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. , . - -..... THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1919. INDUSTRIES IN OMAHA, CLOSING: GOAL REFUSED Hundreds Thrown Out of Em ployment More Street Cars Ordered to Be , Taken Off. Descendant of Famous French. Family Here to Appear in Movies (Continued From Pe On.) ing some more coai from the termi nal committee. , The publicity bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, on the rec ommendation of the terminal coal committee, will call off all conven tions which have been scheduled for Omaha this month. The most im portant of these meetings would be J the Nebraska Farmers congress, for which plans had been made to re ceive more than 1,000 attendants. Action affecting January conventions will be held in abeyance, pending de velopments in the coal situation. six of the January conventions sched uled for Omaha are important. V. S. Robertson, assistant general manager of the Nebraska Power company, stated that his company received three cars of fuel oil Thursday and added that further conservation iin the use of electrical energy is indicated at the power plant. Expect Coal Soon. . The coal committee gave no state ment yesterday of the amount of coal being received, Mr. Snyder stated that it would be four or five days at the earliest before anthracite, coal from Pennsylvania could be re ceived here. He added that the pro duction of the Rock Springs mines Thursday was about IS per cent of normal. Reports from Sheridan mines yes terday to Burlington officials indi cated normal'production. A shipment ot Sheridan coal is expected here this week, according to Burlington offi cials, i Curtail Train Service. II. J. Plumhof, assistant federal manager of the Union Pacific, an nounced that a detailed schejdule of curtailed train service is being prepared and probably will be an nounced this evening with or ders to commence the new sched ules Sunday. Unofficial announce men; was made that tourist travel will be discouraged during the coal shortage. The '.O'Brien company, candy manufacturers, employing ISO men and women, has coal to last only a n':u. o. t:u... one day. Wright & Wuhelmy com pany, wholesale hardware dealers, has a few days' coal supply and have called in their traveling sales force. The Omaha Paint and Glass : company reported yester y morn ing a coal supply of half a ton. The " Storz Beverage and Iae company hid enough coal only yesterday and ' will close at once unless more coal is . received. This industry employs 50 workers. Many other industries are Hearing the end of their coal supply. , Violators Are Summoned. j The coal committee has summon- ed the owners and managers of vari ",'ous industries where the fuel admin istration's orders have been violated. I The first "sentence", being imposed on offenders is a solemn warning " that further violations will result in a denial of coal and electric lights. Some of the complaints sent to the Committee were from employes of companies who have not observed the coal committee's orders. A manager of a large wholesale house told the committee that he had not understood the full meaning of the order applying to his business, not withstanding that shades of his office were lowered at 2 p. m. and the clerks held until after S p. m. Unemployed Increase Daily. ' The line of unemployed is increas ing daily at the free employment . bureau maintained by the Board of Public Welfare in the city hall. C. .' A. Davis, superintendent, Thursday registered 208 applicants for work, 60 being transients from all points of the compass. Nineteen , young men stated that they had been sent by the Star Employment agency, . Chicago, and that they had paid a fee of $5 each, being assured that they would find mine or railroad - work in the west. ' " Two of these young men from Chicago had been directed to Coun cil Bluffs to do track work, but when they arrived they were unable to find employment, so they came to Omaha. Eight of the applicants yesterday said they came from St. Louis, and 12 were from Sioux City. " "I believe that interstate shipping ; of men by employment agencies that ' promise work which does not exist, should be stopped by the federal au thorities," Mr. Davis said. it r It ? Vj 'sjss 'JJ The beautiful Countess DuBarry, descendant of the famous r-rench family, members of which figured prominently in history back in the time of Louis XV, arrived in New York Jrom Lngland recently, aboard the liner Etea. It is said the countess is here to appear in motion pictures in an effort to earn money enough to fight, in the. Eng lish chancery courts, a case which dates back to 1791. Cabinet and Garfield In Conference on Coal A 'Home Recipe for Wrinkled, Saggy Skin The famous saxolite lotion recommend- .