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THE BEE: OMAHA; THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1918. MAHON ORDERS OMAHA MEN BACK TO WORKON CARS , Follows War Board's Advice and JeHs Local Workers . 1 .. Hearing Will : Be Given Them. 1 v Washington Bureau, Omaha Bee. Washington,. D. C. Dec. 11. (Special Telegtam.) W. D. Mahon, president of the International Asso ciation of Street Railway Employes, had an extended conference with the war labor board today, with Joint '.. Chairman W. H. Taft and Basil Manly present, over the Omaha , sireet railway strike. As a result of the conference it 'was the judgment of the board that -it should advise the men to return .to work and that if matters could 'not be adjusted amicably between the men and the company, Messrs . Taft and Manly would be in Omaha .'January 2 to hear both sides to the 'controversy. V : . : ' Accordingly a telegram to. this ef- -fect was sent Mayor Smith, Pres ident Wattles and the representa tives of the strikers. President Mahon, as indicated' in the Taft-Manly telegram, wired Jerry Burnett, organizerrof the in-. ' lernational Union, of the action tak en by Joint piairman Taft and Man ly of the war labor board, urging i vhiin to advise, the men to ' accept the decision .of Messrs. .Taft and .Manly and go back to .work. He also stated -that at the suggestion, of Mr. Taft, he will, be in Omahaf ' January 2, unless the grievance ate amicably settled before that time. Mr. Mahon at the same time he wired Jerry Burnett, sent a telegram to First Vice President Fitzgerald il the International Union of Street Railway Employes, advising him of the turn the Omaha strike had tak ;n, and suggesting that he go o Omaha at once and get the men to accept the judgment of the war labor board. - Mr. Mahon leaves ' tonight for Providence, R. I., in an effort to iron out the street car strike in that city, growing out of , the company's refusal to pay the wages fixed by, -'he war labor board last summer. Twelve Spies Shot ; in England During ' i , Duration of the War v ,- 'i V, London, Dec 11. (British Wire less Service) During the. war twelve spies, were shot in the tower , of London, according to the report Vnow current. Carl Hans Lody, alias Charles A. Ingalls, who at one time was a resident of 'Omaha, 'was the first to be executed. , Two women spiis were sentented to death but both were reprieved, 'the sentences being commuted to "long prison terms. One of the wo men, Lizzie Werthe, regarded as ;very dangerous, was tried in com - pany with a man named Rowlands, 'who was executed.. This couple, made frequent jptfrneys : between London and;osyth,, Scotland, and , obtained information regarding the 'movements, of ht Kritish fleet. ,This information, Tiowever,'it is declared, .never reached Germany. ". The other woman spy was lva De Bournouvllle, who is . now under going penal servitude for life. , One spy hanged himself in Brix ton prison, while many others con evicted of espionage escaped the ex treme penalty.. Hall Says Cars Should Run Regardless of Strike Chairman . Hall of the Nebraska 'State Railway commission announc ed Tuesday he 'had notified the street railway company that cars should run regardless of the strike. He said that local authorities should ,rfurnish protection and if they were -unable to do this, the governor 'should be called on for assistance. War Projects Abandoned.- --Washington, Dec. 11. Abandon men of 19 war construction proj ects, including a number of nitrate and other chemical plants, was an nounced today by the War department A ruprtiv diet in influenu. -lick'a Halted Milk, very digeitible.- Hor--Adv. THE BIG SPECIAL SALE - And Demonstration at the " Union Outfitting Co., 16th and Jackson Sts. Of The New Home, The World's Greatest - Sewing Machine' Commences Saturday, Dec. 14 Free Sewing Lessons by the Factory Representatire And a Beautiful New Home Machine Given Away. ' Friday Eve., Dec. 20. Come to the big New Home Sew ing Machine Sale and Demonstration which commences Saturday and which will be conducted by an ex pert from the sewing machine fac tory. He will teach the simplicity of plain sewing and the art of mak ing beautiful fancy pieces on a New Home Machine. Come and see the big exhibition of beautiful fancy pieces made on a New Home, the world's greatest sewing machine. A handsome souvenir will he given to all visitors every day during the demonstration and remember the conclusion Friday evening, Dee. 20, a beautiful New Home will be given away free. Full information as to how the beautiful machine will .be given away explained when you visit ut sjo . . CARMEN TO ACT THIS MORNING ON UNION ORDER (Continued From Faa One.) would constitute recognition of the uniort, a point which was therux of the conference. -1 , ' Meet Again Toddy The president and secretary of the union explained that -they want ed the letter to them' as union of ficers so that they could properly bring the situation before the mem bers of, the