ITHET BEE OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1919.
JEWS' GIFTS ARE
GENEROUS FOR
VAR'SJflCTIMS
Governor Asks Meeting to
"Startle the State" Zim
man and Monsky- Get
Big Sums.
' Sixty Omaha Jewish business and
,rofessional men at a special meet
ing last evening in ourt room No.
1, court house, subscribed $14,185
in addition to $26,110 previously sub
scribed, making a total of $40,295 to
ward Omaha's quota of $175,000 to
succor destitute Jew in war-torn
Europe and the near east.
They had been summoned by spe
cial letters from Governor JJcKelvie,
honorary chairman of the state com
mittee. The governor and Attorney
General Reed were present and
spoke.
"Treated 'Em Rough."
After these -speeches Harry Zira
inan and Henry Monsky took charge
nf the meetinK and pulled in sur
prisingly large subscriptions in the
pecitjiar time-honored Jewish fash
ion. A rich young business man led off
with a subscription of $500. In any
other meeting of the kind this would
have' been received with applause
and, thanks . Not so here. Mr. Zim
min pointed a finger of scorn at
"hint.
That is not encyigh!" was his sur
prising statement. "You will in
. crease it to $1,000."
f The young man shook his head.
"That's my limit," he said.
But before the meeting was over
he raised his subscription to $1,000
and seemed to like it.
From $250 to $1,000.
Another mm subscribed $250.
Mr, Zimman looked at him with
scorn.
"You ought to be ashamed of
yourself," was his greeting. "You
are a single man. You are rich.
Little babies are starving across the
seas, babies of your own great race.
Ami you offer $250! Here is a man
with a large family, Sitting next to
voti. He is struggling to make a
living, and he has given $200. Shame
on -vou!"
"I'll make it $500," said the be
rated man with a laugh.
"You'll make it more than that
before the evening is over," said
Mr. Zimman. And he finally did
raise it to $1,000.
Henry Monsky told of a merchant
in Omaha who has been sending
money to his relatives in Europe,
instead of subscribing largely to re
. lief funds. Recently he received
back a large sum which he had sent,
with the word that his relatives had
all died of starvation.
.- "Applause Isn't Food."
"The applause of the governor's
speech won't feed any starving ba
bies in Europe," he told them. "You
milst give. Don't sit there with an
1 . : r- it.. 1:4.1- inn
$200 subscriptions you give. Come
out and give something you will be
proud of."
... 'vMr.. Zimman told of a wealthy
."commission man who offered $500.
"He is worth several hundred
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tiivusdiiu uujiars, iic saiu, ana we
.rlltari hie cltHcriMtnti VV
Hi. GftA T'J
out and getthe peddlers to raise
the $1,000 that he ought to give."
, Money Pours In.
At the hcightof the solicitations
the workers who went around
throtlgh the crowd like workers at
an . old-Jashioned revival meeting
were shouting out $500 and $1,000
subscriptions faster than the clerks
: could take them down. " In numer
ous instances men who started with
$250. gave $1,000 before the doors
were opened and they left the meet
ing, all seeming to feel good for hav
ing given so liberally to the cause.
Most of those present came with-
Sprague Tire Co.
Men to Boalrd
New Member of Omaha
Concern Have Been With
Company From the
Very Start.
At the second annual meeting of
tockholders of the Sprague Tire
and Rubber company yesterday W.
A. Fraser and F. H. Gaines were
added to the board of directors. The
other directors, re-elected, are E. H.
Sprague, Clarence :Macay and
fFrancis Ferns.
The directors re-elected Mr.
Sprague president and treasurer,
Mr. Mackay vice president and Mr.
Ferns secretary.
Mr. Fraser is sovereign com
mander of the Woodmen of the
World. Both he. .and Mr. . Gaines,
an Omaha attorney have been inter
ested in the Sprague company from
the very start. 'i .
Mr. Sprague, in reviewing the
year's business, told the stockhold
ers that the company had made phe
nomenal success so 'far, and had al
ready arranged distribution in 26
states in the union, as- well as in the
orient and South America. He also
outlined plans to increase the fac
tory's output to 500 or 600 tires and
1,000 tubes a day, beginning Janu
ary 1.
Adds Two
of Directors
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Menagh Says
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Wednesday
1 119 of Them Will !
Be Offered for the ;
Closing Out Sale j
I Wednesday I
We have just 21 ?
days left in which :
to sell our entire :
stock, .so you real-
ize we are forced to :
put prices on all
merchandise that
mean quick clear- :
ance.
" All fixtures must I
be sold. j
All accounts due I
1 us must be-paid at I
: once.
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v; All sales are :
V final I
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The House
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out knowing the exact purpose of
the summons. The governor was in
troduced by Attorney General Reed.
Expected Something Startling.
"I expect you men to do some
thing startling to 'awaken the state
to the need of this great cause,"
said Governor McKelvie. "What
Lyou do here tonight will be flashed
out through the state and will in
spire thousands. This fund is to
be raised at a time when people are
relaxing from the burdens of war.
It will require great effort, and it is
up to you at this meeting to make
that effort and startle the state."
Mr. Zimman stated that a "board
of equalization" will wait on those
wealthy Jews who do not subscribe
as much as they ought.
"Give until it feels good," he said.
"Double your contributions of the
past. This is a movement to save
millions of that race which gave
religion, civilization and education
to the world."
