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12 THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1918. SENATORS SCORE FEDERAL TRADE BOARD MEMBERS Sherman Declares They Are Bolsheviki, Younger Broth ers of I. W. W. and Menace to Business. Three of the Latest "Made in America" Aces Vasliinston, Sept. 5. The fotlrr.il trade commUsion was sharply as sailed and vigorously defended in the senate today for its recent report to President Wilson recommending that the government take over the control of the packing industry so as to break up what it termed a monopoly of the meat business in this and other Countries and to prevent alleged profiteering. The debate in which Senators Sher man of Illinois and Smoot of Utah led the attack on the commission was precipitated bv introduction by Sen ator Core of Oklahoma of an amend- tHht (ht t- y t inrwiiMiieil appropriation bill carrying out in the main the commission's recommenda tions. The amendment later was withdrawn when it was apparent that consideration of it would turthcr dc lay passage of the bill. Declared Political Organization. Senator Sherman declared the com mission to be a self-constituted , prosecutinff agency" made up of "business failures,' while Senator Smoot of Utah charged that the com mission from the beginning has been ft political organization and had been used as a stepping stone to cam paign for oftice. Senator Smoot said the Gore amendment proposed to carry out the thing that every newspapaf In the country had denounced and added that if any amendment were adopted, it should be one abolishing the com mission. The senator called atten tion to the recent report made by the federal trade committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and transmitted to the presi dent, which criticised the commis sion'i manner of making investiga tions, " The Utah senator also criticised the 1 business ability and experience of the ,Commissioners,and declared their re- Cort on the packing industry was ased "on prejudice and not on the first principle of justice." The pack ers, fit said, were denied an oppor tunity to present their side of the case completely. Kenyon Defends Packing Report. Senators Gore and Kenyon defend ed the report, declaring it largely jus tified, the latter saying it received ,;he indorsement of thousands ot per- sons who have oeen roDoea oy xnc packers all these years." Senator Sherman declared if the .members of the commission desired to know what the people thought ot ,tUem, they had only to offer them selves for oftice and would be beaten by a vote of four to one. He referred to members of the commission as "seK-appointe,d business men, who ' Jiave done nothing in their lives but criticise men who are doing things," . "There isn't one." Senator Sher man continued, wno isn i a raaicai, a bolsheviki, an economic firebrand. "They're younger brothers of the I. W. W. all of them. They're poor excuses for public officers. They re a disgrace to the administration. They're a menace to business. They're a discredit to the country." I 3 f " y-f -. -"y;;,:Wnm, itHDWiJ in 1 1 m I ii i 3 j: 3 -i ! i-.i 1 11MQR j-mt?ovt r. Mr-Tijhf Major Harold Evans Hartley of Pasadena, Cal., is the latest American "ace." Major Hartley was recently officially credited with his fifth air victory, which automatically consti tutes him an "ace." Lieutenants Hill and Hoover of Nashville, Tenn.fc two of the latest American aviators to earn the title of ace. Both aviators are strictly Amer ican aces. They received their in. structions in difficult aerial maneu vers at an American training camp for aviators. DOUGHNUTS FOR DOUGHBOYS HAS STRONG APPEAL Salvation Army Enterprise for Soldiers Arouses Keen In terest Among Omaha Housewives. Big sacks of warm, deliciously spicy doughnuts poured into the little building at the northeast corner of the courthouse lawn all day Thurs day. "Here are some doughnuts. What is the object of it?" askeH OI1P laHir as she handed over her package. So Airs, j-.va Wallace graciously ex plained to her the sforv r,S h doughnuts and coffee served by the .