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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1918)
THE BEV: UMAHA, TUESDAY, AFK1L 2, IU18. NEBRASKA MILL VIOLATES RULES; ORDERED CLOSED State Food Administrator Finds Scriber, Neb., Firm Guilty of Selling Wheat Flour Without Substitute. ! . The Monitor flour mills of Scrib fier, Neb., has been ordered to close down for 30 days after a hearing be fore the Nebraska food administra tor. The mill made a shipment of wheat flour to Gordon, Neb., without hipping the required amount of sub stitute with the flour. This is the first mill in Nebraska tfbose license has been suspended for violating the rules and regulations of ;he food administration. These rules require the sale of an equal amount of substitute with every 6ale or ship-! ment of white flour, or a statement from the purchaser that he has bought the required substitute else where. Arthur Schulz, secretary of the mill, said at the hearing that the vio lation was due to an oversight in the office, but the excuse was considered inadequate. The mill has a capacity of 200 barrels per day. Must Prove Statement. The shipment was made to a farm ers' union, which has the same status as a retail store. The officers of this union have been ordered to appear be fore the food administration. Unless they can prove that they had ar ranged to purchase an equal amount of-substitute at the time they bought the white flour their license also will be' suspended. 'Licenses of two Nebraska bakers were suspended last week. That of P.0. Weinhold of Grand Island was suspended for IS days,' beginning April 4, because he baked rolls of white flour without substitute. The bakery of D. M. Prigge of Deshler was ordered closed for 10 days be cause he was operating without a license and had' an' excess amount of white flour on hand. The excess flour was ordered returned to the mills. Beginning April 1, rye flour is not i legal substitute to be sold with vhite flour. There has been a terrific drain on rye flour and, therefore, it s taken out of the substitute class. Preliminary Hearing of Six , Alleged Car Thieves is Held At the preliminary hearing of the tix alleged robbers, accused of rob bing a freight car March 22, before United States Commissioner Neely Monday morning, Walter Knobbs was discharged and was ordered rearrest ;d on a different charge. The other five suspects were held for the grand jury. Harold Savige of the South Side is held under $5,000 bonds, and Albert i Schwartz, alais Houcek, and Harold" Sexton, Richard Raven and Edward Baker are held under bonds of $2,500 each. Savige is alleged to have entered the moving car and to have thrown boxes out to his companions, who loaded them on their automobile. Officers say they caught three of the men in the act. Others escaped but were captured later In Council Bluffs. Thousands of Texas Cattle Are on Their Way to Omaha Four thousand cars of Texas cattle soon will be headed for the Omaha market, but they will be a long white, getting here because they will pass the summer c the pastures of Wyo ming and Montana.- Since the earliest days Texas cattle have been making this trip, being driven overland in the days before the railroads were built. ' The Burlington railroad already has orders for more than 4,000 cars with which to move Texas cattle to Wyo ming and Montana. After fattening on the range, the Burlington will haul most of them to the Omaha market. Church Honors Cross Bearer - Now in Hospital Unit - George E. Morris. 227 Park avenue, for 16 years cross-bearer of St An drew's Episcopal church, is the ninth member of the church to enter the service of his country. He left with the Nebraska base hospital unit and service in his honor was held in the church Easter morning prior to the regular service., The -young man is the son of George Morris, and the star was pinned to the church service flag by an uncle, Frank Morris. Dr. Spence Speaks Before Mount Calvary Commandery Dr. W. H. Snenre snnW Kj.fnr.17S ' members of Mount Calvary Com- manucry, rvnignts iemplar, Sunday night at Hanscom Park- T.Hir.Hicf church, using as his subject the re cent fall of Jerusalem into the hands of the Christian allies. The sermon also had particular application to the relation between the Easter season and the Templars. Both Dr. Spence and Choir Director Walter B. Gra ham, who arranged a special musical program, are members of the order. , Few Cases of Importance on , Next Federal Court Docket Federal Judge Woodrough has called the docket for cases which will come up for trial on and after April 10. Few cases of great importance are on the docket. One which involves large sums of money is the suit of the Thorne-Neal company .of Phila delohia. Pa.; airainsr th A. R Pur. rie company ot Umaha.' I he eastern company asks for $46,793 'and the de fendant has filed counter claims for $60,000, alleging breach of contract Oil Boom at Manville, Wyo.; Town Immediately Grows According to reports to the North western offices, ihe town of Manville, VVvo.. 25 miles writ nf tha KhrcU . state line, is having an oil boom that ; promises to surpass anything of the kind ever experienced in the west. Two weeks ago drillers struck oil in . a well 10 miles north of this town. .The town immediately began to boom