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IHli bhK: OMAHA, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1919. BARNES CHOSEN ' TO HANDLE 191 9 CROP OFWHEAT President of Federal Grain Corporation 'Appointed to Administer Billion Dollar Fund. New York. April 18. Julius H. Barnes, president of the Federal Oram corporation, has been appoint ed wheat director of the United States by President Wilson, it was announced tonight at the office of the food administrator in this city. Mr. Barnes will direct the hand ling of the entire 1919 wheat crop ' and will administer the $1,000,000,000 - fund appropriated by congress to take care of the crop under the government guaranteed price. He was selected for the place, it was announced, upon recommendation of Herbert Hoover, In addition to the administration of the $1,000,000,000 fund, Mr. Barnes will remain president of the $150,UW,U00 government grain cor porition, which will continue to function as the commercial ag-;ncy for carrying out the government policies and which also acts as the purchasing representative of the American relief administration. President Wilson said in his cable to Mr, Barnes, requesting him to become wheat director: "Your responsibility will be ill . rectly to myself after Mr. Hoover's retirement as chairman of the grain corporation on July 1. The experi ence -which you have gained and the success which you have at tained in handling the wheat and cereal crops under the food admin istration has been so generally rec ognized by expression from the dif ferent sections of the country, that I feel it would be a national loss if we could not have your service continued until the completion of this most important national under taking. "I should like to take this occa sion to express the high apprecia tion and gratitude which I have for the services, performed not only by yourself, but by the directors, vice presidents and other members of the grain corporation. The sacrifice which these gentlemen have given in a time of national emergency, the Skill and integrity .with which they have carried out so difficult an eco nomic undertaking, is one which f am sure the whole of our people must appreciate. I am in hoes that these gentlemen will remain with you in this service and I wjijld be glad if you would convey to each of them my personal gratitu"c for the exhibition of sacrifice and willingness to national service which is so promising to the future ' welfare of our people." Barnes Accepts. Mr. Barnes in his cabled accept ance replied: "I appreciate most gratefully your expression of approval of the work of myself and my associates in the grain corporation for the past two years under Mr. Hoover and I shall convey, with great pleasure and pride to those associates, the per sonal appreciation you so generously express. We have no misconception regarding the scope of the large problems to be met in administering justly the national wheat price guaranty this coming year. Only care and patience and a great desire to use influence and authority justly can find the right solution and with your kind invita tion to carry these problems directly to yourself, I accept the response bility you tender, with a sincere de sire on my part to discharge its duties in the interests of our whole people, and I shall endeavor to carry into tnat service also my present as-J sociaies possessing iureaay, as i ue lieve they do, the public's con fidence." The executives of the grain cor poration in the 14 zones into which the United States has been divided for administrative purposes will hold a meeting in New York next : Wednesday at which the personnel of the grain corporation for. the com ing year will be determined upon. Largest Aydience , Of Week Attends Noon-Day Services The noon-day Passion week serv ices, which have been conducted by the Church Federation," closed Fri day noon with the largest audience of the series in the Boyd theater. Dr. Titus Lowe of the First Metho dist church was the speaker, his theme being "The Dynamite of God," based on . the text, "The preaching of the cross to them that are saved is the power of God." "Confucius, Buddha and Moham med were the authors of systems of religion," said Dr. Lowe. "Jesus Christ was not the author, but the