EMBARGOES ON
7IIEAT AND FLOUR
7ILLBEUFTED
;tep Taken in Reconstruction
Of Trade Facilities
V Wartime Food Supply ,
Control Revived.
THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1919.
New York. Nov. 21. Embargoes
on wheat and wheat flour will be
lifted - December 15. it was an
nounced by the United States Grain
orporation late today.
Lifting of embargoes on both ex
ports and imports followed the ac
fion of President Wilson in Wash'
nglUIl lUUrty 111 signing a piuvimii-
:ion comnletelv terminatinar the em
bargo control which has been in el
ect for more than two years.
Control over embargoes first was
exercised bv the War trade board
:o protect the supplies of wheat ana
Wheat flour for the allies. Later
ontrol was taken over by Julius H.
Barnes, wheat director, under the
wheat guarantee bill.
Step to Trade Reconstruction.
Discussing the lifting of the em-
sargo, Mr. Barnes said:
"This is one step in the necessary
econstruction of trade facilities
troken by the war which must func
tion when the grain corporation
erminates its three years work.
While ocean transport conditions
nd alio disorganized international
inance will probably prevent free
Fading between merchants of the
arious countries for some time, it
I expected that step by step, inter
lational trade may be reknit in
he usual channels. Until this is
ully accomplished, the grain cor
poration will continue to sell from
jt stocks of wheat and wheat flour
pie foreign trade that is not sup-
lied under private business initia
te.
"This release of embargo also
aermits Canadian wheat and wheat
our to enter American markets
Iree of duty underrulings of the
ustoms service. It is expected that
fiis will greatly enlarge the United
tates supply of spring wheat flours
nich are favorites in the baking
trade, and which, because of the
artial crop failure in the north
west this year have been relatively
ja light suppjy."
Mr. Barnes also stated that the.
Jes of the grain corporation from
s accumulated stocks, lareelv in
vestern markets to American mills,
nder its advertised offer effective
esterday have amounted to about
1000.000 bushels. He added that
hills in all sections now are amply
hpplied with wheat, though some
articular qualities of wheat are
jelatively in light supply. i
- Wilson Revives Control.
iVashineton. Nov. 21. In an ef-
brt to-meet the situation resultingfr. g'shop .....t
rom the present acute shortage ol K; Carlson. sao
igar, President Wilson today re
ived the war-time power of the
derat government over the tna-
oni food supply.
In a proclamation, the president
ansferred to Attorney General
aimer: the, broad authority cxer-
ased j by Food - Administrator
loover during the war. While it is
r. laimer s present intention to
kercise this authority only so far
t sugar is concerned, he is pre
pared to use it to meet any similar
Ituation affecting other food sup
pies, is' . t-
Among-the first acts of the De
wtment of Justice, it is understood,
lill be' the establishment of a price
A 12 cents a pound wholesale for all
ugar, except the Louisiana crop,
he price of which already has been
uteo at, 17 cents. This increase of
rice was said to be necessary to
revent a famine during the early
art of next year.
Sharp curtailment' of sugar con
amption by candy and soft drink
ranufacturers also will be ordered,
t . officials declare the present
lortage is due in a measure to the
creased consumption of candy and
5ft drinks which has followed the
aforcement of prohibition. Details
1 to this curtailment remain to be
rked out.
hile the margin between the
olesale and retail price of sugar
v not yet been determined, offi
Js are known to have tenatively
nsidered 1.54 cents, making the
tail price approximately 14 cents
t pound. This, however, is subject
change, depending upon a variety
f conditions.
!!eged Sugar Profiteers
Arrested on Federal Charge
Chicajrb. Nov. 21. Thirty-eight
aembers of 14 wholesale sugar firms
vere arrested on federal warrants
harging profiteering in violation of
he Lever food control act. They
Vere charged with exacting an ex
orbitant pricft or conspiracy to ob
ain an excessjve price for sugar.
