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ARMY WILL HAVE
LARGE GROCERY
IN AUDITORIUM
More,
Be
With Big Stock, to
Opened on or
About Septem
ber 25.
Sugar Shortage Is Acute
Despite Arrival of-WhoJe
Carload, Say Wholesalers
1,000 One-Hundred-Pound Sacks Only Drop in Bucket,
Explains One of Big Dealers Little Hope of Re
liefSome Stores Haven't a Pound Others Sell
Only in 25-Cent Packages.
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Since the city council has decided
to turn over the basement of the
Auditorium to army authorities for
the establishment of a large supply
store. Col. G. S. Bingham of the
Omaha zone surplus supply office,
announced that the store will be
opened' on 'or about September 25.
a.nd will contain a large stock of
almost every kind of merchandise.
As a result of this decision, the
mayor may be relieved of his re
sponsibility as grocery, salesman, al
though Colonel Bingham said yes
terday that, if Mayor Smith desired
to, he could continue to handle
army foodstuffs.
Mayor May Manage Grocery.
"We may arrange it so Mayor
Smith can manage the grocery de
partment of the store, and let me
manage the dry goods section," said
Colonel Bingham. "It was planned,
however, at a recent meeting of all
zfcne surplus supply officesr at
Washiiigtov, D. C, that the distribu
tion and sale of all arm supplies
should be in charge of army offi
cers." Colonel Bingham announced that
he had large quantities of "re
claimed" army shoes which would
be on sale when the store opens, as
well as other merchandise.' No
price has been fixed on the shoes
yet, but it is understood they will
be much cheaper than the prevail
ing market price for the same grade
of shoes.
Drop in Soup Prices.
A reduction in the price of canned
tomatoes and soups from 8 to- 6
cents a can, was announced by Col
onel Bingham yesterday. There is
no supply of either tomatoes or
soup here now.
The zone surplus supply office at
the army biulding announced yes
terday, however, that large consign
ments of soups, tomatoes, and other
foodstuffs were on the way to
Omaha.
Despite the fact a carload of
'sugar, 700 or 800 100-pound sacks
was received a few days ago by
Paxton-Gallagher company., the
sugar shortage in Omaha is still de
clared by the larger wholesale deal
ers to be acute.
The Paxton & Gallagher sugar
was 'unloaded at the Gordon Van
and Storage company.
However, E. A. Doran, sugar
buyer for Paxton & Gallaghej-,
stated that his firm was out of
sugar, late Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Doran added that the short
age was due to a combination of
ircumstances, principally being due
to the increased demand. The Pax
ton and Gallagher Co. sold twice as
much sugar in July of this year as
they did in the corresponding month
last year, according to Mr. Doran.
"Twelve central states have been
allotted only 80,000 bags for the
months of September and October,
3nd of this amount Omaha will only
receive 1,000 bags," Mr. Doran said,
"hence there is little sign of imme
diate relief for this city.
HERO MEMBERS
OF 1ST DIVISION
RETURN HOME
N... ...
4,000 Officers and Men, Vet
erans of Bloody Victories,
v Arrive in New York.
New York, Sept. 3. Four thou
sand officers and men of the famous
First division of the regular army,
veterans of some of the bloodiest
victories which ever crowned Amer
ican arms, returned home Wednes
day on the transports Amphion,
Suawanee and Mobile. The little
strips of vari-colored ribbons that
decorated the tunics of hundreds of
the returning soldiers bore silent
testimony to the deeds which have
made the drvision historic.
As far as individual decorations
were concerned, the palm was borne
by the 18th infantry, every man of
which wore the fourragere of the
legion of honor conferred by the
French government just before the
unit boarded the Mobile at Brest.
But the 18th had little to boast over
their comrades, noticeably the Sec
ond machine gun battalion, 40 per
rent of whom had been decorated,
This battalion suffered 70 per cent
casualties.
Qn the Mobile was Brig. Gen.
Frank Barker, commander of the
First infantry brigade. General
Barker, whose home is in Charles
ton, S. C, went to Paris in 1914, as
military attache and was in tempo
rary command of the first division
i October, 1918. until relieved by
Major General McGlachin.
Coal, Oil and Gas
Land Leasing Bill
Passed by Senate
Washington, Sept. 3. Without a
record vote the senate Wednesday
right after a 12-hour session, passed
the bill to make'possible the leasing
of public lands having deposits of
oil, coal, gas, phospate and sodium.
In passing the measure, the senate
approved amendments offered by
Senator Harris, democrat, Georgia,
which would provide that under the
Clayton anti-trust act, oil companies
may not charge . different prices in
various parts of the country.
