THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1918.
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HAYS DEFINES
HIS POLICY AS
'THE OPEN 000
-lor Rosewater, Home After
inference With Republican
Chairman, Says Party
Outlook Bright.
After a hurried trip Victor Rose
water of The Bee is home from New
York, where he went in response to
a call from Chairman Will H. Hays,
the new head of the Republican Na
tional Committee, for a conference
with his predecessors in that position.
"Our session was held in the Union
League club where we were guests
of Chairman Hays for dinner last
Monday evening," said Mr. Rose
water. "The. others present were Frank H.
Hitchcock, Charles D. Hilles, VV. R.
Willcox, all former national chair
men, and Secretary Reynolds. Mr.
Cortelyou was prevented at the last
moment from attending by reason of
the death of his sister.
Organization Comes First.
"Mr. Hays announced his purpose
to devote his time for the next two
years exclusively to the work of
party organization and promotion, of
party intesests, but, without in any
way inviting complications by taking
up with the candidacy of any par
ticular aspirant for the presidential
nomination in the 1920 convention.
"He defined his policy as the 'Open
Door Policy;' explaining that he
meant the complete sinking of all past
factional differences and the thorough
co-operation of all elements for a
united party prepared to meet the
present and prospecti e issues.
"He wanted it distinctly under
stood that he welcomed advice and
suggestions from the experienced
party leaders.
Man of Judgment.
"The new chairman is a man of
spare and slender build, dark hair,
keen eyes, smooth-shaven face, full
of nervous energy and enthusiasm and
optimistic of the future. He knows
party organization from the ground
up, having made his way in Indiana
from the bottom of the ladder to the
top round of state chairman.
"1 have known him for several
vears, having come in contact with
him at various times at national con
ventions and in the work of national
headquarters. If industry, intelli
gence and balanced judgment make
success, he surely will accomplish
what he has set out to do, and
mobilize the republicans for a win
ning fight in the next presidential
campaign."
Heney Charges
' Meat Packers
With Bribery j
(Continued From Page One.)
campaign committee, both issued
statements today bearing on the ref
erences to them brought out at yes
terday's federal trade commission
hearing into the meat packing busi
ness at Chicago.
Reynolds and Eversman Reply.
At the hearing Counsel Heney, for
the commission, introduced letters
from the pr.qkers' files to show Evers
man represented Wilson & Co. and
quoted Eversman as having advised
the packers that he had arranged for
a representative of a press association
to get information for them on the
floor of the house and referred to the
fact that Secretary Reynolds was con
nected with the woolen manufactur
ers under a "similar arrangement."
Eversman's statement declared he
never had been retained by Wilson &
Co., but had advised the packers to
have a representative and did sug-
gest that a newspaper man be em
ployed to furnish information from
congress, but later dropped the plan,
as he then considered it improper. The
suggestion, Eversman said, never was
carried out.
Reynolds declared that he was cor
nected with .the woolen manufacturers,
not because of his connection with
the repu'-lican national committee,
"but in spite of it;" that all the op
erations of the association have been
conducted since a democratic admin
istration came into office and that his
work was to see that the domestic
manufacturer received proper repre
sentation before the government de
partments in a perfectly open and le
gitimate way.
Mr. Reynolds said he probably had
been selected because as an assistant
secretary of the treasury he had be
come familiar with customs proce
dure. Letter to Murphy. .
Various angles of packers' activi
ties were treated today by Heney.
Letters were read telling of efforts
made by Cudahy & Co. to obtain per
mission from the food administration
to include ".heek meat" in deliveries
on army contracts. This meat ordi
narily is not included in the grades
on which bids, were asked for the
army.
A letter to M. R. Murphy, Omaha
manager for Cudahy & Co., from the
Chicago headquarters of the concern
directed him to include "cheekmeat"
in corned beef cans in proportions of
25 per cent, 30 per cent and 40 per
cent for submission as samples to the
food administration.
MEAT PEICE NOT
QUESTIONED BY
U.S., SAYS HENEi
(Continued From Pare One.)
poultry and eggs, and declared by
fr T-fpnev to he receivine a salary
from the W. F. Preibe company,
listed as a Swat & U. subsiaiary.
The ruling permitted packers to place
in their warehouses March 1, 1918,
poultry ordered out of cold storage
houses on that day.
Packers Had Advantage.
"The effect of this rule," said Mr.
Heney, "was to give the packers r.n
advantage over the producer who had
to take his poultry out of storage and
sell on the open market, while the
packer transferred his cold storage
poultry to his branch houses and
could sit and wait for a better price."
Another letter read, signed by Cud
ahy & Co. and directed to its Omaha
branch house manager, told of the
desire of Colonel Kniskern to use all
the available bacon in the country in
feeding the greatly enlarged army and
his fear that there was not enough
bacon available under the ordinary
specifications. The letter contained
a suggestion that more of the hog
be used for bacon and it was sug
gested to the branch house manager
that he prepare bacon utilizing more
of the hog and be ready to s,ubniit
the meat for inspection if the ruling
were changed.
