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Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
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BITS OFNEWS
FIND STOLEN KEY
IN OFFICERS LUGGAGE.

New York, Aug. 2O.-The key to
the door of the Mansion House in
London, recovered recently at Camp
Devens, Mass, in the baggage of
Lieut.. Ira /. Hodes of BROOKLYN.
was stolen at an entertainment for
American wounded by sailor who
was caught in the act and sent the
key to the officers hotel, Lieuten-
ant Hodes said.
He explained that soon after the
key was sent him he was stricken
with influenza and forgot to return
it. Later it was packed into his
bedding roll by the porter of his
hotel. The bedding roll was mislaid
and only recently recovered. He
denied a report that the key was of
tered General Pershing as symbol
of the freedom of the city on the
occasion of his visit to London.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21

dence is here presented that crime
has been committed
Robert Crance, father of the dead
girl, who attended the hearing, told
of a dream in which his daughter
was alleged to have appeared to a
girl friend and told that her body
was not in the lake but under a pile
of stones near Maplewood.
Believes Dream True.
Pm not a dreamer, but ! believe
there is something in this one" said
Crance. This girl was friend of
my daughter" he added. "She said
Hazel appeared to her in a dream
and said, I have been killed. Tell
father. l haven't been able to ap-
pear to him yet. Tell him to stop
spending money to drag the lake.
My body is not there. l was taken
ashore near Maplewood and was left
in a dying condition under pile of
rocks. | will appear to father before
the week is out and tell where my
body is, if it hasn't been found by
then. Tell him not to try to take
vengeance himself, but let the law
take its course.
when Hazel was a little thing l
dreamed one night that | saw her
dead in the water. with her clothes
torn and her body bruised. That
dream pursued me for several nights
in one form or another, with Hazel
always dead, but I was afraid to tell
her mother about it because | knew
it would worry her. A few nights
before she went canoeing with
Fether | had that dream again.
This is the first time | have told
ANYBODY about il
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
Attorney General and State
Secretary of Agriculture
To Start Food Probe Today
State Officials to Investigate Prices and Cost of Food
stuffs and Other Necessities from Producer to Con-
sumer-State Food Inspectors Have Collected
Much Data to Be Presented.

To force some action in the vari-
Gus Investigations in the high cost
of living conducted throughout Ne
braska, Attorney General Clarence
A. Davis, Secretary of Agriculture
Leo Stuhr and George A. Williams,
chief of the Bureau of Markets and
Marketing, will start probe of the.
prices of various foodstuffs and
necessities this morning i'll the
Douglas county court house.
The state officials, who arrived in
the city last night, have all prep
arations for the investigation COM
pleted. Attorney General Davis to-
day will appoint special council
of attorneys to aid the inve stiga-
ton personnel of the secretary OF
agriculture's office in conducting
the probe 1t is understood that At
torney w. H. Munger of Omaha
will be one of the legal aides to
the committee.
Out to Get Facts.
I'VE are here to get the facts and
true conditions of the situation"
was Secretary of Agriculture Stuhr's
comment on the investigation last
night. I'VE are trying to get evil
dence enough to bring about con-
victions. This, however, is only
possible with the aid of the public.
We are working in the public's in
terest and any information regard
ing food boarding, boosting of
prices, etc, will be welcomed by us.
I'm starting these public hear
ings, it is with the intent of ascer-
tanning the exact facts in the mat
ter of costs of necessary food
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
LEAVE HERO DEAD WHERE
BURIED, PERSHING SAYS.

Washington, Aug. 20.-"We
should leave our dead near where
they fell" is the mature judgment
by General Pershing in a cable re-
ceived today by the War department
ON the question of bringing the
american dead home from France.
That this Judgment is not shared
by relatives of the dead men is indi-
Gated by letters received by the War
department, which show that they
are three to one in favor of bringing
the bodies home.
The War departments opposition
to the decree of the French govern
ment forbidding removal of bodies
OF Americans until the French as
sembly has acted on the bill against
removing bodies has been laid be-
fore the French foreign office.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
Attorney General Says That
Campaign Of Government to
Reduce High Prices Already
Is Bearing Fruit.
HOARDERS UNLOADING
WARES UPON MARKET
Another Sugar Profiteer Is
Arrested in Chicago and
Further Moves Are Planned
by Illinois Officials.