- d by beauty specialist for removing wrinkles and for reducing distended pores, " can easily be made at home. Ask your . druegint for sasolite In powdered form, one ounce, and a half pint ot witch hazel. Dissolve the powder in the witch hacel and bathe the face, neck and hands in the solution. Results are remarkable, and in stantaneous. The skin tightens, and this " naturally reduces the wrinkles, as well as creases or folds about the neck, cheeks or hands. The tissue beneath the skin also ' becomes firmer and more solid. One feels much refreshed and exhilarated ' after using this truly wonderful prepara tion. Many women look five or ten years ' younger after using it only a short time. (Continued from Page One.) ger service now has been ordered on nearly all the government-controlled railroads of the country. The east ern arid southern regional directors today1 took nearly the same action as the directors of the north, central and southwestern regions took in ordering a one-third reduction in "train miles," which meant cancel lation of many trains and much lux ury equipment. Two famous 20-hour trains between New York and Chi cago, the Twentieth Century and the Broadway Limited, Were ordered suspended. Cancel 36 Trains. Tonight traffic men were busily engaged in preparing the shortened schedules. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul system had arranged for cancellation of 36 trains. . More than a dozen fast trains on the Missouri Pacific, the Frisco and the M. K. & T. systems were ordered eliminated. The- reduction in the north, central and southwestern regions is effective Monday, m the southern Tuesday and in the eastern regions Wednesday. Coal was said to be at about 45 per cent of normal production, and while fuel ' administration officials and operators were apparently opti mistic,, no definite break in the strike, was announced. Delegates at a subdistrict conven tion ot miners - in West Virginia called upon , 10,000 miners in , four counties to return to work, even though dissatisfied with the 14 per cent wage advance. Governor Cox of Ohio, after a conference with operators and min ers, to be Continued Monday, said prospects Vere good for opening some of Ohios mines soon. Only a few men returned to work in Missouri, where Governor Gard ner had called out state troops and appealed to the miners to return. The mines were seized and volun teers for mining will go to work soon., Oklahoma Martial Law. . Gov. T. D. Robertson of Okla homa proclaimed martial law in the mining counties of that state, the first time in the history of Okla homa, and an attempt will be made to operate mines with volunteers Volunteers continued working in the Kansas strip mines. Three companies of federal in fantry left Camp Lewis, Washing ton, for the Montana coal fields. Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois telegraphed Dr. Garfield urging ap pointment of a commission to de cide a basis for setling the strike. A party of 250 business men and officials of 22 states comprising the Mississippi Valley association ar ranged to go to Washington to con fer with fuel and rail officials rela tive to improving transportation and distribution of coal in those states. Gov. Samuel R. McKelvie of Ne braska started for Washington to urge Dr. Garfield to appoint admin istrators for each state. Lieutenant Governor Oglesby of Illinois was sent to Washington by Governor Lowden to represent Illi nois in the capital. . Governor Gardner of Missouri postponed indefinitely the confer ence of governors set for Sunday in St, Louis. Montana Getting Coal From Alberta, Canada Helena, Mont., Dec. 5. The state railroad commission received a tele gram from the railroad administra tion saying rates would be made for the transportation of Canadian coal which the commission has secured in Alberta. WILSON FOUND SOUND IN MIND BY COMMITTEE L Senators Fall and Hitchcock Sent as Delegates to See President in Sick Room. A VITAL FACTOR It is natural for a growing child to crave what may seem an over-abundance of food. The vital, important factor is to assure not only a plenitude of food but food that contains those substances that promote healthful growth. cm MM is daily helping to nourish and strengthen many boys and girls through the trying period of growth. 