THE BEEf OMAHA', SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 19191
U.S.TO RELEASE
WHEAT TO MILLS
AT A LOW PRICE
Meeting Proposed With Omaha
Grain Men Government
Also to Remove Per
mit Control.
umana grain and miutne men
have been notified by Charles T.
.Neal, second vfce president of the
United States Grain eorooration.
that the government is considering
the release of 70,000,000 bushels of
wheat on domestic markets, at the
guaranteed government figure, plus
shipping1 charges
Mr. Neal proposes a meeting with
.ocal gram men to discuss the con
templated move, in an effort to dis
cover if such a sale would occasion
substantial distress or injury to
present holdings that have been
orovided for normal milling needs.
Receipts Curtailed.'
It is understood that receipts In
wheat have been curtailed to a con
siderable extent recently because of
the coal and steel strikes, and severe
car shortage. Because of this, prices
of wheat at present are much
higher than that at which the gov
ernment would be able to release its
holdings; say grain men.
No. 2 hard winter wheat sold for
$2.51 this week, and No. 1 dark sold
for $2.81. The government secured
the wheat it now holds in various
sections of the country at $2.15 per
bushel. -
Remove Permit Control.
Mr. Neal also announces that
effective Monday, November 10, the
railroad administration will remove
' all permit control for a time at least
and see if markets congest under
that plan. This affects all markets
except seaports and they are already
fully open except New Orleans and
Newport News. '
The railroad administration plan
1 is to reinstate, when congestion de-
. i i i it
veiops, permit control at oniy muse
markets where such congestion de
velops ana aiscoiiuiiuc irymg iu
equalize trade opportunity between
markets, but it is hoped that with
relief already attained past few
weeks at congested centers that no
permit control may be necessary
for some time.
Pioneer Contractor
Of Omaha Dies. After
Three Days' Illness
Henry J. Nicholson, 50 years old,
member of the contracting firm of
Ed. Petersen & Nicholson, died
early yesterday morning at his
home, 2025 Maple street, after an
illness of three days. Death was
caused .by gall stones.
Mr,Nicholson had been a resident
of Omaha for over 40 years and
was well known as a contractor. He
is survived by his wife, one son,
James; two daughters, Alice and
Clara: two brothers, John of Omaha
and James of Douglas, Wyo., and
two sisters living in Chicago.
T7..nrsf aArvirAe will h flpM
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Monday morning at 8:30 from the
residence ' to Sacred Heart church
at 9. Burial will be in Holy Sepul
cher cemetery.
He Might Do As a
Policeman, But He
r Surely Gin t Spell
Reports of the needs of Omaha's
police department have reached
Fairfax, S. D., according to the
following application received yes
terday by Chief of Police Eberstein.
"'Cheat ov police: i see by the ad
in the papper that you wont sum
men to go on the police force at
Omaha. If so let me no. i think
that i would make you a good man.
i ben on the police force dallas, soth
dok.for two years, i was depotty
shurf for two years, i am 32 years
old and i way 187 pounds, my high
five foot eight inches, if you need
eny men let me no and ! come down
" and see you."
Automobile Tire Thieves
Make Haul From Repair Shop
Twenty automobile tires were
stolen Thursday night from the
Cuming Tire and Repair company,
1912 Cuming street, according to po
lice reports.
Track on the pavement in front
of the establishment lead police to
believe a truck was used to haul the
loot away. The plate glass in the
front door of the building - 'was
found broken, when the proprietor
appeared yesterday morning. The
tires were stolen from the stock
room, he said, and were valued at
$450.
Burlington Federal Manager
Comes Here for Conference
E. P, Bracken, federal manager of
the Burlington railroad, arrived in
Omaha yesterday for a conference
Burlington officials here regarding
proposed expenditures for im
provements during the coming
year. Several officials of the road,,
including W. F. Thiehoff, assistant
general manager, and G. W. Hold
rege, general manager, were pres
ent. Posthumous Honor Awarded
Omahan Killed In Action
Word has reached Omaha that
Capt Tames B. Austin, who was
killed in France during the battle of
Argonne, was given a Distinguished
Service Cross as a posthumous
award for valiant service. The cross
will be sent to Mrs. Austin, who is
the daughter of E. E. Calvin, federal
manager of the Union Pacific rail
road. She is spending the winter in
Los Angeles with her two children.
Burglars Enter House In
Broad Day, But Get Nothing
Burglars entered the basement of
the home of E. B. Williams, 116
South Forty-ninth street, in broad
daylight, Thursday by prying open
a side window and attempted to en
ter the upstairs by "jimmying" a
door- leading to the kitchen. Ac
cording to a report to police, notH
ing was taken. No one of the fam
ily was at home at the time,
Famous Lawyer to Give
Lecture for Fine Arts
Society Here Today
A Pv m
The lecture course of the Omaha
Society of Fine Arts opens this
afternoon with a lecture on
"The Crisis" by James M. Beck. Mr.
