THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1919.
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.Wholesale Fruit Dealers in
Lincoln Tell of Buying
Pool Similar to One
in Omaha.
Liti'coln, Aug. 25. (Special Tele-
gram.) The hearing conducted by
the state in an effort to locate prof-
iteering started ' this afternoon in
the court room of the supreme court
commission with the secretary of
agriculture occupying the high chair
And Attorney General Davis and
County Food Administrator W. W.
Devoe appearing for the state.
E. P. Scott of Lincoln, manager
of Stack Brothers, wholesale fruit
firm and also president of the Iowa
Nebraska Wholesale association,
was on the stand most of the after
noon and under the ru"estioning of
both Attorney G$anl Davis and
Mr. Devoe Mr. Scott admitted that
his firm and Granger Brothers, an
other wholesale fruit, firm, bought
cars in pool whenever the market
was no right for buying indivi-
dually. He meant by that, he said,
that when the season was such that
the fruit was not available only in
ma11 quantities that they bought
jointly. They maintained a man on
the tracks who had charge of the
cars anddivided up the stuff as it
should go to each firm, the man
being paid jointly by both firms, he
testified.
He admitted that Nebraska apples
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other eastern points and that Ne
' braska had to depend upon New
York apples shipped out here, ex-
cept such as might come in from the
west. He was asked if it would not
be cheaper for both the $ast and the
west if they kept their own apples,
and he said it would probably save
freight charges, but that eastern
people seemed to demand Nebraska
apples in preference to their own, and
Nebraska people seemed to prefer
New York apples.
Mr. Scott admitted that he knew
Trimble Brothers and other firms
which the Omaha hearing showed
held daily meetings in that citjr. ' He
was askedV if he ever attended one
. of the "eleven o'clock" daily gather
ings of these firms, and he said he
never had.
Corporations Ask Permits '
to Sell Stocfcfin Nebraska
Lincoln, Aug. 25. (Special). The
Falls City Homebuilders Co. of Falls
City has made an application to the
state bureau of securities for a per
mit to seJl $100,000 in common stock.
The United Pictures Production
rorporation of New York City wants
to sell $50,000 of preferred stock,
". and the Crown Tire & Rubber Co.
of Ralston would like a permit to
sell $50,000 in common' stock and
$300,000 in preferred stock.
The Meridian Highway Bridge
Co. of Yankton, S. D., has been
granted permission to sell $500,000
in, common stock in this state.
Baltimore Mayor
Snubs De Valera;
Coldly Received
Baltimore, Aug. 25. When Ea
monn D Valera, accompanied-by
a number, of prominent Irishmen
and women of Baltimore called
upon Mayor Broening Monday he
was not given the official welcome
that had been planned in a set of
resolutions adopted by te city
council. While the "president of
the Irish republic" stood waiting
the mayor turned to a member of
the receiving committee who had of
fered him the set of. resolutions to
present to the visitor and quietly
explained that he could not present
the resolutions nor could he recog
nize the visitor as president of Ire
land. Then the mayor addressed
De Valera, saying:
"Mr. De Valera, I welcome you
to Baltimore as a visitor and I hope
your stay here will be a pleasant
one." There was silence for a few
minutes, then De Valera replied:
"I thank you,sir. I am -convinced
the Irish republic has many friends
here. The demonstration accorded
me at the 6tation was whole-hearted
and fine. It has been the same in
all sections I have visited."
There-was a moment of embar
rassed silence and the mayor said
goodby to his visitor. Subsequently
when De Valera called upon Cardi
nal Gibbons the venerable prelate
received him courteously, asked him
about the meetihg the Irish patriot
was to address and made the sug
gestion "that it be characterized by
wisdom, judgment and discretion,
so that it may enlist new friends
to your cause."
Amsberry's Ruling
Justified by Decision
of Court in Maine
Lincoln, Aug. 25. (Special.)
Secretary of State DM. Amsberry
has returned from Detroit, where he
attended the national meeting of
the .Modern Brotherhood of Amer
ica. Mr. Amsberry says that corn
along the line of the Burlington
railroad in Iowa and Illinois was
looking fine, with prospects for a
bumper crop.
The secretary of state was pleased
upon his return to find on his desk
a copy of a newspaper from Maine,
stating that the supreme court of
that state had decided, as he ruled,
that the prohibition amendment of
ratification to the national consti
tution could not be put to a referen
dum vote.
The Maine court holds that rat
ification had been made by the re
quired number of states, that the
proclamation had been issued de
claring the matter carried, and that
a referendum could not be had for
that reason, also that, in any event
it was a matter solely for a legis
lature or a state conference of the
people to determine.
Requisition for Luper.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 25. (Special).
