THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1920.
PROFITEERS ARE
BLAMED FOR HIGH
PRICE OFF LOUR
Economist Declares Wartime
Profits Absorb One-Third
Of CostPaid by Consumer,
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire.
Washington, May 23. An analysis
of alleged profiteering M flour, filed
with the United State railroad labor
board by V. Jett Lauck, consulting
economist of the railroad brother
hoods, states that i war-time profits
absorbed one-third of the price paid
by the consumer for a barrel of flour,
and that 60 per cejit of this hugt
margin was chargeable to profiteering-
"The actual cost of producing a
barrel of flour in 1917, including in
terest, freight, and other expenses of
the miller was only $8.60," says the
report. "For thh the consumer was
forced to pay at least $14.50. Had
me miner, joDDer, wnoiesaier, retail
er, been content with reasonable
margins, this flour might have beii
available to the purchaser at $11.57.
However, the product was saddled
with so many extortioiiaJa-profits iji
passing from the miller through the
Various '-distributing agencies, that
the ultimate cost to the consumer
was. more than $3 in excess of a rea-
tonaoie selling price.
Average 52 Cents Profit.
"Prior to the war the miller's
profit of MYi cents a barrel assured
a liberal return of 12 per cent on in
vested capital. Under government
iupervision during the war, the mil
lers were permitted to make almost
double' this profit, or 25 cents a-bar-rel,
but. during the year ending June
30, 1917, the millers had been actual
ly averaging 52 cents a barrel, while
one mill showed returns for a period
With respect to the milling com
panies, the survey alleges:
"That the profit had advanced In
1917 practically 375 fJcr cent over
1913 earnings;
"That the cost of operation, which
includes-labor cost, advanced only
26 per cent in the same period, or
only 5 cents ptrjmfcl, as contrast-
xv, ,iiin an in . nv. in iiiiiivio
profits of more than 43 cents a bar
rel; .
"That the excess profits were
more than eight times the increase
in operating and labor expense,
amounting to a levy of $2 on each
family in the country- V,
"The millers had litflevcxcuse for'
increasing their margins on flour,
since the price of feed,' an import
ant by-product of the industry,
scarea 10 sucn an exieni ouriug inc
war that it practically compensated
the, millers for the entire cost of con
verting wheat into flour."
Mr. Lauck charged that the job
bers also were guilty of inexcusable
profiteering.-His report asserts that
while the costs of operation in
creased only 11 per cent, their
profits, were nearly 175 per cent
greater in 1917 than in 1914. "Dur
' mg these years," he says, "the job
bers sliced a profiteering melon of
approximately $18,000,000, or a . tax
of nearly ,$1 on eve.y family in the
country. ; At the pre-war rates- of
return, jobbers were taking more
tnan,u per cent on ineir mvesi
, ment, so, that their war-time prac
tices were, actually ctiminal."
Give Little Credence
To Reported Attempt
' To Reorganize Strike
.
Chicago Trihiine-Omsha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, "May .13.--Repofls that
Switchmen who went but "on tlje
"outlaw" strike and saw their places
taken by other men and theii
priority rights lost by their attitude,
are askiig John Grunan to urge
other craftsmen to walk out and thus
force tHe railroads to recognize lire
Grunau movement, do not find cre
dence here. The general feeling in
railway and labor circles here is that
flr,t,fti4 ann hie ftfiflaur ctriti art
done. It is fcertain that any rhove
ment he may be engaged in -is kept
closely under cover, as the shadow
of Leavenworth xhangs over any at
tempt to induce further strikes. , The
federal government is watching him
and hi follower verv rlnsclv. Anv
time any of his adhej-ents attempt to
address a meeting and urge a strike
or other (riovement to crinffie trans
portation, he is promptly arrested.
The "outlaws" have no meeting place
of their own, as they are forbidden
to hold further meetings'. Other
unions are paying no attention., to
them and their influence is constant
. ly diminishing. There is a certain
clement that will continucto incite
i uounie, mat element wnicn will not
vwork and wishes to 'prevent other
men from working, but is growing
Mna er and is under c ose surveil
lance by federal agents.
JUST about the time that "wild
west" movie fans get accus
tomed to imitations and stunt
performers, pure and simple, along
comes Bill Hart again, and makes
Vm wonder how they could have
been foojed so longv. Hart is su
preme in two-gun work and hard
riding. At the Rialto in .the "Toll
Gate, his newest starring vehicle
which opened a five-day engagement
yesterday, he does some of the best
work of his career. Not better than
"Hell's -Hinges," but just as good.
