THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 17, 1918.
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NONPARTISANS TO FIGHT
FOR MEMBERS OF HOUSE,
SAYS CONGRESSMAN BAER
Sole Representative of Organization in Washington As
serts Political Drive Planned to Add to Prestige ni
Capital; Omaha Men Hold High Places in War
Administration; Nebraskans Prominent.
By EDGAR C. SNYDER.
Washington Bnreau,
Omaha Bee, 1311 G Street.
In view of the merry war in Nebraska between the State
Council of Defense and the state organizer of the Nonpartisan
league, I am reminded of the luncheon I had the other day with
Representative John M. Baer, the round-faced, boyish-looking
sole representative of the Nonpartisan league in congress.
Congressman Sloan was at the luncheon; in fact, paid for
it, which made it still more interesting.
LEAGUE IN POLITICS.
The talk drifted to the activities
of the league in the northwest and
the possibility of its taking an active
interest in the congressional cam
paign next fall.
Baer made the rather remarkable
statement that the league, as the rep
resentative of the farmers, will make
a political drive in the coming con
gressional election to secure at least
50 seats in the house of representa
tives, in order to hold the gains made
by the farmers during the war, after
the return of peace.
"After two bad crops the farmers
are without cash or credit," Baer
said.
"They can't buy seed. It is just
as necessary and right for the gov
ernment to provide money for seed to
these farmers' as it is to provide
money for ship building. Yet people
r.round these parts," as he waved his
hand around the house restaurant,
"cannot see it, because the farmers
are not organized.
fc ( Farmer is Not Complaining.
"The war lias done much for the
farmer," Baer went on. "While he
feels that the government, after fix
ing the price of his wheat, also should
fix the price of cotton, steel, lumber,
shoes and clothing the things he
has to buy he is not in a mood for
complaining.
"The railroads have been taken
o'cr, the middle man cut out and the
problem of ship congestion solved."
If these steps were necessary in time
of war, the farmers contend that
they are just as necessary jn time of
peace and they will fight any effort
to return to the old ways of doing
things."
The political efforts of the Non
partisan league now center in the
Dakotas, Minnesota and Montana.
Nebraska, however, is not going to
be overlooked, according to Repre
sentative Baer, and before the con
gressional campaign gets well under
way their speakers will appear in
every agricultural community and
outline ap latform calculated to at
tract the farmer.
Omahans in Big Positions.
Two good friends of Omaha are
holding down responsible positions
in Washington at this time in con
nection with the government's con
tral of railroads, B. L. Winchell, di
rector of traffic; and Gerrit Fort, di
rector of passenger traffic, who have
been "loaned" to the government
during the government's operation
and control of the rail transportation
lines of the country.
I looked in upon these friends of
the Gate City and found them just
as much interested in the growth of
Omaha as they were when commenc
ing their railroad careers.
Ben Winchell is chairman of what
William G. McAdoo, director general
of the railroad, has denominated an
"inter-regional traffic committee,"
whose business it is to made a study
of the larger traffic movements, with
a view to seeing what steps can be
taken advantageously in order to
divert traffic from the more seriously
congested gateways, to those less
congested, and from the more con
gested ports to the less congested
ports, as well as the more advantage
ous distribution of such traffic.
Winchell's stay in Washington
probably will not continue more than
one or two months, but Fort, as as
sistant director of transportation, un
der.Edward Chambers of California,
in fall probability will remain here
during the war for whatever period
after the war the government con
trols the railroads.
Winchell has a pleasant room in
the Southern Railway building, sur
rounded with office comforts.
Fort is located half a mile away, on
the 10th floor of the Interstate Com
merce building, in an office with two
desks, two typewriters, one or two
ordinary chairs, in marked contrast
to his magnificently furnished office
in the Union Pacific headquarters at
Chicago.
Sixty Thousand Dollar
Fire Loss at Haney Plant
Hastings, Neb., Feb. 16. (Special
Telegram.) Fire, believed to have
spread from the furnace, 'today ruined
the entire wareroom stock of H. H.
