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THE BEE; OMAHA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1919.
SHOTS FIRED IN
THIEF CHASE IN
COUNCIL BLUFFS
Man Held for Speeding Tries
to Sell Machine Runs
When Officers Ex
press Suspicion.
Twenty minutes after Motorcycle
Officer W. H. Brown "brought a big
Haynes car to the Council Bluffs
police station and charged its
driver with . speeding, the same
ear and driver figured in a sen
sational chase, during which Emer
gency Officer Barritt fired four
shots and chased the man for half
an hour through the heart of the
city of Council Bluffs before catch
ing him.
At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
the big car was speeding on West
Broadway and Officer Brown had
to touch a 60-mile gait before he
stopped its driver. At the station
the man gave the name of Louie
Freedman. He admitted he was
"going some," and put up a $20
cash bond for his appearance in
police court this morning.
The officers noticed that he was
nervous and seemed anxious to get
away.
Twenty minutes later Floyd Jones
and Barney Burnham, garage men
at 117 Broadway, three blocks from
the station, telephoned that a man
was trying to sell a fine Haynes
car at a cut price. Officer Barritt,
who was not at the station when the
speeder was brought in, witnessed
the man's efforts to sell the car to
Jones, who pretended a willingness
to buy. Jones then invited the driver
to go with him to the police station
to see if the title of the car was
ctear, and Officer Barritt, who was
in plain clothes, accompanied them.
The alleged owner of the car be
came suspicious before they had
gone a block and leaped from the
car with Barritt in pursuit. The
chase led through West Pierce
street and through back yards, with
Barritt taking a shot at the fugi
tive occasionally. At Fourth street
and Willow avenue Jones and Burn
,ham appeared with the car, picked
tip Barritt and resumed the chase in
the car, catching the breathless fu
gitive on the south side of Bayliss
park.
At the station the man gave the
name of Frank Mitchell instead of
Freedman. The car bears a Ne
braska license and the officers say
there is no doubt about it being
stolen.
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"PHOTO PlAY OFFERING J . FOR. TODAY'
Council Bluffs Man Will
Head Legion of Iowa
Des Moines, la., Sept. S. (Spe
cial.) At the meeting of the Iowa
chapter of the American Legion to
day the following officers were
elected: Col. Matthew Tinley,
Council Bluffs, commander; Lieut.
Col. Hanford Minder, Mason City,
vice commander; John Mac Vicar,
Des Moines, adjutant and Windsor
Hubbell, Des Moines, state financial
agent.
Cedar Rapids was chosen as
meeting place for the annual con
vention of Iowa chapter after a spir
ited contest. Dubuque and Musca
tin were candidates for the honor.
A N entertainment new to the
A amusement world is coming
to the Brandeis theater Sun
day afternoon, for an engagement
limited to one week. The picture
is Mack Sennett's latest feature pro
duction, "Yankee Doodle in Berlin."
and the bevy of beautiful girls is
from the Mack Sennett Los Angeles
studios. Tljsy are the original Sen
nett bathing girls in their first ap
pearances on any stage. Among
those participating in the leading
roles of this Sennett master work
are Charles Murray, Ben Turpin,
Chester Conklin and Ford Sterling.
Muse "Better Times" is still at
the Muse for one more day. It is a
storv of home folks, simply told,
with heaps of good, wholesome hu
mor. The Omaha Chamber of
Commerce trip through some of the
western states is shown by two reels
of film. The screen magazine put
out by The Bee is also there.
Sun Nazimova in "The Brat" fin
ishes the week's run today. It has
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been tne pest picture mis nuusc u
had. If you haven't paid a visit to
the Sun this week, you should go
today.
