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MANY AFFIDAVITS
IN LABOR CLASH
Keed Files Fifty-Nine Docu- ;
ments, While Union Coun
sel Present Twenty-Nine;
Case Continued Day.
State Board of Mediation Reports
To Governor Neville That Labor
Demands in Omaha Not Unreasonable
" Woodrow" American Eagle M ascot
of "Fighting Fourth" May See War
After a three-sided w rangle between
Attorney Genera! Reed, representing
the state, attorneys for the Business
Men's association and for Omaha
unions, hearing on an application for
a temporary injunction in the labor
row was continued another day to
give three district judges time to read
a number of affidavits filed.
The case was' to have come ud for
hearing yesterday, but the clash be
tween- opposing attorneys over legal
technicalities and the last minute in
troduction o: additional affidavits
necessitated further delay.
Attorney General Reed filed fifty
nine affidavits alleging instances of
conspiracy and violations in restraint
of trade on the part of the unions and
in support of the application for a
temporary injunction.
Many Affidavits.
Counsel for the unions filed twenty
nine affidavits in rebuttal, denying
any of the alleged acts of conspiracy
and denying certain other actions of
labor organizations constituted viola
tions in restraint of trade.
I he attorney general obtained a
temporary restraining order June 18
against both the unions and the Busl
ness Men's association.
After a bitter legal fight a demur
rer of the unions was overruled by
three district judges and the court
fight has now reached the point where
it will soon be heard on its merits.
Withdraws Wage Clause.
Attorney General Reed today with
drew that part of the application for
a temporary injunction pertaining to
the wages employers shall pay em
ployes. In the original bill the attorney
general 'asked that the employers
should be enjoined from declining to
pay fair wages.
"I put that clause in in the interest
of labor, but the unions did not seem
to appreciate it," Attorney General
Reed told the court.
The attorney general also said he
would not press his request to restrain
unions from discussing or agitating
the closed or open shop.
Judge Leslie, Judge Redick and
Judge Sears, sitting m equity court,
arc hearing the case.
Deputy Attorney General Munger
is assisting Attorney General Reed.
Anson Bigelow of Omaha and C.
N. Owens of Chicago, counsel for the
International Bricklayers' union, rep
resent the unions.
F. A. Brogan and F. M. Gaines are
attorneys for the Business Men's as
sociation. Omaha Will Give
Big Harbecue for
Its Soldier Boys
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Omaha is going to give its soldier
boys a big barbecue, with all the
"trimmings," next Saturday or Mon
day. This was decided at a meeting of
the public and military affairs com
mittee of the Commercial club, called
yesterday by H. H. Baldridge, the
chairman. Mayor Dahlman, Commis
sioners Jardine and Parks and Majors
Douglas, Haldeman and Todd also
met with the committee.
Uncertainty as to when the boys
will be ordered to Deming, N. M.,
makes it necessary that the big
"blowout" be hurried along. When
the orders come the soldiers may go
within twenty-four hours. The three
majors agreed, however, that they are
almost sure to be here until Monday.
Whether there will be a parade or
not depends on the report of a com
mittee appointed by Chairman Bal
drige o investigate its feasibility. The
principal obstruction to the parade is
the fact that the members of the
"Dandy Sixth" have not yet received
their uniforms and might not want to
march without them.
The barbecue, is to be held in Krug
park if it ran be secured. General
Cowtn was appointed to see whether
it il available for the purpos:. If not,
one of the city parks will be used.
Krug park, is wanted becaui". it has
a laree dancitii- pavillion.
Before the barbecue was decided
upon there was some planning for a
big dance to be held in the Auditor
ium. But it was agreed that even
the Auditorium would be too small for
a fitting farewell to the soldiers.
The day will be fixed as soon as
General Harries and Colonel Hall can
be seen. They were invited to the
conference, but wfcre unable to come.
The committee will meet Wednesday
noon to arrange details of the cele
bration. Mayor Dahlman and the city com
missioners will co-operate in giving
the soldier boys a memorable "send
off." Commissioner Hummel will ar
range for the grounds.
