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THK HHP: : OMAHA. FKll)A. OCTUltKU N. V.rZU. i 1 Proponents of Guarantee Plan Present Claims Ask Trade Commission to Pursue Hands Off .Policy And Deride Complaints uu Merits of Each Case. Washington, Oct. 7. The practice of manufacturer!.' guarantee against price decline was characterized aa good form of "insurance" by rep rtsentativeti of business interests rn ployinn the device, wlio appeared at he federal trade commission hear ing. They urncd yhe commission to tollow- a hand oft policv and de cide complaints against the system on the merits of individual cases. I 'u' commission concluded its a investigation, although briefa iiui.-. !' t' led during tlnyicxt 30 days. l'ropuii' s ci the guarantee prac tice cmph;ui,s: Unicil that it ai-h J :n maintaining i iy: iin.-cs. On tlie contrary ttiry declared it had re v suited in aiT immediate passing on ot price reductions by manufacture! s to consumers. As tlie manufacturer assumed the risk of losses the dealer Was forced through competition. ,to sell at his lowest figure, speakers argued. "W. T. Nardin, St. Louis, declared that the evaporated milk industry which he represented, could not avoid the practice and that sales could not be carried on effectively, lue to t.ie nature . of the product, yith-.t giving dealers such protec ti ii, ile challenged the statement that few guarantors ever had paid or had been called upon to . pay through price reduction, citing cases where refunds had run into thou sand ''and even tens of thousands of dollars in a single year." Mr. Nardin said that had the quar antee not bee'n in operation many commodities might have followed sugar hi its price collapse and brought "scores of substantial businesses" to the verge of bankruptcy! "Some speakers said yesterday that everybody ought to take his own risk," Mr. Nardin continued. They aid each dealer should ac cept his own responsibility. I 'ob ject to that as being fundamentally wrong." Speakers opposing the practice told the commission that there wasvno way to avoid the menace of over-, stocking ,by dealers, who were Cer tain of sustaining no loss under the guarantee. Lake Michigan Gives Up Body of Probable Black Hantl Victim American Architect To Represent Fiume mmx 8 NNri? 1 ; - ! i t r, Whitney Warren, one of the most distinguished architects in America, who has been appointed American representative of Gabrielle d'Annun zio and tlie national council of Fiume, according to reports. Mr. Warren, whose home is in New York, was informed of his ap pointment by cable. A messenger is now on his way froiti Fiume, with proper credentials. lie is a close friend of the noted Italian poet and visited with him in Fiume last November,;- Mr. War ren has for years been an inde fatigable worker'for Italy and, it is said, proposes to fulfill to the utmost the wishes of d'Annunzio and the Fiume council. . Aviator Makes Parachute Jump From 6,000 Feet Up Nogales, Ariz., Oct. 7 Sergt. C. W. Lark made a parachute jump at an altitude of 6,000 feet from an airplane piloted by. Lieut. B. K. Knarp, traveling at 120 miles an hour. High wind prevented Lark's first parachute from opening and he cut loose a second as he plunged toward earth. It opened.' Nearing the grofind, the parachute caught the top of a tree, but Lark landed safely. Liquor Blanks Stolen. Chicago, Oct. 7. Theft of 10,000 government liquor prescription blanks from his office was discov ered by R. W. Stone, Illinois pro hibition director. "fat M iarrison Brings Much Jov i o Liemo Leaders Colver Launches Attack at Watson MUsiippi Senator Informs Chicago Headquarters Senti ment Is Turning Towards Coernor Cox. hii'ugo Trlliunc-Oinahn I t-uinl Wire. Chicago, Oct. 7. Senator "Pat" Harrison of Mississippi arrived in Chicago and the chairman of the democratic national speakers' bureau brought with him information that caused great joy in democratic head quarters and gave the campaign here fresh impetus. Senator Harrison says never be fore has he seen, in any campaign, such a change in sentiment -toward the democrats as has taken place ia the last 10 days. "This is not the first campaign