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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1917)
lllL, biuLsl UMtxrtn. bri. 1 LltUA 1 , ALbOoi' 18, Luli. ASKS OMAHA WAGE DISPUTE SETTLED State Council of Defense Says It' Is Wrong to Try to Force . Standards Daring Fres "."ent Crisis. The Slate Council of Defense urges that the employers and employed in Omaha get together and settle their strike differences as a patriotic move. In a statement issued by Council of Defense Secretary of Labor Wilson is "quoted as saying it is the height of disloyalty to bring about a stoppage if industries to force- establishment Of standards that the parties inter ested have not been able to force during normal or peace conditions. i The statement :of the com cil then insists that the interest of the nation at this time demand that the labor tontroversy in Omaha be settled. t Statement by Council. Following is - the official statement Issued by. the State Council of De fense: ..." . " "The attention of the State Conn til of Defense, has been called to the fact that the State Board of Mediation And Investigation has been compelled lo adjourn without contributing' anyf thing to liie -settlement of the labor Question in Omaha and to the further act thatilhe "Business- Men's asso ciation of Omaha failed to participate in the deliberations of the board or to otherwise render assistance to the board in its effort to' bring about an adjustment. In' an address deliv ered in May and which address was approved by the president Secretary of Labor Wilson spoke as follows: "'I do not believe that any work ing i.ian has. any right to interfere with capital in organiiing into cor porations. I do not believe that any capitalist, .lias any rigin 10 mrcricrc i with working men in organizing into onions. If workmen are free as capi tal is. free to organize and their stand ' ards of living are maintained, then it would seem to be the height of dis loyalty to stpp the wheels of indus try in this critical period solely for the purpose of iforcing a recognition of the union.- "And .that Js one , of the . things that must be impressed upon em ployer and employe alike. That it is the height of disloyalty to force or bring about a stoppage of our indus tries in order to force the establish ment' of standards that they have not been . able, to force during , normal conditions.' , v , , . . "Without passing upon the merits or demerits of the question of 'open' or 'closed' shop tor Omaha, the State Council of Defense voices, its hearty approval of the statement ' made by -Secretary of Labor Vilson that in this time of national crisis neither business nor labor should at tempt to force standards that were not enforcible during normal condi tions. We believe that the Interests of the nation demand that me tabor controvert irt Omaha be settled and we urge upon the employed and em ployer that every effort be made to bring about a settlement in accord with the principles outlined above." ' The .statement is signed by Keith Neville, governor; Robert M. Joyce, George Coupland, Richard L. Met calfe, Miss Sarka B. Hrbkova. Her bert E. Gooch, Dr. E. O. Weber, T. P. Reynolds, Charles A. McCloud, George , O. Brophy. General W. E. Steele and George E. Johnson. Berlin Press Derides 1 Peace Sans Territory ' and Cash Indemnity ' Amsterdam; Aug. 17. The Kreua Zeitung of Berlin, a copy of which has been received here, says sympathy with the pope's wish lor peace must disappear when it is seen that he has united; himself with . tuch conditions as restorations and no indemnities. The Berlin Taeglische. Rundschau considers that the nature of the peace outlined by the pope must compel the central powers to rttuse the offices I of the pontiff. This newspaper says it fears the affair will have an unhappy influence not only in Austria, tut among the Catholics in Germany, " i The Koelnisclie Zeitung reserves judgment on the proposal until the full text of the pope's note is ob tained. Nevertheless It considers the proposal to enter ' into negotiations a the basis of the pontiff's program should r.ot be rejected. ' This newspaper asserts that it is not aware of the German govern msnt's attitude, but that it believes its logic prescribes that the govern ment in conformity with its previous attitude should follow the path indi cated by the pontiff Berlin to Deliberate