When H. H. Baldrige, chairman of
the military affairs committee of the
Commercial club, appeared before the
city council he said:
"There is a widespread sentiment
that something should be done to give
the soldiers a fitting farewell."
Big Animal Roundup to Be
Held in the Wyoming Hills
Ranchers and others in eastern
Wyoming, in the vicinity of Riverton,
are going to pull off an animal round
up. They are going after the preda
tory animals in the Wind river val
ley and have set next Monday as the
date for the killing.
Information coming to Northwest
ern railroad headquarters is to the
effect that in the Wind river valley
there are between 4,000 and 5,000
bears, mountain lions, wolves, coy
otes and bobcats and to slay these
animals seventeen companies of
thirty mounted men each have been
organized for the hunt. The plan is
to go into camp in squads around an
area of 160 square miles Sunday night
and at 5:30 o'clock the following
morning start the drive toward the
center, closing in as this center is
reached. In the center of the tract
a corral of ten acres has been con
structed and into this the animals will
be driven. There the killing will
occur.
Several-of the Northwestern of
ficials are going west to participate in
the animal roundup and to be in at
the killing.
On Labor Testimony Investi
gators Find Business Men at
Fault for Failure to Ad
just Differences.
The State "oard of Mediation and
Investigation, after a hearing of the
labor troubles of Omaha, has sent its
report to Governor Neville. The
last paragraph of the report reads:
"After a careful consideration of
all the testimony, we are convinced
that, under all the circumstances, la
borers demands as to hours of labor,
wages and improved working condi
tions are not unreasonable or exces
sive," The explanation is added, how
ever, that testimony was presented
by only one side to the controversy.
"Much testimony was given by em
ployes befv our board which tended
to show that many employers would
have settled with their employes had
it not been for pressure brought to
bear by the Business Men's associa
tion, and, as no testimony was given
by the other side to controvert them,
we have been compelled to accept
these statements as being true."
The board also recommends that
some action be taken to force the
Business Men's association to live up
to the spirit of the administration's
proclamation to avoid all labor diffi
culties. On this point the board
says:
CUT INVESTIGATION SHORT.
"We are strongly of the opinion
that the Business Men's association
and many of the employers will be
advised by counsel not to aid us in
our efforts nor fully answer our ques
tions, and, this being so, we see little
to be gained by prolonging our in
vestigation: "We believe that' some steps
should be taken by your excellency
or the State Council of Defense to
compel both parties to the contro
versy to live up to the spirit as well
as the letter of the recommendations
and requests made by the secretary
of labor and so strongly approved
by the president."
After a lenjrthy review of the hear
ing the board, consisting of Robert
Cowell, chairman; T. P. Reynolds, A.
J. Sawyer and George E. Norman,
secretary, made the following state
ment as to its opinion of the labor
situation in Omaha:
"Reviewing all the testimony and
after full coniideration of all the con
ditions as they were presented to our
board, we cannot help but feel that
there is nothing in the situation, at
this time, which might not be over
come if the parties to the controversy
were willing to meet and confer in the
proper spirit
Some Unreasonable Demands.
"While it may be true that em
ployes have done those things whifh
they ought not to have done, many
have made unreasonable demands and
presented an unfair attitude,, and it
may also be true that employers have
done likewise, we cannot help but feel
that theead past should be buried
and that men should "discuss the situ
ation as it exists today. Proper per
haps to state that labor demands
were made before the address of Sec
retary Wilson referred. to in this re
port, and practically .'all before war
was declared.
"Labor states positively that since
the declaration of war, it neither asks
for nor expects any greater privileges
or rights than it enjoyed prior to the
time when the trouble started. It is
evident to the board, from the testi
mony which came before us, that if
the injunction asked for is made per
manent a laise number of men will
be compelled to quit their employ
ment because of a rule of the interna
tional union, which prevents their tak
ing employment on any job covered
by injunction of the nature now exist
ing. "The testimony taken before the
board covers some 1,500 pages. The
chairman desires to keep this tran
script in his possession until the con
troversy is settled, for the purpose
of consulting it should any questions
arise where it might be necessary to
do so, and so that the public or any
person interested might have ready
access to the record.