Haney & Co., manufacturers of
horse collars, harness and leather
goods. The floors caved in, causing
a loss in stock and damage to build
ing estimated at $60,000. Neither col
lar nor harness factory adjoining was
damaged, though these and the-Stern
Bros, department store were threat
tied. The company has been filling large
war contracts, but no government
stock was adamaged, all completed
government supplies having been
shipped last night. Manufacturing
will not be interrupted.
'Contracts to Twenty-one
Contracts to but 21 players were
sent out by the Boston National
league club, says a dispatch from Bos
ton. Charley Herzog and Jack Scott
are already signed to holdovers, which
makes the total number of players in
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filled with Ar-Ra-Wa at Bihler's
garage, 1116 Dodge, and Baur
Bros., 2622 North Sixteenth street;
no more harmful to metal than
water and will not freeze 60 de
grees below zero.
Germany in Maze
Of Trouble Over
Ukraine Peace
(Continued From Face One.)
Russian capital and passed within the
German military lines. -
The probable German purpose to at
tack the Bolshcviki is also indicated
in a Vienna dispatch declaring that
if Germany decided to resume mili
tary operations against Russia, "the
attifude of Austria" would not be in
fluenced thereby.
I his seems to mean that Austria in
tends to leave Germany to fight the
battle alone in north Russia. Whether
it iiopes to keep up connections with
the Petrograd government meanwhile
is not clear, but a Sofia dispatch de
clares that Bulgaria is doing that very
thing, having "resumed diplomatic
relations with Russia. However, all
tne central powers are m agreement
over the situation, it is declared.
In the west, while the military sit
uation at the front shows few signs
for the moment of passing beyond the
stage ot raids and sporadic bombard
ments and entering into one, of minor
uyci am. us uy me million;! oi men
massed for attack and defense, there
has been a development of marked im
portance regarding the high command
of the forces on the entents side of the
battle line.
New British Commander.
London advices announcing the re
tirement of General Sir William Rob
ertson as chief of the British imperial
staff and his replacement by Major
General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson,
apparently indicate that something ap
proaching an allied general staff was
created by the supreme war council
in its recent session at Versailles.
General Robertson, it is revea'ed,
would not consent to take Wilson's
place as British military representa
tive on the supreme war council nor
remain chief-of-staff "with limited
power," the inference being that some
higher. authority has been. set up.
Prmeier Lloyd George, with the en
dorsement of Parliament that he re
ceived the other day to back 'him, it
would appear has grappled with the
British military situation bo'dly and
made it conform with the view so
many have held and which apparently
was endorsed by the Versailles coun
cil, that there should be a unified con
trol of al'ies' armies.
General Robertson seemingly was
not willing to fit into the plan, so, able
soldier that he is, and without any
question having been raised as to his
ability, "he has had to step down and
make way for another.
Ship Builders Ask
President Wilson to
Adjust Wage Trouble
(Continued From Iage One.)
to lay the matter before you that a
solution could be quickly arrived at.
"I desire to infornf you, my dear
Air. President, that I, "as a patriotic
citizen, am desirous of rendering ev
ery assistance to you and your coun
try to carry on the work necessary to
bring about a successful conclusion of
the world war in which we are en
gaged." Appeal to Daniels.
In his telegram to Secretary
Daniels, Mr. Hutcheson said:
"The situation now existing in the
ship yards is of a nature that requires
immediate action and solution and my
reason for addressing this message to
you is because of the experience we
have had with the department of the
government which you represent,
which hasbgen very satisfactory to
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Members of the state board of the woman's committee of the Nebraska State Council of Defense. Left to right:
Upper Row Miss Ida Robbins, Lincoln, chairman of the. department of maintenance of social welfare agencies; Mrs.
A. E. Sheldon, president of the Nebraska Federation of Women's clubs, chairman of the registration of women for
the woman's committee; Mrs. F. M. Deweese, Dawson, food production chairman; Miss Mary Cogil, Lincoln, nurses'
training chairman; Miss Julia Vance, Lincoln, home economics chairman.
Lower Row Dr. Olga Stastny, Omaha, Americanization chairman; Mrs. Keith Neville, Lincoln, treasurer; Miss
Sarka Hrbkova, director of the department of Slavonic languages at the University of Nebraska, state chairman of
the woman's committee; Miss Jane Bishop, Lincoln, secretary; Mrs. A. G. Peterson, Aurora, Liberty loan chairman.
