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Wave of Unemployment and
Spirit of Social Unrest said
to Be Sweeping Over
the Country.
v.,., Vnrl: Pli S Tf the "wave
of unemployment sweeping over the
country is not checked, the predic
tion of rrank Morrison, secretary ui
the American Federation of Labor,
that, we shall have bread lines in
the bifj cities of the country by May
1, will "come true," said Nathan A.
Smith, assistant director general of
:he United States employment ser
" vice, in an address here yesterday.
Speaking before employment serv
ice examiners, from states east of
the Mississippi, Mr. Smith answered
attacks which he said had been
made on the service by private agen
cies, friends of, state employment
agencies and the National . Metal
Trat'es association.
"These attacks," said Mr. Smith,
"are being made upon the only gov
ernment agency that is engaged in
getting jobs for- returning soldiers,
sailors and war workers.
"A spirit of social unrest is
spreading like influenza, and the
only agency working against it is
the United States employment
service." ,
Asserting that the most serious
attack had come from the National
Metal Trades association, Mr. Smith
said: ...
"The metal trades association has
some 14 or IS branch offices
throughout the country which op
erates as employment agencies. The
association stands for an open shop.
Some of its members are openly
opposed to organized labor, al
though this cannot be said of the
membership as a whole.
"In these branches there it kept
what is known to laboring men as
a 'black list.' Naturally organized
labor is very much opposed to this
system."
Wilson Sends Congratulations.
Washington, Feb. .5, President
Wilson, in a cablegram received to
day by Representative Padgett of
Tennessee, chairman of the house
naval committee, reaffirmed his ap
r,t a aornnH three-vest naval
building program. The president ca
bled: t
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Great Coats at
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As a special feature of our
Coat Clearance Week, we
have put into two groups,
of 40 garments each, some
values that you will recog
nize as bargains too un-
sual to miss. In the first
lot are coats that cost more
than the selling price now
ticketed for you, every
garment being yours, at
22.50H
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These Coats are made of
burella cloth, Bolivia,
and soft, rich broad
cloth, in black, blue,
navy, wistaria, reindeer
and brown. They are
beautifully lined and
interlined, and are cut
in the best styles of the
eeason, both in belted
backs and the looser,
cape back styles. . Your
choice of 40 garments,
$22.50
.929.50
This lot of Coats are all
broadcloth, in black and
brown. One glance at
their texture and ex
quisitely tailored line's
will make you realize
how mercilessly we are
sacrificing profit to
ckar our stock rooms.
Every coat in this group
of 40 should be held for
$75 a fair price for
garments of their House
of Menagh quality, but
they are yours for
$29.50
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BILLS POURS.
Ill AT LIIICOLIi
(Continued from Pt One.)
not to introduce a bill during the
session. . i
The proposed new laws provide
for. the regulation of nearly every
thing except the laws of the uni
verse and run al the way from the
prohibition of card playing in cigar
stores, pool halls" and similar places
to the abolishment of capital punish
ment of accomplices in murder and
Other felonious crimes.
One bill provides that eggs shall
be sold by weight, another that all
commodities shall be sold by weight
rather than measure, so long as the
latter is not specified in a con
tract. . Another bill provides for the sale
of pure seed, another the destruc
tion of tuburcular sows another regu
lates the price of funerals in an ef
fort to abolish the high cost of dy
ing as well as living.
After Booze Runners
One bill makes the governor a
race track commissioner and an
other limits the pardoning power of
the state s chief executive, while still
another turns over all confiscated
bootlegger automobiles to his ex
cellency, the governor.
Bootleegers are the bright and
shining marks at which prohibitory
puns are' aimed. Jt is proposed
thev be forbidden by law from
carrying firearms, from giving fic
titious names when arrested, from
using a boat to smuggle contraband
roods into the state, and state pro
bation agents are authorized to
erect barriers across the "booze
routes" ,to keep the illicit purvey
ors of John Barleycorn from going
"over the top."
It is said that one member over
looked getting a bill drawn to
make it unlawful for any bootlegger
to charge more than $10 per quart
for whiskv of less than 90 proof and
90 days of age until it was too late.
All magistrates and judges will
also be required to furnish the
names of all persons violating the
prohibitory law."
Waitresses Under Law.