Anna Q. Nilsson, who has the femi
nine lead and "the little feller," a
small boy, are Jo be commended for
work far out of the ordinary. Bill
Hart is a bad man with a square
streak, his old-time mantle which has
fallen upon him once more. , And
there certainly isn't another man in
the screen world today who could
play a part based on a Bible text and
not make the audience think of quan
tities ff soft soap.
Larry Semon is also at the Rialto
this week in "School Days." Larry
scores as. usual in low comedy stunts.
Wallace Reid wasn't fitted by na
ture to look fresh from the country
or give the appearance of earning
a salary, of six dollars a week even
when you know he's going to be a
howling success and get p. princely
salary later on. Notwithstanding he
pleases in "A Dancin' Fool," the
week's entertainment at the Strand.
The story, the settings, the exu
berant personality of the star, and
the grace and beauty of Bebe Daniels
as his dancing partner combine to
make the picture a pleasing one that
big audiences at the Strajjd gave
every evidence of enjoying yester
day. Harold Lloyd- in "An Eastern
Westerner" outdoes anything he has
ever offered to the public before.
Harold is a blase Eastern lad, whose
father, packs him off to a western
ranch m the proverbial manner.
Harold onens up a new- box of
tricks on his arrival and has a lot of
fun with the bad njen of Puite Pass.
Incidentally he wins the love of the
golden-haired heroine who is por
trayed by Mildred Davis.
"Leavcit to Me" at the Empress
is a good farce comedy starring
William Russell. The photoplay is
chiefly characterized by a camera
trick of manipulating the subtitles in
such a manner that Ihe print fairly
"speaks." The trick is hard to ex
plain -to one who does not under
stand motion picture photography
but the result is that mental pro
cesses of the players are more clcar-
?y conveyed to. the audience. The
un in ' the picture is produced by
the attempts of a rich young man
who desires to remain idle but who
Lmust work in order to win a certain
girl s hand. - :o Kusseii buys ajue
tective agency in a crimeless town
and proceeds to import a few crooks
to make things lively. His sister's
wedding presents prove too much
for the "morals" of the gang. Eileen
Percy has feminine lead. Lucille
Cavanaugh's work is notable.
"The Virgin of Stamboul" with
Priscilla Dean in the lca(Lat the Sun
theater,' is a stupendous production.
It is not difficult te- believe that it
took six months in the making, the
claim of its producers, and also
some of the stories of its ayiormous
cost after having seen the picture.
Miss Dean i undoubtedly one ofthe
handsomest women in, the movies
and even the makeup of a Turkish
beggar maid fails to coverier charm.
The photoplay and' settings arc. ex
cellent and georgeous, respectively.
Not the slightest detail appeared to
be missing in the scenes of the
Turkish city. Perhaps some of the
intensity of the love scenes may be
explained by the fact that Miss
Dean and Wheeler Oakman. who
has the part of the young British
officer, were married shortly before
the picture was filmed.
The plot is far-fetched. Also it is
to be doubted whether the great
American public is yet educated to
the idea of a beautiful young woman
flying to the rescue of her lover on
the back of a galloping, camel. ;
A program of merit is presented
by the Moon this week and is di
vided into three parts: "The Bot
tom of the World," the picture
taken by Sir Ernest Shackleton on
his Antarctic expedition; "X'harlie
Chaplin iii "Tillie's Punctured Ro
mance," and a quintet of girls iii a
inusical prelude. "The Bottom of
the World" is a great educational
picture. The revival of the pioneer
fun-making vehicles of Charlie Chap
lin's career was well received- by
Moon audiences yesterday. "The
Five American Girls" is a good mu
sical act. The girls are dressed in
kolonial costumes..
Commence Hearings
Looking to Revision
Of Ral Freight -Rates
Washington, May 23. Hearings
"looking toward a revision of the
flight rate -structure of the entire
conntry to meet the government
i guarantee of j 6 per cent return on
the railway properties of the nation
vill be startedAlonday by the Inter
state, Commerce1 commission.
Recommendations as to rate in
. creases which have been, made to
the commission by the carriers apd
which form the basis for the hear
ings set focth.thattin order to make
an income of 6 per'cer.t the earnings
of all the roads must be increased
by $1,017,000,000. To provide this
additional sum the roads have rec
ommended that rates in the eastern
... t - L I tl 4 L i
group, De aavancea out per ceni 10
make 21.1 per cent addition in 'in
come; in the south 30.9 per cent for
a 20.7 per cent larger return;. and
in the western group 23.9 per cent
X'j yield an advance of 17 per cent
in revenue. ' ' " '
Tlir.frmftf,e ( -,11 Um 1
bvm. ,114 v ci, nil. . hum "v,
the world " is mined in eight-hour
shifts.
