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- : 8 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1918. FILE CHARGES AGAINST "BIG FIVE"PACKERS Federal Trade Commission Renort to Conaress Accuses 1 - s of Being Combination in . Restraint of Trade. i : j By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. Z The federal Irade commission, in a supplemental pmnstrr efirtmrrrt tr f nry err e-cm nn iv :harged the five big meat packing r Li i . , combination in restraint of trade ani with rnntrnllincr thi "sal rf UnrV anri frc?h mpat Evidence is cited at length to sup port the charges. Swift & Co., Ax nour & Co., Morris & Co., Wilson .V f Tti anA tha CkAVv Part. company are named. "The evidence of the present day existence of a meat combination among the five big packers is vol uminous and detailed," the report said: "This evidence is convincing, consisting as it does largely of doc uments written by the packers or their agents and including the mem orandum made by one of the par ticipants in the combination of the terms and conditons agreed upon at various meeting of the packers." Divide Purchases. The principal conclusions to be ' drawn from this mass of evidence ; rlfitnnr rt rnnilttiiafinna amnnff trip . a . .. a . packers, the report, says, are: "1. That Swift & Co., Armour & Co., Morris & Co., Wilson Company (Inc.) and the Cudahy Packingfcom pany are in an agreement for the division of live stock purchases, throughout the United States, ac- rtrAna n rrain fiv.rl nrrntaff v . ..... fcv .w... r - - a "That this national live stock di- e - J i i vision is reiiuorce.u vy iutai ngicc ments among the members of the general, combination operating at each of the principal markets, as it Denver, where Armour and Swift divide their-live stock 'fifty-fifty.' v "That these national and local live stock purchase agreements con stitute a restraint of interstate com merce in live animals , and in the sale of meat and other animal prod ucts, stifling competition among the five companies, substantially con- trolling the prices to be pad live Btock producers and the prices to be charged consumers of meat and "ather animal products and giving the members of the combination unfair and illegal advantages over Ktual and potential competitors. "2c That the five companies, ex change confidential information which is not made available to their competitors and employjointly paid agent to secure information which 's used to control and manipulate live stock markets. ' a. I nat tne nve companies aci ollu'sivcly through their buyers in the purchase of live stock. "4. That Swift & Co., Armour & Co,, Morris & Co. and Wilson com pany, Inc., through their subsidiary ind controlled companies in South America combined -with certain other companies to restrict .and control shipments of beef and other meats from South America to the United States and other countries. "5. That the five companies act collusively in the sale of fresh neat. "6. That there ,is a joint con tribution to funds-expended under their .secret control to influence public opinion and governmental action and thus to maintain the oover of their combination. . "7. That the agreements, under standings aiid pools hereinbefore ecited are reinforced by the com nunity of interest, among the five :ompanies aliove named through loint ownerships either corporate or individual, of various enterprises. Two or more of the interests thus have 'joint ownership or representa tion in 108 concerns, so far ascer 'ained io July, 1918." , - In a summary of its conclusions regarding collusive" live stock buy ng, the commission said it finds: "That the big packers together control the live stock markets. "That such "competition as ap- Write a Love Letter-Win a Prizg! 