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Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
Retail Grocer PenaIized at
Binghamton, N. Y, Under
Federal Statute for Selling
Sugar at Is Cents a Pound.
AMENDMENT TO FOOD
CONTROL BILL OFFERED
Palmer Asks Legislation That
Would Extend Food Control
Act to Cover Clothing and
Containers of Foods.

Washington. Aug. l3.-(By the
Associated Press) important new
Developments in the governments
fight to reduce the high cost of
living came today.
One of the most interesting was
the announcement by Attorney
General Palmer that the first fed
cral conviction for profiteerng had
been obtained. District Attorney
Lucey telegraphed from Bingham
ton, N. Y. that a retail grocer had
been fined $500 for selling sugar at
IS cents a pound. No details were
given and the law under which the
case was brought was not known
here.
"A few good cases of plofiteering
in each state will settle that trouble"
Mr.. Palmer remarked.
In order to bring to book persons
guilty of raising prices exorbitant-
ly or boarding food to advance
prices, Mr.. Palmer submitted to
the agricultural committees of con-
gress the draft of an amendment to
the food control act extending its
provisions to clothing and contain
ers of foods and feeds and providing
penalty of $4,000 fine or two years
Imprisonment or both for violation
of the law. Chairman Haugen, of
the house committee announced the
amendment would be considered
immediatly by subcommittee and
that a report might be made to-
morrow.
1t is Mr.. Palmer's idea that this
amendment should be considered
before taking up other amendments
suggested by President Wilson to
exten1 the effective life of the food
control act beyond the war period.
Ask Appropriations.
Three cabinet officers asked spe-
cial appropriations from congress
for the campaign against inflated
prices. Secretary Redfield request
ed $4,000 for the work of the bur-
eau of standards in assuring full
weight and measures of the bureau
of fisheries in introducing new fish
foods. Secretary Wilson asked for
S475.OOO for the employment of spe-
cial agents and others and Mr..
Palmer requested $l,000,000 for the
bureau of Investigation and for the
expenses of the state food admins
tration assisting the Department of
Justice
Another 100000 was asked for
antitrust suits. especially that
against the five big packing compan-
les, The attorney general also wants
100000 for other work of the de-
partment, not directly connected
with the living problem, such as the
enforcement of wartime prohibition.
prosecution of appeals and hiring of
special assistants.
Want RED Tape" Cut.
Asked today if he had any reports
indicating sufficient food held in
storage to affect prices materially
if released, Mr., Palmer revealed that
a number of governors had appealed
to him to cut red tape" in forcing
on the market amazing quantities"
of foodstuffs now in storage. In
some cases it was said. the food has
been held longer than permitted
by state laws, but technicalties re-
gardlng interstate commerce had
prevented the governors from un-
dertaking seizure or prosecutions.
Mr.. Palmer ordered all district at
torneys to assist the governors.
Reports of excessive stocks Of
Continued on Page Two, Column Four,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
fine FIRST PR0F|TEER In US.
Nebraska Representatives
Make Fight for Bill to
License Foreign Potash
Judge Kinkad Takes Exception to Statement of Lang
ford of Georgia That Domestic Product is Not Up
to Standard of German Mines-Says People Who
Invested Money Are Entitled to Protection.

lists from different states was prac-
tically inexhaustible and that Searles
lake alone has y square miles of
potash deposits, enough to supply
the United States on its present
basis of consumption for 80 years
and that while the supply in the
Nebraska lakes is not fully known
it was believed to be even greater
than that of Searles lake in Utah.
an this developing our own pot
ash industries" )" said the representa-
tive from the Fourth District, "by
using our own supplies we are also
making use Of American labor in
its production instead of allowing
our recent enemy to dump in on
the country vast supplies of potash
mined in Germany by prison labor
during the very time in which we
were engaged in the war
Many People Affected
"In Nebraska. alone, two towns,
Holland and Antioch, aggregating a
population of 5000 people, have
been established by the potash it,
dustry. Lakeside has grown from a
mere elevator station to a village
of 1000 people. 1900 people are
employed in potash development
in my state alone, and as'the indus
try grows throughout the nation
multiplied thousands of laborers will
be profitably employed in producing
this great national necessity.
1T is enough for us to know that
by providing temporary protection
for the potash industry we are saw
ing to patriotic investors $5O,OOO,0OO.
making possible the speedy develop
ment OF a potash supply that will
take care of the needs of our coun-
try for all future time, and that we
are thus rendering ourselves inde-
pendent of any other country that
would seek to handicap us by con-
trolling a great industry necessary
to our food production, either IN
time of peace or war. 1t is hoped
the members of this congress will
not be so near sighted as to fail to
see the justice Of this provision and
the tremendous future of the potash
industry of America that hinges en-
tirely on the result of our attitude
toward this pending legislation.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14

