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.DAD BEATS SON
TO WIN OLD BET.
Aberdeen, Wash., Aug. 10. To
fulfill the terms of a wager made
14 years ago, Dr. O. R. Austin and
his 15-year-old son, Harold, turned
out on Stewart field in full track
' uniform and competed in a 100-yard
lash. The father won..
When Harold Austin was 1 year
dd his father boasted to the mother
that he would be able to travel 100
yards faster than the boy on the lat
ter's fifteenth birthday. Mrs. Aus
tin doubted tbe statement and the
bet was made.
Doctor Austin, who recently re
turned from overseas with the rank
of major, proved army life had kept
him in fine trim.
BATHTUB BUCKS AND
SOLDIER BREAKS RIBS.
New York, Aug. 10. Maj. H. W.
Jlinsley had not seen a real porce
lain bathtub while he was in France.
He attempted to board one on the
transport Zeelandia, but it bucked
and broke two of his ribs.
WENT LITTLE TOO FAR
IN SHINING HER SHOES.
Chicago, Aug. 10. Neptune Green,
bootblack, was arrested on a disor
derly conduct charge on complaint
of Mrs. F.Bosley, who told the po
lice the youth, while shining her
shoes, persisted in arguing the re
centriots here and was too strenu
ous in his discussion.
OMAHA, THE G&TE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.
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PASTOR SAYS KISS 'EM
IP THEY DESIRE IT.
Washington, U. C, Aifg. 10. Ex
plaining the meaning of kisses, the
litv. E. Hez Swein in Jus sermon at
the Centennial Baptist church on
"Kissing Women," said: "If a
woman wants a kiss, let her have it."
He said it was no compliment for a
woman to be kissed by another
woman, and declared that the prac
tice is an insidious means of spread
ing disease.
"Love is the aim of the kiss," said
the preacher, "and the deceiver who
uses it without love and beguiles a
young woman into believing his
falsity is the most contemptible crea
ture in the world."
MUSKRATS "DESTROY
MILL 30 YEARS OLD.
Watertown, N. Y., Aug. 10.
Muskrats digging a hole in a dam
erected in 1891 have forced the See
ber and Chapman grist mil! at
Adams to closie. The dam had with
1 stood the ravages of time, but suc
cumbed to the attacks of the rats.
SOLDIER RESCUES GIRL;
BEATS FATHER TO ALTAR.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 10. George Mc
Keehan, a returned overseas veteran
was escaping across the Connau
sauga river hotly pursued by the
father of a girl he proposed making
his bride, when the boat capsized.
McKeehan swam back to shore
with the girl, caught and righted the
overturned boat, and cleared it of
water. Then putting the girl in the
boat he took the painter and swam
..across with it in tow.., The couple,
in a much bedraggled condition,
made the residence of Squire John
- L. Henton and were married before
'lie father arrived.
The family of Judge Henton sup
plied dry clothing after the cere
mony. The father of the bride de
cided there was no use opposing
such a determined youngster and
forgave the couple.
FEED HER PERFUME
IF SHE'S TOO COLD.
Venice, Cal., Aug. 10. Beware
the "lily of the valley jag." Lillian
El Felt of San Francisco tried it
it's made of perfume and is in jail,
charged with hugging all the men
she met.
TIES LINE TO TOE;
FISH FOR BREAKFAST.
Watertown, N. Y., Aug. 10. Don
ald F. Whipple thinks so much of
iishing that he must ao u wnne
asleep. He had such great luck
fishing for trout at Sandy pond that
he refused to quit when "lights out"
was sounded. He went to bed, tied
. a line with a well baited hook on it
around his big toe and tossed the
line out of the window. Early in the
morning there was a tug. He had
hooked a four-pound trout, which
was served for breakfast.
PASTOR PREACHES
' IN SHIRT SLEEVES.