union in an official v..y for recognition. ' x The directors of the street rail? way company will meet at 10 a. ni., today , to consider the situation again. , .. Zimman Gets Action. . The latest development was pre sented to the company yesterday morning by City Commissioner H. B. Zimman, who met with the union committee on Friday afternoon and night. The proposition was offered in writing and included reference to the appointment of Mr. Musgrave from his present position as superin tendent of terminals to his former placeas superintendent of trans portation. Mr. Musgrave started with the. company as a carman, and as' superintendent he won. the con fidence of the men who ask for his reappointment on the basis that, he shall pe empowered to consider and remedy their grievances. Meets With Directors. Mr. Zimman, acting as mediator, met with the directors of the street car - comoariy yesterday morning ,wh?n men representing other inter ests' visited the conference room tor a short time. The directors met again in the afternoon and, at 4 p m., the executive committee of the union were invited from Labor Tem ple to join in the deliberations.11 The joint conferees debated back and forth for three hours, adjourn ing with the understanding that street railway committee would meet this morning." ' View of Compromise. Commissioner Zimman said: "The compromise offer made by the men for settlement is eminently fair to the company and to the men. The appointment of W. L. Musgrave meets with approval on the part of both the company and the men. There is no controversy over the contents of the letter. The only thing standing in the way of a set tlement is whether the communica tion requested by the men will be addressed with title as officers of the local union. The company is willing to direct the letter to the committee or individual members thereof representing employes ofjhe company.' . Ben A. Short, president of the union, gave this statement at the close of the conference last night: "I think we have put up a very fair proposition and everybody else thinks the same thing. We can not go any farther unless we back clear out of the road." : "Can't Get Men" Short. , Referring to the restraining order against striking-employes frbtri in-terfering-with-the cars, Mr. Short :said: "I do "not think they -will be 'ableto get anybody to run the cars, ibut they can rest assured the -men are not going to hurt anybody." J. F.'McMillian, chairman of the executive board of the carmen's union: "It is simply a matter of whether it is addressed to some individual representing the employes, or repre senting the local. Wattles is will ing to address the letter to Mc Millian or some other individual representing the employes of the company. He refuses to address this letter to me or any of the other members of the committee as an officer of the carmen's local." - ' Wattles States Position. President Wattles said: "We of fered to address a 'letter to the men as employes, granting the matters contained in their letter, but I con sedered that a communication to officers of the union, as such, might be construed as a recognition of the union. It might be deceiving the men to address a letter to the bf ficeirs of the union and .then, say that the union is not recognized." ' ,. Mayor Leaves in Huff. A feature' of the conference yes terday at street railway headquar ters was the unceremonious leave taking of Mayor Smith, following the exchange of pointed remarks between himself and President Wattles of the traction company. Since the .strike was started-eight days agq the mayor has stated that "The strike must stop," and "It is up tp the company to resume opera tion of cars." The "mayor wentJo his office, thought a few minutes, and then consulted his legal depart ment The 'result was an order from Judge Day of the district court, demanding that the company resume street car traffic - and en joining the strikers from interfering with operations of cars. , . Order in Federal Court. Another, chapter in the strike his tory of yesterday was a temporary restraining order from Judge Woodrough of the. United States court, restraining the strikers from certain acts complained of by the street railway company and set forth in affidavits which were filed. Mahon Advise! Men to Go Back. Telegraphic information received by the mayor, street car company and officers of the carmen's union, stated that President Mahon, of the International Association of Street Railway Employes, advised the men to return to work, under the award of the war labor board, adding that if the controversy shall not have been settled before January 2, Joint Chairman Taft and Manly, of the war labor board, and himself, will come to Omaha for a hearing. Mr. Mahon has requested Vice President Fitzgerald of his organization to proceed to Omaha to take cognizance of the situation and to advise the men to accept the judg ment of- the war labor board.., Thompson on federal Board. Washington, Dec. 11. Huston Ihompson of, Colorado, assistant attorney general, was nominated to- -day.by President Wilson to be a member of the federal trade com passion, y .; . . ." . . ''.?! ;' 7 7-7 ':: ''" MAYOR APPLIES IN COURT TO STOP OMAHA STRIKE . City Granted Order byDis trict Judge Day Restrain ing Both Men and Com- : ; pany in Controversy. District Judge Day late yesterday afternoon - issued a. restraining or der against the street railway com pany and the striking carmen.