London, Aug. l3.-(By the Asso-
>iated Press. Lord Grey is con-
senting to go to Washington. tenn
porarily. Andrew Bonar Law, gov
ernmcnt spokesman. said i'll the
House of Commons today, in order
to deal particularly with questions
arising out of the peace settlement.
Mr. Bonar Law added that a per-
marent ambassador to the United
States would be appointed early
next year.
Commander Kenworthy asked
why Lord Grey was not appointed
permanently. In reply Mr. Bonar
Law said the government would
only be too glad if Lord Grey would
accep. permanent post, but every
one who knew of the former secre-
tarv's disabilities would share in the
satisfaction over his present action.
Viscount Grey OF Fallodon (Sir
Edward Grey) comes to the United
States to represent the British gov
ernment after a brilliant career as
head of the Bri fish foreign office.
For II years momentous i'll the po-
Utica, affairs of Europe, he was sec
retary of state for foreign affairs
from December II. 1905, to Decem-
Der Ii, 1916.
Tried to Prevent War.
O.. several occasions it was the
initia tive of Sir Edward Grey that
caused the gathering clouds of war
to disappear. 1t was he who made
the last effort to prevent the Eu-
ropesn war when he urged the am
bassadors of the leading powers to
meet to discuss the situation in an
attempt to put off hostilities. His
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
Russ Monarchists Offer
Throne to Romanowsky
Of the Romanoff Family

London, Aug. ia bolshevik
wireless message received here as
serts that, after a meeting of Rus
sian monarchists in Siberia, the Rus
san throne was offered to the Duke
Of Romanowsky, a member of the
CO det, or younger branch of the
Romanoff family, headed by former
Emperor Nicholas. The dispatch
adds that the duke accepted the Of
fer.
The Duke of Romanowsky re
ferred to probably is Prince Alex
ander Romanowsky, head of the
house of Beauharnas and son of the
late Duke Georges Maximiliano-
witch and There's, duchess Of Olden-
burg, He also bears the title Of
Duke of Leuchtenberg Prince
Alexar der is SO years old.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
Armed Forces of Austria
Protest Against Monarchy

Berlin, Aug. 13.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. 1T is reported from
Vienna that the entire armed forces
of Austria are protesting against
alleged efforts to establish a mon
archy. The soldiers in demonstra-
ton before the parliament building
demanded that the republican form
of government be obtained. There
were similar demonstrations i'll the
country districts.
The Hungarian public prosecutor
has issued an announcement that
proceedings will be begun against
all individuals charged with crimes
during the Bella Kun dictatorship
and that steps have already been
taken for their arrest and extradi-
ton. according to advices from
Budapest
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
MUDDLE OF NAMES
UPSETS OFFICIALS.

Washington, Aug. l5--(Special
Telegram.)- I'm looking over the
settlement of allotments of claims
of returned soldiers Congressman
Jefferis came across some remarka-
bic figures in the war risk bureau.
He had presented claim on behalf
of A. n Anderson of Omaha, first
name and number of enlistment not
giver. The officer in charge in
looking up the matter found that
there were over 100000 Andersons
on the rolls and that "a N. Ander-
son" ian into the hundreds. At an
other time it was discovered that
there were more than 100000
Smiths on the rolls and that l25,000
were named John Smith.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
By E. c. SNYDER,
Staff Correspondent of The Omaha
Rec