Council of Defense.
"This report is made supplementary
to the verbal report made to your
excellencv on Monday, July ii. Un
that date our board met at the office
of the secretary of labor in the capi
tol buildintr. and after a short meet
ing took a recess until Monday, July
30, at 10 a. m. It was felt by that
time the injunction case would be
disposed of and we would then know
whether it would be necessary for us
to proceed further, and just how to
proceed. ,
"It will be remembered before our
board met the matters in controversy
between employers and employes
were submitted to the investigating
committee of the Nebraska State
Council of Defense. Statements were
made for the employes by what was
called the defense committee of the
locked out building trades workers, by
the chairman and secretary, and in
this statement it was claimed that
employers are organized in Commer
cial club Builders' exchange. Electrical
Contractors' association, Master Paint
ers association, etc., and tnat tnese
bodies have further combined in and
delegated to the Business Men's as
sociation the authority and power to
handle all negotiations with their em
ployes. "It was claimed that the latter or
ganization exists for only two pur
posesnamely, to prevent organiza
tion among the wage earners and to
drive the small contractor out of bus
iness and it was further claimed that
this association is responsible for the
closing of the material shops on
May 21.
Objects of Association.
"Statements were made by the Bus
iness Men's association through its
secretary in which it was claimed that
the association was organized four
teen years ago for the following pur
poses: 'The mutual benefit, associa
tion and intercourse of the business
men of Omaha and vicinity and the
securing of co-operation and concert
of action in the development and up
building of the business interests of
this community.
"To protect its members in their
constitutional rights.
"To discourage boycotts, sympa
thetic ' strikes, restriction of output
and unreasonable demands, that savor
of persecution, as a menace to indus
trial progress and detrimental to, the
interests of employers and employes
alike. , V,.
" 'To. encourage industry and thrift
Company B of Dandy Sixth First '
To Be Drafted Into U. S. Service
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Company B of the Dandy Sixth
was the first one to be formally
drafted into the federal service. At
3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon a quick
summons was given and the men
quietly filed out to the center of the
Auditorium floor. Captain Newbold of
the regular army read over rapidly
the roll of the company and the sim
ple answering of this made them a
part of the great army of th: United
States. ' v
In the oath taken by the men when
they enlist- ' last sprinp the.- swore
their "true, faithful allegiance to the
United States and to the ..ate of
Nebraska." By. a proclamation Pres
ident Wilson has decreed that after
August 5 the mustering in of the Na-
tional Guards should become drafting
into the United States army, so the
part of the ath regarding JTebraska
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is considered as practically sincKen
out. They are no longer National
Guards, but. merely soldiers of the
whole United States.
Company B, having been drafted,
will once more move. It will take up
its headquarters in Washington hall.
Here it will remain until equipped
and ready for the trip to Deming.
As soon as the other companies
have all been examined and their rec
ords filed, they, too, will be drafted
in and their members will take up
headquarters in some convenient
place for the short time r.ey will re
main in Omaha.
The work of examining the ma
chine gun company began and ended
yesterday. The examining board
have reduced their work to a science
and by passing men down their line
rapidly are ab'c to examine one in
five minutes. Company D is now get
ting its turn, and this will finish the
examinations. It is thought all will
be ready for the drafting process by
tomorrow.
oris ffiw--4&$fti fwty ml
by enlarging the opportunities of
young men to learn trades and be
come skilled mechanics and more use
ful and prosperous citizens. '
"The association stated further that
the demands made by the different
unions early in 1917 were for the pur
pose of establishing the closed shop.
