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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 19Z3. ' I 1 7 SELL IMMATURE v CATTLE DUE TO HEAVUOSSES Farmers in Western States Report Losing From $100 y To $185 on Corn Fed Stock. By ARTHUR M. EVANS. Chi oaco Tribune-Omaha Bee Iaed Wire. Sioux' Falls, S. D., Aug. 2. The cattle industry is admittedly in a bad way. For more than a year the average raiser has bevn losing money. The herds are being dimin ished. More beef is sent to market direct from the grass, corn being too rostly for fattening at the present live stock quotations, which means more waste and less meat per head. More, land over which the cattle roamed is being turned into wheat and this also adds to the, depletion of American's herds. But in the butcher shops of the hamlrts and villages, the smaller cities and the great centers, the consumer finds Old Doc High Cost has as strong a clutch as ever. Out here in re gions where the raw " material is raised the traveler finds th? price of beefsteak and pork chops over the counter is as much a problem for the family budget as it is in the big cities. r Predict $1 Meat Some gloomy prophets say if the reduction of the herds continue at the present rate, .steak may jump to 90 cents or $1 a pound within a 'year. They may prove wrong or they may prove right, but, in any event, the cattle question is one of deeo concern. At every stop this tour has made of six states, the N farmers have talked with emWiasis. A Everywhere evidence was pre- seutvA that feeders are auittine op- crations in sheer discouragement. During the last year, after buying cattle from the grass, then feeding it corn at $1.50 to $1.80 and upward a bushel, they have sent thfir stock to market only to receive for the ;4 finished product iar less than it cost them. Sell Range Cattle. In Nebraska the state authorities say hundreds of men are sending cattle to market direct from pas ture because feeders will not buy. Out in the great cattle, region west of Grand Island, a great falling off in hcrdsys reported. The grow ers hay found it vastly more prof itable to raise grain, and their cat tle have dwindled. V Near Fremont, where ' a few -years ago there were five large "feeders putting more porterhouse and sirloin on animals from the range, now only one is doing busi ness, and not much at thai. ' Kansas One-fourth of the pas tures of Kansas' this year are with out herds, so thi State Live Stock association at Topeka1 reported a , few days ago. The farmers are " disposing of their stock so rapidly that in the first six months of this year 16 per cent more calves were shipped to market than in the same , period in 1919. As to the old-Jimc Kansas prime 4-year-old steers, a scarcity is reported. They are "marketing them light these days at 2 or 3 years old. The associa tion's expiftts say that last vearhe average market weight of steers at Kansas City slumped 100 pounds, Cleaning a greater percentage of waste -and a smaller proportion of beef. 4 The Dakota ranges, too, reported depleted herds. Some raisers say they have lost money on cattle fed - even on cheap pasture land,-when the labor costs are figured in. " Everywhere on the trip stories of, loss have been "retailed to the touristsf At first they, appeared to kJ" highly exaggerated, but after -'Thtaring the same type of complaint for '1,200 miles, one takes a "differ ent view. Here are a few random instances: . At Monmouth, 111., a 1,000-acre N farmer -said he had a prime herd on which his loss amounted I to -more than $100 per head. At Chillicothe, Mo., three farmers said tfceir losses during the year ran between $100 and $125 a head, and that some raisers had fared even . I worse. . "i '- ' V Losses Run Big. Af Topeka a state official in all seriousness reported one case where a raiser had sold a bunch on which . his loss had run to $185 per head. vAt Fremont. Neb., a former con , gyessman, in close touch with farm ers, said losses of $150 to $180per head had not been at all uncommon during tfie last year. One .comment is heard in every . village! the only difference is in the. words, but the tune runs-like this: S "I bought a bit of meat and the butcher charged me 60 cents a pound. I asked him what my cat tle