and now it has a population of 500 . o 700 people Twenty to 25 rigs are drilling for oil and 12 producing wells have beeu brought in POLITICAL Candidate Form Greater Part of "Fellow Citiicns" at "Mat" Meatiaf. SHRAPNEL Candidates are finding it difficult to draw crowds to attend their meetings With few exceptions, the meetings have been attended mostly by candi dates. "Fellow candidates and citizens" is a familiar salutation heard at these meetings. Commissioner Jardine stated thr.t at a meeting he attended last week there were 17 candidates and eight voters present. Even the announcement that a cer tain meeting called last week would be a patriotic gathering failed to attract more than a corporal's guard. One group of candidates tried a band of music as a drawing card, but even that did not seem to have the de sired effect. , "Tom P. Reynolds, one of the labor candidates or city commissioner, is president of the State Federation of Labor, president of the Omaha Cen tral Labor union, an official of the Stereotypers' union, a member of the State Council of Defense, Liberty loan committee, Red Cross committee local food administration, local fuel administration, war savings stamp committee, and some others, as a rep resentative of organized labor," re marked a local labor unionist. "All this besides working at his trade as a stereotyper. Still there are a lot of other union laborers in this vicinity who could be induced to give Uncle Sam some of their time if they only had a chance." A Scandinavian political mass meetting is announced to be held in the Swedish auditorium, Sixteenth and Chicago streets, tonight. The singing society Norden wil .render several song selections. , i Many believe that the labor ticket will cut severely into Withnells strength, which formerly drew well trom the labor vote. The Lakeside Improvement icfub will hold another political meeting on Tuesday night at Thirteenth and Boyd streets. Odell and Major Swinton Will Speak Here Thursday Frank G. Odell of the Federal Land bank, Omafta, and Major General E. D: Swinton, inventor of the British war tank, will be in Omaha Thurs day. They have been holding meet ings in Wisconsin and Illinois, where they spoke to 150,000 people at 38 gatherings. They will speak in Bur lington and Davenport, la., Tuesday; Des Moines, Wednesday, and Omaha, Thursday, appearing at the Chamber of Commerce at noon and at 8 p. m., and at the Live Stock exchange at 2 p. m. 'i t - Major General Swinton is assistant secretary of the British war cabinet, was a member of Lord Kitchener's staff in the early part of the war, did heroic service on the Somme. is a veteran of 30 years' service in the British army, and is a famous writer and authority on military subjects. He wears three ribbons for dis tinguished service in South Africa, a rainbow medal, and is a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. , Easter Celebration Costs Pair $10 in Police Court "Babe" Danaman and Cora Vance. colored, 4716 South Twenty-seventh street,- love to hear the lively strains of a graphophone, and just can't keep their feet still when they hear it so they went tj the house of a neighbor who has a graphophone to celebrate Easter Sunday afternoon. The tunes played didn't just suit their itching feet, so they proceeded to draw in spiration from a bottle, with the result! that the .celebration took on such a festive air that they were arrested for being drunk and disturbing the peace. "Ten dollars and costs, each, said Judge Fitzgerald Monday morning in police court. Farmers Promised Rain Now That Easter Has Passed Now that Easter Sunday has passed, the chief of the weather bureau in Omaha feels justified in pre dicting unsettled weather, with possi ble showers. He says that the farmer, as well as the wearer of the new Eas ter bonnet, has some rights and that reports from, out in the state show the need of rain. There was less moisture during March than for any previous year ex cept 1910, when there was so small an amount it could not be measured. Last month only 11-100 of aft inch of moisture is reported. German Offensive Speeds Up Recruiting in the Army Six hundrid and seventy-two en listed in the army in Omaha during March, 130 more than were obtained during February. Major Frith, in charge of recruiting in the Omaha dis trict, says the increased enthusiasm is due to the casualty lists and the news of the German offensive. Free Demonstration ALL THIS WEEK In the Down Stairs Store) Burgess-Nash Co. or , King's Dehydrated' Fruits and Vegetables uLT riiv Li r--3 Y?sn r H Vm iflilBIM I NEW PRICES ON COAL IN STATE NOW IN EFFECT State Fuel Administrator Ken nedy Announces Margins to Take Place of Former Prices. The new margins on coal and coke in Nebraska, showing some increases, went into effect at 7 o'clock Monday morning by order of State Fuel Ad ministrator Kennedy. The new prices take the place of all former orders. and apply to the entire state. No specific retail prices have been made because of the numerous changes in mine prices, especially during the summer months. The gross margin system, which is now adopted for the whole state, is elastic and automatic and applies perma nently, no matter how often the mine prices change. What Orders Are. Commenting on the new orders. Mr. Kennedy