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Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29

ively-from the more fastidious i'll
taste, but now everybody demands
the finer clothes and nobody will
take anything else. ....
Good But No Sale.
"We recently made up sample OF
cloth in which coarse WOO, was used
in warp only. The appearance of
the sample was but slightly differ
ent from that made of finer woods.
1t had in a marked degree the
smooth, soft texture OF fine wool.
Its cost was considerably less than
the fabric made of the finer grades.
As a cloth it was good, strong and
serviceable. Before the war it would
have sold readily, but we were abb
solutely unable to put it on the mar
ket.
Our sales agencies told US that
there was no demand for it, people
would not buy it; that customers in
sisted on fine, smooth, soft fabrics,
and that, accordingly, the manufac-
turers of clothing would not buy
this cloth if we made it up in guam
tity, because they could not sell
clothes made from it.
IS on Cost of Suit.
ITO Our suggestion that when peo
pie were complaining so of high
prices this cloth that would make
difference of S. or more in the cost
of suit ought to sell readily, the re-
ply was that $5 in the cost OF the
cloth for a suit of clothes did not
count at all these days, that the peo-
pie demanded the best and would
put up with no other
"Nor is this all. While during the
war the supply Of coarse woods has
remained about stationary there is
now shortage in the worlds supply
of finer wools of about 2OO,000,000
pounds.
THE action of our own govern
ment has still further contributed to
keep the prices up. -.M.
During the war, agents OF our
government purchased from the
British government some c,0O0
pounds of Australian wool. When
the armistice came they released or
transferred two-thirds of this wool
pack to the British government The
one third which our government held
they offered only in limited quanti-
ties, the keen competition for which
carried it to tremendously high
prices. Recently the government sold
some of this wool in Boston at $2.75
d pound.
II am not criticizing government
officials. They doubtlessly felt all
right in returning this wool to Eng
land and getting The highest price
possible for the woods they have on
hand.
| Profiteering in Wool.
They are selling these woods at
prices far in excess of what they
paid and therefore making a profit
| for the government-which l assume
they think highly creditable to them
selves. But when you put the ques-
ton why our people have to pay
such high prices for fine clothing
which they insist on having, you
must not forget that one of the rea-
sons for it is that the government is
holding the wool which it bought at
war prices for a profit"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29

