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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
FEDERAL TRADE
CHARGE DENIED
BY LOUIS SWIFT
Legislation Proposed Would
Cripple Meat Packing
Industry, He Tells
House Committee.

Washington, Jan. 23.-Testify-
ing before the house COM
niittee on interstate and foreign
commerce today, Louis r. Swift,
president Of Swift & Co., entered a
series Of denials Of statements con-
eernins the packing industry en-
anating from the federal trade COM
mission.
MI. Swift asserted that such leg
isiation as Is proposed in the Sims
and Kendrick bills would cripple
the packing house industry. He as
sailed the report Of the federal trade
commission as grossly unfair. He
said that the hearings conducted for
the commission by Francis ] Heney
were one-sided In that the packers
were not allowed to answer any
of the allegations made against
them
Packers Profits SMALL
The witness charged that after
more than a year of investigation
the commission was unable to deny
that the profits of the packers are
so small that they could be wiped
out without affecting the price Of
live stock or the price Of meat by
more than a fraction Of cent per
pound
The witness denied with vigor
that there was any combination of
packers and asserted that if there
was it, could not prevent losses.
Tho only thing that Is wrong
with the packing business is the
public impression that something is
wrong said Mr.. Swift. IF that inn
preston, which has been created by
nisstatenents and the inAaming OF
public prejudice, could be remedied,
lhe need Of Ill this legislation also
would be remedied."
The witness said that his company
built refrigerator cars because the
railroads would not, and that 1000
of these cars owned by Swift & Co,
were 20 per cent below their require
ments. They were operated at
loss, he said. He had no objection
to government purchase Of them if
adequate service we're guaranteed.
1t looks TO me very much as if
the government were conducting the
experimental operation with the
packing industry as the patient. If the
patient survives, it can be tried on
other industries. We object to pro-
viding the clinic. There is just as
much sense in a railroad building
hotels to take care of the passen-
gers during a several days stopover
as there Is in their building packing
house branch houses. The branch
house is not freight terminal; it is
merely a market house where food
products are sold.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
FUND is
GOOD BUSINESS,
SAYSHITCHCOCK

council had agreed that $300,O00,-
900 should be spent in relief work
and fixed $leO,OOOoO0 as Americas
share and that Ito deny it would
repudiate our obligation"
Il haven any use for the packers
combine the Nebraska senator said.
Il would be glad to vote for any
bill that would put them under gov
eminent supervision and / know
Hoover would"
Congress, Senator Hitchcock said,
enacted legislation guaranteeing the
price Of wheat to farmers not to
enrich them, but to win the war by
stimulating wheat production. What
congress did for the farmers, he add
ed, was only analogous to what Mr..
Hoover did for the hog and cattle
supply.
Senator Borah asked if the sem
ator thought Mr.. Hoover and those
under his supervision were carrying
out these powers when they put in
dependents out of business"
Declares Hoover Vindieatsd.
Il deny that he did that" rejoined
Senator Hitchcock. He added that
Mr.. Hoover had been completely
vindicated of any charge in every
way, adding: "In my opinion, Mr..
Hoover stands in the hearts of the
American people equal to any man
in the United States"
Senator Borah denied that he was
making any attack upon Mr..
Hoover.
Senator Hitchcock read letter
dated February 1o, last, from
President Wilson to Mr.. Hoover,
instructing him to impress upon the
packers that they were government
agencies and should do everything
possible to assist in relieving food
conditions abroad
"The congress did not entrust
Mr.. Hoover with power to control
packing house products" Senator
Hitchcock said. "All he could do
was through his power of purchase
ing agent to say what he would pay.
Mr.. Hoover did say what profits
the packers could make by fixing
them at 9 per cent on their capital
stock.
"Mr. Hoover IS about through
with the packers and when congress
attempts to handle the packers it
will find it a difficult task and will
desire as fnuch\ sympathy as should
be extended to Mr.. Hoover.
mo man in the United States
has rendered greater service, than
Mr.. Hoover" said Mr.. Hitchcock
IN conclusion. 1T is outrageous to
make these attacks III his absence,
attacks which reflect on his honor
and character"
Senator Cummins of Iowa, crit
icising the bill, asked Democratic
Leader Martin whether the appro-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
REGULATION OF
PACKERS URGED
BY STOCK men
Early Return Of Railroads to
Private Control Favored in
I Resolutions Adopted by
National Convention.