says: I he new margins show some in creases iu cents per ton in some cases and 20 cents in others. The dealers suffered considerably last winter because of the shortage in weights. In nearly every instance they paid for more coal than they re ceived. This was due partly to in accurate methods of weighing at the mines, and the usual pilfering from the cars was increased because of the scarcity of coal. An effort will be made to have track scales maintained under government supervision. "The order is so drawn that the use of unscreened coal is encouraged. This is to prevent the waste of the screenings. , In many towns in the state they cannot be used, as there is no demand for steam coal. The additional margin of 15 cents, be tween screened and unscreened coal, is not enough to pay for the screen ing, and the dealer may or may not screen it, at his option. Drayage Charges Added, "The usual drayage, and delivery cnarges are to De added to the mar gins, and the retail dealers must post up in ineir places ot business the government cost of the coal to them and their margins and delivery charges. In this way consumers can always tell what prices they ought to pay. Whenever summer reduc tions in mine prices are made the consumers get the benefit of them, if they buy their coal during the month in which the dealers receive it. "Mine reductions will be greater during April than any other month. The state fuel administrator urges all consumers of coal and coke to get in their season's supply whenever and wherever possible. A campaign along that line will be conducted all over the state." The order requires that by April 10 all retail coal dealers throughout the state shall post up, and there after maintain in their places of busi ness, accessible to their customers, the government price of each kind of coal and coke handled, the maximum gross margin allowed, and the retail prices at yard; also their drayage and delivery charges. x Maximum Prices. , The following maximum retail gros margins, per ton of 2,000 pounds, ar now established for coal and coke sold at the dealers' yards, to consum ers In Nebraska: . ANTHRACITE. ' . Not Yard Tar Class A Scrpnnixl Ri.r..n. M nennsyivania J1.3S Colorado 1.35 ' Clan B , Spadray ,, l.JO Bernloa 1.(0 SEMI-ANTHRACITE. Arkansas i.6 Oklahoma , i.jo BITUMINOUS. I Class A Iowa ..; 1.35 Kaniaa ,, 1,85 Missouri 1,35 Class B Colorado 145 Utah 1.45 Wyoming 1.45 Oklahoma 14s . Claaa C Illlnola , i.ss LIGNITE. Colorado 1,45 Wyoming" 1,45 OTHER DOMESTIC COAL, . 8 team Coal Mill, alack, screenings SO Coka ,., 1.J5 ll.S i.eo 1.9S 1.75 1.76 1.7S 1.60 1.(0 1.50 1.60 1.60 1.60 . 1.60 1.70 1.60 1.60 2.00 Archbishop Visits Wilson. ' Washington, April l.The Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, arch- bishoo of York and nrimar nf Vntr- land, called on President Wilson to- na A SURPRISE when you inform him that the IllaTJ-O FSPl ti NGS ,heU b5 y. 1 Vrauma. irIdT g marketing trip hunting for fresh soup oRcwiuica una men nave the work of preparing them. And he'll have good TiV2,S3H.eet you to 8erve VEGE TABLE SOUP very often, i iSi? cic 8up vegetables tempting ly blended fresh as "garden-fresh" the moisture only extracted. The pack f5ii 3 cents-nough for ten plates. Call your Grocer right away. Put King's on your pantry shelf today. in- WE OFFER SUBJECT TO SALE unionsVoK Might Company 7f f ref,rr Stock at 100 BURNS-BRINKER & CO., IoTe.tm.nt S.cur,ti.. 449.452 0hm B YOUTHS MAKE Boy and Girls Call Joe Ihm for Advice. WAR GARDENS "Is this Toe, the garden man?" ask ed a childish voice over the telephone Joe Ihm, the new garden director for school boys and girls, replied in the affirmative and offered to be of service. The boy explained that he was an xious to raise early tomatoes and said he wanted advice about planting them. It is too early to plant tomato vines unless you have them in a hot bed. If you plant them outside now they may be frosted, said the garden man. "That's just what my pa told me," replied the boy. Mr. Ihm reports that 750 bovs and girls have responded to the call for registration of juvenile war gardeners this season. All of the schools have not returned the report cards. One hundred of "these children have agreed to raise chickens and 25 will raise hogs. Thi'3 war garden campaign among the boys and girls will be done according to a plan of the extension department of the University of Ne braska, the federal government co operating. Food Shippers' Inspection is New Government Service No longer may a shipper fear to send fruit and produce to the Omaha market, for the government has opened a tood produce inspection office for his protection. This service is furnished free by Uncle Sam. When a shipper to the Omaha -mar ket has a carload of fruit or vegeta bles turned down and not accepted he may wire to the bureau in Omaha and the food products inspector will in spect the car as to its condition and issue a certificate which may be used as offiial in any future law suit which may come up over the rejection of the shipment. B. B. Jones is the food products in spector for Omaha, and he is in structed by the government to make an unbiased report. In ,meritorious cases tlje Omaha officials may send an inspector to nearby markets, such as Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Council