Center Row Mrs. W. W. Barkley, president Woman's Suffrage association, first vice president woman's com
mittee; Mrs. May B. Field, Lincoln, speakers' bureau chairman; Miss Alice Florer, state rural school inspector, chair
man of the educational propaganda department, and Mrs. Homer Johnston, publicity chairman.
Organized only seven months ago,
the women's committee of the Ne
braska State Council of Defense, in
spired by stress of war, has become
a powerful organization. The execu
tive committee and department heads
are representative of the strongest
bodies of women in the state, .acting
as a clearing house for the patriotic
activities of all women in Nebraska.
Not a woman in its officiary receives
a penny of salary, each one assuming
the many duties of the committee as
an act of patriotic service. The in
tent of the woman's committee, na
tional as well as state, is to make use
of existing woman's organizations as
far as possible, thus conserving and
uniting the force of all women.
The woman's committee as a na
tional organization was appointed
April 21, 1917, by the Council of Na
tional Defense. The Nebraska
woman's committee was organized
June 30, 1917, with Miss Hrbkova as
state chairman. The headquarters are
at Lincoln.
Some perplexity as to-the member
ship, status and work of the woman's
committee is expressed in many ques
tions which reach headquarters. "Just
what does the woman's committee
do and who are its members?" is a
Noted California Speaker
Will Help Launch Campaign
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president
of Leland Stanford Lniversity, is one
of the aids of Herbert Hoover, who
will speak in Omaha and throughout
the North Piatt section of Nebraska
the week beginning Februa'y 25. Dn
Wilbur with. Everett Colby of Orange,
N. J., and Mrs. Leonard Beecher,
of Birmingham, Ala., will start their
campaign in Omaha the night of
February 25 at the Auditorium.
Dr. Wilbur has an unusual equip
ment for effective services in this '
campaign to help get the necessity
for food conservation before the
people of Nebraska and America. He
studied not only in some of the lead
ing universities of America, but also
in Frankfori-on-the-Main, Munich
and London. He served with distin-
ction as professor of medicine in
Cooper Medical college, and as dean
of the medical department of Leland
Stanford before he was called to the
presidency of the latter institution.
C
pur organization,, and, judging from
results obtained, this is equally satis
factory to yourself and your depart
ment. "I am addressing a telegram to
President Wilson in reference to this
mjfter and the thought occurs to me
that it might be of material assistance
for you to gftfe to the president the
results arid experience your depart
ment has had with our organization,
as I feel that you will agree with me
that every possible effort should be
made at once to reach a solution of
the matter."
Leaders In Conference.
Hutcheson's plan of settling the
controversy was decided upon at a
conference attended by himself, T. M.
Guerin, member of the executive com-
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common query, according to Miss
Hrbkova.
"Every woman living in Nebraska
who is loyal to American principles
and institutions is eligible to member
ship in this organization," reads the
constitution. "We urge every woman,
whether she belongs to any organiza
tion or not, to unite with the woman s
committee to find how she may best
serve the country," said Miss Hrb
kova. "The organization is thorough
ly democratic."
Organizations of statewide mem
bership which are centralizing their
war work through the woman's com
mittee include the State Federation of
Women's Club9, Daughters of the
American Revolution, State Suffrage
association, Woman's Christian Tem
perance union, the Colonial Dames,
Young Women's Christian association,
Daughters 'of 1816, P. E. O. Sister
hood, Degree of Honor, American
Collegiate Alumnae, State Library as
sociation, Campfire Girls, Matinee
Musicale, Federation of Bohemian
Women, Women's Relief corps, Rayal
Neighbors, Colored Woman's State
Federation.
The magnitude of the work of the
woman's committee is indicated by
the quantity of mail sent out. In Jan-
2?. SPoiyZtftaaHlifittm
mittee; James Fethrston and other
union leaders, who, without reference
to the Delaware yards adjustment,
said they were encouraged, by the
steps that were reported being taken
in Washington.