Spanish Cabinet Quits;
Divided on Teuton Issue
Madrid, Feb. 28. The cabinet re
l signed today.
ihe retirement or tne government
was expected in view of the outcome
of the general elections on Sunday.
Furthermore, the ministry was divided
on the question of policy to be pur
sued toward Germany, in consequence
of the recent torpedoing of several
Spanish steamships.
Public opinion is expressing itself
strongly against the lack of energetic
action by the government.
In the elections the largest number
of seats in parliament were won by
the liberal democrats with 93; con
servatives of the dato group, 86; Ro
manones liberals, 35; republicans, 33.
Marquis de Alhucemas, the retiring
premier, was called upon to form a
cabinet in April of last year. The cab
inet resigned in June and he formed
another, announcing a policy of ab-
solute neutrality.
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Royal Welcome at Rome
Rome, Feb. 28. The American
military band which came here
from France with the American
military mission to Italy paraded
through the main thoroughfares of
Rome today and received an en
thusiastic reception.
The band went to the top of the
Janipulum to pay homage to the
memory of Garibaldi, whose monu
ment adorns the. hill.
Before an enormous crowd stir
ring speeches were delivered by
American Ambassador Tage and
General Ricciotti Garibaldi, son
of the Itaiian hero. The Ameri
can and Italian anthems were
played by the American band.
Third Bomb Is Found
By Fort Douglas Heads
Salt Lake City, Utah., Feb. 28.
Another tomb, believed to have been
"planted" by German civilian prison
ers at Fort Douglas, was found tqday,
making the third discovered in one
week. The bomb was said to be more
powerful than the two former ex
plosives. Officers are at a loss to know how
the bomb was made, considering the
strict watch and regulations upon the
prison camp since the rinding of the
two other bombs. They suspect that
in some manner assistance is being
given to the German war prisoners
from the outside.
Health Conditions Show
Improvement in Camps
Washington, Feb. 28. Rapid im
provement in health conditions at all
camps in the United States with the
passing of winter is shown in reports
tor the week ending February 22,
made public tonight by the War department.
Admission noneffective and death
rates for all troops show a material
reduction from corresponding figures
for the preceding week, the state
ment says. "Measles, pneumonia and
meningitis continue to decline.
The total number of deaths in the
regulars, national guard and national
army was 164 for the week, of which
81 were due to pneumonia.
Soldier is Saving
Trophies of "Fritf'
For His Children
Shenandoah, la., Feb. 27. (Spe
cial.) Saving "Fritzy" buttons for
his children's coats, Ross Mullison,
serving with the Canadians in the
trenches, has promised to send them
to his wife and children at West
Branch, la., when he has enough
for a set for each of the children.
He has 15 buttons now.
Mullison, who has been in service
more than a year, formerly lived
in Shenandoah.
"I have a few small trinkets that
I have taken from Germans, but
haven't sent them to you for I don't
think you would care for such grue
some trophies," h writes his wife.
"For instance, I have a Fritz belt
buckle with 'Gott Mitt Uns on it
that I took from a Fritz at Pas
chendael, who had his head cut off
by a shell. I don't think that would
appeal to you. F have a German
steel knife that I carry taken from
a Fritzy that didn't need anything
more but burial at Lens."
German Army Stops
Victorious March
OnPetrograd
(Continued From I're One.)
ing and mineral bearing districts of
Siberia, a heavy counterstroke would
be dealt to Germany's advance.
"Japan's service in the allied cause
already is considerable; it is not im
possible that it will soon add to it.
Announcement was made in Wash
ington Wednesday that Japan had
sounded the entente powers ana th
United States concerning joint mill
tarv oDerations in Siberia. Ncgotia
tions on the subject between the
United States and Japan 'are still in
progress.
German Advance Continues.
When the Bolshevik government
agreed to accept German peace terms
last week, the commander-in-chief of
the Russian armies inquired of tne
Germans if the previous armistice
would be renewed and the German
invasion halted.
He did not receive an immediate
reply and the German advance ccn
tinued.
A disntch from Petrograd Wed
nesdav said that General Hoffman
the German military representative
at Brest-Litovsk, had replied to the
Bolshevik communication by declar
ing that the advance would continue
until a treaty of peace was signed
and carried out along the lines laid
down in the German peace terms.
The council of people's commis'
saries, according to a Reuter dis
natch from Petrograd, has issued an
other call to arms, in the course of
which it is declared the German in
vaders are arresting the workmen's
and soldiers councils, shooting cap
tured Red Guards and arming Ger
man and Austrian prisoners in the
Ukraine.
Troops Will, Resist.
The proclamation asserts that the
troops at the front have now pulled
themselves together and are resisting
the invasion. It concludes:
"Mav the blood spilled in this un
equal struggle fall on the heads of
the German socialists who are allow
ing the German workmen to be
ranked among the Cains and
Judases."
