MONDAY, JANUARY G, 1910.
PkATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
PAGE SEVEN.
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BILL H0HENZ0LLERN
MAKES WILL
1'iom Thursday's Dally.
Through the kindness of J. L.
Burrows, the genial express driver
at the Burlingtfen station, we have
been allowed to pursue what is re
ported to be the last will of 'Dill
Hohenzollern" former kaiser of the
(Jcrman Empire. From the will we
are copying the sixth paragraph,
the one in which he mentions Amer
ica and the Yanks.
Sixth To America anG the Yanks
I will direct that ,they have free
passage home, the sooner the better
for the "Dear Fatherland": for of
all the nations that have destroyed
the Peace and Quiet of my old' age,
the Yanks have done more than
their share. My love for thera i-s so
great, -nd they have been so kiiid
in their dealings with my Prussian
Guards, and other CRACKED regi
ments; I will that they all be bought
a free ticket home.
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POPE BENEDICT HOPES NEW
WORLD ORDER WILL COME
Home, Jan. 1. In a New Year's
message to America, given today to
the Press, Pope Benedict expressed
the hope that the peace conference
might result in a new world order;
with a league of nations, the aboli
tion tt conscription and. the estab
lishment of tribunals to adjust in
ternational disputes. The message
reads:
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November 15th. We shall be glad to
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time it is- convenient to you.
Ask us about our plan for the free safekeeping of
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The Bank of Cass County,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Capital and Surplus, $80,000
Your Personal Bank.
"On the eve of the New Year, in
which humanity is at last to enjoy
the blessing of peace, we are glad
to send cordial greetings to 1 the
American people as the champions
of those same principles v.-Inch have
been proclaimed by both ' President
Wilson and the Holy See, ensuring
( for the world justice, peace and
christian love.
"In this solemn moment, when a
new era in the history of the world
is about to begin, we pray that the
Almighty may shed His light upon
the delegates who are meeting in
Paris to settle the fate or mankind,
and especially upon President Wil
son as the head of. the noble nation
which has written such glorious
pages in the annals of human pro
gress. . .
"May the conference be of such
a nature as to remove auy resent
ment, abolish strife forever among
brothers, establish harmony and
concord and promote useful labor.
Out of the peace conference may
there be born the league of nations,
which, by abolishing conscription,
will reduce armaments, which by
establishing international tribun
als will eliminate or settle disputes
Which, placing peace upon a foun
dation of solid rock, will guarantee
to everyone independence and equal
it of rights."
PURE BRED DITR0C- -
JERSEY HOG SALE
Otto Schafer will soon announce
his annual sale of pure bred Duroc
Jersey Boars, to be held at hii
heme on January 20th. Otto will
offer some exceptional fine 6tufT in
this sale, some of the best that he
has ever placed in the sale ring.
Watch for his bills and announce
ment in this paper at an early later
date. If you are a lover of fine hogs
you will be interested in this sale.
CAR SERVICE RESUMED IN
DENVER FOLLOWING RIOTING
Denver, Jan. 3. After street car
service had been completely suspend
ed for six and a half hours here last
i night because of damages by crowds
jof men and boys who objected to
the collection of a seven cente fare.
rervice was resumed early today on
-regular schedules. Whether it would
continue depejided, company officials
said, on whether adequate police pro
tection was furnished if the demon
strations were resumed.
Bui Not, So Ead If You Knew How
to Reach the Cause.
Nothing more discouraging than
a constant backache. Lame when
you awaken, pains pierce you when
you bend or lift. It's hard to work
or to rest. Backarhe often indi
cates bad kidneys. Plattsmouth
people recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills. Read this case:
Mrs. C. C. Buxbridge. Vine St.,
Plattsmouth. says: "About live
years ago, my back caused me a
great deal of misery. It ached
most all the time.' After I had tak
en Doan's Kidney Pills for awhile,
my back felt as strong as ever. Since
then, I have recommended them to
my neighbors when I have heard
them -complaining."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills the game
that Mrs. Burbridge had. Foster
Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
BACKACHE IS .