very center of Christianity, and the . cross is the center of Jesus. There is dynamite in the doctrine of the cross. Th cross means more than forgiveness of sins, it means God in action redeeming humanity. The dynamice power of the cross has been a mighty factor in history. - "If Calvary stood alone it would be only a pitable tragedy. But it does not stand alone. Back of it is a life, beyond it is the ressurrec tion, and the power of the resurrec tion in the lives of millions." Will Never Lower U. S. Flag In Porto Rico, Says Kenyon San Jaun, P. R., April 18. Seven teen members of the American con gress, including Representatives Claude Kitchin and Joseph G. Can non and Senator Gore of Okla homa, arrived here yesterday to make a tour of Porto Rico. Senator William S. Kenyon of Iowa, before sailing from San Juan for. New York Wednesday, made this declaration: "The American flag will never be lowered in Porto Rico." Leviathan Sails With 10,000 U. S. Troops Aboard Brest, April 18. The United States transport Leviathan sailed today with 10,000 . American troops on board Woman Whose Savings Were Taken by Recreant Spouse ' ! , LEGISLATORS WAIT FOR FINAL GRAFT OF BILLS (Continued from Page One.) plan of running several days into one is necessitated solely by the diminished attendance. The senate and house members Friday morning loafed around the house and senate chambers waiting until the conference committees ironed out the few remaining dif ferences and the final word came for adjournment. One ot the disputed points no in conference was whether to make all automobiles used in booze traffic subject to confiscation or protect the interest of an innocent mortgage holder. The question arose in conference on S. F. 196. Senator Peteron and Senator Cordeal be- ieve the confiscation provision should apply to all machines. If that is done, the mortgagee of an auto who has been imposed upon by the owner, could secure a waiv er of its forfeiture upon a showing before the governor. Otherwise it would be necessary for the prosecu tion in each case to prove collusion with fraudulent intent. The house and senate conferees could not agree on the point, but it was expected that the senate view of the bill would be accepted. News Censorship Still in Operation in Mexico Chicago, April 18. A staff cor respondent of the Chicago Daily News, who was one of a number of reporters who accompanied mem bers of the Mississippi Valley as sociation on their trip to Mexico, telegraphed today from Laredo, Texas, that the party found the cen sorship in full operation. The dispatch states that the , arty was told that all photographs taken in Mexico must be developed on the Mexican side of the border and sub mitted to censorship. Mexican cus tom officials explained that this was because members of the party had been seen to take many snap shots . at beggars, cripples, helf naked children and the like, ' and tl such exhibitions would create a false impression jn the United States. Correspondents were compelled t- write their dispatches in triplicate and were informed that their stories were all submitted to censorship befu.e being forwarded to the United States. European Passports Refused to Tourists x Washington, April 18. The state department reiterated today its re quest that the public abstain for the present from all unnecessary travel to European countries. Passports cannot be issued for Great Britain. France, Switzerland, Belgium or Italy unless positive documentary evidence is furnished by applicants which will satisfy the department of the necessity for visits tc those countries. Wear this Button Show npu have helped finish the Job Vy 1 1 f m V" " X ' ' f , V v VV f : If; Kf $kr n Mr. and Mrs. Walter Scott, whose married life lasting two months was shattered with the disappearance of the hus band, who decamped, police believe, with $1,300, the sav ings of his wife. WAR VETERANS HERE TO BOOST VICTORY LOAN (Continued from Page One.) broken in a railroad accident, but his life was miraculously saved at the Des Moines nospital. All the rest have received either leg or arm wounds and many have lost a imb. Wounded By Shells. The men composing the party are Carl W. Peppermeyer, E. C. Lepley, F. E. Siggins, Eldia Roth, Isaac Morgan, W. M. Lockhart, Clarence