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When he returned to the capitpl, SenatorFall was surrounded by his republican colleagues, who sought news of the conference. He also saw Henry P. Fletcher, American ambassador to Mexico, and sent to the White House an abstract of the results of "the subcommittee's in vestigation requested by the presi dent. He had indicated he might make this public tonight, but de cided not to do so for the present. Much of the substance of this ab stract, it was said was given to the president today by Senator 'frail, who did most of the talking. The whole conference was declared to have -been of the most friendly na ture, the president closing it with story about an Irishman who, when asked whether he thought the United States would take Mexico, replied: I think we will. Its so con tagious to us." At another point, when jests were being exchanged about the presi dent's health, Mr. Wilson was said to have referred to the statement made in a letter by Senator Moses, republican of New Hampshire, that the executive was reported to have a brain lesion. Moses' Disappointment. "The president remarked," said Senator Fall, "that as a result of the conference he hoped ,the sen ator would be reassured, although he might be disappointed." senator tall gave a detailed ac count of the White House visit. He said Dr. Grayson received them and took them up to the presidents bedroom, where Mrs. Wilson shook hands with each senator. - "Then the president shcok hands with each of us," Senator Fall con tinued. "He was lying in bed, flat On his back. His shoulders were propped slightly. His bed was in a shaded portion of the room. : He greeted ns pleasantly and while his articulation seemed somewhat thick, during the entire conference, I could understand perfectly every word he said. Covered to Chin. "I think he was covered un to his chin, with his right arm out. I sat a little to one side and slightly be low him near a table, and he fre quently turned his head to talk to me. He also reached over to the t&ble several times to secure papers on it. - Asked regarding the president's physical appearance, Senator Fall said he was not an "expert" but would not judge that the executive had lost any weight. He continued that Senator Hitchcock opened the discussion by stating that he per sonally had nothing to present but accompanied Senator Fall who de sired to submit some information. Should Break Relations. "I told the president that I didn't care to fatigue him," said Mr. Fall. "I sketched, as rapidly as possible the work done by our subcommittee arid gave him, hastily, some of the reasons why I thought this govern ment should break off relations with Mexico. "I asked him if he had a copy of my resolution and he reached over on the table and picked up a copy. The president asked me if I would give him a memorandum in writing covering my statement and I agreed to send it at once. He asked many questions and displayed a general knowledge of conditions, recent as well as past. He indicated perfect comprehension of the points I was making. "I told him that I desired to as sure him of my desire to co-operate with him in Mexican matters as far as I could. He picked up the copy of my resolution and asked: '"I suppose you want to have me give some opinion on this?' I said that was the purpose, and he then asked if I would, supply him with the written memorandum. He said he was much interested and would give it his careful attention. He didn't say when or how he would communicate with us. Doesn't Know Details. "The president seemed generallly familiar with Mexican affairs, but said he didn't know the details." Mr. Wilson, according to Senator Fall, had an idea that the subcom mittee's report was in readiness and Mr. Fall explained that the inquiry probably would not be completed for several months and that a report was improbable before next June. Asked directly if he was satisfied with the president's condition and his ability to handle the Mexican situation. Senator Fall countered: "Do you mean his mental condi tion?" i "Yes." "Yes sir," he replied, "entirely so." Visit Did Wilson Good. After the conference Dr. Grayson said the visit apparently had done the president good and that he seemed to have enjoyed it. The physician added that he had ar ranged for his patient to remain in bed tor the conference because he had been up for some time during the morning and it was desired to guard against tiring-him too much. A break in diplomatic relations, Senator Hitchcock argued, might give Carranza an excuse for setting aside the coming presidential elec tions and resuming a dictatorship. High Prices of Sugar Blamed on Local Firms lntlnoed From Page One.) made to obtain it direct from the re fineries, but in every instance we hav been referred back to the local jobbers, who seem to be in complete control of the local market." Mr. Cullen called attention to the fact that the price of sugar was re duced on the Omaha market in Feb buar.y, 1919, and that the notice was sent out by the Missouri River Job be association. Asked for his opinion as to what had prompted this action on the part of the asso ciation, the" witness declared it was "to drive us bff of the market." "What is your opinion as to the cause of the local situation?" the witness was asked. ' Jobbers Are Blamed. "Directly to the influence of t he jobbers," was the response. ' "We do not do business in accordance with the ideas of these jobbers," Mr. Cullen continued, "and for this' reason it is my opinion we have been unable to obtain a fair supply of sugar. 