Washington, D. c., Aug. l3.-
Especial Telegram Potash, essen
tial to the farmers of the south and
the west. held the stage Wednesday
IN the house Representative Lang
lord of Georgia, started the discus
sion Cn the merits of domestic pot
ash and the foreign article by in
SistEo that bills now pending in the
way, and means committee for IL
censlng the domestic product should
be killed, as the domestic product in
purity and strength was inferior to
tn German product.
Judge Kinkaid of the Sixth Ne
braska district, in whose bailiwick
the potash lakes are located, took
exception to the statement of the
Geore .an and championed the out
put Of potassium salts in his district
as comparing most favorably with
that of the mines of Alsace. insisting
tha, the Nebraska potash was just
as rici' iii fertilizer content per hun
dred pounds as the German product
now under French control. Uncle
Nose came out hat-footed for a
licensing system, insisting that the
people, not only in his state. but
other states, who had invested their
money in the building up of war
necessity had a right to be protect
cd in what was essentially an infant
industry and make the domestic arti-
Gle independent.
Mclaughlin Wants Licensing.
Representative Mclaughlin Of
York, member of the agricultural
committee of the house was given
close attention as he took up the
cudgels for licensing the output of
domestic potash for a short time,
thereby saving to the domestic pro-
ducers S50,000,000 which the citizens
of the United States had put into
potash production at the earnest So
licitation of the war board.
Mr.. Mclaughlin said that the sup
ply of potash in this country, ac
cording to reports of the United
States geological survey and sub
stantiated by many university chem
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
Republicans Who Advocate
Reservations Practically AS
sured of Democratic Assent
to Their Program.
BEGINNING OF END
IN LONG CONTROVERSY
Both Parties Insist That Public
Sentiment Demands DIspo-
sition Of League Pact With
out Further Delay.

Washington, Aug. l5.-(By The
Associated Press. 1.-The trend to-
ward agreement on reservations IN
the peace treaty reached the stage
today where the group OF repubii'
can senators advocating reserva-
ions received assurances which
thew accepted as guaranteeing dem
ocratic assent to their program.
Word reached members OF the
group, it was stated, that as soon
as they could pledge score OF re-
rublican votes for reservations to
the league of nations covenant along
the line recently agreed on by seven
republican senator's, the admlnistra-
ton forces in the senate would be
willing to line up on that basis tor
ratification of the treaty.
There was an intimation also that
the reservationists had reason to be-
,ieve their ranks eventually would
include Senator Lodge, chairman OF
The Foreign relations committee and
republican leader of the senate.
Twenty republicans, it was de-
clarcd, would be enough with the
administration democrats to make
up the thirds necessary for rat
ification. The program on which
it is sought to unite these elements
contemplates reservations to further
protect the Monroe doctrine, to in
sure domestic control over domes-
tic questions, to amplify the right of
withdrawal and to fortify the power
Of congress to decide questions of
neace or war under Article X.
Hitchcock Not Spokesman.
1t was declared the information
that democrats were in a receptive
mood toward such a proposal did
not come from Senator Hitchcock
Of Nebraska the administration
leader, but from source considered
entirely authoritative. T he Ne
braska senator himself denied that
he had taken part in any such ne
rotiations and said his advocacy of
unreserved ratification remained un-
altered Mr.. Lodge also denied that
ne had given assent to the proposed
reservations.
Meantime, however. at a meeting
Of the foreign relations committee,
Senator Hitchcock gave notice that
unless the committee completed
without undue delay its considera
ton of the treaty, some independent
action might be expected on the
floor of the senate. In the sugges-
ton for speedy action Chairman
Lodge concurred, and the upshot OF
heated discussion was an an
nouncement that the committee
! would begin tomorrow the consid-
Grafton of proposed amendments.
Although Senator Hitchcock said
no definite plan for independent
senate action had been formulated,
it is known that the possibility of
taking the treaty away from the
committee and bringing is to vote
has been discussed informally in
many conferences among senators.
Both the democrats and the reserva-
ton republicans have been insist
ent that public sentiment demanded
disposition of the treaty without de-
lay.
End of Fight in Sight.
Among many senators the days
developments were interpreted as
marking the beginning of the end of
Continued on Page Two Column One)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
HENRY FORD ACTS
IN ROLE OF PEACEMAKER

Tilton. N. H., Aug. l5.-Henry
Ford, who is visiting here with
Thomas A. Edison. the noted ir-
ventor, appeared in new role Tues
day when he acted as self-consti-
tuted conciliator in the Tilton cap
,tal employees strike.
Ford circulated among the Strl&-
ers. He expressed belief that their
pay should be increased but urged
them to return to work and sub
nit their demands to arbitration.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
Capt. Castle Dead.