Boston. Dec. 28.-The insistence
of the public upon cloth made from
fine woods is large factor IN the
present high prices of clothing, ac-
cording to William M. Wood, presi-
dent Of the American Wooden COM
pany. Mr.. Wood, who recently
charged that some of the merchants
in Lawrence were demanding exces-
sive prices, for necessaries and were
in the habit OF raising prices with
every increase in wages i'll the conf
pany's mills here, gave out a state
ment in response to request tor his
views upon the high cost OF cloth
ing. :.
IF you would consent" was his
conclusion, "to wear good. substan-
tial durable clothes made of the
coarser woods, clothing could be pur-
chased at considerably lower prices
than those which now prevail
His statement in part follows:
Il. is generally though. that the
cost or cloth is the controlling factor
in the cost OF clothing, but the tact
is that the cloth cost is less than
half the cost of a completed suit,
and other factors contribute quite as
much to the price of clothing.
"In the last FIVE years the price OF
cloth in the ordinary suit of clothes
has advanced no more, indeed, has
advanced a little less than the cost
of labor and other materials that go
:nto the making of the suit. The
following figures show this, which
have from manufacturer and mer-
chant OF clothing of the highest
prominence in Boston.
The cost in 1919 of the cloth tor
suit OF clothes of yard is Sl5.6.
The corresponding cost in 1914 was
S4.s3, showing an increase in the cost
Of cloth of 5000. The 1919 cost OF
making this suit is $l4.47. The CORE
| spending cost in 1914 was 44o.
showing an increase in the cost OF
making $9.49.
"These figures show that cloth
contributes slightly less than labor
and other materials to the increased
cost of clothing. Therefore, to your
question why prices of clothing con-
tinue so high throughout the coun,
trv the reply is because the cost OF
labor and cloth ard other materials
that 90 into clothing continue SO
| high"
Heavy Taxes Required.
! After pointing out that there is a
shortage Of cloth and clothing in the
markets Of the world, which al
ways means high prices" he as,
/ serted that almost every material and
every process involved in the manu'
facture Of clothing has to pay q
heavy tax, both state and federal
| Mr.. Wood continued:
| "In measure during the war, and
to a greater extent since. there has
| developed a curiousiy insistent de-
mand for cloth made from the finer
and more expensive woods, People
will no longer buy cloth made o.
The coarser and consequently cheap
er grades, although clothing made
| from these woods is both serviceablt
and sound. Before the war the de-
rnand for these finer grades OF clotf
was chieAy--indeed almost exclus
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
WHISKY FLOORS
DRYLECTURER
DURING TALK
Falls Off Soap Box and Police
Inquiry Shows Reform
Talker Old Offender.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Martin Con-
roy, As. a temperance lecturer and
missionary, was before Magistrate
Levine in the West Side court on a
charge of public intoxication. Con-
roy said he was married and has
four children.
He was arrested when he fell off
his soap box at Fifty-eighth street
and Sixth avenue, where, according
to Policeman Pointing, he was ad-
monishing a crowd of 50 or more
who gathered about him, "to beware
of the awful curse of drink"
1t was while delivering an ora
ton which contained, among other
passages: "Oh, cursed be the man
who drinks! Oh, cursed be the
man who touches red liquor that
he lost his own equilibrium.
Admits Drinking.
Someone id the crowd motioned
to Patrolman Pointing, and the po-
liceman, thinking the man i'll, sum-
moned DR.. Stokes of Bellevue hos
pital, who told the officer the mis-
sionary was intoxicated.
81 was drinking, your honor" he
told Magistrate Levine, when ar
raigned in court. :,
you were drinking? 1ncred dible,'
said the magistrate.
But, judge" continued the pris-
oner, Il am a missionary, Yes, its
all true, and if you will turn me
loose, judge. I'll never drink again.
| have a wife and four children over
on the port side of Manhattan"
Tenth Arrest, Claim.
Magistrate Levine decided to let
the missionary go and had ordered
his finger prints taken. When Ed
ward Spector, finger print expert,
reported that Conroy had been pre-
vious1y convicted nine times for the
same offense, there was gloom on
the missionary's face.
We'll, l suppose" said the magis-
trate, "a missionary can get drunk
as we'll as anybody else. The next
time you get drunk, do so over in
Brooklyn"
Thank you, in the name of the
Lord, Judge" said Conroy. And the
entire court room, including the
magistrate, chorused amen"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
King Pin Of Poison
Drink Band Is Caught
tcontinuea From Page one.)

OOntlnue0 14o OAo'S
Chicopee, Mass. The arrests were
made at the request of the district
attorney at Westheld, Mass, who
telegraphed that the men are
wanted for homicide in Massa-
chusetts." -..'
Two barrels of a compound be-
Iieyed to contain wood alcohol were
conhscated in a barn on the out
skirts of the city. According to the
police, four barrels Of liquor were
shipped from the barn to Chicopee,
Mass, where a large number have
died from drinking a wood alcohol
mixture. The six men held are al.
legged to have been the owners OF
the liquor stored in the barn. They
chargd Sl,0s0 for the four barrels
sent to Chicopee, it is said.
Warnings to Be Issued.
Chicago, Dec. 28.-Employers
were asked today by Coroner Hoff-
man to address their workers at
noon tomorrow and warn them
against wood alcohol and other
que stionable substitutes for whisky.
The coroner and members of his
staff will make a tour of industrial
plants tomorrow, issuing warnings
against poisonous liquors.
Another man. was reported dead
today as the result of drinking wood
alcohol. Chicago's total of Christ
mas poisonings to date number nine,
or IS since June.
First Death Since Christmas.
Cleveland, O., Dec. 28.-The first
death here from alcohol since
| Christmas when several cases were
admitted to hospitals occurred to-
day. One new case was reported.
A man found unconscious in q
hotel was taken to a hospital where
physicians say his chances for re-
covery are slight.
| Today's death brings the tota
since November l up to Is.
| Cause of 20 Deaths.
Augusta, Ga, Dec. 28.-Beverage:
containing wood alcohol or othe1
poisonous ingredients have causet
the death of approximately 20 per
sons in Augusta and Richmont
counties during the past fou
months, the coroner of Richmond
county announced tonight. Most o
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
Lead Flies in Ireland
On the Sabbath Day