would bring, and he said about 9 to" 10 cents. They dress one half, which would make meat on the hoof worth 20 cents. Where do the other 40 cents go?" All the way from Galesburg to "-Sioux Falls the tourists, have heard hat story, with variations as to figures. And usually on top of it comes a comment from a farmer as to co-operative marketirg; they are talking that much more than the league of nations. Party Is Interrupted by Raid of Police Officers Mrs. C. Brown, 2045 North Sixty- fifth avenue, was arrested for illegal. Iossession of liquor and keeping an Il-governed house early yesterday, when Police Sergeants Asquith and Summitt raided the place. Louise Jones, 714 South Sixteenth ' street; Dave Peterson, 2043 North Fifty-sixth street, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson, 8011 North Twen- ty-second street, were arrested as in mates. y Harvest Hand Victim of " - Rude Gunman Loses $180 Bill Bridges, i harvest hand vtho -t landed in Omaha several days ago , from the harvest fields, lost $180. the savings of his hard work, to a "friend" Sunday night. Bridies told oolice he met Frank Brady and the two retired in the game room at the Arcade hotel. He said about midnight Brady arose, $ she shoved a revolver in his face, stole i kis money, and departed,' All-Metal Monoplanes Reach Omaha On Route-Blazing Journey to Coast Above is the first of the three west bound all metal monoplanes to ar rive in Omaha from Chicago Sun day morning' and its crew, who are, left to right: H. S. Myhres, second pilot; S. C. Eaton, pilot; Maj. L. B. Lent, superintendent of air mail service, and John A. Brockhorst. ob server. "Eddie" Rickenbacker and John Larsen, designer of the all metal monoplanes, are shown below. They arrived in the second plane j from Chicago. I j C A T TAMED QAVQ UV 1 ni-iVAyi Mul jrltJ HJ-i MUST REVIEW CASE AGAINST OFFICER Park Commissioner Declares ! He Is Not Ready- to Vote On Dunn. Thomas B. Falconer, park com missioner, who holds the deciding vote in the alleged misappropriation of police pension funds case against Captain of Detectives John Dunn, was present at city council meeting yesterday after an absence of more than a month due to illness. "I must read the evidence in the Dunn case before making any state ment," said Commissioner Falconer. "I have not decided whether I'll vote for the dismissal af Dunn or not." No Comment on Chief. Mr. Falconer would not comment on the mayor's aetion in Remanding the dismissal of Chief of Police Eberstehrif Dunn was dismissed. His, illness, a mastoid condition, may not permit him to Attend coun cil meeting tomorrow and it is pos sible he will take his doctor's ad vice and leave town for a time, he said. It was pointed out in council meeting this morning that unless Commissioner Falconer casts his deciding vote within the next two days the matter might ,aeain be delayed, as Commissioner Ure plans to leave on his vacation Wednes day of Thursday. Mr. Ure voted for the dismissal of Dunn, and should Mr. Falconer vote the same way the council vote would still stand a tie. "It is entirely up to the coun cil," , said Police Commissioner Ringer. "I think some action should be taken immediately, but whether or not it will be taken I can't say." . - s Shotwell Is Ready to Extradite Charles B. Kammerer From Canada County Attorney Shotwell isI ready to extradite Cljarles B. Kam merer from Canada and bring him to Omaha to answer a charge of child stealing, he said yesterday. "I have notified those who want him brought back that they will have to advance the cost," he said. "If he-is brought back and convict ed they may have the money re funded." Kammerer took his 3-year-old child from his divorced wife, Mrs. Anna Kammerer, last spring and fled to Canada. His sister, Robina, b.as visited him there twice, but he has refused to return to Omaha, al though his mother has been placed under arrest on a charge of abetting him in the kidnaping. American Legion Plans To Aid Wounded Soldiers Disabled service men who are receiving treatment in " the 14 Nebraska hospitals designated by the government, are to be cared for by Nebraska posts of the Ameri can Legion, according to plans concerning which Dr. E. C. Henry, Americanism chairman for Ne braska, was