THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, TJ18
PACKER FAVORS
PAYING LIVING
WAGE TO WORKERS
Nelson Morris on Stand in Fed
eral Probe Says His Em
ployes' Pay Averages
$800 Yearly.
(,'liicago. Feb. 19. Nelson Morris,
uead of Morris & Co., took the. wit
ness stand today before Judge Sam
uel Alschuler, arbitrator in the de
mands of packing house employes for
an eight-hour day and higher wages.
Mr. Morris said that he was 26
years old and chairman of the board
of directors of the company. A young
er brother, Edward Morris, jr., he
said was president.
Tl c company operates plants at
Chicago, East St. Louis, Kansas City,
St. Joseph, Omaha and Oklahoma
Citv and does some killing at New
Orleans, but has no plant there.
Joseph Stern & Co. of New York,
which caters to the kosher trade, he
said, was a subsidiary of Morris &
Co. He gave the daily killing capacity
c i the Chicago plant as 1,800 cattle,
hogs and 2,000 sheep.
Favors Arbitration.
Mr. Morris was questioned by
Frank P. Walsh, attorney for the
men.
"Have you ever considered the de
nim ('s of the men?" asked Mr. Walsh.
"Yes; many times."
"Did you reach a decision?"-
"No; because we decided to settle
by arbitration."
Mr. Morris outlined the btnevolent
and welfare department of the com
pany and remarked that many em
ployes do not join.
"It seems to be a failing of human j
nature to care more for the immedi
ate present than for the future," com
mented the witness. "I suppose that
is why many of our employes do not
join in our pension system."
He said that for several years em
ployes had been guaranteed a mini
mum of 40 hours' employment a week,
and were paid for 40 hours whether
they were worked or not.
Mr. Morris said that piece workers
also have a minimum guarantee and
that last week the company paid out
$1,000 under the guarantee plan. He
explained that when times are dull
and higher priced men have to work
in cheaper places the difference in
pay was placed in the guarantee fund.
Morris & Co., he said, employ 13,000
men in Chicago at an average annual
'wage of $800. Net profits in 1916
were $3,800,000; in 1917 they jumped
to $5,400,000.
"I think all employes are entitled
to a fair living wage," said the wit
ness, "but the term living wage is
variously -construed. Some people
might consider an automobile neces
sary to fair living."
"Do you know of any of your $2.75
laborers who have automobiles?"
"I don't know whether they have
or not."
Three Theater Trips a Year.
Mr. Morris named a family, every
member of which is employed by his
company, their combined earnings
being $100 a week.
Mr. Morris, outlining his own idea
of the proper conditions for a stock
yards laborer, included three trips to
a theater a year. ';
"How many times do you go to the
theater, Mr. Morris?" inquired the
lawyer.
"Fifteen or twenty," replied the
witness.
"You never knew what it was to
lack for money or, the necessaries of
life, did you?"
"No."
Mr. Morris compared the rent paid
by his laborers with the $8 to $11 a
month which he said was allowed
second lieutenants i.i the American
irmy.
"Do you think there is any similar
ity between your laborers and a sec
ond lieutenant?" asked Mr. Walsh.
"No; the army officer requires a
better education, but despite that his
salary is only $1,700. I simply call
attention to what the government al
lows -him as adequate rent."
"Then you think that the second
lieutenant does not get enough
money?"
"I am not here to criticise the gov
ernment." Candidate for Mayor of
Seattle Shot in His Office
Seattle. Wash., Feb. 19. Ralph A.
Horr, prominent Red Cross worker
and candidate for the mayorality nom
ination at the municipal primaries
J:ere today, was shot last night
by an unknown man who concealed
himself in Horr's office. The man
who fired the shot escaped.
Horr was able to drag himself to
his desk telephone and summon the
police. At the city hospital doctors
said he would live, the bullet having
punctured the fleshy lower part of
his left shoulder.
No reason for the shooting could
be given by Horr. He said, however,
that he had received several written
threats which were to the effect that
f he did not cease his denunciation
of anti-patriots he would be killed.
Sunday Horr said he received a
letter advising him "for the last time"
to "cut out the pink cuff talk."