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Name will not be published if writer so indicates. Answers in by De s cember 9. Awards in The Bee December 12. Address Contest Editor, Omaha Bee. pears to exist is limited and not real. , ', ', "That they together fix live stock prices." Collusion in . buying, tne report yards and allied facilities are jointly controlled. Therefore, both men must support thev market alike." Detailed statements of respective live stock purchases at the various said, is in operation at all principal! markets were appended by the corn- markets. Collusion in Buying.s "The buyers begin buying, at the same'time," the report stated . "If one holds off the market, all hold off. So strong is the influence of the big packers' buying that th4 market is not 'made' until their buy ers begin bidding, t "There exists, therefore, for each of the big packers, a centralized buying system so simpjy contrived and organized that it controls the smallest details of live stock, pur chases at each of the markets and can be set in motion and directed by a single word. Only a few men in each company need know thajt there is an agreement or under standing." Swift Controls St. Joseph. The 'report said the "Big Five" jointly employ men at markets to gather market conditions' and thus check each other's operations. An alyzing conditions at various mar kets, the report said that at St. Jo seph, Mo., Swift, Armour and Mor ris operate at yards controlled by Swift. i "At times" it was stated, "Swift has difficulty in getting Armour and Morris to support the market. "Swift & Co., controlled at St. Paul, but now Armouf has a share of the live stock receipts there." Cudahy and Armour Own Omaha. ' At Omaha and Sioux City the re port declared, the Cudahy and Armour-plants are the largest and Swift has recently acquired a small independentplant at Sioux City. ""At this market, (Sioux City) the arrangement is for Cudahy to buy 'Just as many hogs as Armour buys," the report declared. "Th fifty-fifty division of hogs at Sioux City is of long standing"the report added, quoting messages from E. A. Cudahy to Manager M. R. Murphy. 1 "At Omaha," the commission said, "the division of hog purchases for many years was, on the following arbitrary percentage: "Armour 30; Cudahy 30; Swift 25; Morris IS." . The commission said Wilson & Cb.,in 1917, tried to establish a "right" to buy at Omaha, but was rebuffed by Arthur Meeker of Ar mour & Co. Oklahoma City, Forth Vrth and Denver, the report stated, all are "fifty-fifty" markets. " "That is," it was stated, "there are -only two -big packers operating at each of these markets and each packer is expected to purchase an ecflial amount of j live stock. At Oklahoma City, Morris & Co., and Wilson & Co. control .the", stock yards and buy partically an equal number of animals. "At Fort Worth and Denver, Ar mour & Co., andSwift & Co., are the 'only big packeTs. The stock mission in support of its charge that agreements exist. "It is obvious," the report con tinued, "that the live stock pool is not only an automatic regulator of the business of each company, but also secures substantial uniformity of prices. With eachpacker pur chasing only ascertain percentage on the hoof each is bound to have rel atively the same proportion of meat for sale. Thus the competitive chance that any one of the packers will flood the market v . . . . is eliminated. The "live stock pool, therefore, is an effective method of accomplishing almost the same re sults" of the feeder Pool -system so far as the sale of dressed meats is concerned." - The commission also declared there is proof that "the big packers take advantage of live stock pur chasers and sellers and added: "The shipper who refuses to ac-' cept the price offered at the first market has a chance to sell his live stock on its merits to small pack ers, buyers and traders but the chance is slight." . Packers Deny, Charge. Chicago, Dec. 2.J-Denials that the packing companies named in the report of the federal trade commis sion are guilty of restraining trade or of conspiracy to control the prices of live stock or freh meats were made today by officials of the accused packers. "These charges re as untrue as they are Unfair," said J. Ogden Ar mour of Armour & Co. "This would be readily demonstrated by any unbiased and impartial investi gation." "There is absolutely no truth to such .charges," was the statement given out from the offices of Swift Co, "There are only, three things which control prices, the laws of supply and demand and the food administration. "These charges are n6t so," said H. A. Timmins of Morris & Co. "We are not doing that kind of business and never have." Millions Deported or 1 , Killed by Turks During War, is Greek Report London, Dec. 2. (Via Mon treal.) Reuter's Limjted has re ceived from a Greek source, fig ures showing that in the spring of 1914 the Turks deported 700,000 Greeks. Since the beginning of the war to the end of 1917 the Turks deported 2.140,000. Greeks and Armenians, of whom 