The governor of California has
been asked by the executive "depart
ment of Nebraska to turn over to
officers from Omaha, Nick Luper,
held there for forging a withdrawal
slip on the Live Stock National bank
of Omaha for $795.
CORN CROP IS IN
GOOD CONDITION
DUE TO SHOWERS
McCook Only Division In State
Reporting No Rain, Accord
ing to Burlington
Railroad.
Crop conditions throughout Ne
braska are shown to be good by the
Burlington railroad's weekly crop
report. Rainfall from .11 to one inch
during the past week is reported in
the Omaha, Lincoln and Wymore
divisions, which include most of the
state. No rain was reported in the
McCook division, which reports that
soil conditions are satisfactory.
The condition of the corn crop
is generally said to be favorable,
especially north of the Platte river.
Kenesaw, Grand Island, Palmer and
Ericson report the condition of the
corn crop as 100 per cent.
It is estimated in the report that
from one-fourth to three-fourths of
the wheat crop of the state has been
threshed. Plowing is under way in
all parts of the state where wheat
has bean raised. More moisTlire is
needed to put the ground in good
condition for plowing, it is reported.
An 85 per cent crop of oats and
barley is estimated in the Burlington
report. The yield of potatoes in
Burlington territory is estimated at
60 to 70 per cent. An average crop
of sugar beets is predicted. Pastures
and meadows are reported in fair
condition.
Prisoner Climbs
Chimney to Escape
From Hastings Jail
Hastings, Neb., Aug. 25. (Special
Telegram.) Anton Pavolic, ar
rested in Omaha lat June and held
for trial for assaulting Mr. and Mrs.
Hubacep at Spring Ranch, Neb.,
Sunday night tore out some bricks
in the chimney at the county jail,
worked hiway 80 feet through soot
to the top, dropped 15 feet to a
half pitch slate roof, removed his
overalls, entered the tower and es
caped through the building. An
hour later a big automobile belong
ing to Hale V. Minor, wholesale
lumberman, was stolen. The police
believe it was taken by Pavolic. No
trace of either man or car has been
found. '
After being taken from Omaha to
Clay Center Pavolic made two ef
forts to break the Clay Center jail.
He was brought here for safe keep
ing. .He is 19 years old.
Record Price Paid for 180
Acres of Boone County Land
Albion, Neb., Aug. 25. (Special.)
The highest price ever paid for a
large tract of farm la- ' in Boone
county was paid Max . If of Wolf
Brothers for 180 acres cast of this
city. The purchaser is B. P. Peter
son of Platte county, and the price
S600 an acre. The farm is in the
highest state of cultivation and has
heen used for years as a stock farm
and in the production of corn and
alfalfa.
Over 500 Omaha Gii;ls and Boys Canned 10,000
Quarts of Fruit and Vegetables This Season
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PLAN OMAHA DAY
AT STATE FAIR
SEPTEMBER 4
Allied Organizations of Omaha
, Meet and Perfect Plans
v to Visit Lincoln
Next Week.,
Exhibit and Contest to be Held in City Hall This Week to Give Public a Concrete
Demonstration of Value and Scope of Work About 500 Jars to be Placed on
Exhibition Twenty School Clubs Will be Represented by Teams.
Joseph Ihm, who has had charge
of the canning classes in public and
parochial schools this summer,
states that 500 fooys and girls have
canned more than 10,000 quarts of
fruits and vegetables this season
through the co-operativ? efforts of
the University of Nebraska and the
Omaha board of public welfare.
An exhibit and contest will be held
in the city hall this week to give the
public a concrete demonstration of
the value and scope of this work.'
About 500 jars will be on exhibition,
and there will be club and individual
exhibits. Twenty school clubs will
be represented by teams who will
compete for the city championship.
Two teams will be selected from
among the contestants to represent
Omaha at the state fair during the
following week. ,
The canning schools have been
held during July and August in 25
schools and at the South Side social
settlement To- be eligible to enter
the city contest and exhibition boys
and girls were required to attend the
classes eight weeks, the attendance
being three hours a day for five
days a week.
Eight Omaha teachers have di
vided their time among the schools
which were organized on the club
plan. The teachers were paid by
the city and federal government. The
cold pack system as outlined by the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington was adopted. Thirty-five
varieties of fruits and vegetables
were canned, the children bringing
their materials to the canning
classes. Some of the boys and girls
canned fruits and vegetables of their
own raising. One of the require
ments of the classes was that a boy
or girl must can not less than 25
quarts of fruits and vegetables, of at
least three varieties each, to be
eligible to certificates and to com
pete for prizes at the city contest
Bill Proposes U. S. Shall'
Quit League in Two Years
Washington, Aug. 25. Withdraw
al of the United States from the
league of nations within two years
unless all member nations abolish
conscription, is proposed in a bill
introduced today by Senator Jones,
republican, Washington. The mea
sure also provides that the Amer
ican representatives "shall not con
sent to any decision involving or re
quiring us to 'use military or naval
forces . . . unless expressly au
thorized or directed by congress."
