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    THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 191T.
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pay the mm OR
MOVE OUT AT ONCE i
Eastern Apartment Hause Own
ers raid Managers Use
Methods Not in Vogue
in Omaha.
Two Prominent Building Owners
Eastern apartment house owners
and managers, attending the national
convention of the Building Owners
and Managers, are giving the western
ucicguics sooie suggestions witn re
gard to handling the rental problem.
At the apartment house conference at
breakfast, Ernst Sweet presiding, the
eastern delegates said that they send
collectors to the door of the apart
ment house dwellers every month.
Ihese collectors go to the doors
of the tenants, said one, "and they
have a bill for the rent in one hand
and the three (Says' notice to move in
the other. Tlney hand out the bill
and if the tenant doesn't pay on the
spot, he is haoded the three days'
notice. He has his choice. He must
take the bill or the notice. We don't
fool with them at all."
Not in Use Here.
While the Omaha and western fel
lows liked the audacity of the east
ern chaps in putting over this system,
they did not belierve they would like
to put it into effect here. They in
sisted that it was an old eastern cus
tom, and while it might work in the
east, they did not believe it would be
best here.
Some of the apartment house man
agers said they are absolutely refus
ing to rent on yearly leases now on
account of the serious situation with
regard to coal prices. They held that
they cannot afford to Aake a yearly
lease on a set basis of rental and then
allow coal to go up the way it did
last winter without the privilege of
raising the rental for the apartments.
Coal a Big Expense.
One Duluth man said he had kept
the furnaces going in a Duluth apart
ment house ten and one-half months
in the year.
Discussions of "Service," "Manag
ers' Compensation," "Apartment
House Construction from the Stand
point of the Investor," "Essentials of
Apartment House Management," and
other problems were discussed from
the floor.
Members of the Omaha association
took the visiting delegates and ladies
for a tour of the city in automobiles
in the afternoon.
i gjnj, mZeJ iff 3Sf0m , t
Howard G. Loomis, secretary ofQ
the National Association Building
Owners and Managers, manager ot
the Omaha National bank building,
gave a short talk at Happy Hollow
dinner Wednesday evening.
GERMANS SEEK TO
SEIZE U. S. GOLD
David Whitcomb, treasurer of the
National Association of Building
Owners and Managers, owner and
manager of the Arcade building,
Seattle, covering an entire city block,
who gave a short talk at Happy Hol
low club dinner Wednesday evening.
U. S. WANTS NAMES
FOR MAILING LISTS
Government Has Some Valu
able Literature to Forward
as Soon as Names Are
Secured.
Red Cross Activities
Meet Saturday Morning at 11 Mrs.
a. i iteea, cnairman or the commit
tee on instruction for women, has
called a meeting;
of all women who
have taken the
surgical dressings
course for Satur
day morning at 11
o'clock in room
211 Baird build
lng. Flans will
be perfected for
surgical dressings
classes to meet
regularly
throughout the
winter.
Biff frioo for Sweater A jpurple
knitted sweater made by Mrs. Henry
timer was som lor tne oenent ot the
Red Cross for $112.12. Mrs. M.
Jacobs is now the proud owner of
the sweater, which is trimmed in white
angora. As the cost of the material
was $13, the Bed Cross was given
$100.
Classes In Baird Block Hereafter
all first aid, home nursing and surgi
cal dressings classes will be held in
room 311 Baird building, which has
just been secured by the Red Cross
for this purpose.
Reconstruction In Belgium The
American Red Cross, which is assist
ing with the reconstruction of Bel
gian towns, will co-operate with the
Belgian government, furnishing the
burgomaster and his men with tools,
furniture, seeds, farm animals and
supplies of all kinds. As fast as the
work progresses the government will
return refugees to their homes. The
Red Cross will furnish in each town
necessary shelter and equipment for
a working nucleus about which the
whole community can be restored.