1 We are price cutters, and the Jobbers -do not want us to do business on this basis." Both Mr. Williams and Mr. Cullen testified to the fact that their vol ume of business was being1 seriously affected because of the fact that they , could not procure sugar for their customers, who were forced to buy their groceries from other wholesale houses, which had in curred the pleasure of local jobbers and the sanction of the Missouri River Jobbers' association. Appealed to Hoover. Mr. Cullen declared that two years ago the local sugar market' was in about the same condition as it is now, particularly with reference to the control and influence of the job bers, we could not get sugar then," he said, "but the favored ones were getting the best of it as they are now. We sent an attorney to Washington and the matter was put up to Herbert Hoover personally. Immediately jive found relief" The hearing is being held in the office of United States Attorney Allen, on the third floor of the fed eral building. Cannot Buy Sugar. At the conclusion of the hearing yesterday afternoon, Mr. Allen an nounced he would forward a trans cript of the evidence to Attorney General Palmer at Washington, at whose instance the investigation was taken up here. ' ' C. W. Southwell, manager for the Nebraska-Iowa Mercantile company, was the first witness called at the afternoon session. Mr. Southwell declared he was nable to obtain sugar from local jobbers because, in his opinion, his prices and methods did not meet with the approval of the influences which control 'the Missouri River Jobbers' association. The witness asserted it required be tween 150 to UU bags of sugar a day to meet the demands of his trade. He asserted that formerly he purchased sugar from various re fining companies, but under the present arrangement he was not per muted to do tnis. R. F. Smith, secretary of the Bradley - Merriam - Smith company, said he was able to get only a lim ited supply of sugar and submitted correspondence to show that he had exhausted every possible endeavor to obtain a supply sufficient to meet the demands of his company's cus tomers. - , Not Association Members. Both Mr. Southwell and Mr. Smith asserted their firms were not identified with the Missouri River Jobbers' association. William Chapell, manager of the grocery department for the Farm ers' union, also declared he had been unable to procure any sugar since the last zone regulations became ef fective October 15. which marked the beginning of the assumption of power by a handful of Omaha job bers in this territory. Harry J3. Patrick, manager of the Russell Brokerage company, was the first witness called to testify for the accused brokers. , "Why has vour comCanv refused a fair share of sugar to these vari ous complaining firms!?" the witness was asked by Mr. Allen. Questions Are Evaded. Mr. Patrick's explanation was ,to tjhe effect that his company did not fecognize the firms refeired to as" "legitimate wholesale Concerns." The witness declared that these firms could buy from Chicago and southern markets. He made no ex planation to the point advanced that sugar from far distant sections would not enable the dealers to handle the product in competition with the beet sugar, which the job bers were handling exclusively here. . "What is your reason for the pol icy of designating some- of these" dealers as legitimate wholesalers and others you refuss-to recognize?" Mr. Allen wanted to know. "I do not know who is responsible for the policy," was the atfswer. "It was adopted before my connection with the firm." Mr. Patrick admitted that he was chairman of the Omaha district for the distribution of 'sugar for one year' during the war. He declared he was working as a government employe while thus engaged. Mr. Pafrick did not attempt in explana tion of why his firm should not sell in wholesale quantities to all con cerns which measured up to the re quirements and ottered to purchase in wholesale quantities. Bar to Competition. P. D. Baum ot the Meinrath Brokerage company declared his firm would not sell to any but "quali fied" wholesalers, and for this rea son had reserved the right to turn down the orders of certain Omaha firm's. It was developed while Mr. Pat rick and Mr. Baum were on the wit ness stand that many, if not all, of their customers were members of the Missouri Jobbers' association. J. P. Fallon, manager of the Sea vey & Flarsheim Brokerage com pany, argued with the United States district,attorney that the firms com plaining of the local sugar situation could purchase all the sugar they wanted in the southern market. In reply, however, the point was de veloped that in this event the con sumers would be called on "to pay a huge advance in price and that the dealers handling the southern sugar would be unable to compete