It is being claimed that England
is due for the biggest industrial
boom the country has ever hall:
Order for 15 Pounds
6f Raw Meat Discloses
r Tame Lion in Hotel
Chicago Triune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire.
New York, May 23. An average
looking western gentleman appeared
at the Hotel Belleclaire and regis
tered' as Thomas R. Zann, Leaven
worth, Kan. ' ' '
He handed the clerk $7,1)00. "Keep
this safe from the big city sharks,"
he saidy "I may need it when I get
to Africa. I'm going Over ona lit
tle pleasure jaunt. ' .
Zann gave some orders regarding
the delivery of a boxed piano and
tanntered on up to his suite. ,
The piano box was delivered to
his suite. A little later the clerk
received a" telephone order from
.'ami's suite.
"Senduip 15 pounds of beefsteak,
raw." 1
"What?" faltered the clerk.
"Fifteen pounds of (raw beefsteak,
the best in the house," came the re
ply. - The manager went up to inveHU
gate. Zann opened the door. The
manager stepped .in, then whirled
around and jumped out. He had
seen a lion, staring at him from the
mirfdle .of- Zann's room.
3 he manager insisted he did not
bargain to liouse a lion.
"He's only a pet, just like a dog,"
said Zann, but the manager was ob
durate and Zann agreed to , move
out. provided' the manager would
supply the beefsteak. , .
Two Enginemen Killed as
Train Strikes Open Switch
Salt Lake City, Utah, May 23.
Engineer Thorpe Waddingham, 55.
of Salt Lake and Fireman Edward
L. Miller of Caliente, Nev., were
killed at 10 o'clock Sunday morn
ing when westbound Los Angeles
and Salt Lake passenger No. 3,
which left here at H o'clock Sat
urday uight, was derailed at Latimer,
about 27 miles west oi Milford,
Utah. The accident was caused- by
?n open , switch. The engine and
four baggage carsnere overturned.
Edwards Establishes ,
Headquarters at Frisco
NewYork, May 23. Convention
headquarters for Gov. Edward I.
Edwards of New Jersey," candidate
foe the , democratic presidential
nomination, will be established in
the Palace hotel, San Francisco, it
was announced there. The goverrfor
will attend the convention as one of
New Jersey's delegates at large.
Fire From Cigaret
Causes $300,000 Blaze
-.Twiri Falls. Idaho. Mav 23. Fire.
supposed to have been started by
discarded cigaret, destroyed more
than half a business blodcl here early
Saturday with a loss estimated at
$300,000. The blaze started in a hali
in which a dance was held.
? Negress Held for Theft. '
Jessie . Reed, negress. Eleventh
street and Capitol avenue, was ar
rested last night, following a com
plaint made to the police by James
O'Neil, a street car moforman liv
ing at K 3320 Manderson street.
O'Neil told the' oolice that he
thought that the woman had stolen
uis. watch and street car badge..
Cutlery workers in Sheffield, Eng
land, are earning as much as $97.33
a week. - v "
. There are now more than 2,000.000
railroad workers in the United
States.
"The Virgin of Stamboul"' was
shown at the Muse yesterday only".
Today the program is "Yankee
Doodle in Berlin."i :
Neighborhood Houses.
Grand Mildred Harris Chaplin in
"The Inferior Sex."
Suburban Clara Kimball Young
in "Trilby." . . ,
Hamilton Rosemary Theby in
"Love's Pay Day."
V
Return Bodies of 10
Women Who Gave Up
Lives in World War
New York, May 23, The. bodies
of 10 war nurses who died overseas
Qii duty at army base hospitals and,
the first to be brought Tiome arrived
here Sunday on the transport Prin
cess Matoika.v -On' board also were
the bodies of 418 soldiers, who lost
their lives in accidents or succumbed
to wounds and disease. Monday the
bodies, claimed by the relatives, will
be removed from the ship and sent
to their destinations in various parts
of the country, while those un
claimed will be taken to Arlington
national cemetery for buriaL
The women, who gave their lives
in the service included:
Miss Cora M. Keech, Santa Ana,
Cal., and Miss Jeneora Robinson,
Nampa, Ida. - .
Returning to , their homes in
various parts of the counjry were
1,690 Polish troops, " who enlisted
when the -war broke out, going to
France and later to Poland.
New Zealand Meat Is
Brought to America to
Beat Meat Profiteers
PRICE SOARS ON
OMAHA CHICKENS
AS JHEYTRAVEL
Crate of Fowls Shipped From
Here to Chicago, Then Back
Again to Boost Profits,
Gompers Declares., (
Washington, May 23. The Amer
ican Federation of Labor has issued
its expected call to the electorate
for "an. overturn in congress."