Amendments by Senator La Fol
lette were approved prohibiting em
ployment of boys under 16 years of
age and women and girls, without
respect to atTe, in mines on government-leased
lands; requiring lesees
to dispose of their products at rea
sonable prices and prohibiting per-
sons holding leases from engaging
in combinations in restraint of
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Harry Dohle Will Try to
Regain Property in Omaha
Harry Dohle has returned to
Omaha from Germany where he
was detained during the war and is
investigating what steps to take to
secure possession of the property
belonging the the Dohle estate, in
cluding the store building at 1419
rsrnam street, occupied by the
Drexel Shoe company. During the
war this property , was handled by
the Pete B Trust Co.. under in
structions' from the alien property
custodian.
Nebraskan Elected to
Republican Committee
Washington, Sept. 3. Eight new
members were elected to the republi
can congressional committee to
night at a party conference. Rep
resentatives Tincher, Kansas, and
McLaughlin, Nebraska, both new
members, "were selected. The others
were Representatives Ramseyer,
Iowa; Risdick, Montana; Taylor,
Tennasee; Miller, Washington; Bow
er v West- Virginia and Senator Fall,
New Mrc "
"In present conditions, 1,000 bags
would last Omaha about one day.
During the month of July the Pax
ton and Gallagher Co, often sold
50,000 bags alone. Besides the city
trade, the country trade is depending
on Omaha jobbing houses for its
supply of sugar."
Frank J. Hughes, vice president
and general manager of the J. H.
Hughes Grocery Co., stated that the
demand for sugar- during the months
of June and July was double the de
mand for the same months a year
ago. Sugar which the Hughes Co.
had bought last May forugust and
September orders was sold' during
these two months, Mr. Hughes said.
Mr. Hughes said he expected six
cars of plantation sugar, of the low
grade, yellow type, to arrive for the
Hughes company within the next
10 days. The establishment of
many new candy factories, the crav
ing of every one for sweet things
as a reaction when the sugar ban
was lifted, the marine strike on the
p"!.st coast, which interfered with
the importation of sugar from Cuba
and Porto Rico, and a world-wide
shortage of approximately 2,000,000
tons of sugar are reasons for the
present shortage, according to Mr.
Hughes.
M. W. Cavanaugh, sugar buyer
for the Courtney Ketail Grocery
company, said yesterday that there
wasn't a pound of sugar in . the
store.
Manager King of the Hayden
Brother's grocery department, is
selling each customer 25 cents worth
of sugar at the present time. His
supply is small, he says, and will
not last long.
"Not one out of 25 grocers in the
city have sugar for sale now," said
Mr. King.
The executive committee of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce sent
a telegram to Senator Hitchcock
yesterday asking that he use his in
fluence in obtaining more sugar for
Omaha.
This request was decided on at a
meeting of the committee yester
day, at which time the sugar situa
tion here was generally discussed.
The telegram follows:
"The state. is practically bare of
sugar, and unless reiiet is artorded
by the equalization board it is im
possible for the consumer to care
for the fruit now on the market.
This will result in severe losses to
grocers, shippers and dealers. Many
cars of fruit are arriving but buyers
will not purchase it. Shipments of
sugar from the west which are going
through to Chicago should be di
verted to Omaha, or eastern refiner
ies should make shipments here."
The sugar shortage during the
canning season is one of the most
serious situations ever experienced
by Omaha, according to Assistant
Commissioner Ellis.
Sisters of Famous
Author Will leach
in Omaha Schools
Rosemary and Clara Antin, sis
ters of Mary Antin. the famous au
thor and speaker, were placed on the
assigned list of elementary public
school teachers by the Board of
Education Tuesday.
Rosemary came to Omaha July 13
and has been employed in the offices
of the War Camp Community serv
ice. Clara will leave Boston Thurs
day to come to Omaha to take up
her teaching work.
The Antin home is at Winchester,
Mass Mary Antin, came to the
JJnited States from Russia 25 years
ago as an immigrant girl. Her
talents found expression in writing,
and her book, "The Promised Land,"
gained considerable fame for her.
She is now traveling in Wyoming.
Miss Rosemary Antin states that
she will continue her interest in the
War Camp Community service
work.
Mexican Outlaws Who ,
Murdered American
Placed Under Arrest
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Washington, Sept. 3. Outlaws,
responsible for the murder of John
V. Correll, an American citizen,
have been arrested and will be
placed on trial at Tampico, the Mex
ican embassy announced. The ar
rests were made near Los Mezquitcs
and included Ramon Diaz, chieftain,
and his followers, Rafael Ruiz,
Francisco Gamboa, Bias Vidal and
Francisco Valverde.
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Fall Dresses Become One
Dresses developed in soft, clinging materials with un
expected originalities in style that make them
charming and unusual are shown in attractive
shades of gray, rose, tan, brown, taupe,
plum, blue and black, at,
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Fall days are made for playing marbles, and there's a big
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for the girls there are dainty novelty watches.
Beautiful Dressers
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out. They are priced as low as
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