THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1918.
Nebraska
REPORT NEBRASKA
MAN SAVED FROM
TUSCANIA WRECK
Granville J. Wade, Elwood,
Neb., on List of 37 Additional
Survivors; Also Wro. Law
rence, Webster City, la.
(By AMoriatcd Frm.)
Washington, Feb. 19. Thirty-seven
American soldiers who sailed on the
Tuscania and who had net been ac
counted for since the ship waj torpe
doed February 5, were found to be sur
vivors today when the Associated
Press list of Tuscania iriissing was
checked against alt available official
records.
They are:
Granville J. Wade, Elwood, Neb.
William D. Lawrence, Webster City,
la.
Frank T, Allen, Independence, Okl.
Charles F. Billing, Rosenberg, Tex.
Edward J. Burgeis, Noti, Ore.
Willard A. Constans, Blue Earth,
Minn. ,. ...
William L. C6ok,Aquila,"Tex.
Benjamin George, Tahlequah, Okl.
fharl T. Mali fatnAitwr VVaoU
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Karl Hjalmer Hultenslus, Kenosha,
Wis.
Guy W. Jameson, Portland, Ore.
Edmund Palmer Johnson, Iola.
Wis.
Jacob W. Kramer, Abbotsford,
Wis. !
William J. Lambert, Philadelphia.
Albert Louis Larsen, Kenosha, Wis.
Clarence G. Larson, Saxeville, Wis.
Hans Christ . Larson, Rice Lake,
Wis.
Robert F. Lind, Poy Sippl, Wis.
Theodore A.' Montgomery, Manis
tique, Mich, j . . , i
Otto Mowrey, Kfnosha, Wis. ; '
Joseph Lake Marsolek, Inde
pendence, Wis. ;
John Fred McCutcheon, Washburn,
Wis. i
, ohn Mitchel, Kenosha, Wis.
, ohn McArdle, Neshkoro, .Wis.
-eland H. McCue, Poy Sippi, Wis.
Harry Albert McCarty, Shell Lake,
Wis. '
Lester W."McKenna, Flushing,
N. Y. . ' . ..
Joseph L. McKee, Indiana' Harbor;
Ind. ' " ; ' ...... ''
Lawrence P. Miller, Hortonville,
.. Wis.
Walter Albert McClaln,' Octavia,
Okl. .. ,
Anton B. Olson, Milian, Wash.
Henry A. Oksnee, Ettrick, Wis.
Ruel A. Parrott, Garrison, Tex.
Arthur M. Root, Seattle, Wash.
Philip Richter, San Francisco.
Jamei W. Sallee, Hot Springs,
Mont.
John R. Terry, Aquilla, Tex. ;
Definite figures of the loss of Ameri
can troops in the Tuscania disaster
could not be determined. Of the 349
names found In the list of survivors
as issued by the War department sev
eral days after the sinking after care
ful checking with the Tuscania't pas
senger list, 134 have since been identi
fied among the dead, 104 have been
reported as survivors and 111 unac
counted for. There have been 33 un
identified dead buried on the Scottish
coast. ;
Made Payment 49 Years Ago,
Has Received No Deed to Date
(From k Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Feb. 9. (Special.) The
county treasurer of Dixon county has
made application to the land com
missioner of the state for the issuance
of a deed to state lands on which
the last and final payment was made
by S. A. Ufford, June 7, 1869, and
which he alleges no deed was ever
issued. V !
The tract Is composed of 10 acres
and is situated near Ponca. There is
no record of the land in the office of
the land commissioner for the rea
son that the department of public
lands and buildings was not created
until the constitution of the state
was adapted in 187S, neither is there
any records obtainable in, the office
of the state . auditor .that far back
which would throw any light on the
transaction.
In the opinion of Land Commis
sioner Shumway, if proper proof is
made that the land really belongs to
the parties making the claim, the
State Board of Educational Lands
and funds" can recommend that the
legislature crder the deed made.
