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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1918)
10 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1918. DEFER ACTION . ON UNIONS OF CITY WORKERS v 1 Mayor to Confer, with Police and Firemen on Union ' Plans; Men May Ask Federal Aid. A spirited discussion of the union ization of the police and fire depart ments, before city council committee of the whole on Monday morning, resulted in an agreement that action by the council shall be deferred until Thursday morning and durinsc the meantime conferences will be held in Mayor Smith's office between rep resentative? of the city government and of the organizations affected. The council committee of the whole received last week a resolu tion from the mayor, stating that it was the judgment of the council that any organization of policemen or firemen having for its purpose af filiation with other organizations would be regarded as' against the best public interests and would be considered as insubordination. This resolution went over to Thursday. Mayor and Ringer Talk. In statements made during the ublic hearing, the mayor and Com lissioner Ringer declared them selves as uncompromisingly com mitted to the stand they have taken on this matter, while representatives and leaders of organized labor were equally determined to stand bv the policemen and firemen and even an ' nounced that if the council should take the extreme action as has been indicated, they would place the mat ter before the federal government for disposition, In his opening statement the mayor said: "I wish to offer a word of justification for offering my reso lution. Personally, I have no ob jection against the policemen or- ganizing among themselves as long as they do not conflict in letter or spirit with the best interests of dis cipline and so long as they do not seek to become affiliated with other organizations of different classes of labor. If they should receive a charter from the American, Federa tion of Labor and are affiliated with the Central Labor union, I would be ' unalterably opposed to such a ' course. "To receive a charter from the American Federation of Labor would mean that they would meet and confer with other members of that organization and thereby would be susceptible to influence from oth ers. A divided allegiance would re sult and that can not be tolerated. When a man becomes a policeman he surrenders part of his personal liberty. Plead Outside Influence. "During the, recent campaign , some of us stated that the rJolice de- partment being run too much tRourseVs. that it elected, the police department would , be supervised from Eighteenth and Farnam streets by the city government I'k-J T j A .7-j t r iu icaujr uj siana Dy my r.fledge to the people. No outside l lagency is going to influence or con Utrol the police department if I can I help it. The policemen must re ! main absolutely impartial in the dis charge of their duties." ; . . Stands By Order. Superintendent Ringer of the po lice department following the mayor said: "I still stand by the or der I issued, and I wish to tate that it was furthest from my mind to make a threat or bluff. Hav ing given the matter much thought I stated what penalty would be im posed for violation of my order. (Men have a right to organize, but . . none of us will saction injury to life or propetry. Organized labor or business interests can go just so far. Most of the loyal union men believe that a police department should have only. one source of authority; gen eral public opinion is opposed to unionism of police departments." , The mayor than added: "This council realizes that the policemen arid firemen are shamefuUy under- . paid. We went to the city charter convention and the new proposed charter provides for more pay. We are buying the best apparatus we can for the firemen and will provide , v new quarters for the policemen. We will stand by the policemen and the firemen and shall -demand that they stand by us." Will Ask Government Aid. ' C L. Shamp, announcing himself as general organizer for the Amer ican Federation of Labor, expressed ' himself as follows: "We are going to organize any - who come to us. The firemen and noliremen voluntarily walked into - f.ahor temole and asked to be or ' ganized. In connection with the firemen I know that if this proposed action is taken by the city council there isoing to be the greatest time around Omaha we ever had. SThe policemen did not tell us what they wanted when thty came to us. but I take it that they want j 1 something to eat. Mr. Ringer asked I ' . me if the organization had the right to strike anet 1 told mm max u nau and that it would be affiliated with - the Central Labor union, and said we would like to hold a conference. We expected to have to fight the Business Men's association,' We are radv to so through with this, and we are willing to let it go to the war board if necessary, it tnis council, - which represents the people, locks !us out we are going to take our case to the government I Civic Clubs Represented." W. M. Chase, representing va- , tious organizations of organized la hor. asked this Question: "Do you t think that these men could get any fthfng by coming to this council?' 