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THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1919. 110 HELP GIVEN TRANSPORT VIIIEII llUriS'-' ATTACKED Failure of Cruiser Galveston to Protect Ticonderoga Explained in Report of Commander. Washington, Jan. 26 Published reports that the cruiser Galveston had failed to give adequate protec tion to the American transport Ti conderoga, sunk by a German sub marine September 30, last, caused Secretary Daniels to issue a state ment tonight discribing how the ships was destroyed as reported by the commanding officer of the crui ser, and stating that a court of in quiry was investigating. The statement set forth that the Galveston, acting as escort for 14 vessels, 1,400 miles off the British coast, was ahead and on the rizht flank, and that the cargo carrier Feltors was known to be two miles south of the convoy. Shortly before daylight the Galveston, seeing a gun flash on the starboard side five or six miles away, and thinking the Feltors was being attacked, changed her course, ran toward the flash and opened fire with the five inch eun The commanding officer reported that a tew minutes later the ualves ton saw a second set of gun flashes which were very close together "and made it dangerous to continue firing clue to the possibility of hitting a friendly vessel." Immediately the cessation of gun flashes the cruiser :juit firing. Returned to Convov. Not knowing the Ticonderoga had fallen out of the convoy, the state ment continued, the Galveston re turned to her jiosition, and in check ing up the slips later it was found thetransport was missing. "The commanding office states that due to the large number of men in the engineers' force who are sick with influenza," Secretary Daniels said, "it had been necessary to reduce his boiler power and if he remained absent from the convoy any great length of time he would be unable :to rejoin and the sub marine would therefore have good opportunity of attacking the other vessels of the convoy. That he did not know the ship attacked was from his convoy and that it was his first duty to remain with the large number of ships in the convoy rath er than to remain longer with the ship being attacked and that he thought she had a chance to escape. "The commanding officer 3tates. that his general instructions were that 'if one or more ships in convoy ire torpedoed or mined the ocean escort is to proceed with her con voy.' " ' ' ' . Survivors of the Ticonderoga re-' ported that during the night of September 29-30 the vessel had dropped out of her position be cause of difficulty in maintaining steam and speed. Many Civilians Enjoy Farewell Dance Given by Army Post Officers Nearly 2,000 Omahans danced with the officers and soldiers of Fort Omaha at the Municipal audi toriuh Saturday. It was a fare well dance and entertainment given by the officers of the army post in recognition of the attentions of Omaha people to the boys at the tort and of the co-operation given the army officials in various im portant matters. To the lively tunes of a jazz orchestra, majors, captains, lieu tenants and privates stepped lightly over a waxed floor. All were in smilesi The Auditorium was decorated fcayly and refreshments were served. Eleven young pupils of Processor Chambers entertained the crowd in dancing. They were: Martha Doty, 5. years old; Loretta Boroff. Jose phine and Norma Mach, Bernice McGimpsey, Martha McAuley, Charlotte Brant, Georgia and Eva Wilron, Ruth Rigdon, and Virginia Brillhart. Miss Agnes Britton was accompanist to the exhibition dances. The committee in charge con ;isted of Major Crockett, chairman; Captains Townsend, Wiedemeier, Alexander, Pierce, Goodale and Wise, and Lieutenants Powell and Harrison. Gus Renze assisted the officers in the decoration of the Auditorium. Prospect Good for Abundance of Wbeat, Opinion of Houston St. Louis, Jan. 26. Dvid B. Houston, secretary of agriculture, today in explaining why the govern ment is not urging farmers to plant larger crops of wheat next spring, pointed out that the crops planted in the spring will not be available for the market until next fall, when food conditions will be changed. "The farmers planted last fall 7,000,000 more acres of wheat than they did at any previous time, and the indications .are that the spring plant will be on a very large scale," he said. "The question is, can the crop be disposed of at the guaran teed price of $2.26 a bushel on No. I winter wheat? "The prospects are that the yield will be at-lcast 1,000,000,000 bushels, of which amount about 650,000,000 bushels will be needed at home. Will Europe take the surplus after a season of producing on her own ac count, and with Australia and Ar gentina in the market? Commercial Stock of Wheat Twice as Large as Year Ago Washington, Jan. 26. Commercial stocks of wheat, 191.775,417 bushels held by 9,303 firms, January 1, were more than twice as large as reported a year ago. There was a reduction in the amount of corn and oats and an increase in rye and barley. The figures refer to stock actually reported and do not represent the total commercial stock of the coun try or stocks on