These included the conference be
tween the assistant secretary of the
navy, Franklin Roosevelt; Chairman
Edwin N. Hurley, and other shipping
board officials. Hutcheson and Guer
in said tonight they were prepared to
go to the capital on a moment's no
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i uary, 2,091 pieces of mail were posted.
I One ininnrt.int nart nf the woman's
committee work is to supply a direct
and speedy channel of co-operation
between the women and govcrn
mntal departments. The Nebraska
woman's committee has assisted in
two pledge card campaigns, has reg
istered the women power.of the state,
and through its registration service
has supplied women employes for in
dustries that were short of help, and
has put to work for the government
thousands of women who had not
done anything before this registration
was taken.
The general connection of the
woman's committee is through Miss
Hrbkova, state chairman, who is the
woman member of the State Council
of Defense.
Miss Hrbkova has made 280 patri
otic speeches since June. She is an
intense patriot, and the fact that she
it a pure-blooded Bohemian, and has
lost reiativs in this war in a cause not
of their choosing adds to her devotion
to the cause of democracy. Miss
Hrbkova was born in America, but of
Bohemian parents. She came to Ne
braska 10 years ago to take the po
sition as head of the Slavonic language
department in the university, which
place had been fil'ed by her brother.
tice and were confident that in view
of the seriousness of the situation
such a conference might be held to
morrow. It was pointed out by the leaders
that through the mediation of Secre
tary Daniels and Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt on October 5, 1917, what
threatened to be a widespread strike
among the union carpenters employed
in the Norfalk, Va., navy yard, was
adjudicated to the satisfaction of both
sides in three hours and that the
agreement then signed would not ex
pire until November. This, it was re
marked, was accomplished after the
government labor mediators had tried
to effect a settlement in vain for three
months.
Vegetable Bouquets in Vienna.
Berne, Feb. 16. Gigantic bouquets
of leal vegetables are now to be seen
in the florists' windows in Vienna.
"These unwieldy, but effective, bou
quets," says Die Zeit, "find not only
daring purchasers, but also grateful
recipients."
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row's Want-Ads, looking for
that used piano or other mu
sical instrument you wish to
sell. They - will respond to
your ad if you
Phone Tyler 1000
Between 8 A. M. and 10 P. M. Today
You are as close to
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Hall County Thrift Stamp
Drive on in Full Blast
Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 16. Spe
cial.) The drive for Hall county's
war thrift quota is now on. A district
school contest tor prizes is a feature
of the drive and already three dis
trict schools have reported 100 per
cent, all their scholars having pur
chased one or more thrift stamps.
Many subscriptions, from $100 up to
the limit, are also being received. S.
N". Wolb.-R-li is county chairman and
A. C. Maver is citv chairman. It
is expeitcu to close the campaign on j
April l.if the total quota of $453.2('0 I
is not obtained before that time. )
A record-breaking attendance was !
given the annual Father and Son's!
banquet at tbc Young Men's Chris-1
tian association last night, when Judge 1
15. H. Paine, Attorney C. I. South-;
ard and I. N. Clark of Hastings were
the principal speakers.
Mrs. L. A. Arthur, vice chairman
of the Hall county chapter of the Red
Cross since the beginning of the or
ganization, has resigned her position,
and the directory has requested the
heads of the women's working de
partments and the instructors to
recommend a successor.
The officers and members of the
force of the American Beet Sugar
company today surprised Superin
tendent J. L. I lowland, who is about
to depart fr Oxnard, Cal., where he
assumes a similar position with the
company. I'ndcr the leadership of
Manager Bert Dcnman, the force filed
into Mr. Rowland's office and pre
sented him with an umbrella for him
self and one for Mrs. Rowland, as
also a watch fob with an inscribed
Masonic charm.
At the annual meeting, closing here,
today, the Nebraska Hereford Breed
ers' association re-elected the follow
ing officers: President, O. E. Green,
denoa; secretary-treasurer, L. Xi.
Bcngcr, Callaway. Grand Island was
chosen as the place for the next sale
in February, 1919.
The Welcome Guest
Has, a Good Sfosnach
Not What You Eat But What You
Digest Tells the Story. Eat Any-'
thing if You Follow With a
Stunrt'i Dyspepsia Tablet.