DISCOURAGING
DECISION Ifl
CARMEN'S CASE
WAR BOARD ORDERS CHANGES
IN FEW TROLLEY SCHEDULES;
SAYS UNION NOT VITAL
FACTOR.
EX-PRESIDENT TAFT
READS FINDINGS
Orders Slight Changes In Working
Conditions; Corporation Declared
to Be Too Chary in Dealing
With Men From Fear of Rec
ognizing
Organization.
The hearing of the Omaha street
railway controversy before the Na
tional War Labor board joint chair
men, William II. Taft and Basil .M.
Manly, was concluded at 5:45 p. m.
yesterday, when Mr. Taft read the
decision which he and his Colleague
had dictated.
In brief the union feature of the
controversy was held non-essential
o the present controversy. The men
were given redress on short-piece"
runs and lost their contention that
night runs were arranged to avoid
paying bonus. t Further hearing on
minimum wage complaints were ar
ranged for February 1.
The taking of testimony in sup
port of the grievances made by the
carmen, and counter-testimony by
the company, was started at 4:00
o'clock Thursday afternoon and we
resumed at 9:00 o'clock yesterday
morning, with a brief interval for
noonday lunch.
The decision went against the
carmen in the matter of night runs
which the men charged had been
.irranreci'bv the company to avoid
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the application of a bonus-pay fea
ture. Provision was made for re
opening this phase of t'ae contro
versy before the war board on Feb
ruary 1.
Provide Farther Hearings.
The joint chairmen staled that
they had not been sufficiently ad
vsied of the actual rulings of thc,
examiners to pass on the minimum
wage complaints. They held that
the wage of AZVz cents par hour,
provided for in the board's awr.rd.
was intended to apply to adult male
wiployes, and added that it would
require the attendance of the boardVs
examiners to investigate and pa?
on- specific cases complained of.
With respect to short-piece runs,
which are from six and a half tr
seven and a half hours. the ntu
complained thaf such a run doer
not yield sufficient compensation
and requires employes to take trip
per runs. This- arrangement. the
decision states, appeared to have
been made to evade the bonus fea
ture, and it was further stated by
the chairmen, that the company
neglected the consideration of fair
ness. , (
An amendment of this feature of
the working conditions was directed,
to avoid injustice. If a conference
between employes and company does
not get results, it was suggested
that the matter should be referred
to the examiners.
In connection with the complaint
by the men that the company has
shown discrimination against union
men, the decision finds that the
company is now endeavoring to
coriiply with the orders of the war
labor board.
On the subject of collective .bar
gaining, it was found that the com
pany is conducting an open shop;
that the rules of the board require
that the company shall place no ob
stacle or 'interference jn the way of
the union men. and requires that
while the company must deal only
with its own employes, it does not
prevent the employes from selecting
their own methods- of representa
tion before the company. ,
The company was found to have
been within its rights in declining
to enter Into a contract with the
union, as the rulea of the board do
not require that the company shall
deal by contract with a union, and
In that sense is not required to
recognize a union. i - i
Employer Too Technical.
Employers were cited as having
been too technical in treatment of
committee of employes in the mat
ter of the latter's union identifica
tion. Fride of union men and tech
nical sensitiveness of employer
were mentioned as factors which
have led to troubles.
The application of the men for a
modification of the award as 'relat
ing to increase of wages, was de
nied; also the application for a
fundamental change of schedules
was overruled., as both of these fea-,
tures may be brought before "a full
board hearing on February 1, on
which date testimony taken in Oma
ha this week, and such additional
testimony as may later be submit
ted, will be considered.
Text of Decision.