-wvaiion Army to soldiers worn by trench fighting. "This is a sample of what thev mav expect later, she said. "We want all the boys to know that the Salvation Army will do for them in France " No accurate count has been kept but many loads of doughnuts have found their way to the soldier bovs, and the makers have left the receiv ing station loaded with literature and primed to boost for the big dough nut drive. Major Lord Resigns from Army and Returns Home AaJ- J- r. Lord, having had" his resignation from the army accepted by the president, has returned to umana to resume his practice and take up his other work which he left one year ago when he was ordered to Fort Riley. Dr. Lord has been stationed since June at United States Army hospital, Fort Des Moines, la. Mrs. Lord accompanied Dr. Lord on return by auto from Des Moines last evening. OJ.nOTJEY! MONEY! im Leanor n. J-Jortor IIIIM AttttiA. 1 T-1t M ' Or. Fred Lake Made Captain; : Is Assigned to Des Moines Washington. 1. C Spt. 8. (Spcll - tvifgrom.) -Kthfl Ktonbm-her ot Iowa hv bmeii appointed clerki in the Tre .urv dprtment. first Sert .Elmer I. Flint, general aer vlc. Infantry, will be placed upon the re . tired list at Aberdeen, S. l., and will re. pair to hla homo. Flrat Serirt. William F. Ooodson. Co. It., ' S4Sth Infantry will be placed upon the . retired (let at Camp Dedfe and will re pair to hla home. Following officers are relieved from duty at Camp lKnlne and will proceed at once to Camp McArthur. Tex.: Capt, Foreat Moaa, J05h Infantry; Flrat Lieut. Arch L. '. lJnn. JfcJnd Infantry; Flrat Meut. lKrn ,W. Benton. S59th Infantry; Ftrat Lieut. Ralph IX Woods. JS2d Infantry. Kollowlnr officers of the medical corps 'VIII proceed to Fort Dea Molnea: Cr.pt. '.Julian R. Blackman, Capt. Walton K. Ilea- ord. Flrat Lieut. Arthur F. Bratrud. First Lieut Donald H. McRae. First Lieut. , Joseph B. Shannon, medical corps, la re lieved from duty at Camp dreenleaf and will proceed to D. Moines. ; Captain Frank U. Cenfleld, quartermas- tar corps, will proceed to Camp Dodge ' ob official business connected with the s Inajiectlon and Investigation ot conserva tion and reclamation. Aonointment of ilaater Hospital Scr- rMt Edwartl R. M. Fennypacker, medical department, first lieutenant sanitary corps; SU Arnold R. Nordstrom as second lieu tenant quartermaster corps; Set., first class. Jae H. Munyan, quartermaster corps, as 'second lieutenant, quartermaster corps , Ordnance Sgt. Herbert E. Bteln, ordnance department, aa second lieutenant, ordnance department, are to proceed to Des Moines. The following appointments have been -nude tn the United Statea army: Henry K. Eaton, Burlington. Ia., enlisted man, second lieutenant, ordnance department; taurtce Rithmaster, Camp Dodge, second j- lieutenant, quartermaster corps. Ceo. M. Anderson, Casper, Wyo. ; William T. Parsona. Hastings. Neb.; Francis P. J Dorsey. Harttngton, Neb.; FredeHck W. . Iake, Omaha: Samuel E. Lincoln, Dea Moines " i ,n m. cu niu in. mm n 1 1 1 1 1 a i.h iii imi ' K. Halgama. Norman, Neb.; William A. Henneger, Lamotte, la.: Harry E. Middle town, Lake City, la, first lieutenants med. : leal corps. Vernon Myers, Conde. la.; Carl E. lArlks. Arlington, 8. D., second lieuten ants air service. War Will Last at Least Year Yet, Gerard Believes ' Chicago, Sept. 5. Although the 'German general staff know that they . cannot possibly win against America. ' the war is going to last at least a year yet, perhaps two or three, James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany, declared in a speech today. If we rovr made peace", in ten r twelve years Germany would start again for the conquest of the world. I Ve can't expect any revolution in Germany during this war but after- .wards we can expect the overthrow Killed, 43 Injured In Wreck in Oklahoma ; ComancTie. Okla., Sept. 5. One man was killed and 43 were injured, . vpra1 errinti1v whpn trtr rnarhes 'of a Rock Island train were derailed near here today.' The dead and in jured were members of a party of 80 drafted men from Garfield county, "Oklahoma, on tnc'r way to training ' A defective airbrake ia believed to caused th accident, . came Copyright. by Eleanor H. Porter and vr j no i'u tin i.Mer fn Dr PermUaion of Houghton Mifflin Co. All The Story Thus Far. Stanley il. Fulton. mul(lmlMi.nir i. masquerading