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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Z 1KJ.
HOUR SCORES
U. S. COiJTROL OF
riEATJilDUSTRY
Leading Packer Fears Pend
ing Legislation Will "Throw
Monkey Wrench Into
Business Gears."
Washington, Jan. 21. J. Ogden
Armour told the house interstate
commerce committee today that the
pending legislation to regulate the
meat packing industry was "reac
tionary" and part of it probably un
constitutional and warned congress
that if a "monkey wrench is thrown
into the gears of this business," its
effects would be felt in many other
lines of industry,
"If the ability of the packing in
dustry to function properly is im
paired," said Mr. Armour, "it will
affect the livestock industry and it in
turn will affect corn prices. Wheat
win tiitn De drawn in ana so win
bread and so will labor and so will
everything that has for its basis the
wealth produced by agriculture.
Would Disrupt Business.
"The theory' on which pending
lecislation is based would disrupt
the great manufacturing and mar
keting machines which half a cen
tury of enterprise haj evolved and
the results wruld be detrimental not
alone to the leading industry of this
nation, but even more so to that por
tion of the public which produces,
nd to the entire public which con
sumes food."
Profit! Negligible.
Profits made by Armour & Co.,
Mr. Armour declared, were negligi
ble insofar as either the producer
or the consumei was concerned.
"On our total volume of business,"
he said, "they represent a return of
less than 2 cents on every dollar of
sales. The margin of profit in the
packing industry is the smallest en
joyed by any industry of na-tional
consequence.1
The 400 per cent stock dividend in
1916, whereby the capital stock was
raised from $20,000,000 to $100,000,
0U0, was said by Mr. Armour to
have been made possible by reinvest
ment during preceding year of 71
per cent of the aggregate earnings,
so that the increase represented not
war, but money actually spent in
development.
Why Bacon Is High.
Charges by the commission of
collusion among the five big pack
ing firms were denied categorically
by the witness for his firm as fol
io wa ;
Discussing the increased prices of
meats, Mr. Armour said the reason
why bacon now costs 70 cents a
pound against 25 to 30 cent four
years ago could be readily under
stood. Pricei of live hogs had in
creased 245 per cent in that time, he
ileclared, while costs of labor and
fuel had doubled. The market prices
.it by-products had not increased in
sue same ratio as live hogs, he as
serted, and this necessity put a
greater price burden on the edible
iarts of the animal.
Corporation "Adviser"
Logan Receives $2,700
Month at Washington
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Washington, Jan. 21 Thomas F.
Logan, a Washington employe of
Swift & Co., and other corporations,
testified regarding his connections
and his relations witn Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board and
other official! today before the sen
ate agriculture committee, consid
ering legislation to regulat the
meat industry. The witness said
he informed hi! employer!" of the
probablt appointment of Herbert
Hoover ai food administrator three
days befora it was announced, but
that he obtained such information
through intimacy with public aftaris
and not through confidential rela
tions with executive officials.
Mr. Logan said he made sugges
tions to Mr. Hurley for speeches the
latter was to make as chairman of
the shipping board, but denied he
wrote a book, or speeches for Mr.
Hurley. He aid he was host at a
large dinner for Mr. Hurley when
the latter left the federal trade com
mission. In addition to being employed as
adviser to six corporations at saj
aries aggregating $2,700 a nvmth, the
witness said he conducted a corres
pondence agency for several news
papers and magazines. His princi
pal clients, besides Swift & Co., he
added, were Standard Oil company,
of Indiana, General Electric com
pany, ' Freeport Sulphur company
and Atlantic Refinjpg company.
In response to questions, Logan
said ha continued in the employ of
these concerns during the time he
went to Europe, recently at govern
ment expense" at the invitation of
Mr. Hurley. He said his business
abroad was to furnish data regard
ing shipping which he obtained from
records of the shipping board.
Russian Bolshevik j Seek
Peace With United States
Stockholm, Jan.- 21. Maxim Lit
vmotl, former bolshevik ambassador
in London, who is in Stockholm, for-v.-arded
on Saturday to the Ameri
'r. State department a note sent by
bolshevik Foreign Minister Tchitch
erin, in which it was pointed out that
the original reasons for allied in
icrvention in Russia, as restated re
( tr tly in the American senate by
Senator Hitchcock, do not now ex
ist. The note expresses willingness
to come to an understanding with
the American government.