The text of the decision follows:
"In this case the employes have
presented three applications. The
first is an appeal from the rulings
of the examiners in the interpreta
tion of the award made by the Joint
chairmen on July 51. The second
is a complaint that the company
has violated the award, and a re
quest ythat it be directed to comply
in the particular instances of alleged
violation, and the third is for a
modification of the award to in
crease wages over the amount fixed
in the award, and for the substitu
tion in place of the existing sched
ule for the operation of the cars of
the defendant company, a new
schedule devised on a different
basis, which will make the daily
operations of service of the em
ployes less burdensome. '
Company Oversteps Itself.
"Second: We come now to the
complaint against the company that
the award has not been complied
with. The first instance called to
our attention is the short piece runs
from six and one-half to seven and
one-half hours which, with the
rates of wages, do not make a suffi
cient compensation by the day to
enable the men who rece've the run?
to live, and require them to apply
for tripper runs to make out their
days compensation. "
"Third. Object io-i is made to
discrimination against the men.
Whatever may have been the policy
of the company in the past, and
whatever may have been the atti
tude of some of the subordinates
of the company in particular in
stances, we feel that the declaration
prescribed by the union for the se
lection of a coinmittee of employe?
to represent the union men in his
employ.
Company Too "Technical.
"The employes, in this case, whe
belong to the iinion, and they art
90 per cent of all the employes, ten
dsred a contract to the president of
the company to Induce him tc
change the shop from an open Ehor
to a closed shop. He declined tc
accept this contract, and was 'with
in his right, uiider. the rules of the
board, in doing so. lie is not, by
the rules of the board, required to
leal fcy contract . with the union as
a union, and in that , sense he is not
required to recognize the union. .
"Bat the words 'recognition cf
the union' have had an artificial and
an improper meaning given to them
by employers. They have been too
technical yi Uieir treatment of com
mittees of their employes who have
come to them to represent their
union employes, when they have
said to such a committee. 'Do you
represent the union,,. "if you do we
decline to deal with you." The
question is not whether they repre
sent the union. The question ir
whether they, being employes, rep
resent other employes, and if that
is the fact, their mere refusal to say
that they do not represent the un
ion, or their admission that they do.
dees not imply a contract dealing
with the union or any organization
in the sense in which. the war labor
board understands the term.
Too Much Pride Apparent.
"We think that due to the pride
of the men in their union and org
anization, and the technical sensi
tiveness of the employer, many
troubles havev arisen ' that might
have been completely avoided by a
clear understanding of the view of
the national war labor board in this
regard.
"In the matter of the application
for the modification of the award of
increase wages, and to make a fun
damental change in the schedule, we,
overrule the present application, for
the reason that under the award a
full opportunity is given for opening
lie
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the aw"ard and the revision thereof i
on the firs? of February next, and
the testimony taken at this time
may be considered with s'iclx sup
plemental evidence as the parties
may desire, and may be filed with
the examiners 'before whom an ap
plication for such a revision would
properly be taken."
Following the reading of the de
cision by Mr. Taft, he and Chair
man Manly rushed' from the federal
court room to an automobile and
were taken directly to their trrMv
They are on their way to New
York city to hear a case which in
volved a recent strike of 15.000 dock
workers.
Discusses Union.
"With reference to collective bar
gaining, which it is objected by the
men that the company has not fi'lly
accepted, we have this to. say: This
company is now conducting an open
shop in which union and non-union
men are employed without discrim
ination. The rules of this board re
quire that no obstacle pr Interfer
ence should be offered by the com
pany to the organization of the men
in the unions, or the affiliation of
the local union with a national un
ion. "The rules of the board permit
n employer to insist that in the
negotiations between lim and his
employes be may deal only with
his employes, and onlywith rep
resentatives of his employes who
are his employes, but it does not
prevent his employes, through the
agency of auy union to which they
may belong, to adopt any method
whether any retroactive allowance
bould be equitably made in any
Mich case6.