Beck is known as a logical, concise
and eloquent orator. His books on
the world war attracted wide atten
tion, and his prominence in legal
circles fit him to deal with his
chosen subject with authority. Mr.
Beck has been district attorney of
the United States for Pennsylvania.
and assistant attorney general of the
United states. i
Referring to his subieet for
Omaha in a letter to Mrs. Ward
Burgess, president of the Omaha So
ciety of Fine Arts, Mr. Beck says:
"I refer to the crisis in constitu
tional government, which is con
fronting all the liberal nations of
the world. In discussing it, I shall,
I hope in an entertaining way, tell
much of interest about the forma
tion of our constitution. It is a lit
tle known chapter of history, and
I think a most interesting parallel to
present conditions. Then I will ex
plain the deep political and mora'
philosophy that underlies our form
of government, and then discuss, in
a wholly impersonal and nonparti
san way, the dangers, which in the!e
critical times confront our govern
ment, and that of England.
MAYOR WILL NOT
VOTE TO REMOVE
RINGER, HE SAYS
Long Conference With Com
missioner Held Behind
Closed Doors.
"There will be no change in the
office of commissioner of police
with my vote. I stated my position
on this matter last summer and I
am still of the same opinion," said
Mayor Smith, yesterday, after he
and Police Commissioner Ringer
had conferred for two and a half
hours behind closed doors.
The mayor added that if the peo
ple wish to transfer the police com
missioner, that is another matter.
Asked if the chief of police was
discussed at the conference, he re
plied: "We discussed various mat
ters and I don't believe that it would
be wise to state just what was said.
I wanted to go over the situation
with Mr. Ringer and to review the
events which occurred during my
absence."
He added this statement: "There
is no malice in my heart. I came
back without any malice. When you
get as close to your Maker as I
was that night, you sort of get rid
of some of the harshness that may
be in you." ,
Police Commissioner Rlnge'was
asked for a statement regarding the
conference, but he adroitly evaded
committing himself. .
"There is nothing to give out,"
he asserted. "The mayor agreed o
the plans which we have been carry
ing out for the reorganization of
the police department"
New Record Is Set m
Sale of Exchange Seat
New York, Nov. 7. A new record
price for a seat on the Stock ex
change was made today, when a
place sold for $110,000. This is $10,
000 above the previous record price
paid less than a week ago.
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Did Yon Ever Visit the
New Garden Balcony
at the HUT!
A telephone on every table
Just sit down and order a
sundae or soda or luncheon
and see how prompt it arrives.
And then, the privacy for a
quiet chat.
Special
Saturday and Sunday
Golden Crumbles, a most
delicious morsel of molasses
candy filled with peanut but
ter, but not too much. The.
more you eat the more you
will want Packed in half
pound box, at ;
25,
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Yesterday Was Anniversary
Of Ouija Board Armistice
Omaha Daily News Sprung Notorious "Fake" of
Peace and "Revolution" m Germany With Inter
esting "Details" From France How Newspaper
Came to Be Called "Ouija Board."
Yesterday was the first inniver-fl
sary ot tne signing ol the armistice,
meaning the Omaha "Ouija board"
armistice, which will hold first place
in the local annals of imposition.
Omaha will never forget the false
alarm that was promoted by The
Omaha Daily News a year ago yes
terday, when that newspaper put
upon tne streets a fake extra edition
whose glaring headlines read:
"ARMISTICE WITH HUNS
SIGNED. REVOLUTION IN
GERMANY."
People all over the civilized world
were in a mood to receive without
question any news which might in
dicate the cessation of hostilities.
Their credulity was easily imposed
on and it was an easy advantage
taken by the Omaha Ouija Board
when it foisted its made-to-order
extra upon a war-tired people.
Even Had Details.
Accepting the Ouija board at its
word, many Omaha people joined
in a premature celebration during
the afternoon and attended a mass
meeting at the court house during
the evening.
The Ouija board extra even con
tained alleged report! of rejoicing
in France, when as a matter of fact
subsequent reports showed that the
whole affair was a fake.
After the early afternoon extra
of the Ouija board appeared on the
streets, reports were received from
the Associated Press, the most re
liable news agency in the world, that
the Armistice had not yet been
signed; that the German delegation
had just crossed the line and that
deliberations had not yet been
started. That information appeared
in the Associated Press newspapers
in time to have permitted the Ouija
board to have corrected it egreg
ious error in the regular afternoon
issue, but true to form, however, it
held fast to its fake extra.