, Under the signature of President
Samuel Gompers, the current issue
of the American Federationist, the
official organ, carries an indictment
of congress and the executive de
partments for "incompetence on the
Lf ost of living issue," and outlining a
procrram of :cp cutting measures,
declares: "
"There must be an -overturn in
congress.- Enemies must be dc
fen'ftd; friends must be elected."
Presenting an itemized list of cor
poration profits, similar to that re
cently introduced- in a speech by
Senator Capper of Kansas, Mr.
Gompers declares that while 21 enu
merated corporations last year re
ceived profits averaging 435 per cent
above, normal, the average cost of
living increased 96 per cent and the
average union wage 55 per cent.
Mr. Gompers cites a specific in
stance of food price-joggling as fol
lows: "A carload of live chickens
shipped to Chicago from Omaha,
was returned eventually to Omahn
mid so!4-,inv the retail market, ?fter
passing through 11 Jiands. "all of
which levied a toll of profit."
Drastic Measures fNecessary.
The "deep cutting measures"
which Mr. Gompers writes will be
nrycssary to "guard ' the nation's
distributing machinery against as
saults from ihe pirates of trade and
commerce" follow:
"Immediate adjustments of wages,
both in private employment and in
government service, to at least meet
the living 'costs "that have out
stripped incomes by' reason of this
era of frenzied profiteering and
gambling. , -
"Immediate effective action to pre
vent continued increases in the costs
of living.
"An end to the kind of legislation
typified by the Esch-'Cummins rail
road laV and the Kansas court of
industrial relations law. There must
he an endyof legislative repression,
restriction' and coercion. Not only,
must therf be an end to the enact-
ment of legislaticfli of this character,
but there must be a repeal of legisla
tion already enacted.
Urges Quick Action.
"The congress will do well to'give
immediate and effective considera
tion to the proposal of the American
labor movement that control of
credit capital be taken from private
finauciers and placed in the hands of
a public trust to be administered
upon principles voluntary and co
operative in character. This will
strike a vital blow toward eliminat
ing the abuses, of profiteering and
exploitation.
t "Congress should provide imme
diately for publicity for-income tax
returns. . . -
"There must be- immediate steps
toward equalization of wages, and
costs of living and effective 'stepsl
to ptevent a uew margin from re
placing the one to be dissolved. This
means that there must be a perma
nent remedy for "Hie high cost of liv-
Speak in Mandatory Terms.
"The working people of tkfe United
States," continues Mr. Gompers, "are
speaking n mandatory terms. If
those in control of the legislative
destinies of the country do not un
derstand he, needs of the workers,
at least the workers themselves un-'
derstand. - They kno the limit to
their endurance. Their, demand to
be heard is a demand which compre
hends the welfare of the country.
President Wilson proposed meas
ures for re-lief, Mr. Gompers writes.
"but congress gave no heed," and
since the signing of the armistice,
"the American political and indus
trial Bourbons laid a .source of plun-
rier, restriction ana coercion.
Corsets and Rubber '
Gloves for Dogs Are
.Latest Fad in Paris
By CATHERINE GROTH.
Inlvrrul 8rvUi Stuff Corrwpondmt.-
Paris.'May 23. The corseted dog
has made hisappearan.ee on the fash
ionable Place Vendome of Paris.
The dog was a whippet pup and its
owner, a smartlv dressed woman liv
nig at the HoteJ Du Rhin, explained
that the corsets which resemble
even to the whalebones and lacing ot
those worn by women are neces
sary because of the dangv of the
dog straining himself irf his prelimi
nary racing trials."
Many other novel dog fashions are
displayed, in Parisian shop windows.
Among them are tiny kid gloves,
made to measure to fit. thex paws,
witha fining of India rubber to pre
ventrtye dog's feet getting w.et; fur
lined coats for dogs taken by their
owners on flying trips, and artificial
conine limbs designed by a famous
veterinary surgeon. , '
VYOlNGMAN
WILLS LIQUORS
v TO HIS FAMILY
.
Clerk of Cheyenne Refuses to
Divulge Name of Testator
-Who Remembered Dear
Ones Well.'
boys UK. Msesfti, .
T Mt flRlV U CAR! Determined to.Clean Up
UNTIL ARRESTED
Two Brothers Appropriated
- Auto for Sunday Afternoon
Drive They're in
Jail Now. i .
Ifason Jurgenson, 15 years old.