The governor is also to become the
custodian of all confiscated booze,
no matter what its quality or dy
namic power. First offenders of the
bootlegging law are to be let ..Off
lightly by one law, which provides
that such persons shall not be im
prisoned in the county jail for more
than a year. '
Waitresses and waiters, according
to the provisions of one bill, shall be
compelled to undergo a physical' ex
amination by health officials before
they can get certificates to follow
their vocation. '
Ont bill appropriates $2,500 for a
fish nursery, another $250,000 for a
building to house the state library
and supreme court. Another mea
sure proposes to spend $100,000 for
a state reformatory for women, an
other SoO.UUO for use of the Mate
Board of Agriculture and $33,000 for
new street car terminals at the state
fair grounds. - '.
The sum of $300,000 is to be made"
available for bonuses to be paid sol
diers and sailow of the,;state Who
served in the world war ind $10,000
to perfect an organization of .the
same. Then there is $150,000 for a
custodial home for male prisoners
convicted of misdemeanors, $25,000
for the purchase of additional land
for the state insane asylum at Nor
folk, $3,000 for the investigation of
the cornstalk disease, $12,000 for the
purchase of land for the Girls' Re
formatory at Milford, $50,000 to
eradicate scabies, $200,000 for build
ing to shelter the State historical
society and library.
Height of Skyscrapers.
There are bills to regulate the
height of Omaha buildings, to fight
hog cholera and grasshoppers, to
cure social diseases, bills to provide
that no person can be eligible to
public office who cannot interpret
the constitution of the United States
and sing the "Star Spangled Ban
ner," a law providing for the sta
bling of horses of rural school
pupils, Pullman accommodations for
cattle and hog shippers, and salary
bills galore.
Creighton Gives
Fine Wallop to
Coyote Quintet
Creighton, 24; South Dakota, 1(L
Before an enthusiastic crowd ' of
1,000 fans Coach Tommy Mills un
defeated blue and white team tri
umphed over the Coyote basket ball
sqifad from South Dakota last night
at the Creighton gymnasium. The
game was featured by close guarding
on the part of South Dakota and
was hard fought and exciting
throughout. Both squads displayed
excellent teamwork, but during the
whole first half Creighton seemed
unable to locate the basket. In this
half the game was nip and tuck and
it was only at the end of the half
that the blue and white sauad forc
ed into the lead.
Both teams came back strong in
the second half. The race was neck
and neck for a while, but gradually
Kearney. Haley and Wise seemed
to find themselves and to locate the
basket. Basket after basket for the
Coyotes was saved by the close
guarding of Mullholland and Vandi
ver. Hal Chase Acquitted on
Charge of Throwing Game
New York. Feh HTJal rw.
first baseman of the Cincinnati Na
tional league club, was today ac
quitted of the charge ot attempting
to influence the result of base ball
games last summer. . .
Chase refused to talk when in
formed of the verdict, but his law
yers issued a statement for, him
which declared that legal action
WOUld be Continued tn nhtin "full
redress" from the Cincinnati club,
which caused his suspension "with
out cause" and held up payment of
his salary.
Aire st Turkish Le aders .
Washington, Feb. 5. Further ar
rests have been made in Constanti
nople of leading members of the
Turkish party of union and progress.
CENSUS TAKING
BY DRAFT BOARDS
CHER'S PLAN
Inkling of Drastic Extensions
of Work or Fight Order
Planned Given in Provost
Marshal's Report.
"
Washington, Feb. 5. While the
second and probably the final an
nual report on the selective service
system, prepared by Major Gen.
Enoch H. Crowder, provost marshal
general, and made public today con
tained only one specific recommen
dation that the draft machinery be
used to take the decennial census
the 600 page document gave the
first inkling of drastic extensions of
the work or fi-rht regulations which
had been planned just before hos
tilities ended.
The report showed that specific
plans were before Secretary Baker
last November under which a mini
mum working week for the essen
tial industries would have been fixed
in order that "industrial slackers"
might' be reached, and that plans
were shaping for the mandatory de
ferment of registrants in essential
industry, denying them absolutely
the right of military service. A
scheme for supervising labor dis
tribution through an industrial fur
lough system also was being
evolved.
Results Almost Incredible.
f
As to the accomplishments of the
selective system, credit for which
was given to the patriotic devotion
of "thousands upon thousands" of
American men and women who aid
ed, -General Crowder said:
-"We are too close upon the events
accurately to assess them. How
great a part America) selective ser
vice played in the drama of the
world war, history alone can tell.