Enrollment of the new army is pro
ceeding successfully, an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch says. Cossack
regiments in Petrograd are being
sent in the direction of Pskov, and
other regiments, formed of mixed
detachments, are marching to the
front.
Several detachments of sailors
have' arrived in the capital from Fin
land. Women, children and invalids
have been given permission to leave
the city.
Nothing has been received in Lon
don of a later date than Tuesday in
reference to the situation at Pskov
or the German advance toward Petro
grad.
Next Red Cross Drive to
Be Inaugurated May 6
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 28. The
next Red Cross drive will take place
the week of May '6 to 13, and will be
to raise $100,000,000. according to a
telegram received here today from the
national war council of the organiza
tion in Washington.
And Did You Know
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Acts of Salesmen Arrested for
Impersonation Are Dis
claimed by the Publishers.
To satisfy himself of the situation
confronting two canvassers arrested
at Council Bluffs for impersonating
federal officers, J. G. Ritter, presi
dent of "Ritter & llorney, Incorpo
rated," Chicago publishers, has made
a special trie to Omaha.
"When wj were advised that these
young men, who were selling our
Simplex income system, had gotten
into trouble with tae government of
ficers, we thought it only fair to
seek the facts firsthand, for our books
of blanks are sold wholly on their
merits and we would not countenance
misrepresentation," said Mr. Ritter.
"I am afraid the young men whose
arrest was chronicled may have over
stepped ihe mark and if so, while we
regret it, they, of course, have to
stand the consequences.
"The public, however, should under
stand our position, which is that of
publishing a system of keeping in
come accounts from week to week
with summaries that make it possible
to fill in income schedules almost by
mere copying.
"This system has been endorsed by
expert accountants and has the sanc
tion of official authorities with whom
we aim to co-operate and there is
no need or excuse for any of our
salesmen to indulge in representa
tions such as the two men under ar
rest are charged with."
Auto Show Visitors Place
Orders for Hawkeye Tires
fc. W. Wilson, manager of the
Hawkeye Sales company, 1810 Har
ney street, reports that an ununusual
ly large number of dealers have vis
ited the Hawkeye salesroom during
auto week. He has a large following
among tire dealers as a result of his
record in organizing for the Savage
Sales company and later with the
Hawkeye line.
remarkable record so far this
week has been attained in the fact
that 100 per cent of the dealers who
have seen the Hawkeye tires at the
Omaha branch have made purchases
for their own stores. This speaks well
for the popularity of western made
tires, as they are a product of a Des
Moines factory.
Steamer Is Sank.
Philadelphia, Feb. 28. The tank
steamer Santa Maria has been tor
pedoed and sunk off the Irish coast.
according to a cable received here
today. The crew was saved.
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Rome,. Wednesday, Feb. 27. The
iianan war omce statement reaas:
"Numerous hostile machines made
incursions over the plains. They
dropped bombs on inhabited localities
between Treviso and Venice and with
particular fury over Venice.
"In the neighborhood , of Cismon
an enemy ammunition store was hit
successfully by our aviators. Tues
day night our flying squadrons, bom
barded efficaciously railroad struc
tures at Bulzano and Pergine.
"Between the Adige and the Brenta
there was activity by hostile recon
noitering patrols. They were repulsed
everywhere by our outposts. There
was a lively struggle between the op
posing artilleries west of Val Frenzela
and along the coastal region. Our
batteries fired on massed enemy
troops west of Monte Grappa and on
moving carriages along the lower
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Farmer Gored by Bull. ,
Yankton, Feb. 28. (Special Tele
gram.) Robert Jacobs, prominent
farmer, was attacked and badly gored
by a bull on his farm today. He waj
brought to a hospital here and it is
believed will recover.
POOR GAS IS MADE TO DELIVER
HIGH POWER AND SPIN LONG MILEAGE
IN THE GREAT CHALMERS ENGINE
While gas continues to deteriorate in the power it
once had it is interesting to observe the skill with which
the great Chalmers engine is overcoming the situation.
Most everybody knows that poor gas means poor power,"
but hardly so in a current Chalmers. Poor gas in this car
invariably means high power.
First, this new Chalmers has a device known as a "hot
spot" which cracks up and then heats as hot as toast the
raw gas. That means getting gas in better shape than ga3
was ever put in before for explosion.
Then there's the "ram's-horn" manifold which overcomes
all the disturbing elements of previous manifolds and hurries
the gas thus conditioned into the combustion chambers.
The result is that when the spark plugs touch off the
gas you get 100 (or very close) results.
Little power escapes into the exhaust. Well high all the
power that the raw gas once possessed is harnessed up
ready for use.
And you can play with this power at a child's speed or
you can run it up as you like only you will note a new
quality in the power: a peculiar softness of action that tells
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