fHE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 27, 1919.
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BOND SCALPERS
UNDER SCRUTINY
AT WASHINGTON
Brokers Said to Misrepresent
' Value to Lower Prices;
Victory Total Reported
V $70,623,100. . ,
? Washington, April 26.VThe na
tion's total Victory Liberty loan
subscriptions tonight stood at
I $70S,62',100. ' the officially recog
nized result oh five days of cam
paigning. Little of today's business
found its way into the figures as
' given out by th treasury.
At the close of the first week of
the fourth Liberty loan campaign,
. t''C time corresponding to tonight
., in the Victory loan drive, subscrip
' tions of $855,133,000 had been rolled
up $150,000,000 more ( than sub-
scribed this week. Since the fourth
loan was larger than the current is
suc.'.the percentage at the end of its
first week was 14.25, whereas 15.68
per cent of the Victory issue has
been subscribed.
The St. Louis district stands first
'in the percentage column, with 30
per cent of its quota already sub
scribed and covered with initial in
stallment payments.- The. Chicago
district ranks second and'1 Boston
third In volume of sales, New York
has $180,000,000, the largest sum,
while Chicago has $155,338,000.
f Investigate Scalping.
:"' It developed today that several
government agencies, including the
Department of Justice,, the federal
i trade commission and the treasury
" have taken steps looking to inves
tigation of reports that Liberty
bond scalpers are doing a thriving
. business in many localities by buy-
ing up bonds of past issues1 at very
' low prices. These bond brokers, it
has been reported, urge persons to
- sell bonds already bought and ' to
subscribe for the new issue of Lib
, erty notes. ' '
" In some cases amateur brokers
, nave paid as little as $70 and $80
for $100 Liberty bonds, although the
market prices hr all past issu.es are
oKnvA $Qf) TM investigation has
I been undertaken to ascertain wheth
er buyers of these bonds have mis
represented the market value, in an
' effort to lower the buying price.
Newspapers were urged again to
' publish in prominent position the
market quotations for bonds of past
issues, as telegraphed to them daily,
. to prevent small bond owners from
being mulcted of their savings.
No Brokers "Licensed."
' Other reports to the treasury are
to the effect that bond buyers in
large cities advertise that they have
been "licensed" by the government
'. to buy liberty bonds. Officials e-
plained that no brokers have been
licensed by the government to buy
' bonds, and that no formal restric
tions are imposed by the treasury.
Ah' several cities, men have estab-
lished what they call "Liberty bond
. exchanges," offering tautak Liberty
t bonds in trade for cheap jewelry or
!, Tother merchandise. .- .
f Prevention of fraud or of sharp
,'wartlrM In these cases rests large
ly with local Liberty loan commit
'; tees, it was said, since grounds can
1 ' not often be found for prosecution
under federal laws.
Aged Falls City Man
- I Takes Own Life After
; Fatally Wounding Son
Falls City, Neb., April 26. (Spe
cial.) Harry Dean, a young farmer
giving near here, died Friday night
V V: as the result of a gunshot wound
inflicted by his father on Easter
Sunday evening.
Tti father and son. who lived
t alone, were preparing for bed when
the father appeared at the door of
, his son's bedroom wih a shotgun.
-"I thought you were my friend," he
A is said to have exclaimed, and im
. mediately shot the son. the- shot
striking him in the shoulder and
literally tearing his arm from his
' body. The young man made his
isoape, running to the home of a
Neighbor.
.V Following the shooting ,of his
son. the father saturated, the floor?
of his room with kerosene, and af
ter setting fire to the oil, is thought
to have shot himself. He was dead
when the sheriff arrived.
' No cause can be found for the
deed. The father was not in good
' health' and it is thought that his
mind was unbalanced.
N Miss Blanche Bolln To Give
: Recital at Plymouth Church
J A complimentary recital will be
given Thursday night at Plymouth
church, .Eighteenth and Emmet
Streets, by Miss Blanche Bolln, so
prano, director of Plymouth choir,
and Einar Andreason, organist of
Plymouth church. They will be as
sisted by Miss Isabelle Radmajs.
violinist, and Miss Alma Bolln, pi
anist. The public is invited. -,
vThe program is as follows:
PART ONE.