Schneider and Lieutenant France. In the drive on the Argonne for est Lockhart, with the Sixteenth in fantry, and Schneider, with the Three Hundred Fifty-sixth infantry, were both wounded by high explo sive shells. Lockhart received his injuries while storming Dead Man's hill. Isaac Morgan, a first-class priv ate of the Sixteenth infantry, was hit by a high-explosive shell in the battle of Soissons. His left arm has not yet recovered. It is said of Mr. Morgan that he became a proficient cartoonist by utilizing his vacant moments in the trenches. In the Chateau Thierry offensive, F. E. Siggins was struck by the fragments of a high-explosive shell and badly wounded. E. C. Lepley received his wound in the St. Mihiel drive. Many addresses will be made by the returned heroes, according to present plans. They will take part in the monster Victory Liberty loan parade on Monday. LAWN MOWERS. 14-in. Omaha Mower.. $5.43 16-in. Omaha Mower. .$5.95 14-in. Hustler, Ball Bearing Mower $8.35 HEDGE SHEARS 8- in. Blades $2.00 9- in. Blades $2.25 LAWN RAKE. 24-in. Wire Teeth 48c SPADING FORK. Light weight, 4-tine .... 89c HAND PLOW. No. 2 Superior. $8.00 Hand Cultivator, 5 teeth, at $1.00 Come in and talk to the demonstrator of this won derful finish for wood work, furniture and automobiles. M SCOTT CALLS UP HIS WIFE TO SAY HE'S ARRESTED Man Who Decamped With Helpmate's Liftime Savings Gives False Story Over the Wire. (Continued from Pae One.) ' savings, it wouldn't be nearly so hard to lose. But he betrayed my confidence and used the love I bcre for him as a shield under which to carry out his plans." "It's a long road back over those seven years of savings. I can hard ly bear even to think of going over it again." Mrs. Scott reported to the police Thursday night that her husbanH whom she thought "she knew," had left her Thursday, taking the money with him. He told her he was go ing to buy the Myers and Klinger pool hall at Fifteenth and Dodge streets and persuaded upon her to take her savings out of the bank. "The last I saw of Walter was at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon when he left me at Seventeenth and Harney streets with the money," Mrs. Scott said. "He said he was going to the Union station to col lect the wages of four days' work from the American Express com pany." Inquiry at the American Express company proved that Scott failed to show up there Thursday. Organization Formed to Assist Soldiers in Finding Employment Washington, April 18. Comple tion of its overseas organization to aid returning soldiers in finding em ployment was announced today by th. United States employment serv ice. Harold Stone, overseas direc tor, has established headquarters in Paris, with branch offices in Brest, LeMans, Staignau, St. Nazaire, Marseilles and Bordeaux. All returning troops are being carded by their officers as to whether they are in need of em ployment, the officers acting as of ficers of the employment service. The first cards to arrive since the system became operative reached Washington today from a detach ment of the 120th infantry, consist ing of 568 men, which arrived at Newbort News on the Martha Washington. The cards were for warded to federal directors of the employment service for the states in which the men live. Federal di rectors in turn will send the cards to the local federal employment service office or bureau for return ing soldiers in the home cities of the men. The detachment will be demobil ized from Camps Jackson, Columbia, S. C, and Dodge, Des Moines, la. Roumanians Move Into Te rritory jGiven by Peace Council Bucharest, April 18. The Rou manian government announces that at the request of inhabitants of Transylvania, who have complained of ill-treatment at the hands of the Hungarians, Roumanian troops in Transylvania have been ordered to advance. The troops, it is said, will occupy territory alloted to Roumania by the supreme war council. OBITUARY ROBERT P. LUMPKIN, 910 Hick ory street, died at a local hospital Thursday, aged 59 yeaijs. Mr. Lumpkin had been a resident of Omaha for the past 40 years and had been employed as a conductor on the Union Pacific railway for the past 25 years. Funeral services will be held( at St. Philomena church Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Inter ment will be in Forest Lawn ceme tery. MRS. ELIZABETH DEWEY, 30, wife of Wilber E. Dewey, 4717 North Twenty-first street, died last night of pneumonia after a week's illness. Her husband and one small son sur vive. Funeral arrangements have notbeen made. Now is the Time to Go After Your Lawn & Garden Use these tools and follow up Nature's work in your garden. LAWN ROLLERS. No. 3 Water Weighted, 175 lbs.. .