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vv THEV BEE: OMAHA,
SATURDAYS AUGUST 9, 1919.
PRICE LIST ON
FOOD SUPPLIES
IS MADE PUBLIC
W& Department Readjusting
. i Areas in ' Proportion to
I , Population Sale to
. . Start SOOn. ';
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"Washington, ; Aug.5. The War
department made publicFriday a
. complete price list of, all subsistence
' stores' available for sale to the pubr
, lie'; through the parcels post or
through municipal selling agencies.
einmcnt, the : departmenf said, had
, been disregarded entirely ' in fixing
the prices of sale,' whish are. matert
i allv lower than prevailing market
-1 rates. , . s ,
v, "flrte prices -qUoted are f. o. b. and
from storage points in each of the
.-13. district j into which the country
, W divided for War department sub
sistence purposes. The department
now is redistributing the food sup
plies iri the". 13 areas in order that
each jnay have its proper propor
tions per population of the 72 arti-
i , cles offered forpuhlic sale.
' t " ' P. O. B. Prices Quoted.
, ,.The price tables include the price
per can or individual units in each
case? and also the price per case or
larger container. It also shows the
grpss weight per can and per case
. in order that the public may arrive
7 ' ill- i,,... .. k..
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, adding parcel post rates from the
nearest distributing point to the
home of the consumer to the f, o. b.
prices quoted.
' - Municipal selling agencies will
'compute freight charges on these
shipments to be added to the price
quoted by the War department. On
the parcel post distribution, no or-
l.ders will be received direct by the
War department but only through
r. i..Y-i .r' 1.. . . t
me; rosioince department, wrucn
,- wilf requisition the supplies by case
or larger packages, the postmasters
tt in urn breaking these shipments up
into unit packages of a single can or
i several cans.
", 4 f Sales to Begin Soon.
Salps In mnnrmalititi at tli tiw
' prices will begin as soon as the stir
' plus property officers at the various
supply offices and depots have re
.:eived the quotations made public.
Sales to individuals through the
parcel post will , be inaugurated
August 18. -
Quotations on some of theIeading
commodities are: v
t I Bacon, $4.15 per can of 17 pounds;
corned beef, SS cents for can of
:: 1.36 nnundi' hutted beans. 5 cents
! for can of 1J4 pounds; sweet corn,
. 10 cents per 2 pound can; dry
. - beans, $6.49 per 100 pounds; crack
, erg, 5 and 6 cents a pound; army
1 flour. $6 oer 100 nounds! macaroni.
7 cents per VA pounds; rolled oats,
12 cents per 2 pounds; seeded rais
ins,' 10 cents per pound; rice, $6.74
, per; hundred pounds; tomatoes, ,9.
cents per 2-pound can, and white
cornmeal, $3.50 per 100 pounds. '
British,' Warships
; Bombard Ochakov;
v Red Troops Retire
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""""" London, Aug. 8. A bolshevik
wireless communication d a te d
..Thursday and received here says:
j; ' "An ' enemy flotilla, consisting
. principally of British ships, bom
barded Ochakov (41 miles north-
east' of Odessa) Tuesday night.
More than 500 shots were fired,
which destroyed many buildings
"Enemy ships also bombarded Stan
islaus.' . '
- The communication says the bol
iheviki troops arc retiring under
. rncirir; nressiire on Hi western
'- front, but it claims notable advances
for the bolsheviki on the eastern
front''.
' Other wireless bolshevik mes
sages say General Yudench is re
ported to have formed a . Russian
- government at Helsingfors for the
1-urpose of taking over the adminis
tration of retrograd alter its cap
1 ture - by Finnish White guards.
They .add that General Mannerheim
, has accepted conditionally 'com
mand of the Finnish army.
The bolsheviki; according to the
dispatches, have taken 10,000 prison
ers from Admiral Kolchak's armies.
President Has No
Immediate Remedy
CoBtlnn4 from Pas On.)
the peace terms may be changed, or
held in abeyance, it is idle to look
for permanent relief."
Tells of Work Done.
