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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
Brandeis' Buyer "Hits"
BroadWay's Golden Trail

Miss Florence La B pschin, buyer
for blouses and the new misses and
small women's department of the
Brandeis Stores, has returned from
New York and tells a wonderful
story of the prosperity evidenced
everywhere.
For the first time in her expert
ence it was impossible to get hotel
accommodations. Tables in the diff
ferent dining rooms of the hotels were
held at a premium and theater tickets
were worth their weight in gold.
Miss La Boschin visited all the
Fifth avenue shops, had lengthy in
terviews with the various heads OF
the misses departments and then
went to the highest grade houses,
who specialize in misses clothes. She
bought many of the smartest models
and had them copied to give her pub
lie in Omaha the very latest of the
smartest creations of the season at
popular prices.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
Prince William Of Sweden
Publishes Volume of Verse

Correspondence OF The Associated Press9
Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 20
Swedish poetry has been enriched re
Gently by Prince William. second son
of King Gustave, who has published
volume Of thirty-two poems, entitled
"Slacckto Fyrar," or Darkcned Bea-
cons" Many of the verses were writ
ten during the princes service as cap
tain of torpedo boat destroyer. All,
the poems are regarded by the critics
as Of high order, and they have al,
ready. become popular. !,
It is Prince Williams third book,
The first, Indian Love Poems" free,
translation after L. Hopes The Gar. !,
den Of Kama appeared in 1912 under
the pseudonym Il. Wica." The fol-,
lowing year the prince published nn-
der his own name book describing,
his travels in Siam. entitled Where.
the Sun Shines The prince visited
America in 1908.
Prince William is supposed to have.
inherited prediction for poetry, for
his grandfather. Oscar II, published
several volumes Of verse which be-o
came very popular, One of these, Al
collection entitled "The Baltic" is still
used in the Swedish schools.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
Former Owner Of
Vernon Club Says
Coast Race Fixed

San Francisco, Jan. IA charge
that last years pennant race in the
Pacific Coast Base Ball league was
fixed" so that the Vernon club coult
not win was made in a statement BY
Edward r. Maier, former owner o.
the club, printed here today. Maiel
was expelled from membership in the
league last September.
AT that time the explanation o.
Maier's departure generally accepted
was that he did not get along with
the directors.
From the start everything was
framed against me and against the
Vernon club" the statement said.
1T has been brought to my attention
that as far back as 1912, when the
Vernon club was beaten, by the frac-
ton of point in the race for the
pennant with Oakland, members OF
the Los Angeles team upon its de-
parture for San Francisco, the scene
OF the final series, declared that Yer.
non would never win the pennant il
they could help it.
an the final game of the season
the one on which hinged the race it.
self a certain Los Angeles pitcher
whose turn it was to work, was told
he could pitch the game only on con.
dition that he would agree to lose.
He Indignantly refused to enter into
any such agreement and he was not
permitted to pitch"
z A. T. Baum, president of the Pa
cihc Coast league, had this to say Of
Maier's statement:
Such false and unfounded state
ments and accusations are not worth
comment. The Pacific Coast league
is always ready and glad to put the
question OF the games honesty and
squarely up to the Judgment of its
patrons. The answer will come from
them" .3 # @ "
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
Shortage Of Food t.
And Coal at Berlin
Is Becoming Acute

London, Jan. 22.-The scarcity of
foodstuffs in Germany, especially in
Berlin, is increasing, according to an
Amsterdam dispatch to Reuters, quot
ing Berlin newspapers. From Decem-
Der q to December ~, according to
the dispatch, the maximum supply
per head was three pounds OF potatoes
and four pounds of kohl rabi. From
December "a to December u rations
of seven ounces of -four were avail
able, but for an entire week the con-
sumner could only get three ounces
of butter and no margarine.
The dispatch says that people ap-
plying for popular feeding in Berlin
increased last week to $1,000 and res
tanrant keepers informed their Gus
toners that they may bring potatoes
to the eating houses, where they will
be cooked for them. Owing to the
shortage of coal theaters and restau-
rants are said to have been INSULT
GENTLY heated in the last few days
and many people who attend the the
aters are reported to have sat through
the performance in fur coats. The
public swimming baths in Berlin have
been closed from December %.
Vorwaerts says that General Groe-
ner, head of the department of NUM-
tons, told the auxiliary civil serv-
ice committee on January 20 that the
difficulties in railroad transportation,
which had created serious situation,
would soon be overcome and that he
hoped that the coal supply would
soon be normal again. General Groe-
ner denied that lack of meat was due
to transportation troubles. but attrib-
uted it to inadequate methods of dis
tributing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
OMAHA RACE MEET
ON TWO CIRCUITS
Fall Meeting Will Be of Both
Great Western and Iowa.
Nebraska South Dakota.
BANQUET AT FoNTENELLE