68 South Xb'f'y-fi'th avenue and
his brother, Charges, 11 years old, J stopped. "If we can't get evidence
Chlcafo TrlbiM-Omh Bwi I.fird Wlr
Aurora, I'll., May 23. Woman
folk have about decided to go forth
with brickbats and hatched to mop
up booze selling joiuts. Thc'local
authorities can't . see for blinders,
Mrs. J. W. Thomason, president of
the Wr. C T. U., announced.
"Liquor is sold openly in the
downtown district," she asserted,
"i-.nd the town is honeycombed with
blind pigs."
The women are also determined
that the base ball pooling shall be
Cheyenne, W'jio.. May 23. Clark
of Court T. J. Fisher is the victim
of a heavy barrage from 'heyefme
residents who are seeking the iden
tity of a local man who has
bequeathed a large quantity of liquor
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Cincinnati, O., May 23.-Announce-ment
was made here today that
great i quantities", tof New Zealand
meat is beinaf brourrht into fhe cm.
tral states market to 4uiock oiU4, lne recent unsanctioned strike oi
r a r :i Hf- t
profiteering' in meat. , as the new
meat is free from duty, it is. claimed,
and of-far superior quality to that
soldgenerally1n the United States
outside of the first-class hotel and
dining car trade. ,
W. C. Pollack, cfiollectofof cus
toms here, says Sunday's receipts
are the first of a number of great
shipments of frozen meats to- come
into the central states in opposition
to the Chicago meat interests here
tofore in absolute control through
stockholding jn local plants. The
present shipments include lambs and
ewes, pork tenderloin, beef, hams,
etc.- -
Condemned Man Asks
To Go to Chair on His
. Twenty-Sixth Birthday
Chicago Jribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Ossining, N' Y., Mav 23. Walter
Levandowsku a orisoner in Sing
Sing death housJ, has asked Maj.
Lewis E. Lawes, the warden, to let
him go to the electric chair Wednes
day. "Put my execution a day ahead,"
he wrote, "and let me die on May
26, which is my 26tM birthday"
Execution qf the death sentence had
been set for May 27.
The condemned man's request will
not bt granted. For one reason, two
other prisoners and possibly, .six, are
to go to the chair Mav 27, , 'and the
prison officials iprefer to have ex
ecutions of tke death -sentence to
gether rather 'than ?. day apart.
Pretty Bluffs Girl Still
Missing After Two Weeks
Two weeks vago yesterday JaiJniti
Williams, pretty 16-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. I. B. William?.
and disappeared. She has not re
turned and police of two cities have
failed to find arty trace of her.
The mother of the girl still be
lieves that William O'Brien, cfhe of
her men friends, was responsible for
her action. O'Brien disappeared at
the same time and police havtTbeen
unable to locate him.
railwaymen, Mr. Gompers charac-
lenzes as a symptom oi wnat is ine
matter with America."
Their methods he deplores as fore
doomed to failure and in contraven
tion of the discipline of the trades
union movement, but he argues, their
appeals for relief from increased liv
ing costs were of long standing and
that they suffered "postppnement
after postponement."
Mr. Gompers trev'otes some of his
statement ' to specific cases of
"profiteering and gambling." Aside
from the- increased corporation
profits listed, he gives "illustrations
derived from authentic sources."'
. How the Deals Go. ' '
' "A Chicago speculator bought a
quantity of webbing and without
hiving seen it or having any knowl
edge of its nature or use, sold it at
a profit of $20,000. '
"A New York warehouse broker,
buying a warehouse receipt for sev
eral thousand yards of silk sold it
at aVofit of $10,000. He performed
no service in getting it from pro
ducers," writes Mr. Gompers. "He
taught a piece of paper andQld it."
"if congress had seen fit to re
spond to the wishes of the presi
dent," writes Mr. Gompers, "and
enact some legislation suggested by
him, it would have been possible to
curb, at least, to som extent, this
unlicensed plunderingin the neces
sities of life.
"For congress to deny that relief
is possible for congress to confess
the incomptence forThich the peo
ple convicts it."
'Attorney General Palmer d6es
not escape the attack.
Slaps Courts, Too.
"The attorney general," Mr. Gom
pers writes, "has found it possible
to indict cornets-grocers and small
haberdashers tor offenses which arc
of no moment at all in comparison
to the whole situation. He has
found it possible to advise the peo
ple to eat the -poorer cuts of meat.
He I has found it possible to do a
number of ,ineffective things but
seems to have found it beyond his
capacity to do effective thtyigs."