Horr, who is an attorney, went to
his office late last night after finishing
the closing speech of his campaign.
He snapped on the light, he said, and
saw two men, one of whom was
armed with "a revolver, facing him.
"You won't heed our warnings, eh?"
Horr. asserts the man declared as he
fired point blank.
It was 20 minutes before Horr man
iged to summon the police.
Horr is 35 years old, married and
has resided here 12 years. He is a
graduate of the University of Wash
ington and for several years was grad
uate manager of the student body at
hat university.
Wilson Urged to Extend
Clemency U Negro Soldiers
Washington, Feb. 19. Pres dent
Wilson was urged today by a com
mittee from the New York branch of
the National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People to ex
tend clemency to the five negro sol
diers of the 24th United States In
'antry. sentenced tq be hanged for the
part.they played in the riots at Ktus
'.on.' Tex., last August.
A review of the cases of 41 other
negro soldiers, sentenced to life im
prisonment as a result of the riot
ing, also was requested. Rev. F. A.
Cullen, as spokesman, placed in the
hands of the president a petition bear
ins thousands of signatures,
Trotzky Anxious
To Know What
Austria Will Do
Berne, Switzerland, Feb. 19. Ac
cording to Vienna dispatches, Leon
Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign
minister, has forwarded a wireless
message to Count Czernin, the Aus
trian foreign minister, reading:
"The German government hav
ing re-established a state of war
with Russia without even giving the
seven days' previous notice, I have
the honor to ask you to inform me
whether the Austro-Hungarian gov
ernment also considers itself in a
state of war with Russia ; and if not,
whether it believes it possible to
reach a practical realization of the
agreements worked out at Pctro-grad."
RED GOVERNMENT
IS OVERTHROWN
BY SOCIALISTS
Lenine and Trotzky Reported to
Have Fled From Petrograd
to Riga; Tchernoff Heads
New Revolution.
London, Feb. 19. Rumors are cur
rent in Vasa that the Bolshevik gov
ernment in Petrograd has been over
thrown by the social revolutionists
under the leadership of M. Tchernoff,
says a dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph company.
Nikolai Lenine and Leon Trotzky
are said to have escaped to Riga.
LED BY EX-MINISTER.
Vasa, or Nikolaistadt, is in Finland
on the only railway between Petro
grad and Tornea, on the Swedish
frontier.
. M. Tchernoff is the leader of the
social revolutionists and was chair
man of the short-lived constituent as
sembly. He served as minister of ag
riculture in the Kerensky government
last July and August.
Tchernoff has been a strong advo
cate of land reform and has been
aligned with the Minimalists.
When the constituent assembly met
in Petrograd. in January Tchernoff
was elected chairman over the Bol
sheviki candidate. The next day the
assembly was broken up by the Bol
sheviki and it was reported that the
Bolsheviki intended to arrest Tcher
noff. . ,
In an interview with the Associated
Press correspondent in Petrograd
January 19 M. Tchernoff said that the
social revolutionist party held that
the constituent assembly should im
mediately call a conference of the en
tente allies to consider war aims.
Russia Will Help Allies.
He said his party expected that the
allies would state their aims clearly
and explicitly and would try to har
monize them with the democratic
principles of the Russian revolution.
M. Tchernoff admitted that the
Russian army probably could notbe
expected to fight to any greit extent,
but he declared that Russia could act
as a magnet to draw the German
forces and prevent their being thrown
to the western front, thus helping the
allies. ! . ?
Lenroot to Be Named for
Senator Hustings Place
Madison, Wis., Feb. 19. Congress
man S. L. Lenroot will be appointed
to fill the vacancy in the United
States senate caused by the death of
Senator'Paul O. Hustings, according
to an announcement made by Gover
nor E. L. Philipp last night. "The
statement was based upon the as
sumption that the legislature will
give the governor the power of ap
pointing when it. convenes in special
season today.
Congressman Lenroot is a repub
lican and Senator Hustings was a
democrat.