'. . First Sonata Borowskl
Allegro ma non troppo.
a Andante.
Alleuro eon ruoco.
Oaro Wlo Ben Giordan!
Iferceuse Holmes
l.'Heurs exqulse Halm
Communion In O Batlate
Intermemo Callaertp
Ave Maria Gonnod
Violin Obligato.
1 PART TWO.
A Son of India Klmeky-Korsakow
The Dove Sehlmller
The Almond Tree Schumann
Festival Piece Stebblna
Reverie .' ......Dickinson
Haymaking Needhfim
. OradTe Song Brahma
By the Waters of Mlnnetonka. .Lleurance
Violin Obllgato.
Taccata In D Kinder
' Mexico Recalls Mission.
, Buenbs Aires, April 26. The Ar
gentine foreign office learns that the
Mexican government is recalling its
diplomatic mission to Italy because
it has not been recognized by the
Italian government. -
i Here's Another
v One Cent Sale
Bead the big ad on Page 6-A,
Sherman & McConnell
Drug Co.
Gompers Joins
on Postmaster General
Labor Leader Charges Burleson With' Carrying Out
Archaic, Autocratic Policy" in Conduct of His
' Department and Declares He "Must Walk the
Plank Sooner or Later." '
New York, . April 26. Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, assailed the
administration of Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson in a Statement issued
here today, declaring that he must
"walk the plank sooner or later."
Mr. Gompers charged Postmaster
General Burleson with carrying out
"an archaic, autocratic policy in the
conduct of the postal, telegraph and
telephone services of the United
States," and said he "needs only a
wMer field and a better opportunity
to fit him for succession to some of
the world's best-known, but unla
mented, ex-dictators."
Gompers Statement.
Mr. Gompers' statement follows:
The troubles of Postmaster
General Burleson, which in a re
cent statement he attributes to a
plot or a conspiracy on the part
of the American publishers, are
not due solely to any dispute
there may have been between the
postmaster general and the pub
lishers, to whom he refers. The
most recent example of Mr. Burle
son's autocratic nature does not
come as a surprise to those i.i the
jabor movement, who have' came
in contact with his administra
tion. '
Labor was long ago forced to
the conclusion that Mr. Burleson
was completely out of sympathy
with the trend of American
thought and was totally unable to
comprehend what America meant
swhenNit declared war upon auto
cracy everywhere. ,Mr. Burl&son
needs only a wider field and a
better opportunity to fit him. for
succession to some of the world's
best-known but unlamented ex
dictators. The only difficulty in
Mr. Burleson's way is that the
world has reached the decision
that it wants no more dictators.
The United States Postoffice de
partment is one of the very few
places in the world not yet in
accord with that decision.
Cold and Autocratic.
Long before the United States
government took over, the tele
graph systems of the country, Mr.
Burleson's cold and autocratic
treatment became known to the
workers engaged in the postal
service.
The workers in various branch
es of the postmaster general's de
partment have come to under
stand thoroughly that demoiracy
and the postoffice department
have nothing in common except
that they exist under the same
government. Time after time
Will Mark Graves of
G. A. R. Veterans On
Decoration Day in May
Mrs. J. W. Dion, , 1737 South
Tenth street, president of Betsy
Ross Tent No. 1, National Alliance
of Daughters of Veterans, is desir
ous of obtaining information of all
unmarked Omaha graves of civil
war veterans.
This information is for the Grand
Army of the Republic posts in the
commemoration of Memorial day
next month.
"As far as these graves are
known," Mrs. Dion explained,
the Grand Army veterans have plac
ed small steel markers which have
a star and the letters 'G. A. K.' But
there are graves in our cemeteries
of veterans whose relatives live in
other towns, or for other reasons
may not be known to the local
posts. The object is to see that no
veteran's grave shall be, passed by
on Memorial day. We . want to
know of every civil war veteran's
grave in Omaha cemeteries."