Louisiana, Mo., Aug. 10. The
Rev. Dr. Jerfries, pastor of the First
"v Baptist church, surprised his con
gregation when he appeared in his
pulpit for his Sunday sermon minus
his coat. There was no criticism
on the part of vthe congregation and
the newspapers of-the town came
. out and approved the idea.
I. STREET GAMING AGAIN
' REVIVED BY BERLINERS.
Berlin, Aug. 10. Street gambling
is seen in Berlin once more. Late
v evenings the dice tables appear on
' Friedrichstrasse, the famous all
night street of the German capital,
and the "come on, boys" chatter of
the operators is heard above the
talk of the crowds. One or two
tables also are reported on Tauen
7.ienstrasse. Nowhere is there po-
lice interference.
STEALS CHURCH SPOONS
TO USE AT WEDDING.
Denver, Colo., Aug. 10. A wed
ding feast without spoons would be
v no wedding feast at all. So, at least,
thought Harry Huck when he plan
ned to enter the matrimonial state.
V Brought before Justice of the Peace
Henry Bray, Huck testified:
,"I took the spoons from St.
Marks church and used them at my
wedding. I intended to return them,
bnt waS arrested before I "could do
" so."
PUTS FEET IN OVEN
,TO WARM; BURNS UP.
Chicago, Aug. 10. After her son,
John, left for work Mrs. Marie
- Grimes, 76 years old, thought to
; . irNhe home. She drew up a chair,
opened the oven door and seating
v ' herself placed her feet in the oven.
Twenty minutes later firemen of en
gine -company 75, called by an alarm
turned irr by the family living above
the Grimes home, found the aged
, Soman burned to death,
SCENIC CAR
LEAPS INTO
FIERY PIT
Tragedy at Montreal Amuse
ment Park Takes Toll o(
Seven, Who Are Trapped by
Flames.
MOAN? OF THE DYING
MIX WITH JAZZ MUSIC
Firemen Only Enabled to Res
cue Few of Men, Women and
Children Cut Off by the
Blaze.
Montreal, Aug. 10. Seven per
sons were burned to death Sunday
night in a fire on a scenic railway
at Dominion park, an amusement
resort near this city.
The bodies of three men, three
women and a boy were recovered
from the ruins shortly before mid
night. It is feared several more
persons lost"their lives and that the
bodies will be recovered when
search is resumed Monday. It has
been impossible to identify the
dead.
The cause of the fire, which not
only destroyed part of the scenic
railway, but also the "Mystic Mill,"
nearby, is unknown, but it is be
lieved it was started by a lighted
cigarette or match.
The fire started in the mill and
the flames laid hold on the skele
ton structure of the railway. When
ihe firemen arrived the mill was a
blazing pyre and a few minutes
later that part of the railway con
structed over the mill fell with a
crash into the roaring furnace. A
car filled with merrymakers took, a
fatal leap into the flames.
Moans of Agony.
Coming from the mill could be
heard moans of agony and cries for
help, iut the firemen found it pos
sible to rescue only a few of the
men, women and children trapped
in. the blazing structure. They did
succeed, however, in cutting their
way through the walls and dragging
forth a few persons almost smoth
ered by the smoke.
Two of' the bodies were found
huddled together in the ruins. The
others lay in different parts of the
burned 'building so badly charred
that it is believed identification can
be established in only one or two
cases
Band Plays On.
To allay the fears of the thousands
who crowded the park, Sousa's band,
which is playing there this week,
continued its concert and while
shouts of the firemen mingled with
the moans of the dying, there came
from the bandstand the notes of
opera and ragtime airs. Even when
the black wagon arrived from the
morgue, flying its black" flag, the
gay tunes continued.
As the flames died down under
the streams of water played upon
them the section of the park in
which the tragedy occurred was the
only part of the resort in darkness.
Great American
Painter Dies at
Adirondacks Gimp
4lew York. Aug. 10. Ralph A.
