TOE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1019.
PLENTY OF 17001,
UT MOBODY IS
AIIXIOUSTD BUY
Big Drop in Prices is Pre
dicted; Lst Year's Prices
Ranged from Forty to
. Sixty Cents Pound. -
According to the livestock
agents of the railroads the flock
masters of western Nebraska, Col
orado and Wyoming are all up in
the air over the wool situation of
the future. In previous years,
early in January the sheep rsusing
area west of '.he Missouri river
has been overrun with buyers bid
ding for the wool clip. So far
this year not a buyer has appeared
upon the scene and not a bid for
the clip of this year has been made.
That wool this year is going to
be cheaper than last, is admitted
by the flockmasters' but they are
at a loss to know what prices are
going to be offered.
War Doubled Prices
Under normal conditions prior
to the war, the westerii clip sold at
around 16 cents to 20 cents a pound
and 24 cents was considered a fabu
lous price. Last year, owing to the
abnormal demand, prices went to 40
and 55 cents, some of the
flockmasters obtaining as high as
sixty cents.
At the abnormally high prices,
men who run large flocks of sheep
grew rich and the high prices paid
for wool and mutton had a ten
dency to induce the flockmasters
to increase their flocks .to the
maximum. Now they find thenj
selves with more sheep than ever
before, with indications that per
haps there will be a pronounced
slump in the demand for wool.
Mutton Prices Still High
Mutton prices continue high,
prices on the Omaha market rang
ing from $10 toJ?16 per 100 pounds,
though this is a decline o( a- cou
ple of dollars or so within the last
sixty days.
In the west, it is said, that many
of the flockmasters and feeders
are looking for a big decline in
prices in the not very far distant
future.
From western Nebraska,
through to the mountains, it is
said that the number of sheep is
fully 25 per cent greater than three
(ears ago and consequently the
wool clip promises to be corres
pondingly increased, regardless of
whether prices remain at the high
.igurea, or decline.
Mayor Joins Ringer ,
in Demand For Probe
of Charges of Graft
Mayor Smith also wants Wilms
Rice, a trained nurse ,-and now a
patient in the woman's detention
hospital, to give him the names of
She fiv$ Omaha policemen to whom
she say she gave "hush monev''
several times week. - ,
"If there are men on the Omaha
police force who take money from
women of th street, they are untit
to wear the honorable uniform of
in Omaha policeman," said tlie
mayor. "And we will certainly let
them look elsewhere for a job. Wc
don't want them on the police
force."
Miss Rice made the statement to
a reporter for The Bee who inter
viewed her after the Omaha Wo
man's club had declined tos have
her address them. , .
Social Diseases Are
Reduced to Minimum
in U. S. Army, France
Paris, Jan. 17. In the American
army of occupation there were dur-.
ing the week ending December only
33 cases of vernereal diseases accord
ing to reports to the ch'iti surgeon's
ollice. This is a low record, repre
senting a yearly rate of seven cases
out of a population of 1,000. For
the whole American expeditionary
force the rate has been reduced to
M per 1,000 yearly. Before the war
the rate was between 80 and 90 yer
1,000 which was, itself, much below
the civilian rate.
Segregation camps have been es
tablished at embarkation centers,
where men found affected will be
placed on quarantine. The average
time for quarantine it is expected,
will be at least 40 days.
Eberstein is Satisfied ;
With New Police Scale
Chief of Police Eberstein is well
satisfied with the wage scale en
dorsed by city council for Omaha
policemen. The scale provides max
imums and leaves it to the discretion
of the chief what a man shall be
paid up to the maximum in his class.
"This will give the men incentive
to work and to get ahead," said the
chief. "Under the old system a
man was apt to stkk in a rut, know
ing there wasn't much chance of
'us getting anything better.
"Some policemen didn't make a
single arrest in years. I heard a
Mory of a patrolman who was up in
police court as a witness against a
nrisoner he had arrested. The police
judge inquired of the policeman
when he joined the force. The po
liceman said a little over( 20 years
igo. He had only made one arrest
ii the 20 years.
"By the sliding scale we can pay
men who do things a decent wage
ind the slackers can be paid what
hey are worth."
