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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1919. WOUNDED CARE IS INEFFICIENT, SAYS OMAIIAH Tells of Federal Inefficiency in Handling Transportation of Wounded in Harvey's Weekly. 'Championing the cause of our wounded heroes enroute from France to western reconstruction hospitals, has brought J. T. Stewart, 2d, into the national limelight. In a letter published in a recent issue of Harvey's Weekly, the Omaha man calls attention to government and railroad inefficiencies in hand ling the transportation of wounded soldiers with comfort to the in jured men. Food Arrangement Inadequate. Inadequate food arrangements are especially scored by Mr. Stewart, whose wife and sisters-in-law, Mrs. Charles Kountze and Mrs. Luther Kountze. arc active in Ked Cross canteen work. "These conditions are not willlul on the part of the government, of course. It is just that not enough attention has been given to detail in caring for these men," said Mr. Stewart. , His letter, which has aroused comment in New York and Wash ington circles, follows: Mistreating Wounded Soldiers. "Sir: I have for some time in tended to take up with you the aw ful conditions under which our wounded soldiers are being returned to their homes, but have deferred doing so, thinking that the govern ment would, without being prodded, realize the entire inadequacy of its facilities and would make an effort to better them; but as the govern ment does not seem to be conscious nf the awful conditions, I am writ ing this letter to you, asking that you get after them with a view to bettering the conditions under which these wounded heroes are be ing sent home. "My wife has been interested in the Red Cross work and it was while helping her at the Union sta tion canteen that I have seen the things which cause me to write this letter. "In the first place, it appears that when the trainloads of wounded sol diers leave New York City, they ire furnished with a so-called '24 hour ration,' which, according to svery officer with whom I have talked, is promptly thrown out of the window, due to the fact that there are no refrigerator facilities orovided, with the result that the : food would spoil if the officers in j L-harge attempted to keep it. The soldiers are absolutely dependent j upon the Red Cross canteens on ticir trip from New York to San Francisco for the feeding of the patients, and that this condition should exist is about as ridiculous as any that I can imagine. "Please get this point: That the government makes such an unintelli suut effort to feed these returning w ounded soldiers that not an ounce if the food that the government furhishes is used. I suppose that Na. i-iMI j '" - ' K" ns ' , ' w m 7 - 7f a ssss Av .ill il I 4 jiiiiI I if ill H p' - f Pill,B Smm liillll,!,w . S 1 Copyrlrttirt i 4 J- KernoMS f : - TotuccoCa. v o, i i H iiiiiiii niii"" L U . American Casualty List The following Nebraska men are named in the casualty list sent out by the government for Wednesday afternoon, February 5. KILLED IN ACTION: PREVI OUSLY REPORTED MISSING. , James Welch, Sixteenth and Wil liams streets, Omaha, Neb. The following Nebraska men are named in the casualty list sent out by the government for Thursday morning, February 6: WOUNDED SEVERELY. Corp. Glenn C. Rogers, Odell, Neb. Harland A. Rouse, Alexandria, Neb. The following Iowa, South Dakota ntul Wyoming mm are named In the raniulljr Hat lent out by the government for Thurs day morning, February S: . WOl'NDKD 8EVEBKLY. Kergt LogaR Allen Fleck, Oelweln, la. Clifford Taylor, O'kaloooa, la. Haile V. Hender, Waterloo, la. Theodora W. Frejer, t.alva, la. Mr. Baker in his fatuous ignorance thinks that everything possible is being done for the comfort of these returned wounded soldiers of ours, when, as a matter of fact, the very hogs or cattle in a shipment from Wyoming to the Omaha market are very much better cared for than are these men who have left their blood, and, in a great many cases, parts of their bodies, in France in the great fight. Trainloads Pass Omaha "Trainloads of soldiers come through Omaha with wounded sol diers sleeping on the floors of the cars, and the officers in charge sleeping on chairs put together to form a bed. "The soldiers would actually starve were it not for the Red Cross can teen service, which is advised of the arrival of these trainloads of wound ed mea. and which meets the trains with good food and presents for the men. "You can imagine the feelirs of the soldiers who have been fighting in dirt and tilth tor months to be met upon their return to their own country with such a display of in difference or inefficiency. "Our wounded men will be coming back for months and I think it is high time that you take up your well known gad and prod somebody in Washington in consciousness of the awful failure that the govern ment is making in caring for wound ed men. "J. T. STEWART II." Baker Says Every Soldier Will Have Job if He Wants It Washington. Feb. 5. "Everv sol dier who put on the uniform of the United States, who fought or trained to fight, will have a job if he wants one," Secretary Baker declared to day in delivering the opening ad dress at the 14th annual convention of the national rivers and harbors congress. Ihe secretary emphasized the duty of American business men to co-op erate in what the government was doing in this direction ,and said that every chamber of