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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
FARMERS UNION
AND UNCLE SAM
GO TO THE MAT
Food Administrator WattIeS
Calls the Defy of President
GustafSon and Issues Or
der on Sale of Sugar.

{. II. Gustafson, president of the
Farmers Union State exchange, not
long ago gave out the information
that the organization of which he is
the head and which, has its ware
houses in Omaha, would continue to
sell sugar to its members, aud in
l00-pound lots, regardless of what
Federal Food Administration Agent
Wattles might say, or do. He took
the position that this was one of the
things that the company had a right
to do and that in doing so, it was
not actingNin conflict with the general
rules of The food administration.
The statement of Mr.. GustafSon
came to the attention of Mr.. Wattles
and now the two men have gone TO
the mat 1t is said that Friday after
noon Mr.. Wattles won the first fall
when he served notice on the Will
Jams, Murphy lcompany, South
Tenth street house, that is said to
have been selling sugar to the Farm
ers' union, and which sugar has been
sent to members out in the state i'll
100-pound lots.
In his notice to the Williams,
Murphy company. Mr.. Wattles says:
Makes 1t Official Notice.
at has. come to my knowledge,
from statements furnished by the
Farmers Union State exchange, that
this Farmers Union State exchange
is operating without license from
the federal government and is clear
ly operating in violation of the rules
and regulations of the food admins
tration.
This is especially true in the mat
ter of the sale of sugar. This state
exchange has been selling and ship
ping, or causing to be shipped,
through your company, sugar in
amounts largely in excess of the legiti-
mate requirements of the purchaser
for the period of 90 days. This ex-
change advised my representative
that it would continue to make ship
ment in 100-pound lots, or in excess
thereof, so long as it could obtain
the sugar with which to fill the or
ders, unless forbidden by some au-
thorized representative of the federal
government. | am advised that it is at
the present time securing this supply
of sugar through you
"Please be advised that from this
date, and until further order from this
office, you will not deliver to the
Farmers Union State exchange, or
ship to any person whom it may
designate, any sugar in any amount
whatsoever. You will please accept
this as official notice a nd govern
yourselves accordingly"
Wattles Issues Statement.
In regard to this order Gurdon W..
Wattles, federal food administrator
for Nebraska, makes the following
statement:
Several days ago an interview ap-
peared in some Of the Omaha papers
with c. Fl. Gustafson, i'll which he
stated in substance that the organiza-
ton which he represented was SELL
ing sugar to its members in 100 pound
Continued on Page -Four. Column Two.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
NO AUSTRLANS
ON FIRING LINE
MNEWU. S. ARMY

Washington, Dec. -l4-First steps
to place soldiers of German or
Austro-Hungarian birth or extraction
at duty apart from the actual fight
ing forces appear in today's army
orders.
Orders show the transfer Of nearly
q hundred enlisted men of the regular
or national army to duty with the
disciplinary barracks guard at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan. The list con-
tains hardly name that does not
appear to be of German, Austrian or
Hungarian origin. There are several
non-commissioned officers, including
Sergeant Martin a. Stolz, of the
quartermaster' corps at Fort Robin
son, Neb. All will be privates in the
barracks guard. a..
Three men come from the Ameri-
can expeditionary forces in, France
and in other cases it is evident that
men were withdrawn from recruits
about t6 sail to join General Per-
shing'S command.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
Upstate Banker Hears Omaha
Cafes Serue Baked Muskrat

Baked muskrat hams and apple
sauce-do they or do they not appear
on the menu of certain hotels and res
taurants in Omaha? The Commercial
club of Omaha cannot answer the
question, though the question has
been put to them by Hyannis
banker.
J. w. Mann, cashier of the Hyannis
State bank, Hyannis, Neb., has writ
ten the Commercial club letter in
which he says he has heard that
Omaha hotel and restaurant people
are paying IS cents apiece for the
hind legs 81 muskrats. He wants to
know if this is true.
"As we have customers who do a
lot of trapping of muskrats," he con-
tinues, as an accommodation to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
WAR savings
TO MAKE UNITED
STATES CAREFUL
Frank A. Vanderlip, Chairman
of National Committee, Ar
rives in Omaha; Discusses
Government Aims.