He told congress what the various
agencies of the executive depart
ments have, done and contemplate
doing td check profiteering. . He
suggested that the federal control
act be extended, both as to the
scope' of its powers and the time it
shall be in operation," and asked that
penalties be fixed for violations of
the act. He also recommended a
law .regulating cold storage and that
all goods for interstate commerce
be plainly marked with the price at
which they left the producer. He
recommended "national control of
the processes of distribution" by
federal license, and reiterated his
opening appeal for the help of Eu
rope. His suggestion thati "strikes
undertaken at "this critical time are
certain to make matters worse, not
better, worse for thim and every
body else'' received approval.
, The president's address, added
nothing to the sum of executive in
formation that hal been freely , dis
tributed for several, days from the
federal trade commission, the De
partment of Justice, and the De
partment of Agriculture, and there
was wonderment by' members of
bothi parties in congress why it had
been necessary to summon them
from distant places to hear the
president repeat what the depart
ments had been making public for a
week, unless it was to endeavor to
'show the relationship between the
league of nations and the high cost
of giving" and how the crisis could be
avoided by ratifying the treaty
without further debate. The mes
sage brought forth some interest
ing and varied comment from the
various members of the Nebraska
delegation present.
Thoughts Still in Europe.
"While the general temper of his
remarks," said Congressman Jefferis,
"Showed that the president's
thoughts are still in Europe, several
of his statements were most inter
esting in their frankness. His .state
ment ,that the heads of the various
departments had the power to deal
with the situation closely followed
by the admission that we have
just fully awakened to what has
been going on is clear indication
that he realizes that we have paid
too much attention to foreign af
fairs and not enough "to our own,
and is an indictment of his own
appointees for not having acted
sooner. . I am very glad that the
president feels with us that . the
surplus stocks of food and clothing
should be at once sold. It is an
assurance that the activities of the
committee on war expenditures have
not been fruitless. His attitude on
strikes at this time is' in my judg
ment correct, and will be . upheld."
Ignorant of Future.
Strenuous objection to the pro
posal of the president to extend the
tenure of. the food control act was
voiced by Congressman ' Reavis.
"This, act," he said, "is a wartime
measure and will be in force and
enforceable until peace is ratified.
That day may see conditions re
turned to their normal standard, and
it is obviously unnecessary to legis
late at this time on this matter when
we are ignorant of what the future
has in store for us. To extend the
tenure of this act now would, in my
opinion, be a serious blow to the
economic interests of the country
and would be unwarranted."
"It was a plea for the league of
nations, for . bigger appropriations
and for more Hoover." This was
the terse summing up of the speech
by- Congressman Andrews,
i Congressman McLaughlin char
acterized the address as "disappoint
ing" and stated that the act of Au
gust 10, 1917, vested the president
and his cabinet with full powers to
act in this emergency.
Carmen to Take Raise
Offered by Company
- Man Said to Be Forger
Injured in Attempt
lo Escape From Police
Des Moines; Aug. 8. A man
claiming to be Raymond C. Hyde,
son of a. Wichita, Kan., millionaire,
' but 'whom "police say is G. A. Bar
nettr noted forger wanted by author
ities at Mitchell, S. D., and other
western cities, is lying, heavily
. guarded, in a hospital here where, he
was taken following injuries received
, when he tried to escape from the po
lice early Friday. . !. ,
The man fell down the police sta
tion steps in trying to escape and
claims the accident had made him
speechless. He registered at a
fashionable hotel Thursday with his
bride, whom he married in Sioux
v City Wednesday, following a 24
hour courtship filled with stories of
his alleged valorous deeds overseas.
A check returned by a Mitchell, S.
D., bank led to his arrest.
' The girl declares her maiden name
was Mabel Hunter and that she lives
near Sioux City. ; ' v .
Senators Will Probe , '
i ; "( Trouble in Mexico
Washington Aug. 8. The senate
foreign relations committee, by
unanimous vote today, reported out
' the resolution of Senator King,
- democrat. Utah, proposing an inves-
tigation of the Mexican situation,
i The- resolution was broadened so
that theicommitt.ee could take testi
mony at any place and at any time.