commerce, board of trade or other similar organiza tion should realize the need for its participation. your smokeappetite! For, with Prince Albert; you've got a new listen on the pipe question that cuts you loose from old stung tongue and dry throat worries ! Made by our exclusive patented process, Prince Albert is scotfree from bite and parch and you just lay back and puff away and have about the biggest lot of smokefun that ever was! Prince Albert is a pippin of a pipe-pal; it beats the band! And, what you're going to find out pretty quick thousands of men discovered as long as ten years ago when P. A. blew into the burgs and bushes and started a smoke revolution. Get the slant that P. A is simply everything any man ever longed for in tobacco! You never will be willing to figure up the sport you've slipped-on once you get that Prince Albert quality flavor and quality satisfaction into your smokesysteml Youll talk kind words every time you get on the firing line! Toppy rd bag, tidy rd tint, handtom pound and half-pound tin , humidor and that clatsy, practical poand crystal float humidor with pong moistcntr lop that ketpt tho tobacco in tuch perfect condition. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C. 60 PRiSOUERS DISAPPEAR 111 THE PAST YEAR Records Show That Prisoners Who Were Ordered Sent to County Jail Never Ar rived There. City Commissioner Ure, as super intendent of the department of pub lic accounts and finance, is checking the records of the city jail and police court with respect to the dis position of prisoners. Sixty Prisoners "Disappeared." On the face of the police court records, it appears that 00 prison ers "disappeared" last year after county jail commitments had been issued. Mr. Ure's auditor, who has been doing the work, prepared a long list of all prisoners who should have been received at the county jail, according to the police court records. When he took his list to the county jail and checked it against the sheriff's books he found that 60 could not be accounted for, the list including men and women. Some had been sentenced 30 days, others 60 or 90 days. There were some who had been fined $100 and costs, The sheriff has a copy of the list of 60 persons whom he states were not received at the county jail. These cases all occurred during 1918. Mr. Ure is now checking iyi9. Should Have Been in Jail. The superintendent of public ac counts and finance is not ready to announce his final opinion on the situation. All he knows thus far is that the police court records show that these prisoners should have been in the county jail and that they did not go there. A further check is being made to determine whether these pris oners were released in any of the various manners which might have occurred, such as appeal bonds. Last year the accounting system at the city jail and police court was rejuvenated with the object of main taining a complete record of each prisoner, from the time he is arrested until he leaves the jurisdic tion of the police. Last year the accounting system at the city jail and police court was rejuvenated with the object of main taining a complete record of each prisoner, from the time he is arrested until he leaves the urisdic tion of the police. Chinese Leader in Russia Shot While Making Speech Stockholm, Feb. 5. Dianyo Rich- oman, head of Chinese bolshevik propaganda in the far east and the president of the Chinese section of the communist party, has been mur dered by an unidentified person, ac- corning to a aispatcn irom reiro grad. He was shot down as he began a-public speech. The murder, it was added, is expected to have important consequences. Richoman excercised an absolute dictatorship over the Chinese living in Russia and recently ordered three coolies living near Petrograd to be tortured and shot. PLAY the smokegame vou're hankering for a Lenine Now Proposes to Startle World With Conference of His Own Stockholm. Feb. 5. An exhorta tion from Premier Lenine addressed to all bolshevik committees in Ger many, Austria, Poland, the Baltic provinces and Finland, to convoke a communist conference, intended to eclipse both the peace conference at Paris and the socialist conference at Berne, is published by the Petro grad newspapers. Lenine declares that the bolsheviki alone will have the right to take the initiative at the proposed conference. Madd 11 Tl iened dv Hunger, Austrians Loot and Plunder Food Shops London, Feb. S. Thousands of persons in the district of Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, have been plundering the food shops and com mitting other depredations, accord ing to reports from Linz, transmit ted by the Exchange Telegraph cor respondent at Vienna. The people, the reports stated, had become mad dened by hunger. The advices added that the disorders had not yet been suppressed. Norwegian Cabinet Quits; Knudsen Drops from Power Christiana, Feb. 5. The Nor wegian cabinet, headed by Gunnar Knudsen, has resigned. The reason given is that Knudsen's oarty has ceased to maintain its control of Par liament. The resignation has been accepted by the king and speculation as to the new ministry include the possibility that H. H. Bryn, Nor wegian minister at Washington, will be named foreign minister. The Norwegian cabinet headed by Gunnar Knudsen was formed on January 29, 1913. Canada Sent 8,000 Flyers Overseas During the War London, Feb. 5. Canada sent 8,000 aviation officers over