with the beet sugar produced in the west. Other witnesses were Frank Myers, general manager and treas urer of the Farmers union, and W. D. Williams, general manager of the Basket Stores. ALLEGES UNIONS WERE TOOLS OF CANADIAN REDS Testimony Given by Chair man of Committee That Financed Strikers in Big Walkout. Winnipeg, Dec. 5 Admission that labor unions had been the tools of "Reds" in Winnipeg's general strike last spring, was made' by William Percy, chairman of the com mittee which financed the walkout, who'testified at the1 trial on charges cf sedition conspiracy of B. R. Rus sell, an alleged leader of the strike. Percy denied, however, that any "bolshevik funds" had been used in financing the walkout. He said that although-he did not attribute the strike to Russell, as the strike committee alone was re sponsible, he did blame Russell and his supporters for "misleading'' labor unions as a whole. ; Percey took the stand after John Lovatt, a former constable, had tes tified that the radical element in the trades and labor council, led by Russell and R. J. Johns, had gained control .of the organization in 1918, and had remained in the saddle un til last May, when the strike oc curred. Lovatt, who represented the Policemen's union in the council, added that Sam Blurrrenberg, re cently deported, had been forced upon the council as a delegate from the building trades, notwithstand ing opposition from the conserva tives, ' , Jenkins Is Freed And Writes a Letter Giving Experiences (Continued From rage One.) diplomatic representations made by this government and the resulting investigation made by Gen. Pablo Gonzalez, who was sent by the Mexican goverment to investigate the facts in the case. The investi gations by General Gonzalez, who was at Puebla December 3, had then practically substantiated the position taken bylthis government on behalf of Jenkins. "Two peons from Santa Lucia ad mitted to General Gonzalez that they had made declarations against Jenkins under threat of execution Other witnesses testified they had been compelled to make false state ments against Jenkins under duress, One witness was threatened with pistol, another by a rope, and still another beaten until he made his declaration against Jenkins. "These facts are shown in the court record of the case." N Jenkins Writes Letter. Writing from the state penitenti ary at Puebla, on November id, Jenkins said he had refused to give bond "as it seemed best to meet these people squarely and have it out once for all, as otherwise they would trouble me for months and months." The letter said the general feel ing there was that. 'Mexico will make one of her usual insulting re plies" to the American note request ing Jenkins' release, and that the American embassy at Mexico City then had a representative at Pueb la, taking evidence that the court has refused to take." "I would nbt like to see interven tion at all," Jenkins wrote, "as I think that it ought to be possible to solve tne Mexican problem with out actual intervention, although the attitude of the present govern ment is hard to understand at times Mexico Pro-German. "Mexico had the greatest chance on earth to get on her feet and stay there during the big war, by tak ing a stand in tavor ot the allies, but it is well known that the gov ernment was violently pro-German, and from the continued persecution that they are showing in my case, it would seem that they are still taking advantage of all opportuni ties to insult the United States gov ernment. "There are so many irregularities in the case that they have presented against me that it seems impossible tor me not to get some sort of sat isfaction, even with the courts as they are here, and I am now asking that it be taken out of the hands of the local judge, who is a mere tool of the governor, and rAit in the hands of a federal judge, who is the only competent judge for such cases according to the Mexican constitu tion, but they are delaying action greatly to cause me as much trouble as possible. I think, however, that in a tew days the case can be brought to a showdown. Had "Hard Luck." "I have had a bit of hard luck re cently," says the letter, "and got stuck to the tune of nearly 400,000 pesos in Mexican gold, and not only that, but now the local authorities in an endeavor to cover up their own criminal responsibility for the neg lect of the city, have tried to accuse me of complicity with the rebels who kidnaped me and have me in lit 1 "It is certainly the limit when nian is taken from his home, half killed with exposure, his family all silk witn irignt, nis money taken away from him and then for good measure thrown in jail for doing it himself. If is was not a bit serious for me it would be comical, and it has its comical side any way. "I have refused to accept liberty on Dan, as l am not want to com promise with the dogs, and for