Denver. Jan. 23.-Resolutions OPP
posing government ownership Of the
railroads and urging early return OF
the railroads to private control un-
der adequate federal regulation; IA
voring federal licensing and regula-
ton Of packers and stock yards, but
opposing government ownership of
marketing facilities; advocating uni
versal military training and endors-
ing the federal woman suffrage
amendment, were adopted today at
the closing session of the 22d annual
convention Of the American National
Live Stock association.
The convention adopted many
resolutions urging changes in the
method Of administering the public
lands and the national forests, adj
voeating protective tariff on live
stock and meat products, and regu-
lation of imports of cattle and hides
from Mexico so as to detect those
which have been stolen from Amer
lean ranches Larger appropria-
tons for state agricultural colleges
and for the bureau of markets also
were urged.
The resolution favoring universal
military training not only advocated
training of all young men ia their
10Th year, but also urged es-
adjustment of military instruction
in high schools.
"The following officers were elect
ed: President, Senator John B.
Kendriek, Sheridan Wyo.; first vice
president, c, NJ. O'Donel, Bell
Ranch, N. NJ; second vice presidents,
M. x. Parsons, Salt Lake City,
Utah; Wallis Huidekoper, Wallis,
Mont; Isaac Baer, Meeker, Colo;
w. J. Tod, Maple Hill, Kan; E. L.
Burke. Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
TO DECIDE four
POINTS OF PEACE
NEXT SATURDAY
Continued From Page ons)

of the supreme peoples council Of
German Poland and formerly dep
uty in the German reichstag,
Russian Plan in Balance.
Whether the effort of the great
powers to tranquilize Russia was 10
succeed or fail was still in the ball
ance tonight, No reply had come
from the bolshevih and as the wire
less message embodying the propos-
al of the ASSOCIATION powers was
not sent until 2 o'clock this morning
some days may intervene before
anything definite is known.
In the meantime prominent anti
bolshevik leaders in Paris are not
clear on their course, and the first
reports that they were favorable 20
the plan have been followed by a
statement by such leaders as Ser
gius Sazonoff that they would not
sit at the table with assassins.
Sazonoff, the former Russian for
eign minister under the old regime
and now representing the govern
ment of Yekaterinodar and the 81
terian government at Omsk, has de.
clared in a statement that he would
not participate in the conference
proposed BY the supreme council
with bolshevik representatives.
The semi-ofiicial Temps asserts
that the supreme councils proposal
permits traitors, who withdrew
Russia from the war and turned the
entire German strength against
France, to be received on the same
footing at the faithful"
The American and British dele
gates feel the proposal was the only
course open.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Japanese Who Fought for
U. S, Given Citizenship

Honolulu, Jan. 22.-Seventeen
Japanese, who enlisted in the Ameri-
can army, told United States Dis
trict Judge Horace w. Vaughn
they would be loyal to the United
States il this nation was at war
with their native country, when
they were admitted to citizenship
today. In submitting the question
Judge Vaughn added: "0f course,
we hope there never will be any
controversy between this country
and Japan"
United States District Attorney
S. c. Huber announced he would
appeal each case. Judge Vaughn
recently has granted citizenship to
other Japanese and Filipino enlisted
men
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Box Butte Delegation
Brings Its Own Potatoes

The Alliance band, and a party of
Alliance boosters, arrived in Omaha
last night for a 24-hours stay. They
will be given a lunch this noon by
the Chamber of Commerce. Ali for.
mer residents of Box Butte county
now in Omaha are invited as guests.
and may obtain tickets from the
bureau Of publicity.
The delegation is headed by John
w. Gutherie, a director of the Alli-
ance Community club. The potatoes
served by the Chamber of Commerce
this noon will be Box Butte county
spuds furnished by the Alliance
Community club.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
olainns Denied.