"This war savings stamp movement
means more than simply a govern
ment financial measure to raise money
to carry on the war;" declared Frank
A. Vanderlip, president of the Ma
tional City bank of New York and
chairman of the national war savings
committee, on his arrival in Omaha
yesterday. ~ ~&#
The train was to have arrived here
at 11:35 a. M. but did not arrive until
1850 p. m. Members of the Nebraska
and the Omaha committees on war
saving stamps met the train. A num-
Der of women were there also to
greet Mrs. Vanderlip.
Because the train was late Mr.. Van
derlip could not speak at the Com
mercial club, as was planned. Colonel
Fred Fleming of Kansas City, direc-
tor of the war saving campaign in
this district, addressed the CONNER
cial club.
Mr.. Vanderlip,. who used to
be newspaper reporter and who is
now president of the largest bank in
the country, if not in the world, ap-
peared to be in fine fettle for his busy
day in Omaha.
THE government is conducting
this war savings campaign to ac-
complish three great purposes" he
said. "One is to sell to the amount,
maturity value, of $2000000,000, a
new form of government security on
such easy terms as to be within the
reach of everybody. A second pur-
pose is to foster the savings habit on
the part of everybody, those who al
ready know how to save and those
who never saved a cent before. A
third reason is to bring about in a
new sense the conservation of the
Continued on Page Ten, Column Five.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
NO PROSPECT OF
LETUP IN below
ZERO, WEATHER
Ninth Consecutive Day Of
Wintry Temperatures Sends
Shivers Over Omaha and
Middle West Country.

The ninth consecutive day with a
below-zcro temperature came Friday
with no prospect of any let-up in the
extreme cold under which Omaha and
the state and most of the central west
are shivering.
The official thermometer at the
weather bureau registered 7 de-
grees below zero at 8 a. NJ. and a
brisk wind from the northwest. made
the cold felt the more. And while
the weather bureau Says it will be
mot quite so cold tonight" it also
predicts colder tomorrow"
Cold in South.
Freezing temperatures extend all
the way to the Gulf of Mexico, en-
veloping the southern states in extra
ordinary cold. Frost was reported
this morning as far south as Jackson
vile, Fla.
To the north the cold is extreme,
Princes Albert, Sask., reporting SO be-
low; Bismarck, N. D., "a below;
Sioux City, IL below; Valentine, Neb.,
II below; North Platte, Neb., 2 be-
low. ~.
The greater part of the whole
country is having snow or rain, snow
iii the states north and northwest and
rain OH the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts. New York last night had a
wind. that reached a velocity of 81
miles an hour s~A
~ Blizzard in Gotham.
New York, Dec. 14.-A snowstorm,
approaching blizzard proportions,
that ragged throughout the night, Grip
pied all traffic In New York today,
interrupted telegraph and telephone
service, brought intense suffering to
the poor and accentuated the serious
shortage of coal.
The coal situation, which has been
acute for weeks, caused much appre-
pension In the Bronx yesterday the
entire supply Of coal was exhausted
and crowds of people besieg { empty
yards in vain. In BROOKLYN and on
the New York east side there were
many small riots i'll which the chief
participants were women, who pleaded
that their children were dying of cold
at home.
Health officials, alarmed at the in
creasing number of deaths from pneu-
monia, due to the recent cold weather,
have appealed to the fuel administra-
tor to help the situation.
Wind Dies Down.
While the railroads still found the
weather cold, temperatures out in
the state and farther west were not
Continued on Page Ten, Column One.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
is
NOW ACTIVE ON
FRENCH FRONT

Paris, Dec. l4-Heavy artillery
fighting occurred last night in the
Champagne, the war Office announces.
The communication follows:
There were violent artillery ac-
tions in the region of Maisons de
Champagne. East of the Suippes and
IN Alsace, southwest of Cernay, we
raideA enemy trenches successfully.
"On the remainder of the front
there is nothing to report"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15

them, and as a food conservation
movement, | ask you to let me know
who these hotel and restaurant peo-
pie are, and the quantities they can
use. | am given to understand that
muskrats are very good to eat, and
more especially the hind legs"
Assistant Commissioner w. A.
Ellis of the Commercial club
scratched his eyebrow when he read
the letter. He inquired OF all the
girls in the Office as to whether
muskrat meat is or is not palatable.
They did not know. He even asked
the colored pages in the lobby. They
knew all about 'possum. bat they as
sured him they had never stink a
fang into a muskrat
And the investigation continues.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
KORNILoFF DISAPPEARS,