80fA Dr. C B. Atzen, speaking for 186 ,l:'members of the Omaha Kotary ciuo, ?f'gtated that his organization feels 7hat the men are not satisfied with i r I 1 and -firemen are pledged-to protect the common interests. Can they do so as well when they organize and have rules which conflict with their oaths of office?" C. C. George spoke for the Omaha Chamber of Commerce: "The ex ecutive committee of the Chamber of Commerce," he said, "adopted a resolution in which it is stated that the mayor and council will be sup ported. We want the policemen and firemen well paid. Unionism of po licemen and firemen would place these men in a false position to the community or else they would be false to their unions. If union labor wants to hurt its cause and to drive away public sympathy, there is. no more effectual way than to try. to organize unions among the police men and firemen, who are semi-military in character and are sworn to protect life and property of all classes." Christian Endeavor Union Officers Women; Men Called Into Army The annual meeting of the Omaha Christian Endeavor union will be held Tuesday, October 1, instead of Tuesday, September 24, as before announced on account of the meet ing at which Miss Slattery will ad dress the girls and women of Oma ha being planned for this date. The meeting of Tuesday October 1, will be held at the First Christian church, at which time the new offi cers for the coming year will be in stalled and the annual reports on the last year's work will be given. The following officers will be in stalled: Mrs E. Lynne Kilgore, president; Mrs. Stuart C. Wigg, vice president; Miss Marie Kocher, recording secretary; Miss Ida Wool ley, corresponding secretary; Miss Helen McDonald, treasurer; Mrs. Helen Winter, pianist. All the officers, committee chair men and committee members will be girls this year, as practically all of the young men will be called into service who have not already re ceived their call. The members of all the societies of Christian Endeavor in Xhe city andjtheir friends are urged to attend this meeting, as an especially inter esting program is planned. Last Tuesday evening the third entertainment was given for the boys in the 'service at Florence field under the auspices of the Oma ha Christian Temperance union. The West Sisters' orchestra and Mrs. Grace Poole Steinberg fur- r.iehfH an evpninc of song and music for the boys and the Young Men s Christian association nut was filled tn ranaeitv. These entertain ments are being planned for the winter by a committee trom tne union, with Mrs. Stuart C. Wigg as chairman. Omaha Institutions Beneficiaries in Will of Josephine Kitchen Fi'v OmnVia rpliirim? and charit able institutions are among the oenencianes in tne win or jo Mnhine C Kitrhrn. 78 vears old. who died at her ohme in Los Angeles, Cal- . A 4 on August i, leaving an estate val ued at $116,875. The will, which was drawn up in June, 1918, has been offered for probate in the Doniylas rountv court and the hear ing has been set for October 19. According to the provision ot the will the First Church of Christ, Scientist, and the becond t-hurcn of Christ, Scientist, . both of Omaha, are to receive $2,000 each. Th ntn of $1,000 is left" to ach of the following: Old People's Home, Omaha; Child saving insti tute Omaha, and Rev. C. W. Savidge, for use in carrying on his work at the House ot nope, umana. Among the valuables named in the estate is a set of Shakespeare's work, now at the home oi ai. v. Peters, ZOO South 1 nirty-secona avenue, Omaha, which is left to Mrs. Kitchen's niece, Lulu Ruble, of Cali fornia. A considerable -amount of raeh and securities are on deposit in Omaha banks and among the invest ments are a large number ot snares in the M. C Peters Mill company, Omaha. A sister, Mary A. Bal lard, Weston, Mo., receives the bulk of the estate. i I titi 'V m. anil rapnm. .Oended more' pay,-even if public .T5bscriptions should be necessary. 'h. mid. "fW rliih is unalter- ihm aly opposed "Our club is unalter tn the nrcranization of asTr.licemen and firemen. If they go ... .' . .L. 1 - t ,1..' , ?tV will not so easily obtain that WITH FINGERS! CORNS LIFT OUT Freezone is magic! Corns and Calluses lift right off without pain. AIRSHIP DUELS WITNESSED BY TWO OMAHA LADS Home Boys Write Interesting Descriptions of Scenes on the Western . Battle Front. Omaha boys are in evidence along the western front in France at the present time and some of the boys are in the thick of the fighting. N. P. Feil, business manager of The Bee. received letters Monday from Corp. N. B. Heath, Company E, 355th infantry, and formerly of The Bee engraving room, and also from E. S. Arnold, who, before his enlistment, was connected with the bookkeeping department. He -is now a private in Base hospital No. 49. Corporal Heath, at the time of writing, was in a rest camp after having been under fire. He says: "Omaha must surely be thinned out of young men, as one can't go anywhere in France without seeing American soldiers. "I am now in a rest camp, as I re turned from the front line trenches not long ago. I found it to be quite an experience, but all of the Omaha boys are still on the job and our company is made up of at least half of Omaha men. "I saw two balloons fall in flames today in less than five minutes. An aeroplane shot them down. All four men appeared to alight in safety. "One of the boys just came in say ing the allies had made another big gain. Hurray! Don't let them tell oyu the Sammies are not doing their part." , Corporal Heath inquires of Mr. Feil, in the letter the address of Private E. S. Arnold a letter from whom came to Mr. Feil in the same mail as Heath's. Private Arnold says: "We are in a very pretty section of France, and on an elevation that permits the overlooking of the sur rounding country for quite a dis tance, and the red-tiled roofs of the villages as well as the wooded places makes a very pretty picture. There is a river near enough to walk tor a swim. I ve tried it and it is good. The weatherTiere is pleasant, sunny and dry, and has been for the most part since our arrival, although a rain last week settled the dust and gave us cause for gratitude. We are told there is a rainy season coming, but are not disturbed