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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1918.
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IS. AIR PLANES
TO BE READY FOR
PERSHING JULY 1
House Military Committee No
tified of Inside Facts Con
cerning Work on Great '
Aero Fleet.
Washington, March ISf American
built battle planes will be in France
by July in sufficient quantity to in
sure adequate air protection of the
sectors then held by American
troops. .
This statement rests on the high
est authority and was made tonight
with full recognition of all failures
and disappointments that have ham
pered the development of the air pro
gram. '
Facts and figures on the aviation
situation as well as every other
branch of the government war prepa
rations were laid today before vir
tually the full membership of the
house military committee, as yester
day tbey were disclosed to the senate
committee. ;
Acting Secretary Crowell again
presided at the session in the rooms
of the war council at the War de
partment, where the new policy of
taking congress directly into the con
fidence of the, executive branch of the
government was launched.
Sixty Days Behind.
The comment of Representative
Kahn of California, ranking repub
lican member' of the house commit
tee, expressed. the sentiment of the
house members on the new policy.
He said it means team work by the
whole government on the enormous
problems that face it.
The figures revealed to the com
mittee the immediate current de
mands of the war program and the
progress being made in meeting
them, he added, made it clear that the
country was still unawake to the
enormity of its' undertaking.
Mr. Kahn. predicted that great re
sults could be ilooked for from now
on if the weekly conferences with the
legislative committees were con
tinued. ..'i,-
It was disclosed to the committee
members that the aviation program
is far short of what had been hoped
t for. Figures estimating the deficiency
in percentage that have been quoted,
however, were shown to be wrong.
No such method of calculation has
been evolved. The actual delay cln
be figured only in point of lime.
Reduce Time One-Half.
The airplane production program
in. the United States is today sub
stantially 60 days behind what had
been hoped tor by tne most sanguine
officials. The foreign contracts which
were to have provided the initial
fighting equipment for General Persh
ing's air forces are still further be
hind. There is every prospect, how
ever, that some of the delay will be
made up. ;
Even should the 60 days' lost time
stand, however, and even though
there should be no deliveries on the
European contracts,. General Persh
ing; will receive a considerable num
ber of American-built planes by July.
Estimates of the time required to get
- i -. - i . . t . i . i . i . i
a compieie name piane uom me lac
tory in the United States to the front
have been placed at VU days, x he
War department is now concentrat
ing its efforts of reducing that period,
with bright prospects of cutting it in
half. Speeding up efforts are being
directed also at every other element
of the aircraft program. , ' -
RAIL HEADS .
HEBE DISCUSS
v DEPOT UNION
(CoatuWed From Pace On.)
the way it the 1 Union statioif the
congestion is more serious.
"Out here none of us know what
is going to be done in the way of
readjusting' and eliminating some of
the train service. If a large number
0t trains should be annulled, that
would relieve (the .congestion in the
passenger-yards and with this belief,
if it should amount to considerable,
one force of men at one depot could
care" for the) business. V
Favors a, Subway.
i "What I r would favor would be
the construction of a subway from
one depot to ,,the other. , This would
relieve the, situatiori very materially.
There could Be an entrance out in the
yards, or fpr, that, matter, a number
of them, a,nd passengers arriving, or
. going away, or passing-through the
city and changing trains here, could
be handled with much less inconven
ience than now. ,
' "Of coure,,a ..consolidation of the
, business done, at-the two stations
could be -brought about and there
would be a ; considerable saving in
cash and man power and perhaps it
- will be done as a war measure."
Eugene- :Duval, of the Milwaukee,
does not bplieve it 'practical to aban-
. don one, 'of - the .passenger stations.
But has a novel scheme of his own
, on. that .njatter, he says:
Has His. Own Idea.
"Itvseem to' me that the public
wbuUPbe fullyi at well served by
' bringing all-the trains into one yard.
I think the plan, of running the in
trains through the Burlington and the
out trains' through the Union $ta
jons. This' would relieve the conges-
fcon in both, yards and would result
; in a material reduction of the ex-
r perises. I 1 1 i u..
"It is certain that before long the
government k! going to reduce train
service and' determine the routing
of passengers and as soon as this time
arrives, irV not going to make much
difference, what roads people travel
over, especially-when they are, going
! to terminal points." - ,
' U. 8." CoMoa Ceaaqmption.