notified yeterday by Col. Arthur Woods, chairman of the national commission. Plans have also been made, according to Colonel Woods' communication to Doctor Henry, ior the reception and after care of wounded soldiers who are released from hospitals in other states and are returning to their homes in ether states. Dr. Riggert Leaves for Naval Hospital In West Dr. L. O. Riggert, former police s urgeon of Omaha, departed Sun child stealing, he said yesterday. sume duties in, the naval hospital there as assistant surgeon. Dr. Rig gert was given a commission in the navy as lieutenant, junior grade. During the world war he was a captain in the medical corps of the army and was stationed for 14 months overseas with base hospital No. 49. - - Lighting Fixture Bureess-Cran-den Co. Adv. sP' " , , Forty-Three Disciples Of Izaak Walton Are Yanked Before Court If the' market price on fish goes up, blame Justice of the Peace Col lins and a corps of state game wardens. Apparently all the fishermen rorth of the Mason-Dixon line surged into justice court yesterday to listen to the wails of . deputy game wardens and sermons, illus trated by fines, from Collins. Defendants numbered 43. Plain tiffs totaled six. . . V The former were charged with fishing without a license. One weather-beaten carp" hauler was fined $20 for catching three fish on one line. Water Board Wants Funds to Buy Supply Of Coal in Advance Request of the Water board for issuance of $1,000,000 in bonds to furnish "working capital" for the municipal gas plant was discussed by city council yesterday and re ferred to Mayor Smith for -further action. . - .; In its communication' to the council the water board urged that funds were needed to secure a four months' coal fupply. The possibility of a coal shortage this winter led the members of the council to generally agree that such a supply should be secured, but Mayor Smith and Commissioner Zimman said they would not vote for the bond issuance unless the Water board would pay for the spe cial city election on September 21, at which time the issuance would be voted on. , Dope Fiend Attempts To Commit Suicide to Get-More "Dope" Arnold Solomon seized a razor from another prisoner in the county jail and attempted to. commit sui cide. He succeeded in severing: an artery in his left arm. A doctor-4 was called and took several titches in it. "He did it in the hope of getting 'dope,'" said Sheriff Clark. "He did the same thing here in 1916.The 'depe' fiends try. all sorts of things to get 'dope,' try to hang themselves and drown themselves. We dejn't give them any in this jail. After a few days of suffering they get over it." Solomon was sentenced by Feder al Judge Woodrough last week to a year in the Leavenworth prison for violation of the Harrison act. Deportation ot Apes Under Consideration at Gibraltar London, Aug. 2. A proposal is before the Gibraltar authorities to destroy, or, if humaner counsels prevail, to banish to the opposite African coast, whence their ances tors camethe famous Gibraltar apes, which are now maintained from public funds at an annual cost of $5 per hea These tailless creatures are one of Gibraltar's attractions. At' certain season of the year they descend to the town from their rocky heights, and a few, in spite of shyness, will eat out of one's hand. Their vagaries and queer antics are a source of curiosity not bnly to naval, military, and civilian inhabitants, but to visi tors from far and near who may have the luck to see them. Jailbreakers Who Killed Sheriff Are Captured Pendleton, Ore., Aug. 1. Posse men captured Neil Hart and Jim Owen, half-breed Indians who, it is alleged, were among the prison ers who escaped"" from the county jail here Sunday after killing Sheriff T. D. Taylor. According -to Sheriff Lee Warnick of Union county, who led the posse, Hart admitted he killed Taylor.... The two were found asleep in a sheep herder's cabin in the Wenaha forest near here, - rni t llllfimifiii . s CHARGE FRAUD IN APPOINTMENT OF , FIRM RECEIVERS Missouri Valley Cattle Loan Stockholders Seek New Action. Seeking a" change of receivers to administer the affairs of the corpor ation, attorneys representing a new set of stockholders in the Missouri Valley Cattle Loan1 company ap peared