The Man or Woman Who Can Eat Heartily
and Not Fade Away I the Welcome Guest
Anywhere.
Many people just hate to eat in
company. They .prefer to crawl into
some by-place for a dyspeptic's plate
of molly coddle. Business men often
resort to this form of weakness un
der the belief they can work better.
But it isn't what you eat, but what
you digest that counts. Some stomachs
can't digest even a glass of milk. So
they simply keep on feeding dyspep
sia and get gas, water brash, sour ris
ings and so on that the better inform
ed and hearty eaters entirely avoid.
This they do by using -Stuart's Dys
pepsia Tablets.
Many physicians prescribe them
for stomach troubles and dteestive
disorders. They arc sold at every drug
store, everywhere, price 50 cents a
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them. Advertisement.
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Intimate
Little
Insurance
Talks
By
Henry
H. Lovell
Insuror
It is to be the purpose of
this
series of little informal items
to
pive our readers some interesting
information on various insurance
subjects. In this, the first of the
series, we wish to start winning
your confidence; not to betray it
later, but to be of service.
It is our belief that frankness
is the more wise policy in all busi
ness relations and therefore, we
will begin frankly. We do not want
to have you feel that you will find
these talks mere advertising, nor
will we try to lead you to the idea
that we have no hope that the
writing and reading of them may
not lead to business transactions
between us. We Happen to know a
woman, who, having decided to
marry a man, remarked, "I wish
you were not an insurance man."
You understand they had not spent
much time on business topics of
conversation. Now he takes delight
in pointing out some of the bright
er lights in the profession, and as
she understands that her exper
ience, of a collected premium hy
pothicated and no policy sent, was
not characteristic, she is glad that
he IS an insurance man.
If one would stand at the nead
In Insurance it requires as keen
wit, as tireless energy and as ster
ling integrity as to lead in any line.
No one ean know it all, but we feel
that a realization of need to study
each unusual insurance problem
and a willingness to work it out,
will make a man valuable to his
clients. After two years of residence Jn
Omaha and twenty years in the in
surance business, the writer has
opened an office in the front room
west of the corridor on the first
floor of The Bee building. Be
lieving sincerely in the future of
the nestling in America's Bread
Basket, and confident that the
field is wide for prompt, Intelligent
and honest insurance service, we
make our bow to the public.
In subsequent talks, we will ex
plain various lines of insurance
coverage, the pitfalls to be avoid
ed, the .advantage to bey secured
and sometims humorous insurance
episodes.
We have adopted the title "In
suror," so far as we know, a prev
iously unused one. Let us explain
our interpretation of its meaning
when so used. The Insuror is the
guarantor against some nature of
loss. The Insuror the one who
brings insurer and insured togeth
er. In this, we believe, the In
surer has a dual obligation to see
that neither the one nor the other
has undue advantages. The in
sured pays for protection. He
should get what he pays for. The
Insuring Company is paid for serv
ice and protection and shoujd give
it. The insuror is paid out of the
insured's premium for his service
and should serve the assured, his
client, to earn that commission.
Yet he is in no way unjust to the
insurer company in serving his in
suring client faithfully for the well
served client will be a steady cus
tomer and booster for the Insuror
and for the insuring companies the
Insuror places the business with.
We believe an Insuror should be
prepared to protect his clients on
every insurable hazard and to be
up-to-date in all lines, capable of
working out new problems and
ever imnroving on established prac
tices. We believe an Insuror should
cultivate the confidence of his
clients, never trick them or treat
as trifling the questions perhaps
simple to him, but mysteries to
them. Their confidences to him,
essential to the best services, must
be respected. An Insuror should
have self respect, a pride in his
calling. He should feel that he has
influenced a client for that clients'
best interests whenever he has sold
him protection. As an Insuror, we
will never advise a client to take
protection with us that we would
advise him of the same need, know
ing at the time that some agent
eisewnere would write the busi
ness. An Insuror should make
your time the time to see you, and
keep an appointment to the min
ute, prepared for the subject to be
discussed and not "having to go
back to the shop for another tool."
A good mechanic can do a good
job with a few tools, while a poor
mechanic cannot do good work
with a full set.
(To be Continued)
Henry
H. Lovell
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