Blakelock, whose power as a paint
er was recognized only after he had
been comitted to the Middletown
asylum for the insane, died yester
day at a camp in the Adirondacks.
according to word received here to
day. His friends recently had ob-
tainea nis release irom tne asyium
and had sent him to the camp in the
hope that the quiet of the woods
and mountains would restore his
health.
Born in New York in 1847 and al
most wholly self-educated in his art,
Mr. Blakelock never realized to the
full the fame his work had brought
to him and received only a pittance
of the tortune his talent earned.
For many years he hawked his
paintings about New York, obtain
ing for them never more than a few
dollars and undergoing the severest
hardships.
In 1899 his mind gave way under
the strain and he was taken to the
asylum, suffering principally from a
delusion that he was the possessor
of great wealth.
He remained there continuously
for 17 years, during which his paint
ings had been recognized at their
true value, and he became a member
of the National Academy and re
ceived honorable mention at a Paris
exposition.
Carmen's Strike Ties Up
Four Carolina Towns
Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 10 Win
ston Salem and Charlotte, N. C, and
Greenville and Anderson, S. C, were
without street car service Sunday
following the strike of motormen
and conductors. No disorder oc
curred during the day, N
LURE OF WOMEN
LEADS CLERK TO
STEAL OF FIRM
R. L. Lewis Held for Taking
Accessories Valued
at $2,000.
The lure of women and the love
of a good time is the explanation R.
L. Lewis, 24 years old, a clerk at the
Powell Supply company, gives for
the theft from his employers of auto
accessories valued at $2,000.
He was arrested Sunday by De
tectives Haze and Stoley. They
found him in a well furnished apart
ment at 205 South Twenty-fifth
avenue.
It is thought that the goods taken
by Lewis, when checked up, will
amount to more than $2,000. He
has been employed by the Powell
company for almost a year and was
considered trustworthy.
Lewis took his arrest nonchalant
ly. "Might as well 'kick in,' I sup
pose," he said to Haze. "I wasn't
getting enough money to enjoy
life so I got it the 'easiest way.' "
He admitted stealing 5,000 3-cent
stamps, 200 spark plugs, dozens of
tires, and other sundries.
Police are searching for an ac
complice of Lewis, who played the
part of a "fence" in the affair and
disposed of the stolen merchandise.
Lewis will be arraigned Tuesday
in police court for a preliminary
hearing of the case.
SHOPMEN ON
STRIKE RECEIVE
CONVENTION CALL
Meeting Thursday to Be Held
to Determine Future Course
of Action.
Chicago, Aug. 10. A call for a
convention for representatives of
the striking railway shopmen of the
country to be held here next Thurs
day to determine definitely what
action shall be taken, was issued
Sunday by the Chicago district
council of the . Federated .Railway
Shopmen which called the strike
August 1 in defiance of the inter
national officers ot the shop crafts
unions.
This decision was reached as a
result of conferences held by some
of the international officers and
representatives of the council and
the strikers.
, The strike has been declared ille
gal by the international officers. It
was called by the Chicago district
council, whose officers declared
such was the wish of the rank and
file because the international offi
cers had failed to obtain a settle
ment since tne demands for 85 cents
an hour for mechanics and 60 cents
for helpers were presented last
February to the rail administration.
The council has stood for a con
tinuation of the strike until their
demands should be granted and its
secretary sent a telegram to Presi
dent Wilson refusing to order the
men to return to work.
L. M. Hawver, president of the
district council, said 200 telegrams
were sent to railroad centers re
questing that the men send dele
gates who would reflect the atti
tude of the shop workers.
Expect Normal Conditions.
Washington, Aug. 10. Develop
ments over the week-end are ex
pected to result in almost normal
conditions tomorrow in every rail
road shop where men have been on
strike.