In Illllerton as John Smith gonealnglnt. As a matter of fact, he Is busy watching relatives he jibs suddenly made wealthy. He finds It Interesting. And he finds most Intercut In Ml. Mn...l. Duff, whose father married the mother of the Blalsdells and survived her. CHAPTER XV rContinurlV Miss Maggie herself, in the after noon, with an errand for an excuse, walked slowly by the tennis court. She saw Mr. Smith at once but he did not seem at all interested in the playing. He had his back to the court, in fact. He was talking very ani matedly with Mellicent Blaisdell. He was still talking with her though on the opposite side of the court when Miss Maggie went by again on her way home. Miss Maggie frowned and said something just under her breath about "that child flirting as usuall" Then she went on, walking very fast, and without another glance toward the tennis ground. But a little far ther on Miss Maggie's step lagged perceptibly, and her head lost its proud poise. Miss Matreie. for a rea son she could not have explained her self, was feeling suddenly old, and weary, and very much alone. to the image m the mirror a she took off her hat a few minutes later in her own hall, she said scornfully: "Well, why shouldn't you feel old? You are old. You are old!" Miss Maggie had a habit of talking to her self in the mirror but never before had she said anything like this to herself. An hour later Mr. Smith home to supper. "Well, how did the game go?" queried Miss Maggie, without look ing up from the stocking she was mending. "Game? Go? Oh! Why, I don't remember who did win finally," he answered. Nor did it apparently oc cur to him that for one who was so greatly interested in tennis, he was curiously uninformed. It did occur to Miss Maggie, how ever. The next day Mr. Smith left the house soon after breakfast, and, con trary to his usual custom, did not mention where he was going. Miss Maggie was surprised and displeased. More especially was she displeased because she was displeased. As if it mattered to her where he went, she told herself scornfully. The next day and the next it was much the same. On the third day she saw, Jane. When Miss Flora had gone, Miss Maggie turned to Mr. Smith with eyes that still carried dazed unbelief. "Did Flora say that Frank Blaisdell had sold his grocery stores?" "She certainly did! You seem sur prised. Fm more than surprised. I'm dum- tounded. "Why? Don't Vu think, like Mrs. Jane, that he ought not to enjoy his money, certainly?" "Oh, no. He's got money enough to retire, if he wants to, and he's cer tainly worked hard enough to earn a rest." "Then, what is it?" Miss Maggie laughed a little. "I'm not sure I can explain. But, to me, it's just . this: while he's got plenty to retire upon, he hasn't got anything to retire to.." "And what, pray, do you mean by that?" "Why, Mr. Smith, I've known that man from the time he was trading jackknives and marbles and selling paper boxes for five pins. I remem ber the whipping he got, too. for filching sugar and coffee and beans from the pantry and opening a gro cery store in our b.arn. From that day to this that boy has always been trad ing something. He's been absolutely uninterested in. anything else. I don't believe he's read a book or a magazine since his school days unless it had something to do with business or groceries. He hasn't a sign of a fad music, photography, collecting things; nothing. .And he hates so ciety. Jane had to fairly drag him out anywhere. Now, what I want to know is what the man is going to do?" "Oh,he'U find something." laughed Author ot "Pollyanna." Mr. Smith. "He'i going to travel, first, anythow." "Yes, he's going to travel, first. And then we'll see," smiled Miss Maggie enigmatically, as Mr. Smith picked up his hammer again. By the middle of July the Blaisdells were all gone from Hillerton, and there remained only their letters for Miss Maggie and for Mr. Smith. Miss Maggie was very generous with her letters. Perceiving Mr. Smith's genuine interest, she read him ex tracts from almost every one that came. And the letters were always interesting and usually characteris tic. Benny wrote of swimming and ten nis matches, and of "hikes" and the "bully eats. Hattie