Neither, do the courts escape the
indictments Mr. Gompers draws for
c6iigress an,d,the executive depart
ments. The courts, he, says.,"brina
i
Candidates Recommend
Extension of Civil Service
New York. 'May 23. Approval of
the policy, 'of civil service appoint
ment for merit and fitness, rather
than politi,caL affiliations, is ex
pressed by several presidential can
dicates in letters received by the
National, Civil Service Reform
league, vit was announced by thi
league.
The replies were receivld from
Herbert Hoover, Majds General
Wood, A. Mitchell Palmer, William
G. McAdoo, Nicholas Murray But
ler Governor ; Cox and Governor
Lqvvden in response to inquiries as
tiltheir attitude toward government
civil service. The majority of the
candidates, it was announced, rec
ommended extension of the civil
set vice system to the diplomatic and
consular se
r seprtces.
rife of lm'
Gathermq of Imormation
On Profits Lengthy Job
Washington, -May 23. The assem
bling of information regarding the
income and excess . profits received
by, corporations in 1917 and 1918, as
requested by Senator Harris' resolu
tfcn, probably- would' require from
four to five months and cost ap
proximately $500,000. the senate
finance committee Nwas informed by
internal 'revenue bureau officials.
The corrrtnittee -considered the
resolution only briefly, postponing
final action q)til next week.,
Lift Ban. on Exportation '
"Of Sugar From Argentine
Buenos Aires, May 23. The ban
on the exportation of sugar has been
lifted .for 90 days,and with a limit of
100,00(1 tons by a decree issaed by
President Irigoyen. To preven an
undueidvance in the domestic price
through lifting of the ban the de
cree fixe the maximum price at the
equivalent of IK" cents gold per
pound. If this price is reached, ex
portation must immediately cease.
Postpone Investigation x
, Of Official Acts of Post
Washington, May 23. The house
rules committee Saturday complied
with the request vof Attorney Gen
eral Palmer that ' his examinations
regarding the official acts of Assist
ant Secretary of Labor Post in alien
deportations ,- be postponed fromJ
Monday until rnday. Ihe commit
tee is investigating Mr. Post's con
duct because of a pending 'resolu
tion looking to impeachment.'
Girl's Skull Fractured
In Storm at Madison
Madison, Neb., May 23. (Special
Telegram.) One person was seri
ously injured, trees were' uprooted
and a number of small houses were
blown down in a htavy wind and hail
storm here early Saturday evening.
The 8-year-old daughter of Eli Best
sustained a fractured skull when she
was struck by a falling tree. Her
body also was painfully bruised.
their assistance to those who have
so ably been plundering the" people."
citing the supreme court decision
which held stock dividends not tax
able as income." '
f
to relatives, in a willrccently hied to the juvenile authorities.
at the county building. y
. According to Fishen who stead
fastly refuses to divulge the name
of the testator, the "wtt" will con
tains provision for the buriaU w;ith
his body of a --pint of "prime
whisky," and also' directs that his
two sons shall receive from his
estate "three cases of good rye,
which I have managed to hold on to.
Unusual Paper.
"I desire that all my lawful debts
shall be paid," the will i$ said to
read, '.'including my funeral ex
penses and unpaid bUls for two
cases of bourbon, five bottles of gin
and three bottles of rye whisky,
which will be found among my ef
iects unless the mourners should
happen to get to them first."
, Another clause in iheunusual will
reads: -
"To my beloved wife, who has
stood by me in all these years and
who has often been just as thirsty
as. I was, I hereby bequeath all my
16-year-old stock, which will- be
found behind a secret panel near the
fireplace in th library. ;Also, in
token of my love and affection, she
shall have the last three bottles of
Scotch, which ars secreted in the
piano,"
The testator is said to have made
generous money provisions for his
family.
were arrested by police last night
when they were found in possession
of an automobile belonging to F.
A. Wood, 2624 Harney street, near
Twenty-fifth and Farnain streets.
The theft of the automobile was
discovered by. Mr. Wood about 3
p. m. yesterday, as he was preparing
to leave for the golf links. The
car had teen parked in front of
his house. The boys, who are the
sons of John Jurgenson, store keep
er for the American Smelter com
pany, admitted toi'thc police that
they had , taken the car and had
driven it to Florence. Benson, and
later to Manawa park. They re
turned about 6 o'clock and left the
car standing in front of the St.
Regis apartments, Thirty-seventh
and Jackson streets.
They then went home, ate their
supper and played ball until dark
wh.cn they returned to the apart
ments and found that the' car stilt
was standing where they had left it.
They got in and started to drive
down Farnam street, where they
were seen by Mr. Wood, who was
eating at a nearby restaurant. Wood
jumped tin the running board'of the
car and compelled the boys to stop,
after which he drove them to the po
lice station. They were turned over
any other way, we will dress up as
boys and get the evidences I spoke
to the police and later the assistant
state's attorney about this gambling,
but they did not have any evidence.