farms. Americans Losing Heavily Because of Depreciation of French Paper Currency Purchasing Power of Yankee Gold Is Cut in Half by Re duced "Value of Foreign Money. Problem May Be Solved by Supplying Europe With Foodstuffs. . By ROBERT L. OWEN, United States Senator from Okla--: homa. (Written Especially for Universal Service.) . " . (Special Cable Dispatch.) Paris, Jan. 26. American interests are profoundly affected by the con ditions in Europe. The purchasing power of Amer ican gold and dollars does not func tion if exchanged for paper that cannot be redeemed in gold. The purchasing power of gold is seri ously reduced by excess issue of paper money. If the pay of American soldiers' is exchanged to French francs at the normal exchange, the purchasing power of that, monthly wage has become so impaired that the soldiers are unable with this currency to buy two good pears each day in France, because pears cost 80 cents apiece. The prices of other foods and all commodities likewise are very high. The abnormal prices are due to numerous causes , including high freight rates, deficient freight accom modations, and defective methods of distribution. ' $150 Per Capita. But at least half of this loss is due to the inflation of the paper cur rency. France has issued 31,000,000 francs in paper currency with a gold cover of less than 20" per cent. This means a circulation of over $150 per capita, being nearly four times the amount per capita circulation in the United States. Therefore, if we spend $200,000,000 monthly for our soldiers in France, or for other other American puM poses, the net loss would result ap proximately to one-half of the ex penditure, on account of the infla tion of French currency. This inflicts a very heavy loss up on America. The injury to France, itlelf, caused by the inflation is seri ous. IHias the. .effect 'of diminishing the purchasing power,pf salaries and fixed incomes by one-half of what it was before the inflation occurred., The French statesmen feel the matter very keenly. . They are now contemplating a readjustment. M. Du Bost in his recent inaugural speech as president of the senate, emphasized the importance of this task, calling attention to the neces sity of providing means for with drawing from' circulation the excess currency which causes the abnor mally high prices of commodities. He suggested that this could be done by bond issues receiving currency out standing in payment for bonds. Indeed, eurrency has been largely ,'ilLSOII VOICES ADMIRATION FOB WORK OF WOEN (Continued From Paga One.) nations have felt for them. They think of us in America, for example, as a long way off. And we are in space, but we are not in thought. You must remember that the United States is made up of nations of Europe; that French sympathies run straight across the seas, not merely by historic association, but by blood connection and that these nerves. of sympathy are quick. to transmit the impulses 'df one nation to the other. "We have followed your suffer ings with :a feeling that we were witnessing one of the most heroic, and, may I add, at the same time, satisfactory things in the world satisfaction because it showed the strength of the human spirit, the in domitable power of womenand men alike to sustain any burden if the cause was great enough. . Strain Not in Vain. "In an 6rdinary war there might have been some shrinking, some sinking of effort; but this was nof an ordinary war. This was a war not only to reedem France from an enemy, but to redeem the world from an enemy. And France, there fore, and the women of France strained their hearts to sustain the world. I hope that the strain has not been in vain. I know that it has not been in vain. "This war has been popular and unlike other wars, in that it seemed sometimes as if the chief strain was behind the lines and not at the lines. It took so many men to conduct the war that the older men and the wom en at home had to carry the nation. Not only so, but the industries of the nation were almost as much a part of the fighting--as the things that took place at the fronts. - "So it is for that reason that I have said to those with whom I am at present associated that this must be a people's peace, because this was a people's war. The people won this war, not the governments: and the people must reap the benefits ot the war. At every turn we must see to it that it is not an adjustment between governments merely, - but an agreement for the peace and se curity of men and women- every where. ' - ;. -t - ' "The little obscure sufferings: and the daily unknown, privation?, the unspoken sufferings of the heart, are the tragical things of this war. They have been borne at home, and the center of the home is the woman. My heart goes out to you, therefore, ladies, in a very unusual degree; and I welcome this opportunity to bring you this message, not, from myself merely, but from the great?