May Remove Exemptions ,
From Exacting Laborers
. (From Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Feb. 19. (Special.) Con
siderable complaint is coming to the
State Council of Defense from the
farmers of the state that farm laborers
are holding up the farmers for a high
wage. In one instance a farmer near
Walthill alleges that as high as $75
a month and board is asked.
In some instances so one letter
states, those who are demanding the
high wages are a long ways from
being skilled in farm work, but are
taking advantage of the present short
age in farm help because of the draft
to demand the nigh wages asked.
The council believes that it can
where men have been exempted be
cause of agricultural claims and are
now demanding a high waye, cause
their exemptions to be removed and
have them inducted itno the military
service.
School Starts in Building
Built With Illegal Bonds
(From a Staff Correspondent)
jLincom, reo. iy. (.special.;
Some time last fall School District
126 in Antelope county decided to
auild a $2,000 school building and vote
the bonds to nay for it. Authority
was given by the voters In the dis
trict to make application for the bonds
ceived by the state auditor.
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iiuwcvcr, nuuimr oiimn nas uis-
S.I . ' .. .'...a
. .uicicu Willie me district nas inc
requisite number of people in it that
t has not the required amount of as
icssaWe property, the records of the
:ounty assessor showing but a $900
valuation. As this it less than halt
the required valuation, the bonds had
0 be turned down. The building is
; Dearly completed and school has al
ready been started in the completed
Wymore Firemen to Erect
New Building; Cost, $10,000
Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 19. (Special.)
The firemen of Wymore will soon
begin the erection of a firemen's hall
at that place to cost about $10,000 to
replace the old building, which was
destroyed by fire last fall.
John Elmer Hadley, a pioneer of
the Holmesville vicinity, died yester
day afternoon, aged 54 years. He is
survived by his widow and 11 chil
dren. The funeral of the late R. H. Rob
inson, who died suddenly here last
Saturday, will be held from the family
home Wednesday.
Will Tanner returned home yester
day from a trip to Albuquerque,
N. M.
The local exemption board Monday
called for service the following reg
istrants, this being the final contin
gent of the first draft fmm Gage
county: Fred J6hn Helmkj, Clatonia;
Tlobert E. Derstler,' Cortland; George
E. Detter, Marshalltown, la John C.
Traubel, Beatrice; August Dissmeyer,
Firth.
'Charles A. Hertlein and Miss Ida
Duitsman, both of Pickrelt vicinity,
were married Sunday.
" Fred M. Brown and Ella L. Lam
bert, both of Wymore, were married
at Council Bluffs Sundayi
Local produce dealers are shipping
a large number of eggs to the eastern
markets. A carload was shipped Mon
day and another went out today.
Poor Aim Results in Head
" Of Negro Being Badly Hurt
Grand Island, Neb,; Feb. 19; (Spe
cial Telegram.) William Tell de
clared he shot at James Kellog's
arm when the latter undertook to aim
a revolver in his direction, while on
the porch at Mrs. C. Hamler'a home.
Instead the load in the single
oarrcl shotgun tore away Kellog's
entire chin, and it is believed if he
recovers, he will never be able to talk.
Rev. Lamkins, colored minister, was
in the house at the time and had re
quested Tell to go to the porch to
:;top Mrs, Hamler and Kellog from
Miifiling. -
All parties are colored. The woman
wan the central figure in a shooting
affair about two years ago. . .
Arrest Farmer for
. , ; Criticism of President
Lincoln , Neb. Feb. 19. A farmer
named W. L. Darnall was arrested at
Gregory, S. D., today as the result
of a letter he is alleged to have writ
ten to the Nebraska state council oi
defense in which he said that the Non
Partisan league's statement of prin
ciples should have demanded the
resignation' of. President Wilson, fic-,
wording to? word received by 'the state
council here from Gregory.