900,000 Armenians ' and, 700,000 Greeks have been massacred and 200,000 mobilized Greeks have been put to death or have died of their suf ferings. Greek property taken by the Turks is valued at 3,000,000, 000 f ranee. . ' (, SCHOOL BOARD WANTS SHELTER WHEN IT RAINS . . Board of Education Asks Commissioners i Have a New Roof ' Put on City Hall. s The Omaha Board of Education wants a roof on the city hall that will shed water when 'it rains or snows. The board has wantedSthis for six or seven years. The mem bers have dreamed of it andoped for it. And last night at the regular meeting, they actually resolved to ask the city council to put a roof on the pity hall that will keep out tne weather. The board's offices occupy the top floor of the city's halt The walls and ceilings of these rooms are a "sight." the paint hangs in festoons and fringes and curleques, having peled off when the water has run down through the so-called roof. When there is a heavy rain the em ployes get out the tinware and set pan's under each little stream of water. Sometimes chunks of plaster fall down. About two years ago the city couhcill is supposed to have put a new roof on the hall. But some body blundered, for it was a roof in name only. Name Committee. Attorney Woodland said he had asked .Commissioiler Zimman about a new roof and Commissioner Zim man said he would try to have a new roof put on. This statement was characterized by' Member Tal mage as just another means of put ting off the improvement. Finally a committee was appointed consist ing of these two "and Superintendent of Buildings Finlayson. The com mittee will bring to the attention of the city council the imperative need of a water-proof roof at the earliest possible time. Commis sioner Zimmair said a new roof would cost $2,000 or $3,000, but Mr. Talmage said it will cost nearer $7,000. "I am ashamed to have the thou sands of teachers who will come to Omaha the end of this month visit these awful looking rooms," said one member. 1 With the new roof on, the board plans to have the walls beautified. Also, at the suggestion of President W. E. Feed, photographs of Omaha's handsome schools will be made, framed and hung on the renovated walls. A letter was read from five Swed ish ministers, commending the board in its action, prohibiting dancing at community centers hefd in school buildings. The letter also protested "against teaching dancing or other fads and fancies in the public schools. These things are repug nant to Christian people." y The letter further asks the boad to "make it imnossihle fnr anv tarher fo ridicule or make it hard for any pupil who. refuses to learn dancing because his parents object to it." Grant Leaves of Absence. The letter was signed by Revs. C. O. Sahlstrom, P. G. Nelson. A. Ar- lander, Norberg and F. E. Pamp. Leaves of absence were granted to the following teachers: Julia Krisl, Laura Crandall, Ethel Fullawa'y and Anna Granbeck. The resignations of Ramona Lutz and Florence Don aghey were acceptedf ' Norine Schleuter was placed on the assign ed list. The board voted to spend $3,000 for machinery for the carpentry de partment and $6,000 for machinery for the auto mechanics department of the Higji School of Commerce. This machinery will be such that it can be moved into the new building. A sewing machine and a piano were ordered bought for the Benson school and electric fixtures for the Bancroft school. v AT THE THEATERS WHEN- "A Tailor-Made Man" was presented at the Bran ... deis Sunday evening, a first nighter summed up the reason for its success in the fojfowing pert statement to Managet Sutphen: "A touch of 'Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford," some of 'It. Pays to Advertise,' iiany laughs, a good al lowance of philosophy all these and more are contained in ' this comedy. It, might be sub-titled 'The Triumph of Nerve,' and . as nerve is .one of the predominant American qualities and admiration for it a ruling American trait, it is safe to say that A Tailor-Made Man' will please n goers. i Three more opportunities, to night and matinee' and evening to morrow, remain to hear the splen did cast and to see the magnificent production. Omaha .theater- ti ri -.v . mm mm mm m mm w m wm . mm 1 .Ml - heels put on in s:fl I 5 minutes -1 r You notice that your heels are worn out 'jd You want new ones and you want them now. y rj If you have five minutes to