Organize In China American resi
dents in China are now organized for
Red Cross work in the far east and
in France through the American Red
Cross. Consul General Sammons, who
is in charge of the work in Shanghai,
reported to the war council that $3,130
was Just raised at a concert among
the American residents and will be
used for purchasing raw materials for
making hospital supplies.
Garments Worth $50,000 "Definite
plans are now being made by the Red
Cross knitting committee for an eight
weeks' drive for 12,200 knitted gar
ments, which when completed will be
worth at a minimum $50,000," said
Secretary W. G. Ure.
Mrs. A. W. Jefferis, chairman of
the knitting committee, has appointed
the following women as members of
the committee to manage the knit
ting campaign: Mrs. R. Beecher How
ell, first vice chairman; Mrs. C. E.
Johannes, second vice chairman; W. S.
Wyley, Charles A. Sweet, James Mc
Clalr, E. C. Twamley, W. G. Ure and
M. D. -Stoddard.
The Omaha chapter has just pur
chased $12,000 worth of yarn. The
women will be expected to take the
raw yarn and bring back the knitted
garment within eight weeks.
"References will be required before
any yarn will be distributed," said
Mrs. Jefferis.
Obituary Notice
MRS. J. L. MINER of Red Cloud
died Sunday noon at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Irene Weisz in Chi
cago. The body will be brought to
Red Cloud for Interment Mrs. Miner
was one of the early settlers of Web
jster county. Her husband, the late J.
L. Miner, was one of the founders of
the firm of Miner Bros., one of the
pioneer business houses of the Repub
lican valley. She leaves four daugh
ters, Mrs. W. A. Sherwood and Mrs.
K. A. Creighton of Red Cloud, Mrs. C.
F. Gund of Blue Hill and Mrs. Irene
Weisz of Chicago, and one son, C. H.
Miner of Red Cloud.
MRS. NANCY JANE PURDY, i
mother of Commissioner Watson L. j
Purdy of Madison county, died at her i
home in Pleasant Valley yesterday eve
ning after a short illness. Mrs. Purdy
recently fell and broke her hip which
contributed very largely to her death.
Airs. Purdy is survived by four sons,
Watson h., Herbert M., William E.
and Richard Ray Purdy, all of Madi
son. Neb., and four daughters, Lois
Davis. Norfolk; Maetcie Walker. Lin
coln; Lucy Walker, Wexsinston
Springs, R. D.. and Mary Nancy Ever
son. Stanton
Housewives generally do not under
stand as yet just what the pledge card
week means and what is expected of
them after they sign the food con
servation pledge the week of Octo
ber 14. The campaign to get these
cards signed up will be under the di
rection and management of the state
food administration.
rooa Administrator wattles savs
there are two principal purposes of
the campaign: First, to bring the
housewives to realize what food econ
omy means and get them to co-oper
ate wtih the government in conser
vation, and second, to get their names
on the pledge cards so that the gov
eminent will have a definite mailing
list through which it can communi
cate directly with the housewives
from time to time, as valuable sug
gestions are ripe for distribution.
Pledges to Co-operate.
There is nothing in the pledge card
that any housewife can object to. It
merely pledges her to co-operate in
conservation. Already a placard is
ready for distribution to the house
wives as soon as they are on record
so that they can be reached. This
placard contains some facts regarding
tood values of various foods, the lm
portance of certain foods to growing
children and the unimportance of
ethers. This card when once it finds
a place in the kitchen of every home
will be valuable as a reference when
a housewife wishes to know what she
may dispense with in the kitchen or
where she can put down her cost of
living without seriously handicapping
the proper development of the chil
dren.
Senate Passes Resolution
Drafting Resident Aliens
Washington, Sept. 12. Drafting ol
all aliens in the United States except
Germans, others exempt by treaty
and those of countries allied with
Germany who have resided in this
country one year was passed in a
joint resolution today by the senate
and sent to the house. It is esti
mated that more than 1,000,000 aliens
would be affected.
