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THE BEE! OMAHA. "FK1DAY, MAY Y. lyiiU. OMAIIANS GIVE tk , nitiK mmm : CAR SHORTAGE 3. W. Shorthill and F, A.'. Brogan Present Serious Aspects of Railroad Situ '"' ation in Northwest. By E. C. SNYDER. WuhlBfton Carrfwpondont of The Be. Washington, May 6. (Special Telegram.) The conference of rep resentatives of grain exchanges, chambers of commerce, live stock exchanges and growers, bankers' as asciations generaffy of the big interests of th northwest, culmi inated yesterday when .Hiembers of the conference presented their, case to the car service sectionof the In terstate Commerce commission with Commissioner Clark presiding. J. W. Shorthill of Omaha, chair man of the conference, told -of the purposes of the meeting and out lined what it had accomplished and then introduced the speakers, who included G. F. Ewe of the Minne . apolis Chamber of Commerce, wJio read ,the resolutions adopted at the session Tuesday; A. S. Sykes, presi dent of the Corn Belt Producers' association of Ida Grove, la.; E. P. Hubbard, secretary of the Nebraska Co-operative Grain and Live Stock Association of Omaha, and rrancis A. Brogan, president of the Omaha Chamber1 of Commerce. Farm Products Congested, Mi. Brogan said that the -product of the farms was congested at the terminals, in local elevators, in the farmers' bins and even.iij the fields, where wheat in stack was un threshed. - "The sole reason why this enor mous product has not moved," said Mr. Brogan, "is due to the shortagj of cars. This has resulted in the country banks carrying excessive loans for farmers and stock growers, and the country banks in turn have been compelled to seek excessive loan? from Omaha banks.- They in turn have been compelled to seek relief from the federal reserve banks. "A serious financial condition Ins only been averted," continued the president of the Omaha Chamber of Cdmmerce, "because of the general soundness of the banks and stabil ity of business generally." Mr. Brogan urged upon the com mission to issue general orders re storing to the railroads of the, north west their own equipment, which had been diverted to roads in the east and southeast. Country Bankers" At Bat Nebraska state bankers have been in Washington this week meeting with the .National State Bankers Protective association in an effort to get the Federal Reserve board to consent to their being paid for service in cashing checks, drawn on banks in other localities. While this was fundamentally what brought nearly a dozen well-known, citizens of the Antelope state to the National Capital, they had also come on to shqw the coercive methods prac ticed by agents of the Federal Re serve bank at Kansas City and its Omaha banksin getting Nebraska rtate banks to pay checks atf par. They contented themselves with a statement made by the attorney of the Nebraska Bankers Association, J. P. Palmer of Omaha. Lawyer Tells of Threats Tie prefaced his few remarks with extending the congratulations of the Nebraska bankers to Governor Hard ing and the Federal Reserve board for the manner in which the issues that had brought the country bank ers together have been met. ' As to recent threats to establish national banks in towns where coun try banks are located or not con nected with the Federal Reserve, Mr. Palmer Jold of two federal reserve agents having gone into nydcr, Neb., and endeavoring to buy a lot upon w hich to erect a national bank. They said thev proposed to capital ize it for $.?00,000. When the post master at Snyder told them that they had two prosperous banks there, they replied that they were not worth consideration. He also re cited a similar situation at Pierce, and Filley, Nebraska. Governor Harding said the Fed eral Reserve board had given pos itive instructions to both Kansas City and Omaha that agents of these banks must not interferewith state banks, that they must collect their iu;jiey and "keep their mouths shut." Contest for Presidential Nomination Is Becoming 'Field Against Wood' Fight , i Senator Johnson Rolls Up Largest Popular Vote, but Military Candidate Annexes Greatest Number of Instructed Delegates Opponents of Wood Pro moting Boom for Knox Harding Eliminated. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. hlraro Tribune-Omaha Bra Leaied Wlr. Washington, May 6. The repub lican presidential primaries, now virtually ended, have developed three major contenders for the nomination at Chicago Wood, -Johnson and Lowdcn, none of whom have any where near a majority of the na tional convention delegates and have eliminated Senator Harding of Ohio for consideration. The convention fight now passes into the stage of political maneuver ing, which will continue until the republican candidate is named, either as the result of a stampede of the delegates or of a compromise agree ment reached by the leaders between ballots. In the primaries General Wood has won by far the greater number of instructed delegates, while Sen ator Johnson has rolled up the larg est popular vote. With California and Indiana still incomplete in the returns, Johnson has a popular vot;J of 717,513 in 13 states; Wood, 603.509 in 12 states, and Lowden, 355,556 in five states. 'Field Against Wood." By carrying New Jersey, Mary land and Indiana General Wood has enhanced his prestige tremendously and the fight if now more than ever "the field against Wood." The nomination of Johnson is not re garded within the realm of prob ability, tholigh it is conceded that he will be in a position to exert a powerful influence in the choice of the candidate. The Wood managers are confi dent that the-6ld guard will be less powerful in this convention than heretofore and that it will be un able to stem the tide of public sen timent relied upon to compass the nomination of the general. On the other hand, the Lowden managers figure that the Wood forces will be dissipated by the ear ly balloting, after which the Illinois governor will occupy a position of such stragetic strength that the fav orite son and uninstructed delegates will flock tp his standard and the old guard wit clamber aboard the Lowden band wagon. Dark horses will not get a chance unless Wood or Lowden fails to land. The republican leaders op posed to Wood are saying Jt will be either Lowden or a darkt horse and thexy are promoting the 'boom for Senator Knox as a compromise candidate. ' In the interest of harmony, re publican leaders here have framed a plan to settle the convention chair manship controversy on the lines of compromise, proposing: That the temporary chairman ship, carrying with- it the honor of making the keynote speech, be con. ferrell upon Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, the repub lican leader of the senate. That Senator Borah of Idaho, who has been put forward by the John son faction and the treaty irrecon cilbles, withdraw from the contest for either chairmanship. That the progressives and irrecon cilables be permitted to select the permanent chairman of the conven tion with ex-Senator Albert J. Bev cridge of Indiana looming up as their probable choice. Borah May Withdraw Senator Borah, it is understood, is perfectly willing to get out of the contest provided the progressives and irreconcilables be "allowed to pick either tlifpermancnt chairman, preferably the latter. Senator Borah announced today that he is going to revive his fight against swollen", campaign funds, with particular reference to the charges of big; expenditures by the Wood boomers'. He had amended liis resolution for a senate investigation to make if cover promises of patronage and a1f other matters of political re ward. The purpose of this is to have a senate committee lootf into the acquisition of southern delegates by the Wood and Lowden forces. Foster Father of Wyoming Senator Dies at Texas Home Sansaba, Tex., May, 6. Ike T. Kendrick, foster father of United States Senator John Ketrtlrick of Wyoming, died at his home here Wednesday. He reared the present senator from childhood and was a pioneer Texas cattle man. s MOTHERHOOD ' Foley 4 Minn. hSome years ago Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription cured me of a case of -woman's weakness and since that time I have become the mother of seven healthy children. I have always ' taken the 'Prescription and not one-of my children was ever puny or sickly. They have grown"up sfrong, and I have been in the best of health these many years due I am sure to the constant use of this medicine. I hardly know what I would have done without it. I feel safe in recom mending it to all ailing women. There is nothing better. i "We also keep Dr. Pierce s Pleasant Pellets in the house foe immediate use." MRS. GEO. WALBMDGE, Lock Box 318. "Favorite Prescription' should have the full confidence-of every woman in America because it contains no alcohol and no narcotic. Send 10c to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., for trial package tablets, also write for free confidential medical advice if there is need. N ' Dr. Pierce. long since