Director General Hines is ready
to undertake negotiation of wage
demands, as directed by Present
Wilson, as soon as the men return
to work. In view of President Wil
son's specific instructions that the
whole matter would have to be "at
a standstill" so long as an illegal
strike continued, the demanti of men
in some places for wages' increases
before going back to the job, it was
learned, cannot alter the situation.
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Roosevelt Memorial
, Arrangements Made
New York. Aug. 10. The Roose
velt Memorial association announces
that arrangements practically are
completed for the campaign to raise
funds for erection of a monument at
Washington and establishment of a
public park at Uyster Bay in honor
ot tne lormer president.
Regional conferences, at which
state chairmen and state committees
will meet to consider plans, will be
held in the 10 cities in the next few
weeks. Meetings will be held in
Salt Lake City August 15: Portland,
Ore.. August 18; Dallas, Tex., Aug
ust 19, and San Francisco. Aug
ust 20.
Students m Budapest
Thrash Town Officials
Copenhagen. Aug. 10. Two hun
dred students armed with dog whips
stormed the town hall in Budapest
and thrashed the communist officials
still thre, says a dispatch from
Budapest by way of Berlin.
The students afterward attacked
Jews.
There is much uneasiness at
Prague, where the socialist organ
Pravohdu declares that no commun
ist government could be so danger
ous to the Czech state as Archduke
Joseph's l.ule,
SELL FOOD
SUPPLIES
HERE TODAY
Mayor Smith's "Municipal
Stores" for the Distribution
of Government Stocks, Will
Open This Morning.
COMMISSION MEN TO HAVE
HEARING BEFORE COUNCIL
May Prosecute Omaha Pack
ers Under Lever Act for
Storage of Millions of Pounds
cf Meat Here.
That Omaha packers may be
prosecuted under provisions of the
Lever food control act, relating to
the hoarding of food with intent to
artificially raise prices, was indicated
by federal authorities.
Investigations during the week
into the storage of millions of
pounds of meat in local cold storage
houses, exposed by The Bee, is
expected to result in important de
velopments early this week. Depart
ment of Justice operatives have
made reports on the matter.
The difficulty, according to fed
eral officials, . is that the accumula
tion of food stocks in anticipation
of future increasing demands, is per
missable under the law. This ques
tion, so far as local meat hoarding
is concerned, is believed to have
been settled.
"Our men have been working on
the case," Assistant United States
Attorney Peterson said. We may
have something to say later. For
the present we are co-operating
with city, county and state officials
in other phases of the drive on
profiteers."
Three Developments.
"Ther'three"" big developments in
the county-wide fight on the high
cost of living fo date arei (
1. Hearing of produce com
mission ' men charged by the
mayor with allowing foods in car
load x lots to spoil within city
limits, before city commission
this morning.
2. Opening of Mayor Smith's
"municipal store" at the South
Side city hall and other points in
the city.
3. The start of the sale of sur
plus food stocks by the army
quartermaster at the local depot
this morning.
Mayor Smith, County Attorney
Shotwell and United States Attor
ney Peterson may call special grand
jurys to hear the evidence, they
stated. What immediate action vill
be taken depends on the outcome
of the hearing of commission men
before the city commission this
morning.
At Lincoln similar-investigations
have been going on. Mayor J. E.
Miller Saturday had an extended
conference with local army officials
concerning the food supplies for
sale. Attorney General Davis, act
ing for Governor McKelvie, and co
operating with Secretary of Agri
culture Stuhr, will hold a meeting
of state forces Thursday.
Review State Evidence.
Attorney Peterson stated that he
expected to be present at this meet
ing in the interests of the govern
ment. Evidence from the entire
state will be weighed and a program
as to the best way of prosecuting
profiteers, hoarders and others will
be outlined. It was stated that the
governor would carry on the cam
paign in each county, calling county
attorneys Tn for a conference.
Profiteers, if any, are to go, say
the officials.