Fire in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 19. Fire
caused by an explosion of unde
termined origin in the down-town dis
trict today destroyed one building
and damaged two others with a loss
of $75,000. ' :
Three firemen were injured, one of
themjossiblvf a t ally
BRITISH TROOPS
IN BIG RAID ON
FLANDERS FRONT
Irish Regiments Enter German
Trenches and Capture Pris
oners; Enemy Sustained
Heavy Casualties.
London, Feb. 19. An extensive 'aid
was carried out by British troops last
night on the Flanders front in the
southern section of Houtholst wood,
the war office announced today.
There were two other successful
raids, one in the region south of Lens
and the other on the old Arras front,
in the neighborhood of Epehv. Pris
oners were taken in all these raids.
l he. r landers raid was a particu
larly important affair, resulting in
heavy casualties to the Germans.
The statement reads:
"Successful raids were carried out
by us last night in three different sec
tors of the front.
Irish on Raid.
"Southeast of Epehy Irish troops
entered the enemy's trenches in the
neighborhood of Gilleniont farm and
brought back a few prisoners.
"Another successful raid, in which
five prisoners were captured by us,
was carried out by Canadian troops
south of Lens.
"Further north Lancashire border
and Yorkshire troops raided German
positions in the southern portion, of
Houtholst forest on a wide front.
"A large number of the enemy were
killed and 27 prisoners and a machine
gun were captured by us. Our cas
ualties were slight."
Air Raid Over Londou Fails.
London, Feb. 19. The attempted
raid of German aviators last night was
a failure. There were no casualties or
damage.
Try Making Your Own
0 Cough Remedy
Ton ran wn about 13, and bar
a better remedy than tbe ready
made kind, Kaslly done.
If you combined the curative proper
tics of every known "ready-made cough
rnmrdy, you would hardly have in them
all the curative power that lies 'n this
simple ' Iiomc-madc" Cough syrup which
takes nly a few minutes to prepare.
Get from any drugffist 2Vj ounces of
Pinex (00 cei.l's worth), pour it into a
pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain
gr.nulr.ted sujrar cyrup. The total cost
is about 65 cents and gives you a full
pint of really better cough syrup than
vou could buy ready-mado for $2.50.
Tastes pleasant and never spoils.
This Tinex and sugar syrup prepara
tion get - right at the cause of a cough
and gives almost immediate relief. It
loosens the phlegm, stops the nasty
throat 'cklc :.nd 'teals the sore, irri
tated membranes vhat line the throat,
chest and bronchial tubes, so gently
and easily that it is really astonishing.
A day's use will usually overcome the
ordinary cough and for bronchitip,
croup, whooping cough and bronchial
asthma, there is nothing better.
Pinex is a most valuable concentrated
compound of genuine Norway pine ex
tract, and has been used for generations
to break up severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment, be sure to
ask your druggist for "2 ounces of
Pinex" with full directions, and don't
accept anything else. A guarantee of
absolute satisfaction or money prompt
ly refunded, goes with this prcnaration,
The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind.
An Unfailing Way
To Banish Hairs
(Beauty Notes)
Ugly hairy growths can be removed
in the privacy of your own home if
you get a small original package of
delatone and mix into a paste enough
of the powder and water to cover the
hairy surface.-This should be. left on
the- skin - about 2 minutes, then' re
moved and the skin washed and every
trace of hair will have vanished. No
harm or inconvenience can result from
this treatment, but be sure you buy
real delatone. Adv.
aL, 'Vf 'VJJ' nail
I
Finest quality leather out
sole, insuring long wear.
Pure cork sole.
Solid leather innersole.
Sole of especially cured
live wool.
Leather lining, impervious
to perspiration and other
moisture.
DREXEL'S
Foot Doctor
THE FOOT DOCTOR
is designed and construct
ed for those who suffer
from tender feet, and to
whom walking means
headache and other com
plaints due to jar to the
spine.
Made of fine Glaze Kid
we have them in two
styles, one with Tip and
the other without Tip or
toe box.
Price-
$8.00
DREXEL SHOE CO.