Washington, Aug. 2O.-(By The
Associated Press. )-Attorney Gen
eral Palmer said today there was
evidence that the government cam
paign to reduce the cost of living
already was bearing fruit A
prominent vegetable packer of
Maryland wrote Mr.. Palmer that
prices in many lines were begin
ming to ease off as it became evi-
dent the Department of Justice
meant business in announcing that
criminal prosecution against hoard
ers and profiteers would be insti-
tuted wherever the laws were vio-
lated.
1--WE want to make clear, how
ever" the attorney general said,
that nothing we can do can change
the immutable economic laws on
which prices depend. If we can in
crease the supply by greater pro-
duction and lessen demand by
greater saving on the part Of the
people, then the cost of living
should come down We can help
that along by forcing hoarders to
put on the market food held out
for an advance in prices and fur
ther by holding up to public scorn
or by prosecuting, if congress gives
us the criminal amendment to the
food control law, those who are
guilty of trying to exact greater
profit than is reasonable and Just.
We are going to make the market
that is the law of supply and de-
mand-operate normally instead of
artificially."
Distinctions Drawn.
The attorney general and Judge
Ames, his assistant, drew distinc-
tions which they said the public
should recognize between boarded
food and stored food. The former
is held out of the market in great
er quantities than required for the
owners business for the purpose OF
forcing up the market. The latter
is surplus being husbanded for the
harvest to the lean season.
1t was made clear, though, that
all food proved to be boarded
would be put on the market.
United States marshals probably
will administer its disposition, but
whether sales will be made direct
to the public or through retailers
under a guarantee of fair prices has
not been decided.
i Reports to the attorney general
from state food administrators in
dicated that fair prices boards
rapidly were being formed in many
states and were proceeding to get
pledges from dealers to abide by
the prices promulgated for the
guidance of the public.
The Department of Justice an
nounced that II cases had been
brought under the food control act
for the seizure, of food in Colum-
bus, Ga; St. Louis, Detroit, Chat
tanooga and Kansas City.
Committee Discusses H. c. L.
Cost OF living questions continue
to be discussed by congress today.
Mr.. Palmer. appearing before the
house agriculture committee in con-
nection with its consideration of leg
islatioh to extend the powers of the
food control act, opposed the pro-
posal to give the president>author
ity to fix wholesale and retail prices
of necessities.
Following Mr.. Paner's appear
Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
Department Denies Wheat
Crop BEING Graded Down

Washington, Aug. 20.-The De-
partment of Agriculture announces
that the new winter wheat crop is
not being graded down so as to
bring large discounts from the gov
ernment guarantee price for No. !
hard winter, as had been charged
in congress. Figures on wheat re-
ceipts from western markets. the
department said, showed that in the
Kansas City district, TIT per cent
of the hard winter wheat inspected
up to August 9, graded No. 81 or
better, while the percentage in the
Oklahoma City district was 9l.2.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
Six Killed, Sixteen Injured
in Michigan Train Wreck

Traverse City, Aug. 20-Six per-
sons. all members of the train crews,
were killed and l6 passengers in
jured when Pere Marquette freight
train plowed head OH into a south
bound passenger train at Grawn,
Mich, Wednesday.
Hagerstown, Md, Aug 20.-A
number of passengers were reported
killed and many injured in the
wrecking of fast train No of the
Norfolk & Western railway near
Boyce, Va, As miles from here. at
I:30 o'clock this morning. Five
cars were reported to have left the
track, including two Pullmans, en-
route from southern points to New
York. All were reported badly
wrecked.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
Montenegrins and Serbs
Fight at Lake Scutari

Rome, Aug. 20.-Severe fighting
between Montenegrins and Serbians
near Lake Scutari was reported in
dispatches received here today.
Serbians were said to be evacuat-
ing what was formerly Montenegro
and to have massacred inhabitants
of the Carnizza region.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
DUSKY PRINCESS
ARRIVES IN CANADA.

Victoria, B. c., Aug. 20.-Prircess
Kram, l8year-old daughter of the
Sultan OF Sulu, arrived here We'd
nesday on her wa yto Chicago,
where she is to enter school One
of her companions on her journey
across the Pacific on the Japanese
liner, Katori Maru, was Miss S. A.
Aguinaldo, l7-year-old daughter of
Emilio Aguinaldo, former Filipino
rebel chief.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
DIES WHILE WIFE SINGS
HIS FAVORITE AIR.