- people whom I represent." Bolshevik Minister Objects to Meeting" Place Proposed Taris, Jan. 26. M. Tchitcherin, the bolshevik foreign minister, has sent a wireless message to the so viet representative in Sweden ask ing confirmation of the decision of the supreme council of the peace conference to send a mission to con fer with representatives of different nations in Russia in Princes Islands. issued against bonds which were put in the Bank of France as a basis for currency issued. In the meantime however, the enormous loans have been made to JFrance by the United States, and the enormous loans made to Great Britain by the United States have practically petered the rate of exchange while preserving artificially a rate of exchange which inflicts great loss upon the United States and its merchant buying in France. ." 'J . ":. ' The French authorities appreciate that it is against France s inter national interests to have currency inflated, because foreigners cannot afford to buy French goods where French currency has not the pur chasing power on a gold basis and foreigners actually, buy rrench francs on a gold par basis.. The condition necessarily results in preventing foreigners from buy ing freely in the French markets, thus hindering France in explaining its foreign commerce and meeting its obligations to other nations through an exchange of commodities-. It may be anticipated, therefore, that the French statesmen will take steps necessary to bring the per capi ta circulation of money down to a basis fairly comparing with the per capita circulation in Great Britain and the United States. Boys Want to Come Home. In the meantime, as the United States is suffering a probable loss of $100,000,000 monthly due to this condition, it is obvious that this fur nishes another reason to redouble our efforts to bring the soldier boy's of America back home. These boys willingly endured every hardship, thousands making the supreme sac rifices for the liberties 'and the hap piness of mankind. The one great thing the Ameri can boys now desire, particularly the enlisted men, is to get back home. They are homesick. They say so frankly. And it is better for America to furnish food, suffering part of the loss as its contribution, than not to furnish at all. If we do not sell to Europe, we shall engorge our own markets, breaking the market prices and in flicting heavy loss upon the pro- ducers awaiting shipment of their goods to Europe. We would suf fer smaHer national loss selling on possible terms lhan not selling at all. Certain it is that both human and commercial instincts move the Unit ed States to furnish the food now required. LEAGUE IS NOW ASSURED, SAYS FRENCH LEADER (Continued From Pace One.) will be an agreement on a common plan." Preparing Data on Reparation. - Speaking of claims for reparation, M. Pichon said that France and all the other countries interested were preparing data, but it would ' take some time to arrive at exact figures. The published reports concerning the amount of the claims varied, and it was impossible, the minister added, to give the exact figures at present. " Territorial questions,he went on, were beginning to be considered now in connection with the various questions before the council. As to the possibility of the discussion of the -league of nations delaying ter ritorial adjustments, he said: "Not at all, as the examination of the two questions proceeds along parallel lines." Relative to the French attitude towarf the holding. of the left bank of the Rhine, M. Pichon declared that various published reports were premature and more or less incor rect When his attention was called to remarks which Marshal Foch re cently made on the subject, M. Pichon said: "Marshal Foch spoke in his per sonal capacity on this subject, and it has not yet been considered here." Jews in Buenos Aires Mistreated During Riots Buenos Aires, -Jan. 26. A large group of representative Israelites visited President Irogoyen to protest against the treatment of Jews and grand rabbi, in an address to the president, said:, "During the recent: disturbance Jews were the victims of unjust atrocities and '.inexcusable insults. Under the suspicion that some Rus sians were among the, agitators the entire Jewish population, without distinction as to age or sex, were persecuted and maltreated, without the slightest respect even toward women, children or the aged, leaving an adverse and hostile atmosphere against the entire Jewish population throughout the republic,- which still exposes us to hew attacks and 're prisals at any moment, under any pretext." J President Irogoyen promised pro tection. .... - r- -r. V y .. ....... ., .. .... . f qour usual J o table drink, disagrees Why not try imstant" POSTUM Mo hoadacba : no hrt- flutter: n indigestion: ' no (pleeana'aa. 