WELL!
the annual turkey feast is only
few days away. If you want
something particular in a fancy
box of candy . or - a handsome
basket of candy for a gift, place
your order early and receive par
ticular attention.
. Special
Saturday and Sunday 1
New crop Fresh Black Walnut
Taffy. Oh, so good. Packed in
-lb. boxes at ;
25c
' ' Regular 80c pound. ,
Phelps Hut
1703 Douglas St.
Omaha Athletic Club Bldg.
Mid-West Bowling
, Tournament Opens
(Contlnaed From rare One.)
the world's big sporting organiza
tions and meeting with them will
reveal its magnitude. Meetings will
be held over the Omaha alleys at 2
p. ni. Sunday, ,
Walking Bill Boards. "
Bill Barron may not know how
to pick bowlers but he surely
knows how to let the public know
what the team he does pick, repre
sents. When his Clow Gasteam
Radiator . aggregation appeared on
runways they resembled a flock
of walking billboards and what
these signs -didn't say about heat.
Bill said himself. He also stated
that he wanted his team to either,
win the championship or trail along
at the tailend. They chose the lat
ter and being in good form rolled
the lowly score of 1,701. 4
Through a misunderstanding the
Trimble Bros. Skookums did not
appear to bowl. Their series will
be rolled next Thursday evening at
S P. m. ' ;
Rolling for Big Money, j
This tournament hands out a big
cash prize fund. How many of the
new entrants realize that they are
shooting for a part of a prize (fund
amounting to $8,000, besides the
big silver trophy, , valued at $200,
and nine gold medals valued at $25
each. This season's entrance' fee
receipts amounts to nearly $11,000.
part of which goes to the local
tournament company and part to
the association. The cost of run
ning this season's tournament will
be around $2,500.
Just to show that he is a real one,
Henry C. Menne, the popular presi
dent' of, the association, will remain
during the entire tournament. He
is a firm believer in the theory that
the place for a president is on the
job. This and other practical ideas
have made him the popular prexy he
is today. '
Iowa Bank Bandits -Safely
Placed Behind
State Prison Bars
j
One of the swiftest cases of the
Iowa courts was completed yester
day noon, whtn the five bandits who
escaped from the Le Mars, la. ja.l
after fatally wounding the sheriff's
son, shooting the sheriff, and beat
ing his wife, and were later cap
tured byan armed posse near Sioux
City, were delivered by Sheriff
Groneweg of Pottawattamie county
to the warden of the state prison
at Fort Madison.
The bandits escaped from the, Le
Mars jail Friday night 'and were
captured Monday noon. They were
tried Thursday and sentenced to
life imprisonment, and were de
livered for confinement at the state
penitentiary Friday noon, the entire
action from their escape to their
imprisonment for life taking place
in just one week.
Peace Treaty May Be
Issue in Election
Clow Gantaam 1 K.-B. Printing.
Radiator. B. Reavis 41
Sankflr ......... 4001 B. Oeeiman ... 408
Nalaeu I11IW. Cronk S7
Olatn 232
Blum s
Ostronlo , 4311
Total 1701
lion Bonding A
Kuretor Co.
K. McDonald... IDS
J. Whseler .... S03
P. Wheeler .... 281
R, Macbay 364
A. Mayer ...... till
Totala .".1844
M. F. Bhafc Co.
J. Smola 191
G. Carlson 441
H. Butts 355
C. Chine 455
J. Usher 49ti
Totala 1138
Bankers Heav. Lint,
Braun 393
Wagner , 453
Burleigh 608
Bishop 423
Moravio boo
A. Malum 303
E. Miller ...... 450
Totals I08
I
E. B. Godfrey
Jewelers.
R. X Swift .... 493
McDonald 476
O. J. Johnson .. 454
3. E. Vachal ... 485
Stafford 483
Totals 2388
B. F. Goodrich Co.
George Cave..,. 422
A. Fredrick .. 428
O. McCrea 416
E. Lonftly ..... 458
C. F. Nagel.... 448
Totals ' 2,170
Rees Printing Co.