- The City of Omaha is plaintiff. Mayor Smith signed the petition for the or der. V y ... , . ., The order enjoins the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway com pany from furthering discontinuing or causing to be discontinued street railway service throughout the city of Omaha and requires and com mands them io . -forthwith put into operation and continue to operate street cars for the transportation of passengers over the lines of the street railway company in the city of Omaha during the usual and cus tomary running hours to the same extent or as nearly so as may -be as the same were in operation prior to December 3, 1918.- Carmen Restrained The second part of the order re fers to the striking carmen and it "restrains and enjoins them and each of them from1 in any manner interfering with or molesting the said defendant company or any ff its employes, agents or servants in the operation of said cars or from in any manner interfering by force, violence, threats or intimidations with the use or operation of the said cars and they are restrained from interfering by force, threats, intimidations or violence or any other unlawful means with any of the employes of said defendant com pany while in the performance of their work on said street cars or while going to or from their places of employment." The defendants named are the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail way company, and.Gurdon W. Wat tles, also Ben Short, J. F. McMil lian. Frank Derby, Gus Williams, William Weine, Gus Jenison, Peter Dejong," Walter Loreintzen, Harry Boyd, George F. Whitton, "and hundred af others, employes of the street railway company who are in association, conspiracy and confed eration with the individual defend ants named above, except the' de fendant Wattles." Also . Jerry Burnett. Strikers Willing to Operate Street Cars Military Funeral Free Shoe Fund To Buy Shoes, For Shoeless Children 1 Five nedy Omaha Idddies are -assured warm,, durable footwear for the winter -by today's .- con tributions to The Bee shoe fund. A little over a hundred dollars will pu0he; total at the $1,000 mark set. - The demands on the fund this year are heavier than usual be cause of the epidemic of Spanish influenza. -1 . So, if. more than $1,000 ii sub ' scribed before the fund .doses within the next few days it will all be used before the School year is out before the winter is over in putting good, strong shoes on the . feet of the Omaha young sters who need them and cannot get them in any other way. Previously-acknowledged ..$867.65 Milton Ben and Josephine. 10.00 Thomas F. Godfrey... n. 5.00 A. F. D .......;.!. - 1.00 Mrs Lee Everett, Scottsbluff, Neb., V,... 5.00 . . yy-. in Lt. L. P. Perkins of Fort Omaha visited headquarters of striking street railway employes Wednesday and requested them to man cars to transport soldiers from the fort to the Union station in order to allow them' to accompany the body of Lt. D. A. Horning, who died of influ enza at the fort Wednesday. President Short told him that car men jvduld willingly accommodate the soldiers in any way possible. The proMem of securing cars was then taken to the company officers. . Lt. ; Horning has been assistant adjutant at the fort. His home is in Bemis. N. Y. The fort is not supplied with enough trucks to transport the funeral cortege and street cars were desired. Grand Duke Nicholas Has Command of Cossack Force London, Dec. 11. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, former commander-in-chief of the Russian army, is now in command of a force of Cossacks in southern Rus sia, according to a Russian wireless message received here today. continuance; of rail control ism'adooplan (Continued From Fs(e One.) kind of theory.' The railroads have been Operated foi"?the past year with the purpose. of serving efficient ly the .paramount needs of the war and at the same time furnishing the best possible, service to the public whether such operation tended to prove or disprove any theory of rajl- luau luuuui, no uiAiici wuai u might be. I have formed no opinion myself as to what is the best dis position of the railroad problem be cause the test has not been sufficient to prove conclusively the right solu tion of the probjem. I believe that a five-year test will give the Ameri can people the right answer. An ounce of experience is worth a ton of theory. "There are those who may say that an extension of five years for such a test will mean government ownership. Personally I do not be lieve it. Whether such