Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-01-23

GRAIN SUPPLY EXHAUSTED.
1t is stated that Hungary absolutely
refuses to give cereals either to Aus
tria or to Germany and that the Rou-
manian stocks Of grains are exhausted.
The military situation is involved and
even endangered by the strikes which
continue.
On Sunday evening, according to a
dispatch from Berne, disorderly
scenes took place when hunger
marcrers were organized and num-
Der of shops were looted in Vienna.
One crowd attempted to cut its way
toward the imperial palace but was
driven back by the buard. The police
were unable to handle the mobs,
which ran riot in some of the streets.
Count Czernin, the Austro-Hun-
garian foreign minister, who had re-
turned from the peace parley at Brest-
Litovsk, had conference with En-
peror Charles on Monday, following
which two high officials of the foreign
Office were sent to Berlin.
RADICALS Make demand. .....s
The government now has the sup
port of the more moderate socialists
in its effort to quiet the population,
but thu radical wing. according to the
Munich Neueste Nachrichten. Is max
ing further demands, such as the re-
lease of DR.. Friedrich Adler, who is
serving long prison term for killing
Count Karl Stuergkh, Austrian pre-
mier in October, 1916.
The food situation in Bohemia con-
tinues to assume threatening propor-
tions. The grain supply is wholly in
commensurate with the demand Dur
ing recent week 573 wagons of grain
were provided. Eight hundred and
seventy-hve wagons is required to
supply the bare needs OF the people.
The potato supply is so meager,
due both to the shortage of the vege-
table and the lack of wagons for
transportation that the weekly potato
ration has been fixed at three pounds
per head.
Prague Without Sugar.
The sugar situation in Prague is
desperate.
Some merchants still have old
stocks OF sugar, but they will not sell
it. A pound of sugar, sold secretly,
costs Il crowns. This price can of
course be paid only by the wealthy,
and the poor are unable to get any
sugar. If some sweets appear in a
shop window, a crowd Immediately
forms outside that shop. and the po-
lice have to keep order.
Potatoes in Prague are rationed al
three pounds week per head. That
is, "a pounds for two months at Sd
per pound.
Margarine costs two crowns per
one-half pound. Eggs are sold in
specified places at I'D each. One
household is not allowed to get
more than FIVE eggs at time.
Vegetables are sold as follows:
Cabbage at Cd per pound, sauerkraut
at 4d per pound, carrots at 65 per
pound, and cauliflower at Sd per
pound. One household is not al
lowed to buy more than two to three
pounds of vegetables at a time.
These vegetables are sold only be-
tween the following hours--9 a. m.
to IL noon, and 2 p. mA to 5 p. m.
Cut Railway Service.
Railway facilities on the Western
and the Francis Joseph railways have
been reduced. Ten trains have been
cancelled, and at the same time the
cost of the transportation of goods
and passengers was raised.
The official announcement read as
follows: "The transportation of all
kinds of goods will be more expen-
sive, in so far as the goods will be
classified one class higher than hith-
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