Falls inv Stupor While
Marching in Parade
H. Dahlberg, 65 years old, address
unknown, fell in a stupor at Four
teenth and Douglas streets Saturday
afternoon while he was marching in
the I. O. O. F. parade. He was
taken to Lister hospital and attend
ed by Dr. Johnson, who said he had
suffered a heart attack. His condi
tion is critical. j
3-Prt KETTLE
FREE
WITH STOVE
AB
Gas
Stoves
Up From
$22.50
I
MELT
ivir
In Attack -
these employes have encL-a voted
to secure the ODDorttinitv to' be
, beard by the postmaster general
tnrougn tneir representatives for
the purpose of presenting griev
ances or just causes fdr com
plaint. These pleadings; for an
opportunity to be heard have been
as vain as they have been fre
quent My own Experience with the
postmaster general has been of a
similar nature. Acting for the
workers, I have had a number of
conferences with him, in which I
have endeavored to induce him to
grant the opportunity to his em
ployes to be heard through their
representatives. These efforts of
my own have also been in vain.
It has been rather a favorite pose
with the postmaster general to
appear as a high-minded person,
generous and sympathetic with
his employes. Always, however,
this sympathy has been defined
by him to mean that if any one
of the employes had anything to
present to him that employe
might come and present the case.
- Policy Reactionary.
Under any circumstances such
a course would be unsatisfactory
and intelligent employers no
where attempt to deceive any
one with that ancient and long
since exploded idea. Only the
most reactionary and brutal em
ployers still endeavor to deal with
the workers as individuals.
In the case of the Post Office
department, however, where the
employes are scattered throughout
the United States, such an atti
tude as that assumed by the post
master general becomes not only
ridiculous and preposterous, but
constitutes an affront and an in
sult to the intelligence of the men
and women in his department and
to the citizenship of the country
as well.
Mr. B.urleson's troubles can not
' successfully be laid by him at the
doors of those whom he may as
sume are his enemies for political
purposes only because their source
is in something; deeper. , Mr.
Burleson's troubles arise from the
fact that he has attempted with
singular zeal to carry out an
archaic, autocratic policy in the
conduct of the postal, telegraph
and telephone ' services of the
United States. Any postmaster
general who will follow the same
policy will inevitably face the
same public condemnation and
eventually walk the same plank
that Mr. Burleson must walk,
sooner or later.
Admiral in Adriatic 7
Cautioned to Avoid
Trouble With Italians
Paris, April 26. Orders have
been sent to Rear Admiral Phillip
Andrews, commanding the Ameri
can riaval forces in the Adriatic, di
recting him to take exceptional pre
cautions to avoid possible disorders
in view of the tension in Italy.
The' Dalmatian port of Spalato,
which is the headquarters of the
American naval forces in the Ad
riatic, is one of the centers of agi
tation between the Italians and
the Jugo-Slavs.
v It is explained that the orders to
Admiral Andrews were wholly pre
cautionary and that no reports of
disorders in that district had been
received. ' '
University Students Will
Visit Omaha Factories Soon
Chancellor Samuel Avery of the
University of Nebraska is anxious
to make the visit of the students to
Omaha, Friday, May 2 a big success.
The program of the day consists
of visits to the chief manufacturing
.and commercial plants, stockyards
and packing houses, art galleries,
newspapers, banks, the College of
Medicine with its hospitals, public
schools, Fort Omaha, etc. After
supper there will be a reception in
the Auditorium with a variety of
entertainments especially arranged
for the occasion.
;A CkR LOAD
. 1 OF 1
FIRELESS Gas RANGES
AND A
FACTORY EXPERT I
v; . j ; 'TO
DEMONSTRATE
ALL THIS WEEK
SPECIAL DURING THIS WEEK
Mr. Vickery is going to show you how this stove saves one-half
your gas bill, one-half your time, cooks your food better and does
not heat up your kitchen. '
We will give you Free with each Fireless Range sold this
week, a set of Aluminum Kettles worth $7.00.
This set consists of 1 set of 3 Kettles like cut, one 8-qt. Kettle like
cut, and 1 Insert Kettle for cereals. . -
& SONS CO
URGE NEW LAWS
FOR PROMOTING
FOREIGN TRADE
, , - ; j.