Santa, Barbara, Cal, Aug. 70
Rudolph Edward Schirmer, head of
the New York music publishing
house of G. Schirmer & Co., died
here Tuesday night after long ILL
ness. He is survived by a widow
and a two-weeks,old son. He died
while, at his request, his wife and
friend, R. B. Gring, sang his favorite
air from Beethoven.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
Striking Railway Men
Beat Up Superintendent

Los Angeles, Aug. 20.-A crowd
of striking employees of the Los
Angeles railway and sympathizers
said to have numbered more than
1000, attacked the Dayton Avenue
car barns here late Wednesday
night, threw rocks through win
dows and attacked and severely
beat E. L. Lewis, superintendent
of the company, who was present.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
"SCOOT" SUPER SAYS;
GROCERS BEAT IT"

Chicago, Aug. 20.-Neighborhood
grocers, recognized in the line of
purchasers at one postal station
here by the superintendent, we're
ordered away. They were threat
ened with legal action if they re-
turned.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
Mexican Consul Says Punitive
Expedition in Pursuit Of
Bandits Must Be Recalled
to "Av0id Difficulties"
STILL FOLLOWING TRAIL
OF RENETERIA'S OUTLAWS
American Cavalry Troops Go
into Camp in Mountains
After Hours of Strenuous
Search for Kidnapers.

Maria, Tex, Aug. 2o.-capt.
Leonard Matlack of the Eighta
cavalry has saptured two Mexi-
cans believed to have been impli-
Gated in the capture of Aviators
Peterson and Davis. This infor-
nation was brought to the border
by an American cavalry sergeant
and guard of enlisted men who
returned to the Rio Grande to-
night.
Two American aviators, Lieut..
T. w. Hastey and Lieut.. H. A.
Johnson, had a narrow escape from
death while on scout duty in Mex
leo today. The Turtle Back COW
ering of the fusilage on their air-
plane blew out and the machine
almost went into a tail spin be-
fore they could right it $50 feet
above the mountains.
The aviators are finding few
good landing places in Mexico anc
it is necessary for them to fly tc
Mexico and return to Preside
without landing. Cross air cur.
rents caused by the canyons make :
the work Of the air scouts danger
GUS.
Washington, Aug. 20.-(By The
Associated Press. )-Mexican Am
bassador Bonillas has been urged by
the Mexican consul at Preside.
Tex, to obtain from the War de-
partpent an order for withdrawal Of
the American forces now in Mexico.
The consul's telegram, made public
at the embassy tonight, said that
since Mexican federal troops were
IN pursuit of the bandits which iletd
two American aviators for ransom.
withdrawal of the American troops
would "avoid difficulties"
Follow Hot Trails" ...
Maria, Tex, Aug. 2O.-After 80
hours of campaigning in Mexico.
below the Big Bend border. follow
ing hot trails" of the Mexican
bandits who held Lieutenant Peter
son and Lieutenant Davis for ran
som, American cavalry troops went
INTO camp in the mountains tonight
tor the second time during the puni-.
tive expedition after Jesus Renteria's
band. Since the troops crossed the
Rio Grande early Monday morning
they have been riding constantly
during the daylight hours in pursuit
of the bandits.
The only contact with the bandits
reported resulted in the killing OF
one of three Mexicans who fired on
an American airplane yesterday.
According to the aviators' report
upon return from the feld, the fgh,
lasted ~ minutes. The aviators
were unharmed.
Reports Are Meager.
Reports from the field are meaoer
AS result of the broken country
south of the border, the troopers
have BEEN forced to scatter and fol-
low such trails as they can pick I'D.
ne country is too rough for air
planes to effect a landing below the
border without great danger.
A cryptic message, Still following
trail brought to the border by air
plane today was the only, definite
word from the expedition. No OF
Ilcers commanding troops in the
held have yet returned to the field
bases on the river.
Dick,1an Expected Today.
Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman,
commander of the southern depart
nent. is expected to reach here to
morrow morning on AN inspection
# posts and camps along the border
Continued on Page Two. Column One
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
GIVES WIFE TWO DOLLARS
TO SPEND ON VACATION.

Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 20.-Rus-
sell Kent was getting along pretty
we'll in the South Side municipal
court here, where he was being tried
for nonsupport of his wife, before
Judge Casimer ]: Welch, until he
told the Judge he had given his wife
but 81 to spend on her vacation" !"
How much did you give your
wife for her vacation?" queried the
Judge in astonishment.
Two dollars" replied Kent, with
pride in his voice.
Two dollars" exploded the
Judge. "She must have had a great
time on that. I'll just fine you $l0O,
Kent, and parole you on the promise
to pay her SIS a week"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
italian Troops Start
March into Hungary

Paris, Aug. 20.-Italian troops are
on their way into Hungary, accord
ing to reports received here today.
No details of the movement we're
given
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
Strike Of Bee Newswriters
and CopYreaders Is Ended

The strike of reporters and copy
readers on The Bee ended yester-
day when practically all returned to
work. The positions of some had
been filled before they returned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-24
- ..- channel purn.

'sThe weather round about here has
been too damnable for words lately,
and life on a patrol boat has been no
cinch. Came down harbor yesterday
In a regular b~lizzard-could barely see
fifty yards ahead at times, about three
inches Of snow all over the ship-freez-
Ing like the devil. There's an internal
no'westernly wind blowing, and this
packet rolls about like q sick-head'
ache. It's no Joke monkeying about In
a tiny craft OF this size, hunting tin
fishes In daylight it's bad enough,
but at night it's extremely dangerous,
as one can't see the seas and ones
liable to half swamp ones self In turn
ing. And as far as any comfort below
goes, there isn't any. Everything is
damp and cold. and the steward loses
the greater part Of your food In bring
ing Il to you. and what you hnaily re
ceive Is a cold unpalatable mess. Yet
by Heaven! it's something to be out
here having a chance to bag a bally
German swine."-Auantlc Magazine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-24
SAVAGE AND HIS SHIELD
Writer Explains Why Men Button
Their Clothing With the Right
Hand.

A popular writer who is particularly
fond of giving his readers diluted SCI
ence. in sugared pellets, says that men
button their clothing with the right
hand because their prehistoric ances-
tors used to carry shields on their iert
arms. To quote his own words:
primitive nan had q shield on MS
left arm to protect the heart side from
attack. That left his right hand free
to do the buttoning."
This is interesting and highly mag
NATIVE, but is II true2 Did primitive
man wear shirts and collars, vests ana
coats. that buttoned up at allf And
did he know that his heart was more
important to guard than his lungs OF
his liver? Is there any real evidence
that he was concerned about the reia"
tive value OF his internal organs. when
he fashioned his shield7 Did he carry
his shield on his left arm to protect
his heart or was II to leave his right
arm. apparently always the stronger.
IN the majority OF individuals, free to
WELD a sword or spear. or a stone
hammer or knobbed war club, farther
back toward the beginning OF mans
long story on this battered old planet!
Beyond question, he wanted his
most efficient hand and arm free to
use his weapons, but is It certain or
even probable that he had a strong
preference for being stabbed In the
right side, II he must needs be pune
tured at an1 Surely the weapon OF
attack always dominated the means OF
defense. The knife counted more
than the shield. The spear controlled
the use Of hands and arms more than
any buckler aver did.
Buttons are placed for the convent
ence Of the right hand, not because the
left hand was kept busy, carrying n
| shield. In the childhood Of the human
race. but because the right hand was
usually the stronger and more skilltul
then, just as It Is now.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-24
SHELLS TO USE FOR BUTTONS
A Species That 10 Abundant In New
Zealand Can Be Used 70 Ad-
vantage.

According TO information which
has been furnished by the depart
of internal affairs at yelling
ton, the Trochus niloticus, common
ly found In Queensland and the
South Sea islands, does not occur In
New Zealand; but other shells which
are found In these waters might be
used In the manufacture of buttons,
especially the psua. Haliotis iris, and
the toitol, Ostraea sulcata. They are
not at present used for the manufac-
ture of buttons or for similar uses.
but both occur In great numbers on
rocky coasts near the low-tide mark.
the paua being much the commoner.
Since these shells have never been
sought for commercial purposes. there
Is no way Of ascertaining their cost
the method of disposing Of production.
market. etc, but IL is understood that
they are very easily gathered as the
tide Gibbs and flows on the sandy
beaches about the misunderstanding
American.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-24
Your Good Servant.