Omaha's big fall harness meeting
will be on both the Great Western
and Iowa-Nebraska-South Dakota
racing circuits.
This was announced yesterday by
Otis M. Smith, secretary-treasurer of
the Omaha Driving club, following
the annual meeting of the Iowa-Ne-
braska-South Dakota racing circuit Of
fcials at the Hotel Fontenelle.
The Iowa State fair was represented
by c. E. Cameron, president; A. R.
Corey, secretary, and E. ]. Curtin, su-
perintendent of speed.
]. F. McArdle, vice president; E. R.
Danielson, secretary, and William
Foster, general superintendent, repre-
scented the Nebraska state fair Isl
The Interstate Live Stock fair at
Sioux City was represented by Joe
Morton, secretary.
The South Dakota fair did not have
4 personal representative at the ses-
sion. i ,.
The largest purses in the history of
middle western horse racing are to be
hung up by the members Of the cir
cult this season The total in purses
offered by each of the cities for the
four days meetings will be approxi-
mately $4,000.
Dates were decided upon as follows:
Omaha, August 81 to "a, inclusive:
Des MONIES, August u to 81, inclu-
sive; Lincoln, September. to 7, in
elusive; Huron, September 10 to IA.
inclusive; Sioux City, September II to
q, inclusive -.
Abolish Point System.
One Of the important actions taken
by the Iowa Nebraska-South Dakota
circuit was the abolishing of the point
system. Practically every recognized |
circuit in the country has now done
away with this system. The three
out-of-fve (three heats out of fve)
system and the American Trotting as
ISOLATION rules were agreed upon.
The exact amount of purses to be
offered by the different meetings and
the classes will be fixed at the home
sessions of the respective clubs.
The visiting horsemen and fair of
ficials were guests of Otis M. Smith
at dinner at the Hotel Fontenelle.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23

You Will Never Be Cured by Local
Treatment With Sprays and
Douches.
Catarrh is a condition of the blood
and can not be cured by local appli-
cations of sprays and douches; this
has been proven by the thousands
who have vainly resorted to this
method of treatment.
Catarrh should not be neglected or
experimental with. The wrong treat
ment is valuable time lost during
which the disease is getting a 6rmer
hold upon its victim, and making it
more difficult for even the proper
treatment to accomplish results.
Though Catarrh makes it first ap-
pearance in the nostrils. throat and
air passages, the disease becomes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
Woman Who Saw Napoleon
Buried Dies in london

Correspondence OF The Associated Prcss)
London, Dec. 24.--The last sur
vivor. of those who were present at
the funeral Of the great Napoleon has
just died in suburb, of London. She
was Mrs. D. Owen, daughter Of Cap
tain James Bennett Of the St. Helena
regiment. She was nearly 90 years
old. Mrs. Owen was born on the
island on January 26, 1921, and when
a few months old was taken by her
mother to the emperor's funeral on
May 9. When the body was exhumed
in 1910 she was one of the women
of St. Helena who worked and pre-
scented an embroidered silk flag which
was unfurled at the stern of the boat
containing the coffin as it left the
shores of St. Helena.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
Sport Calendar Today

Trottinx; Annual meeting Of Grand cir
cult stewards, at Atlanta a
Automobile, Opening Of shows In Balti-
more, Allentown, Pa, and New Bedford.
Mass.
skiing: Amateur championship tourney
Of Norge Ski club at Cary, III.
Basket Boil: Pennsylvania against Cor
nell. Mt ithaca, Yale against Princeton, at
Princeton.
Boxing; Bob Moha against "knockout"
Brown. ten rounds, ut Brooklynt Pete Her
man aGhinst Benny Mcneil, fifteen rounds,
at Kansas City.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
Aged Woman Dies Soon
As Her Work is Finished