which the republicans have won in September, only to see the victory slip away 'in October, and be donat ed on election day," said the breezy and optimistic senator. "Illinois is our ground to work in. Ve concede nothing in Illinois. We no longer concedS a single eastern state to the republicans. Wc are going to carry New York, New Jer sey and West Virginia. c will sweep the middle west and we will certainly carry Ohio and Indiana. "The claim of the republican national chairman, Mr. Hays, of the republican victory in . Kentucky, Tennessee and Oklahoma, is prepos terous, and he knows it According to our latest reports. Governor Cox w'll carry at least 10 western states. "From now on we shall wage a most intensive campaign. We shall have 10 times as many speakers on the stump as the republicans have, and we shall find a way to get their arguments before the people, regard less of the fact that the republicans have had so much money they have been able to buy up the halls in most of the towns throughout, the coun try. Even in Dayton, Governor Cor's home, there are only two open dates left in, this campaign for the main hall. "The democrats will have plciNy of speakers in Illinois during the remainder of the national fight. for the presidency, including Secretary Hainbridge Colby, Bourke Cqckran and Rabbi Wise of N"ew York, We believe Illinois will go for Cox and Roosevelt because the people of this state realize that if "the reactfonay senatorial oligarchy wins this elec tion the spirit of progress and the voice of labor will be hushed for 20 years. Chirac o Trllninf-Omulm Bee l.mned Wire. Chicago, Oct. 7. Lake Michigan washed up the body of Andrew Carl Mack, an insurance man. and dded one more to the long list of mysterious deaths. It is believed that he was murdered after three years of persecution and extortion l 4ti Kl-..k llin.1 " Mr. Mack formerly was manag- mg underwriter ior inc virvni iatves Insurance company. Last night he telephoned his wife that he would not be Jiome for dinner as he was to attend an underwriters' banquet at Hotel La Salle. This morning his body was found rolling in the waves at the foot of Van-Buren street. An examination disclosed bruises around the 'face and head, indicating he had been " beaten. There was water in his lungs, showing lie liad also drowned. Mack was at one time in the em ploy of te Netherlands Insurance company and incurred the hatred of h number of foreigners in Detroit because of an adverse insurance ad justment. Many threats had been made' against his life at that time v.'.nd by Black Hand letters since. Last Thursday night he was held up and .beaten by a gang of thugs in Grant park while he was on his way to get his automobile, which he had parked : there. 1 fl iSM IIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIII ?g3UMMWmH & ' if Homely Ballad Sung By Chiding Children Leads Women to Court "Moilvr tak in washle. So does SiatPr'Ann: , Jvt'rybody wof ks at our nous j;u't our old man.", So sang in unison- the seven children of Mrs. Cecilia Hayden, Jill East Locust street, "Yedn day when ttieir next door neigh bor, Mrs. Lucy Snyder, used her new electric washing machine, ac-. cordinjj to a complaint, made' ly Airs. Snyder yesterday to Justice of the liace Collins. 'Thereis open hcfstility between .the twowomeu, Justice Collins fays. , "And just because I got a ik . wash machine those schpalpeer.s start singing, .'Mother takes in washing,' and that stuff," Mrs. Snyder' charges. 'Sure," Mrs. Hayden 'complains. "She doesn't want niv children to talk above a whisper' All of which places Justice Col lins in a sort of dilemma. Every Granule Full of Health and every granule is eataWe; for there is no waste to Grape 'Nuts Children love its sweet nut-like flavor, it is ready cooked and no sugar need be added in serving. Made by Postum Cereal Co,IncBattle Creek.Mich. lucres uuee- vnCfv fold goodness to CHOCOLATE PUFF. CAKES thesoft,fresh cake, the creamy, marsh mallow, and the thick chocolate coating. Sold by the pound. , NATIONAL BISCUIT. COMPANY 4fr:r I IW'WiJKl. V IcanunprntMoTT in 1 1 What a Pleasure for Wife or Daughter to have a perfect toned