"With such a marked difference as
to the claims and objects of the par
ties to the controversy, as set forth,
we must reiterate that it is exceed
ingly regrettable that the employers
nor members of the Business Men's
association appeared before our board
a board created by the legislature of
the state for the express purpose of
investigating and mediating in just
such a controversy and we feel im
pelled to state that it is our belief
that if they had given us their aid
and assistance, the public would have
had a better opportunity to judge as
to the merits of the various claims
made and we would have been aided
materially in forming correct con
clusions, that the situation could have
been presented more clearly, our du
ties, made much. easier and our in
vestigation infinitely more satisfac
tory, if it would not, indeed, have
opened the way for the settlement of
all the difficulties.
"Much testimony was given by em
ployes before our board which tended
to show that many, employers would
have settled with their employes had
it not been for pressure brought by
the Business Mcns association, and
as no testimony was given by the
other side to controvert them,, we
have been compelled to accept these
statement as being true.
"Called together by your excellency
to investigate fully all the causes lead
ing up to thelab'Qr trouble in, Qmaha,
we are conscious that this is not a
complete and satisfactory report.
"From all the statements made to
us on behalf, of the employes, and the
testimony of a large number 5 them,
we are convinced that labor stands
ready' to observe and obey the sug
gestions in their entirety. If there is
any means whereby a similar agree
ment can be gotten from the employ
ersand both parties will live up to
their promises much may be done to
relieve the present deplorable situa
tion. ' "After a careful consideration of all
the testimony we are convinced that,
under all circumstances, laborers' de
mands as to hours of labor, wages
and improved working conditions are
not unreasonable or excessive." '
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"Woodrow" was captured near Bloomington, Neb., last spring. He is a
pacifist by nature, but will fight when occasion demands. The "Fighting
Fourth" originally had two mascots, both in Company K. "Teddy," the other
one, was a young coyote. He and "Woodrow" were fast friends, but when
"Teddy" attempted to escape "Woodrow" killed him.
AH War Goods Given .the
Right-of-Way on Roads
The Omaha War board is advised
by the Council of National Defense
j that the problem of speeding up the
movement of freight is being solved
more rapidly than it was thought pos
sible. The national organization sends the
information that everything having to
do with war is being given the right
of way and that following shipments
that come under this classification,
food supplies and fuel gets the pref
erence. The reports to the local board indi
cate that the railroads have a total of
173,105 miles of lines over which the
National Council of Defense exer
cises jurisdiction. These lines dur
ing May, 1916, gave service equivalent
to carrying 25,426,845,011 tons of
freight one mile. Under the speeding
up process , these same lines during
May of this year carried 29,522,870,
109 tons one mile, an increase of 16.1
per cent.
The War board gives out the state
ment that the increase in freight
handled was at very slight increase in
the amount of equipment used. The
same report shows that during May,
1916, the locomotives were making an
average of 65.6 miles a day, while this
year they were running an average of
71.3. During May, 1916, freight cars
were traveling at an average speed
of 28.3 miles per day and that Muring
May of this year they had been
speeded up to 29.6 miles per day, the
motive power and man power em
ployed being substantially the same
during the two months under consid
eration, i
Byrne-Hammer Employes
Picnic at Hanscom Park
Employes of the Byrne-Hammer
Dry Goods company and their wives
enjoyed an outing and picnic at
Hanscom park Monday night, pven
old Jupiter Tluvius delayeS his visit
until the luncheon had been consum
ed and the picnickers were ready to
retire to the pavilion, where a jazi
band provided dance music.
i A central downtown club fof the
! men in khaki furnished with lounging
i room, magazines and cauteen is the
latest movement to be put on foot by
the National League for Woman's
Service.
Mrs. William Archibald Smith
brought from her recent eastern trip
an enthusiastic account of the Khaki
club in Toronto, where lunches are
served to the boys at cost and all the
accommodations of a club room arc
present.
"The club rooms at Fort Crook
j and Fort Omaha are all very well for
the boys who are right at the forts,
said Mrs. Smith Tuesday morning.