Another' provision in the bill is
that the American delegates to the
league shall be elected by the peo
ple for a term of four years. Their
salaries would be-$25,000 annually,
and no person under 35 years of
age would be eligible to election.
ACTORS CANNOT
INTERFERE WITH
HOUSES OPENING
Public Has Rights as Well as
Thespians, h Ruling .
of Judge.
New York, Aug. 25. Justice
Peter A. Hendrick announced Mon
day that Wednesday afternoon he
would sign injunctions restraining
the Actors' Equity association and
its members from interfering with
the reopening of theaters in this
city which have been closed by the
actors' strike.
Justice Hendrick announced his
determination to issue the injunc
tions after a long conference with
counsel representing the Producing
Managers' associatioti and individual
members of it, who instituted ' the
proceedings after their houses' had
been closed by the strike, asjvell as
the attorney for they Equity asso
ciation. '
."Action which obstructs the pub
lic going to the theaters quietly
and unimpeded and prevents the
managers running their places of
amusement is against the law,"
said Justice Hendrick. "The right
I of the managers to run the thea
! ters is a property right and the
right of the public to attend must
j not be interfered with. Such in
i terference, which leads ito destruc
I tion of business, is just as illegal
j as if the torch were applied to the
rbuildings of the theaters.
The actors have a perfect right
to form a union for promoting their
welfareenerally or as individuals.
If thev ACtors' Equity association
confines itself to that purpose it
j has a perfectly lawful and legitimate
J right to do so, but contracts already
in existence must be uvea up to.
Violation of the ejcisting contracts
is illegal and unlawful."
The effect of Justice. HendricVs
ruling will be to enjoHn Francis
Wison, president of the actors' or
ganization, and many of its most
prominent members from picketing
theaters which have been closed and
from attempting to induce actors
to break their contracts.
A CATALOGUE of the features of the Pierce
Arrow Car can no more give you a correct
conception of the car than a catalogue of the
virtues of a man can give you an idea of his
personality. .
Mechanics, design and decoration have been
carried as far as they can be carried, but having
been carried that far, they merge into the car it
self, and there the car stands complete, a single
unit, not a list of accomplishments
y
T. Stewart RJotor Co.
Distributors.
2048-50-52 Farnpm St.
Phone Douglas 138.
Tells of Brutal Murder
of Romanoff Family
London. Ausr. 25. Alleged au
thentic details of the killing of Em-
peror JNicholas Oi Russia ana ine
cthtr members of the Russian royal
family at x elcatennDurg on juiy
17. 1918. contained in a report
drafted by an unnamed French of
ficer who had been employed in an
official capacity in southern Russia,
are made public by Reuters Limited.
l ne story purports to nave occn ioia
by a sentry who guarded the royal
faiiily while its members we.-s ur.
dor detention. '
Lider the orders of Commissary-l
Kourovsky, the account runs, the
emperor, the empress, Crown Prince
Alexis an the Grand Duchesses
Olga, Anastasia, Tatitiana and
Xenia. together with Court Physi
cian Botkin and three- servants, were
taken to an underground room The
emperor carried his son in his arms
iKfause oi the boy's inabi'iry to
jj'alk in consequence of illness.
Jcurcvsky, another bolshevitc lead
er, and nine ' Lettish soldiers, the
account continues, entered the
room 'and immediately kil'ed all the
occupants with revolver shots, v
The sentry, on hearing, the re
ports, dashed into the room, he says,
and sew eleven bodies lying on the
floor. Only the emperor's son was
still alive. Seeing this, the narra
tor added, one of the bolshevik
party killed the crown prince with
a point-blank shot.
Bee Want Ads reach the people
you want to interest, ,
this week. Judgeswill pass on the
city hall exhibits, according to stand
ards prescribed by the federal gov
ernment. The increase of interest in the
canning classes this (season, and the
practical results obtained, have
heartened the promoters to say that
this instruction will be continued
next year.
Arrangements for "Omaha day"
at the Nebraska State, fair at Lin
coln on Thursday. September 4,
were perfected yesterday at a meet
ing of allied organizations of Oma
ha at the Chamber of Commerce.
Over 20 Omaha business and so
cial organizations were represented
at the meeting. A special effort will
be made this year to have Omaha
better represented at the state fair
than ever before, it was decided,
and members of every Omaha organ
ization will be requested to make the
trip to Lincoln.
Ak-Sar-Ben will furnish pennants
to those who plan to drive to Lin
coln, which will assure" them of free
parking space on the fair grounds
during the day. Special reservations
in the grand stand will be made for
Omaha's contingent and a special
train will carry many Omahans to
the Capital city.