KoRNILoFF DISAPPEARS.
In connection with the battle at
Rostov the evening newspapers report
the Cossacks >as victorious, the Boil
sheviki forces having retreated to
Nakhitchevan.
The staff report on the Bielgorod
fighting says that the Korniloff forces
lost so killed and 80 prisoners. The
report adds that General Kornildff
has disappeared.
Defeat Death Battalion.
The Bolsheviki forces have defeated
death battalion" in the vicinity OF
Bielgorod, where the fighting with
the Korniloff and kaledines forces
centers; In the Orenburg district,
where General Dutoff has a large
force of Cossacks, there has been lit
tie fighting and the Bolsheviki have
sent agitators to work among his
troops. 1t is reported that Kaluga has
been taken by the Bolsheviki.
The commander of the Black sea
fleet has called upon all the sailors to
fight against Kaledines, declaring
"Kaledines, together with the allied
Iimperialists, has declared civil war;
| The employees of the food supply
department called today at the
Smolny institute, the Bolsheviki head-
quarters, aud urged tina. they be de-
clared a neutral department. Other
wise they would decline to work
under the peoples commissarics.
Their demands were refustd.
The senate, the highest Russian
courE which has been abolished by
the Bolsheviki, today held secret
meeting, at which it was determined
that the members would continue i'll
their offices. ..T
The socialist newspapers appeared,
| this morning without advertisements,
but they carried a long protest
against the Bolsheviki advertising
monopoly. .t.~....
Army Election Begins.
1t is announced that elections OF
officers Of the army, for which all men
are eligible, will begin today. Arde-
cree abolishing all ranks and titles
becomes effective tomorrow. The COM.
missaries have declared all agricul-
tural implements government
monopoly and all machines will be
distributed for the equitable farming
of all lands
Constituent Assembly.
The constituent assembly is de-
termined to protest against the arrest
of Prince Dolgorukotf, A. !. Shiugar-
off and M. Kokohkin by the Bolshev-
Xxi, ,espitc their membership in the
assembly, because this position brings
immunity. The Bolsheviki have
brought another regiment TO Pc
trograd TO strengthen their forces,
Bolsheviki delegates to the con-
stituent assembly are Fastening to-
ward Petrograd from all parts of Rus
sia, in response to All appeal from
their headquarters here. Noh> of the
Bolsheviki attended, the preliminary
organization meeting of the assembly
yesterday. 1t is believed they are
holding off until control is assured by
sheer force of numbers.
The preliminary meeting was at
tended by about 70 delegates, mostly
social revolutionists. Mayor Schrei-
der of Petrograd, who presided, made
speech in which he declared that
the assembly had been opened. but
that delegates later compromised by
adopting a resolution declaring that
the assembly would have all power
when it was legally opened, which,
according to their view, would be
Continued on Page Ten. Column Two,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
One Man Killed, Five
Injured by Explosion

Wilmington, Del, Dec. l4.-One
man is dead and FIVE injured as a re-
suit of FIRE which followed an ex-
plosiog today at an acid plant of the
Du PSnt Powder company, Is miles
from here. After the firemen had
been summoned from this city, fire
broke out in the Wilmington power
house, cutting of all light and cleo
Hs service
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
LobeCk Lands Jobs for
Joe Walker and GUY Axte|
tFrom Staff Correspondent.)

tFrom a Staff C0rrespondent)
Washington, Dec. l4.-(Special Tel
egram. )-Through the efforts of Con-
gressman Lobeck, ]. c. Walker, an
Omaha newspaper reporter, and Guy
/. Axtel of Omaha have been ap-
pointed deputy income tax agents for
Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
REDS FAVOR CZAI

REDS FAVOR CZAR.
1t is this design of the Bolsheviki,
the correspondent asserts, which is
the secret of their antagonism to the
social revolutionists, social democrats
and constitutional democrats, all OF
whom were formidable enemies of the
old regime.
Active propaganda long has been
carried on under cover, on behalf OF
the Romanoff family, he says. and
this propaganda incidentally turned
the Russians against England, which
is reported to have desired the over
throw of the autocracy.
WIN PEOPLE OVER.
''The Bolsheyiki will in one way or
another re-establish the throne and
possibly re-erect the despotism,' the
correspondent adds. "The populace IS
half won over to this by methods
which are we'll understood by those
who know Russia" .
After saying that space prevents
detailing the subterranean propa-
ganda, the writer refers vaguely to
the unprecedented and unfortunate
division in the Romanoff family"
which, he says, makes it impossible to
Judge the precise solution of the
problem those behind the Bolsheviki
eventually will reach. The popular
rumor at present, he adds, is that the
former Russian heir to the throne,
Grand Duke Alexis. will be made
emperor under the German aegis.-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
SEEKS TO
DOMINATE SLAVS
BY NEW MONARCH
BoIshevki Rule Said to Favor Enthronemen of Former
Despots Populace Half Won Over By Royalist Prop
aganda; Declare Monarchy Only Fit Govern
ment for Russian People.