Next week at this house is Stewart
Edward White's famous novel "The
Westerners," and it has made a very
good picture. ,
Strand "Love Insurance," with
Bryant Washburn. The story con
cerns a young insurance agent in
the employ of Lloyds, who is sent
out by the firm to promote and en
courage the wedding of an English
nobleman. When the young agent
falls in love with the girl things
begin to happen fast. There is an
exceptional cast in support of
Washburn. Theodore Roberts, Ed-
A t Neighborhood Houses
lOTHROP 14th and Iothrop, D. w.
Griffiths' ipeclnl "ROMANCE OF
happy valley."
CRAVD lth and Btnney, DOROTHY
OISH In "I'LL GET HIM YET."
DIAMOND J4t and Lake, All-atar
cast In "THE CABARET"; alio
"THE MASKED RIDER."
APOLLO 29th and Leavenworth, a
World special, ARTHUR ASHLEY
In "THE PRAISE AGENT."
win Stevens, Eddie Sutherland,
Frank Elliott and others, all help to
make this a very good picture.
Jlialto "Girls" with Marguerite
Clark, who is as sweet as ever. She
starts out as a 'man-haterl She
has two girl friends in this little
club which they form, but they soon
change theip- minds and fall in love,
so Marguerite is left alone and soon
love comes knocking at her door,
she throws it open wide, and the
little delightful story ends in a sat
isfactory way.
Moon "Upside Down." with
Taylor Holmes, is exceptionally
good. His wife was bored at his
love making, for strange, as it may
seem he is in love with his own
wife, a novel plot for a movie. She
wants to get free, so he goes out
to give her reasons for a divorce,
but she finds out, after all he is the
only man that she adores.
Empress William Farnum sel
dom has been seen in a more pleas
ing role than that which he has in
"The Broken Law," which will be
shown at the Empress for the last
times today. Mr. Farnum's work
throughout is that of an artist who
understands and sympathizes with
the characters he portrays.
South Side
SPARK FROM AN
AUTOMOBILE IS
CAUSE OF FIRE
Sets Machine and Filling Sta
tion Ablaze Water Cut Off
and Entire Block Is
Threatened.
SHARP REPLY IS
SENT BY ALLIES
TO GERMAN NOTE
Demand Suppression of Plan
for Union of Austria With
Germany Threaten
Armed Force.
Dr. G. H. Rathbun of
Fremont, Neb., Dies
In Omaha Hospital
Dr.
Neb.,
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Go'mpers and Wilson Will
Address Mine Workers
Cleveland, O., Sept. 5. Samuel
Gompers, president -pf the American
Federation of Labor, and W. B.
Wilson, secretary of labor, will be"
. in Cleveland to address the conven
tion of the United Mine Workers,
.K.,b1'rtl opens next Tuesday, to last
at least two weeks.
Buy Sponges at
HARPER'S
East End Flatiron Bldg., lTth and Howard.
Skinner's the Best
Macaroni and Spaghetti
made of Durum Wheat
Berlin. Sent. 5. (Via Basle.)
The German reply to the note of
the allies with regard to representa
tion of Austria in the German
reichsrath says the German peace
delegation informed the allies May
27 that Germany had no intention
to modify the Austro-German
boundaries by violence, but could
not undertake to oppose a German-
Austrian spontaneous desire lor
union with Germany.
rhe allies acknowledge receipt ot
this communication on June 16, the
reply says, and therefore Germany
elt authorized to insert article 01 in
the constitution.
The supreme council of the peace
conference on September 2 sent a
note couched in forcible terms to
the German government pointing
out that article 61 of the German
constitution conflicted with article
80 of the German peace treaty for
bidding German interference in
Austrian affairs. The article in the
German constitution referred to
provided for the representation of
Austria in the German reichsrath
and the council demanded suppres
sion of this article within a fort
night, declaring that otherwise the
allies would be compelled to under
take further occupation of the right
bank of the Rhine.
9,000,000 Pounds of Fruit
in Army Storage Jto Be Sold
Washington, Sept 5. Nearly 9,
000,000 pounds of evaporated fruits
from the army's surplus supply are
available for purchase by munici
palities and authorized selling
agents for distribution to the pub
lic, the War department announced.