wrote of balls and gowns and the attention "dear Elizabeth" was receiving from some really very nice families who were said to be fabulously rich. Neither James nor Bessie wrote at all Fred, too, remained unheard from. Mellicent wrote freniicntlv crav hreezy letters full to the brim of the joy of living. She wrote of tennis, swimming, camp-fire stories, and mountain trails; they were like Ben ny's letters in petticoats, Miss Maggie said. Long and frequent epistles came from Miss Flora. Miss Flora was having a beautiful time. Niagara was perfectly lovely only what a terrible noise it made! She was glad she did not have to stay and hear it always. She liked New York, only that was noisy, too, though Mrs. Moore did not seem to mind it Mrs. Moore liked Coney Island, too, but Miss Flora much preferred Grant's Tomb, she said. It was so much more quiet and lady-like. She thought some things at Coney Island were really not nice at all, and she was sur prised that Mrs. Moore should enjoy them so much. Between the lines it could be seen that Flora was becoming just the least bit homesick. She wrote Miss Maggie that it did seem queer to go everywhere, and not sc . a soul to bow to. It gave her such a lone some feeling such a lot of faces, and not one familiar one! She had tried to make the acquaintance of several people real nice people; she knew they were by the way they looked. But they wouldn't hardly say any thing to her, nor answer her ques tions; and they always got up and moved away very soon. To be sure, there was one nice young man. He was lovely to them, Miss Flora said. He spoke to them first, too.' It was when they were down to Coney Island. He helped them through the crowds, and told them about lots of nice things they didn't want to miss seeing. He walked with them, too, quite a while, show ing them the sights. He was very kind he seemed especially kind, af ter all those other cold-hearted peo ple, who didn't care! That was the day she and Mrs. Moore both lost their pocketbooks, and had such an awful time getting back to New York. It was right after they had said good-bye to the nice young gentleman that they discovered that they had lost them. They were so sorry that they hadn't found it out before, Miss Flora said, for he would have helped them, she was sure. But though they looked everywhere for him, they could not find him at all, and they had to appeal to strangers, who took them right up to a police man the first thing, which was very embarrassing, Miss Flora said. Why, she and Mrs. Moore felt as if they had been arrested, almost! Miss Maggie pursed her lips a little, when she read this letter to Mr. Smith, but she made no comment. From Jane, also, came several let ters and from Frank Blaisdell one short scrawl. Frank said he was having a bully time, out tnat ne d seen some ot the most shiftless-looking grocery stores that he ever set eyes on. He asked if Maggie knew how trade was at his old store, and if Donovan was keep ing it up to the mark. He said that Jane was well, only she was getting pretty tired because she would try to see everything at once, for fear she'd lose something, and not get her money's worth, for all the world just as she used to eat things to save them. Jane wrote that she was having a very nice time, of course she couldn't Fielp it, with all those lovely things to see; but she said she never dreamed that just potatoes, meat and vegetables could cost so much any- wnere as they did in hotels, and as ior me prices those dining cars charged it was robbery sheer rob beryl And why an able-bodied man should be given ten cents every time he handed you your own hat she couldn t understand. (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) Air Mail Pilot Makes First Lap of First Trip to Chicago Lockhaven, Pa., Sept. 5. Max Mil ler, pilot ot the hrst airplane carrying mail from New York to Chicago, landed on the golt links of the Clin ton Country club, two miles from here, at 10:55 this morning after a successful flight from New York City. He remained less than one- half hour and then resumed his flight to Cleveland, the next scheduled stop. e D B 9 D D D Conscience and Appetite are both satis fied by in D D POST