Distribution - of Government
Ships t Among Private
Concerns Favored
By Exporters. '
Chicago, April 26. A comprehen
sive business policy and legislative,
program tor the development of the
export trade of the United.. States
was adopted todayrat the Sixth Na
tional Foreign Trade convention,
which concluded its deliberations
and adjourned. (
Business and legislative deeds for
the extension of the country's for
eign trade were outlined in the re
port of the convention's general
committee, which was presented by
James A. Farrell, chairman of the
national foreign trade council and
president of the United States Steel
corporation,
A summary of the recommenda
tions of the committee's report fol
lows: The earliest Completion of the
government's present shipbuilding
program.
The government should immedi
ately remove all restrictions now
placed on American shipbuilding
and permit the free construction of
vessels for sale to foreign interests.
There is imperative need of a re
vision of our shipping,-navigation,
classification and measurement laws
so that American vessels may be
placed on a more equitable basis of
competitive operative costs in for
eign trade.
Opposition to any continuance of
government operation of the United
States merchant marine.
It is urged that the government
owned vessels be allocated to suit
able trades and trading routes for
operation by any qualified com
petent American shipping enterprise.
Establishment of necessary coal
and fuel oil depots on all the great
foreign trading routes.
Creation of a separate department
of the fedaral government for the
development of aerial navigation
and the promotion of airship serv
ice to overseas countries.
Establishment of free zones at the
principal American ports 'vhere pro
ducts from all countries may be as
sembled, classified, manufactured
and reshipped. 1
Extension of the international
parcel post service.
San Francisco was selected as the
next meeting place.
Enactment of laws providing a
bargaining tariff for the protection
of American commercial interests
in foreign countries.
Three Women and One "Mere
Man" Tired of Matrimony
Ora Elder charges that her hus
band, Lewis, threatened to do her
bodily injury. She- filed suit yes
terday in district court for a divorce
with alimony and the custody of
their child. They were married in
Omaha in 1914. 5
Burton Nash charges that his
wife, Lillie, deserted him on March
7, 1905, four years after their mar
riage in Council Bluffs. He filed
suit yesterday in district court for
a divorce. - '
Agnes Podrouzek filed suit for a
divorce from James Podrouzek and
the restoration of her maiden name,
Satorie. She alleges cruelty.
Christina McVicker sued Edgar
McVicker yesterday in district
court for a divorce. She says he
habitually treated her in an inhu
man manner, remained away from
home for long periods- and threat
ened to injure her.
Bluffs Police Officer
Accused by Mrs. Glynn
Mrs. Frank Glynn, whose hus
band was mysteriously killed Christ
mas morning at Seventeenth and
Cuming streets yesterday accused
George Majors, former police officer
of Council Bluffs, of taking a ring
which she values at $125 and pawn
ing it for $6. Majors got the ring
out of pawn late yesterday and re
stored it to her. The former police
officer's case was continued, Mrs,
Majors putting up $50 bond for her
husband's appearance. Friday night,
Majors was suspended by Chief Jen
sen on a charge of intoxication and
yesterday morning he faced Mrs.
Glynn's charge of embezzlement.
COME IN MONDAY
QMS.
II
1515 HARNEY SI
Time Extended From
April 30 to May 31 For
Y Filing Tax Returns
. i
Washington,' April 26. Extension
of time from April 30 to May 31
was allowed today by Internal Rev
enue Commissioner Roper, .for the
filing of returns covering taxes on
near beer, soft drinks, mineral wa
ters, art objects and a variety of
manufactured articles, such as au
tomobiles. The returns have been made for
a period between February 25 andj
w t i -i a :t on I....)
Aiarcn oi, ana arc uuc rvprn jv, uui
return blanks have not yet been
provided. Under the new order, the
tax return must include April busi
ness and taxes must be paid by
May 31.
This order relates to the excise,
tax which producers must pay on
tires and their parts, pianos, graph
ophones, sporting goods and games,
chewing gum, cameras, photo1
graphic films, candy, fire arms,
knives, electric fans, cigaret hold
ers, vending machines, fur articles,
motor boats, canoes, toilet soaps
and toilet powders.