T. 8. Krts.... 459
F. Hermann 395
L. Latour 421
Al Hoffman ... 393
John Melr 408
Totals S,37i Totals ...... .1,071
Fnntenelles. Wellington.
Dr. Adams 853IJ. Dllts 133
E. Atkins 371
H. Oassar 388
B. C. Crooks 384
R. Maurer 424
J. Kulhauch ....404
Total
.1928
Totals 2016
Farrell's, Gordon.
B. Young ,438Toynbee 411
D. H. Farrell. , . .386 J. Francl 440
R. A. Farrell ,.498J. Regan 466
K. Den man ....6201 J. Erbhauser ...410
Encell 491
Total 23231
Hotel Castle.
H. Thomas .... 392
A. Francl .471
Total '. . 2198
Skinner rkg. Co.
O. Gibson US
O. Petersen .... C64!Undsay S14
F. Krueger .... 4ft5IGrlmm 484
V. Black 472Mlller 626
H. Prlmeau 602'Suchy 664
Totals .......23251 Totals 2606
' (Contlnaed From Page One.)
are, it was considered certain on all
sides tonight that the result would
be to put the ratification fight square
ly into the presidential contest.
There was nothing to establish
definitely that he would do so, how
ever, and he course of the admin
istration senate leaders during the
day seemed to indicate that the re
publicans would modify their atti
tude, making it possible to clear
away, the whole contrversy before
the campaign opens. v
Plan Meets Favor.
They were confronted with the
fact, however, that the republican
group of . mild reservationists, on
whom hope of a compromise was
placed, had served notice that any
further tompromise negotiations
must be conducted with the republi
can leader himself. The closing
stages of the fight, which preceded
the radificaion vote,' multiplied evi
dence of republican solidarity be
yond the reservations, many deci
sions in the parliamentary maneuver
ing being decided by virtually strict
party votes. 1
Even aiAong the irreconcilable
fos of the treaty on the republican
side the statement of Senator Lodge
was accepted with satisfaction.
Some of this group have said openly
they would leave the party unless
it fleclared next year for outright
rejection of the league of nations
covenant, with or without reserva
tions, but they took the ..view to
night that the situation was devel
oping with a satisfactory speed. By
the time the national convention
met, they predicted, it would be
ready to go further than Senator
Lodge did in his statement.
Want Wilson's Message.
The only expression of the presi
dent's intention was a White House
announcement early in the day that
he would have nothing to say vuntil
he sent his message to congress at
the beginning of the new session
December 1.
At that time, it was said, he would
go into the treaty. Senator, Under
wood of Alabama prominently men
tioned for the democratic leadership
in the next session, talked 'over the
outlook with Secretary Tumulty, but
did not see the president.
The general belief on both sides
tonight seemed to be that any com
promise negotiations will have to
wait until the sessions begins.'
Riot Bonds Voted
By County Board
(Contlnaed Front Fag One.)
ers' league yesterday threatened to
enjoin the sale of the bonds if the
county commissioners insist on esti
mates of $235,000 for restoring the
records in the register of deeds of
fice, which, they claim, can be re
stored for $200,000 or less. The
$235,000 estimate is contained in the
$818,000 bonds which the commis
sioners voted to advertise.
Offer of $200,000.
Mr. Harrop and Mr. Elsasser had
both sent their personal checks for
$500 to the county commissioners
to back up a proposition made by
the league to restore the records
for $200,000.
"It the county commissioners ad
vertise bonds of more than $200,000
for restoration of those records, we
will enjoin the entire bond issue in
the courts," said Mr. Harrop after
the meeting. "We will start injunc
tion proceedings just soon as
the commissioners begin to adver
tise the bonds." -j
The county commissioners voted
to return the checks of Mr Elsasser
and Mr. Harrop to them.