Concerning Pope's Note Copenhagen, Aug. 17. The Ger man government's attitude on so im portant a matter as the peace pro posal of Pope Benedict can only be made known after the most careful deliberation, particularly as its de cision can only be taken in full accord with Germany's allies. A statement to this effect has been communicated by the German foreign office to the Uerman press.; ' , "Nobody can say that the pope's peace proposals aim at a German peace," says the Tribuna, "but one must ask whether the pope acted really on his own initiative or through suggestions and pressure from the central powers. Still, the conditions contained in the papal note certainly do not particularly favor the central empires." Seven East St. Louis Officers . Held Because of Race Riots East St. Louis, 111., Aug. 17. Thir ty men, seven of whom were mem bers of the, police force during the race riots in East St. Louis in July, v,ere arrested yesterday on capiases issued on indictments returned Tues day by the 'grand jury investigating the disturbances, in this city. The policemen include lieutenant, two sergeants and ' four patrolmen. It is said that nineteen members of the police department have been Indicted and other arrests are expected soon. , In the story of arrests here vester day in connection with East St. Loius riots the name of Thomas Benton was sent out erroneously The name h,ould have been" Thomas Boston, democratic politician and former candidate for sheriff. He is charged with assault to kill. Be(V3iir"Adr Produce' Results. Allies Advance Through Langemarcke Under Terrific British Barrage Fire; Steenbeke River Is Out of Its Banks British Front In France and Bel guim, Aug. 17. German troops last night made a determined attempt to recover a small section of ground taken by the Canadians yesterday aft ernoon ortheast of Lens, but three successive counter attacks were driven off with heavy losses to the enemy. The first counter attack on the Canadian center made in the early evening was an absolute failure. About 9 o'clock the Germans again surged forward and succeeded in pushing back a few advanced posts, but the Canadians subsequently moved forward and reoccupied the po sitions. Again the Germans came back, but they were repulsed and appeared to be satisfied to let mat ters remain as they were for the time being. On the north of the salient the Germans, put down a heavy barrage last night and gav indications of a counter attack, but the British artil lery replied with such a quick and ef fective barrage that no infantry action followed. The same thing happened east and southeast of Monchy early this morning. The Westhoek and Frerenberg ridge sections, which had seen such hard fighting, were heavily shelled by the German throughout the nigt. The British and French were proceeding satisfactorily wit the consolidation of their new positions all along the front. British Barrage Perfect. Evidence continues to multiply from both the prisoners and the British officers of the wonderful efficacy of the British barrage fire yesterday morning on the north end of the British line, where the advance was so successful. The correspondent visited the casualty-clearing station for the Langemarcke region ad talked with a British artillery observation officer, who was wounded in the fighting near Langemarcke. He said: "I have seen much modern artil lery work, but frankly, I never dream ed there could be such perfection achieved in a barrage fire as we ac complished Thursday morning. I was stationed, in an advanced post, where I could see the full effects of our fire on the Langemarcke region. While I directed the firing of the guns in the rear, I was amazed to Up-to-the Minute Gossip About Boys in Khaki at Omaha Camps Sergeant Clifton Broughton, in the machine s gun company of the Sixth Nebraska, feels that he has a special almost personal interest in the na tional song, ".The Star Spangled Ban ner,'; , ,( "'A hundred years ago the great grandfather ' of young Broughton, who -was an officer in the British navy, commanded the ship 6n which Francis Scott Key was imprisoned when he wrote the famous song. It is a matter of family history, well known to the Broughtons. The great grandfather is said to have been as kind to Key as the cir cumstances permit' cd. ' , Fighting runs in young Broughton's family. The great grandfather spo