Washington, Jan. 23.-Ciaims ag-
gregating $2,OO0000 against trans
continental railroads by shippers OF
Spokane, Wash, and vicinity were
denied yesterday by the interstate
commerce commission. The suits
were filed after the commission had
decided that the general system of
transcontinental rates had discriminr
ated against Spokane and other in
termountain points.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Want CHICAGO
BOARD OF TRADE
DONE away With
Continued From Page One,

greatest gambling institution in this
or any other country,
Not only have the Omaha trade
territory people asked for legisla-
ton that will curb and eliminate the
powers Of the Chicago board of
trade, but a convention of farmers
and grain men from number Of the
states in the central west, assembled
in Cedar Rapids, Ia, have unani-
mously asked for action looking to
this end.
Grain Men IN Arms.
Omaha grain men are Up in arms
over the statement attributed to
Stream. Emil Rothschild of Fisher
& Rothschild, dealers in cash
grain, said:
think Sass was perfectly right
in calling the attention Of congress
to the statement made by Stream
when he was in Chicago. Being an
official o. the food administration,
the market could not help being in
huenced by any statement he might
give out.
Il don't say that Stream was. in
terested in corn, or any other kind
Of grain, but the position that he
took looks peculiar.
VIVA narra a1f n J,,.eAA.1 l.. =.
prices would be lower than those
maintaining during the continuance
of the war, but there was no logical
reason for the break that immedi-
ately followed the statement made
by Stream when he was in Chicago.
We all knew that there would be a
readjustment and that it would con-
tinue until the level was reached
where prices would be governed BY
the supply and demand
Statement By Roberts.
George A. Roberts of the George
A. Roberts Grain company said:
Il don't accuse Mr.. Stream of hav-
ing any interest in the grain market,
either financially, or otherwise, but
it is strange that he should give out
the interview while he was in Chi
cago. No doubt but that interview
not only broke, but knocked the bot
tom out Of the grain market.
"The whole situation is bad and
the Chicago Board Of Trade should
be abolished. An institution in
which half a dozen, or so men ;on-
troll the grain market of the world
and perhaps none of them the own
ers of a bushel of grain, should not
exist. 1t is simply gambling prop
osition and instead of being bene-
fit, is an injury to the cash grain
dealer, the producer and the COLI
sumer.
at has been argued that we could
not get along without the Chicago
Board of Trade. For more than a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Member of U. S. Military
Police is Killed in Paris

Paris. Jan. 23.-The body Of an
American policeman was found yes
terday near the railroad at Tournus,
in the department of Saone-Et-
Loire. Wounds on the head indi-
Gated he had been murdered.
american policeman" probably
means a member Of the military
police of the American army.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Stock Dividends Held
Exempt from Income Tax

New York, Jan. z3.--United States
fudge julius H. Mayer decided in
test case today that stock divi-
bends are not subject TO federal in-
come tax under the income tax law.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
One Yank Remains Prisoner
in Germany; Too III to Move

Berlin, Jan. 25.-(By Associated
Press -Of the American soldiers
taken prisoner by the Germans on
the western front only a single one
now remains in Germany, the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent has
learned. He is at Stuttgart, too III
to be removed at present.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Boston Teacher to Teach
French I'M Hiuh School

Mrs. Jeanstte Drake, a graduate
of Smith college and a teacher in
Boston schools for four years, mas
been engaged ito teach French in
Central High school
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24

year since the government abolished
the trading in wheat features we
have gotten along very nicely. #
the government today would or
der the discontinuanee of future
trading in corn, oats, rye and bar,
ley the supply and demand would
quickly bring about readjustment
of prices and business would move
along in a most satisfactory man
ner.
To-day, if vote could be taken,
l feel safe in saying that 95 per eeua
of the grain and elevator men the
country over would say abolish the
Chicago Board of Trade.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24

priation was designed to make a
market, as senator's have charged,
for packers products. Senator
Martin replied that the appropria-
ton was designed primarily to al
leviate starvation and suffering
among our friends" in Europe,
and that only incidentally would it
make a market for some American
products. The fund will be expend-
ed, Senator Martin said, by the
inter-allied food council composed
Of 'eight Of the most distinguished
men in the world"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Corset Savings