morrow. Lieutenant Boast was only
20 years of age and he was men,
toned in Saturdays court circular
as having been invited to dine with
Field Marshal Viscount French,
lord lieutenant and governor gen.
cral of Ireland, on Saturday eve
ming. On Sunday he had bid fare
we'll to his parents who had been
paying him a visit.
There was great excitement in the
city when the newspapers an
nounced the occurrence. Crowds
visited the scene during the after
noon.
No Raid Intended.
In the absence of all official in
formation, the theory late tonight
is that no raid against the Viceregal
lodge was intended. 1t is supposed
that an isolated shot was fired when
Lieutenant Boast and two privates
went to investigate. 1t is not
thought that they reached the per-
son who fired the shot and became
involved in a struggle with a pas
serby, who, with the lieutenant, was
killed.
1t is reported that the dead civil
ian was a laborer who had been
treated at Dublin hospital and was
walking home through the park. He
wore bandages on his face, the po-
lice say.
No official report has been made
by the police on the occurrence
which will be explained at the mill
tary inquest. The military officials
refer all inquirers to the police.
The name of the civilian killed is
said to be Laurence Carey, who re-
sided at Lucan, near Phoenix park.
According to one version of the Or
igin of the struggle, Carey ignored
the challenge to halt, and when the
soldiers approached Carey seized
Boast, whereupon the soldiers fired
their pistols, killing Carey. This
version does not state who shot
Boast.
Boast began as a drummer boy in
the Lancashire regiment and won his
commission for conspicuous service
in the war.
Lieutenant Boast Killed.
London, Dec. 28-A dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph from Dub
lin says that the officer killed in the
attack en- the viceregal lodge in
Phoenix park was Lieutenant Boast
The member of the attacking party
killed was dressed in an old uni
form of private in the British
army. His body is reported to have
been riddled with bullets.
The Exchange Telegraph's corre-
spondent says it is understood that
sniping at the lodge continued for
only few minutes and that the fir
ing took place from the main road
at a distance OF nearly quarter OF
q mile from the lodge.
Several Untoward Incidents.
Several untoward incidents are re.
ported from Ireland by the Sunday
Evening Telegram. A daring at
tempt was made to asssssinate {
constable at Ballybofey, Count,
Donegal. The assailant fired pisto
| from the street at the constable, who
Twas sitting with his family in bed
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29

room. Nobody was injured, but the
bullet struck bed in which was
a sleeping infant.
A band of men raided farmers
house at Victoria bridge ard carried
off rifles. AT Killarney constable
was shot and wounded Christmas
eve, while assisting other constables
to quell rough and tumble fight
between soldiers and civilians.
1t is reported that 10000 rounds
of ammunition have been stolen
from the Dangarvan railway station.
The consignment, it is believed, was
intended for the military authorities.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
Canadian Wheat Board
Increases Price of Grain

Winnipeg, Man, Dec. 2S.-Efec-
tive Sunday, the Canadian wheat
board has ordered that the price of
Manitoba wheat to mills in Canada
be raised from $3.50 per bushel to
$3.50 per bushel in stole at terminal
elevators at Fort William or Port
Arthur. Another regulation in
creased the maximum wholesale
price Of government standard spring
wheat -four from $1,000 per barrel
to $13.15 f. o. b. cars Montreal.
] James Stewart, chairman OF the
board, stated today that in order
that the consuming public may have
advantage of the supply of cheaper
-four in the United States, permits
will be issued for import OF the
American product.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
the victims were negroes, the state
ment said.

the victims were negroes, the state
ment said.
Another Victim.
Easton, Pa, Dec. .2S.-"Whisky"
containing wood alcohol claimed an
other victim tonight when shoe
merchant died in a hospital shortly
after being admitted, totally blind.
The police arrested a former police
man and his wife.
Three deaths have occurred here
and one in Battle Greek, Mich, from
the same cause in the last two
weeks.
Three More Deaths.
Newark, N. J., Dec. 28.-Three
more deaths from wood alcohol poi
soning, making total of nine here
in the last three weeks, have been
reported to the police.
Women Seriously Ill.
Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 28.-One
man is dead and two women are in
a critical condition tonight as the
result of drinking a wood alcohol
concoction. Two women were found
unconscious in room which also
contained two one-gallon jugs in
which a small quantity of a color
less liquor remained.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29