HALF OF PEOPLE IN ALASKA
DISTRICT DIE OF INFLUENZA
' Seattle, Wash., Jan. 3. Thirty
oer cent of the native adult popula
tion of the Kaslevah district, south
it the mouth of the Yukon river,
extending for a distance of more
than 200 miles along the coast to
'he Kuskokwim river, have died as
he result of Spanish Influenza, ac
ording to cable appeals for assis
tance sent out last night from Mar
;hall. Alaska, to W. T, Lopp, chief of
be Alaska bureau of education, Ap
peals for aid were also sent to Gov
ernor Thomas IMggs, jr., of Alaska
Attempts will be made lo send
teachers from government schools to
the district to act as nurses.
NO PLANS MADE FOE UNI
VERSAL ARMY SERVICE
Secretary Baker Says Subject Awaits
Peace Hopes Army Need Not
Remain for Two Years.
Washington, Jan. 3. No decision
has been reached by the Wer depart
ment on the question of universal
military service. Secretary Baker told
the house military committee today,
and he indicated that no definite pro
juct for a permanent military estab
lishment would be presented to con
gress until the peace conference had
concluded its work.
When asked whether it would be
necessary to keep a large force in
Europe for at leas! two years, the
secretary said:
"We hope that is not true; we are
not planning for it."
He said 700,000 men had been dis
charged from the army since the ar
mistice was signed and that another
million men would be discharged
within the next five weeks.
SOLDIERS WILL RECEIVE A
DOUBLE WELCOME AT N. Y.
Prominent Citizens Refuse to Serve
on Committee Headed by Wm.
R. Hearst, the Journalist.
New York, Jan. 3. A general cit
izen's committee to welcome soldiers
returning to the United States thru
the port of New York, was organized
here today under the chairmanship!
of Charles Stewart Davison. It is J
designed to supplant the welcoming,
committee appointed by Mayor Uy-
lan with William R. Hearst, as chair
man. More than a dozen prominent New
Yorkers have refused to serve on the
mayor's committee,' asserting that be
cause of the attitude of Mr. Hearst's
newspapers toward the war, they did
not consider Mm a suitable person to
head a committee to, welcome home-J
coining soldiers. " j
Col. Theodoe Iioosevelt will in
all ' probability be the committee's
honorable chairman.
According to L. J. Reilly, who is
sued a statement, on behalf of Mr.
Hearst, 100 persons have accepted
membership on the mayor's commit
tee! 1 j
Robert Poisal, who has been visit
ing in Lincoln for a few days re
turned homo last evening.
Miss Honor Seybert departed this (
morning for Omaha, where she will
spend the day. with friends.
Alfalfa - Molasses Feeds !
The best and most economical feed for live stock.
Write us for description and prices.
Omaha Alfalfa Milling Co.,
Omaha, Nebraska
WARMER TEMPERATURES
. PREDICTED FOR TOMORROW
Chicago, Jan. 3. The cold wave
will be broken by tomorrow night in
the whole territory west of the Mis
sissippi river, the .weather man said
tonight. The elght-below-zero weath
er in Chicago today, when two
deaths were attributed to the cold,
was to be repeated tonight.
Although no relief from the seve
rity which reached such figures as
35 degrees-below zero in Mitchell, S.
D., and a range of from 15 to 22
below in Nebraska, was believed pos
sible tonight, the temperature is ex
pected to start a slow climb tomor
row and by night to have reached
more comfortable points in the west
ern half of the country.
FIFTY MEN TRAPPED IN
KANSAS MINE, BY FIRE
Cherokee, Kan., Jan. 3 Fifty men
are trapped in the number 6 shaft
of the Hamilton Coal company here,
the tipple and the chute of which
are burning. Dynamite is being used
in an effort to stay the flames until
the men can be taken out.
FRANCE PLAN3 TO TAKE
OVERSIGHT OF ARMENIA
IF ALLIES ARE WILLING
Paris, Jan. 1. France plans to
assume the guidance of the desti
nies of Armenia, Syria and Lebanon
in the new' order of world affairs
growing out of the war in con
formity with treaties signed with
Great Britain and Russia in 1915,
if the coming peace conference does
not rule otherwise, according to
authoritative information furnished
the Associated Press.