$11.00 No. 6 Water Weighted, 300 lbs.. .$13.00 No. 7 Water Weighted, 500 lbs.. $17.00 AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES. 30x3 Gray Rubber Innertube . . . . $2.20 30x3 & Gray tubber Innertube. . .$2.70 Champion Spark Plugs 69c Weed's Chain Auto Jacks $6.95 No. 1 Badger Auto Jacks $2.43 Rose Tire Pumps $2.48 ROLLER SKATES. Winslow Ball Bearing.'. $2.48 CHINAMEL DEMONSTRATION THIS COUPON WORTH 20c. Buy a small 15c brush and get 20c off on a purchase of Chinamel Saturday. Name Address I I I 1 6l SONS CO. ZVA 1515 HARNEY STl May Name Dempsey Investigator for County Attorney Michael F. Dempsey. Michael F. Dempsey will proba bly be offered the position of spe cial investigator in the county at torney's office, County Attorney Shotwell said yesterday. Mr. Dempsey was chief of police of Omaha for a while and is now assistant chief of police. Dempsey recently made the state ment that he had been asked to re sign, effective May 1. This state ment was denied by Police Com missioner Dean Ringer. "The position has only $1,500 pro vided for salary and expenses," said Mr. Shotwell. "It isn't enough to hire a good man without other in come. Mr. Dempsey has a pension of $100 a month and he could well afford to take this position." . The expeiience which Mr. Demp sey has had in the police force for 34 years further recommends him as a valuable man in t'.ie position. "Yes, I will accept the position if it is definitely offered to me," said Mr. Dempsey last night. "Has the actual offer been made to you? he was asked. "Not definitely, but Mr. Shotwell and I have talked it over," he said. Wife Gives Bail for Husband Arrested on Charge of Flirting James Ollia, 3206 South Twenty third street, was arrested last night and charged with flirting with women on the street and peering into the homes of other women. The alleged flirting was done while Ol lia's wife was walking on the street with him near Twenty-fourth and Vinton streets. Mrs. Ollia came to the police sta tion early this morning and posted $25 with the desk sergeant for her husband's appearance in court this morning. "I couldn't bear'to see him in jail," she wept, "it's all a frame-up on the part of a neighbor. My husband has been staying home both night and day since he was injured at work in the packing house." Ollia is 27 years old. Woman's Purse Snatched From Her on Sixteenth St. Mrs. J. W. Lienhan, California apartments, reported to the police that two young men snatched her purse about 11 o'clock last night while she was walking north on Six teenth street near California. Mrs. Lienhan said the purse contained $10. D. A. B. Elect Officers. Washington, April 18. Results of the election of officers of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution were an nounced tonight as follows: His torian general, Mrs. Edmund P. Moody, Delaware; vice presidents general, Mrs. Isaac L. Patterson. Oregon; Mrs. John P. Hume, Wis consin; Mrs. James L. Smith, Tex as; Mrs. Frank W. Bahnsen. Illi nois; Mrs. William B. Wait, Mich igan; Miss Louise H. Coburn, Maine, and Mrs. William D. Sher rod, New Jersey. GARDEN HOSE. 50 ft. of 5-8 Rubber Hosa, 5 ply, complete with coupl ings $7.50 HOSE REELS. Detachable kind, holds 100 feet $5.50 LAWN SPRINKLER. Brass ring 89c Brass hose nozzle 75c GARDEN HOES. Polished steel and solid shank 89c GARDEN RAKES. 