Apples may be secured at $6.44,
peaches at $6.50, and prunes at $5.50
per 50-pound case. As these fruits
are now in cold storage and must
be shipped in refrigerator cars,
sales are limited to carload lots.
G. H. Rathbun, Fremont,
widely known surgeon, died
yesterday in an Omaha
hospital following a complication
ol illnesses. He was well known
in Omaha, having received his
medical education at the Omaha
Medical College from which he was
graduated in 1902.
Eight years ago he moved to
F -niont and later established a
hospital there. He received a cap
tain's commission in military service
and was stationed at various army
camps in Texas. He was taken ill
last March.
His widow and three children
survive. The body will be taken
tc Fremont for burial.
Omaha Firm Wins
Big Ditch Contract
From Bluffs Firm
Council Bluffs and Omaha con
tractors yesterday tied as low bid
ders on the $44,000 Nishnabotna
drainage ditch job, and the Omaha
man won. The-Lana Construction
company, Council Bluffs, and the
Briggs Construction company, Oma
ha, named the same price, 11 cents a
yard, and the Omaha firm won by
submitting better methods for doing
the work.
A threatening fire on the South
Side was stopped yesterday after
noon by the prompt action of the
fire fighters from the Twenty-fifth
and L. street station, who quenched
a big blaze at 4:15 at the Standard
Oil filling station, Twenty-fourth
ana u streets, witn cnemical ap
paratus.
Wooden Buildings ; No Water.
Within 20 feet of the blazing sta
tion was the Butcher Workman hall,
a long wooden structure, and dan
gerous material to be near the
flames, as the water supply of the
business district was turned off at 1
o'clock for repairs to the main. Be
hind the hall is a block of frame
buildings and on the north side and
across the street are the principal
business blocksof the South Side.
The fire was caused by a spark
from the ignition button of an auto
owned by Dr. J. Boston Hill, 1324
North Twenty-fourth street. Dr. Hill
with two other physicians, drove up
and, asked for two gallons of gaso
line from George W. Hunter, station
attendant. The tank overflowed
after a small amount had been put
in and Dr. Hilland the attendant
discussed whether or not it was
really full. Meanwhile some of the
gasoline became vaporized by the
sun's heat and a flame shot up from
the dashboard. The car was soon
in flames and set fire to the pro
lecting roof of the station.
The insurance on the auto expired
May 1. It was valued at $765 an
is a total loss. Damage to the o
station is set at $500. Dr. Hill'
clothes were scorched and his eye
brows burned.
AT THE
THEATERS
Committee to Meet Sept. 26.
Washington, Sept. 5. A meeting
of the executive committee of the
democratic national committee will
be held at Atlantic City, September
26 and 27, Chairman Cummings an
nounced to day.
Arrested for Keeping
Unsanitary Restaurant
Specific orders from the Depart
ment of Agriculture in regard to
sanitation of restaurant kitchens
meant nothing to Huie Pong, pro
prietor of a Japanese eating house at
Thirteenth and Douglas streets, ac
cording to Policeman John Holden,
who arrested Pong yesterday after
noon. "Refusing to comply with written
orders from the Department of Agri
culture" was the charge placed
against the Jap. Investigation by the
officer showed that Pong's place was
infested by flies. He was released
on bonds.
Struck by Street Car.
Raymond Emarine. 14 years old,
mefsenger boy, 324 North Twenty
fourth street, was struck by a street
car at Sixteenth and Dcdge streets,
last night while attempting to cross
the car tracks on his bicycle. His left
thumb was severed and he suffered
severe lacerations about the scalD.
Police rushed him to the Lister hos
pital.
Pvt. Esau Fined $5 After
Running Down Bellevue Gir
Virginia Kast, an 8-year-old
Bellevue girl, was run over by
motorcycle driven by Pvt. William
Esau of ort Lrook while alight
ing from a street car Thursday
night. She was attended by Dr
Shanahan who reported that the
onlv injuries were torn ligament
of the left foot.