The opening of municipal stores
for the sale of staple necessaries is
pointed to as a big step in alleviat
ing the immediate distress caused
by high prices. "Perhaps not more
than 30 per cent of the people will
buy," Mayor Smith said. "But those
that do will need to get their goods
at the cheaper rating. We don't
want any breadlines in Omaha."
Four More Coal Mines
Resume Work Today
BeUevilie, 111., Aug. 10. Four
more co.'! mines, making a total of
13 in this district, will resume work
Monday as the result of a vote
taken today by striking union em
ployes. Five hundred mners, 'at anothen
meeting, voted unanimously to con
tinue the strike.
Luke A. Coffey, chairman of tlie
latter meeting," declared 40,000' min
ers in Illinois had joined the strike
and denounced the miners who voted
to return to work.
SAFETY FIRST!
DETERMINE
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Violates Grave to
Stave Off Hunger
Amsterdam, Aug. 10. As showing
"the misery of our times", Berlin
papers are printing the story of a
laborer at Rassel who offered to sell
a human skeleton head to a medical
institute. An investigation disclosed
that the greusome "find" had been
stolen from a cemetery where a
number of graves had been opened
and the couins emptied, v
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Held in The National RepuMican
You really can't blame him for wanting a life preserver
NEGRO IDENTIHEF
AS MAN WHO TIED
11 -YEAR-OLD GIRL
Andrew Webb Said to Jit One
Who Entered Hanson .
Home.
Andrew Webb, negro, arrested
Sunday afternoon as a burglary
suspect, was identified last night by
Margaret Hanson, 11 years old, as
the man who bound.and gagged her
Friday afternoon before robbing
the Hanson home, 3239 Ohio street.
The Hanson girl screamed and
ran behind her father when the
negro was taken to her home last
night. I
"That's him, papa; that's him,"
was her exclamation.
Webb fits the description the girl
gave Friday of the negro burglar.
She said then the man had a gold
tooth, smooth shaven head and wore
a blue suit.
The Hanson girl was sitting in
the dining room of her parents'
home Friday afternoon when a
negro entered the place. She fought
with him when he grabbed her and
tore a handkerchief used as a- mask
from nis face. His hat was knocked
off during the struggle. He subdued
her and ransacked the house.
Webb was shot in the shoulder a
month ago by Edward Hoover,
husband of a woman employed at
the Troy laundry, who said Webb
had insulted her. The wound was
slight.
Police will have three other
women at the police station today to
see if they can identify Webb as
the man who attempted, assaults on
them during the past week.
He denies guilt in the Hanson
case and states he was not in that
neighborhood. He lives' at 814
North Nineteenth street.
Excess Profits Taxes
Urged by Retailers
As H. C. of L. Reason
New York, Aug. 10. Immediate
legislation to do away with con
sumption taxes on necessities of
life was requested in a statement
mailed to President Wilson, his
cabinet and all members of congress
by the National Association of
Credit Men. Excess profits taxes
partly are responsible for the high
cost of living, the statement declares.
National Conference to
Consider Plumb Plan
Washington. Aug. 10. A national
conference to consider all plans sub
mitted to congress for solution of
the railroad problems will be held
here October 6, under the auspices
of the Plumb organization bureau.
In making public this announcement
Chief Justice Walter Clark, of the
North Carolina supreme court and
chairman of the Plumb plan nrelim-
I inary conference, said special com
imi'tees would be appointed to an
alyze the different proposals,
7-CENT FARE PUT
INTO EFFECT WITH
LITTLE CONFUSION
Omahans Take to New Rate
Like Veterans; Save More
by Walking.
The 7-cent fare was ushered intoy
Omaha yesterday with no protest
from residents of the city. Tightly
cluthching the extra 2 cents, early
patrons of the street railway com
pany deposited them in the fare
boxes, accompanied by the "old re
liable nickle," as if they had gone
through the same performance
every day of their residence in the
city. But little confusion was re
ported as a result of the higher fare,
the company having made ample
preparations to put the new fare
into effect with as little trouble as
possible.