Says County Competent.
"We can restore those records
just as cheap as you can and I think
a good deaf cheaper," said County
Commissioner McDonald. "You
seem to think that just because we
are advertising for $235,000, bonds
for this work of restoring the regis
ter of i deeds-records, we are going
to spend that much. We are .doing
this work by the day and we can
hire just as competent copyists and
supervisors as you or any other per
sons could."
"Well, if you advertise 'or $235,
000 bonds for this work it's safe to
say that much will be used." said
Mr. Harrop.
"Nothing of the sort," said Com
missioner Unitt. "We think maybe
the work may be done for $175,000.
But we "will advertise for the $235,-
000 to make sure. The bonds will
be issued just fast enough to pay
off the force of workers from month
to month.
"The injunction will be applied
for just as soon as the county-board
begins to advertise for the bonds,"
declared Mr. Harrop after the meet
ing. We won t stand for this. ,
Gypsies' Arrest Reveals
Sale of Another Girl
With the arrest last night of Mary
and John Damato, gypsies, Thir
teenth and Douglas streets, the al
leged sale of anojther gypsy girl was
brought to light, j According to the
story Mary Damato told Detectives
Haze and Danbaum, she was sold to
Damato four months ago for $1,200
by her father, whom police are new
trying to locate. 1
The fact that Mary waa sold, to
jjohn was admitted by Mrs. Mary
Damato, mother of John Damato.
The money was paid by Mrs. Henry
Darha.to, according to the story .told
the police.
Mary told the police that Mrs.
Damato beat her nearly every day
and that she could not stand it any
longer and left her husband yester
day. She also said that they had
agreed that she be resold to her
father, who was last heard from in
St. Louis.
Damato is being held for investi
gation and is charged with vagrancy.
OnlyOn "BROMO QUININE."
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Look for, signature of E. W. GROVE. Cures
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! Murder on Ridge Road
Is Unsolved Mystery
(Continued From Page One.)
a high forehead gives the woman a
look of refinement; face is not full,
and is of sallow complexion,
i When found, the body of the wo
man was lying at the bottom of the
gulch, 20 feet southeast of the
bridge. It was inclined on the em
bankttient with head downwards.
The Corpse was lying on its left side
and was partly covered with leaves.
No footprints about the scene
were found to indicate the body had
been carried to the spot .The right
cheek of the victim showed signs of
it having been chewed by some ani
mal. Hurled from Auto.
Skin bruises about the murdered
woman's face and neck together
with the ruffling of her garments
lead Omaha police to the theory that
the body was hurled from an auto
mobile. The condition of the leaves
about the body'was evidently caused
by the wind.
A bullet wound behind the left ear
was the only mark of violence on the
body besides skin bruises about the
face.
The bullet lodged in the brain be
tween the eyes; and caused a frac
ture of the skull five inches from the
w6und, according to the testimofiy
of Dr. G. A. Langstaff.
A deep hole in the right temple
of the body was caused also by the
bullet which entered the brain, Dr.
Langstaff testified. The woman had
been dead not longer than 48 hours,
according to the testimony of Dr.
Langstaff.
Many Theories Advanced.
Powder burns about the wound
shows that the fatal shot had been
fired as close range.
Theories of the murder advanced
at the inquest were the following:
The woman may have been mur-
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N. W. Corner 15th and Harney Streets
dered at her home, then taken by
auto to the spot where the body was
found.
' She may have been taken for an
automobile ride and shot.
The body was disposed of hur
riedly by the murderers because it
was evident no effort was made to
carefully conceal it from view.
The murder Was premeditated, it
is thought, and not committed on
the spur of a moment of hatred or
quarrel, because of the lonely spot
where the vicitm was taken by the
murderer.
These theories are being closely,
followed by Washington county
authorities.
Familiar Omaha Road.