seas to join the royal air service during the war, according to a statement today by Sir Edward W. Kemp, Canadian minister ot overseas service. Young Italian Aviator is Killed in This Country Dayton, O. Feb. S. Lt. Gravan- nie Pirelli, 22, of the aerial service of the Italian army, while on a test flight from McCook field fell about 200 feet in Wright field and was in stantly killed. IN THE DIVORCE COURT. A divorce decree entered in favor of Marian W. Baker, against Charles J. Baker, provides that the husband shall pay $3,360 In monthly Installments of 125, The wife was awarded custody of Fran ces Jane, 3 years old. Ida Duffy has been granted a decree of divorce and custody of a minor child. Thomas Duffy, charged with, nonsup- port, did not appear. Frieda Johnson dm not appear to answer charge of infidelity as related by her husband, who was granted a decree ot divorce. l.averna May Burton was allowed a de cree of divorce from Fred Burton, whom she charged with cruelty. Charles Hlnkle has sued Mrs. Florence Hinkle for divorce on the grounds of cruelty. They were married in Omaha, April 20, 1911. with a jimmy pipe if handout for what nils HUGE CROUD AT WELCOME GIVEN TO BLUFFS MEN Auditorium and Eagles Club House Filled With Friends of Men Back from Overseas. Two of the biggest buildings in Council Bluffs, the Auditorium and the Eagles' club house, were jam med, crammed, packed with men and women to welcome nome about 700 of the 2,000 Bluffs soldiers and sailors who have finished their military duties and returned to ci vilian life. It was not a solemn ceremony, perfunctorily performed. There were no long lines of uniformed men standing with military precision shaking hands with a longer pro cession of moving humanity, but it was a joyous, rollicking, laughing mass of people, untouched with the faintest trace of formality. And if there was a soldier boy in the whole crowd who didn't think he was getting a joyful welcome home, he was a manikin, not a liv ing, breathing human, being. There was no room for dignity, and there was no chance for the boys to "line up" for any kind of a function. It was merely a big family reunion. Stage Is Crowded, i All of the musical features plan ned were emphasized with a bit more dash than brilliancy. The big stage at the Auditorium was crowd ed with 300 "community" singers, with Lynn Brown as orchestra di rector and the Elks' quartet as "starters." And they started some thing every minute, with at least three stanzas of "The Gang's All Here." They sang for two hours, and three-fourths of the songs were iin provisea tor tne occasion with in tensely funny local hits that made the crowd scream with laughter. The grand old stars of the Knights ot tne Jf uil Moon, with the inde scribable George F. Hughes, for getting that he is postmaster, were in constant evidence. The chairs had all been removed from the main noor of the Auditorium and every men or me standing room was covered with feet. Entirely Informal. If any man had attempted to make a "speech of welcome" he would have been bayoneted. The delightful informality of it all was indicated by the frequent outbursts in the stress parts of the com munity singing, "When do we eat?" Scenes of equally intense human interest were transpiring in the Eagles' building, which was open from the street to the roof. A colored jazz band made an immense hit, with every stunt pointedly original. A big feature of the welcome was the refreshments. More than 4,00') sandwiches had been prepared, and they were so generously made that it took $100 -worth of butter to spread them in adition to th othpr materials. Federal Wheat Price to Keep Acreage for Corn to the Minimum Omaha grain dealers are of the opinion that the Nebraska and Iowa acreage into spring wheat will be the greatest in years and that the acreage put into corn will be cor respondingly less. With the govern ment having guaranteed $2.25 a bu shel for the best grade of wheat the high price is going to be an in ducement to sow wheat. On the other hand, with corn gradually dropping in price, with a possibility that next fall it may sell under $1 a bushel, there is an inducement to keep the corn acreage down to the minimum. Last year many Nebraska and Iowa farmers sowed spring wheat and while the yield was not enor mous, it is said that it averaged 12 to IS bushels an acre and that on the farms it fetched an average of $2 a bushel. There is an abundance of spring wheat for seed. Large quantities are held in the Omaha terminal elevators and it is said the same, is true with reference to the stocks still in the country. With spring wheat sown this season it will be grown and marketed in ample time to come under the terms of the government price guarantee. Iten Company to Double Size of Its Big Omaha Factory Plans are being made by the Iten Biscuit company for building a large addition to its Snow While bakery, now occupying the half block on the north side of Capitoi avenue between Twelfth and Thir teenth streets. The addition will be built directly north of the present plant, at the southwest corner of Twelfth and Davenport streets. It will be 132 by 120 feet, six stories high and of reinforced concrete con struction. The addition will have six ovens, thus increasing the capac ity of the Snow White bakery approximately SO per cent. Vice President and General Man ager Barmettler, in speaking of the new addition, said: "The erection