spare, step fl That's nil if hItpc fiv rmnnrpfl (tha nlrl I 'kinds require nearer thirty minutes) and almost like magic, the repair man with a i few taps of his hammer will reheel your , J shoes with these staunch, long wearing, never-pull-loose rubber heels. "But," you say, "it takes' longer th,anthat for the cemejtit to dry." ' "Usco" heels requireno cement. A' few nails do the job and you have what you never had before rubber heels that scarcely shpw the joint a permanent, prac tically invisible joint that will last as long as v the heel. . - V . There is a sure footed satisfaction in tne " broad, flat, tread of "Usco" heels. You will like their'yielding comfort and their tough rer stance to wear V I Your "repair man has them in black, tan and white. " . - Look for the U. S. seal. A ft I ft J United States Rubber Company Mechanical Goods Division A 'i Captain Gunion Gets Word of Daughter's Death in East Capt. P. S. Gunion, chief inspector of the Omaha quartermasters corps, receivecf a teleeram Satnrilav tiitrtit informing him of the sudden death, ot nis daughter in Washington. He left immediately for the east. Miss Gunion was 24 years old and the news of her death was a com pleteurprise to her father as he had no word of her illness and had received a long letter from her just a few days before the fateful .tele gram was received . "A Cure for Curables''' has an other distinction-rt is a 21-part play, and every one of them a live one, even to the "dummy," who does not speak a word, but keeps his end up admirably It is the best thing that has been seen here this season, and none better is likely to be witnessed in a long time. The play is at , the Boyd till after Wednesday -night. Starting on Thursday night at the Boyd. "The Bird of Paradise." the Richard Watson Tully romance of Hawaii, eomes for a week-end stay. Miss Florence Rockwell has the Luana role this season. The love affair of Monsieur Cuckoo and the Little Disturber, as portrayed by Dorothy Gish and Robert Anderson, is one of the fea tures of "Hearts of the World," which will open its third engage ment at the Brandeis theater Thurs day, Decmbjr 5. ; Frosini, a young Italian musical genius and' acknowledged peer of all accordionists, is appearing at the Empress theater. He requests his audience to ask for favorites, which he gladly plays. " ' Taking rank as the most pleasing show offered at the Orpheum this season, the current bill hasv two stellar attractions. One is the im pressionistic war drama, "Where Things Happen," ably presented by a cast of seven people. The other headline feature is Mrs. Thomas Whiffen in the one-act comedy, "Foxy Grandma." She is riow past 70, and her portrayal is most en gagingly humorous. A featured act of the bill is "The Creole Fashion Plate." , With a style of humor -distinctly their own, Al K. Hall and Bobby Barry are daily adding to their im mense following. "Maids of Amer ica," now at the Gayety, is a most rollicking burlesque. Ladies' mati nee daily. I yarry Lauder's next tour will open early this month in New York. Ada Lewis has ben engaged to play the role' of a rollicking widow in "Listen. Lester," a musical play to be produced by John Cort. J'Oh, My Dear!" a musical com edy, with book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse and music by Louis Hirsch, was pro duced this week in 'New York, with Joseph Santley, Roy Atwell, Georgia Caine, Pauline1 Day, Fied- ..:t. r i ' t c viilh urauam anu ivy sawyer in the cast. "Back to Earth" was produced this, week in Washington by Charles Dillingham. It is a play within a play, the plot showing what might happen to an angel re incarnated for a brief space in New York. - A Hurley Will Confer 'With British on Use of Hun Ships Paris, Dec 2. Edward ' N. Hur ley, chairman of the United States Shipping board with Special Com missioner Logan ahd'other shipping experts, left Paris today for Lon don, where they will take part' in discussions of snipping questions in cident to the meeting of the su preme war council. One of the principal instructions concern's the U$e of German merchant shipping for food relief and the movement homeward of American troops. H. C. Hoover, American food ad ministrator, is also in London in connection with the plan for his appointment, as director-general" of allied relief. ' H THOTO PIAV OFFERINGS FOR. TODAY " J "0 n, CHARLIE, Oh, Charlie, then how can you live?" chants the chorus from the film colony of Los Angeles. For it is rumored that Mrs. Charlie, the Mildred Harris of screen fame, is one of the finest pastry cooks of the ouft'tryvand that she is trying to take awayfrom him his best comedy stunt tnat of casting with accurate aim a nice chocolate- me ringue pie, into the face of his ad versary. fHe ought to respect pies more," she says. ; j Fans, have been consumed! with curiosity as to just who the wide of.tht famdjus comedian is. -She was born a little more uan 17 years ngo in Cheyenne, Wyo., of Ameri can parents. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall, and weighs 107 pounds. Her complexion is fair, with blond hair and blue eyes. Miss Harris, now Irs. Chaplin, had no stage experience, and her picture debut was in the child part in Ince's "On the Firing Line." Her latest pictures were for-the Lois Weber productions, and were en titled "For Husband's Only," "Bor rowed Clothes," "The Do&tor and the 'Woman" and "The Price of a Good- Tyne." . Enid Bennett's newest story is "ParpMrs Three," 'a stOry'of the struggles of prospectors in the great American deserts of the southwest in the early days. '"The Key to Power," a multiple reel story, starring Hugh Thompson and Claire Adams, has been finished. 'i Mabel Normand is to keep jfthe path of comedy dramas and it has On the Screen Today MTSE MAE MARSH In "HIDDEN FIRES." RIAI.TO ENRICO CARUSO In "MY COUSIN." STRAND MART PICKFORD. In "HOW COULD YOU JEAN?" v Bt'N t- MARGARITA FISHER lu 'MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING." EMPRESS VIRGINIA PEARSON in "BUCHANAN'S WIFE." - ' LOTHROP J 4th and Lothrop NAZI- MOV In "REVELATION." GRAND-16th and Blnney KATHLYN WILLIAMS In "THE WHISPERING CHOROUS." ORPHEUM South Side 24th and M CONSTANCE TALMADGE 1 n "SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE." MARYLAND 13th and Pine AR. NOLID DALY In "MY OWN. UNITED STATES." BOULEVARD 33d and Leavenworth BRYANT WASHBURN In "21" and comedy. been announced that there has been purchased for her'' next play the famous stagsuccess "Sis Hopkins." Peggy Hyland has a hobby. It is collecting haif brushes and she has for (he display of the curios more than 1,000 of them. I, .m i In "The Danger Zone," in which Mafehne Iraverse is to appear at the Empress shortly, there is a strong supporting cast headed by such actors as Thomas Holding, Edward Cecil and Fritzie Ridge way. - j Charles Avery and Billy Watson, have been engaged by Lehrman to make Sunshine comedies. ' Alfred Whitman wfll play oppo site Bessie Barriscale in her forth comiiis; production' 'i v :' - :' NEW BUSINESS METHODS WILL FOLLOWTHE WAR Trade Acceptances Now Be ing . Employed Certain -to, . Play Big Part in Mer cantile Affairs. Trade acceptances are instruments! which quicken sluggish open book accounts into activity. " , ' THis was the definition given by Walter W. Head of the Omaha Na tional bankMo the members of the Advertising league at the Fontenelle hoel last night. The same view was taken by Charles M.AVilhelm of the Orchard & Wilhelm company, who spoke on the same subject from the retailers' J standpoint. - While the trade acceptance is be ing used very largely in the east and is being used to some extent by the mercantile interests of Oma ha there still isa. great lack of knowledge on the part of the public of. its possibilities. .J In Nature of Draft. Trade acceptances, according to Mr. Head, were used in this country prior to the civil war and is one of the time-honored business meth ods of Great Britain, France and Germany. It is a negotiable certifi cate of indebtedness arising out of a mercantile transaction, an instru ment bearing the endorsement of the buyer and seller, agreeing to a certain and fixed date of liquidation, and which is in the nature of a draft on the purchaser. The lack of such a system jias been a handicap to American busi ness men peeking to transact export business with foreign countries and especially with the South Ameri can republics. The advantages of trade accept ances are that they make shorter extensions of credits, prompt pay ment of obligations, more careful buying methods,, all o'f which tend fo bring about greater solvency in business.! . v Has Quick Growth. Although the system has been in practice in this country only since the organization of the federal re serve banking system it has had con siderable growth. Two