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Additional .Waste
By Democrats Is
Brought to Light
Charges of Misappropriation
Of Government Funds for
Political Purposes Laid
Before Committee.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chlec Tribune-Omaha Baa Laad Wire.
Chicago, Nov. 1. While -democratic
waste of public funds and in
efficiency of administration appears
to be influencing voters in the presi
dential etection quite as much, if
not more, than the Wilson league of
nations issue, it transpired tonight
that there are to be still further
revelations of the character of the
democratic stewardship of the last
eight years.
I have learned on unimpeachable
authority that serious accusations
of the misappropriation of govern
ment funds by various departments,
chiefly for political purposes, and of
"shielding of influential offenders,
havf been laid before Senator Ken
yon of Iowa, chairman of the sen
ate subcommittee, which recently in
vestigated campaign expenditures.
Senator Kenyon has determined
that there shall be a thorough in
quiry into these charges and intends
to bring the matter before congress
in December, with a view to in
itiating investigation by the standing
committees of he house and senate
created many years ago to super
vise expenditures in the several de
partments. Plans Full Probe.
This proposed investigation is in
tended to shed light on the follow
ing matters;""
1. To what extent public funds
have "been diverted to finance the
expenses of political workers in
democratic conventions, as was
shown to have been done by the De
partment of Justice, in-the case of
numerous assistants to the attorney
general who vent to San Francisco
o aid the campaign of Mr. Palmer
for nomination. There were several
hundred government employes in
. and about the convention, and the
inquiry would disclose whether they
all went at, government expense and
where thei was a similar use of
public funds m the case of the demo-
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1916.
2. To what extent wealthy evad
ers of income taxes have been en
abled to escape prosecution by em
ploying as counsel, democratic lead
ers wielding powerful influence in
Washington. The Kenyon commit
tee heard considerable ti-stiniony
relating to the compromise of claims
of evaded taxtjjgainst the officials
of two Pennsylvania steel concerns
who had retained former Congress
man Carlin, later the manager of the
attorney general's nomination cam
paign. Mr. Carlin asset ted that the
compromise was effected on the
merits of the case without use of
political influence.
To Take Ufi Profiteering:
3. To what extent the Depart
ment of Justice failed' to proceed
against the big profiteers, whose
gouging of the public has contrib
uted to the increased cost of living.
It is known that the department has
brought to justice only 181 prof
iteers. 4. To What extent war materials
have been sold at sacrifice prices to
business men wh origin all;' pur
chased the supplies for the govern
ment while, employed in war work
in Washington. ,
There is still another line of in
quiry the results of which are to
be made public atter the election.
That concerns the expenditures of
the shipping board, which have been
investigated by a committee of
which Representative Walsh of
Massachusetts is the chairman. The
committee is known to have found
a prodigal waste of public funds by
the board after, as well, as before,
Service per Dollar
A DOLLAR doesn't buy as much
. as it used to. That's not your
fault. But you are to blame if you
don't make every dollar buy service
rather than a mere bargain. Serv
ice per dollar i3 the wise mans
slogan the kind xf service you 'get
in Eagle Shirts, for instance, prop-',
erly priced to make each the ulti-
$2.50 to $12.50
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SEE OUS
Blood Poisoning Causes
Death of C King Denman
Attack of fountain Fever
On Hunting Trip Leads
To Fatal Malady.
Funeral services for CJving Den
man, 43, office manager of the Truck
and Tractor corporation of Omaha,
3153 Farnam street, who died Sun
day night in Inimanuel hospital,
will be he'd today at 2 p. m. from the
Burket chapel. Burial will be in
Forest Lawn cemetery.
An attack of mountain fever
while hunting big game in the Wyo
ming mountains two weeks ago, re
sulting in blood poison, caused his
death.
He was seized with the mysterious
attack of fever during a severe
snow storm while hunting with Fred
Hamilton, Dick Stewart and Sam
Burns 100 miles from a railroad.
Blood poisoning and abscesses de
veloped and he was rushed to Lan
der, Wyo., by automobile, and
reached Omal'.a by train the evening
of October 22. f '
Drs. J. H. Vance, F. S. Owen, B.