't V ;.:-.::"'i'' 1ARSI1AL FOGII ASKS FOR POWER TO IMPOSE PEACE Calls for Maintenance of Mob ilized Military Forces to Prevent Germany From Renewing War. Paris, Jan. 26. Marshal Foch ren dered the allied powers valuable ser vice when he placed "before ihe su preme council his report on his ne gotiations with the German repre sentatives at the time of the renewal of the armistice,, says the Echo De Paris in commenting upon the plans for the demobilization of the various armies on the basis of mutual un derstanding. - His report, the newspaper de clares, pointed the way toward a proper and wise method, for he laid emphasis on the fact that coming peace must not merely be a written one, but one in actuality in other words, that it must be a peace im posed on the enemy, and that suffi cient mobilized military power should be maintained to enforce it. "Germany," continues the article, "has not yet completely surrender ed. She is seeking for accomplices and cannot fail ultimately to find a few such. The governments there fore should not demobilize their forces without a common under Standing. This course, if persisted in, would rapidly lessen the value of the peace treaty. "The powers should come to an understanding as to the forces which they intend maintaining in Germany, Such an understanding is essential to the preservation of a proper state of things both in Europe as a whole and in France in particular, as France cannot go on bearing indefi nitely the mortgage, of dispropor tionate military responsibilities. Ample Forces Assured. London, Jan. 26. Anticipating an announcement to be made Thursday Dy a conference of bir trie Ueddes, former first lord of the admiralty, Tr:ij-ir i. i it i - . ricm iviarauai naig ana waj. uen. Henrv L. Wilson, chief of the sen- eral staff of the British armv. now meeting in Paris, a statement issued by the war office tonight' savs: ihe proposals of the conference will make sure that we have in ev ery theater of the war sufficient forces during the present year to see that we are not robbed of our vic tories, and the Germans and their j ...:n u. jJ x tuiiicucidtcs will uc iiiciue 10 execute faithfully and punctually the condi tior.s not only of the armistice, but the treaty of peace, when that is signed, and they will also enable us to discharge our own duties towards our allies and those dependent upon us. , "It must be clearly understood." the statement continues, "that while Great Britain is prepared to do her share of the work still to be done, that the United States, France and Italy will act with her in maintain ing the common interests and se curing the advantages gained to gether" London-Paris Airplanes Equipped With Wireless London, Jan. 26. The airplanes which are carrying the peace confer ence delegates and important docu ments between London and Paris are equipped with wireless telephone apparatus, enabling the pilots to speak to one another while in the air and also to receive frequent weather reports and instructions from the ground. Bee Want Ads are the Test Busi ness Boosters. Announcement of FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE By William W. Porter, C. S. B. of New York. At the Church Edifice, St. Marys ' Avenue and 24th St. Tonight and Tuesday Eve, January 27th and 28th, at 8 o'Clock. ' The Public is Cordially Invited. A You can buy Sprague Tires end Tubes at the Mill, Nine Blocks North of the Fontenelle Hotel. 18th and Izard Street. lira TO AND DP. 1 1, W handle everything tht Is known in the wsy of modern lug gage and you will find our prices below those of other torea because of our compara tively Inexpensive location. From the standpoint of dollars and cents and in the matter of quality It will pay you to look her first. Grha Trunk Factory 1209 Farnam. Pouf. 480. 3 KILL JUTT' i 3 -1; ..... , , - FARMERS tlUST BE PROTECTED, SAYS HOOVER (Continued From Pafe One.) November this problem was already facing me as one among many others for which assistance had to be found, in the protection of our American farmers, lest from failure to find a market for his products during the armistice and pending the wider market, of peace his prices might fall' below his cost of produc tion, entailing great waste of sur plus commodities. "We have found it possible to pfo tect the American farmer in the two and one-half months since the ar mistice. This we havedone by co operating with the allies, in opening wider markets to neutral countries and by relief shipments into the lib erated territories. The next and last six weeks of the high fat pro duction season will be still more dif ficult to manage, as price cannot be expected in that time, restoring ex tended markets. "On the other hand, five-sixths of this problem is already completed and by next May, if we have peac; and freedom, any surplus that ac cumulates now will be turned into another world shortage of fats- In deed, if the entire consuming popu lations of the world were able to ob tain fats today, there would be a shortage at this momenty even with our great surplus production. "Practically all restrictions on' American food exports have been re r-v The Mississippi-Warrior Waterways has announced a new freight tariff on the shipment of goods between New Or leans and Mississippi Valley points in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri. This new tariff went into effect January 21st and reduced the old freight charges to a very considerable extent. For instance, the savings in cents per 100 pounds on carload lots from Omaha to New Orleans are on: , First-Class Freight 22.5 Agricultural Implements. . 8.0 Packing House Products. 8.5 Stoves and Ranges ...... 