With the price of shoes soaring
higher and higher, the question has
been raised as to whether there is
any economy in walking to save 7
cents.
A man who gave his name as
Pro Bono Publico made the state
ment that by walking under the in
creased fare he saves 7 cents, where
as he saved only 5 cents under the
old rate. He says the more one
walks the more he saves.
Political Murder
League Members
Under Arrest
London, Aug. 10. Sixteen Rus
sians, including five women, are in
prison in Stockholm and 50 more are
being detained on suspician of being
members of a political murder
league believed to have been con
cerned in the killing of Nikolai Ard
asjeff, a prominent member of the
Russian colony- in Stockholm, ac
cording to the correspondent of the
Weekly Dispatch in that' city. The
bodies of three other persons be
lieved victoms of the league, have
been found in a lake near Stock
holm and several other prominent
Russians from the colony of exiles
in Stockholm are missing.
The Stockholm police, the corres
pondent says, believe that those ar
rested belong to a bolshevik organi
zation, which is. contrary to early
reports identifying them as members
of an organization which had for its
purpose the restoration of the Rus
sian monarchy.
Federal Plot to Revolt
and Join Villa Foiled
El Paso, Tex.. Aug. 10. A plot
to have the Chihuahua City garri
son revolt against the Carranza
commanders and join Villa, Friday,
was discovered early , Wednesday
morning, and a large number of
federal officers and soldiVrs, includ
ing one brevet general, were placed
in the federal penitentiary, charged
with inciting a mutiny, according to
American and Mexican passengers
arriving from Chihuahua City,
TAFT AGAINST
PLUMB PLAN
FOR RAILROADS
Says Idea Radically Socialistic
and Should Be Fought
to Finish.
Cincinnati, T)., Aug. 10. "It is
radically socialistic and ought to be
fought," William Howard Taft said
of the Plumb plan for the adminis
tration of the railroads, in a state
ment here.
"I very much disapprove of the
plan. I am almost certain the re
publicans will oppose the I'lumb
plan, and I hope the democrats do,
too. We should not let the so'viet
system gain even a toe-hold in
America," he said. "I do believe in
close supervision of the railroads of
the country, but such supervision as
we have had has been too severe.
We should give the railroads a
chance, give them adequate reve
nues by proper rates so they can at
tract the necessary capital for nec
essary maintenance and improve
ments. We have not allowed the
rates to go up as they should."
Referring to the strikes of rail
road shopmen throughout the coun
try and the demands of other rail
road unions for increased wages,
Mr. Taft said:
"While I have not gone into the
subject with the thoroughness to
warrant a final judgment, I will say
that from what I do know, it seems
o me that the men are requesting a
greater increase than the percent
age of increase in the effst- of living
warrants. Thus, it appears, they are
asking more than they are entitled
to receive."
Lovers' Quarrel Ends
in Shooting Affair; v
Woman Held at Jail
Mary Harvey, 1811 North Twenty
ihird street, said by police to be
wanted in Kansas City on a charge
of murder was arrested early this
morning and charged with shooting
Harvey Kendrick, 1007 North
Twenty-third street with intent to
kill.
The shooting took place last Fri
day night in the carnival grounds,
Twenty-fifth and Grant streets.
Kendrick and the Harvey woman
are said to have engaged in a "lov
ers' quarrel" which led to the shoot
ing. Kendrick is dying in Lister
hospital with a bullet hole in his
rtomach. Both Kendrick and the
Harvey woman are negroes.
Shell Shock Victim
Takes His Own Life
New York, Aug. 10. Suffering
from shell shock, brought on by the
torpedoing of a vessel he was serv
ing in- the war, Capt. Alexander T.
Ogilvie of the steamship Cjuittacas,
which arrived here today from Ta
coma with a load of flour, commit
ted suicide on the voyage by cutting
his throat. Captain Ogilvie, whose
home was in Tacoma, was buried
at sea. ..