1419 Farnam Street.
J
A corporation of considerable magnitude ha3" a posi
tion open, and not having on its staff at the present time
anyone particularly qualified to meet the requirements,
is using this means of getting in touch with some one
open to consider our proposition. The position will pay
from $4,000 to $5,000 a year to begin with, and will re
quire the applicant to be away from home part of the time
representing the Company on financial matters. Sur
roundings and associates congenial. The applicant must
be of highest address in personality and appearance, and
able to present an argument most intelligently a man
with some legal training, banking or selling experience
would do; past record must be beyond reproach; must be
at least 30 years old, and must be sufficiently ambitious
and broad-minded to put his future success above mere
habits of living. Answers will be held strictly confiden
tial. Address Box 1788, Omaha Bee.
DBBBBH
Style Speaks in "Youthful" Lines
In These Suits for Misses
and Small Women
And styles speak at a price well within the reach of every purse :
$25. 00 Each
Colors are Navy Blue and Black and White Checks.
When expert designers make an unusual effort to com
bine distinctive style with moderate pricing, the effort is
wrorthy not only of special mention, but special attention
and quick decision on the part of wromen who want to
dress well and economically.
This group of Suits which we are offering at $25.00
combines these two highly desirable qualities that in
tangible yet earnestly sought after "debonair" style and
a price that is extremely low.
The tailored styles are the talk of the hour and we
are showing them in many variations. This specialty
.shop for misses and small women caters to the most
particular.
Second Floor
50c Belts, at 19 c
We are offering this
specially purchased lot of
Belts, at a price that is
very, very small.
Patent Leather, Black
Kid, White Kid, Suede and
Paisley.
Wide and narrow styles,
for women and children.
At 19c each they are a
remarkable offering.
Main Floor
The Baby wear Dept. Offers
Dainty Little Wash Dresses
at $1.00
For little girls from 2 to 6 years, we
are showing a line of Wash Dresses that
are decidedly low priced at $1.00 each.
A charming assortment in Gingham and
Chambray; made with short waisted or
straight line effects, in all the popular
shades of pink, blue, tan, also a variety
of stripes and small checks.
Third Floor
Highly Desirable Blouses
At Very Moderate Prices
at $2.95 and $3.95
We are offering a splendid
lot of Crepe de Chine and
Georgette Crepe Blouses
the 2 materials most sought
after right now and Blouses
for which any worrian would
readily pay $5.00 in the
regular way. We made
very advantageous purchases
and are in a position to offer
these at the low prices mentioned.
Every one an extremely fascinating style right at the time
of the year when an extra Blouse or two becomes a real nlcessity
in every woman's wardrobe.
Crepe de Chine and Tub Silk Blouses, at $1.95
Good quality Tub Silk Blouses, in all the desirable colorings,
at the price of a very ordinary Cotton Blouse ordinarily.
Second Floor
New Kid Gloves --Just Arrived
Liberal Shipment of the
Celebrated "Perrin"
Gloves
We are showing these Gloves
in the colors most in demand
tan, brown, gray, cham
pagne, and also liberal stocks
of black and white.. White'
with black backs and black
with white backs.
The standard "Perrin" quality, con
tracted for by us months ago, and,
therefore at prices which are much be
low those we would of necessity have
to ask if we paid the market prices
today. '
Lamb and Kid Gloves,
$2.25, $2.50, $2.75, and $3.00 a Pair.
Main Floor
The New Shipment of
"BILLIKEN" Shoes
which arrived recently, has completed our
size and style assortment, and we are now
ready to fit little feet with this excellent foot
wear at moderate prices.
The big thing in buying Shoes for little
folk is to know that they will not pinch
or hurt in any way that will permit the
little boys and girls to go romping on
their way rejoicing.
We found in "Billiken" Shoes, just this sort of Footwear, and because
they are so good, "we have the exclusive agency for them in Omaha.
"Billiken" Shoes are made without nails or bulging
stitches to cut or injure tender little feet. "Billiken"
Shoes are made with ample room for every toe each
one a "five-room apartment."
We could talk "Billiken" Shoes or rather talk
their talking points indefinitely but the proof of the
Shoes is in the wearing try them and you will be con
vinced. We take especial pains to fit children's shoes
with extreme care.
Priced According to Style and Size
Main Floor, Rear
Be Sure to See
I Our Line of
Collar Laces
I at Popular
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Ice Skates
for Men,
Women and
Children at
Moderate
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