until it arrives. "We get a paper here, the Paris edition of the New York Herald. It is sometimes a two-page, but most of the time a four-page paper, of seven columns and sells for 20 cen times, or 4 cents, American, money. That will give some idea " of the scarcity of paper here. Private George T. Kauffman of the Field hospital of the 166th Amer- v A few cents buys a tiny bottle of the magic Freezone at any drug store. Apply a few drops of Free zone upon a tender, aching sorn or a callus. Instantly that trouble some corn or callous stops hurting, then shortly you lift it out, root and all, without any pain, soreness or ir ritation. These little bottles of Freezone contain just enough to rid the feet of every hard corn, soft corn, corn between, the toes and the callouses on bottom of feet So easy! So simple. Why wait? No humbtg! Adv. JEFFERIS FOR CONGRESS H Will Stand for Your Boy in ttJTrenche. ican expeditionary forces, writes from the front line trenches: , "We are getting a much-needed rest which we surely need. Our work comes at spells. We will work night and day for a few days and then we get a rest for quite a spell, for the infantry can't stand a con tinuous grind fon a long spell even though they have the. Huns on the run, and they sure have them hunt ing their holes most of the time. "When the wounded come back we have a bunch of operating teams at work and in a short time I have seen all kinds of surgery performed. "There has been lots of excite ment lately. At one place we worked directly behind the firing line, be hind the artillery positions, and it seemed as though our teeth would be jarred , out by the concussion. We worked exposed to German fire for about a day and a half, before we were ordered a few kilos to the AT THE AGE OF 71 MRS.V.C. 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I had no appetite, was losing weight all the time, and got so weak I couldn't walk a block without stopping to rest and get my breath. I got so nervous I was afraid to be alone, and had to have some relative or neighbor stay with me all the time. Two years ago I spent over $200 with a specialist on nervous disor ders, but kept getting worse and since then I have been under treat ment most of the time without any noticeable results. "A friend of mine who had gotten fine results trom Tanlac, advised me to try it, and I commenced to feel better after the first few doses. Be fore I started on my second bottle I was eating hearty and getting more enjoyment out of my meals than I had in years. I have just started on my fifth bottle now, and I can eat just anything I want, and digest it perfectly, and all my stom ach misery is gone. When I started taking Tanlac I just weighed one hundred and three pounds. I now weigh one hundred and twenty five, making a gain of twenty-two pounds. And this shows how wonder fully Tanlac has built me up. My back never troubles me now at all; I am not constipated any more, and am entirely free from headache. I sleep like a child and have s much more strength and energy that I don't get tired and out of breath like I did. I am glad to recommend Tanlac for it certainly has been a wonderful medicine for me." Tanlac is sold in Omaha by Sher man & McConnell Drug Co., cor ner 16th and Dodge streets; 16th and Harney streets; Owl Drug Co., 16th and "Farnam streets; Harvard Pharmacy, 24th and Farnam streets; northeast corner 19th and Farnam streets; West End Phar macy, 49th and Dodge streets, under the personal direction of a Special Tanlac Representative, and in South Omaha by Forrest & Meany Drug Co. Advertisement. rear to open up a hospital. I saw an observation balloon set on fire and also witnessed an aeroplane duel at close range, and saw the boche ma chine sent to the ground. "I went over a famous battlefield after the fighting and on one hill we found so much shrapnel strewn over the ground that it looked as though it had literally rained steel over the field. I saw trees the size of a man's body, which had been cut in two by .the shrapnel." Boy Scouts to Distribute Fourth Liberty Loan Signs THe Boy Scouts will distribute posters for windshields of automo biles with the slogan, "SaveNow for the Fourth Liberty Loan," to help launch the Liberty loan campaign. OMAHA DOY HAS PLANE RIDDLED ON FIRST FLIGHT Lieutenant Kenneth Norton, Home on Leave Tells of Fighting Hun Fliers in France. To have his plane riddled with bullets and narrowly escape death in his first flight over the German lines, was the thrilling experience of Lt. Kenneth Norton, who lately re turned from France and is spending his leave of absence with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Norton, 117 South Thirty-eighth street. Lieutenant Norton, who is an Omaha boy, enlisted in the air serv ice during his senor year at Cornell university and received his training and commission at Mount Clem mons, Michigan. He left for France in September of last year. During bis 11 months in France he served as an instructor in an Ameri can school of aviation and at the fnjnt as aerial pilot in a bombing machine. Lieutenant Norton's work as aerial pilot consisted of bombing the German lines from the front line trenches back. "But my experiences were not very thrilling compared ot some others I have had," said Lieu tenant Norton "or to some I might have had. Yet they seemed thrilling to me for it was the nearest I cam to death. While he was abroad, Lieutenant Norton saw two Omaha boys, Ly man McConnell. who is in an aero construction squadron, and Lt, Perry Singles. . 1 Lieutenant Norton is on leava Of I absence until October 2, after which Wtm irrr will rnnc and advisant in the air service either in this country of abroad. 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