B. Davis and E. L. Bridges, attend
ing surgeons, made several cisions
in the throat of their patilSit be
cause of the rapid spread of the
poison, and due to his serious con
dition, refused to allow his broth
ers. B. S. Denman of Lincoln, and
J. S. Denman of Hay Springs at
the bedside.
Mr. Denman lived with his sister,
Mrs. Sada Denman and ws un-
the armistice, and a serious irregu
larity of proceedure involving at
least one high official-of the ship
building organization.
Pioneer Lumber Dealer
Passes Away in Chicago
Chicago, " Nov. 1. Charles A.
Marsh, 63, long prominent in the
lumber business in Chicago, died
Sunday. Mr. March was the first
man to bring yellow pine and fir
lumber to Chicago. He was presi
dent of the board of trustees of the
Chicago Baptist Theological semi
nary and one of the first sponsors
of the divinity school at the Rniver
sitv of Chicago.
fie was a member of the Union
Lepgue club, Quadrangle club and
SfiUth Shore and Flossmore Coun-
iT clubs.
Ten Persons Are Rescued
From Disabled Seaplane
San Diego, Cal., Nov. 1. A sub
marine chaser rescued navy Lieut. T.
Garnette, four seamen .and five mu
sicians, on the open sea off Ocean
side, 40 miles north, after the party
had spent Saturday night adrift in
a crippled sflplane while submarine
chasers searched up and down the
coast for them. The plaue lefrSau
Pedro Saturday night to bring the
musicians to a dance at the North
Island naval air station. Engine
trouble forced the machine to alht
at sea. '
Hoover Urges Election
Of Republican Senate
. Falo Alto, Cal., Nov. 1. Herbert
Hoover, former United States food
administrator and ex-chairman of
the supreme economic council, is-
WINDOWS. "
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eYN SHOT p.
C. fm$ Penman
married. Another sister, Mrs. Her-
vev Wells, survives. He was a.
mamber of the Omaha Athletic club,
prominent il bowling and golf.
sued a statement at his home here
in which he said that he considered
"it vital that we should have a re
publican senate that will support
the republican president that we
shall undoubtedly elect."
Omaha
First National Bank
Orchard A WUhelm Co.
Woodmen of the World
L. V. Nicholas Oil Co.
Sprajue Tire Rubber Co.
Nebraska Telephone Co
Burgess-Nash Company
Federal Reserve Bank
Lion Bonding Company
M. C Peters Mill Co.
Farmers Union State Exchat
Kirichbraun 4 Sons, Inc.
Omaha Life Insurance Co.
Fairmont Creamery Co.
Travelers Health Ass'as
Woodmen Circle
The Bee Publishing Co.
Lincoln
Gooch Milling Co.
Evans Laundry Co.
University of Nebraska
Hastings
Fred W. Elder Grain Co.
Rock Rapids, Iowa
Interstate Automobile Ins. Co.
Sioux City
Cay Robinson A Co.
Toy National Bank
Flanley Grain Co.
National Fidelity Life Ins. Co,
Win. Tackaberry Co.
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State Department
Makes Statement
On Jap Question
i
Published Report Declares U.
S. Won't Countenance Any
Alien Law Conflicting
With Existing Treaties.
Washingt
ton, iov.
l-(By
The
Associated
Press.) Th
h? State de-
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movement in California to recast
state laws affecting alien land
tenure "will be acceptable to the
country at large that does not ac
cord with existing and applicable
provisions of law and. what is equal
ly important, with the natural in
stinct of justice."
The Statement was the first is
sued on the California land question,
which long has been a matter of
conversation between the depart
ment and the Japanese ambassador
to Washington. The fact that it
was issued on the eve of the election
in California at which .the proposed
new state law is to be voted upon
was declared by State department
officials to have no political signi
ficance. Assurance to Japan.-
The impression was given that the
chief purpose was to convey an as
surance to the people of Japai that
the American government would see
to it that their legitimate interests
would be safeguarded and would
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Japanese government, it having been
the undestanding from the start of
the conversations with the Japanese
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that no outcome of the California
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$3,300 in Diamonds Shipped
From Omha Firm Stolen
Fort Dodge, la., Nov. 1. Elmo
Fontin, colored, employe of the
American Express company here, is
under arrest, charged with the theft
of diamonds valued at $3,500, whith
were shipped to the city by Ji
Omaha concern. According to the
police, the diamonds were found hid
in a phonograph in Fontin's room.