Palestine, according to the plan
under consideration, would, with its
complexity of nationalities and re
ligions, be placed under interna
tional protection. England would
be responsible for the Arabian pen
insula, with the exception of the
kingdom of Iledjas, which would be
free.
France, it is emphatically stated
escheVs the term "protecorate" in
connection with her proposed super
vision of these countries, and it ii
probable that some such relations
with them as exists between Eng
land and her dominions would.be
established under the plan.
These facts were given as an ex
planation " of a declaration of
Stephen Pichon, foreign minister, in
the chamber of deputies on Sunday:
Referring to the manner in which
France would deal with Asia Minor
and nationalities formerly ruled by
Turkey, M. Pichon said:
"We have nothing but friendly
feeling for the Turks."
BRITISH VESSEL WRECKED
AND 270 SAILORS DROWNED
London, Jan. 1. Two hundred
and seventy sailors were drowned
today as the result of the loss of
the British steamer yacht Iolaire, off
Stornoway, Scotland.
The yacht had 300 sailors - on
board. They were on New Year's
holiday leave. ,
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Plattsmouth Garage
, J. . MASON, Proprietor
Roo Service N Reo Cars and Trucks
The New Reo 4-Passehger Coupe
For the man who uses his car every day in the year;
who must cover much ground and be in many places
every day, regardless of weather conditions, this Reo
is especially made. We cordially invite inspection of it.
Miss Lillian Thompson of Omaha
arrived in the city this afternoon
and is visiting at the home of her
friend Miss Clara Mae Morgan.
POBLICJALE!
I wilt offer for sale at Public
Auction, at my farm, three mile
southeast of Cedar Creek, six miles
east and one mile north of Louis-
0
ville, and 9 miles west . of Platts
mouth, on
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15TH. 1919.
The following described property
to-wit:
One gray mare,' 8 years old, wi.
1500.
One bay !:orse, Clears old, weight
1350.
One driving team, 9 and 10 years
old, wt. .2200.
One bay mare colt coming 3 year
old. , ; .515TU
One bay mure colt coining 2 year
old.
One suckling colt.
Three milk cows one fresh.
' One 2-year-old heifer, coming
fresh in April.
One yearling calf.
One white faced bull, IS months
old.
Two Durcc brood sows.
Fourteen head of stock hogs.
One Newton wagon.
One spring wagon.
One hay rack with truck.
One -McCcrmick binder, seven
foot cut.
One Standard mower.
. One hay rake.
One Oborn disc.
One John Deere two row.
One John Deere riding lisicf.
good as new.
One John Deere corn planter, SO
rods of wire.
, One Avery cultivator.
One Janesville cultivator.
One Badger riding cultivator.
One walking plow, 14-inch.
One Grandeteur gang plow.
One Sterling stalk cuUcr,
One corn drill.
One 3-yection harrow.
One bob-sled.
One hand corn sheller.
. One feed grinder.
One Winzehnann corn elevator.
One' hog oiler.
One horse clipper.
One galvanized tank with hea'?r.
Oue Great Western cream Ecpar:
tor. One Old Trusty incubator and
brooder.
, Three set of work harueF. '
One set of buggy harness.
One single harness.
One saddle good as new.
One grind 6lone.
Many other articles too numerous
to mention.
SALE WILL COMMENCE AT 10:00
Lnnch will be fcrved by W. A. Scott.
TERMS OF SALE!
All sums of $10.00 and under
cash; all sums over $10.00 a credit
of 12 months will be given, pur
chaser giving good bankable note,
bearing 8 per cent from date. All
property must be settled for beforo
being removed from the nremises.
GEORGE TflHNES.
COL. W. R. YOUNG, Auctioneer.
A.. O. AULT, Clerk.
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