Foreign Minister Tchitcherin
" kJ the American government to
fix a date and place for soviet repre
sentatives to meet emissaries of the
United States. Tchitcherin made
he assertion that American officers
r.d soldiers "do not any longer un
derstand why they are jn Russia."
Ilankey is Secretary.
London, Jan. 21. (Via Montreal.)
Lt. Col. Maurice Hankey, secre
tary to the imperial war cabinet, has
l'en appointed the British repre
sentative on the secretariat of the
f t ace conference. The other four
7'!-;r,t powers have made or will
Seattle Shipyards in
Grip of Strike Which
Involves 30,000 Men
Seattle. Wash.. Jan. 21. Seattle's
long heralded shipyard strike was
called today when yard and ihop
workmen numbering, according to
their leaders, between 25,000 and
30,000, walked out to press their
demands for higher pay. Work in
the city's shipyards and in scores of
contract and machine shops was
halted by the walkout.
The men struck for a basic wage
scale of $l'an hour for mechanics
and $7 and $6 a day for helpers and
apprentices. At present the me
chanics receive 80 cents an hour.
Two Transports Due
Soon With Thousands
r n r r
or men trom uverseas
Washington, Jan. 21. Two
transports, the Conia and the Sus
quehanna, and the cruiser Frederick
are on the way home from France
with more than 6,000 troops.
Ask for Abolishment of
Skip-Stop Car Plan
A resolution was introduced in the
city council by Commissioner But
ler, asking that Fuel Administrator
Kennedy rescind his order that the
street railway company institute the
"skip-stop" system. The resolution
requested that the "skip-stop" be
abolished beginning February 1.
Mr. Butler declared "that some
times on the Harney line people
wait 25 minutes for a car that will
stop for them.
Mayor Smith appointed Commis
rioners Butler, Ure and Ringer to
investigate and make recommenda
tions on the subject.
Lutherans to Raise
Reconstruction Fjund
Chicago, Jan. 21. Plans for rais
ing $1,000,000 to carry, out proposed
reconstruction work of the Lutheran
church in Europe were discussed at
conference of leaders of that de
nomination held here today. Rev,
Lauritz Larsen said there were 9,
000,000 Lutherans in the devastated
sections of France, Finland and Rus
sia and it was planned to rebuild
al! churches destroyed in the war.The
campaign for raising the fund will
begin February 16, when mass meet
ings of Lutherans will be held in
every large city.
Three Divisions Ordered
to Prepare for Home Trip
Washington, Jan. 21. The 27th,
30th and 37th divisions, including
all attached organizations, have
been instructed to prepare for em
barkation home, the War depart-
ent announced today.
Thl 102d trench mortar batteiy of
the 27th division and the 316th
trench mortar battery and 346th
field artillery, of the 91st division,!
already have sailed. All other units
of the 91st are now on priority and
will be emb.rkedlas shipping hi'
comes available.
FOOfi L1URDERS '
ATTRIBUTED TO
THIEVES' FEUD
Jimmie Cherin' and Man, Be
lieved to Be Tony De
Brouse, pall Victims to
Gunmen at Chicago. t
Chicago, Jan. 21. A thieves' feud
which came to light last Sunday in
the murder of Charles Stillwell re
vealed two additional murders to
day. The new victims were Jimmie
Cherin, said by the police to be i
notorious criminal, and a man be
lieved to have been Tony De
Brouse of Cleveland, from a card
in his pocket.
Cherin'i body, with three bullet
holes in the head and neck, was
found in the bottom of an automo
bile on the outskirts tof the city. He
lay in a smear of blood with a fin
ger on the trigger of a pistol he had
been too slow to fire.
De Brouse'! body contained
wounds from 11 bullets. It had evi
dently been thrown from an auto
mobile.
"Eddie" Fay, who was murdered
several weeks ago, and Stillwell, the
police believe, paid with their lives
for some mysterious offense against
the rules of their profession, while
the slaying of Cherin is attributed
by the police to the vengeance of
S'.'ilwell's friends.