Waahlnffton,' March IS. Cotton consumed
durlnr February amounted to ilO.luT run
nine bales,. .and for. th aevea montha ,
S2MS1 bales, the census bureau today an
nounced.
So Good It'i Imitated
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ad Mmm. add rr f4
BTetoc (or
a De Laaa Ulw. Ca
411 . DwrWrn, Cblaata.
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
BE WELLAMOUNCED
Millions of Striking Phrases
and Colorful Designs Nov; Be
ing Distributed Through- '
out Country.
Washington March 13. Posters
proclaiming the Third Liberty Loan
in striking phrases and colorful de
signsnine million of them in more
than a dozen styles, are now being
distributed to every city and hamlet
of the UniteC States.
They are the silent sales agents of
the bonds, and their preparation has
taken months of planning and careful
choosing. Hardly had the Second
Liberty Loan campaign closed before
the country's foremost artists and
designers were invited to go to work
on posters ttf the third loan.
The result is a collection of strik
ing poster considered artistically
and phsychologically better than any
yet attempted in the two previous
loan drives. Soon they will be fa
miliar sights-in store windows, on
bill boards and all public places.
In addition, five million window
stickers, fifty million poster stamps
and 16 million badges have been or
dered and will be ready for the open
ing day of the campaign.
Some of the designers of the Lib-!
erty Loan posters are Howard Chan
dler Christy. Joseph Pennell, J. C.
Levendecke;- Sydney Riesenberg,
Herbert Paus, Iianry Raleigh and 1
Sydney S. Stern All contributed their
work withouc pay, and scores of oth
er artists submitted designs which
were reluctantly rejected.
Popular appeal was considered
carefully in the final choice.
Must Reach Ail.
"We must reach all kinds and
classes of persons," treasury officials
reminded themselves continually.
They hope to grip the heart strings
and equally the purse strings of the
young and old, the city and the coun
try bred, the native American ana tne
adopted alien.
One of the most striking posters
that of Joseph Pennell, the Philadel
phia marine artist, portrays a great
baitle ship alongside wharves bust
ling with war time activity motor
trucks, swinging cranes and smoking
stacks with airplanes overhead. It is
executed in etching style and the title
subscribed is: "Provide the Sinews
of War, Buv Liberty Bonds."
Howard Chandler Christy con
tributed1 a stirring design.' A slim
young modernized goddess of liberty
waves aloft an American banner and
with out-stretched arm points to a file
of soldiers marching past. "Fif.hr or
Buy Bonds is the title.
A poster which will arrest instant
attention shows a steel-heiireied
American soldier springing from a
trench and bearing a billowing Amcri-
Major -General Goethals and
E. R. Stettinius in Councildf War
Secretar of War Baker has an
nounced the reorganization 1 of the
war council. In the schene of reor
ganization, Edward R. Stettinius, sur
veyor-general of purchases, and Ma-
jor-General Goethals, acting quar
termaster-general, are added to the
personnel of the council.
The addition of General Goethals
and Mr. Stettinius is in line with the
policy of having every important di
vision of the department represented
can flag. "Over the Top for Yot-
Buy U. S. Government Bonds T hird
Liberty Loan" is the message it tar
ries. The work was done by Sydney
Riesenberg.
One for Foreigners.
The fact that many naturalized
Americans contributed largely to the
success of the first and second Lbe-ty
loans has been recognized and one
of the posters was planned particu
larly for distribution in the fu:eign
language sections of the cities. A
sturdy immigrant, with his wife snd
boy, are seen in the foreground, with
flag behind, and the words of tl, ad
vice are: "Remember the fla? ofj
liberty. Support It, Buy U. S. G.-vfrn-mnt
Bonds."
The Lincoln poster has attracted
much attention in advance of its gen
eral publication. It shows a bronze
tablet with a bas relief of the martyr
ed president, the quotation from his
Gettysburg address: "So that gov
ernment by the people, of the people
and for the people shall not perish
from the earth." The words, "Buy
Liberty Bonds," have been added.