Sioux City, Ia, Jan. 22.-Having
finished her work, Mrs. c. A. Flint,
an old resident of Sioux City, died
this morning. For twenty-six years,
despite her advancing, age, she nursed
her son, George Flint, who was an
invalid The son died two weeks ago.
Then the mother, who up to that time
had been remarkably hale, faded
swiftly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
Grains in Storage Show
First Decrease Here

For the first time in months the in
spection department of the Omaha
Grain exchange, in its weekly report
Of stocks of grain in storage in local
elevators, shows decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding date
Of last year. This decrease is ac-
counted for by reason of the great
quantities OF wheat that have gone
east for export and corn that has
gone south. The figures in bushels
now and one year ago are:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
Liquor Restrictions Cut vi
Down Brandy Consumption

Correspondence OF Tho Associated Press,)
Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 20--The
new liquor restrictions, reported some
weeks ago, have already cut down the
retail sales of "schnapps" Swedish
brandy in Stockholm roundly 50 per
cent, according to DR.. Bratt. head Of
the System company" 1t is believed
also that the consumption in res
taurants has been materially reduced.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
Divorce Court Sewers
Bonds of -Four Couples

The following DEGREES have beenl
granted in divorce court; =
william ]. Dolly from Bridget Dolly. Z.
Minnie O'Riley from Philip oRiley.
Lawrence Donahue from Rose Donahoe.
Julia Wiley from Charles Wiley.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
American Shoe Invasion
Of Britain Breaks Record

Correspondence OF The Associated Press)
London, Dec. 25.-During the year
just closed the imports of boots and
shoes from abroad exceeded in value
the record for the biggest year of the
American shoe invasion of l895-97,
while the exports of British shoes ex-
ceeded by more than $S,000,000 the
highest total of pre-war times.
IAa..L A l. D..-l..-s .-..iL.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan, 22.-An-
nouncement has been made here that
Pitcher All Demaree has been traded
to the Chicago Nationals for Pitcher
Jimmy Lavender. No money consid-
Grafton was involved, it was said.
1Demaree went to the Phillies after
being member of the Giants from
the fall of 1912 to the spring of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23
HOUSE MONEY MEN
HALE WILLIS REED
Want to Know How He Spends
ALI Money Used for His
Office.
HAS ASKED MUCH MORE
tFrom a Staff Correspondent,)

Lincoln, Jan. 22.-(Special. lin
view of Attorney General Reeds re-
quest for largely increased appro-
priation to run his department during
the coming biennium, the finance
committee of the house of represen-
tatives has adopted a resolution cali
ing upon Mr.. Reed to submit in writ
ing report showing to whom he has
paid out money for legal assistance
in the last two years, and what serv-
ice was rendered in return therefor.
for.
1t is rumored the. committee may
also inquire into expenditures OF the
attorney generals office under the
head of railroad transportation.
Included in the sums Mr.. Reed is
said to have paid to attorneys over
the state, out of the funds allowed
his Office for special investigation and
prosecutions. and for defending the
rights of Nebraska water users in If.
rigation matters, are the following:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23

Geneva, Neb., Jan. 22.--(speeial Geneva
High school basket ball team defeated the
Havelock High school team here Saturday
evening, so to 0,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23

III CIS0IIS1A- - ~ M
1915, when he was traded to the To-
calls, along with Inhelder Milton
Stock, for Third Baseman Hans Lo-
bert. Prior to joining the Giants,
Demaree pitched for the Mobile club
Of the Southern league.
Lavender has been a member tof
the Cubs since 1912, being purchased
by Frank Chance from Providence Of
the International league. X
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23

The attorney generals Office also
paid several hundred dollars to Fred
6. Hawxby for an investigation of an
alleged murder case in Loup county
two years ago, but this was reported
to have been betrayed out of a
former appropriation. ~"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23

Give your Want Ad a chance to
make good. Run it in The Bee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23

This is David L. Futz, president
OF the Base Ball Players Fraternity,
who threatens to bring about strike
of base ball players unless the mag
mates toe the mark. Fultz organized
the fraternity in 1912, at which time
the magnates predicted its early
death. But instead of dying, it APP
parently has grown, and soon may
become allied with the American
Federation Of Labor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-23

Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-06
CHINA REPUBLIC OVERTHROW.
President Deposed by Dictator, and
Boy of Thirteen Declared
Emperor.