before United States Judge Woodrough yesterday and argued that the solvency of the concern hinged on the action involved. Just a month ago affaire of the company were taken into court by W. G. Sherman and other stockhold ers asking dissolution of the corpor ation and appointment of receivers to distribute its assets among credi tors and stockholders. v . Charges of Fraud. It is alleged in .the present action that appointment of r Joseph B. Fradenberg and B. H. Burnham as. receivers, was secured through fraudulent representations. Petitioning creditors now bring involuntary bankruptcy proceedings, claiming the first receivership was the act of the company itself, and not to be held inviolate by the ma jority of the stockholders. Over 300- Stockholders. Petition in equity in the suit shows the Missouri Valley Cattle Loan company is a corporation do ing business in Nebraska its gen eral purpose to loan money to cattle owners, securing repayment of such loans by chattel mortgages on the cattle. The company is capitalized at $1,500,000. The papers in the suit show approximately $1,872,000 in stockholders in several states. 1 ttock has been sold to over 300 stockholders in. several states, f Horizontal Electric Signs No Longer to Twinkle Here Hundreds of horizontal electric signs in downtown Omaha became unlawful Sunday when a sign ordi nance passed, by the city council a year ago went into effect. . j The ordinance provides for a $100 fine ' for maintenance of horizontal signs which are less than , 10 feet above the sidewalkand extend more than four feet over the sidewalk. Vertical signs must not project more than 18 inches over the side walk, the ordinance rules. A large number of such signs have already been remove, accord ing to Commissioner Zimman, who has charge of the enforcement of the ordinance, and many more are being removed today.' . Millerand Has Chance To Become President Paris, Aug. 2. If President Des chanel is forced- to resign because of his ill-health he is reported to be suffering from nervous ydspeps'a the most likely candidate for the highest office in the gift ot the French republic is Premier Miller and. i Several French political weeklies have not hesitated to predict al ready that Millerand will be presi dent before the year is out. - It is not regarded as likely that Clemenceau will again contest the effice. v , Kentucky Wool Growers to Hoard 700,000 bounds Louisville, Ky Aug. 2. The Kentucky state wool pool, including more than 700,000 pounds from many counties in the state, will be stored' in warehouses here until the market breaks favorably for the growers, according to announce ment today by Dr. R. H. Stevenson, chairman of the State central wool commission. . Ginnell Leaves for U. i London. Aug. 1. Laurence Gin nefSinn Fein member of parliament for North Westmeath an(l minister of agriculture in the IrishN republi can government, has left for the United States, "on a national mis sion" it was anuoui? RETAIL PRICES DUE FOR SLUMP If! OMAHA SOON Drop In Wholesale Groceries .and Meats to Be Followed by Permanent Decrease, Grocers Say. Retail prices on meats and gro ceries have hit the toboggan and may never reac,h as high as tfiey have been for seme time, accord ing to Omaha grocers yesterday. Along with tha present s'ump in wholesale prices, Omaha merchants predict a further fal in retail prices that will be permanent. Canned goods, all varieties and all brands, are going higher and will not join the downward pro cession with other commodities. "Canned goods went up, some last week," said Albert King, man ager of the Haydcn Brothers gro cery department. "Manufacturers complain they can't get the tin for the cans. Labor is also high. I don't expect canned goods to come down for some time," Sugar To Be Hard Hit "Sugar will probably take the biggest slump of all," said Mr. King. "We are selling it now at $19.80 per 100 pounds, while it was around the $23 mark recently. Good crops is the cause for the slump in many things. I traveled in Minnesota and saw the best potato, j wheat, and oat crops I have ever seen. And Nebraska also promises a bumper crop. Potatoes are way down, selling for 65 cents a peck now." , "The slump in meat prices has al ready hit Omaha," said