, :- v- Postof f ice Affairs.
j- WaahinirtoB. Aw. S. (SpeeUl Tele
.Tra) T pontotflc at Ralrden, Bins
v ham county, Wyoming, ta discontinued
- n nall son to Worlsod.
' Harry- Andrewa la appointed postmaator
at lamar. Chaas county, Nebraska, vie
U Jtt. Halt, realgnrd 1 - .
' . Richard "W. Carlaon ta appointed poat-'
Itnastsr at Yarmouth, la, vica H. C Abtl,
(Continued front Pace One.)
members of the local will meet at
10 o'clock in the morning and at
8 o'clock in the evening to consider
the contract concluded by their
executive committee.
Other Demands Waived.
Demands for increased wages, res
toration of seniority rights held be
fore the strike of 1909, improved
working conditions and the closed
shop were waived by the men in
reaching an agreement with the
company. These demands, together,
with many others, were submitted
to. the company on July 22 and a
strike threatened unless they were
acceded to in their entirety. The
major portion of these demands
were refused by the company on
August 5. The men were proffered
an increase of 10 cents per hour,
conditional upon a 7-cent fare, at
that time.
' Influenced by Zimman.
; For more than four hours the
executive committee of the street
railway employes' union, headed by
Befi' Short, chairman, dickered with
Hie company-officials in an endeavor
to conclude the agreement and avert
the strike which threatened. It was
principally through the effrfrts of
Commissioner Zimman ,that a com
promise was finally reached.
Through the entire morning Mr.
Zimman had conferred with the ex
ecutive committee behind closed
doors at the Labor temple. At 1
o'clock in the afternoon he had so
fat influenced the men that they had
agreed to recede from their original
demands and compromise on the
10-cent increase1.
At 1:30 in the afternoon the com
mittee, accompanied by Mr. Zim
man, arrived at the company's of
fices and immediately went into
secret session with officials of the
company. From that time on the
men were closeted discussing the
situation from all angles and seeking
some basis upon which an agree
ment cpuld be concluded.
A few minutes after 6 it was an
nounced that an amicable conclu
sion had been reached and a little
late. R. A. Leussler, assistant gen
eral, manager of . the company, dis
played the agreement bearing the
signatures of the 12 committeemen.
FRUIT ROTTING
IN GARS, CHARGES
OMArWUlAYOR
Council "Orders Probe to Fix
Blame for Waste of Food
stuffs 'While Prices
Remain High.
(Continued From Pare On.)
ment of the stores and placing them
in the hands of the mayor's depart
ment. The resolution was passed
unanimously. Mr. Zimman was nqt
present.
Says Supplies Not Inspected,
"My telephone has burned my ears
for several days because of the in
activity of the manager of the gro
cery stores, said the mayor. I
am advised that the government
supplies have not even been in
spected with a view to buying them
for sale by the city to the people, 'i1
On the contrary we are informed
that conferences are, being held
daily 'with the commission mer
chants, the very ones who appar
ently are in part, at least, responsi
ble for the waste and destruction of
these food products, and it is re
ported by Mr. Zimman that they
and the city are going to co-operate,
a most remarkable example of so
liciting the aid of the wolves to
protect the unoffending lamb."
Mr. Zimman was put in charge
of starting the three municipal gro
cery stores last Tuesday when Com
missioner Ure went on his vacation.
He has been holding conference
with commission men and grocers
and gardeners, whose co-operation,
he declares, is necessary to the suc
cess of thtf store. He voted against
the stores when they were pro
posed. '
Investigation By Chief.
The mayor's discovery of the 11
carloads of fruit which, he says, are
spoiling and already spoiled on the
tracks at the Webster street depot,
was made Thursday. Upon receipt
of a report of the spoiling fruit he
ordered Chief of Police Eberstein to
make an investigation. The chief
reported Thursday afternoon.
"This report states," says the
mayor's report, "that on track No. 6
of the Missouri Facific there were
two carloads of potatoes that had
been permitted to spoil; on track
No. 7 was a carload of lemons, a
carload of potatoes and a carload of
peaches, to which no attention was
being paid, and they were spoiling.
On California street, between Four
teenth and Fifteenth, was a carload
of peaches that had been there for
nearly a week and were now entire
ly rotten.