London Dec. 14.-The real aim of the Bolshevik is a
monarchy least and possibly despotis, in the opinion of
the Perograd correspondent of the Post He wires that
more month the Bolshev have been openly
rg public opinion for acceptance of what he after ALL
tEe onlv fit form of government for Russia
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
RED TROOPS ROUT
. KORNILOFF AND
HIS COSSACKS
Death Battalion" Annhilated in Biegorod Battle and
Extremists Now Controls Constituent Assembly Will y
Protest Arrests Let's Form Government for,
Lithunana and Courland; German Pris-
oners Released. ..'.... .

Petrograd, Thursday Dec. 49, p. MIN the battle
Begorod according Bolshevik staff report, General
Kornilof's Cossack defeated They retreated to
Vasileika.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-15
PART ONE

=" NEWS SECTION
PAGES 1 TO IL
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-07

dina; Myron G. Karr, Coshocton, Co.
Stockton county, 1912 bushels, profit
$71.23, Swift & Company's trip,
Cleveland; Wilbur Hodson, New Vi
emma, Highland county, 99.49 bushels,
profit So2.12, American Agricultural
Chemical Company's trip, Cleveland; ;
Herman Bussert, Bloomingburg, Fay
cite county, 1868 bushels, profit
S87.77, Armour Fertilizer Company's
trip, Columbus.
Inc pest record in the Northwest
district Of the state was made by My
ron Mayer Of Bluffton, with 1881
bushels, profit $99.80 He takes the
trip offered by the WHY'S s-Overland
Company Of Toledo.
Congressional district winners are:
First Congressional district trip
given by the Hon. Nicholas Ions
worth-Maxwell Whitacre, Madison
vile, Hamilton county, 1894 bush
els, $56.84 profit. Second Congress
sional district trip, given by the Hon
Victor Heintz-Raymond Stoneking
North Bend, Hamilton county, 104.74
bushels, profit $89.1O. Fifteenth Con
gressional district trip, given by the
Hon. George White-Homer Lande
field, Lewisville, Monroe county, 114.8t
bushels, $500 profit. Eighteenth
Congressional district trip given b.
the Hon. D. A. Hollingsworth-Ern
est Ashton, Bridgeport, Belmon
county, 105,10 bushels, $91.52 profit
In determining all awards, consid
Grafton was given to maximum prof
its as well as to yields.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-07
BARNARD CORNER

We hear nothing but good reports
from schools these days, and every
thing seems to be going along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Angel, who have
spent the summer on his farm here,
returned to Portage last Saturday
night, where they will visit Mrs.
Angels parents. Jay tells us he in
tends to work in theso fields.
Mrs. Bessie Gingery, who has been
critically i'll for some weeks past, is
convalescing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Davis took din
ner with Mrs. Davis parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Turpening, Friday.
Edward Wilcox is nursing a sore
hand. He attempted to free a dog
that had caught his hind leg in a
wire fence, when the dog bit his
right hand. Edward has the grit
and does not permit a little thing
like that deter him from liking the
dog.
Friends to the number of 33 met
at the beautiful country home OF
Mrs. Perthena Angel, Thanksgiving
evening to express their regret that
her son, Jay, and wife are leaving
for their new home, wherever it may
be. Oysters were served. Plenty Of
good music and good cheer were dis
persed, which made it a very happy
occasion.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-07
JUST IN TIME
Some WauseOn People May Wait Till
It's Too Late.

Dn't wait until too late.
Be sure to be in time
Just in time with kidney ills.
Means curing the backache, the diz-
ziness, the bladder weakness,
That so often come with kidney
troubles.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for this
very purpose.
Here is Wauseon testimony of their
worth.
Mrs. Oscar Marks, GIG E. Chestnut
street, says: "Last fall, suffered with
pains in my back. 1t was hard for
me to get around the house to do my
work because when l stopped over,
sharp pains caught me in my loins.
Severe pains would catch me when
stopped to tie my shoes, also. My kid
neys were weak and showed different
signs of annoyance. l felt all tired
out in the morning when 1 got up. !
sometimes had dizzy spells. When
heard friends speak of Doan's Kidney
Pills I decided to take some l used
one and a half boxes altogether and
they stopped the pains in my back and
put my kidneys in fine condition
Whenever l am troubled with back.
ache now a few doses of Doan's Kid,
ney Pills relieves the trouble"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Marks uses. Foster-Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-07
RED CROSS NOTES

