebu;
Healed By Three Cakes of Cuticura
Soap and Three . Boxes fv
Cuticura Ointment. ; ;
. "After an attack ''of typhoid fever I"
retained an irritation iof the forehead
and scalp. Day and night
I was tormented by a terri
ble itching and I suffered
very much from a rash. The
kin was inflamed and sore
and the itching was so in
tense that I scratched and
irritated the affected parts.
"My wife advised mejo use Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. After asing three
cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes
of Cuticura Ointment I waa healed."
(Signed) Herman F. Sonntag, R. D
Dorsey, 111. ,
Keep your skin clear by daily use of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment for every
day toilet purposes.. Nothing better.
Raaapla Each Fraa by Mail. Address post;
card: "Cuttsora. Das. H. BaatM." Sold
ereo"where. Soap 25c. Ointment 25c and 50c
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That extra room will pay your coal
bill. Rent it through a Bee Want Ad,
FISTULA CURD
Rectal DUeaaeaCiired, without a severe srir
gical operation. No Chloroform of Ether
used. Cora guaranteed. PAT WHEN CURED.
Write for iUotrted book on RectalDIseaw. with
names and testimooial of mora thaa low promt
sent neopla wbo have beea Dennaaantly aiied.
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