"But many of them frequent the town
and they have no hanging-out place
when here. Then look at the hun
dreds of boys now being mustered in
at the Auditorium. Many of them are
out-of-town fellows and they are
obliged for a time to just 'stick
around.' They should have some sort
of rendezvous where they can meet
the boys from the forts and pass
pleasantly their present enforced idle
ness." The national league is hoping that
real estate men of the city will in
terest themselves sufficiently to fur
nish a location for such a club. An
idle house, if located close to the
downtown part of the city, could eas
ily be converted into such a head
quarters and the national league is
anxious to undertake the furnishing of
such a house if someone will come
across with a suitable place.
Several hundred magazines were
sent to the Auditorium from the
league headquarters this morning for
the benefit of the boys quartered
there.
All of the Nebraska regiments will
be on their way to Deming before
the end of next week, but all prob
ably will not get the same training ti
the Sixth will need it more than the
troops that spent their time on the
border last year.
Ah, There' the Catch.
"There t much about your political v
tern." ld the foreigner, "that I cannot un
derstand." "Oo on," replied the American, "jtob are)
klrtdluV '
"Upon my honor, I apeak truly. For In
stance, yon will not permit a rich man t
run for office, and a poor man can't afford
to. I don't understand It really." Pltta-
burgh Hun.
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ludson Racing Records
What They Should Mean to You
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Speedway tests are endurance tests. The tre
mendous strains and stresses to which racing cars are
put bring out the two most important qualities a car
owner should demand endurance and power.
In a few hours the speedway may show weak
nesses that it would take miles of ordinary travel to
reveal.
You will probably never want to own a racing car.
You do, though, want a car that has endurance. You
require performance not for a few but for thousands
of miles. This year, a team of racing cars proved
endurance for the Hudson Super-Six on the speed
way. Endurance Proved
on the Speedway
No team of racing cars has ever shown such a
record for consistency.
In one event American speedway records for 150
and 200 miles were established at an average of 104
miles an hour.
Track records were established at Chicago,' Cin
cinnati and Omaha. The fastest time ever recorded
at Tacoma and Minneapolis was made by the Super
Six Special, and claims for track records will be con
sidered by the American Automobile Association.
Here is the unmatched record of the Hudson Super-Six
Specials in this year's nine championship
races, held at Cincinnati, Chicago, Omaha, Tacoma,
Uniontown and Minneapolis.
Twenty-two entries were made. All save one
finished within the money; an accident forced
that one car out.
Hudson Specials won firsts in four events; '
second in six; third in two; fourth in three; fifth
. in three; and sixth, seventh and eighth in one
each.
All stock car and stock chassis records made by
the Super-Six last year still stand although many at
tempts have been made to lower some of them. Here
is a partial list of Hudson stock performance:
Stock Car Records
Also Prove Endurance
Fastest stock chassis mile average IO2V2
miles per hour. t
1819 miles in 24 hours, excelling all other rec
ords by 52.
For 100 miles a stock car fully equipped,
carrying two passengers, averaged 74.67 miles
per hour.
The double transcontinental record was made
by a seven-passenger Super-Six phaeton from
San Francisco to Newj York and return 7,000
miles in 10 days and 21 hours a new record for
both ways and the first trip across America ever
attempted against time.
And Now Other Cars
Cost as Much bs Hudsons
Cars which recently sold at $1100 to $1200 now
cost almost as much as the Hudson Super-Six. Surely
Hudson records for consistent endurance and their
service to 37,000 owners make it the preferred car to
any. Don't you prefer it to any costing $2500 or
under?
Price is not now an attraction except that there is
no certainty that present prices can be continued on
Hudsons. When present materials are exhausted
there must be a readjustment on the basis of present
material costs. Then real car worth will be estab
lished and Hudson prices will advance to a point
where they more nearly represent true values.
Today you can buy a Hudson Super-Six made
from materials bought last year. If you delay you
must pay on the basis of the present market the
market which has forced other makers to raise their
prices.' .,
GUY L, SMITH
2563-65-67 Farnam St. "SERVICE FIRST" Phone v Douglas. 1970