Under the resolution by Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman of
the senate military affairs committee,
subjects of the allies or neutrals claim
ing treaty exemption wt-uld be al
lowed to leave the country within
ninety days.
Aviators Killed When
Aeroplanes Collide in Air
San Diego, Cal., Sept. 12. Edward
M. Walsh, jr., and Theodore B. Ly
man, student aviators at the North
Island military aviation school, were
killed today when their planes col
lided about 500 feet above ground.
Both men were Californians.
According to the official announce
ment of the accident made by Colonel
Dade, commanding officer at North
Island, Walsh and Lyman collided in
mid-air while flying at a "blind angle,"
Because of the positions of their
planes at the time of the accident, it
was said that neither was able to see
the other. Officers of the island ex
pressed the belief that both men were
dead before striking the giound.
Destroyer of Six German
Planes Comes from Front
An Atlantic Port, Sept. 12. Cap
tain Alfred Gay of San Francisco, an
officer in the aviation section of the
French army, credited with bringing
down six German airplanes, was an
arrival today on a Spanish steam
ship. He comes here to train Amer
ican aviators. Captain Gay wears the
French Legion of Honor medal, also
the French war cross, granted him
for conspicuous gallantry in action.
One of the victims of his air fighting
was a machine of the Gotha type,
carrying four men and three machine
guns.
REDICK REFUSES TO
STRIKEOUT PARTS
Holds Portion of Cross-Petition
Alleging Conspiracy Must
Stand; Hearing Sep
tember 25.
Judge Redick, sitting in equity
court, overruled a motion of Omaha
labor unions to strike out certain parts
of the Business Men s association s
cross-petition in the injunction suit
now pending in district court.
The motion, which was argued
Monday by attorneys for the unions
and the employers, referred particu
larly to paragraphs alleging "conspir
acy" on the part of the labor organi
zations. Three district judges granted a tem
porary injunction against the unions
and the business men several weeks
ago and the case will come up for a
hearing on its merits before Judge
Leslie September 25.
The strike litigation began last
spring, when Attorney General Reed
obtained a restraining orJer against
both the unions and the Business
Men's association.
Priests Not Expelled
From Mexican Territory
Mexico City, Mexico, Sept 12
Priests of religious orders have neith
er been expelled from Mexico nor
are they threatened with expulsion.
The hew constitution provides that
no priests or ministers of whatever
sect or cult, who are not Mexican
born, may discharge the duties or a
church oi hold a church position in
Mexico. While foreign-born priests
have been notified that they must give
up their parishes and charges, they
have not been threatened with expul
sion and may remain in the country
the 6ame as any other foreigner dur
ing good behavior.
A dispatch from Rome Monday said
the Vatican had asked the good of
fices of the American and British gov
ernments on behalf of priests and re
ligious orders in Mexico threatened
with expulsion from the country.
Want Correspondents to
Go With National Army
Washington, Sept. 12. Representa
tive Gallivan of Massachusetts today
asked Secretary Baker to cable Major
General Pershing to reconsider his
objection to having newspaper cor
respondents accompany units . of
American troops that sOon will be go
ing to France. He told the secretary
that the newspaper men were not
asking to go to the front or to de
scribe battles or campaign, but to go
with their state troops so as to let
the folks at home know how they
were getting along.
Army Inquiry Into
Houston Riots Begun
Fort Bliss, Tex., Sept. 12. Head
quarters for the army board of in
quiry investigating the Houston riot
of August 23 were established here
today and the investigation of the
riot will be resumed tomorrow morn
ing. There are 164 negro soldiers of
the Twenty-fourth infantry held in
the stockade here.
Devise Numerous Methods for
Intercepting Vessels Carry
ing Precious Metal to Re
plenish Scarcity.
ed the fifth quinquennial convention
of the Z. C. B. J., a Bohemian fra
tnal organisation, here today.