Pvt. Esau was fined $5 and cost
in police court Friday for violating
the rules of the road.
Skull Is Fractured In a
Collision With Automobile
Emil Hanousek, 5638 South Twen
ty-first street, received a depressed
fracture of the skull at a:M ihurs
day afternoon when struck by the
fender of an auto driven by Mrs,
Henry Anderson, 8703 North Thir-
tv-first street. 1 he accident oc
curred at Railroad and Washington
avenues, a few blocks from his
home. He ran across the street and
failed to observe the approaching
auto which, according to witnesses,
was moving at a slow rate of speed.
Anderson Will Move Drug
Store to Schlitz Building
A new drug store will occupy the
Schlitz building. Twentieth and
Missouri avenue, with Ed Ander
son of the Anderson Drug com-
oanv as its proprietor. Anderson
will move his stock from his drug
store at Twentieth and L streets
and turn the store over to John
Van Wie, former owner of .the
building, who will open a print
shop. Anderson is said to have paid
$12,000 for the bchlitz building,
South Side Brevities
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Suits of extraordinary designing, fashioned into the
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Miss and Matron. We are anxious to show you these
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Frank Caldon. auto xpre and baggaga
day and night gervlce. Call South 1675.
Wa sell verythlnr on earth. Home
stead Grocery. Fifty-first and Q. Tela,
phone South 4038.
Wanted A woman to keep houie for
widower In small cottage. Address C Be
Office, South Side.
The Brotherhood of American Yeomen
will hold its annual election of officers
tonight at the Eagle hail.
Arthur Hamilton. S920 South Twenty.
sixth street, reported the theft of his
bicycle to police Thursday afternoon.
James Manos. Grand Union hotel, re
ported that a ring, a pair of scissors and
a brush were missing from his rooms
Thursday.
Herbert Kohn, 133 South Thirty-fifth
street, arrested for falling to dim the
lights of his auto, failed to appear In po
lico court Friday.
Notice: Members of Local 602. Special
meeting of Local 002 Friday night, Sep-
tember 6. Business of importance. Be
present. R. K Hunter, president.
Charles Miller, 1022 Miller street, waa
sentenced to 15 days In Jail Friday for
being drunk. 3. T. Niches, Midland ho
tel. was fined 110 and costs on the same
charge.
Phone South 23 before our best Illinois
coal is all gone. We can't buy any more
at present So better place your order
with us and be protected. G. E. Harding
Coal Co.
A small blaze on the Twenty-fourth
street viaduct early Friday afternoon
burned out the under portion of a few
timbers of the flooring before it was
quenched. The damage was small.
Wayne Johnson and Miss Myrtle T.
Taylor were married Thursday afternoon
at the Grace Methodist church parsonage
by Rev. C. C. Wilson. They will make
their home at 5013 South Twenty-second
street.
"The Perogatlve of the Church" will be
Rev. Ford A. Ellis' sermon at the South
Side Christian church- Sunday morning at
11 o'clock. "The Keeper of the 'Other
Fellow' " will be the subject ot his ser
mon af 8 o'clock.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Morton
w.rnn. mis .1 street. South Side, Wednes
day at 'the Swedish Mission hospital. Mrs.
Marcus was iormeriy jub nucuuc
Wright daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Wright! 210 J street, South Side.
Kerst & Co., 4751 South Eighteenth
street. Steam, hot water ana vapor neai
ing. Distributor and salesman for Wasco
Garage Heating System. Agent for Cole
man quick light gasoline lamps. 8pecial
attention given to plumbing repair. Phone
South 2586.
Mr. .Tnsenhne P. Rapp. 60 years old
and widow of John W. Rapp, former live
stock commission man. died Thursday
morning at her home in Waterloo. She
is survived by three sons, R. L. Rapp of
New York and R. W. and W. W. Rapp of
Douglas county. Funeral services will be
held at the late residence Saturday after,
noon at 1 o'clock, Rev J. W. Hawk officiating-.