Washington. Aug. l3.--Capt, Guy
w. S. Castle. commanding officer
Of the transport Martha Washing
ton, is dead at Brest. France. the
Navy department learns Captain
Castle died on board his ship He
was appointed in 1897 to the naval
academy from Wise
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
TinoCo Leaves Costa RiCa:
Brother Is ASsassinated

Washington, Aug. l3.-President
iinoco has left Costa Rica. This
information reached the State de-
partment Wednesday, but details
have not yet been received.
Joaquin Tinoco, brother of the
president of Costa Rica, was assassi-
mated August 10, according to re
ports to the State department No
details were given
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
pOSTOFFICE ROBBED
OF $4,000 IN BILLS.

Edmonton, Alta. Aug l3.-Fitty
thousand dollars in paper currency,
in registered parcel post, was stolen
trom the postoffice here between
Saturday and Tuesday morning, it
was said The money was consigned
TO . local bank.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
Suit to Dissolve Cement
Combination Announced

Washington. Aug. ia suit in
equity to dissolve "the cement COM
binatior' is announced by Attorney
Genera Palmer. The action is to
I brought in the district of New
Jersey against l9 individual capital
lists
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
Let's Arrange Loan of
$60,0O0,000 in America

London, Aug. ia Russian
soviet government wireless dispatch
from Moscow states that the Let
tish government has arranged a
loan Of $60000,000 in America. The
loan is to pay for food received from
the allies, the dispatch saws.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
Winnipeg Labor Leaders
Committed for Trial

Winnipeg, Man. Aug. l3.-Eight
Winnipeg strike leaders We're tor
mallv committed for trial at the
November assizes by Magistrate R.
NJ. Nolle, on the charge of sedltlous
conspiracy
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
Kerensky in Vienna.

Basel. Aug. l3.-Alexander keren-
sky, former premier and minister OF
war in Russia, is in Vienna. accord
ing to the Frankfort Zeitung. copy
of which has been received here.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
Decorators to Strike

New York, Aug. ia strike OF
1000 interior decorators was called
here today. threatening to prevent
the general autumn renovation of
hundreds of apartments.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
HEIR TO MILLION
HELD FOR FORGERY

Salt Lake City. Utah, Aug. Is
Ray G. Craig, 2s, of Los Angeles,
is under arrest here. Craig is al
legged by the police to have forged a
number of checks. He ise also said
20 be the long-sought heir to a
Sl,000,000 estate in Ireland
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
Off to Honolulu.

Los Angeles. Cal. Aug. l3.-Sec-
retary Daniels departed for Homo
lulu this morning on the battleship
New York, accompanied by four
des yers. No ceremonies marked
the sailing,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14
THE WEATHER.:

. Fair and continued warm Thurs
day: Friday partly cloudy and
cooler, possibly local thunder
showers in east portion.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-14

Hourly tcmprrnture.
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End of Fight in Sight.

Among many senator's the days
developments were interpreted as
marking the beginning of the end of
Continued on Page Two Column One.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17

saw herself playing a lone hand
against the world, making her indi-
vidual struggle TO be something more
than the petted companion of dom
inant male and the mother of his
children, She never quite lost sight
of the fact that marriage had been
the last resort. that in effect she had
taken the avenue her personal charm
afforded to escape drudgery and iso'
lation, There was still deep.rooted
in her a craving for something big
ger than mere ease of living, She
knew as well as she knew anything
that In the natural evolution OF
things. marriage and motherhood
should have been the big thing in her
life. And It was not. II was too
incidental. too incomplete. too much
like a mere breathing place on lifes
highway, Sometimes she reasoned
with herself bluntly, instead OF
dreaming. was driven to look facts in
the eye because she did dream. Al
ways she encountered the same 90
stacIe. feeling that she had been
defrauded. robbed of something
vital: she had foregone that wonder.
full passionate drawing together
which makes the separate lives OF
the man and woman who experiences
IT so fuse that. In the truest sense
of the word. they become one.
Mostly she kept her mind from
that disturbing introspection. because
invariably Il led her to vague dream.
ing of future which she told her
self sometimes wistfully could
never be realized. She had shut the
door on many things, 1t seemed TO
her now. But she had the sense
to know that dwelling on what might
have been only served to make her
morbid. and did not in the least serve
to alter the unalterahle. She had
chosen what seemed to her at the
time the least of two evils, and she
meant to abide steadfastly by her
choice.
Charlie Benton came to visit them.
Strangely enough to Stella. who had
never seen him on Roaring Lake. at
least, dressed otherwise than as his
loggers. he was sporting a natty gray
suit, he was clean shaven. oxford
ties on his feet. a gentleman Of
leisure in his garb. II he had started
on the down grade the previous
winter. he bore no signs OF 1t now.
for he was the picture OF ruddy
vigor. clear Keyed. brown.skinned.
alert. bubbling over with good spir-
its.
why. say. you look like tour.
ist." Fyfe remarked, after an ap-
praising glance.
I'm making money, pulling ahead
of the game. that's ALL" Benton re-
torted cheerfully Il can afford TO
take holiday now and then. I'm
putting a million feet a month in the
water. That's going some for small
fry like me. Say. this house OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17
PROJECT HOTEL
OF S3,500,000
Group of Business Men Plan
Big New Hosiery