"To enroll for service over 24,000,
000; to mobilize a selected army of.
more than 2.800,000. 1,000,000 of
them within the space of 90 days; to
have presently available for mili
tary duty 2,000,000 addif ional fight
ing men; to classify this vast group
of man power in the order of its
military and industrial importance
so as to preserve the domestic and
industrial life of the nation, to speed
up wartime activities, to. maintain
them in a status of maximum ef
ficient production and to pave the
Way for a speedy return to normal
peace time pursuits, while recruit
ing thc"ftt!l fighting strength of the
nation these are the results which
would be instantly rejected as impos
sible did not actual facts stand as
irrefutable testimonials of their ac
complishment." Makes Census Suggestion.
' In suggesting . that the census
might hereafter be taken through
the selective service machinery,
General Crowder said the feasibili
ty of many theories divergent from
the prewar conception of things
has been demonstrated, although
the -question of how far these prin
ciples should be projected after the
war was "a matter of vital national
importance." He said, however,
that he believed the machinery for
the census was wholly practical and
added that since 13,000,000 were
registered in a single day and 24,
000,000 in four days, including a
complete survey and classification
of their domestic and industrial
status, the census data should be
Obtainable in days instead of
months, as is now the case.
; On November 1 1918, the re
port shows the . United States had
tn its military ' and' naval service
4,791,172 men, or 19 per cent of the
male population. On the same day
England had already called to the
coliors 5,854,359, or nearly 60 per
cent.
The final official total for all reg
istrations was 24,234,021. Of these
3,208,446 had been actually ex
amined and practically 30 men out
of every 100 were found to be
physically disqualified. Oklahoma
and Arkansas returned the highest
ratio ot men under the physical re
quirements, Rhode Island and Ari
zona the lowest.
Senator Pomerene Vants
Light on Railway Plans
Washington, Feb. 5. Senator
Pomerene of Ohio, at a hearin- to
day before the senate interstate com
merce committee, told Director Gen
eral Hines he couldmot understand
why the director general should ask
congress to turn over to him for
five years the management of tre
mendously valuable properties in or
der to permit him to work out some
plan of reorganization not yet fully
formulated.
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THE BEE r OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6,
Republicans Call
House Organization
Conference for Feb. 27
Washington, Feb. 5. Republi
can members of the house in con
ference late today took their first
step toward organization of the
house for the next congress. After
considerable discussion, but with
, outh dissent they agreed to call all
republicans members-elect into a
conference "for organization pur
poses" in Washington on Febru
ary 27. Preparation immediately
was begun toward notifying the
new members of the meeting.
SHELL BREMEN
AND DRIVE OUT
'SPARTACANS
German Government Troops
Enter Seaport After Bom-
bardmeht n Which
Many Are Killed.
Copenhagen, Feb. 5. Government
troops entered Bremen last night
after heavy fighting and occupied
the town hall and the stock ex
change. The Spartacans have re
treated to Groepsingen.
The government , troops made
their entrance .after the city had
been bombarded.' : Many persons are
reported to have been killed in the
bombardment-.Armed Spartacans
from Eisenach; and Gotha are on
their way to Bremen to the support
of the Spartacans there. ,
General Gerstenberg was ordered
to enter Bremen as the authorities
had not observed the agreement en
tered into Sunday with the govern
ment. . "
t Cathedral Damaged.
London, Feb'. 5. During the
bombardment of Bremen the old
cathedral, the. bourse, and the city
hall were damaged and many hous
es partly destroyed, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen. , . '
House Members Deny
"Red America" Charges
Washington, Feb. 15. Represen
tatives Mason of Illinois and Dillon
of South Dakota, who were men
tioned in the senate debate yesterday
as having attended an anarchistic
meeting here Sunday, spoke in the
house today on points of personal
privilege. t
Mr. Dillon said he did not atteud
the meeting, was not invited and
ki.ew nothing of it.
Mr. Mason vigorously denied that
a "red America" was urged at the
meeting; said no suggestion was
mi.de by anybody that the laws of
the United States should be changed
by force.
Nebraska Deaf School Wins.
Nebraska School for the Deaf
basket ball first team was defeated
last night by the Iowa team, 10 to 9.
The Nebraska second team defeated
the Iowa team 50 to 18. ' j
Charlie Black Says:
He has gone to the Eastern Markets
to get new goods to "brighten the corners
of the store" while he's away
THE CLERKS WILL PLAY
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INU.SSENATE
Democrats and Republicans
Join in Criticism of Em
, bargo; May Bring on
Trade War.