"On another track were one car
foad of peaches, one carload of
lemons, one carload of grapes and
two cars of watermelons, no part of
which had ever been untoaded, and
the contents of which were very
nearly, if not entirely, spoiled.
"I have the names of the railroads
and of the commission merchants to
whom these are said to have been
consigned and who apparently are
responsible for this willful waste of
food products, but I withhold the
names of the commission merchants
until the facts are more fully devel
oped, because I have no desire to
do atyone a possible injustice.
"Ai the time these food products
are spoiling the retail grocers i
Omaha are putting prices on these
products substantially as follows:
Potatoes, 70 cents to 80 cents per
peck.
Peaches, $1.50 to $1.60 per crate.
Lemons, 45 cents to 60 cents per
dozen.
Watermelons, 5 cents per pound.
To Take Immediate Action
"This council must take immed
iate and positive action in view of
these evidences of vast supplies of
food rotting while prices are going
skv high. It must learn whose
fault it is that these food products
are permitted to go to waste, learn,
if possible, why this is being per
mitted, and if the law of the state,
or the laws of congress are being
violated, we should aid in bringing
the guilty parties to justice. I am
not presuming to prejudge any
person, but I do insist that this
council should aid in ascertaining the
facts and in laying those facts be
fore the proper authorities. It
must also fight food destroyers,
profiteers, if there be any in our
Horlick's, the Original
Malted Milk Avoid
Imitations and Substitutes.
DR. MABLE WESSON
Osteopathic
Physician and Surgeon
320 Neville Blk.
Tel. Tyler 2960,, Harney 4741.
; ..'- A FINE THIRST QUENCHER
Hormforifa Acid Pho.phata
' I water, with a daah of sugar, relieve
execaaiva thirat. Snnarinr la Umrn Ariv.
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT
New line Fall silks
Just received.
Also Fall line of cot
ton shirtings.
Order early to in
sure prompt deliv
eries. ALBERT CAHN
Shirts Made to Measure
1322 Farnam St.
WJnX33D GEES
midst, in every way possible, to the
end that the necessaries of life be
furnished our citizens at prices fair
and honest and within their reach."
Mayor Smith and Commissioners
Butler, Towl and Falconer were
present at the meeting which lasted
not more than 15 minutes. (
Replies to Mayor.
"I guess we must charge It up to
'eccentricity,'" said City Commis
sioner Zimman when he learned that
the city council had taken from him
the management of the new 'muni
pal grocery stores' and had given it
to Mayor Smith. j
. "Three days ago they g'ave it to
me.' Now they take it from me. If
the mayor can make the progress in
three days that I have made I will
be surprised.
"The mayor criticizes me for my
conferences with the commission
men and the grocers. That, appar
ently, is his reason for taking the
management of the stores. to him
self. Now watch the fireworks.
"I had made enormous progress.
I picked upa number of bargains.
A carload of baked pork ami beans
shipped in here without labels 1
bought at a ridiculously low price.
Fine beans they are, but have no
labels on and the house they were
consigned to refused to take them
merely because the canner had mis
understood and had not put labels
on.
"The mayor criticizes me for not
buying the government stores which
he thinks are cheap. I have an of
fer from a certain provision man to
sell U6 at 30 cents a pound all the
bacon we want of the same identical
quality as that which the govern
ment quartermaster offered the
mayor at .34 cents. I had about con
cluded the purchase of a carload of
California navy beans which we
could have retailed at 4 cents a
pound.
"I want to say the grocers and-
commission men are not profiteers,
the mayor's opinion to the contrary,
notwithstanding. There are higher
ups who ;are responsible for prices.
But "not these men.
"Let them go ahead now amd
show what they can do. I am per
fectly happy. I did not vote to go
into the grocery business, but, I did
all In my power to get them into
operation after a majority of the
council voted that way."
Out of Law's Reach.
There, is no Nebraska law under
which men can be punished for al
lowing food to. waste, Mayor Smith
found yesterday after searching the
statutes of the state.
"This makes no difference, how
ever," he' said; "The federal law is
ample for our purposes if we find
that men or firms have been allow
ing food to waste in Omaha.