Railroad Improvement i
Program Half Fulfilled
Washington, Jan. 17. Le'ss than
'ialf of the railroad administration's'
irogram for improvement of the
.lids last vear was carried out. Of
.he $1,218,909,000 authorized capital
.vpenditures for leading lines only
f?7.U34,000 was spent, according to
;i!i administration report today, in
rlMflinjr an estimate for December.
':!- $18,000,1(00 was expended on
rev lines and extensions
Ringer Pemands Names
of Policemen Accused of
Taking Money from Girls
'V
Superintendent of Police Says Truth Must Come' Out
and Orders Thorough Investigation Made of the
Charges of Wilma Rice, Former Nurse,
That Graft Is Going On. . : -r ,
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While he defends the Detention Home against many of
the numerous charges which have been made against it and
especially the charges made yesterday in The Bee by Wilma
Rice, former nurse, Dean Ringer, superintendent of police,
declares that a thorough investigation will be made. -
VI want the truth and I m going to get .it," he. declared.
The names of the five policemen alleged to have re
ceived "'"hush" money from Miss Rice will be obtained by
Chief Eberstein at once, he added.
'T am going to the bottom of the situation," declared
the superintendent of the police. "I desire all of the evi
dence and information I ?an get, and if I, find that the cir
cumstances warrant it, actions certainly will be . started
against the guilty parties."
Mr. Ringer announced that hew
will also investigate charges that
Dr. C. C. Tomlinson arranged for
private office treatment of women
whom he examined at the police
station and -who were not required
to go to the Women's Detention
hospital, despite the fact they were
diseased. '
Doctor Within Rights
The superintendent of police is
not inclined to believe that Dr.
Tomlinson went beyond the underx
standing he had when engaged by
the city for his present work. f
"I know of a case of the doctor
being called out about 1 or 2 o'clock
one morning to go to the police,
station at the request of an attorney
who was anxious to get a woman
out of jail. This woman was found
not to have been in the class which
would have' required sending her to
the . detention hospital and in that
instance the doctor rightfully
charged for his services which was
understood before he made the call,
explained Mr. Ringer.
-. Want Further Evidence
The chief of police, however, has
been directed to make a thorough
investigation of all of the matters
complained of in connection with
the recent' disclosures made through
The Bee. Mr. Ringer and the chief
are desirous of obtaining evidence
from any who is able to throw- any
light on the situation, and they want
facts rather than mere rumors.
Wilma Rice, who is an educated1
woman and who was a nurse before
she fell from grace, stated in an in
terview Which was ' printed yester
day, that she was willing to give to
The Bee or to Mr. Ringer
the names of. five policemen
tb whom she has paid pro
tection money. She also alleged
that some of the police surgeons
have passed the women for a money
consideration when these women
should have been committed to the
detention hospital for treatment on
account of social diseases. . She
also claims to have knowledge of
specific instances. -
Superintendent Ringer still main
tains that criticism of the treatment
of women in the detention hospital
is not founded on facts. "Only this
morning," he said, "I had a tele
phone call from a woman who
stated that she had been in the hos
pital and bad escaped because she
had been told that she would be
treated harshly. She asked if she
might return to complete her cure.
I told her that I would telephone
the superintendent to admit her.
Those who have caused .the trouble
at the hospital were those who were
frightened by stories told to them
by persons who do not have the
best interests of the hospital at
heart. t
' . Women After Recruits
"I notice a statement that some
women have been admitted to per
mit them to gain recruits for their
houses, and I might say in that
connection that if any cases of that
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kind have occurred, they have not
been with the knowledge or conni
vance of the police or health depart
ments." ; .- ii ! ,
There has been so much publicity
in connection with this hospital that
the superintendent of police is ov
determined to have the atmosphere
cleared and to place the guilt where
it belongs. He has promised that
the forthcoming probe will not be
a perfunctory affair.
Three more women escaped from
the hospital on Wednesday night. '
R. R. EMPLOYES'
RAISES ARE TO BE
ARGUED f.iOW
Employes of Federated Roads
to Be Represented at the
Washington Meeting . ' , ;
- ; by Omahan. 'i
Railroad employes from the me
chanical departments of the roads
3d company officials are on their
way.... to' Washington, where next
Monday they will ; appear before
the railroad labor war board at. a
hearing- called for the" purpose of
threshing out a wage scale and dis-'
cussing a national agreement. -.