Martin Reum, manager of the meat department of the Table Supply company. "I was able to buy beef this morning at prices greatly reduced and we will give the public the benefit at 6nce." Retail Prices Dodwn. "Retail prices will go- down along with wholesale prices," said Louis Sommer of the Sommer grocery, Forty-ninth and Dodge streets. "Cereals will not go down for some time, but they vill drop eventually. Although there is a -big rrop at present, ceteals are up in the air. I do not know the reason. "Retailers ate always ready to go down with prices if they can get the goods cheaper. Omaha housewives know that." "We are not buying much now." said Michael Kulakofsky, president' of the Central Market, Sixteenth ?nd Harney streets. "We know prices will go down, and it is best for our - customers. Thingswiil be cheaper for them." Divorce Court Divorce Petitions. Jlmmle Webster against Clarence Web ster, cruelty. ha ' Slebert against Loula Siebert, cruelty. I Petticoats I Big values in all jersey I skirts and jersey tops with I attractive silk flounces in I emerald taupe and other I shades; worth 5.95 to 7.95; I at, , 485 Bargain Square I Second Floor Bargain Turkish Towel Sets Bargain Set ng o 3 Pieces 1 M Sets consist of three pieces, one hand towe, one guest towel and one wash cloth, all to match; in either blue or pink; striped borders ;( neatly boxed; special, for Tuesday, at L25 Maig Floor I 100 Pieces Scrim j Bargain Price 19c S Per Yard, at 1 Plain hemstitched designs; ideal 1 curtains for bedrooms and 1 kitchens; 36 inches wide; worth 29c per yard; special, at per I yard, 1.9c 1 Bargain Square Baseriient H . , White Pumps 1 Children's 1 Oft Per Pair 1.0 J 1 White Nile Cloth; one and two i'straf models; spring heels, 1 made over foot form lasts; flex is ible hand turned soles; sizes 2 1 to 8; worth 2; special, pr., 1.39 Bargain Square Basement Mary Jane i'umps v Children's Per Pair, at 1.39 Black patent leather Mary Jane Pumps with ankle straps; with and without heels; flexible hand turned soles; sizes 2 to 5; worth 1.95; special, at, per pair, M9 Bargain Square Basement Announcement! A Great Sale of 150 Pure Thread Silk Sweaters $35 to $50 Values At 19.95 acfc For JVednesday "Tuxedo 8tyle,.and a few slip-overs. In Cppen, rose, black, jade, brown, blue, pink, white and navy. See Tuesday evening papers for full particular m aiM!MilM Omaha Women Buy Many Cigarets, Says Anti Head Lucy Page Gaston Tells of Purchasing the Dread Weed, Alone and Unhindered, Without Even the Flicker of an Eyelash, - Omaha women in large numbers arc acquiring the dreaded cigaret habit, according to an investigation m:ide here by Miss Lucy Page Gas ton, founder and superintendent of the International Anti-Cigaret league. Miss Gaston, in Omaha yesterday, related for the first time the results of her investigation made in Omaha several months ago. "I went into a large number of Omaha cigar stores and purchased cigarets," said Miss Gaston, "and nowhere did the clerks show any surprise. , "Now, when a women my age, and with my manner of, dressing can boldly, and in broad daylight enter a ciar store without causing the DRIVER AND CAR GET THIRTY-DAY SENTENCE IN JAIL Hodcarriers Business Agent Charged With Reckless Driv ing; Judge Lectures Him. Thirty days in jail and his auto mobile impounded for a like period is the sentence given James J. Rink, 915 South Twentieth street, yester day by Judge Fitzgerald in Central police court. Rink was arrested Sunday night for reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle while under the in fluence of liquor. He was alleged to have driven his car into an automobile driven by J. L. Gross, 2423 South Twentieth avenue, and then backed into it a second time at Twenty fourth and Cuming streets. Appeals Sentence. ' Rink appealed his sentence, but was remanded to jail when unable to furnish $500 bond. Rink is business agent for the Hodcarriers union in Omaha. Before pronouncing sentence, Judge Fitzgerald lectured him se verely. Lecture by Judge. "Do you realize 19 persons have been killed in Omaha in the last six months by just such reckless driving?" asked the judge. "You should observe that fact." He then impressed on him " the! seriousness ot tna oiiense oi oper ating a car while intoxicated. Foreign Exchange, . American State Bank, 18th and Farnam Sts. Adv. 613 THB PACK Vjp Square Specials f pr Tuesday 7 Notions 0. N. T. Crochet Cotton, ball 10 Shoe Laces, per pair, 3 Safety Fins, 6 eaisls 25 Dress Clasps, cards 25tf t'hihl's Skeleton Waists, at 39 Inside Skirt Belting, yard, 15 J. P. Coats Thread, 250 yds, 12d Darning Cotton, 6 balls 25 Women's, Cblld'n's Garters, 15 Babies' Sock Garters, pair, 25 Silk Dress Shields, pair, 354 Rick Rack Braid, bolt, . 