PROFITS OF
RETAILERS
Palmer Starts Out to Learn
How Much the High Cost of
Living is Due to Excessive
Charges of Grocers, et al.
ACTUAL CONSIDERATION
QFH.C. L STARTS TODAY
Congress Leaders Make Plans
for Immediate. Action on
Recommendations Made by
Wilson in Address.
Washington, Aug. 10. (By Tht
Associated Press.) Attorney Gen
eral Talmer started out today to
ascertain how much of the high cost
of living is due to excessive profits
by retailers.
In a telegram to all state foJd ad
ministrators who worked with Ad-
ministrat,or Hoover during the war.'
the attorney general requested the
appointment of a fair price commit
tee in each county to investigate
what is being charged for retail :
necessities and, if in excess of what
the committee considers- just, to "
publish a list of fair prices for the i
guidance of the public. '
, "Extra Legal" Heans.
This is the, "extra legal" means
of reaching profiteering which Mr. .
Palmer recently indicated was un
der consideration. He has frankly
admitted from the start that there
was no means to prosecute directly
a man guilty of extortion in prices. 1
Retailers who are gouging the u!ti-;
mate consumer will have to be dis- .
ciplined by public sentiment which
officials have no doubt is sufficiently
alert to the situation now to act Tig
orously in clear-cut cases. Hord-
ers, on the other hand, can -b.
reached through the wartime food 1
laws or the Sherman act and Mr.
Palmer requested the state food ad -ministrators
to transmit to him any.
evidence of hoarding or other vioJ
lations of the law which they might
encounter in their work with the
promise that the government'
law enforcement machinery would
act promptly.
Normal Conditions Wanted.
"There is a pressing necessity for
the restoration of normal condi-..-tions,"
Mr. Palmer's telegram said,
requesting the men who did such
effective work during the war to
take up the burden again. They
were asked to serve without com
pensation, the attorney general be
lieving that the public service to be -performed
now is as important as
when the country was engaged in ,
hostilities and that no patriotic clti- -zen
would refuse the call to duty.
Palmer's Telegram. , '
The attorney general's telegram
follows:
"In order to secure accurate in
formation relative to charges of
profiteering by dealers in necessary
commodities, it is the. desire of the
government to ascertain whether or
not such dealers are making more
than a fair margin of profit. Will
you assist in your state by request-
ing those persons who havebeen
county food administrators under
your jurisdiction to appoint lair-
price committees, including one re
tailer of groceries, one of dry goods, -a
representative of the producers, of ;
organized labor, of housewives, two
or three representatives of the pub
lie generally, also a wholesaler,
when practicable? Please request
them to pursue approximately the
same inquiry with reference to food
products and the ordinary necessi-
ties in dry goods and clothing that ";
were pursued by your fair-price
committees under the food adminis
tration act. This committee will be
an extra legal body without power
(Continued on Tage two, Colama One)
Form Organization ,
to Provide Aid for ,
Destitute Germans
Organization of a Nebraska '
branch of the, American Fond for
Destitute Germans and German--Austria
was nearly completed at a
meeting in the Omaha mufcic hall
yesterday. About 100 persons were
present at the meeting.
Leo A. Hoffman was elected presi--dent
but has not accepted the office
as yet. Gustav Haueisen wat named
financial secretary, and William
Sternberg reporting secretary. v
A treasurer and several other sec
retaries to handle other branches
of the work will be selected by an -
organization committee which Was,
elected at the meeting. '
Resolutions were passed thanking
the United States government for
it? sanction of relief work in ten- '
tral Europe, and the great need of
the people of Germanyand Austria
discussed '
Before the meeting had closed -$1,620
had been pledged for relief .-'
work. Another meeting will be held ;
as soon as the organization commit
tec jjas completed ftj work, . .
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