Seattle is to have a new hotel of
600 rooms which will cost $4,000 900,
IL the plans of group of Seattle
business men acting with a Chamber
of Commerce committee. are success
full
Formation of a company for the
purpose of building the big hosiery
were announced Wednesday by an
executive committee comprising A. ].
Rhodes, C. ID. Stimson, Frank Water
house. N. II. Latimer and J. +. Doug.
las.
The officers OF the new company.
h sen by 81 business men and
women, are: President. A. j. Rhodes;
vice president, c. ID. Stimson; vice
president. Frank Warehouse; treas
urer. N. II. Latimer; secretary, J. r..
Douglas.
1t is planned to finance the hotel
by the sale of capital stock at 500 a
share thru a general campaign and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17

to raise half the amount required to
erect the hotel by means of a mort.
gage bond issue.
The execu tive committee has
opened negotiations with the Linnard
hotel corporation of California and
the Bowman group of New York, and
it is expected that one of these COM
panies will assist in the plans to build
a much-needed hotel in Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-17

yours il all to the good. Jack. IT'S
got class, outside and in. Makes a
man feel as IL he had TO live to H.,
.eh? Mackinaws and calked boots
don't go with Oriental rugs and oak
floors"
you should get place like this
as soon as possible them Stella put
in drily, ito keep you up to the
mark. on edge aesthetically. one
might put H."
mot to say morally" Benton
laughed. "oh. maybe III get to IL
by and by, II the timber business
holds up"
Later. when he and stella were
alone together, he said 10 her:
You're lucky. You've got every
thing, and IL comes without an eff
fort. You sure showed good judg-
ment when YOU picked Jack Fyfe.
He's a thorobred."
'oh. thank you" she returned. a
touch of irony in her voice. IA subtlety
of infection that went clean over
Charles head.
lie was fun OF inquiries about
where they had been that winter,
what they had done and seen. Also
he brimmed over with his own ar
fairs. lie stayed overnight and went
his way with brotherly threat Of
making the F'yfe bungalow his head.
quarters whenever he felt like it,
ITS a touch of civilization that
looks good to me-" he declared, You
can put my private mark on one of
those big leather chairs, Jack. I'm
going 20 use it often. All you need
good-looking girl or two-unnarried
ones. You watch. When the sum.
mer flock comes TO the lake, your
place Is going to be popular"
That observation verified Benton's
shrewdness. The F'yfe bungalow did
become popular. Two weeks after
Charles visit. lean, white cruiser,
all brass and mahogany above her
topsides. slid up 20 the float. and two
women came at dignifled pace
along the path 10 the house. Stella
had met Linda Abbey once, reluc.
family. under the circumstances, but
It was different now-with the diff
ference that money makes. She
could play hostess against an effec-
tive background. and she did 40
graciously. Nor was her gracious.
ness wholly assumed. After all. they
were her kind Of people: Linda, fair
haired. perfectly gowned. perfectly
hammered, sweeuy pretty; Mrs.
Abbey. forty odd and looking thirty.
five. with that calm self-assurance
which wealth and position confer up
on those who hold 1t securely. Stella
found them altogether 10 her liking.
IL pleased her, too. that Jack hap.
pened in to meet them. He was not
scintllating talker. yet she had
noticed that when he had anything
to say. he never failed 10 attract and
hold attention. His quiet. impersonai