Burial will be In the Elkhorn
cemetery.
WHO BROTHERS SALE.
SCHOOL DRESSES AND HOSE.
Friday and Saturday, September 6 and
6, our basement store otters one or in
biggest special two-day sale attempted for
some time. ,
Children's dresses, sizes t to 14, beauti
ful patterns and styles, made to sell up
to $3, will be placed on sale for S1.49.
Certainly a gooa cnanco iu ,
two school dresses for the price of one.
Children's hose, all sues, mui-ena run
worth 40c pair, on sale at zac a pair.
Ba hare sura ana come suu mu vu.
T OCAL interest in Moliere's fam
Jiily affair does not run so very
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number of our fellow-townsmen
were able to deprive themselves of
an evening of rare enjoyment at the
iJrandets. It an industrious drama'
turgist were to evolve a three-act
comedy from the doings of the dull
est dolts who ever delved or span
and it were to be enacted by Henry
Miller. Blanche Bates and the ex
cellent players who are associated
with them, then the occasion were
sufficient warrant for attendance at
the theater of all who appreciate
and enjoy the finesse as well as the
broader aspects ot trie actors art.
Such occasions are too few to be
willfully neglected, if we are to give
to the theater such support as will
justify its existence.
Mr. Moeller has thrown around
Moliere's last moments a glamor of
romance that greatly relieves the
drab accounts we find in history of
his experience at the court, his quar
rels with the priests, and his in
ability to survive the displeasure of
the king. Mr. Miller has visualized
the author's pictures with such smy-
pathetic understanding as might
suggest a deeper interest in the story
of the actor-manager-author than
will be ascribed to the natural de
sire to do a thing well. It is done
with fine appreciation ot every
light and shadow of the" story, re
gard for the nuances as well as for
the big moments, preserving the un
dertone without neglect of the over
tones, until it approaches perfection
in point of, stage craft. To invest
such scanty and not altogether
promising material with so much of
genuine interest is a tribute indeed
to the ability of Henry Miller as
a manager.
His performance or the name
part is one of even excellence, smooth
and carefully worked out in de
tail, as we have come to look for
when he is before us. He is not
meticulous, but he is painstaking,
and disregards no touch, however
light, that will add to the picture,
but his judgement preserves him
safe against overstepping at any
point.
In this resides the charm of his
acting, its poise, its finish, its evi
dence of care, and over it all that
secret of real art that conceals arti
fice, the verisiniiltude that destroys
the effect 'of known assumption.
Henry Miller is a master of his
craft, not yet at his zenith, but
mounting higher and shining with
a clearer light as he climbs.
Blanche Bates has a role that
calls for all her power of feeling
and expressing a passion, deep,
sweeping and consuming as it goes.
No scene more poignant than her
appeal as Montespan to Moliere has
ever been watched in Omaha, no
quiet despair more overwhelming
than hers when she realized her
failure, no hatred more venomous
than that she vents in her determi
nation to blast the man who spurned
her passion. And the lighter mo
ments that lead up to this, when
she spun the web in which she
sought to hold the man she lusted
for, her trepidation, her anoroach.
all are proofs that she. too. de
serves that high place she has fairly
won among American actresses.
Forrest Robinson s Colinee. Da
vid Glassford's king, Sidney Herbert
as Fontaine, Alice Gale as the cook
and friend of the great actor-author
and Catherine Calhoun Doucet's
faithless wife are all admirable for
conception and presentation. And
the lesser roles are given with equal
taste and certain effect, so that the
whole may be justly set down as a
singularly notable exhibition of the
true art of the actor.
Todav Empress patrons are af
forded their last opportunity to wit
ness the whirlwind dancing novelty
offered by" Valnova's Gipsies, in
which six young people take part.