We have many models which
cannot be duplicated. These are
sold at reductions Of g most in
teresting character Friday we
offer several R 4 G styles at
lass than usual prices.
A few odd Brassieres are also
reduced in price.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Transport Sails.

Washington, Jan. 23.-The Trans.
port Martha Washington has sailed
from France with 2,400 troops, in
GLIDING $50 sick and wounded. She
is expected to reach Newport News
January %.
Bee Want Ads are the Best Bust
ness Boosters.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Attorney General Is
POssessOr of Etching
Of Colonel Roosevelt

NN%N@eA $3.50 - f~~~
Lincoln, Jan. 23.-An original
autographed etching Of the late
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, for
which "a fortune" is said to have
been offered, hangs above the pri-
vate Office desk Of Attorney Gen.
eral Davis at the state capitol.
Colonel Roosevelt, whose two
sons, Captain Archie and the late
Lieutenant Quentin, wefe Harvard
college churns of the Nebraska at
torney general, signed the portrait
and addressed the signature per-
sonally to Mr.. Davis March 20,
1917.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
The Mems Shop
Fqtn Dress Accessories

Have you the correct attire for.
evening wear? What, with con-
certs, theaters and the like, men
should be prepared. This shop
has correct fashions in Full Dress
Shirts, Ties, MuffIers, Shirt Studs
and Cuff Links, white and gray
Gloves, linen and silk Handker.
chiefs, silk Hose. Prices to suit,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24

of the supreme peoples council Of
German Poland and formerly dep
uty in the German reichstag.
p..nnin.. Nj. l. pnIn.nn
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-18
Be PRETTY! TURN
GREY HAIR DARK
Try GrandmOther's Old Fayorite
Recipe of Sage Tea and
Sulphur.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur. properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded. streak
ed or gray. Years ago the only way
to get this mixture was to make it at
home. which is mussy and trouble
some. Nowadays. by asking at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound you viii get a large
bottle of this famous old recipe. i'm
proved by the addition OF other in
gradients. at small cost.
Don't stay gray. Try it. No one
can possibly tell that YOU darkened
your hair. as it does it so naturally and
evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through
your hair. taking one small strand at
a time. by morning the gray hair dis
appears. and after another application
or two, your hair becomes beautifully
dark. glossy and attractive.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-18
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove It

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel, act gently on the
bowels and positively 60 the work
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DIR. Edwards Olive
Tablets. The pleasant, sugar-coated
tablets are taken for bad breath by
all who know them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gen.
tly but firmly on the bowels and liver.
stimulating them to natural action,
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calonel does without any
of the bad after effects.
All the benefits of nasty. sickening,
gripping cathartics are derived from
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets without
gripping, painor any disagreeable effects.
DR.. F. NJ. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of prac-
tice among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint, with the
attendant bad breath.
Olive Tablets are purely vegetable
compound mixed with olive oil; you
will know them by their olive color.
Take one or two every night for week
and note the effect. lOc and 25e.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-18
No. Continued from
Page One