"Halt the Hun" is the watctiword
proclaimed by another poster, show-
To The
American People I
There is no foundation for the alleged violations
of law attributed to our Company by agents of the
Federal Trade Commission and I want to say emphat
ically that Swift '& Company is not a party toany
conspiracy to defraud the Government Nor has
Swift &, Company been guilty of improperly storing
foods or of making false entries or reports.
Conferences of packers, where prices have
been discussed, have been field at the urgent request
and in the presence of representatives of either the
Food Administration or the Council of National
Defense. And yet the packers have been accused
of committing a felony by acting in collusion on
Government bids!
x We have done our best, with other packers,
large andsmall, to comply with the directions of the
United States Food Administration in all particulars,
including the furnishing of food supplies for the U. S.
Army' and Navy and the Allies, now being handled
through the Food Administratioa
We will continue to do our utmost, under
Government direction, to increase our production
and assist the Food Administration. We consider
that the opportunity to co-operate whole-heartedly .
and to our fullest powers with this branch of the
Government is our plain and most pressing duty.
The Trade Commission Attorney has, by false
inference and misplaced emphasis, given to discon
nected portions of the correspondence taken from
our private files and read into the Record, a false
and sinister meaning with the plain purpose of creat
ing.antagonistic public opinion.
' The services of the packers of the United States
are most urgently needed, and I regret exceedingly
that we should at this time have to spend our
efforts in defending ourselves against unfounded,
unproved, and unfair assertions such as are bein
daily made public. v
President,
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
BsWjiMKiwniwaa
in the daily conference of the war
council. General Goethals, as acting
qaurtermaster-general, is in active
charge of the distribution of army
supplies. The work of obtaining de
livery of these supplies has been
largely delegated to Mr. Stettinius.
It) is stated officially that General
Goethals' new duties will-not result
in the appointment of any new head,
acting or otherwise, for the quarter
master corps.
ing a stalwart American soldier smit
ing the helmeted figure ot the enemy
about to seize a crouching woman
with her child. Henry Raleigh drew
the design in crayon, with a buff
background streaked with red flames.
Swedes Supply Germans
Great Stores of Iron
Havre, March IS. Swedish iron
ore supplies 65 per cent of the steel
used by the German armies, Emile
Vandervelde and M.' DeBroukers,
the Belgian labor leaders, declare in
a letter sent to Hjalmar Branting, the
Swedish socialist leader, protesting
against the increasing Swedish ex
ports of iron to Germany.
"The exports of this material from
Sweden to Germany are increasing
daily," the protest says. "Sixty-five
per cent of the steel used by the Ger
man armies is manufactured from
Swedish ore and without this great
help the German emperor would be
unable to continue the war and the
martvrdom of Beleium.
"We implore neutral and democra
tic Sweden to prevent the . German
militarists from obtaining further re
sources from Sweden."
HONOR ROLLS TO
BOOSTTHIRD LOAN
Plan Campaign to Obtain 15,
000,000 Subscribers; Huge
Publicity Plans Now Un.
der Way.
Washington, March 15. Every
preparation is being made by Liberty
loan campaigners to gett 15,000.000
subscribers to the third loan. Sub
scriptions to the second loan now are
estimated at about 11,000,000, and to
the first loar. about 4,000,000. Sixteen
million buttons for subscribers have
been ordered for the third loan.
The system of honor rolls in each
municipality, community or business
organization, bearing the names, of
subscribers and of honor flags, to be
rfciven to each city exceeding its quota
of subscriptions, is expected to stim
ulate the number of subscriptions.
This method will disclose exactly
who subscribes, and who refuses.
Requests have been received front
newspapers publishing Sunday edi
tions for 10,000,000 inserts showing
the honor flag in colors, to be dis
tributed April 7. Two hundred for
eign language newspapers have asked
for supplies of the poster supple'
ments. Another feature for country
weeklies will be announced soon. -
Indict 35 Alleged
si. W. W.s at Wichita
Wichita, Kan., March 15. Indict
ments were returned here this morn
ing by afederal grand jury against
35 alleged members of the Industrial
Workers Of the World. With only
one exception, the indicted men are
now under arrest and some ofvthem
already have been interned for the
duration Of the war. -
CHILDREN'S
DAY AT
DREXEL'S
SATURDAY
Spring styles are in and no
matter what your wishes are,
we feel that we can gratify
them.