The publicity bureau of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce will
furnish those who intend to visit
the fair on "Omaha day" with spe
cial Omaha pins.
U. S. to Pay $11,750,000
Annual Rental to Pullman Co.
Washington, Aug. 25. The rail
road administration today signed a
contract .with the Pullman company
calling for an annual rental of $11,-750.000.
Ten Trunks Shipped , ,
With Arms for Mexico; ;
Gunboats to Pursue
New York, Aug. 25. Ten trunks
containing arms and ammunition
were shipped from this city to Mex-
ico n the steamship Morr' Castle,
which sailed last Friday for Havana,
Progreso and Vera Cruz, according
to information obtained by detec
tives attached to the bomb squad.
The trunKS were shipped from a
Broadway hotel. The Department
of Justice and Navy department,
have been notified and it is expected
gunboats will be sent to intercept
the steamship.
Lower California
Troops Ordered! to n
Search for Airmen
San Diego, Cal., Aug. 25. All of
the troops of Gov. Esteban Cantu,
in Lower California, have been or
dered to participate in the search
for Lieuts. Cecil H. Connelly and
Frederick B. Waterhouse, army avi
ators, who have been missing since
last Wednesday and are believed to
be lost in the mountains of Lower
California or the desert bordering
the Giilf of California. Advices from
Gov. Cantu to this effect were re
ceived at Rockwell field, from which
the search, by airplane and by
troops, is being directed.
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FOIl CROWING OMAHA
Continuing With Equal Importance the
Sale of Underwear Samples
At Exactly Half Price
AS noteworthy as the halp price, saving opportunity offered, is the fact
this is the very sort of Underwear one will need a few weeks hence.
so the .first day of this unusual occasion was largely attended by hundreds of
shrewdyglioppers. Equally as important is the sale. Tuesday for the purchasing of
Medium and Winter Weight Garments
- For Men, Women and Children
We ufge the purchasing of your Fall and Winter Underwear requirements now,"
because thisTsale affords the opportunity of-anticipating your needs at half and
less than half the prices you will have to py later on.
that
And
Women's Underwear
THE Women's Underwear is
especially desirable in point
of quality and fit. The various
lots include long and short sleeve
styles. ,
$7 Union Suits, 3.50
These are of fine silk and wool.
$6 Union Suits, 3.00
Of fine Worsteds and cashmeres. s
$5 Union Suits at 2.50
Of, fine cashmeres.
$3 Union Suits, 1.50
Fine wool-ribbed wear.
$2 Union Suite, 1.00
Heavy cotton and fine cotton
ribbed, with soft fleece.
1.50 Union Suits, 75c
Heavy cotton ribbed.
THIRD FLQOR MAIN STORE
The Boys'
and Girls' x
Underwear
Tjl VERY person who has
XU Underwear to buy
forj children, should by all
means, buy a plentiful
supply of Fall and Winter
weight garments at these
prices. All are Union
Suits, jiome in all-wool,
fine wool and cotton and
colton fleeced.
3.00 grades at 1.50
2.00 grades at 1.00
1.50 grades at 75c
THIRD FLOOR MAIN STORE
Men's Underwear
The Union Suits come" in all
wool, silk and wool, combined
cotton and lamb fleeced and
wool mixed. The Shirts and
Drawers come " in fine cotton
fleeced, wool and "ribbed cotton
10.00 Union Suits at 4.95
8.00 Union Suits at 3.95
7.00 Union Suits at 3.50
6.00 Union Suite at 2.95
5.00 Union Suite at 2.50
3.95 Union Suite at 1.95
3.50 Union Suite at' 1.75
2.95 Union Suite at 1.45
3.50 Shirts, Drawers, 1.75
1.38T Shirts, Drawers, 69c
MAIN FLOOR MEN'S STORE J
Another Unusual Selling of
663 Pieces of Aluminum Ware
At Far Less Than Regular Price
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m HIS particular offering for Tuesday s selling ' comprises the
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small pieces of Aluminum Ware received in that great pur
cnase sold last week. Every piece is "of heavy gauged alum
inum. - This fact alone emphasizes the selling as very
extraordinary. Then, too, these are just the pieces al
ways in great demand. The quantity is not extensive
and we advise early selections because of the exceptional
underpricing. ' The two Jots combined comprise 663
pieces, divided as folloWs:
233 Lipped Sauce
Pans, Choice
This lot of only 233 pieces consists of 120
three-quart lipped sauce pans and 113 four
quart lipped sarice pans.
Regular Selling Price 95c to 1.45
430 Sauce and Pudding
Pans, Choice v
49c
This lot consists of i8 one-quart lipped
sauce pans, 342 wo-quart pudding pans and,
48 three-quart pudding pans.
Regular Selling Price 79c to 1.00
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