carriers in the city delivery service;
supervisory officials, inspectors, rail-
way postal clerks, including substi-
tutes, supefintendents, requisition fill
lers. packers, and laborers; and en-
ployees in the government-owned au-
tomobile service.
The increases for these employees
will be as follows:
Employees receiving between $1,000
and $1,000, increased 5000.
Between $1,000 and $500, increa sed
$50.
Between $1,000 and $4,000, increased
SIPS.
No third class postmaster to receive
more than $4,000 per year.
Carriers in village delivery service,
and other employees paid from lump
sum appropriations. receiving less
than $1,000, increased 20 per cent.
Rural letter carriers on daily routes
and carriers on two tri-weekly routes
whose routes are IL miles or less, in
creased SIS; between IL and 20 miles.
increased 500; between 20 and %
miles. increased $50; "a miles or over,
increased 5000.
Rural letter carriers on trt-weekly
routes OF IL miles or less, increased
$3.50: between IL and 20 miles, in
creased $50: between 20 and "a miles,
increased SIS; "a miles or over 800.
Postmasters at fourth class offices,
increased Is per cent.
Substitute. temporary, and auxiliary
clerks at first and second class post
offices, and substitute, temporary. and
auxiliary letter carriers in city deliv-
cry service to receive after No. C, 60
cents for each hour OF service per-
formed.
Employees separated ON the serv-
ice prior to Nov. are .1ot entitled to
the benefits of the act. Janitors are
personal appointees of the postmast-
ers and are not entitled to the in
creases.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-18
PALE, ANEMIC
GIRLS NEED A
BLOOD TONIC
Pepto- Mangan Enriehes and Builds
Up the Blood.
Palior, Headaches and Shortness o
Breath Disappear.
Pepto- ManJan Sold in Liquid ant
Tablet Form

Why should any girl or young wom-
an continue to have a pale, sallow
complexion tod a listless, rundown
system devoid of energy and vitality?
Such young folks are continually
unhappy and detected simply because
they accept such condition as their
misfortune, and envy their friends who
are in the bloom of health and enjoy
ing all the good things of life
IL such young women would realize
that their anemic condition is probably
due 10 thin, impoverished blood, which
easily be enriched by GUIDES Pepto-
Nangan, how much happier and at
tractive they would be.
GUIDES Pepto- Mangan is q safe. ben
eficial and pleasant tonic for anyone
suffering from any ailment caused by
poor blood. If taken regularly for a
few weeks it viii enrich the blood with
thousands of the healthy blood
cells that are needed to carry nourish-
ment to every part of the body
Pepto- Mangan is sold in both LIQUID
and tablet form. Both contain the
same medicinal Ingredients.
Buy o-Mangan at your drug
gist's. Be sure the name Guides is
on the package. Without .Cude's it is
not Pepto-M angan.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-18
No. CONTINUED from
Page One.

sentatives of the Anti Saloon League
Of America met in conference here to-
day and began to lay plans Tor cam
paign to raise $4,000, 900 for world
wide prohibition fight.
L. b. Musgrove, Jasper, Alabama
millionaire is here with DIR. w. B.
crumpton and Brooks Lawrence. rep
resenting Alabama in the conference.
Ernest n. c. Harrington. of West
erville, Ohio and Bishop James G.
Cannon of San Antonio are also pres
emit as well as Howard HI. Russell,
founder OF the league. DR.. p. A. Bak-
er, national superintendent is taking
q leading part in the conference. He
lives in Montgomery.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-18
WRONG BODY is
RETURNED HOME
Grand Rapids Parents Report
Error to War Depart
ment.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 1I--Open-
ing casket supposed to contain the
body of their son, John t. Westerhof
who was killed in northern Russia
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Westerhof dis
covered the remains of another SOL
der. The body was one of sixty
eight brought back last week. The
war department has been asked for
instructions regarding disposition of
the body.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-18
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OBITUARY.
i zzRK HI q 3 a
MRS. MARY A. TOUART,

The funeral services of Mrs. Mary
A Touart, whose death occurred at the
family home 100 Florida Blanca stree.
Sunday afternoon at the age of 70,
were conducted from St. Michaels
Church yesterday afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock, following which burial was in
ST. Michaers cemetery.
The large number in attendance at
the funeral and the many beautiful
floral offering bespoke the high es-
TEEN in which the decea sed. who had
spent her entire life in Pensacola,
was held. The pallbearers were w. P.
Sullivan, w. c. Bicker, J. II. Quina,
Frank Giraud, Ed. Touart and Len
Lebanon.