12-in steel bow $1.00 14-in. steel bow $1.10 16-in. steel bow $1.25 mmm,: ntirely Too Thorough. A certain farmer, who lives not far frotn Youngstown, had the habit of collecting so many old buggies and wagons that his yard was lit tered with them most of the time. The wife of the farmer, who has entirely different ideas about the way things should be conducted, resolved to mane a cleanup. Accordingly, she assembled the ramshackle vehicles in an open space, set fire to them, and gleefully watched them disappear. When tne husband returned from town he drove to the back yard, looked about him, rubbed his eyes and cried excitedly: "Great bubbling beeswax, Hen rietta, where is everything?" "Why," replied his wife, "I just burned up a lot of old trash." The husband gulped, gasped, cleared his throat and then blurted out: "But heavens to Betsy, Henrietta, two of them wagons and one buggy was borrowed!" Youngstown Tele prarn. B"::b 1 417 Douglas Street the 11th hour for Easter i 1 clothes buying is here. Further delay Is impossible. We are splendidly prepared to meet the last minute demands of our patrons in a most satisfactory manner. Second Floor. I the suit you will be a complete success you cnopse u nere. We nave enlarged our alteration and salesforce so as to assure you of prompt service in getting your Easter Wearables. $24 $29-15 $69;Z5 dainty Easter frocks A wonderful assemblage will greet you here Saturday Dresses that will put you in the lead of the Easter style parade. GEORGETTES TRICOELTTE TAFFETA8 CREPE DE CHINES SERGES JERSEYS SATINS ALL COLORS WONDERFUL STYLES. $18 $24g $29;Z?'$59:Z we want you to see these new capes and dolmans They are so delightfully graceful, and so becoming to every type of figure that their popularity has been nation-wide. Our Easter showing you'll find quite the most complete in the city. TAFFETAS VELOURS GABERDINES SERGES TRICOTINES FULL SILK LINED. ALL WANTED COLORS. $1850 $2450 $2950 $3450 to $55 OPEN A BEDDEO CHARGE ACCOUNT "IT'S DIFFERENT" A big broad, liberal credit service is gladly extended to Omaha patrons as well as our out-of-town customers. jj 0 The real one say up Kansas Wheat Acreage Largest in History of the State, Says Repor Topeka, Kan., April 18. The first Kansas wheat crop report of the year, issued today by the secretary of the state board of agriculture shows that the conditions and acre age ot wheat in Kansas this year is the best and Unrest in the his tory of any state at this time of the year. The report places the acreage at 10,758.000 acres and the conditions estimated at 99.32. . . If the ordinary method of figur ing the yield is used, the forecast is that the state will produce more than 215,000,000 bushels of wheat from this crop. Under guaranteed nrices the value of the crop would be $475,000,000 or nearly a half billion dollars. This would average about $35 per capita lor the entire state. choose in style, quality and fit if Men ! head straight for this store Saturday-- Your Easter suit awaits you at Beddeo's and it surely Is a snappy looking af fair' styled in just the way you would have It. made right, looks right, and will serve you right young fellow that wants a lot of class in his Easter suit will want of our waist seam suits. "We'll they're lively" all wanted colors, to-the minute patterns. $24.75, $34.75 $44.50, $49.50 up to $59.75 30 Victor Records That Sold So Fast That the Victor Company Couldn't Produce 'Em Quickly EnoughBut We Have 'Em In Stock Now 16008 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Jar- vis $0.85 16967 Herd Girl's Dream Neapolitan Trio 85 17221 ' - Preacher and the Bear Collins.. .85 17454 Humoreke Venetian Trio .... .85 17523 Woodland Ech oes Neapolitan Trio 85c 17701 Kilima Waltz Lua-Kaih . . . i . . . .. .85 17710 Kohala March Lua-Kaih 85 17774 Cunha Medley Lua Kaili .85 17782 WhisDerinc Hope Kline-Baker .85 17835 Perfect Dav McKee Trio . . .85 17020 When the World ForcptR Rodeheaver 85 18097 Bull Frog Blues Six Brown Broth ers 85 18292 Kiss Me (One Step) Marimba Band 85 18397 Goodbye Broad way, Hello France f letro .85 18455 K-K-Katy Billy Murray . : .85 18466 War Ballad (Medley) Pietro . .85 18479 My Belgian Kose Shaw-Hart. . .85 184961 Am Alwavs Chasing Rainbows Harrison 18498 Lights Out (March) Sousa's Band 85 64074 Souvenir Powell 1.00 64181 Mother Ma- ' chree McCor mack 1.00 64428 Beautiful Isle of bomewhere Mc Cormack 1.00 64622 S u n s h ine of Your Smile Mc Cormack l.oo 64120 1 Hear Yon Calling Me Mc Cormack 1.00 64405 Somewhere a Voice is Calling Mc Cormack 1.00 74420 Carry Me Back to Old Virginny Gluck 1.50 64306 Perfect Day Williams 1.00 17854 Uncle Josh Buys An Automobile Stewart 85 17818 Mrs. Rastus at 1 the Telephone Bing ham .85 ! AT MICK ELS Cor. 15th And Harney Sts., Omaha. 334 Broadway, Co. Bluffs.