shake habit your servant, not your
master" A dog turns around before
he lies down, because his distant an
cestors found 1t necessary to trample
down the weeds to make themselves a
resting place. And the energy which
has gone into that restless motion
since is beyond calculation. There are
boys and girls today who are doing
useless things, things which hinder
advancement and success, because
they are In the grip of habit formed
long ago. Plenty Of these say, II have
always done It," as a sufficient and
satisfactory explanation for anything
and everything.
"Habit Is n of the most admirable
of servants. One who is a saver of
time and energy. But II can be the
most tyrannical of masters. Do not let
It get the better of you"
Make habit your servant, but make
1t your good servant.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-24
Sense OF Taste.

The principal seat of the sense OF
taste is the mucous membrance Of the
tongue, In which dissection reveals a
cults or chorion, a capillary structure,
and an epithelium. The cults is tough,
but thinner and less dense than In
most parts of the %cutansous surface,
and receives the insertions of the In
trinsic muscles Of the tongue. The
capillary structure differs from that Of
the skin In not being concealed under
the epithelium. but in projecting from
the surface like the will of the diges-
tive canal, and II thus gives to the
tongue its well known roughness. The
epithelium is of the scaly variety, as
on the skin, but Is much thinner on
the tongue than on the skin. 1t is
most dense about the middle Of the
upper surface of the tongue, and 1t is
here that, in disordered digestion,
there is the chief accumulation Of fur,
which, in reality, Is simply a depraved
and Over-abundant formation of cpl
thelium. The papillae on the surface
of the tongue are either simple or COM
pound. The former, which closely
resemble those on the skin, are scat
tered over the whole surface Of the
tongue in parts where the others do
not exist, and they likewise partlci-
pate in the formation Of the compound
papillae.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-24
Health Suggestions,

Cultivation of an attitude Of cheer
fulness by an aggressive proportion
Of outdoor sunlight. fresh air. repose,
sleep, work, study. exercise, baths,
simple fare and wholesome habits
contributes to a good end.
The behavior of certain substances
Of the living structures in quality and
quantity at particularly appropriate
moments, the entrance of these into
the blood stream, their distribution
to the eyes, which begin to sparkle
with the glow Of pleasure, spreading
from the rne of the lips to the
large muscles of the skeleton, as q
whole, are all set free by the group
of unexpected sensations. which re
suit In the big idea" of the comic
side Of the event.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-24
Tho Reckleea Girl.

Mrs. Mamie Colvin, New York's Re
cent prohibition candidate for con-
gress, said In a stump speech:
"But there's another side TO hi
question. II liquor on the mans part
causes divorce. recklessness on the
woman's part causes II also.
IT once knew a %girl-she's divorced
today. of course-who was warned by
q friend:
"TH you marry that man. ! warn
you, my dear. that he'll lead q double
Mfe.'
well said the girl, recklessly. II
I don't marry him I'll lead a single
a.. and that's worsA'"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-24
Hint on Physical Culture.

Merely to hear the sound Of music
gives n the dancing i~mpulse-an in
clination to the feet or the hands
or the body in time with the rhythm
of the music. To make your exercise
attractive, therefore, start your music
first and then Is you feel the swing
Of II you will find pleasure In going
through your exercises. Make It a
part Of your daily schedule. You can
either follow the practice Of taking
ordinary, standard exercises to the
accompaniment Of music or you can
do special dancing movements. All
dancing movements partake Of the
character Of exercise.-Carl K. VIII
uams In Physical Culture.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-09-13
THE BAKERS VOLUNTARILY
REDUCE PRICES IN LOUISVILLE

Louisville, KY, Sept. 12.-First
volunteer reduction came yesterday
with announcement by the local bis
cult companies to the High Cost Of
Living Commission that they have
agreed with the retail trade to ten
per cent decrease in price on crack
ers, cakes, gingersnaps, cookies, wa.
fers, cracker meal and similar pro-
ducts. The retailers therefore will
be able to sell from one to two cents
cheaper ON the package to the con
sumer.
Under the new agreement by the
biscuit companies, goods that former
ly sold to the retail trade at ST doz
en- now are solids at 80 cents an6
goods formerly sold at SO a dozen
have dropped to $1.75.