found the herbs and roots provided by Nature to overcome constipation, and he had these vegetables col lected and made up of Mayapple, leaves of Aloe, root of Jalap, little white sugar-coated phis, that he called Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pelletsj and placed them with the druggists everywhere. ' ' The Food Situation Potatoes Are High Sugar Is Scarqe 1 Goochs Best ' Macaroni Is Low in Cost and Very Plentiful COOK IT " , WITHMEAT SOLD BY THE BEST GROCERS Maytag Week Shows How to Do a Family Washing for 5 Cents Union Outfitting Co. Demonstration Begins Next Saturday Witlf Factory Expert, in Charge. See How to Do the Family Washing Cheaper, Quick' er and More Sanitary. How' far electricity has gone to lighten the labor of Wash Day is to be fully demonstrated during " Maytag " Washing Machine Week, which begins next Satur day at Union Outfitting Com pany. The ''Maytag" deos away with the inconvenience and uncertain ty of sending your laundry out, and itwill do an average family washing at a cost of LESS than 5 cents for electricity. The aluminum cylinder in the '"Maytag" is so constructed that not, soap-sudsy water is forced through the meshes of - your clothes six times with each revo lution of the cylinder. The Union Outfitting Company located out of the High Rent Dis trict is exclusive Omaha agent for this world-famous, nationally ad vertised "Maytag" Electric Wash ing Machine. It is an example of the high' character of merchan dise carried by the"3tore. TENANTS TO USE MOVIE IN FIGHT ON LANDLORDS Pertinent Paragraphs Will Be Flashed On Screens Ar raigning House Owners for Profiteering. Chicago, May 6. The movies are to, be employed by the organized tenants of Rogers park, a suburb of Chicago, in their fight against rent profiteering. This step yas de cided on in their campaign a? a means of stimulating morale among renters in the neighborhood. Among paragraphs which the tenants' pro tective society plans to ask the pic ture shows in theylocality to show are the following; "They say fliat prohibition has emptied the jails. Let's fill them with profiteering landlords!" "It is just as important to fight profiteers as it is to defend our country in the war. Don't be a slacker." "'When human rights clash with property rights, human rights should prevail. Theodore Roosevelt.'" 1,000 Families Are Members J. R. Patterson, president of the societv, reports a membership of 1,000 families. .He says that 800 residents of Rogers park have agreed to wear only soft shirts with attached collars, as part of thetr general move to bring down prices. ' While relying chiefly on publicity and- public opinion, the Rogers park organization is preparing to use the courts, when necessary, against the profiteering landlord, and-tiltimately hopes to secure legislation, Mr. Patterson said. Its first case is now in the hands of attorneys. ' The leader of the Rogers park or ganization argues that in the long run the real estate owners will gain by renting his house to the on lervative permanent tenant with a family who is willing to meet a rea sonable advance, hut generally can not stand the extra charge of pro fiteering. Twenty-Three Injured When New York Bus Overturns New York, May 6. Twenty-three persons were injured, 16 of them so severely they were taken to a hos pital when a crowded Fifth avenue bus overturned late Wednesday. The driver, according to the police, in trying to avoid a collision with a heavy motor truck, swerved toward the curb, striking the truck a glanc ing blow. The bus then toppled over on the sidewalk. The majority of those injured were women. Watson Will Not Plead Guilty; Denies Ever . Being in Nebraska Los Angeles, May 6. Walter Andrew Watson, alias James R. Mtiirt, alleged self-confessed bigamist itesstl and murderer; has no intention of pleading insanity according to a statement issued by his attorney, J. Morgan Marmaduke, and would be disappointed if in his case there was any verdict other than "one of guilty of murder in the first, degree. nied to him that he had ever been in Nebraska, where authorities were reported as having tried to connect T him with the .slaying of a woman and her daughter at Tccuinsfh. The county grand jury -has been ordered to convene Thursday to con sider the Watson case. More than 20 per cent of the girl Marmaduke said Watson had de-J stents at M Aunt Holyokc college are engaged in remuneration work1 to help .defray the cost of their . college course. ' A ! 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