Donors to the War Relief Fund:
Fink & Haumesser, $25; Oliver Nc
Claim and J. E. Werden, each $5; W.
W. Croninger, G.. D. Newcomer, and
Ed. Scott have been appointed Civil
ian Relief committee for the local
Chapter. Consult them with refer
ence to boys in camp, and also in
surance and allotment features of
soldiers.
The American Red Cross has op-
ened a children's dispensary in a ho-
tel garage in France and call it the
American Children's Hospital. Ten
days earlier hospital was opened
with 70 beds and is now overcrowded
with diphtheria, measles, scarlet fe-
yer, and whooping cough cases.
The American doctors twice daily
examine an average of 250 children
arriving from behind the German
lines and send contagious cases to the
American hospital; an American den
tist has opened a dental dispensary
in the old kitchen, with dental chair
improvised from a wine barrel.
Among the first dispensary pa
tients was an underfed boy from
Lens. His family of seven had been
living two and half years in the
cellar under their totally wrecked
home. The family was evacuated
last April to Luxumburg and lived
seven in rodm, sleeping on straw
In the first week of the American
dispensary at Evian, over 2,400 chill
dren were examined, more than l.
900 being between the ages of three
and 13 years.
AS the Germans retreated they cut
the spokes from the wheels of the
farm carts, orchards were felled
farm houses wrecked, pumps were
destroyed, wells filled with rubbish
and polluted; now as a few are re.
turning to their former homes they
dare not drink from these wells un.
til they have been purified anc
marked "good water"
Two hundred thousand dollars has
been appropriated for the children
living in that part of. Poland back ot
the German lines. The entire genera
ton in Poland is facing immediate
starvation. The Red Cross has beer
asked to send food, as was done il
Belgium.
Artificial limbs are being furnished
crippled soldiers.
No one can read of these things
and then be content without helping
Help now and help often.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-07
COUNTY BOARD OF VISITORS

COUNTY BOARD OF VISITORS
AS required by Section 2976 of tnu
General Code of Ohio, the County
Board of Visitors have made their
annual report of their doings for the
year last past, with recommends
tions deemed advisable and said re-
port has been filed with Judge of
Probate Allen M. Barber, as the stat
utes require.
Fulton County's Board consists of
six members; three of such ap-
pointees are women and not more
than three of said members are to be
of the same political affiliations.
It is the duty of the board to visit
the infrmary, county Jail, municipal
prisons and childrens homes and as
sist in commitment of delinquent
children to correctional institutions.
Said Board reported substantially
as follows:
Meetings held on following dates
January %, at Intirmary and Court
House.
May II, at Infrmary and Court
House.
May "a, at Court house.
August %, at Infrmary and Court
House.
September "a, at Court House.
November 80, at Court House and
Infrmary.
Jail and LOck-Ups.
The Municipal lock-ups were found
to be in fair condition and the Coun-
ty Jail at all times neat and clean
President of Board appointed the
following committees:
1. To visit Municipal Lock- Ups-The
whole Board.
2. To visit the County Jail-Entire
board.
8. To visit the Hospital-Dr. Maddox
DR.. Hartmann, and Mrs. Saxton
4. Juvenile Court-Mrs. Cole, DR.
Hartmann, and Mrs. Hallett.
s. Religious services at Infrmary-
Mrs. Saxton and Mrs. Hallett.
The Lock-Ups of the county were
and Mrs. Hallett. None were per
fectly satisfactory; all could and
should be improved.
The annual conference of Charities
and Corrections, which was held al
Springfield, Ohio, October z to 4, in
elusive was attended by Mrs. COX
and Mrs. Saxton.
The conditions at the Infrmary arr
very satisfactory, the inmates seen
happy and contented, and speak il
commendable terms of the Superin
) tenden and Matron, Mr.. and Mrs. B
, F. Jones.
, One member of our board has bee
J called to the service of the Unite
: States-Capt. W. H. Maddox of tn
} 341st Infantry, Camp Grant, III.
: MRS. MAYME COLE, President.
p MRS. ADELAIDE E. HALLETT,
e Secretary.
q MRS. OCTAVIA SAXTON.
v G. w. HARTMAN.
e w. L. BIDDLE.