BAKERY 0WNEBS
TELL BEFEREE OF
THEIR PB0FITS
(Continued From I'm One,)
money on the pastry than on bread,
and asserted that the kept his ac-,
Counts in a manner so that he could
tell .the condition of his business.
Owni Other Stock.
Ortnun admitted , that he owns
stock in the-Jay Burns Baking com-,
pany, - is one of tht directors, but
nasi nothing to say; relative to 'the
cpnduct of the business. At his bak-.
ery and at the stores; 90 per cent of
the business is retail. Formerly he
sold pound loaves of . bread at ' 10
cents eachjbut in December cut the
price to 8 cents. . This was for bread
without wrappers. ..'...- . ,.
Now, according to- Ortman, he is
selling at 9 cents, and for a time in
December, sales were made at Hay
den's and at the Public Market at
6 3-4 cents a loaf.
It developed that at Hayden's the
Ortman bread is being sold at 7 cents
a loaf, but this is on account of the
fact that Manager King insists mpon
his price, that bread may be sold
to the trade at three loaves for 25
cents.
According to Ortman, with flour
at the present prices, there is a net
loss on bread at this price, and to
absorb any loss that he may sus
tain, if bread is to be sold in the
Hayden store at three loaves for 25
cents, Hayden is to make good his
losses.
Trying to Break Even.
Ortman asserted that he' figured
that one-half cert a loaf would be a
fair profit, but, that this year he did
not expect to more than come out
even. (
The total overhead expenses of the
Ortman bakery was put down at
$1,025 a month and the plant was esti
mated to be worth $30,000. The ex
penses included Ortman's salary of
$300 a month, the pay roll, taxes, in
surance and wrappers. Bags, pie
plates and ground rent on which his
building stands, he charged up to
expenses. The December amount in
cluded an item of $293 for advertis
ing. .
As an item of expense, Ortman fig
ured depreciation on office fixtures,
and furniture, machinery and build
ings at 12 per cent, charging this out
of the profits of the bakery business.
" Ignorant About Salaries.
E. W. Webber, manager of the
Schulze Baking company of Chicago,
a concern that has entered the Oma
ha field during the last year, testified
that he was unable to give any def
inite information on the cost of bread
production in Omaha, asserting that
everything of this kind is handled
in the Chicago offices. He knew that
he was being paid a salary of $40
a week, and the head baker in the
Omaha plant $35. Relative to the sal
aries of the other 38 people, he knew
nothing concerning what they are get
ting, saying that the checks are writ
ten in Chicago and sent to the men
here.
Webber knew that in Omaha dur
ing December bread was sold at 7 1-2
cents wholesale and at 8 cents now.
He did not know what it cost to
produce a loaf of bread, but insisted
that it could not be made and sold
at 7 1-2 cents.
HALF MILLION MEN
WILL BUILD SHIPS
Government Will Place Army
of Workers to Prepare for
Transportation Across
the Waters.
Seven VheallessDays
each week- says ftitfty
when I can have-
POSTTOASTIES
(From a Ptaff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Feb. 19. (Special.) The
"peak-load" of requirement to carry
on ship building for the government
will require 500,000 men, according to
a communication received by the
State Council of Defense. The War
department discusses the situation in
the message, with the request that
the council give the communication as
much publicity as possible. It reads,
in part:
"This war can be won through the
construction this year by tne United
States and her allies of 9,803,000 tons
of shipping. This amount will not
only overcome the submarine loss, but
will also leave the margin necessary
to care for the transportation of 1,500
000 American troops and supplies
overseas. Partial relief, but in a mili
tary, sense only, is being obtained
through the limiting of imports and
the transfer of ships to-army use from
the less vital import trades under the
president's order. This work is now
being undertaken by joint organiza
1 tion on the part of the shipping board
and the war traile board.