"Assistant United States District
Attorney Peterson was here tb see
me today and assured me of the co
operation' of the federal government
in any prosecutions which we may
find it necessary t6 undertake."
The mayor says the commission
men against whom charges are made
will be compelled to appear before
the city council Monday morning.
"This council has the same power
to subpoena witnesses as a grand
jury has," he said. "The men will
be here to. answer our inquiries."
Ban On Speaking German In
Lorraine Has Been Lifted
Metz, Aug. 8. Owing to the di
minution of the German population
of Lorraine and because, of the dif
ficulty many Alsatians and Lorrain
ers have in speaking French, the
prohibition against the speaking of
German 'after 10 o'clock at night has
bene abolished throughout Lor
raine. The prohibtion against use
of the German language in the
tramways has also been removed.
GENERAL HOLBAN
DEFIES ORDERS
OF CONFERENCE
Roumanian Chief .Says Occu
pation of Budapest Will
Continue as Long as
Necessary.
Zurich, Aug. 8. King Ferdinand
of Roumania, arrived in Budapest
yesterday, according to a dispatch
reaching here from that city.
Budapest, Aug. 8. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) General Holban,
Roumanian commander-in-chief of
the occupation of Budapest today
told the allies' representatives who
inquired why he did not obey the
wireless orders of the peace confer
ence that he was not obliged to con
sider them as authentic, that the oc
cupation of Budapest would con
tinue as lonp as he thought neces
sary. He added that any conversa
tions of a diplomatic character must
be carried on with the Roumanian
government at Bucharest.
The Roumanians are carrying out
requisitions of supplies demanded of
the Hungarian government in the
armistice terms. Cattle, hogs and
chickens are being seized in the vil
lages. Complaints about the shooting of
some civilians were said to have
been answered by Roumanian offi
cers with the admission that the kill
ings were prompted by revenge and
that the Roumanians would seize all
the valuables they could find.
A desire for revenge on the com
munists has resulted in a certain
number of disorders.
k Archduke Merely President.
Vienna, Aug. 8. There is no in
tention of making Archduke Joseph
king of Hungary, according to ad
vices received here from Budapest,
his office being merely that of pres
ident. Although he is surrounded
by old monarchist influences, he has
declared in, an interview that he
tn work along the
same lines as Count Michael Kar-
olyi, saying:
"I am a true democrat. I tried to
show this by surrendering most of
my estates last fall. It is my in
tention to carry on the government
until the elections are held, and then
Parliament will decide upon mat
ters."
After various consultations with
allied representatives, including Col.
W. B. Causey, U. S. A., attached to
the relief administration in Budapest
yesterday, Archduke Joseph and his
generals called upon the allies in a
group. ' Reports reaching here say
that this visit had to be delayed
because the archduke's trousers had
disappeared, having been stolen. His
attaches had to do some quick skir
mishing to borrow another pair, it is
said, inasmuch as the communists
had taken most of the archduke's
clothing a month ago. When he vis
itrrl the allifs he oresented his nlan
for a new government, which was
tacitly accepted.
Representatives of the new gov
ernment visited Premier lutes Peidll
and other members of the Hun
garian cabinet and announced to
them that they must resign, it being
declared that they had been unable
to keep order and were not repre
sentative of the nation. The minis
ters handed in their resignations
within a short time.
GOVERNMENT TO'
FIX THE RETAIL
PRICE OF FLOUR
Details of U. S. Grain Corpora
tion Plan Provides Margin
of Profit for Wholesaler
and Retailer.
New York, Aug. 8. Details of
the United States Grain corporation
plan to sell flour at $10 a barrel
were made public today by Julius
H. Barnes, United States wheat di
retor. Restrictions are placed on
the price to be charged "by whole
salers, jobbers and retailers.
The flour will be sold in 140
pound sacks on a basis of $10 in the
territory west of the Illinois and
Indiana line and west of the Mis
sissippi from Cairo to the Gulf of
Mexico, not ' including the Pacific
coast region, and at $10.25 in the
remainder of the country. Jobbers
and wholesalers must guarantee to
resell to retailer: at not more than
75 cents additional and retailers are
confined' to an increase of not more
than $1.25 over the wholesale price
for the original packages and not
higher than 7 cents a pound for
broken packages of any size.