The applause hit of the bill is Tyler
and St. Clair, who specialize on xly
ophone, marimhophone and Ha
waiian steel guitar. As an imper
sonator of Al Jolson, Irving White
has them all beaten.
With today's performances the
current bill at the Orpheum is to
conclude its week's engagement. It
is headed by the Italian tenor, Coc
colini, and Blossom Seeley. Patrons
are reminded that the curtain this
PLAN TO UNITE
ALL RADICALS
AT U. S. MEETING
Resolutions Adopted by So
cialist Parties at Chi
cago Convention Be
fore Adjourning.
Chicago, Sept. 5. Steps for the
calling of a new international social
ist congress to unite the radical
forces of the world were taken at
the closing session of the convention
of the national socialistic party. The
plan is to hold the congress at the
earliest date practicable in either
New York or Chicago. Under the
terms of the resolution adopted the
German majority socialists and the
factions of the party in other coun
tries which decline to oppose the
world; war would be barred from
participating in the new interna
tional socialist congress.
Endorse Plumb Plan.
The convention gave its qualified
endorsement of the Plumb plan for
the nationalization of railroads, ob
jection being made to the method
of acquiring the railroads and the
limited representation of classified
employes on the board to manage
the transportation lines.
Another resolution adopted after
a fight urged the necessary changes
in federal and state constitutions to
permit the election of all candidates
to congress and general assemblies
by industrial trade groups instead of
by territorial districts. It was said
to be the Russian soviet plan.
Protest Resolutions Carry.
The other resolutions adopted in
clude:
A protest against universal mili
tary training.
A demand for the immediate re
peal of the federal espionage law.
A protest against this country s be
coming involved in a war with Mexico.
Providing for the calling of a Pan-
American socialist congress.
A protest against the deportation
of radicals from the United States.
Opposition to any limitation of
immigration into the United States.
The party elected the following
national executive committee: E. T.
Melms, Milwaukee; William Brandt,
St. Louis; William H. Henry, In
dianapolis; John Hagel, Oklahoma
City: George E. Roewer, Boston; U.
C. Wilson, Chicago, and James
O'Neal, New York City.
Congressman-elect Victor L. Ber-
ger, Milwaukee, wno nas Deen a
member of the national executive
committee since the organization of
the party, declined to be a candidate
for re-election.
The new communist labor party of
America convention adjourned after
lecting the following national ex
ecutive committee: L. E. Katefeld,
Kansas: Alexander Bilan, Cleveland;
Jack Carney, Duluth,. Minn.; Max
Bedacht, California, and Edward
Lindgren, New York City. The
headquarters of the new party will
be at Cleveland.
The communist party convention
also adjourned after electing officials,
Its headquarters will be either in
New York or Chicago.'
STRIKE ORDERED
IN ALL THEATERS
AIDING SHUBERTS
New Move Made in Effort to
Force Acceptance of Ac
tors' Demands.
evening is to rise at 8:15,
Opening with the matinee tomorrow
comes the big patriotic melodrama,
"An American Ace," by a company
of seventeen people. The play has
so many electrical and scenic effects
that an entire baggae car is required
to convey the shipment; Taylor
Granville and Laura JJierpont are
the stars of the offering. Originally
it was a four-act melodrama by
Lincoln J. Carter.
This afternoon "The Bon Tons"
begin a week of nonsense and song
at the popular Gayety. There's a
title The Bon Tons; it has always
stood for an assemblage of clean
people a title Gayetyites have ever
had great confidence in as they knew
it meant a good entertainment. This
season George Douglas and John
Barry head the comedy section of
the troupe. The production is said
to be very elaborate. Tomorrow's
matinee starts at 3:00.
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New York, Sept. 5. A strike of the
stage hands in 169 theaters through
out the country where Shubert pro
ductions are being offered has been
ordered by the International Alli
ance of Stage Employes and Moving
Jr'icture Operators of the United
States and Canada it was announced
here Friday night. The strike order
was to take effect immediately.