London, July 3.-After an existence
of less than seven years. the Chinese
republic has ceased to exist, according
to advices from Picking Reuter- dis
patches stated that an ultimatum was
served on President Lii Yuan Hung by
the military dictator, Gen. Chang
Hsun, demanding his immediate resig-
nation. At the same time it was an
ncunced that the Manchu emperor,
Hsuan Tung, had been restored TO the
throne. The emperor is - years old.
Gen. Chang IIsun, who is the mill
tary governor of Anhwei province, has
taken a prominent part in the recent
internal troubles in China and a dis
patch from Picking, June is, said that
he had assumed the power OF dictator.
AT that time it was reported that
President Ii Yuan Hung was virtually
a prisoner and hat friends of the
president were not permitted TO enter
the palace.
Gen. Chang Hsun is reputed to be
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-06
PRICES RISING
INCREASE AT RATE OF FIVE PER
CENT IN MONTH.
Report Says Years Increase Amounts
to 80 Per Cent, With Price Of Pota-
toes and Flour More than Doubled.
Newspaper Union News Service,

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Retail food prices in
the United States advanced on an av-
erage 5 per cent from April 16 to May
Is, as shown in figures compiled by
the Bureau OF Labor Statistics. Dur
ing the year ending with May Is they
increased 30 per cent. The biggest
jump during the month was in flour,
which advanced 20 per cent. The in
crease in cornmeal was Is per cent;
beans IA per cent; bread 10 per cent
and rice II per cent. The only drop
in price was in onions, SO per cent
and butter 9 per cent.
Some of the months increases are
given as follows: Beef, 2 to 4 per cent;
bacon, ham and lard, 8 to 10 per cent;
hens, 1 per cent; salmon, 10 per cent;
eggs, 3 per cent; cheese, 8 per cent;
milk, 8 per cent; potatoes, 6 per cent;
sugar, s per cent; coffee and tea. l per
cent.
The greatest advances during the
year were made by potatoes, which ad'
vanced in price 149 per cent, and in
flour, 1922 per cent.
In the last four years, retail food
prices generally have advanced Sc PEI
cent.
Preliminary estimates by the food
administration indicate that farmers
received an average price OF $3.50 a
bushel for their last years wheat
crop against 1914 cents the year before
and 81 cents the year before that.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-06
THE
COAL PRICE PACT
SECRETARY BAKER, AS DEFENSE
COUNCIL HEAD, DECLARES
50 Is ExoRBlTANT.
POWER T0F| PRICES
SECRETARY OF NAVY DANIELS
WILL BUY FOR GOVERNMENT
AT $3.50 At MINES.

Washington. July 2.-Secretary of
War Baker, as president Of the Coun-
Gil of National Defense, repudiated
Saturday an agreement fixing a tenta-
tive price of SO a ton for bituminous
coal reached at q conference here
Thursday between coal producers, Sec
rotary Lane, a member of the Defense
Council, members of the councils coal
preparation committee, and the Fed
eral Trade Commission.
Neither the council nor its commit
tees, Secretary Baker said in a letter
to w. S. Clifford of the council. has
power to fix prices. He added that
the price of SO at the mines suggested
for bituminous coal is "exorbitant, I'M
Just and oppressive"
Secretary Daniels, another member
of the council, earlier in the day said
the agreement would in no way affect
coal purchases for the navy. The navy,
he said, will continue to buy from the
mines at 1898 a ton, leaving a price
to be determined after the Federal
HOO
production costs.
In his letter to Mr.. Clifford, Mr..
Baker asserted that he believed no
members of the Defense Council dis
agree with him as to the limitations
on the powers of the council and its
and as to the effect of
the action taken. The fact that the
conferences were attended by mem
bers OF the council and of the trade
commission, he declared, gave no le-
gality to the agreement.
The price-fixing agreement was
reached after 400 operators called
here by the coal production committee
had adopted resolutions authorizing
their committees to give assent to
such maximum bituminous prices as
might be named by the secretary Of
the interior, the Federal Trade Com
mission and the coal committee.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-06
To Cut Bread Cost In Two.