The grain corporation also an
nounced that its weekly purchase at
Baltimore of wheat flour packed for
export was 1,031,013 barrels at pric
es ranging from $9.80 to $10.40 per
barrel.
Iake Erie produces more flsh to
the square mtle than any other body
of water in the world.
Manicure
Sets...
65c to $348
A sample line "of
manicure sets has
been obtained,
regularly priced
up to $10 each,
which will be of
fered Saturday
from 65c to
$3.48 each.
hehompsonDelden Store
OUR Fall suits and dresses as well as the sale of
furs should attract you they are very fine.
Quite a few cloth coats have appeared, several fur
trimmed, and evening wraps which are quite gor
geous. Come and see them.
August Sale o Linens Offers
Luncheon and Tea Napkins
$4.75 Tea Napkins for $8.75 a Dozen...
Dainty linen napkins, scalloped on
fine round thread Irish linen, not
embroidered. .
$10 Luncheon Napkins, $8.75 a Dozen...
Real Mosaic luncheon napkins, all
hand work.
Main Floor
Sale of Taffeta
The Fall shades several grays, .
wisteria, green, brown, purple and
plum, no navy or black.
Belding's famous taffela, which
sells regularly for $3 a yard.- Splen
did material, with a recognized
wearing quality.
$3 Taffeta for $1.89 a Yard
Wash Goods Remnants
Voiles, tissues, organdies and wash
skirtings, up to $1.25 a yard.
A small assortment of lengths,
suitable for both dresses and skirts.
$1.25 Values, Saturday .
25c a Yard
A Disposal of Sprint) and Summer
Suits for $15
A very few re
main, some navy
serges, several tan
gabardines, and
silk suits that are
unusually fine.
Dainty colors
blues, yellows,
pinks and whites
in tricolettes, silk
failles and one
moire.
Only 35 Suits
Really an amazing
price when you
consider that some
of the silk suits
were as high as
$105.
If you are fortu
nate enough to ob
tain one of these,
you will appreci
ate its value.
All Sales Final
Dainty Summer Neckwear
...Halj Price...
Collar and cuff
sets, white organ
dy banded with
buff, orchid, cer
ise, or blue, or
plain white or
gandies, piques
and linens. Sale
, price $1 to $2.50.
Very tailored pique
vests at various
prices.
A heavy cream col
ored linen Rajah
which was $4, sale
price, $2.
Net vests, tucked
and lace trimmed
in the most femi
nine way. Sale
prices, from $5.75
to $6.
Odds and Ends
. tn. . a
Notions
Sanitary aprons in
flesh and white rub
berized satin, $1.50
to $2.75.
Lighter ones, entire
ly waterproof, from
50c to $1.
Sanitarj belts, flesh
and white, elastic
and sateen. From
25c to 89c.
Fancy frill elastics
for making chil
dren's sock garters,
20c a yard.
Children's sock gar
ters, 10c a pair.
Brassieres and
Bandeaux
One needs so many
these warm days and
these embroidered and
lace-trimmed models
are very satisfactory.
Priced from 59c up.
Odd corsets ran be ob
tained here at pleasing
reductions.
Corset Dept. Third Floor.
Women's Knit
Undergarments
Mercerized vests with
or without shoulder
straps, a beautiful
quality, 90c. Extra
size, $1.
Mercerized union suits
in white, $1.50. Extra
size, $1.75. Flesh col
or, $1.65. Extra size,
$1.85.
Futurist suits, made
from a good quality of
mull, the coolest un
derwear made, $2.
...Specials...
Fibre Hose for 45c
First quality hose in
seven colors, all sizes.
$1.50 Union Suits $1.25
Athletic union suits
of splendid quality.
75c Handkerchiefs 59c
Pure linen handker
chiefs, a bargain.
$1 Ties, Saturday 85c
All shirts reduced
Arrow, Eagle, and
Earl & Wilson
makes; real econo
mies. The Sale of Parasols in
cludes everything from
$2 up. Women's and
children's sizes for ex
actly half price.
To the Left You Enter.