ken of, was on his mother's side. On the paternal side, Broughton's father, grandfather and great grandfather all served with honor in the British navy. "Because of this dad rather wanted me to join the United States navy," said Sergeant Broughton the other day. "I would have liked that, but I like the Sixth Nebraska Guards even better. I have' relatives in the navy at present, however, and they will have to carry on our family tra dition." Colonel Baehr has had many titles in the course of his military life, but never one of which he was so proud as that given by the boys of the Fighting Fourth. To one and all he 2s "The Old Man." spoken in tones of mingled respect and affection. Seldom has any officer been as popular with troops as this simple, un affected man from Omaha, ror weeks he has worked and played with the boys at Fort Crook and they have grown to know him well. He takes a personal interest in each and every one of "his boys." Each feels that if he can but tell his troubles to "The Old Man," all the boyish tangles that appear in camp life will be straightened out. Colonel Baehr is never too busy to give assistance to some young private who stands, hat in hand, hopefully before his desk, confident that- the colonel will listen with sympathy to his story. In the window of the recruiting of fice on Farnam street, where Captain Finn of the Canadian expeditionary force is enlisting men for the British army, is a murderous looking collec tion of weapons. These were picked up by Captain Finn on the battlefield and are the kind used in the German army. There is a large battered musket, rusty and dilapidated. There are bavonets and knives. But the "orire" of the collection, the captain thinks, COMPLETE DISPERSION SALE Auguat 20, at 9:30 A. M. LOVELAND FARMS On Wait Laaranworth St. i IK ml" Elmwood Pk, Omaha, Nab. TV WMt Laavaavarth atrtat or 11". Ant will mart r at Elmwaaa Park aaa taka yoa to aad from tha tana. 75 head registered Ayrshires. C5 head registered and grade Jerseys. ' 3 registered Percheron mares and stallion. 15 head farm horses. : . All farm and dairy machinery. 4-unit Sharpies' milker, complete. NOTEt This is epportunity for yau to gat a f roa cow- for family nao and gat pur milk for tha CHILDREN. From preaant indica tions pur milk will soon ba 20, see what our guners could not see. "At the jumping off hour, which was at 4:45 o'clock, the British bat teries dropped a barrage in front of our infantry for the advance. It was as though a solid curtain of steel had been dropped before our men. It moved forward with the mechanical precision of clockwork. All our guns broke out with such a hurricane of fire that I was stunned with the ef fect. Explosions Deafening. "I tried to say something to a com panion standing beside me, but could not make him hesr my loudest shouts, so' deafening' was the thunder from the breaking shells. The barrage moved forward with such accuracy that our infantry was able to keep quite close to it without danger, for there was no wavering of the barrage line. "Straight on over Langemarck and the surrounding region passed the barrage, with the infantry trailing. It was not more than thirty minutes from the start before we were in the town itself. It was 8 o'clock when our gunfire finally rested on German positions far to the rear, and there they continued to hammer away while the fighting went on ab6ut Lange marck. "The Germans undoubtedly were expecting our attack, for their coun ter barrage was dropped back of our lines almost as soon as our advance began. I could observe the whole thing, and there is absolutely no doubt of the superiority of our ar tillery work and the preponderance of our guns. The German counter battery work was nil but on the other hand our bat teries were doing excellent execution against the enemv guns which was in dicated by the (femunitation of their firing the battle progressed. As early as 6 o'clock I saw one big German gun being hastily removed from the height north of Langemarck and rushed to a position further back. 1 know other guns were pulled back to emplacements in the rear. Wallow In Mud. "No morse ground for an advance could have been encountered. The Steenbeke river was in flood, and the whole region was waterlogged from recent rams. Our infantry was wal Inwinir in mud all the time and had Ht not been for the efficiency of our