Washington.-"We will reduce the
9-cent loaf of bread to 5 cents" This
was the declaration made by the Ma
tional Association of Bakers after a
conference with Herbert c. Hoover,
food administrator. This organiza-
ton Of countrywide utilization also
voted a war chest of 100000 and ok
poets through its 250 agencies to cut
the cost Of bread almost in two. To
obtain this result the bakers have
arranged to eliminate waste. One of
the first steps will be to standardize
the loaf. There will be no more
fancy" breads and there will be no
more returns.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-06
ADMIT RUSSIAN VICTORIES.
Kerensky on Firing Line Cheers sot
diers, Who Sweep Enemy Back.

Petrograd, July 3.-The brilliant
Russian advance, the news Of which
sent a wave of rejoicing through the
entire country, was led by War Min
lister Kerensky in person. For the
last four days the war minister has
been continuously at the front, spend
ing every effort to urge the troops to
advance.
Russian troops have captured Ko-
niuchy on the Galician front with 164
officers and S,4OO men, the war office
announced.
Russian forces continued their Of
fensive against the Turks in the eau
casus. Russian cavalry pursued the
fleeing Turks and occupied the village
Of Engidja north of Lake Deribar, and
also occupied the Turkish stronghold
of Kalamirivan southeast of the lake.
Both British and Germans are car
rying out raids in the area around
Lens.
The Greek destroyer Doxa, manned
by a French crew, has been sunk by
an explosion. Twenty-Five Of the crew,
including all the officers, were lost.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-06
NEGROES HANGED,
BURNED BY MOB
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY RE.
PORTED DEAD IN EAST ST.
LOUIS RACE RIOTS.
500 JAILED, RIOT HALTS
INJURED FILL HOSPITALS AND
PROPERTY LOSS MILLIONS
WHEN CITY Is FIRED.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
St. Louis. July Sin the jail at
East st. Louis, 500 ~ringleaders Of the
mobs that battled. lynched and shot
armed negroes yesterday and last
night are prisoners and the edge Is
taken from the mob spirit. Soldiers
are being rushed here and with bay
onets are clearing the streets. The
fires that brought millions Of dollars
in losses are believed under control.
Through the smoking ruins the khaki
clad boys are prodding here, there and
everywhere, finding bodies Of the
blacks, charred and burned in the
flames of their own homes. Perhaps
the total dead will never be known,
but 1t may reach $50 and might even
90 higher.
The hospitals are crowded with shot
and burned negroes. Negro women
with babes are there. Medical assist
ance asked for has arrived. 1t is
thought by tonight all signs Of the rot
will be over and quiet restored.
The mobs in East st. Louis were
swelled by hundreds of people who
early in the evening crossed the river
from st. Louis. Mo. This added such
a menace to the situation that at $3.50
o'clock the bridges were closed to all
vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
Five negro sections Of the city were
fired by mobs, terrorized negroes fled
from the burning homes only to meet
bullets from the guns Of the rioters;
four other negroes were shot by snip
ers and two were lynched.
One white man was killed by a ne.
gro sniper and before the burning be-
gan four negroes and one white man
were killed. This includes the detec-
tive sergeant whose death at the
hands Of a negro mob was the direct
cause Of the outbreak.
Estimates Of the number Of dead
run up to $50 and higher. but these
estimates are purely conjectural. The
exact number slaughtered probably
will never be known, as It Is thought
that many bodies were consumed In
the flames.
Adjt. Gen. Frank 8. Dickson arrived
and took charge Of the situation. He
said troops would be distributed In
small groups throughout the city and
that they would be instructed to dis
perse every gathering of persons for
any purpose whatever.