"Talk-of-the-Town."
' It was the talk of the town. Oma
hans were amazed to find that a
publication dignifying itself with the
name of newspaper, would dare
attempt to perpetrate such gigan
tic fake. v - ,
Omaha recovered from the shock
and settled down again, to await the
official reports which were carried
four days later by the Associated
Press through The Bee.
During the early morning of Nov.
11 The Bee received the first
authentic report of the signing of
the armistice, and, of course, was
ahead of the fakers when the real
news was received.
The Omaha Daily News, in its
regular home edition of November
7, 1918, carried the following:
OUIJA BOARD SAID WORLD
WAR WOULD END TODAY.
"The Ouija board was right It
said the war would end November
7," said Mrs. F. E. Crippen, 2903
Fowler avenue, today.
Mrs. Crippen was on a visit to
Police Matron Was All
Ready For Inspection
Of jail by rand Jury
i
Members of the grand jury, in a
body, inspected the Central police
station yesterday. ;
The place has been under scrub
brush and soap during the past three
days under the supervision of Po
lice Matron Gibbons, newly ap
pointed inspector of sanitation.
The jurymen went through every
nook and cranny of the station from
the captain's office to the court
room. .
her sister, Mrs. Sam Service, Cas
per, Wyo., last summer, and while
there a sceance was held with the
Ouija. , The board was also asked
when a son of Mrs. Service would
return from France.
Since then, The Omaha Daily
News has been known as "The
Ouija Board," a designation it has
tried to get rid( of.
The Daily News recently humbly
printed a story in which it stated
that the first anniversary of the
signing of the armistice would be
celebrated November 11, this being
a belated recognition that November
11 is the correct date.
Court Dismisses Negro
' Caught Peering In Windows
A midnight hunt for his home was
the reason Gus Mathews, negro,
Thirty-second and California
streets, toured the neighborhood of
Twenty-seventh and Burt streets
Thursday night,' he told the police
judge in Central police court yester
day. Mathews was arrested when po
lice say they discovered him peer
ing into the windows of the home
of C W. Britt, -2S37 California
street He was dismissed in police
court when he said he had been in
Omaha only three weeks and was
"looking for his home."
Bury Soldier Who Shot Self '
After Drinking "Dago Red"
Vito Plumbo, discharged soldier,
who shot and killed himself Sun
day night at the Globe hotel. 1107
Douglas street, while under the in
fluence of "Dago Red," was buried
Thursday afternoon in Holy Sepul
cher cemetery.
Funeral services were held from
the Hulse and Riepen undertaking
establishment, 701 South Sixteenth
street. The Red Cross and Ameri
can Legion had charge of the serv
ices.
Toyt Department of
Brandeis Stores to
Show Many Wonders
The new fourth floor of Brandeis
store will soon be open to patrons,
and will show one of the most com
plete toy department that Omaha
has ever had.
. The floor- space covert 34,000
square feet and has been rushed to
completion, in order to handle the
Christmas trade in toys which has
been growing each year.
Every variety of toy, large and
small which attract the children'
eye will be in the department
Miss Ritza Freeman, whd has
been active in the Liberty loan
drives and Red Cross work during
the war, will have a story hour for
the children, Saturday at 2:30 o'clock
on the fourth floor.
lift in Gnonsi
when our Vacuum Cap ta .ed
a few mlnutei dally. Sent on
60 day trial. Our expenee.
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falling- hair and dandruff. A
postal brinci illustrated book
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427 Barclay Block. Denver. Colorado.
1508-1510
Douglas St
Mim Qasm
D ouglas St
Phenomenal
Goat
Values
Enormous Reductions Together With"
Remarkable Purchases Make This Sale One
of Tremendous Interest
Luxurious Fur Trimmed Models-
Smart, Plain and Self-Trimmed Coats
THE MATERIALS ARE:
Duvet de Laines- Silvertones
Tinseltones-. Bolivias- Wool Velours
Chinchillas "Polocloths Normandy Mixtures
Specially Priced Saturday-
$45
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An Extraordinary Suit Offer
We have taken 100 WomenV Suits from our regular
stock formerly sold at $35, $45, $55 and offer them
for Saturday's selling, choice at
Tricotines
Duvet Superior-r-Vetour
de Lalne
Checked Velours
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Men's Wear Serges
Silvertines
Chevronas '
Broadcloths
Handsomely fur trimmed and plain tailored models, alt beauti
1 fully silk lined, in a wide vatiety of styles.
Our Great
November Dress Sale
Wonderful Values Which We Believe
Cannot Be Duplicated at These Prices
0)75
$2425
Serges Satins Velveteens. Jerseys Crepe Meteors
Satins Tricotines Velvetines
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