Omaha Negro Brought Back
to Face Murder Charge
Ed Anderson, alias Cal Collins,
negro, who killed Beatrice Bradd,
his common-law wife, on the after
noon of April 8, with a knife, was
brought to Omaha last night from
Kansas City.
Detective Chief Dunn discovered
that Anderson was working in Kan
sas City and wired police there to
arest him. Detectives Pszanowski
and Murphy were sent for Anderson
and succeeded in getting a confes
sion from him although the prison
er stoutly maintained at the time of
his arrest that he had never been
in Omaha.
A new light was thrown on An
derson's escape by his confession.
Anderson told of the fight in the
Bradd woman's home. - 619 North
Fourteenth street, on 'April 8 and
how he stayed that night in Coun
cil Bluffs in a box car. The next
day he went to the Morris Pack
ing company in South Omaha, he
says, (and collected $5.80 due him
although the) Morris police depart
ment had promised to hold him for
Omaha police if he should turn up
there for his money.
Anderson then went back to
Council Bluffs, staying there over
night again and leaving' the next
morning for St. Joseph. After
working four days in St. Joseph he
says he went on to Kansas City.
"I love that woman yet," he said
in his written confession. "I didn't
want to kill her but I had ,o when
she started the fight. I didn't know
I killed her until the police in Kan
sas City arrested me."
Anderson is charged with murder.
Bring Back to Omaha Three
Carloads of Stolen Autos
Three carloads of stolen automo
biles which have been identified by
thir Omaha owners will arrive in
Omaha today from Perry, So. Dak.
Detectives Danbaum and Pipkin re
covered 33 cars in and near Perry
during the past three weeks and
have been able to identify but 19.
Among the ten cars coming here
today are one Roamer, one Hudson,
twdf Buicks. two Cadillacs, one Chal
mers, one Oakland, and two Dodges.
Victory Loan
Buyers
Saturday Afternoon. ,
1,000 Mrs. Mary A. Foley. Frank
Weaver, Patrick McArdle, James L. Pray,
Nels Parsons. Covert Lodge No. 11. A. F.
& A. M., iBolles and Roger, Harry L.
Keen, C. L. Farnsworth, Geo. W. Sumner.
National Biscuit company, F. J. Hoel,
H. F. Cady Lumber company, W. C. Lam
bert, John U McCague, B. B. McCague,
Mario Glacomlnl, A. Rosenberg.
11,600 General Mercantile company.
$1,700 Cusack company and 25 em-
P'2e000 J. H. Rushton, York-Allen Ice
Machine company, Win Jensen, Norman B.
Truax, T. O. Gaines, H. B Boyles.
12,500 Pqlar Trading and Tanning com
pany, F. A. Cressy, Orpheum theater.
$2,750 Employes Western Union Tele
graph company. '
$3.000 Hugh Millard, J. H. Rushton,
Schmoller & Mueller.
$3.350 M. C. Peters Mills company
14,000 C. S. Gould, Ed. P. Smith.
$5,000 H. H. Fish, Nebraska Seed com
pany, Margaret Herd.
$8,000 Fairmont Creamery company".
$10,000 McCord-Brady company.
$11,000 Western Newspaper Union.
$16,000 Cudahy Packing company.
$25,000 Morris & Co.
$34,000 Paxton & Nlerllng Iron works.
$90,000 Ford Motor company.
Bee Want-ads pay big profits to
the people who read them.
8-Qt. KETTLE
FREE
WITH STOVE
Peerless
Refrig
erators Up From
$16.25
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RED POSITION
MADE CRITICAL
r BY UKRAINIANS
Bolshevik Line of Retreat
From Odessa Region
Threatened by Capture'
of Railway Line.
vBerne, Switzerland, April 26. The
position of the Russian bolshevik
troops in Odessa has been rendered
critical by the capture of Boguslav
by the Ukrainians. The Ukrainians
also have captured the railway line
from Kiev eastward to Konotop,
threatening the bolshevik line of re
treat from the Odessa region.
Cavalry First to Enter Vilna.
Warsaw, April 26. The first Po
lish troops that entered Vilna in the
recent capture of that' city by the
Poles were cavalry units under the
command of Lieutenant Colonel Ue
lina. The lght continued in the
streets, where the local bolsheviki
organized a frantic resistance.