The assistant state's attorney said
that he would be glad to push the
prosecutions if vve would come to
him with evidence. We don't want
to be telling the authorities what
to do. I don't want to be the village
scold, but as president vof the W.
C. T.- U., I am called by numerous
women, urging that something be
done."
New Labor Troubles
Are Reported From
V Northeastern Italy
London, May 23. Troubles have
broken out in the northeastern prov
inces of Italy, according to Milan
advices to the London Times. In
kCarnia the unemployed set. up a
soviet governpientwhicli, howevel
lasted only a day, the troops re
establishing order. But as a pro
test a general strike was declared
::t the whole of Carnia and extended
to Fr-uiti.
In Verona the strike is aggravated
V the solidarity of the railway men.
The latest report calls the strike
a mania, as prisoners are refusing
Tigers are still fii last place. With
a.. n4n.l r,,tcvlif tn he ill a
better position than at the bottom j to wjirk and demanding an eight
cf the league. : V- .
l)n .Iiva hlaaf rrt Whit A I:
oea Lapturea Dy reas;
i War Material Taken
London. Mav 23. Bolshevik
hforce's captured the entire WhiteSea
Meet, consisting of six cruisers ana
seven transports, following their oc ;
cupation of Knzdi last week, accord
ing to a bolsheviki communication
from Moscdw.
Alarge quantity of war material
from the Caucasus, which had be
longed to General DenikiiVc, is also
reported to have been taken by the .
bolsheviki."
Famous Driver Hurt When
Racer Hits Another Car
Indianapolis, Ind., May 23. Ar
thur Chevrolet, automobile race
driver, v was slightly injured when ,
a can he vr trying out, crashed
into another racer driven by Rene
Thomas at the motor' speedway here '
Sunday. The drivers, who were tun
ing up their cars for the 500-mile
race to be held here next Monday,
were driving at a rate of about 90
miles an Jiour. Thomas, who was ,
directly in front of Chevrolet, blew ,
a tire and 'Chevrolet crashed into
bis rear.
Chevrolet was taken to a hospi
tal, suffering from cutsVabout the
face and an -injured chest. Thomas
escaped uninjured.
"Mud Ball" Storm in Kansas ,
Kills Many Fine Cattle
Smith Center, Kan., May 23.
Now comes a "mud ball storm" in
Kr-nsai.
Rain, falling through huge cloads
of dust near here the other day
formed large mudballs, some of
tlvem weighing in the neighborhood
of five pounds. TlreV froze after form
ing and when they struck the earth,
were, missiles not to be reckoned
lightly with. ,
Several horses and' cattle in pas
turcs were killed and in many in
stances roofs penetrated. 4
According to "did timers," the
phenomenon occurred in the spring
of 1889 and was much worse.
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Special Luncheon. 75o--Paxton
hotel. Main cafe. Adv. T
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EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF-THE FEDERAL
TRADE COMMISSION ON THE MEAT PACKING
INDUSTRY, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUG. 8, 1918.--PAGES
NO. 26-29 40. V " '"' -"
So far we have been merely describing the
character and methods of the conspiracy
among the Big Five. We now offer some aT
th3 Illuminating proofs. :
As proof of the existence of these local
agreements we quote the following excerpts
from the testimony of Mr. M. R. lurphy,
general superintendent of the Cudahy Pack
ing Company,- given unwillingly and only
after he had been confronted with letters
' from Mr. E. A. Cudahy, which appear in the
- record: , - -
v "Mr. M. R. Murphy,
Sooth Omaha, Neb. ,
"Dear Sir: Referring to the attached
papers Mr. McNaughton advised me that
he learned from one of Morris & Co.'s men
that there waconsiderable talk about the
Kansas City stock yard that we sold out to
the rendering company. Of course we can't
stop rumors, but all we have to do is just
to keep quiet and leathern do the talking. I
think we are justified in quitting business
on account of the position that the commis
sion men have taken.
"When I was coming to Chicago on Mon
' day night, Mr. R. C. Howe was oh the train,
'and he called to see me at this office, and
from whathe said I don't see anything for
us to do only to secure our 30 of the hogs
at South Omaha, unless we want to , take ,
23 and let Swift run 26.
"I expect our Omaha and Sioux City mar
ket will be out of line for some time if we
are going to maintain our position. I don't
see anything else for us to do. The )maha
- market seems to be the only point in- ques
tion, and I think we ought to figure on keep
ing the Sioux City market on an independert
I basis.-
'I will -be in Omaha Friday morning.