a test Would indicate that the ultimate solution shall be government ownership or a modified form of private ownership under effective federal regulation should not cause us to hesitate or refuse to act." . If congress does not extend the time for government control, said Mr. McAdoo, the railroads should be returned to private management "at the earliest possible moment." Practical difficulties of continuing government operation under exist ing authority, he pointed out, are the growing conflicts of authority Detween stte and tederal junsdic-1 tions, inadequacy of the $500,000 revolving fund for financing improvements, inability to force rail roads to pay for cars and locomo tives without litigation, and to re quire terminal improvements. Circulate Petitions 1 for Special Election Men stationed on downtown street corners Wednesday circulated peti tions asking the city commissioners to call a special election to submit the proposition that the city own and operate the street cars to the voters. The signatures of 20 per cent of the voters who cast ballots at the last election is necessary be fore a special election is called. The men stated that they were getting many signatures to the petition. WAR BILL OF ALLY NATIONS 120 BILLION s (Continued From ri One.) The- Germans always felt there was nothing to resist their perfect mil itary machine. "If ydu wan a permanent peace; if you want to' prevent the horrors of this war being repeated, you must put an end to conscript armies on the continent of Europe. "The first thing to do is to pre vent the repetition of blunders of the past by making it impossible to have those great conscript armies in the future. Will Maintain Navy. "We did not have the machinery for an offensive war. Our navy is a defensive weapon and not an of fensive one; and that is why we do not mean to give it up. We have kept these islands free from invasion for centuries and we mean to take no risk in the future." Mr. Lloyd George declared that the decision which would be taken in the next few months in the peace conference was going to leave a mark upon the world. The ages to come, he said, would be able to reap the fruits of it. . w - . The premier next dealt wifn.the question of indemnity. He de clared the var had cost Germany less than it had cost Great Britain. It had cost Great Britain, he de clared, 8,000,000,000 pounds, a gi gantic sum. The German bill, he believed, was six or seven billion pounds. He contended it was indefensible that the person who was in the wrong and had lost should pay less than the person who was declared to be in the right and had won. Demand Whole Cost. The premier said a British impe rial commission had been appointed to investigate the capacity of Ger many (to pay) and that he had re ceived . its report. He summarized his remarks on this point as fol lows: "First As far- as justice is con cerned, we have an absolute right to demand the whole cost of the war from Germany. "Second We propose to demand the whole cost of the war from Ger many. "Third When you come to the exacting of it, we must exact in such a way that it does not do more harm to the country that receives it than the country that is paying it. "Fourth The commission ap pointed by the British cabinet be lieves that that can be done. "Fifth The allies are in exactly the same boat. We shall put in our demands all together and whatever they are they must come- in front of the German war debt." ' The prime minister continued: "The first consideration in the minds of the allies will be the inter ests of the people upon whom the Germans have made war and not in the interests of thi German people who have made warand have been guilty of that crime." Emperor Guilty of Crime. With regard to the former Ger man emperor, the premier said: "There is absolutely no doubt that he has committed, a crime against international right and there is ab solutely no doubt that he ought to be held responsible for it so far as the European allies are concerned." The premier said he hoped that America would take the same view when President Wilson arrived as to the demand that would be put forward on the part of the European allies "to make the kaiser and his accomplices responsible for this ter rible crime." Referring to a letter said to have been written by a British general to a French general, in which the Brit ish officer was quoted as saying it was proposed to establish a British national army of 20 divisions.based on conscription, but that "the cab inet would nqt touch this until aftei lueetness. . . . IDithout Su&ar Tpconoitiu .... Without Stint and there kare lots of other j&ood things in that food ampn themL its 4 ready -to-esxand "no-iuaste" qualities which mark to -day s ood housekeeping. ASK THE GROCER "jffiere&a Jfeason the election, and then not until this league of iu.ionsnonsense has been discussed at the peace conference," Premier Lln,i George declared: , "The cabiicf never heard of the scheme. Sc tar as the cabinet is concerned, it s purely an expression of the opinion of some general." President Poincare Presents Cross of War to Heroine Paris, Dec. 11. President Poin care and the official representatives ofthe government, who yesterday visited Strasbourg and took part in the formal celebration of the return of the city to French allegiance, re ceived an enthusiastic demonstra tion of welcome all along the road from Strasbourg to Colinar. President Feincare bestowed the war cross onliss Preiss,' daughter of the member of the chamber of deputies from Colmar,( who died in exile'.