. Information gathered from farm
ers in the vicinity of the scene are
that the road near which the body
was found is frequently by auto
mobiles from Omaha owing to the
fact that it is a short cut from the
Washington highway to what is
known as the "ridge road" to
Omaha. ,
From this information, Omaha
police are of the opinion that the
woman was from Omaha. No better
spot along the road could have been
chosen for the disposal of the vic
tim. Alfred J. Peterson, farmer living
two miles north of the1 spot where
the body was found, testified at the
inquest that the condition of the
body showed that the victim could
not have been pushed down the em
bankment, but evidently was hurled
from an automobile or wagon.
Lou Green, neighbor of Peterson,
who also saw the body lying in the
revine, testified that twigs on the
embankment were found broken as
if the body had struck the ground
ravine, testified that twigs on the
midway down the. slope and then
rolled to its resting place.
Sheriff Mehren's testified that
very little blood was found on the
ground near where the head of the
woman was lying." This testimony
adds to the belief that the woman
was probably murdered at some
distant point. Pictures of the dead
woman are being sent through the
country by Washington county au
thorities in an final effort to iden
tify her. .
Enclosed Automobile Seen.
Motorcycle Officers Elmer R.
Rutherford and J. M. Kirk, who
were detailed Sunday night to over
take the carload of Omaha detec
tives who were on their way to Ros
alie, Neb., in search of the four bank
robbers who escaped from the jail
at LeMars, la., said last night that
they saw an enclosed automobile in
the vicinity, of the spot where the
unidentified girl was found mur
dered. The officers said they lost their
way to Calhoun and on one of the
side roads noticed a car parked at
the side of the road with all the
lights out. The officers inquired the
direction to Calhoun and the driver
of the car told them to go straight
ahead.
The driver gate them the wrong
direction andion their return the car
was gone. According to the officers,
the odor of liquor was noticeable in
the entire neighborhood.
Arguments Closed in
Wartime Liquor Tangle
' (Continued From Pae One.)
for the real motive of advancing
prohibition for a 'few months before
the constitutional amendment was
yo take effect."
"God grant," he concluded, "that
the constitution may remain effec
tive for the imposition ot limits on
that official power which if not
limited by the courts of the country
will destroy liberty as effectively as
German autocracy has done."
"The fact remains," Assistant .At
torney General Frierson said, fol
lowing Mr. Root, "that we are leg
ally in a state of war and the solemn
duty rests on congress to keep the
country prepared to meet any com
plication that may arise before the
conclusion of peace."
"Have we any troops abroad
now?" asked Chief Justice White.
"Yes."
"By What authority?" asked the
chief justice.
"Because the war has not yet
been erided," said Mr. Frierson.
Replying to an inquiry by Justice.
Day, Frierson said the exchange of
the ratification of peace was ,'the
test for the ending of the war.
"If that is the test, why is it in
some acts and not in others?, asked
Justice Day. ,
Mr. Frierson conceded it was
omitted in the prohibition act.
' "Your contention then is that by
intent it was read into that act?"
the justice again asked, to which
Mr. Frierson agreed.
Federal Judge Lifts
, Beer Ban by Injunction
St. Louis. Nov. 21. Federal judge
Pollock today granted a temporary
injunction against ihe district at
torney and the internal revenue col
lector from enforcing the provisions
of the Volstead wartime prohibition,
enforcement ,act, pending further
litigation. (
In effect. Judge Pollock, sanc
tioned the lifting of the lid on beer
in St. Louis,
In the decision Judge Pollock
granted a temporary restraining
order enjoining United States Dis
trict AttorneyvHensley and Collec
tor of Internal Revenue Moore
from enforcing the provisions of
the Volstead wartime prohibition
act. The district attorney is re
strained from prosecuting alleged
violators of the measure and the inv
ternal revenue collector is enjoined
from refusing to issue revenue
stamps for beer containing one-half
of 1 per cent or more 01 aiconoi.
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Choice in Sale
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Suit Worth to
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Choice In Sale
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