Employes of the roads west of
the Missouri' river, arid east' .'of the
Rocky mountains' will be represent-;
ed by Sam H. Grace, of Omaha,,
and the rdads by C. ,E. Fuller, su-i
perintenaent of motive; power and
machinery of the, JJnitm Pacific.:,
"Raise1 Not Determined.' ; '.; 1 1
''The Washington meeting .has 'to
do with the' employes' of all federal
operated roads and' beforc'the war
board representatives- Of -unions Will i
ask for a raise in wages'. , Jt is said
that at this time the amount of the
increase, that will be asked has not
been determified,but will come up
and. be. agreed upon at. a meeting of
the labor delegations after they
have reached . Washington and have
held a conference-prior, to going
before 'the war board -.
It is proposed that the increase
shall be - uniform the' Country over.
In addition to an increase for
skilled, it is proposed to ask for an
increase in the wages for unskilled
laborers. .
The understanding is that the rail
rosd officials will not oppose the in
crease in wages, bi will appear
before the war board f.- the pur
pose of giving testimony as to
whether, or not business. and condi
tions, would justify Jhfr. granting of
the '.application of the-men, ' ,!
At the hearing when .; the so
called national agreement : comes
up for consideration, working con
ditions, hours of labor and the gen
eral proposition of. employment
will be considered. ,.?'
Carpenters Oppose Radicals,
, Butte, Jan. 17. The Butte Car
penters Union voted last night to
withdraw from the Trades and La
bor assembly, giving as a reason
that this central bgidyjs now con
trolled by radicals with bolshevik
tendencies. The carpenters', onion
is the second largest in Butte.1
Wilma Rice Dreams and
Writes of the Tomorrow
That Wilma Rice, central figure in the Detention home
row despite the fact she is a fallen woman has hopes of
a "Tomorrow" is shown in more ways than her statement
"that she wants to be good."
She dreams of that Better Day, and she writes of it in
verse not the best poetry in the world, but the sentiment
i3 there.- Here It i3 ;' " , .... ....
, , ;-t TOMORROW ' ,.
' . When you've made a beastly lizrfe' ' ' ' . , ' ,
When ey'ning finds you anything but gay.
When you feel that you are hopelessly at bay, ,
Come out of it, and get right down and pray, . ' .
And thank God for a Tomorrow (
When you really don't know where to turn,".
f When hellish thoughts within your bosom burn, "
.' When you've come to where you just don't give, a "durn"
' And feel about as cheerful as a funeral urn,
' K 'Thank God for a Tomorrow .
.'When, trifles are an aggravation,
And "you feel like cussin' man and nation,
When you're at outs with all creation,
And '"Oh Hell" needs no interpretation,
LaXigh away your feartf smile away the tears,
." , And thank God for a Tomorrow-
; t. , i -
When Conscience will not let you sleep a wink,
When ypii lie upon your bed and-think and think
1 Till your reason seems to totter on the brink
Break your self-forged fetters link from link
'And thank God for a Tomorrow
; Thank God for yet another day . ' I
In which to live and love and pray" ' " .'
For Life, though stern is sweet, I say,- (
bo bring it joy or bring it sorrow, ,
Thank God for. a Tomorrow,' .
WILMA RICE.
Employment Bureau is to 1
Help Soldiers to. Farms
.The Soldiers Employment bureau
of the Chamber of Commerce has
several soldiers on . their list who
want to secure . work" on farms or
ranches. .The bureau has never list
ed positions of this kind up to date,
and are now asking . farmers . or
ranchers who 'have steady positions,
to communicate with them.
Mrs. Walker, in, charge. of the bu
reau, said that they were getting ex
cellent returns from the advertising
The Omaha Bee is. doing in secur
ing positions for 'returning soldiers,
several having been placed in good
positions directly" due to this advertising..-
"i - . " ,,'.',"
Size of Hun Army Unknown.
" London, Jan. 17. (British, Wire
less Service.) There may bp 500,000
German soldiers still under' arms,
according to estimates of military
experts of the British army.' fTJe
jituation in Germany is ver uncer
tain, however, and it rnay be that
the men still with the German col
ors may number far above the estimate.
Butchers May Overcharge,
but How About Lawyers?
Paul Henni, South Side meat
market proprietor, called as a wit
ness in Judge Troup's court, was
asked:
"Is it not a fact that you butchers
are accused of overcharging?"
"Just the same as lawyers do,"
was the sharp rejoinder.