of this building was decided upon be fore the war. Now that peace is as sured, we are going ahead with our plans that were interrupted by the war. The new building will be erect ed just as soon as plans can be completed and contracts let. It will be the 'last word' in factory con struction." Junior Red Cross Advisory Body to Meet in Lincoln The advisory committee of the Nebraska Junior Red Cross will meet in Lincoln Thursday on call of Director Leonard W Trester. The committee will consider the future policy of the organization and .recommendations to make to the national and division headquarters. STRENGTH 0..S. ARf1Y AT HEIGHT WAS 3J03.273 Figures Made Public by War Department Show the Allied ' Rifle Strength July 1 Was 1,556,000. Washington,' Feb. 5. The total strength of the United States army on November 11, when the armistice wis sigued and when the American war effort was at its peak, was 3, 703.273 officers and men, including the marine corps on duty with the army in Europe. A statistical table made public today by the War de partment gives this figure.- Included in the table is a com parative statement of the strength of allied and German forces on the western front by months, beginning April 1, 1918, snowing that on July 1, for the first time, the allied "rifle strength" exceeded that of the Ger mans. In rifle strength, which means "men standing in the trenches ready to go over the top with the bay onet," the allied total on July 1, was 1,556,00. compared with 1,412,000 for the Germans. On November 1 when the enemy's reserves had been exhausted and his front line strength reduced by about half, the allies had rifle strength of 1,485,000, representing odds of up wards of two to one. !0ne Dead, Several Missing, in Fire in Public School Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 5. One man is dead, several persons are missing and 100 children were rescued by firemen when a public school at Oakdale, near here, was destroyed by fire this morning. Edward Mc Kisseck went into the burning building to save his two children and was killed by a falling wall, The children, who had been rescued by firemen, were found later. Fifty Jackies Volunteer for Influenza Experiments Boston, Feb. 5. Fifty healthy young men, volunteers from the na val detention barracks here, were taken to the quarantine station at Gallups Island today to submit to influenza tests by a board of govern ment experts. The men will be sub jected to every known method of in fection in order that an exhaustive study of the "cause and mode of spread of influenza" may be made. SAGE TEA KEEPS YOUR HAIR DARK It's Grandmother's recipe to bring back color, youbhfulneis and lustre Everybody is using it again. Gray hair, however handsome, de notes advancing age. We all know the advantages of a youthful ap pearance. Your hair is your charm. It makes or mars the face. When it fades, turns gray and looks streaked, just a few applications of Sage Tea 4nd Sulphur enhances its appearance a hundred-fold. Don t stay gray! Look young! Either prepare the recipe at home or get from any drug store a bottle of 'Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com pound," which 13 merely the old time recipe improved by the addi tion of other ingredients. Thousands of folks recommend this ready-to-use preparation, because it darkens the hair beautifully, besides, no one can possibly tell, as it darkens so naturally and evenly. You moisten a sponge or soft brush with it, draw ing this through the hair, taking one small strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears; after an other application or two, its natural color is restored and it becomes thick, glossy and lustrous, and you appear years younger. Adv. Start Tomorrow and Keep It Up Every Morning Get In the habit of drinking a glass of hot water before breakfast We're not here long, so let's make our stay agreeable. Let us live well, eat well, digest well, work well, sleep well, and look well. What a 'glorious condition to attain, and yet, how very easy it is if one will only adopt the morning inside bath. Folks who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when they arise, splitting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach, can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy by opening the sluices of the system each morning and flush ing out the whole of the internal poisonous stagnant matter. Everyone, whether ailing, sick or well, should, each morning, before breakfast, drink a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of lime stone phosphate in it to wash from the stomach, liver and bowels the previous day's indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins. The action of hot water and limestone phosphate on an empty stomach is wonderfully invigorating. It cleans out all the sour fermentations, gases, waste and acidity and gives one a splendid appetite for break fast. The millions of people who are bothered with constipation, bilious spells, stomach trouble; others who have sallow skins, blood disorders and sickly complexions are urged to get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store. This ' will cost very little, but is sufficient I to make nnvnne a nrnnfttinrpd rrank I on the subject of inside-bathing be fore breakfast. Adv. John Mi Hi ken Estate Exceeds $20,000,000 St. Louis, Feb. 5. The will of JohnT. 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