artillery fire, the men would have had a hard time with the enemy." is a horrible looking short bayonet with a sawtooth edge. "See, his is the means by which the Germans seek to impose their 'kultur' on the world," he remarked, picking it up. "This doesn't give a man a fighting chance.' This jagged edge makes a horrible wound that the Surgeons cannot mend-' The Germans are past masters in tljfeart f caus ing unnecessary pain'Jaf j. t "Here is a French bayonet, by way of contrast," he continued. This was a long, smooth-edged ' weapon, cap able of inflicting a deep but dean wound. It was'as humane as an in strument of war could be. The jagged edged one bore the name "Urfurt," the German town where it was manufactured. The other bore a French mark. Lieutenant McIIugh of Company A has adopted a mascot, a small squir rel that already eats out of his hand. He has christened it Pansy in mem ory of his first sweetheart. . There are three former policemen in the battalion, all of them first ser geants. Sergeant John Briggs of the machine gun company was chief of the- South Side police and formerly police captain when South Omaha was a separate city. Sergeant Oliver Ferrand of Company A was an Omaha motorcycle policeman. Ser geant Harry Askwith of Company C was also an Omaha policeman in civil life. :llllllllllillHllllllllllllllhl!lllli:lmiili:i .'i!iIJIil Gently, rubbed into the skin is a skin food and tonic 6t exceptional merit. It; cleanses the pores of dust: and dirt, clears the complexion and acts as a most refreshing tonic for the skin. It is a delightful application for the pur pose of removing tan and other complexion remind ers of summer sunshine and winds; . I The best is none too 1 I good for our customers, so Z 4 we recommend Green's Cold Cream in 25 and 50- ; I cent jars. i , . j. HARVEY GREEN. Pro. . ONE GOOD DRUG STORE 16th and Howard. Douflaa 844. CCX1UIT "r n u your E4 rf't f t styliak waarinf ' apparal at', money-saving pricaa. BEDDEO tfffiFACEll llll I EEs "As it was our troops had destroyed most of the concrete machine gun redoubts which represent the main de fenses in this section, but there-still remained many underground fortifica--tions which had to be fought through and sileneced with bombs or left be hind with the Germans still in them. "There was a typical example of this at a point souiv, est of Lange marck known as Aubongite. Here the Germans had constructed a stoel and concrete dugout with heavy steel trap doors 'on top. It would hold per haps fifty to seventy-five men with numerous machine guns. The artil lery had been unable to shell them out and when the infantry advanced the Germans crawled into their hole' and closed the iron doors over them. There was no bombing them out, but the Germans themselves were prisoners. They dared not open their doors to fire machine guns for fear of bombs, so we pushed ahead and left the Germans there with a squade of bombers sitting outside ready to tljrow explosives when the doors opened. The situation was not with out humor and for all I know, it re mains the same," but soonor or later the Germans must give in. "There was heavy hand to hand fighting before Langemarck, amid the concrete defenses, but we had no trouble when once inside. Our in fantrymen tell me that once our bar rage has passed over the ground they have litle trouble with the German in fantry. "I know the German losses due to our gunfire were very heavy. I hate to think of the loss of life inflicted, but it is one of the penalties of war. It is either them or the allies." $3.00 & $3.50 Smocks Made of One ma terials. Exceptional values $1.95 Womeii s $29.50, $32.50, $35.00 Navy Blue and Black jf 13. The New Fall Suits are in the fashionable Knee Length Coat Mod els and are made up of Wool Pop lins, Poiret Twills Gabardines and ' Pine Serges and the much wanted Black and Navy Blues.' There are a diversity of clever models of fered at this special price Women who want a Suit for eariy fall wear need not be urged to take advantage of this sale The styles' are suitable for Early Fall and Winter Wear. 25 to are offered for Saturday at the sensationally reduced price of Wool Velours, Burellas, Gunniburls, Silk Taffetas, Satins and Gabardine Coats, in light shades and navy blue, are featured in this sale. Styles for evt ry ocasion. SILK SKIRTS Sacrificed in Two Gigantic Lots Tomorrow at 41 