that reason am in jail, but feel that I will get quicker action that way than entering into any sort of transaction with them." , The letter was dated Novemher 25 from the state penitentiary at Juebla, .Mexico. x Say Bail Was Deposited. Every effort was made to check up on a cabled report from Mexico City saying that, according to a Ice Skates and Boys' Sleds Every pair of ice skates in the store will be on sale Saturday. Take advantage ot this sale. A sled will make the boy a very acceptable Xmaa-nresent. Try HARPER'S today, it will pay. H. H. HARPER CO. 1713 Howard Street Flatiron Bldg. Puebla dispatclt to a Mexico City newspaper, Jenkins was released after J. Salter Hansen had deposited a $500 check for bail. Officials of the State department said they had no information whatever concern ing Hansen or the question of bail, and that they did riot know Hansen. They stood on the statement that the consular agent had been released on demand of this government. In sonic quarters, however, there was a suggestion that there may have been a confusion of names, as Secretary Lansing announced that a dispatch from the American em bassy said Third Assistant Secretary Matthew E. Manna had been sent to Tuebla in connection with repre sentations for release of Jenkins. Officials declared, however, that even if the names had been confused there was no information'here to in dicate that Hanna had put up bond and, in fact, they expressed utmost assurance that he had not done so. Reports' from Jenkins since his arrest, and personal letters, from him to relatives in this country, have all quoted him as -being most deter mined not to put up a cent of bail in order to obtain his release. This fact was cited ty officials to support their contention that the release of the consular agent was brought about "by urgent diplomatic repre sentations made this government and the resulting investigation made by General Fablo , Gonzales, who was sent to investigate the facts in the case." Jenkins Was Surprised. Mexico City, Dec. 5. The freeing of Mr. Jenkins came as a surprise to him. He was awakened from his night's sleep by Chief of Police Zavaleta, and at once dressed him self, gathered together his few be longings, and was conveyed to his home. Allies to Force Peace Terms' Upon Germany (Continued From Fage One.) the enemy left no doubt whatever about the necessity of taking ac tion. 'V The Petit Parisien says that Ger manyconsiders it has gone too far and that an unofficial note has been received from Berlin announcing that new negotiators will leave soon for Versailles. Situation is Critical. The supreme council today con sidered further 'the note to be sent to Germany regarding the pro tocol, but did not complete the docu ment. The secret meeting held by the snpreme council yesterday . with Marshal Foch and General Wey gand, the marshal's assistant, in at tendance, has provoked a great amount of speculation as to event ual military action across the Rhine in case Germany does reply satis factorily to the final note regarding the protocol. The American troops on the Rhine now number 12,000 men. No question has as yet arise whether they would participate in any action un dertaken by the French and British. German Reply to Latest ( Note Is Now in Paris Paris, Dec. 5. Germany's reply to the allied note protesting against the increase of Germany's arma ment has reached Paris, according to the Temps. The reply lias not yet been submitted to the peace con ference delegates, however, the newspaper says. Bandits Raid Texas Grocery and Steal Whole of Stock i Zapata, Tex., Dec. 5, Mexican bandits last night raided the Clareuo ranch, on the American side of the Rio Grande, 11 miles southeast of here, escaping with provisions from z store on the ranch. The number of bandits in the raid ing party was not determined, but they were reported heavily armed. The only person molested was the storekeeper, whom they bound and gagged before looting the store. All provisions in the store were taken. The bandits packej them on several horses taken from the ranch and then crossed 'the Rio Grande again into Mexico. The ranch is owned by Serapio Vela of Laredo, Tex. No clue to the identity of the bandits had been obtained up to noon today. Austin, Tex., Dec. 5. Adjutant' General Cope today ordered the , company of Texas Rangers sta tioned at Laredo to proceed to Za pata county, report to the sheriff and work in co-operation with the local authorities in attempts to ap prehend bandits who crossed over from Mexico and looted a store there last night. 76 Stetil Strikers Taken After Pittsburgh Explosion Pittsburgh, Ta., Dec. 5. Seventy six men, said to be striking steel workers, were arrested at Donora, Pa i-nt-ir '1iii trnnners of the state police and county olticers raid ed steel strike headquarters. 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