Transport Reaches Boston
With Iowa Men Abroad
Boston, Jan. 21. The transport
Melita arrived at quarantine tonight
from France with 300 officers and
1,300 men on board, They will be
landed at Commonwealth pier to
morrow, and with the exception of
the tour Hundre'd Ninety-third
aero squadron, will entrain for Camp
Devens to be discharged. The avia
tors will go to Garden City.
The majority of the men on board
are from the southwest,-but there
are contingents from Massachusetts,
Ohio, Iowa and Missouri, and a
scattering from other states. There
are 8. nurses on the steamer.
Many of the men era wounded or
sick. Soldier! shouted:
"Wo have a lot of distinguished
service medal and Croix de Guerre
men on board."
Leaves for East.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 21, Madame
Catherine Breshskovskaya, called
the "grandmother of the Russian
revolution," left here today for the
east. She was accompanied by Miss
Helen Stuart Dudley, a Boston set
tlement worker. While in the east,
Madame Breshkovskaya hopes to
see President Wilson, she said, and
tell him of conditions in Russia. She
arrived her Sunday from the
Orient. .
British Colonies Ask
Recognition as States
. at Peace Conference
Paris, Jan. 21. (By Associated
rress.) -New claims, which are
characterized in official circles as
among 'the most momentous that
will come before the peace confer
ence, will be raised by the self-governing
. dominions of the British
empire in connection with the for
mation of a league of nations. The
dominions will ask to be admitted
to the league with the status of in
dividual nations whose sovereignty,
as far as internal affairs are con
cerned, shall be recognized clearly
by the world, although the right of
Great Britain to control their for
eign relations is admitted.
Canada, Australia, New Zealand
and, to a lesser degree. South Africa,
will claim the right to enter the
league on the same basis as Belgium
and other similar powers.
Canada. Australia and New lea-
land have for several years claimed
for themselves absolute independ
ence as far as the conduct of inter
nal affairs was concerned, but this
principle never has been formally
admitted by England. The domin
ions, it is said, now will ask for
formal recognition.
i
Says Escaped Convict
"Faked" Wound Stripes
Denver, Colo., Jan.. 21. (Special.)
Walter B. Reel, alleged Nebraska
convict, whose three wound stripes
have aroused sympathy here when he
was arrested, Vtaked the wound
stripes, and his war record was not
made outside of Canada, according
to the authorities. They say his
wound stripes were "invented in an
effort to keep from be'ng returned
to Lincoln to finish his term in
prison. :
His 17-year-old bride is sticking
bv her husband .and claims she met
him upon his "return" ftpm France,
She will probably make an appeal
to Governor McKelvie for his pardon.
Authorities late today said they
had evidence Reef had more than
one wife.
Reel was servmn a term of 20
years as accessory to miirder when
he made his escape fronuthe Ne
braska penitentiary.
Great Work of Philanthropy
Planned by Methodist Church
Pliiracrn Tan 21 TtUhnn Thnmaa
Nicholason of Chicago sounded the
keynote of the Methodist Episcopal
church's plan for a missionary and
educational campaign which con
temnlates the raisin? of a fund of
in fiv vcan in an nrl.
dress delivered here tonight before
the joint centenary committee of
the denomination.
"This program," he said, "pro
pose! hospitals where there never
have been hospitals. It proposes
better houses, better schools where
there have been inferior schools or
none at all. It proposes that as we
have made the love of God burn up
the dross of base desires in the in
dividual soul, we shall now extend
the spirit of Christ to all realms of
i uman action.
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Smoothest
Smoliisis Tobacco
'irtiAU'b two tlunm a fellow
4 wants when he goes shatin'
smooth ice an smooth tobacco.
And if you would be feurc of the latter,
smoke VELVET.
Every bit of VELVET must age for two
years in huge wooden hogsheads before it
reaches your pipe. Bv
then it has acquired ;
a cool smoothness, a
mellow flavor and a
natural tobacco taste.
Natural ageing is the
slow way, the expen
sive way, but the right
way. - - -
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Put it up to your pipe!
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Many States Join in Protest
Against Wire Control by U. S
Washington, Jan, 21. Protests
from a dozen state public service
commissions against the administra
tion measure extending government
wire control were presented today to
the house postoihee committee.