."The only real answer to the prob
lem is ship construction. This, be
cause 13,000,000 men are employed irt
the manufacturing plants of the Unit
ed States today, of whom 6,200,000 are
working on war materials and subsi
diary industries alone. All of these
men are threatened with forced hut
downs and 'the shutdowns are abso
lutely inevitable unless the ships are
built. Even the trades directly man
ufacturing war supplies and the muni
tions plants themselves face a limita
tion of their output. This is plain on
its face, for not only are the ports
and docks jammed with supplies for
overseas, but there are, in the 'sea
coast terminals alone mors han 30,
000 freight cars loaded with supplies
for. Europe literally mountain! of
materials for which there is in sum;
cient shipping tonnage. '
"The peak -load requirement : for
ship yard workers will be 500,000 rrien.
On these men depend the ability of
other labor to obtain steady employ
ment. In other words, if a group of
'ship yard workers tie up the ship
yards or fail to give a full day's
work, not only will the resulting stop
page of each man's work tie up from
15 to 20 other yard workers ana
throw them out of employment, but
this stoppage will also affect the di
rect employment of the 6,200,000 war
workers, as well as the employment
of the entire .13,000,000 workers
throughout the country.".; ,
Red Cross Women of Sargent
Set Record In Custer County
Sargent. Neb., Feb. 18. (Special.)
The TCoUntry elub," near Sargent,
an organized club of eight, women
who are working this winter for the
Red Cross, by sales have raised $350,
have completed seven quilts and are
equipped now to turn out from two
to four hospital quilts a .week, , be
sides doing other Red Cross work. '
i Last .month the :Sargent branch
went "over the top", by, sending to
Broken Bow the largest number of
finished garments, including knitted
articles, of any branch in . Custer
county. '
The schools' adjacent to Sargent
have been giving basket suppers and
have ' turned in to the Red Cross
treasury $430.
Hammond Tells of France
To Fuilerton Home Guards
Fullerton, Neb., Feb. 19.-(Special.)
Ross Hammond addressed a large
audience in Fullerton Friday, telling
of his experiences and observations
on the battlefronts in France. The
Fullerton home guards, an organiza
tion of 400 members, attended in a
body, and a collection was taken for
the Junior Red Cross, which is being
organized' in the Nance county
schools.
Child Falls in Vat;
Is Scalded to Death
Lyons, Neb., Feb. 19.-(Special.)
The little 2-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Russell of this place was
scalded to death, by falling into a pan
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Motor Trucks
Handmaids of Progress
Without doubt the motor car is
the greatest present agent of
civilization.
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Why? Because motor transport won the battle of the
Marne. Because it stopped the Germans in their sweep
into the Venetian plains.
If the world is now saved for civilization and democ
racy, as it will be, the victory will be due no less to mo
tor transport than to the "spirit of France," the British
fleet and American industrial power.
For without their vast fleet of motor trucks and auto
mobiles to quickly concentrate munitions and supplies,
the French could not have stopped the Germans at the
Marne. So long ago a German peace would have been
forced upon the world.
Besides saving civilization on the field of battle, the mo
tor truck is in all other respects a handmaid of progress.
In less time than horses and with less expense, it moves
merchandise from manufacturer to wholesaler, from
wholesaler to retailer, and from retailer to consumer.
It brings the city market nearer to the farm. Through
the economy of its use, it affords the farmer more
money for his produce and the city dweller more pro
duce for his money.
It is now coming to the rescue of a system of railroad
transportation that has cracked from the strain of the
war-time overload.
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It picks up goods where railroads can't go. It delivers
goods where steel rails are not. Even where railroads
run the motor truck is more efficient on short hauls.
It is not extravagant to prophesy that within a few
years all short hauls up to 100 miles will be made by
motor truck; that city will be linked with city and town
with country, in a close way never before dreamed of,
.to the greater convenience, creature comfort and f inan
cial benefit of all.
Many motor trucks of various types will be on exhibit
at the automobile show in the Auditorium Feb. 25 to
March 2. Whether for profit, pleasure or education,
it will pay you to see them.
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