Washington, Feb. 5. Democrats
and republicans in the senate today
joined in criticizing the new British
embargo on imports and calling at
tention to the effect it would have
on American industry. N
During the discussion that fol
lowed Senator Reed of Missouri,
democrat,' attacked the Carnegie
Peace Foundation's activities abroad,
questioned its loyalty and declared
it should be dissolved. Senators
Knox of Pennsylvania, republican,
and Ashurst of Arizona, democrat,
joined in the attack.
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts,
republican, and Senators Lewis of
Illinois, Smith of Georgia, and Reed
of Missouri, democrats, led in pro
tests against the British embargo.
Hints at Trade War.
Senator Weeks said he did not
charge that the embargo was aimed
against the United States, but Sena
tor Lewis remarked that a majori
ty of articles listed are manufactured
in the American middle west. The
Illinois senator said the. action might
bring on a trade war.
I invite the attention of British
officials' to the delicate situation," he
continued. "While the president, is
in France battling for the principles
our country feels are necessary, one
of our own allies takes a course so
inimical to the welfare of the United
States that it is calculated to create 1
a sentiment of hostility which will
embarrass harmony in the -United
States." I
Senator Weeks said that the em
bargo's purpose was to build up
British industry to its pre-war nor
mal condition.
Protect Our Commerce.
"This building up, however," said
Mr. Weeks, "has directly the re
verse effect on our own industry.
The time has come when we must
give attention to our domestic af
fairs and protect our own com
merce." p i
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the situation in , Europe , Senator
Reed referred to pacifist movements
in France and England about six
years ago, and declared the Carnegie
Foundation had branches in every
country that were "jointly conspir
ing; to control the policies of these
countries."
"I do not hesitate," he continued,
"to question the loyalty of any or
g.nuation that sits in the-. United
States today and conspires with a
lot of Germans, Swedes, Hungarians
or English to work out a policy that
affects the policy of our govern
ment." Senator Knox said although the
American people had expressed the
opinion that they had a right to
send coastwise vessels through the
Panama canal, without charge and
three big political parties had en
dorsed this policy, "this Cajnegie
peace organization spent $25,000 or
$30,000 to circulate literature urg
ing the repeal of the act conferring
that right to shipping."
Senator Ashurst declared that his
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every detail. The materials are
uniformly high grade the pat
terns and colors pleasing the
workmanship and fit above re
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pleasure, in making an early
selection.
Spring Nackwear The first
visit to this shop for neckwear
is in most every case the fore
runner of numerous others.
Present showings include crepe
, silks, English twills,. grenadines
and failles in four-in-hand and
bat wing shapes.
Concerning Underwear Win-.-ter
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need medium and heavyweight
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. factory wear.. Two-piece gar
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Women's
Hosiery
If Fine Lisle Hose with gar
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are to be had in black,
white, tan, cordovan, light
and dark gray for $1 a
pair.
Fibre Hoie in white,
black, brown and gray;
lisle top. and soles, 85c a
pair. .
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party's failure to keep its pledge re
garding that act had "done more to
undermine confidence in the demo
cratic party than anything we ever
did." ,
Broken Heart Causes Death
of Aged Woman in Omaha
Mrs. Caroline Stigge, 70 years old,
2910 S street, died shortly after noon
yesterday of what her daughter,
Gusta, believes was a broken heart.
Mrs. Stigge has grieved constantly
since the death of her son, Charles,
on January 6 of Spanish influenza.
Two other sons, Julius and John,
are now overseas with the American
expeditionary forces. The mother has
longed to see her two boys and this
morning the daughter went to the
court house to consult a lawyer re
garding the securing of their release
from military service. While she
was away from home the mother
died.-
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These are very late models direct
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being wonderfully attractive.
We hate all of the necessary
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welcome. . ; , 4 t
With all its magnitude its luxurious Aladdin appoint
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of many people, the COMMODORE'S fame will be built
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Rail Board SayS $9,000,000 ,--2
Was Saved in the Southwest
Washington, Feb. 5. Appro'xi
mately $9,000,000 was saved in op
erating expenses of the railroads in
the southwestern region during the
yeart just closed, by unification of t r
minals, cancellation of repair facili
ties; a system of interchange switch
ing, and elimination of unnecessary
mileage, according to the annual re
port of B. K. Bush, southwestern di
rector for the United States railroad
administration, made public today.
Convicted of Espionage.
Portland. Ore., Feb. 5. J. Henry
Albers, president of the Albers
Brothers Milling . company, .
with establishments in several ;
coast cities, was found guilty here ..
today of violation of the espionage
act upon two of the seven counts
charged against him in the indict- .'
ment.
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