-1 ' When the Germans brought Dep uty Preiss' body home, Miss Preiss declared to them: "The French will avenge us!" For these words she was sent to a German prison. Federal Judge Issues Restraining Order. Against Car Employes Federal Judge Woodrough Tues day issued a temporary restraining order, preventing striking employes from interfering with the operation of street cars. In asking for the Order, the street railway company stated that from the attitude of the men, they believed that destruction of property would result if they at tempted to run cars. The strikers will have achanc to show their side of the case Saturday. The traction company offered, as evidence, affidavits to show that since the strike was called, 18 em ployes have been restrained from serving the company. One of the affidavits stated that the police de partment had" failed to furnish ade quate protection. The court order refers to inter state .travel and commerce on the street car lines between Omaha and Council Bluffs, United Statel mail in passenger cars, transportation of soldiers and supplies between posts. Federal Supervision of J Steel May End, Soon Washington. Dec. 11. At a meet ing of the steel committee of the American Iron and Steel institute with the war industries board today, the attitude of the government rep resentatives was said to be that regulation of prices and supervision of the steel industry should cease January 1, the government retaining only the right of embargo on exports. Hesse Republic Launched. Darmstadt. Ilessee, Dec. 11. (By Associated Tress.) The Hessian workmens', peasants' and soldiers' council has been dissolved and will be replaced by the "people's coun cil for the republic of Hesse.", , This council will include reprc sentativese of all classes of the peo ple, not socialists alone. ThompsoiirBelcieit &Co. The Fashion Genier JorWomen 3mt a Cemipl f Weeks Left Before CtoMmmaig Select Christmas Greeting Cards Now You'll not have such com plete selections later on after stocks have been picked over. Present as sortments include greeting cards galore, calendars, post cards, children's books. A popular choice is a box of twenty post cards that sell for 25c. Framed mottoes, 50c to $2. Calendars, 15c, 20c, 30c and 60c. Art Dept. Third Floor Silk Camisoles A beautiful camisole of fine quality silk, hand-embroidered or lace-trimmed, as you may prefer, $2.25. Center Aide Main Floor Smart Fashions in New Neckwear Collars of fine satin, Geor gette and organdie. Col lar and cuff sets of satin and organdie. Vestees of broadcloth, pique, organ die, net and satin. Scarfs of plush and velvet are made to individual order. It's a delightful showing we have for your viewing and prices are sensible. For Babies and Children These Holiday, Suggestions 11 The baby's comfort de mands a white flannelette kimono trimmed with rib bon, $1. fWhite eiderdown ki monos for infants and chil dren; ribbon-trimmed and silk cords ; six months, one and two-year sizes. HQuilted silk bathrobes in cardinal, Cope blue and rse ; four to twelve years. ffWhite sweaters with leg gings and cap to match, for two to six-year-olds. flHeavy winter weight sweater coats for boys and girls. Plain or brushed wool ; solid colors and combinations; sizes six to twelve years. Children's Wear Third Floor Best Black Silks We have the exclusive sell ing agency of Haskell's black silks, which are gen erally acknowledged as the best obtainable. As a practical gift, what could be more appropriate than a blouse or dress pattern of rich black silk. May we assist you in making a careful choice? Salcof Madeira Napkins and Doilies f Hand-embroidered and scalloped Madeira napkins, regularly selling for $8.75; Thursday, $6.75 a dozen. 1f Hand-scalloped and -embroidered doil ies, 25c usually; Thursday, only.'19e each. Linen Section Muff Forms It's such a simple matter to have a new stylish muff made out of your old one. Just choose a new form from among the several good styles we of fer and have a really new muff at very slight expense. Velvet Section Many Will Choose Shoes and Slippers Our preparations for the holidays were never before so extensive and the display is very pleasing. Milady's footwear is here in every fashionable style and color, priced from $8 to $14 a pair. Then, too, there are felt slippers for the whole family. No end of good styles. Moderately priced. 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