156 Wash Edging, per yard, 5 Basting Thread, 3 spools, 25 Toe Guards, per pair, 15 Shoe Trees, per pair, 15 "Klelnerts" Baby Gartfrs,pr. lOf Bargain Square Main Floor 500 Pair Curtains At Less than y2 Price 250 pairs muslin curtains trimmed with insertion and hemstitched borders; worth $5, special, at 250 pairs of filet net cur tains in white, ivory and ecru; regular 3.50 values, special, at, per pair. 1.59 1.95 Bargain Square 4th Floor Sport Corsets Bargain Price Tuesday, at 3.50 A model for the slender type fig ure; flesh colored broche, all elastic top; short skirt, two pair garters attached; sizes 19 to 28; special, at 1L50 Bargain Square Third Floor "Bein Jolie" Bandeaux ' Bargain Price Tuesday, at 59c Of flesh colored marquisette, with front or back closing;' cool and comfortable for warm weather; sizes 32 to 41; special, at i9c Bargain Square Third Floor White Swiss Kimonos Bargain Price Tuesday, at 2.98 Cool white dotted Swiss Kimonos; good materials, neatly trimmed with tiny rumes or same ma-4 terial; at less than half price, at 2.08 Bargain Square Third Floor clerks to so much as blink an eye, it stands to reason it is an ordinary occurrence. "I questioned the clerks closely and learned that it wasn't unusual for women to purchase cigarets in Omaha." Milady will have difficulty in se curing her favorite cigaret in the near future, 'however, especially if it happens to be one of the dainty perfumed variety, Miss Gaston pre dicted. Miss Gaston proposes to wage a rtlentless war on the perfumed or "doped" cigaret in Omaha in the near future. There is already a state law prohibiting the sale of per fumed cigaretes, but it isn't being enforced, she savs. OMAHA MAN BRINGS FRENCH BRIDE TO MAKE HOME HERE Woodruff Meets Bride Six Years Ago Not War Ro mance, He Says. Alexander W. Woodruff, general superintendent of the Union Pacific, arrived in Omaha Sunday evening with his bride, who was Miss Odile Nongaron of Perigueux, France. - Mr. Woodrutr and Miss Nongaron met six years ago while Mr. Wood ruff was spending a vacation in New York and Miss Nongaron was at tending a conservatory of music there. They were married last Thursday atMhe Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, New York City. Only Miss Nongaron's parents and a few close friends and relatives attended. Although Mr. Woodnjff was a major in the army and served more than- a year in France, he and Miss Nongaron did not meet in France untii after the armistice was signed. They will make their home in Omaha. Yeggs Have Easy Time Looting. Safe of Oil Company for $352.67 Yeggs looted the safe of the Sin clair Refining company, Nineteenth and Lake streets, Sunday night, for $325.67. The safe showed no signs cf having been "jimmied" and po lice are of the opinion it had been left unlocked over Sunday. iiiiMiKiuiiiV atOWINC OMAN N Bargain Square Fourth Floor Drugs 50c Java Biz Face Fonder, 394 60c Hinds' Honey Almond, 424 25c Pond's Tanlshlng Cream, 174 25c Mavis Talcum Powder, 194 10c Rose Bath Toilet Soap, 54 76c Perfumes, ounce, 394 50c Cocoannt Oil Shampoo, 334 85c Abonila Face Powder, 234 Castile Soap. 4 lb. bar . . 984 10c Wanons Shampoo Bags, 74 75c Dressing Combs, 434 85c Tclonr Towder Puffs, 194 50c Toilet Watfr, 294 35c Hinkle's Pills, JR4 25c Cough Syrup, I64 50c La Bonlfa Hand lotion, ?94 50c Waldorf Rouge, 294 Bargain Square Main Floor Windsor Crepe 2-Piece Pajamas tsar gam rrice a nr Tuesday, at Slip-over style, and a few in a manish style: all good quality crepe, neatly made in a variety of colors; trimmed in figured crepe and buttons; special, Tues day ,each 2,95 Bargain S?uae Third Floor Women's Lisle Union Suits Y - Tuesday, at tOC Light weight gauze lisle, regula tion top with beaded edge finish; cuff or loose knee with lace or shell edge finish; cool summer wear; worth 75c, special, suit, 4fic Bargain Square Third Floor Childs' Underwear Bargain Price Per Garment ZoC Odd lots of vests, pants, taped un derwaists and union suits; for lata summer and early fall; all exceptional values, Tuesday, per garment, . 