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'I A HE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. APRIL 19, 1919. SURPLUS LABOR DECREASES IN LARGER CITIES Nebraska Supply and Demand of Workmen Equal With Big Demand for Help On Farms In State. Washington, April 18. Despite Ihe surplus of labor In many sections of the country, efforts of the United States employment service to secure labor for work on the farms has met with little success, says a state ment made public today by the De partment of Labor. Concerning the labor situation, the statement says reports for each week ending April 12 from 59 cities indicate an im provement in unemployment condi tions. Reports from these cities show 36 having a surplus of labor in representative industries aggre gating 97,900, at compared to a sur plus over the previous week of 123, 605. seven cities show a shortage ag gregating 3,750, or 800 less than the previous week, while 16 show an equality of labor supply and de mand. Of the 36 cities reporting surpluses, it is noticeable, i-ays the statement, that 14 showed decreases and none shows a material increase. The report shows that the labor supply and demand in Colorado is equal. Nebraska reports conditions good with labor supply and demand equal, except for a shortage of farm hands. "Improvement in labor supply and demand during the week have been better in the Pacific coast than in any other section of the country," concludes the statement. Foreign Trade With U. S. Shows Steady Increase Washington, April 18. Continued increase in the foreign trade of the United States was shpwn in statistics made public today by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Ex ports in March were valued at $605, 000,000, as compared with $588,000, 000 in February this year and $523,- 000,000 in March of last year. For the nine months of the fiscal year ending with March, the exports were worth $4,991,000,000, approxi mately $600,000,000 more than the corresponding period of , last year. Imports for March totalled $268, 000,000, as against $235,000,000 in February and $242,000,000 a year ago. In nine months the imports have been worth $2,201,000,000, com pared with $2,083,000,000 last year. BRAVE, AMERICANS Portraits of Medal Winners, Made in France and Germany, by JOSEPH CUMMINGS CHASE, Official Portrait Painter of the A. E. F. . it r 'V ' ' v SERGT. GEORGE E. BURR, COMPANY C, 107TH FIELD SIGNAL BATTALION, 32D DIVISION First-class Sergeant Burr was in action near Cierge August 2, 1918, In charge of a detachment he strung wire far in advance of the front lines, working through heavy fire to the point where his regimental post of command was to be stationed, lOOards from the enemy lines. His companions say his smile never came off, and when finally he was ordered to leave one man at the instrument while the rest of the detachment returned to the rear, Sergeant Burr selected himself and remained alone for a long time in this most dangerous posi tion. Behold the bar which shows that he was awarded the distinguished service cross. Copyright, by The Evening Mall Syndicate. Ask Easter Offering for Sufferers In Near East An Easter offering for the work cf relief in Armenia, Syria and other i;ear eastern countries is being asked by the Nebraska committee, in sev eral thousand letters mailed out to Omahans this week. In the letter is a blank check folder explaining that 400,000 people are in need, and that $60 will give life to a child for a year. Blank pledge cards are also in the letter, with an envelope addressed to John C. Wharton, treasurer, Mr. Wharton says he ex pects Omaha people will give sev eral thousand dollars this Easter to help the people of Armenia. FARM LABOR IS SHORT IN STATE AND MENI NEEDED State University Experts Find Soldiers Returning More Anxious for Life in City. Lincoln, Neb., April 18.The farm labor situation in the state is critical, according to reports com ing to the University of Nebraska department of rural economics and the university extension service, In spite of the fact that there are thousands of returned soldiers and sailors in the state the situation is about as acute as it was at this time last year. The general farm ing and grain growing counties of the state need men badly. In the Stock raising counties the situation is not so serious. In farm bureau conferences held this week at Grand Island and Holdrege,' R. E. Holland, county agent leader, found the labor situa tion to be the foremost problem. "Where are all the returned sol diers?" was the question repeatedly hurled at him. County agents have been struggling with the labor prob lem in vain. The shortage is not due to small wages, Prof. H. C, Filley, headof the