"Better and cheaper service will
result from private management un
der efficient state commission than
under the present control," declared
Charles E. Elmquist, represtenting
the National Association of Rail
way and Utilities commissions, in
offering the protests. 5 '
Opposition to,' the legislation was
expressed in telegrams from the
commissions of Maine. Khode is
land. Illinois. Indiana, New ork.
Mississippi, New Jersey, Wisconsin,
Minnesota. Oregon, JNevada, a. en
nessee and Michigan.
Increase of Live Stock
Shown by Official Report
Washington, Jan. 21. Livestock
on farms and ranges of the country
on January 1 was valued at $8,830,
204.000 in an estimate made public
today by the Department of Agricul
ture. Ihis is an increase ot ?:wo,'
006,000 over their value a year ago.
State House Briefs
From a Staff Conwapondent.
Lincoln, Jan. Jl. (BptclM.) Th. offlc.
of attorney general of Nebrak will b.
rtprne nt4 in the federal court of Indln
apolii, Jnd., January 28, at th. hearlnc
of th. Injunction suit of th. Indiana
public utllttle. commission te enjoin Post,
master General Burleaon from enforcing
th. fov.rnm.nt'i new telephone toll
schedule.
Attorney General Clar.nc. A. Cavl
will likely make the trip. Th. commla
lon itself doe not expect to .end a
reprosentatlve, at th. Invitation of the
Indiana commission.
Commissioner Victor Wilson, of th. Ne
braska Railway commission, will leave for
Washington, D. C, Wednesday to attend
a conference of state commissioners, set for
Friday, where a program will b. outlined
a. to what to do with th. railroad, now
In fedrral control. Chairfan Tom Hall
of the Nebraska commission may accom
pany him.
Only On. "BR0M0 QUININE"
To get the genuine, call for full name LA3ATIVJ5
BltOMO QUININE Tablets, loot for signature of
R. W. OBOVB. Cures a Cold In one dir. 81V,
If you are paving
into is city
and haven't been able to
secure a house, flat or
apartment, phone us and
we will get your house
hold goods at the freight
depot and store them in
our fire-proof warehouse'
at nominal cost.
Ot.lAUA v.in &
sionr.cE co.
Phone Douglas 4163
80S So. 16th St.
Ford's "Eagles" Faulty,
Assertion of Former
Constructor in Plant
Washington, Jan. 21. Harry E.
Leroy of Saginaw, Mich., formerly
employed as a constructor at the
Ford Detroit boat plant, testified
before the senate naval committee
today that the Eagle boats built for
the navy at the plant were seriously
faulty in design and construction.
He said the walls of the "craft were
weak, particularly about the engine
and fire room. When he reported
his observations to his employers,
he said, they promised to report the
criticisms to thte Navy department.
Secretary Daniels, Rear Admiral
Taylor, chief constructor, and Rear
Admirals Griffin and Earle listened
to Leroy's statements. The three
admirals recently testified to the
plans drawn and inspections made
by nEval experts, Admiral Taylor
saying the Eagles had conformed to
designed characteristics and were
useful both for war and peace pur
poses. Steel plates furnished to speed up
quantity production of the Eagle
boats. Leroy assert, were thrown
together and loosely bolted, insur
ing buckling and corrosion in actual
use. ,
Leroy also criticized the charac
ter of workmen employed at the
Ford shipyard, declaring most were
foreigners, including many Ger
man and Austrian!, unable to speak
or to understand their superinten
dents, who had to give orders by
manual signs.
Nevada Ratifies Prohibition.
Reno, Nev., Jan, 21 By a vote of
14 to 1 the state senate today rati
fied the national prohibition amend
ment. The lower house of the Ne
vada legislature ratified the amend
ment yesterday by a vote of 33 to 3.
Anarchist Plotters '
Killed by Bomb Made
to Kill Rockefelle
rs
Washington, Jan. 21. A plot on
the lives of John D. Rockefeller and
ftL son. John D. Rockefeller, jr.,
planned by anarchists shortly aftet
tht beginning; of the European war,
was described to the senate propa
ganda investigating committee to
day by Thomas J. Tunnev, police in
spector of New York. He said the
plotters all were killed by the ex
plosion of the bomb they had made
to kill the Rockefellers.