25c Bargain Square Third Floor Tub Dresses For Infants 1 j Tuesday, at 111 4 v Exceptional quality gingham; va riety ot attractive colors checks, and solid shades in blue, pink and green; sizes 2 to 6 years; Tuesday only, at . 1.74 Bargain Square Third Floor n DEMOTED POLICE CAN APPEAL-BY NEW ORDINANCE ' Mayor's Substitute for Ring-, er's Ordinance Passes; Must Have Year's Service ' to Advance. Police Superintendent Ringer's or dinance providing that the chief of police shall have power to demote any police officer without action by the city council was defeated by the commission yesterday. A substitute ordinance by Mayor Smith, provid ing that any officer shall have the right to appeal to the council for hearing when demoted ana making a year's service a requirement for each' advancement in rank, was passed. In a plea tor the passage of his' ordinance Mr. Ringer declared the ordinance introduced by the mayor. and a similar ordinance introUucea by Commissioner Zimman, 'were vicious and an attempt to turther restrict the efficiency of his depart ment. Ringer Objects Strenuously. "The man who is at the heaA of a department should have the authority to demote or even dis charge a man," said Ringer. "Un less he has that authority he can not be held responsible for the de partment. Fixing a year's service as a requirement for promotion is absolutely unfair, for if I should promote a man to a sergeancy who' had1 served for 10 years on the de partment, a man who was already a sergeant, but who had served only three years would be his senior. "Mr Rincrpr is pntiretv unnuali- fied " began Commissioner Zim man when Commissioner Ure inter rupted him angrily. . y "Stop right there," shouted Mr. Ure, rapping his gavel. "It is high time we quit that sort of stuff." "I was only trying to say that Mr. Ringer was against civil serv ice and was therefore unqualified to urge his resolution on the coun cil, which has declared itself in missioner Zimman. "I am not against civil service," retorted Commissioner Ringer heat edly. "But I protest this action to put further restrictions on my de partment." ( "Mr. Ringer went to the state leg islature in an attempt to secure au- thority to fire a man without giving the man a chance to appeal to the council,", said Mr. Zimman. Commissioner Ure advanced -the theory that '!the chief of police would probably be more arbitrary if he had absolute power," as an ex planation for his stand on the right of appeal. , , Commissioner Zimman said he would introduce an ordinance sim ilar to Mayor Smith's to apply to the fire department employes, in a , short time. Boys' Blouses Good quality gingham and percale, assorted colors; will stand hard wear and much washing; sizes 6 to 16 years; special, at L19 Pure AluminuiD, Kitchen Ware Bargain Price . Special, Each l.Lu Strictly first-class, high pol ished aluminum, including 8 cup percolators, 6 quart preserving kettles and Not 7 skillets; priced specially for Tuesday, each , 1.29 Basement Boys' Coveralls Bargain Price Tuesday, at $1 Let the boys play without fear of ruining their stockings and other clothing. Coveralls are of plain khaki or Stifel stripe in drop seat stjfle; sizes 1 to 8 years; special, at (1 Basement Men's Store 1 Silk Hosiery Women's - ' tn Per Pair; at 4I?C Fibre and thread silk boot hos iery, lisle top and soles; black, white, pink and gray; irregulars and seconds of $1 values; spe cial, per pair, 49c Bargain Square Main Floe Summer Hats Bargain Price a -t a Tuesday, at Z.lU Summer hats must go, regard less of former values! Any color desired, including black and white; Georgettes and Malines in satiu and taffeta combina tions; real values, each, at 2.19 Bargain Square 2nd Floor Announcement! A Wonderful Sale of Women's Silk Hosiery 3.50 to 7.50 Values At 2.69 Pair Tpr Thursday Italian silk lace, pure dye thread silk, embroidered in step and cloz; black, white and colors. See Wednesday evening pa pers for fall particulars. 1 1