department of rural economics, thinks. Farmers are paying an average of $50 to $60 a month, whichN is equal to at least, $w to $iuu a month in the city. If the wheat crop continues according to present prospects farmers will probably pay more during harvest. "We have been watching the sit uation with interest and despair," said Professor Filley. "It looks like the farmers will simply have to go ahead and do what they can and let the rest go undone. Farm ers can't pay 'railroad wages and come out even. There are plenty of men, but they want city jobs, even though they can't make as much money there as they would if they went to the country." Gravity of Situation In Egypt Worries Britain Paris, April 18. (Havas) News papers here feature reports as to the gravity of the Egyptian situa tion, and it is said that there is great concern among British authorities Over the nationalist movement. Dis patches state that mutinous condi tions prevail at Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said, there being several mysterious deaths in connection with the disorders. Former French Envoy Returns After Long Service in War Zone Colonel .Robert y.Dkcon Colonel Robert L. Bacon, former American ambassador to France, photographed upon his return from overseas aboard the giant trans port Leviathan, which docked re cently at New York. Colonel Ba con has served in France since the early days of the war and proved one of the most able and valuable of American officers. Gould-Kelly Marriage Is Dissolved In Versailles Paris, April 18. A decision dis solving the marriage of Frank Jay Gould and Mrs. Edith Keely Gould was handed down Thursday in the civil court at Versailles. Mrs. Gould failed to appear in court, although she entered a claim for about one half of Mr. Gould's fortune. Frank J. Gould i9 the youngest son of the late Jay Gould, a member of various New York clubs and a di rector in several railroads. Mrs. Gould, formerly an actress well known on the New York stage, is his second wife. Mr. Gould's first wife, who was Miss Helen Margaret Kelly, obtained ax,divorce in 1909, Mr. Gould and Miss Edith Kelly were married in 1910. DANIELS VIEWS AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION Secretary of Navy Watches Activity of Yankee Troops From Parapet of Ger man Fortress. Coblenz, April 18. (By the As sociated Press). From a parapet of the fortress Ehrenbreitstein, more than 400 feet above the junction of the Moselle and Rhine, Secretary Josephus Daniels of the Unit ed States navy, had his 1 first glimpse this afternoon of American marines on duty. Patrol boats were darting back and forth among the barges and tugs on the river, the American flag streaming from the stern mast of each little boat. At the point where the Moselle joins the Rhine stands a heroic sta tue of Emperor William I,' said toN be the largest of its kind in Ger many. Beyond the statue there are freat piles of lumber which aroused ecretary Daniels curiosity as he looked down upon the activity of Coblenz, which has been increased two-fold by the American occupa tion of the city. It was explained to him that the lumber was intended for new buildings which will serve as recreation centers and barracks for the American soldiers of the army ofoccupation. ' Mr, Daniels was taken through the underground passages of the Ehrenbreitstein fortress, '-which were built up partly by labor for 20, 000,000 francs which the Germans exacted from France, and was shown the accommodations of American artillerymen where but a few months ago thousands of Ger man, soldiers had been quartered. He also inspected the motorized equip ment of the 17th artillery regiment, which under Col. E. W. McCables, former cavalry officer and com mander of Ehrenbreitstein, is said to be the first American artillery unit tully equipped with motors. Mr. Daniels will review tomor row morning the second division, which includes a brigade 6f marines. He will go to Wiesbaden on Satur day and will return to Coblens by way of the Rhine. Wants to Be Governor. Yankton, S. D., April 18. Lieut. Gov. W. H. McMa'ster today an- nnimrpA hi rnnHiHarv fnr errvrnnr of South Dakota, subject to the de rision of the rennhliran mnvntinn in Pierre next November. ' 3 Women's CaDes. Dolmans and Coats VVi JJJ vai luvsiiio rut This Most Extraordinary Sale At Less Than Regular Prices Sale Begins Promptly at 9 O' Clock Women's and Misses' New Spring Capes of All-wool Blue Serge, braid-trimmed styles that are new and effective. Very Specially) Priced for This Sale at.... .,.. Women's and Misses' All-Wool Serge Capes Some with contrast trimming. Colors Navy Black or Tan. Original style treatments. 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