Inspector Tunney testified that
there was evidence of renewed ac
tivity of anarchists in the United
States, Since the signing of the
armistice, he said, evidence had been
found that anarchists planned to
organize and disseminate propaganda.
Wednesday Linen
Sale Specials
Linen Damask.
Fine Irish Linen damask of
heavy quality; $5 valu for
(3.50 yard.
Linen Sheeting.
Heavy quality of sheeting,
.made of round thread Irish
Linen, 90 inches wide. Reg
ular $3.75 quality, W.dn.t
day, $3 yard.
Pillow Tubing. '
Heavy quality, made of
round thread Irish Linen, 4 1
inches wide. Regularly,
$2.25, Wednesday, $1.73 yd.
Infants' Wear
Specially Priced
Savings Wednesday on
Infants' Cashmere or
Crochet Sacques and
Cashmere and Silk Ki
monos. Soft Sole Kid Shoes,
white or colored tops and
black vamps. Small size
only. 85c shoe, for 59c.
Waterproof pants, all email
sizes, 76c quality, 50c.
. Children's white sruimpes.
50c and 85c qualities, 29c.
$1, $1.25 and $1.50 qualities,
69c.
Third Floor.
Silk Hose $1.25
Pure thread silk hose in
black, white and colors.
Tops find soles of lisle.
Wednesday, $1.25 pair.
ThompsoivBelcieri frGa
J Sstobttshed 7S 8 6 y
TJi e 7hsJiion Qener or Women
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Wednesday
The Final Sale of
WOMEN'S SUITS .
We clear our suit stock Wednesday and to
do so quickly and thoroughly, the prices on
these exclusive clothes are less than the ma
terials alone cost There are not a great '
many suits left, but there is every size from
16 to 44.
Suits Priced Up to $125.
Wednesday $1 Q.75
j 7 yr.,--.--
All Sales Final
No Alterations
Coat Oale Ttairedlay
- Pfiurtkakra Tomcnrow
SEMI-ANNUAL SALE
WOMEN'S HIGH GRADE SHOES
Begins Wednesday, January 22nd, at 8:30 A. M.
We have had a Clean-Up Sale twice a year for the past 20 years, and most people
know what a Fry Sale means but this year it's different the cut is deeper, even though
the market is higher. Nevertheless we are going to help the women of Omaha save money
arid at the same time keep up the high standard of style and quality, by selling such
makes as Laird-Schober's, Wright & Peters, H, II. Gray & Sons, Ziegler iW-, mid many
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Note These Wonderful Price
LOT NO. 1-4
$1.1 and $13 Wright & Peters,'
Gray and Brown Kid 4
LOT NOw"3
and $10 Wright & Pe
ters and Gray Bros.' beau
tiful Brown Russia Calf '
Patents and Kids, ffcr
with. walking and
Louis heels. .... . I
LOT NO. 5-
$D and $8 Laird & Schober's and Wright jrf 45
& Peters' Patent and -Kid, lace and but- J
ton, at. . , ,
And be here early Wednesday morning at 8:30 A, M., the new
opening time of the retail stores of Omaha.
LOT NO. 2
$14 and $12 Laird & Schober's
and Wright & Peters' Gray'
Buck top, Gray, Ivory ")e
and White Combination,; If
at a. . CI
LOT NO. 4
$10 and $9 Pearl and
Dark Gray, Field Mouse
and Brown Kid Cloth
tops, Military firc
and Louis heels, 'il'
at U33
and Brown Buck Skin,
at :
77
7
fa ft . j
7 "
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LOT NO. 6
$7 and $8 Patents, . Kids, Combinations,'
in way, urown. ivory ana rear! com
EXTRA SPECIAL'
4
LOT NO. 7
500 pairs Kids, Patents, $7 ft 1 K
and $6 values, also all our V ;
French Bronze 8 and $9 r 1
. high shoes
LOT NO. 8
600 pairs, broken lots, con
sisting of Patents, Kids, j "
m c .i: ni r . i "
Tans, Satin Do Laine and
Calf, Up to $6 values....
See Onr Window
Jlsplny (or
Samples ol
thp Wonderful
Bargains.
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16th and Douglas Streets
Touib Thtj
and Opt first
Choice f Styles