Letters also were sent to stage
hands of 800 other theaters in the
United States and Canada that book
Shubert shows, ordering out at once
all who are working in theaters
owned or controlled, wholly or in
pari, by the Shuberts, or where
these productions are booked "by
or in connection with the Shubert
concern."
The letter explained that the ac
tion was being taken against the
Shubert interests because they were
regarded by union officials as largely
responsible for the managers' re
fusal to grant the Equity's demands.
At the Equity headquarters it was
stated that the musicians' union was
expected to follow the lead of the
stage hands in quitting at Shubert
theaters.
Second Cable to Japan
Mow Practically Assured
London, Sept. S. George G.
Ward, vice president of the Com
mercial Cable Co., who has been in
London for the purpose of arrang
ing for the manufacture and the lay
ing of a second cable from San
Francisco across the Pacific, in
formed The Associated Press Fri
day that negotiations had reached
a point where a second cable was
virtually assured direct from San
Francisco by way of Midway Is
land to the mainland of Japan.
Still another cable line across the
Pacific is being planned, as was
shown in Tokio advices of July 25,
stating that prominent Japanese
business men had decided to form
a company capitalized at approxi
mately $25,000,000, for the laying of
a cable between the United States
and Japan. It was expected it
was said, that the enterprise also
would be supported by business
men of the United States.
Clemenceau Thanks Hoover
For Aid Given During War
Paris, Sept. 5. Premier Clemen
ceau received Herbert Hoover,
director general of the international
relief organization, before the lat
ter's departure for London yester
day and told him that the French
government appreciated his services
for the common cause since the be
ginning of the war. The premier
also discussed with Mr. Hoover the
general economic situation and
measures which will bring
about a resumption of normal com
mercial activity and the restoration
of the economic balance.
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Cooks Swell Number of Dis
affected to 400 Pickets
Are Placed at Many
Places.
Approximately 400 cooks, waiters,
waitresses and general restaurant
workers are now on strike in ac
cordance with the strike order, J. M.
James, member of the strikers'
committee, announced. This num
ber includes practically every or
ganized individual employed in res
taurants and hotels where the terms
of the union have not been met.
Many employers have conceded the
demands of the union and a strike
at these places has been averted.
The number of strikers was ma
terially increased when the Omaha
Cooks' association, an insurgent or
ganization not affiliated with other
labor unions and consisting of about
150 members, decided to throw in its
lot with the older organization. Its
members were instructed by their
oficers to obev the strike order Wi
sued by the Cooks', Waiters' and
Waitresses' Local No. 143.
No Restaurant Closed.
Although the arrected restaurants
have been badly handicapped be
cause of lack of help no restaurant
has vet closed its doors. Organized
employes at the Calumet restaur
ant, one of the largest eating houses
in the city, struck at 1:30 yester
day afternoon.
Two meetings were held yester
day by the strikers. The Central
Labor union, winch met last night,
was informed of ihe action taken
by the strikers and its support soli
cited.
Pickets have been stationed about
all restaurants where employes have
struck. "Out on strike" tags have
a. so been issued to the strikers.
Increased wages, sanitary work
ing conditions and a 48-hour week,
the hours to come in straight shifts,
are demanded by the strikers.
Consumer and Retailers
f Differ on Packer License
Washington, Sept. 5. Arguments
that decentraliz?ion of the packing
industry would .cheapen the food
supply were presented to the sen
ate agricultural committee by Mrs.
Florence Kelley, secretary of the
National Consumers' league, but re
tail dealers appearing to oppose the
Kenyon and Kendrick licensing bills
disagreed with this theory.
"Carrying cattle long distances in
frpiVlit cars." said Mrs. Kellev.
speaking for the Consumers' league,
"and carrying the meat still further
in expensively iced equipment, is not
a way to cheapen the food supply.
VJc favor the Kenvon and Kendrick
bills because we thing they would
tend to break up and decentralize
the industry.
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