"Xpurs truly, E. A. CUDAHY.'
And then down at the bottom are lead"
Extract from Page 66, Part 1, on Report ot
Hearing orrFackers' Trust.
- Mr. HeneyTattorney fof the Federal Trade
Commission, says: "But this inquiry about
n. the Jacob Dold Co. notes hadtfeen answered
before the other inquiry was made of
Thomas Wilson about acquiring Jacob Dold
& Co. but the aspect that there is in this
situation, the potential power for evil that
is there, is alarjafng, because- if those great
big group of banks should pass the word out
that the Jacob Dold notes are not to be pur
chased by them ( or their subsidiaries,
Thomas E Wilson k Co. (Inc.) could ac
quire the Jacob Dold Co. at practically its
own price in a very short time. Or, if they
took a position against, financing the Jacob
Dold Co., the Jacob Dolu Co. is now , being "
refunded at this very moment"
Senator Wadsworth (interposing), "It is
in perfectly good condition?" t
" . Mr. Heney (continuing) "by these banks,
an it is in perfectly sound condition. s But
that does not remove the objection to such
a dangerous situation, especially in view of
past history. '
"WILLIAM B. COLVER, Chairman. """
"JOHN FRANKLTN FORT.
'"VICTOR MURDOCK." -
v
.tiencil figures-
'0
25 SwiftJ
15 N
t
1007"
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The purpose- of this combination, which
or .more than a generation, has defied the
law ana escaped adequate punishmenCare
'sufficiently clear from the' history of the
conspiracy and from numerous document
. which have been presented, namely: r'
To monopolize and divide among the
several interests the distribution of the
food sup"ply not only of the United
States, but of all countries which pro- .
duce a food surplus, and, as a resultW
this monopolistic position, t
' To extort excessive profits from the "
people not only of the United States but
of a large part of theworld.
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Among other well known raelnMs nii
tin fair competition used by the big packers,
of which the commission has evidence, are
the following: '
Dog-as Independent.
' Local price daerhnlnntiona.
Short weighting.
Acquiring- stock In competing com
panies. -
f Shotting competitors oat of lire stock
markets.
These hie packers who aim at world mo-'
nopol? persistently stoop to the commonest
ot commercial frnnds short weighting.
They short weight the live stock producers
In the sale of grain and hay at the .stock
yards they short, weight the retailers on
their shipments of meati they short weight
the government i and, to make complete
Job of It, they short weight one another.
T-
Extraets From the Report of the Meat Park-
. ing Industry Hearings Before the ootv 1
Congress January Mb to 20th, 191ft
" Pages 2to-2M-2fl7.
" " Statements of Mr. C. H. Gustafson. .
' The Chairman Mr. Gustafson, you may
proceed in your own way.
Mr. Hamilton Please state your name and
whom you represent . . '
Mr. Gustafson C. H. Gustafson, president
of the Farmers Union in Nebraska. Omaha,
Nebraska, is. my postoffice. y
The Chairman-You may proceed in your
own way 4n presenting your case;
Mr. Gustafson It is all bearing on the
recommendations of the Federal Trade Com
mission, in support of which I want to ,
' speak; that is, legislation to carry out the .
recommendations of thjjji'ederal Trade Com- '
mission based on their investigation of the
packers. , '
I represent a oo-operative organization ot
40.000 organized farmers, and while we have
other matters that we take up in this or
ganization, the principal one is co-operative v
buytfng and selling. ' t (, :
A year ago last March I made applica
tion to the Live Stock Commission Exchange
at South Omaha for a membership on their
exchange. We were then contemplating go
ing into the live stock commission business,
and when I told them : that we wished to
practice the co-operative method of distribu
tion of profits, 1 was turned down. A year
ago last August T made application at St.
Joe for the same purpose and was turned
Aowp, and last summer made application at
Sioux City and was turned down.
We started a live stock commission com
pany, co-operative, opened up In- South
Omaha April 1st, 1917, but we were, outlaws.
We could not deal with the other exchanges
the other members in the yards. We did
nor have an office In the exchange building.
We were told there was no Voom for us. We
hired another building for our otfi&es.
We do not ask for any favors in the world.
We ask for no appropriations or anything of
the kind, but we do ask that the privileges'
that these men have secured for themselves
be done away with. We, do ask that In place
of their walking in front of us that they
step to the side of us. We do not ask them
to step behind us, and all we ask is that If
they will go along beside us, we will take
care of ourselves.
If you are for an independent packing plant at 0 m a h a,
write or wire at once Paul F. Skinner or Lloyd M. Skinner,
1414 -First National Bank Building, Omaha; U. S. A.
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