9.'5 Canned Goods 7.5 In the other direction material sav ings can be made on all commodities. Some of the differential under the rates via rail routes are on: First-Class Freight ......22.5 Molasses 6.0 Coffee 6.0 Rice 7.5 Sugar ...w......... 9.0 Canned Goods 7.0 moved. Progress hai been made in lifting neutral blocade restrictions. "It is, however, no more possible to demobilize in a week the whole of these intricate forces set up dur ing the war than it is to demobolize our army by dismissing it on the field. Pending the solutions, tht: American farmers, merchants, pack crs and banks simply must stand to gether for two or three months to carry our -excess surplus over until the markets of the world have been extended and finally liberated by peace. The meeting of farmers and packers' representatives called at Chicago on Tuesday if to consider these problems." Husband Attempts to End Life Because of rvrr tir-.i iitt uirterences witn wire Shortly after Harry Richardson. electrician, rooming at-1722 Cum ing street, had .dinner with his wile, Grace, to renew their conjugal love fter a separation of two months, he swallowed an ounce of poison, lie then walked to his room and the police were called. Police surgeons administered remedies and saved his life. The couple1 had been separated since November 26 because of reli gious cruples. In a letter written before going to his wife's, apartment, 201 South Twenty-fourth street, Richardson expressed love for his wife and ab solved her of blame. Mrs. Richardson told police that her husband left her after she had taken personal care of him during his three month's illness last sum mer. "I always cared for him," she said. I mm Wm lllllll lilliilf l&MSXM Lower Freight Rates to arid from the . South Hibernia Bank ; ' New Orleans Resources . $40,000,000 PACKING PROFIT LESS DURING WAR THAN FORMER Morris and Company's Rate of Earnings Decreases While Volume of Business , Increases. Chicago, Jan.' 1 26. Morris and Company, packers, in their financial report for the year ended November 2, 1918, made public today, show net earnings of $4,217,858.84, tipon a capital investment of $53,864,934, or 7.83 per cent. This is less than ls cents on each do iar of sales, in cluding by-products. The volume of sales show an in crease of $100,000,000, while the pro fits show a decrease of more than $1,000,000. Cash in bank shows a gain of over $3,000,000, while total liabilities in creased slightly above this amount. President Edward Morris says, in a statement to stockholders: i "This was accomplished by paying only a small portion of the earnings in dividends to the stockholders, al lowing the balance to remain iu the business, and also by keeping the company's products closelysold.'We were therefore able to go through the year without any refinancing." Only $300,000 of the firm's profits were paid to stockholders in divi : Af' ' 1 V A p-. t I " 4HAtr XH -v A . ' Full information may be obtainea from . the Traffic Manager, Omaha Chamber of Commerce or from Mr Theodore Brent, Traffic Manager, Mis-' sissippi-Warrior Waterways, 905 Whitney-Central Bank Bldg., New Orleans. This change in the freight tariff is a tardy recognition of the elemental prin ciple that waterways are an economical -method of transportation. This also means that an unusual de velopment in interstate commerce be tween the different states of the Missis sippi Valley,' and particularly between the Mississippi Valley cities and the . Port of New Orleans, will now be brought about. Crude products from other countries " can, be brought in through the Port of New Orleans and shipped to cities in the Valley, manufac tured into goods and shipped back down the great Mississippi river to be sent by steamers to countries all 'around the world. . The Hibernia. Bank & Trust Com pany, through both its domestic and for eign departments, is equipped to handle the. financing of shipments and invites shippers to make use of its facilities. C& Trust Company dends. Thirty per cent of t!; firm's i products were used in 'ecdniK Ihe anvy and navy and aJliev Voi' han 1(1.0 employes -eitlur volun teered or were drafted for war serv ice of which i ven wer? killed. it action.' All employes who returned" from army and navy duty will be given their old positions. In commenting on thr net pro'iM for the year. President Morris said: "This profit is very small, espe cially considering the fact that we are handling a perishable product and is considerably less than we have made in previous years. M, though we have operated under ffie federal food license, we have not made the profit which was consid ered fair and allowed under their rulings." Thousands of Hun Seamen - Lost on Submarines Sunk Loiidoif. Jan. 26. Of the 203 Gci-" man submarines lost during the war, it is estimated here semi-officially,, that 120 were sunk with al on board,' and that in the others an average of , half the crew perished. .. Prospect Hill Cemetery Oldest Burial Ground. in the city. Many of the first families own lots in it. A location of rare natural at tractiveness, well cared for. Readily accessible from all parts of the city. Lots or single interments may be had on reasonable terms. 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