Bluffs and Lin coln. Loyalty Big Issue in Close of Badger Campaign Milwaukee, Wis., April l.The brief, but exciting special senatorial campaign in Wisconsin- to fill the vacancy made by the death of Sena tor Husting, closed today. Tomorrow the voters go to' the polls. The can didates are: Congressman Irvine L. Lenropt, republican; Joseph E. Davies, who was chairman of the Federal Trade commission, democrat, and Victor L. Berger, socialist. ' Both Lenfoot and Davies claim the election, but neutral observers "con fess themselves unable to predict the result. The loyalty issue which has been proclaimed by Davies and Len root is a controlling factor. Famous Comedienne to Speak ' In Omaha for Liberty. Loan Marie Dressier. rnmpHionni mhn has been selected by Secretary Mc Adoo to open the third Liberty loan camoaicrn. with an aHHri frnm tV. capitol steps at Washington, will speaic in umaha, April 18. Miss Dressler's itinprsrw urae n-. pared by C. F. Horner of the Treas ury department and includes stops in all orincinal cities from tri ct coast to the Missouri river. She is scheduled to appear in a different city eacn day ana in addition will sing and talk from the platform of her car at each stop during daylight. She ex pects to return to New York about May 10. London Press Praises Appointment of Gen. Foch London, April 1. Unanimous ap proval is given the aDDointment of General Foch to be generalissimo of the allied forces in France by the morning newspaters. includine those which have bec loudest in their op position to sue! a move. Many col umns are devoted to details of the ca reer of the French general. Williams, Convicted Last Week, Asks for New Trial A new trial for Harrv Williams convicted Thursday of the murder of detective iranlc Kooney, is asked in a motion tiled m district court INDEED vegetable soup he is en- VEGETABLES. And as Phased as you to N GERMANY HALTS TO SMOOTH EDGE OF BIG BATTLEAX First Onrush of Enemy Stop ped; Teutons Rush Prepara tion for Fresh Gigantic Blow in West. London, April l.The reports from the battle front this morniniz was re garded as favorable for the allies, and the belief is held that the first onrush of the enemy has been stop ped. He is engaged in the process of consolidating his positions and bring ing up heavy artillery, and it is ex pected that when this work has been completed another big blow will be delivered with all the energy which he still has. With Stronc reinforrpmpnte nn h ground and with coordination of com mand, tne nope is expressed here that the allied lin will nrnv im pregnable and that the Germans will aasn inemseives against it in vain. The newspapers are occupied with the new man-power proposals and America's expected participation in the fighting. The Standard advises the general to think in the offensive. It savs their forces arp amnio tn . gain the initiative after the present German effott is frustrated. "By call ing up all men of military age and raising the age limit, England can have an additional mill inn mpn Kw autumn," it says, and adds "with the gathering forces of the United States there should not be less than 2,000,000 new troops available for warfare in the autumn." Big Indiana Distillery Turned Into Feed Mill Hammond. Ind.. Anril 1 Trancfr of the Hammond distillery, one of the largest m ine sixtn internal district, into a feed mill was hpenn hpr n. day. The plant was sold Saturday to me iNowaic Mining corporation of cunaio, i. 1 , As a distillerv it had bp more than $12,000,000 annually in revenue taxes. Siam Gives Aviators. San Francisco. March 31. An aviation corps of 500, members will oe aiams contribution to the en tente allies, according to Frank D. Arnold, former charge d'affairs at Banekok. who arrivpd hpr inn from Siam enroute to Washington. President May Talk For New War Loan Washington, April 1. President Wilson is considering enlisting his aid in the new Liberty loan cam paign. He may go to Baltimore to make the spe :h for the loan Saturday, when the campaign opens. Whether the president will make the speech has not been finally de cided. It is considered certain that if he does speak for the loan he will take occasion to touch on the international1 situation. Getting M eans Selling Your The Twentieth Century Method ot sell ing your services is to advertise them. You can do. more with a little ad in the "Situation Wanted" columns of TTie Bee than you could in days of weary walking. And then employers have learned to look in the "Situation Wanted" col umns when they need to fill vacan cies in their organizations, and you get interviews with people you could not reach in any other way. it. If you want assistance in preparing a suit' able ad, call at The Bee off ice-there is no charge for this extra service-otherwise telephone your ad to Tyler 1000, and "Keep Your Eye on The Bee" - 'iisssss-j "MnsmMMMi l5?projdog Exery E&y Dog Catchers Start On Annual Roundup Dog catchers are out after the Fidos and Busters and other canines that do not wear 1918 city license tags. . . City clerk reports only 800 dog owners have complied with the law by paying their license fees and ob taining tags which give their canine pets the right to roam unmolested by the city pound men. 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