Justly in honest work to replenish a
devastated earth.
Quicken the sympathy of hearts
made dull by reports and sights OF
suffering, incomprehensible and
needless.
Call us again that we may bow
before the eternal laws of creation,
putting aside malice, envy, covetous-
ness and brutality, to enter into the
peace of the sons of the Most High.
Hasten by Thy gracious provl-
dence and by the consecreated ct
forts of Thy children the coming of
Justice, mercy and love shall rule the
hearts and hands of men.
Create in us, o Lord, clean hearts,
end renew right spirits for the COM
ing year.
This we ask in the spirit of Jesus
Christ, our only hope. Amen!
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29

ence. While no specific references
to recent industrial troubles were
made, several recommendations and
statements of the conference re-
flected the experience of the steel
strike and the Boston police strike.
Other members of the conference
are Martin H. Glynn, Thomas w.
Gregory, Richard Hooker, Stanley
King, Samuel w. Mccall, Henry M.
Robinson, Julius Rosenwald, Oscar
S. Straus, Henry c. Stuart, r. w.
Taussig, William o. Thompson,
Henry ]. Waters, George w. Wick
crsham and Owen D. Young, with
DIR. Henry R. Seager as executive
secretary, t
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
Want Death Sentence
Imposed on German
Here to Be Set Aside

Washington, Dec. 2S.-Recom-
mendation will be made to President
Wilson by the Department oil JUS
tice that the coartmartial sentence
of death imposed some IA months
ago on Lathor Witsche, former
German naval officer, for plotting
against the United States, be set
aside and that the officer be tired for
violation of the espionage law by a
federal cour, it was stated by high
official Of the department.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
Former Omaha Salesman
Charged With Non-Support

Charlie oley, former bond sales
man here, was arrested yesterday by
Omaha detectives on warrant
sworn out by his former wife, charg-
ing nonpayment Of alimony. Foley
rave his address at Central police
station as Seventh and Mynster
streets, Council Bluffs.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
High Prices of Clothing
Laid to Public Demand
for Cloth of Fine Wool

'If One Would Consent" Manufacturer Says ITO
Wear Good, Substantial, Durable Clothes mace
of the Coarser Woos, Clothing Could be Pur-
chased at Considerably Lower Prices Than Ihose
Which Now Prevail"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
A Tickle Is the Bcg;nnin,

of a throat cold or painful cough. HAYES
HEALING HONEY Stops the Tickle by
Healing the Throat. 35c per bottle.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29

propose to do away with the ulti-
mate right to strike. to discharge,
os to. maintain the closed or the
omen shnn"
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-08-27
REMOVE THE bRIbE-TAkER
this out fill in with and address and mail tc
Attorney General Palmer.
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL. PALMER,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.

Dear Sir Montana and has been since the beginning q
the wholesale
retail dealers IN oostufs and other including coal Prices
incomes Of ne working people ' Inadequate 7" permit q TIE pu
promises Of further increases made Our state Officials who have
look
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the continued price lr aetiyiy
o demand
interests of the pnae o s state Of onan and g the end thai
" discharge D. G. Day from Che office Of United States attorney for
wishes the and the
90 the prOficlS
Montana
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-08-27
SHOPMEN ARE To-
7 AXE n { "
100000 Men Will Decide to
Accept or Reject Presi-
dent Wilson's Offer Of
Four Cent Increase.