ERVICE
CHOOL
HOES'
Are the best that money can
buy and we have them in an
endless variety of styles and in
a size and width to fit every
foot.
Children's Sizes
8 to ll.. $3.00
Misses'
HVi to 2.. $3.50
Young Women's
to 7... $4.00
Drexel
Shoe Co.
1419 Farnara St.
Mail Ordara Solicited
Parcel Post Paid
COLDS AND COUGHS
MUST BE CURED
You play safe when you have
Dr. King's New Dis-
. covery handy.
A little chill a little fever a lit
tle sneeze you know all the symp
toms of "another cold." ' '
When one of them warns you, take
a spoonful of this 'standard remedy
of the nation. Millions of people find
it highly effective in' checking colds,
grjppe, incessant coughing, without a
single -disagreeable after-effect. Safe
and .sure for .every,. young and old
member of your family.
Priced fifty years' ago at fifty
cents and the price has, never changed.
Ditty? . Bilious ? Constipated ?
Don't permit yourself, to become
constipated, as your system immedi
ately, begins to absorb 'poison from
the Wk6diup, waste matter. Use pr.
King's New Life .Pills- and keep well.
There Is no better Safeguard against
illness.. Try.it Still 25c. All druggists.
Advertisement.
. and 1 Box Ointment
Hfctl Face Broken Out With
Pimpjes and Blackheads.
; S'tfH, three years my face was broken
out With pimples and blackheads.
' T)ltfllmlHi,H m.1l mnA
red and were scattered over
my face. They would gather
and break,, leaving little
holes In "my 'skin, slid at
times they would itch sad
burn caustpgme to scratch.
Sometimes I could not aleett.
"I decided to'tryTutfeurS Soap and
Ointment. . In two week! I found
great relief So I kept on, and I paly
used one box of Cuticur Ointrrjent
with, two bakes of Ciiticura Soap wen
I waa heated." .(Signed)" Mrs. Jl F.
Ytua, ,12th St. and 11th Ave., Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, August 13..1917. , ;
Most skin troubles might be pfe
vent4d:by using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment for toilet uses. ., .
San.W.Kac Frvaky Mai). AddresaMst
card: "Catiaara. Dat. H. Bmtoa." Sold
everywhere Soap 25c Ointment 25 and 50c.
2 Cakes CuticuraSoap
.a.
Talking It Oyer
Yes that's what they are all doinj, and there
will be still more talk after Saturday,
i as on that day
We Of f 750 New
Sprin
For Men and
,Every Suit of the entire
liii
a year ago far in advance of the rise in price of woolens,
bought with the object of serving mr trade and saving
them money, Each Suit is of the new Spring designs
perfectly tailored, and they are shown in the latest fabrics
and colors.
Save Money on Your Spring Suit by Getting It
Here and Now.
: i
Remarkable Values in
Men's Pants
A timely purchase of durable, well made
Work and Dress Pants enables the Palace
Clothing Co. to offer you an extra large saving
oa that odd pair of pants, which will give
double life to your suit They are made of
Worsteds Cassimeres, Cotton Worsted end
Cheviot Materials in striped and mixed pat
terns. All sizes and priced at
in. ill-2-3M-4M-5ii
Men'sNeckwear
We can't begin to describe our
assortment of Soring Neck-
Ail
V
wear. We do know that we have enough Ties
to supply every man in the city and Saturday
tve offer Ties for only 35. tho' worth 75c,
ind better still,
Three Ties for $1.00
Boys' Percale Waists 50c
You know the boys are found out of doors nearly all
the time these Springlike days, and as they need more
Waists, this offering should be taken advantage of. Ten
dozen of these Spring Waists offered Saturday at 50c each.
at the ralace Saturday.
Men's Lisle Hose 15c
In an endless assortment and of every known color
145 dozen of 'em in. We would advise your buying several
pairs at this price Saturday.
CXXlTltlMG
uits
Young Men at
lot was contracted for nearly
en's Shirts
I
IP
Made of percale and corded mad
ras. Pocket a saving on them
Saturday of almost one-half
n
8100
Men's Stetson Hats
ONLY-$4.50-ONLY
The Stetson is known the world
over -for Quality. Ordinarily you'd
pay $2 to $3 more for this same Hat.
We want your hat trade, and if price
is an inducement we'll fit your head
COMPACT