Piano iii the home such a piano as the Packard, -whose artistic appearance is : equaled by the depth of tone and ' responsiveness of touch. She might like any piano, but she would like the PACKARD Piano best. Call and see them today. "Tbe House of Pleaiant V Dealings (Eckels Fifteenth and Harney j i Omaha Caruso Concert October 12 Get Your Tickets NOW (.'alls on Indiana Senator to Prove Charges Against Fed eral Trade Commission. Klkhart, Ind., Oet. 7. William 15. Colver, former member of the fed eral trade conimission.speaki'ig in imposition to the rc-eleetion of Sen ator James V.. Watson, called on the Indiana senator to make goo-J his charges of about a year ago in the senate that government departments, including the federal trade commis sion, had become filled with radi cals. Mr. C'olver's address, first of a scries of three in Indiana, was to have been given tinder the auspices of the Indiana League of V.men Voters, but Mrs. A. H. Beardsley, the league's president, announced the invitation had been withdrawn, as advance copies of the address showed it "entirely too partisan for our organizatioulo sponsor." Mr." Colver declared that although Senator Watson had succeeded in having a senate investigation au thorized nine months ago, "not a single witness has been heard and not a thing has been done." Quoting Senator Kenyon. republi can, Iowa, as having styled the charges as "the second gas bomb of the packers," Mr. Colver said: "I ask Senator Watson to tel' the people of Indiana whether or not the speech in which .Mr. Watson made his charges, in substantially the form in which lie delivered it, did not come into his hands typewritten. If so, who gave it to him?" Bee want ads are best business getters. George F. Reim Held for Assault Superior Court of California Must Decide Guilt or Inno eenee of Former Omahan. Los Angeles, Cat., Oct. ".(Spe cial Telegram) Slating lie had no sympathy with either George F. Keim, formerly lia J of the Keim Thompson company, or Mrs. Mav Coseboom, Justice Hanby today held Keim to answer to the superior court. H. L. Gcisler, attorney or Mr. Keim, stated to the court lie 'elt his client had suffered enough already because of the charges against him, having heen forced to give up his business here. The court, however, said, he would hold the defendant to the superior court, saying that whatever sym pathy he had was for Mr. Reim's family, and noc for him, and that he had no more sympathy for the complaining witness. The court stated be felt the whole affair was a case of flirtation upon the part of both the defendant and tne complaining witness. He said that . on the uncorroborated testi money of Mrs. Coseboom he wouU. have dismissed the case, but her testimony was substantiated by other witnesses and circumstances, ile declared both defendant and complaining witi ess have been mar ried a second time. Mr. Keim was cross-examined bv Deputy District Attorney Hill re garding his assertion that he made a detour near Lynwood, on the road f.om Los Angeles to Long Beach, because Mrs. Coseboom said she was ill and wished to stop at a friend's house Mr. Reim said he stopped in front of the house of Mexican, while Mrs. Coseboom said he drove in front of a clump ot :.rees and stopped. It is there, .die said, Keim at tacked her. Keim, however, said hat he stopped the car, that M.S. Coseboom went to the rear of the car and that lie heard a ripping noise. Then she went down the road, screaming, he said, and shi charged that he tore' her clothes to give the impression that he had at tacked her. Two Bluffs Men Sentenced (To Prison by District Judge Fred Thompson was sentenced to live years in the Auainoaa reforma tory by Judge E. B. Woodrulf in Council Bluffs yesterday following his conviction by a jury in the dis trict court on a charge of stealing and selling an automobile. Lawton Strouthers, negro, con victed .of improper relations with Mrs. It. J. ThompscU, insane Oma ha woman, was sentenced to three years in Tort Madison prison at hard labor. This is the maximum sentence for this otl'euse. Spanih Author Dies. Madrid, Oct. 7. 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