The case was an action brought
by, Louise Marie Denizot and Louis
Coudurier against Herbert and
Blanch L Cossano, Louis J. Piatti
and John .D. Wear.
The plaintiffs are endeavoring to
show that Marie Coudurier, who
was 8.5 years old at the time of her
death in 1917, was not of a mental
condition Ihafc made her competent
to dispose Of property. !;
Four: Candidates Are After
7 'Job of Late:' Brazilian
V Rio Janeiro, Jan. 17. Nilo Pecan
ha, foreign minister; Ruy Barbosa,
Brazilian ambassador to Argentina,
Altino Aranter and Arthur Bernar
des will be candidates for the oresi-
jdency at the special elections to be
field within 30 days as a result of
the death of President-elect Alves.
O'lllAIISPEIIDS
LEAVE IN HOME
OF niCUJFREf 2CI1
Harry Sigwart Describes LI i
;in Luchon, on the Bottom
of, the Pyrennes
' Mountains.
Sipping French Wine, dancing,
and being entertained as honor
guest in homes of fine French
families, is the way an Omaha boy,
Harry A. Sigwart, son of Mr. A.
T. Sigwart, 1254 Park Wilde ave
nue, spent his furlough in France.
He -and three companions went to
Luchon, near the Spanish border.
He writes: "It is a beautiful
place, situated n-the bottom of the
Pyrennes mountains. It will be
opened up soon as a 'leave area'
for the United States troops. The
Y.. M. C A. have taken over the
Casino for entertainment. It is a
big, beautiful, building, with a thea
ter, dance halls, canteens, writing
and rest rooms. It was formerly
a gambling place, like Monte
Carlo.
First Yanks Ever Seen. .
"The people were wonderful . to
us. We were the first Americans
they had seen. We were taken in
by the very best French families.
Every day we were, swamped with
invitations to come to their homes
for tea and a bit of the oldest wines
and a dance.most every night
"This was the first chance I had
of meeting any real fine French
families, and the impression will re
main with me a long time. Up
where we have been, all the well
educated people had left long ago,
only the peasants remaining.
' "Don't know when we will come
home, but don't imagin it will be
before next spring. '
"Just received a letter from
Harding's office with a money ofder
for $15 a contribution from all in
the office to' those of us from there
who are in the service. Mighty fine
of them and comes in handy now
on jny return from my furlough."
Police Judge Splits Fine
in Two. When No Evidence
Dick Connor, Seventeenth and
Dodge streets, was fined $50 and
costs in South Side police court
Friday charged with illegal posses
sion of intoxicating liquor. He tes
tified that- somebody placed the
bottle in his pocket and that he did
not know it was there. Judgs Fos
ter in fining him said that there
was no evidence that he intended to
dispose of the liquor and split the
$100 fine fixed by law.
Pwpr Now to WitisUnJ Cruis.
Do not nticiiat with ihudderini
dred th butiful tvrnt of childbirth.
You can avoid discomfort during th pe
riod and atrain at th erisia by prapanng
your ayntcm and puttinsr youmelf in aplen
did condition to liect tha time.
For just this purpose women all over
the land, in every walk of life, have ued
for over half century the time-honored
and famoua remedy, Mother'! Friend. It
Is prepared to ive the mother-to-be that
direct help she needs. The muscles, nerves,
tendons and cords are made and kept soft
and elastic. Thus strain Is avoided, and
as a result nervousness, nausea, bearing
down and stretching paina ara avoided.
The abdominal muscles expand easily and
gently when baby Is born. Naturally, pain
is less and the hours are fewer. The system
is prepared and the erisia is one of much
less danger.
Write the Bradfield Resrtilator Com
pany, Dept. M. Lamar Building, Atlanta.
Georgia, for their helpful Motherhood
Book, and obtain it bottle of Mother's
Friend from the druggist today. It is
just as standard as anything yon ean
think of.
And remember, there la nothing to take
tha place of MOTHER'S FRIEND.- Adv.
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Dainty Georgette, Crepe de Chme and
Taffeta Blouses, formerly sold at Sc
?7.50,- ?8.75 and $10.75
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J07 8. Front Street,
Nantaviile, Tenn.,
f Writes: V I had very bad cold, sorasv
thins Ilka "GRIP," and after uslni
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Boy It Today, aa Colds Lead to Grij
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