years ago, in 1916, the federal banks had dis-r counted only $800,000 worth of this kind of paper, yet in August of the present year, one of the dullest busi ness months, the federal banks of the country bad gone into the open market and had purchased $13,000, 000 of this kind of paper and had also discounted $8,800,000 worth for their customers. ' Form Special Banks. In New York, a $5,000,000 corpor ation has been formed for the sole purpose of dealing in trade accept ances and the. organization of a similar bank is on foot in St. Louis. As the system grows such banks will be organized in all of the larger cities of the country and there will also be competition for this class of paper. While the trade acceptance may seem novel and may be slowly adopted by the business world in general jt is the natural evolution of modern business methods, was the contention 6f Charles M. Wikl ueiin. Heavy export trade will call for increased capital right on the heels of the domestic demand. Mr. Wil helm stated he had studied a chart which had shown that there had been an increase in the costs of 100 basic commodities in this country of 112 per cent from 1915 to April of this year, and this had been still furthtr increased to 125 per cent at the present time. It -requires 2J4 as much capital to transact the same volume of business now as it did in 1915. v War May Relieve Tension. In order to relieve credit condi tions during months of the year when there are 'dull business condi tions' and when the seller has to carry the buyer by credit exten sions trade acceptances will relieve tension by being discounted in re gional banks bringing new streams of cash, and by their liquid charac ter automatically affording financial relief. For the retailer it will "help eli minate the loss resulting from dam aged' returned goods, which- is esti mated by expert statesticians at 25 per cent. If wilLalso do away with accounts past due which represent a liability to most going concerns. Mr Wilhelm explained that the invest ment of capital in business concerns operating under old credit systems was representedin money invested rl the plant, in merchandise and that carried in open book accounts, the latter item representing 33 percent. Both addreses were listened. to with great iriteres. by a large gath ering of business men. Many peri tinent question were asked as to the operation of the, .proposed system and it was also found-that one Oma ha concern has had it in operation for nearly two years and more than 90 oer cent of its trade acceptances had been liquidated on date of ma turity. Viole Hamilton Denies Charges Made by Husband Viole Hamilton. 413 North Eight eenth street, denies-that Peter Sales-; . i, i i - i u i a: irom, anegea oy uer iiuutuu m uia trict court to have been the qause of her filing, suit for divorce, was in any way connected with the case. She alleges that when their matrimonial troubles first started they lived in Council Ellin's and that when the case wa3 filedSalestrom was in Se attle, Wash. Hundred Dollar Deal fofWhisky Fails; Man and Girl Are Arrested YANKS BEST . FED AND CLOTHED OF HUN PRISONERS Typewriters y and Adding Machines "All Makes for Rent. We buy, sell, exchange and , repair Central Typewriter Exchange - (Established 15 Years) Doug. 4121. 1905 Farnam Capelle Admits Guilt in v Aiding German' Warships San Fra'ncisco, Cal., Dec. 2. Robert A. Capelle, former agent here of the North German Lloyd Steamship company, who was, sen tenced to 15 months' imprisonment for his tfbnnection with a Hindu conspiracy to overturn British rule in India, pleaded guilty here today to indictments charging, him with conspiracy in 1914, in connection with provisioning of German war ships at sea by the steamer Sacra mento. Previous to this action Ca pelle withdrew his appeal against the sentence in the United States circuit court. He was granted a 10-day stay of execution. Capelle will be sentenced in the Sacramento case January 7. He was one of the leading figures in the Hindu conspiracy cases, the evidence showing that he handled large sums of 4money paid the Hindus by "the German government. John Brown Dies in County Jail of Pneumonia John Brown, colored, charged with the illegal sale of opium in viola tion of the Harrison act and await ing trial in the federal court, died! in the county jail Sunday night. His death was caused by pneumonia. "Harry Maaska Dies of Flti. Logan, la., .Dec. 2. (Special) Harry Maaska, aged 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Maaska, is dead at the home at Magnolia as a result of influenza and pneumonia. Camfts Well Cared, for by Red Cross; Keep Italians From Starving. Henry Slack. 