Washington. Aug. 27-A new
strike vote by 100000 railroad shop
men has been ordered by President
Jewell Of the Railway Employees de-
partment of the American Fedora
,tiplI+ OF Labnrsan1l President Wilson'S
pTopos itioll Tor u fOur-cent per, hour
sMnsse. i.lGraas sa44%ss "
The shOpmen throughout the Unit
ed States will begin voting inme-
diutely on whether they will accept
the wage proposals made by the presi
dent and Director General Hines or
go out on strike to enforce their de-
mands for a general advance III pay.
On the outcome Of balloting hinges
industrial peace on the government
controlled railroads. If the 500, 900
shopmen decide to accede to Wilson'S
decision that there shall be no gen
eral wage advances until the govern
ment shows what can be done to con-
troll the rising cost of living, suffH
cient time to effect some change An
the price levels probably will elapse
before other unions press theT de-
mands for more money.
Indicative Of the determination of
Director General Hines and the rail-
road administration to deal fairly
with all classes of employees, the di-
rector general today instructed the
board of railway wages to consider
promptly any demands that might be
made and to report recommendations
for correcting any inequalities found
to exist, though general advances for
any class will not be made until it
has been proved that the present
level of prices is permanent. In that
case, both the president and Mr..
Hines have given assurances that
railroad workers would receive early
readjustment of their wages.
The taking of strike vote ordi-
narily requires about three weeks
III the present instance, however, it
is believed the vote may be complet-
ed earlier, as instructions We're given
by the international officials to the
unions to summon meetings if nee
essary, and to telegraph the result
of the balloting.
Call fo- Strike Vote.
Announcing they had refused the
proposal of the director general, the
committee of 100. representing the
shopmen made public a letter sent tc
! the various locals calling for a strike
vote.
Asking very serious considera
ton" of the question, the committee
told the unions that any additional
general increase in the wages Of rail
road employees, virtually all of whom
! have made. or will make. demands
for more money, would include tht
shopmen, and they were told not to
! forget that strike now meant thai
the shopmen were striking alone to
! force an increase for the entire
! 1000. 900 railroad employees.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-08-27

Aroused over the abject failure
of federal, state, county authorities
to take any steps toward alleviatlng
the high cost Of living in their town
and determined to take matters into
their own hands, the members OF
Milk Valley lodge No 629, Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
their own cooperative store, accord
ing to a letter received this morning
from r. S. Kline, member Of the
Glasgow local
Mr. Kline wrote:
I'VE laboring men here have
started store of our own We
capitalized for $4,000 and have al
ready had $4,000 subscribed. We
bought out ]. H. Coffey's hardware
store, the purchase price having been
$4,000, which left us plenty of
money with which to buy goods And
believe me, we are buying them and
intend to sell everything from a
needle or spool of thread to an
automobile.
You ought to hear the knocking
going on among the profiteers. By
hard work 10 of US put up $1,000
and got the charter and then went
to selling stock. Tomorrow lMon-
day, Aug. Esq, we start selling goods
and it does me good to hear the So
called business men here squawk
Why, Butte isn't in it for high prices
compared with this town.
incidentally Mr.. Kline's letter con-
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-08-27
BOW
COUNCIL
ACTS
il
Appoints Special Committee
Who Will Attempt to Ar
range Conference Be
tween Opposing Factions.

With the appointing of a special
committee by the Silver Bow Trades
and Labor council who will attempt
to arrange a meeting between the
Anaconda Mining company officials
and the metal trades committee, a
further effort is being made to bring
about settlement of the strike that
is now in it's third week
The committee from Silver Bow
council will confer with both the
company and the metal trades and
at the meeting Of the metal trades
strike committee this morning the
executive board was instructed to
place themselves at the service of
the Silver Bow committee.
II was understood that sufficient
notice of a meeting with the mining
officials must be given in order that
the executive board members from
Great Falls and Anaconda might be
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-08-27
COMMITTEE
TURNED
n1MQ ~ 1Ah n ~ - X
DOWN
Gary Of Steel Corporation
Refuses to Meet Repre-
sentatives. May Result in
Walkout.

New York, Aug. 27.-l1lbert H.
Gary, chairman of the board OF the
United States Steel corporation, de-
clined to meet personally John Fitz-
patrick and other representatives of
the American Federation of Labor
who constitute committee appoint
ed to organize the workers in the
iron and steel industry. Mr.. Gary
sent word to the committee that if
it had any statement it wished to
make it should be reduced to writing
and then it would be considered by
the corporation. Mr.. Gary's state
ment follows:
when informed by my secretary
that a committee of labor organ
ization consisting of John Fitzpat-
rick, William q. Foster and D. j.
Davis, had requested 10 see me, l
sent word to them through my sec
retary that l did not care to have a
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-08-27
REMEMBER THE DATE!

Instead of tonight, as at first
announced, the meeting Of the
city council at which the ''meat
inspection" ordinance and the orr
dinance drafted III the interests of
the big retail stores which, if
passed, will put all neighbOrllood
groceries out of business, will be
held Saturday night.
Every person in the city who is
against those two vicious meas
urcs is urged TO attend the coun-
ell session on Saturday night to
enter protest against their pass
age and to inform the mayor aud
aldermen that the people Of the
city will not stand for any acts
which tend to further place the
wage-earners of the city i'll the
hands OF the big corporations.