After the opening sesion at which
the committee on credentials, coni-
?osed of Simon Rokusck, Omaha,
osr;h Moravec, Milwaukee, and
Anna Svoboda, Wichita, was appoint
ed, the delegates went sight-seeing.
Mayor Louis Roth, at a banquet to
night, welcomed the delegates.
(By Aneorlatnl Frmie.)
a.Mmigu.n, .epi. i.. rvrponen , London, Sept.
activities ot German agents here and l Douglas Malcolm
in neutral countries to obtain posses
sion of American gold, it was learned
today, were largely responsible for
the recent proclamation placing gold
on the list of commodities requiring
export licenses.
With an enormously inflated paper
currency and with a gold reserve that
has been dwindling steadily since the
war began, the demand of the Ger
man government for gold has reached
proportions, where, according to re
ports received here, unheard of
methods apparently have been adopted
to replenish the store.
One report reaching officials here
is that German submarines in the area
arou:id Great Britiain were instructed
to remove gold from captured steam
ers, torpedo the vessels and bring
back the gold to their bases. How
far this alleged program has been
carried out, if at all, is not known.
A plan for obtaining a part of the
huge store of gold which has ac
cumulated here since the war began,
said to have been regarded with much
favor by German agents, is the ex
portation of gold to neutrals, ostensi
bly to settle commercial transactions,
but in reality to establish credit to
German firms operating in neutral
countries.
London Jury Recognizes
Plea of Unwritten Law
i berg, a pseudo count, was today found
I not guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey
police court. The case, which had
been characterized as a "dream of
passion," was the first to he tried here
in which the "unwritten law" was
the sole defense.
A coroner's jury had returned a
verdict of "justifiable homicide"
after hearing Lieutenant Malcolm's
plea that he had killed Baumberg "in
defense of his wife's honor." The
case was one of the most sensational
heard in London in manv years.
Washwomen of Chicago
Have Organized Union
Chicago, Sept. 12. High prices for
necessities of life have forced the or
ganization of Chicago washwomen,
it was announced here today. The
first demand of the new union will be
for an increase of 50 cents on each
wash, making the average price for a
day's washing $2.60 instead of $2.10.
The 10-cent loaf of bread and the
12-cent bottle of milk drove the wash
women into a union, said Miss Agnes
Nestor, president of
Trade Union league.
Women's
These Savings Days
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Former Highlander
Officers All Re-elected
Denver, Colo., Sept. 12. Special
Telegram.) All the officers of the
Royal Highlanders, who are holding
their seventh annual "executive cas
tle" at the Brown Palace hotel, were
re-elected today.
They are: W. E. Sharp, Lincoln,
Neb., president; A. E Seikman,
Aurora, Neb., treasurer: F. I. Sharp.
Lincoln, Neb., secretary; Dr. I. W.
Haughey, Aurora, Neb., chief-physical
examiner; E. W. McQueen, Los
Angeles, most worthy evangel; H. B.
Treat, Omaha, F. H. Hanke, Sutton,
Neb., and L. J. Seikman, Hastings,
Neb., executive committee.
The Highlanders Tiad a picnic yes
terday afternoon, "Nebraska Day,"
being the occasion.
This afternoon's sessions were
taken up with reports of committees,
installation ceremonies and other
routine matters. A big banquet at
the Brown Palace hotel this evening
brought the day to a close.
The business sessions will end to
morrow evening, when a reception
nnd ball will be given at the Brown
Talace.
Germans to Remove French
Captives From Exposed Front
Paris. Sept. 12. An agreement ob
tained from the belligerent powers by
King Alfonso, permitting the free
movement of French and English hos
pital ships, also provides, it was an
nounced today, for the removal from
French hospital ships of German of
ficer prisoners after today. On its
part, the German government will re
move French prisoners from exposed
positions on the front, where they
were placed as acts of reprisal.
Bohemians Convene
At Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, la., Sept. 12. Two
hundred and eighty delegates from
west and central western states open-1
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