TOASTIES They Save Wheat i h i 9 1 I I o i I SUES C3 RIDD Omaha Breaks All Records On Visiting Nurses' Tag Day Tag day has been an annual event with the V;siting Nurse's association since 1914, when the first tag day was instituted. Each year the receipts of tag dav increased $1,000 until this year when all previous records were broken by an increase of $4,(KKJ, The record of the tag day receipts reads: 1914 $-'.000 1915 J.00O 1916 4.000 1917 5,600 1918 9.000 Mrs. William J. Hynes, the presi dent of the association, attributes the increase to the spirit of the times. "A few years ago," said Mrs. Hynes, "if you asked women to tag, they asked you, 'A whole day,' and now when you ask them they say, 'only one day.'" Championship Dancing Meet To Close Krug Park Season Tonight will see the finals in the big dancing tournament which has been held at Krug Park this sum- i r-.- i 1 1 - iiicr a-u some lony coupies wm """"about the time he deserted and for a :n ine waitz ana one sierx ior uie championship. The event will be in WOMAN IS HELD FOR AIDING SON TO EVADE DRAFT Mrs. Sarah Ver Mehren is in County Jail Awaiting Arrest of Boy Who Deserted Day of Call. Mrs. Sarah Ver Mehren is under arrest by federal agents charged with harboring her son, Rudolph, a willful deserter from military service, and is held in county jail awaiting the ar rest of her son. Both mother and son probably will face court-martial. Rudolph is about 28 years old. He registered at local board No. 1, Twenty-second street and Ames ave nue, and deserted the day he was called for service. He was married t-ivuiviiaiu wan r idiia (iio Parents Here This Week Lt. C. L. C. Gait, who graduated recently from the officers' training school at Camp Zachary Taylor. Louisville, Ky., was in Omaha this week visiting his parents, Capt. J. R. Gait and Mrs. Gait, who came to Omaha a few weeks ago from Hono lulu. Captain Gait is disbursing offi cer of the Omaha quartermasters corps. Lt. Gait was a college chum of Capt. Malcom Baldrige at Yale and played with him on the 'varsity foot ball team. He also was champion in tercollegiate wrestler and water polo player. charge of Professor Willard Cham bers of this city and the park is of fering four silver loving cups valued at $200 as prizes for the victorious couples. Great interest has been raised among the fine dancers of the city by the tournament and hundreds of people have been present on the other contest nights to see the ex perts perform. J. W. Long Made Inspector of Weights and Measures John W. Long will succeed Amos P. Scruggs as city inspector of weights and measures. Tlie appoint ment, made by City Commissioner Ure and confirmed by city council, carries a salary of $125 per month. Long has been a Pullman company employe for years. He was inspector of weights and measures under the late Frank E. Moores, former mayor. Retiring and incoming incumbents are negroes. while he and his wife lived in Denver, Colo. Mrs. Ver Mehren is the widow of Herman Ver Mehren and lives at the family residence at 2215 Ames avenue. She is said to have confessed to help ing her son escape military service, giving the simple mother's reason, "I wanted to keep him out of the draft." A younger son is in the service and is now in France. Rudplph is well educated. He was formerly employed by the Cook Paint and Glass company here. Large Crowd Attends Omaha Day at Nebraska State Fair Omaha is well represented at the state fair- this being Omaha day there. The Burlington railroad sold 612 tickets to Lincoln this morning. About 300 more joined the two morn ing trains at the South Side station. It is estimated that 1,500 went by auto mobile, as the roads are reported in good condition. nrn1 in - - aj c Spinal Help Often Solves Womanly His The peculiar nature of wom an is such that her mind is often affected by sex ail ments. Sometimes the iremory is weak ened, often !he finds it impossible to concentrate, usuHlly she is in clined to magnify her troubles and give undue importance to trifles. Quite frequently such disturbances to the usual good health follow childbirth. The whole story is summed up in two words disordered nerves. 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