General Pilsudski, head of the Po
lish state, and General Szeptycki, in
command of the Lithuanian front,
made their entry on Saturday night.
REAL $550 VALUE
A High Grade Brand New Player
Luff K CLUB PRICE
I ill ' A COMPLETE WITH It
3 a. . y SCARF, BENCH &I
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Watch This Thermometer
In Our Daily Advertisements.
7 T indicates the
number of club
members to date. And
when t,he black ne
representing ttie mer
cury, reaches 1 00 this
years Player Piano
club will be filled. All
the Players that roe
have to sell at this
price and on these
terms will have been
sold. And the op
portunity for you to
secure these special
inducements ana de
rive all the club bene
fits will be gone for
another whole year.
You can see from
the black "mercury"
line that the club
membership is already
more than half filled.
This opportunity is
going to slip away
from you before you
know it. Act Now!
Why not come in tomorrow-
an4 investi
gate? A Better
Value tfian
This :
Player
Has Never
Been
Offered by
This House
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They were - enthusiastically ac
claimed. , v '
The chief features of the Polish
campaign were the capture of Lida,
the taking of Baronovichi and the
fall of Vilna. Lida was defended by
7,000 men belonging to the bolshe
vik forces, principally Letts and
sailbrs. , .
The Inhabitants of the regions
occupied by the Poles hastened to
manifest their sympathy and give
all the help they could to the Polish
troops. "
Bee Want Ads pay bjg profits to
the people who read them.
Vaks and Victory
: Emporium Clothing and Furniture ,
' .
The day of Victory, '
When lightning struck maple tree.
To remember that day my business shall
Savior saved women, children and me.
carry that name "Victory."
E. Vaks, 482i South 22nd Street
Telephone South 2370
100:
Of These Beautiful
NEW
PLAYER,PIAN0S
Are Being Sold at
100
95
90
85
80
$412
Through the Medium of Our y
13th ANNUAL
PLAYER-PIANO CLUB
This includes all the "Extras? listed below ,
and all the advantages and benefits to be derived
from co-operative buying Clubbing with 99
other people in the simultaneous purchase of one
hundred instruments of one make. -
75
70
65
60
55
The Player
offered to Club
Members this
year is a regu
lar $550 Value
50
45
40
Each Club
Hit rtiniea of M.V..n. O.U U.1-..1 f . l-
35
30
25
20
15
10
sign. A Playr-Piano of the most pprored pattern, with all tit
newest improrements.
Specially low terms of payment and additional discount to
the amount of 50 cent monthly if the account is paid in two
years from date of purchase.
The Member
ship Fee is
$10
, These Annual Piano and Player-Piano Clubs provide the
moat inviting the most liberal offers to own a Piano or Player
that are ever presented to the people of this section.
, CLIP, SIGN AND MAIL THIS COUPON
TODAY IF YOU CANT CALL.
5
Schmoller Mueller Piano Co.,
1311-13 Farnam St., Omaha, Nab.
Gentlemen: j
I am interested in your Player-Piano club. Pleasa send me picture
and detailed information of the instrument. ( ,
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Name T. .....
Address
City
1311-1313 FARNAM STREET
Scott's Place Raided. ,
Walter A. Scott, 2420 Cass street,
who disappeared April 17 with $1.
300, the savings of his bride of two
months, and reappeared again four
days later, was arrested last night
and, charged with operating a dis
orderly house. The pecific charge
against Scott is allowing gambling
in the pool hall he purchased with
his Wife's savings. Detectives Cun
ningham and, Jensen raided Scott's
place at Sixteenth and Dodge itreets
and arested Scott and five inmates.
They were released on $25 bonds.
EACH
The Special
Price to Club
Members this
'year is only
$412
The genuine
saving to each
Club . Member
this year is
$138
Member Gets
J
This la net addtd to
th price but ub
tracted. It applied
an your down payment
and the Playar will ba
delivered Immediately,
or later on, as you
''wish. Coma In now and
make your selection at
once.
$10
Monthly o a
the balance.
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