2115 St. Mary's ave-l nue: Monte Archer, 1821 North! Twenty-second street, and Pearl j Wilson. 216 North Nineteenth strpt. are held at th police station for in- j Americans in German Prison vesuganon. ; M. Beitel, 1102 North Sixteenth) street, tQld .police that Slack asked I him over the telephone if he W anted to buy some whisky. Beitel says he told him yes, and later gave him $100 with which fo buy it. . Beitel" waited a reasonable length of tirtie, and when Slack failed to re turn w'th the liquor traced him to the home of Pearl Wilson. He then notified the police, who went to the girl's home and arrested Slack Ind another man named Archer, who is not suspected of being implicated In the dejl. " The men were taken to the sta tion, but a search failed to reveal the money. "The police then arrested Pearl Wilson, and Slack admitted he had given the money to her. When asked to produce the money she refused, and as there was not a police matron at the Station, Dr. Ed strom, police surgeon, acting upon orders of the captain of police, took the girl to the police hospital and there disrobed her and found the $100 pinnedlo an undergarment. In police court Monday morning Slack and Pearl Wilson were each sentenced to 30 Jays in jail. The $100 which figured in the transac tion was turned over to th. Police Relief association. Beitle, the com plaining witness, and Monte Archer were dismissed. ' By the Associated Presi. London, Dec. 2. The Americam are the best fed and best clothed of all the prisoners returning from Germany, accordingto Major Carl Dennet, deputy commissioner of tht American Red Cross in Switzerland who has been in charge of the worli of prisoners' relief for the United States for. the past few months Major Dennet sailed today for New York to make a report on the work Just prior to his departure he made ' this statement: "A great deal has recently been said in the papers about the condi tion of the returning prisoners. 1 fhave seen thousands of them and there is no question that a majority of the English, French and Ameri can prisoners are very well fed tnd clother and present a normal ap pearance. This is not due to any care or attention on the part of'the German authorities, but is due to the relief supplies sent from their respective countries. ' Many Italians Starve. "The prisoners in Germany and Austria who have not been supplied with food and clothing, by ,their governments are in a deplorable condition and many thousands of them have died f starvation. This is especially true of Italian prison ers. "On the day (of the signing of the armistice there were 3,445 American prisoners in 74 German prison camps. The first American prison ers to come out arrived through Metz and the first Americans to greet them were American Red Cross representatives sent there from Berne for that purpose. The American Red Cross already has a representative in Berlin superin tending the work ofcaring for re tun. ing prisoners and other Red Cross resentatiyes have gone to various points in south Germany, including Rastatt, Darmstadt, Gres sen, Villingen and Landshut to has ten their transfer. . Yanks Help Italians. "About 2,000 Americans were ex pected to return by way of England. These include more than 100 civil ians who should arrive in England within a few days. The remainder will return by way of France and Switzerland. ."That the American prisoners" have been well provided or has been substantiated by the splendid condition of the men who already have arrived. Eighty-two soldiers who arrived from Karlsruhe ex pressed themselves as highly appre ciative of the work done by the Red Cross and the prisoners in! this tamp were so well provided that they Were able to distribute 3,300 pounds of supplies to Italian prison ers when they left." J. MI LD HAVANA CIGAR. m win WITH A FRAGRANCE ALL ITS OWN Experts judge a cigar by fragrance. It is Na- ture's guide to good tnhnnnn clr-iHfiillr MpnA- ed. ROSEMONT'S dis tinctive fragrance proves i that it is thebetter kind of Mgar. s Shade -grown wrapper; fine Havana filler. 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