95 and Values Up to Ftoriand in thi. .xtnordliMrr ule. All tae m. con't bet Mller. in sport and dress models to choose from. Beautiful striped and fancy Plain Silks, plain Blue and Black Taffeta Skirts In the lot Interesting in Point of Style and Price This Sale of New Eaill Dipe Fiat Serges Fine Satin Fine Taileta Silks Crepe De Chines Meteor SUks Officers9 Wives See Enlisted Men Draw Pay From Uncle Sammy ! I ; - 'J ' ' " ' ,f ,The women came along in '-their autos to see the fun on pay day at Fort Omaha. Front seat, left to right!. Miss. Dorothy Grant, daughter of Colonel F. A. Grant, quartermaster of the Omaha supply depot. Mrs. Korniloff Says Russian Morale Now Strengthening Petrograd, Aug. 17. Lieutenant General Korniloff, the commander-in-chief, in an interview today, said that in consequence of the energetic meas ures taken the moral fighting capac ity of the army had been considerably strengthened. He hoped for com plete regeneration of the Russian forces. The general predicted operations on a vast scale on the Roumanian front and also elsewhere, especially in the north, where he indicated there was Mm 1519-21 DOUGLAS STREET A nn 7 H3 rv Silk and Cloth Coats $12.50 Are the materials to the fore in Fashion's faror for Early Fall. And you 11 find these rich fabrics developed into the taost superb styles models that were reproduced from high priced imported originals revealing new styles thoughts of th world's best de signers. There are Peg draped and Tunic styles Basque Bodice effects and high and low neck frocks in the collection Some are embroidered in stunning effects Blues lead in favorite colors Blacks are fashionable Browps, Grays and Beetroot shades in the showing. DAINTIEST BLOUSES Values $2.50 to $3.50 11 JLLO Shadow Laces, Chiffons, Voiles, Lingerie, etc. Ju6t at the very tune ; when Blouses are .in the most demand we are offering our superb collection it greatly reduced priees. They are cool, transparent and dainty with lace and em broidery trimming, etc. 4 1 John Maher, wife of Major Maher, the disbursing officer of the signal corps who paid the boys. . " Back scat, left to right: Miss Helen Grant, daughter of Colonel Grant and Miss Tierney .of Lincoln, fister of Mrs. Maher. . . " a possibility of combined land and sea actions. He expressed the opin ion that another winter campaign was inevitable. Japs to Send Delegate To Stockholm Conference iokio, Aug. 17. It is reported that a small body of Japanese socialists at Tokio has voted to send Sen Kayta yama, a Japanese socialist leader, who is now in New York, as a delegate to the Stockholm socialist confer ence. It is believed that the govern ment is opposed to the participation of Japanese in the conference. n n n $2.95 Brothers M P v.rrnV s V Kv Mil I JAPANESE RESENT,.; D.UMBARG0 Shipbuilders of Nippon Start Move to Bring About Modi fication of President's Order. Tokio, Aug. 17. Japanese ship builders have inaugurated a national movement to seek a modification of the steel embargo and have formed a league for the purpose of bringing about a cancellation of the American embargo on iron and steel. The shipbuilders have presented lengthy memorials to the Japanese government and to George Post Wheeler, the American charge at Tokio, urging relief from the em bargo, claiming that it would ruin the shipbuilding industry, close factories and bring about a discontinuance of the construction of ships either build ing or contracted for by the entente powers. Hughes Would Exempt Medic Students and Policemen New York, Aug. 17. Charles E. Hughes, chairman of the district board of appeals, said today that, al though the board would continue to follow the law regarding exemp tions, he favored the adoption of some plan to exempt policemen and medical students from the draft. German Concession in Poland Soon Expected London, Aug. 17. Reuter's Lim ited says it learns on good authority that German concessions in Poland are expected shortly, but that they will be conditional on Austria's ap proval. $12.50 Sweaters Beautiful models. Practical for present and fall wear , L n ncrmzz $6.75 TUB SKIRTS Sensationally Underpriced in This Great Clean-Up Sale $0)95 and and $5.95 Values Latest styles featured many models trimmed with pearl buttons. Among the lot are stylish Repps, Cords, Piques, Gab ardines and Llnene Skirts in all waist sizes. 15 f cant. 1417 DOUGLAS