Fontin told -the police he "found
them.?
Special Agent Dilling'nam of the
local American Railway Express
company office iias (ione to Fort
Dodge on this case. The chief clerk
of the local office said today he does
not think Fontin is an employe of
the company, as 4he company does
not employ negroes.
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Twelve Men Dead
In PowderBlast
Explosion Wrecks Plant of
Niagara FallCo. at North
' Tonawanda, N. Y.
North Tonawanda. N. Y., Nov. 1.
Twelve men were killed early Sun
day morning in an explosion and tire
at the distributing tower of the Ni
agara Falls Power company here.
The explosion occurred a few min
utes after two new transformers had
been cut in at the distributing point
of the company's plant. Thirteen men
were in thd room at the time of the
explosion, Apparently caused by a
short circuit. The force of the blast
burst a steel barrel of lubricating oil,
and the flash of the electricity ig
nited the oil, which was thrown over
the menT
Four were instantly killed and one
escaped serious burns by jumping
through a window. The other eight
managed to escape from the flame
filled room, but were so badly burned
that they all died in a hospital.
North Tonawanda, Tonawanda
and a part pf Buffalo were without
electric lights and sower today. All
the dead were residents of this sec
tion, t
50 Per Cent Increase
In Coal Production
During Month of June
Chit-ago Tribune-Omaha B I.ised Wir.
Washington, Nov. 1. Margins of
bituminous coal producers were
r.early 50 per cent greater in June
than in May, according to a report
on cost production issued bv the
federal trade commission. The re
port is the last one which will b
sued by the commission until the I
courts decide pending litigatn as tu
..s right to require coal 'Jerators
to submit monthly figures as to th;
cost of production. Only 555 opera
tors reported in June as apain-U
more, than 1.500 w hen the -ost re
ports were begun last January.
The figures tor June show th.'.t
the average sales realization of the
555 operators reporting was $3. U
per ton while their total reported f.
o. b. mine cost amounted o $270.
C'f this litter amount $2.'J2 rt pre
sented labor costs per ton, ol cents
cost of supplies, and 37 ecu's gene
al expenses. The difference between
sales realization and f. o. b. mire
costs per ton is the "margin," which
was 74 cents uer ton.
Trade unionists in El Faso, Tex.,
have opened a co-operative store
with the idea of supplying members
with the necessities of life at cost
plus running expenses of the store.
DR. LEE W. EDWARDS
Chiropractor
24th and Farnam
306 So. 24th St.
OFFICE WILL BE OPEN
UNTIL 8 P. M.
These chilly mornings
you should fire up a
little with good
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Wonderful Are the
Values Offere1 in
Stoves This Week
at the Greater
Bowen Store.
Your dollar is again reaching:
its full purchasing power at the
Bowen store, and this week you
can buy that heater or range you
have been wanting at from 25 to
50 per cent less than former
prices.
A visit to this store will prove
to you conclusively that it is no
longer necessaxy to go without
heat in the house when prices
such as we have made for the
week are yours to accept. Neither
is it necessary for you to be
without a range, one that is a
guaranteed baker and will give
universal satisfaction, when you
can select the one you prefer
from our large stock and have
it sent to your home for im
mediate use, paying for it later.
It will bea source of delight
for those wanting a heater or
range to visit our stove depart
ment, fourth floor, and accept
one or more of the many big
values offered at the Value-Giving
store of the II. R. Bowen
Co.
Several fortunate purchases
at low-ebb market prices enables
us to again furnish homes com
plete at Value-Giving prices. At
this store your dollar is again
reaching its full .purchasing
power, so come here, select what
you want and as usual pay us as
it is found most convenient.
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