Hurricane Victims
Buried in One Grave
(Continued From rage One.)
advices at Galveston said' six men
were drowned at Port Aransas and
that all the women and children
there had been saved. Telegraphic
advices received by The Associated
Press direct from Port Lavaca, which
place had been isolated since Sunday,
reported no loss of life there or at
Seadrift and Port "O'Connor, but
said the property damage at Port
Lavaca would be about $100,000,
mainly on the bay front and to ship
ping. Port O'Connor and Seadrift
were said to have been considerably
wrecked by the wind which reached
a velocity of 65 miles an hour. The
velocity for a few seconds at Port
Lavaca was reported as having at
tained 90 miles.
Relief for Sufferers.
State machinery ' for relief of
storm sufferers was completed late
Tuesday by Governor Hobby, who
ordered units of the Texas National
Guard to relieve federal troops at
Corpus Christi as quickly as 'trans
portation could be arranged. The
goyenor issued a proclamation urg
ing prompt contributions of money
and supplies to the relief fund.
Three relief trains reached Corpus
Christi Tuesday with food, bedding,
clothing and medical supplies and
other trains were enroute. Two re
lief trains were reported stalled by
washouts at Alice, Tex.
. Airplanes to Assist
Seven scout airplanes were or
dered from Kelly field, San Antonio,,
to go to Corpus Christi ana find
suitable landing fields for larger
planes which may be used to trans
port supplies from stalled trains into
the city. The scouting planes also
were under instructions to endeavor
to get news from Tort Aransas and
Rockport.
Latest estimates placed the prop
erty loss in Corpus Christi at $10,
000,000 and meager advices indicated
the damage at Port Aransas would
be very heavy. Destruction in the
lower part of the business section
and along the north beach at Corpus
Christi was reported "indescrib
able." Rescue workers faced a tre
mendous task of clearing the debris
blocked streets and a steady rain
which set in at noon Tuesday turned
the rapidly drying streets into a
slush of mud. '
The rain also added. much to the
suffering of the destitute and home
less. 77 Bodies Wash Ashore.
Dallas, Tex., Sept. 16. A staff
co-respondent of the Dallas News
sends the following dispatch under
date of Sinton, Tex.:
"Seventy-seven bodies, black with
oil until some could not be distin
guished, bruised, broken and torn
where they had pounded against
rocks and floating wreckage, were
washed ashore on the north side of
Nueces bay today.
"Of the 77 bodies recovered from
this side of the coast country today
38 were taken from West Portland,
29 from Whjte Point nine from Sin
ton and one from Odem.
"Many pitiful scenes are being en
acted in Sinton. Relatives, frantic,
search for friends. Many . bodies,
may be white, may be Mexican, may
be negro there is no way to tell
will be buried without identification."
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Boy Playing With Horse
Severely Injured by Kick
While playing in a barn at Nine
teenth and .Grace streets, Johnny
Hanson, 11 years old, 1923 North
Eleventh Street, was kicked in the
face by a horse, "suffering a lacer
ated scalp and internal injuries. He
was taken to the Lister hospital.
Ship i Strikes Mine
London. Sept. 16. The steamer
Westorvsda struck a mine off Ter
schelling lighthouse, on he Dutch
coast, today according to a telegram
received by Lloyds. The crew has
abandonef the'vessel, which is slow
ly sinking. N
WARREN TO GIVE
AID IN GETTING
PERSHING HERE
Jefferis and the Ak-Sar-Ben
Bring Pressure to
Bear.
Top: F. H. Gaines.
Bottom: W. A. Fraser.
Promises of Wilsori
Are Still Unfilled
(Continued From Fage One.)
said he was making a 'report' to the
country. The American people have
waited in vain for any report of Mr.
Wilson's proceedings at Paris. In
stead of facts they have had plati
tudes and glittering generalities.
They have been given no explana
tion for the surrender of the prin
ciples so often eloquently announced
by Mr. Wilson no reason for the
abandonment of Americanism and
the easy triumph of European and
Asiatic diplomacy.
Significant Remarks.
"In this city of Sioux Falls Mr.
Wilson indulged in one or two sig
nificant remarks, . pregnant with
warning to our people. Your
choice,' he said, ''is between the
league of nations and Germanism,'
and he endeavored by veiled threat
to convey that his opponents were
tainted with pro-Germanism. It is
a bad and lost cause which in its ex
tremity resorts to epithets and vitu
peration. "And the choice is not betweeij
the league of nations and German
ism. The choice is between the
league of nations and Americanism.
The choice is between Mr. Wilson's
internationalism, which subordinates
and subjects American tov European
and Asiatic power, and 'American
ism. x
Mr. Wilson asserted to you that
the terms of the peacc laid down
forever the principle that no terri
tory ever should be governed ex
ceptas the people ..who lived there
wanted it governed. The millions of
subject peoples of the earth make
the issue with Mr. Wilson and his
own words to Dr. Williams, the,
American expert, that the treaty of
fieace was founded upon the secret
treaties, some of which, he said, were
unconscionable, make his statement
grotesque.
Senator Johnson left for Lincoln,
Neb., where he will speak tomorrow
night.
Washington. Sept. -16. (Special
Telegram.) Pressure is being
brought to bear on General Per
shing to visit Omaha during the first
week in Octbber. It took form to
day through a conference Congress
man Jefferis had with Senator War
ren growing out of a letter from
Everett Buckingham, a member of
the board of directors ot Ak-Sar-Ben
and general manager of the stock
yards, in which Mr. Buckingham in
dicated that General Pershing would
meet more old friends at a recep
tion in Omaha than he .could pos
sibly meet on any similar occasion.
Ready to Show Him.
He said they were just waiting
for the word of his coming, w-hen
they would show the leader of the
American expeditionary ' forces in
Europe what they thought of him.
Congressman Jefferis in his inter
view with Senator Warren outlined
what the presence of General Per
shing in Omaha at its fall festivi
ties meant to Nebraska and the west,
going so far as to predict that, if
the general would honor the Gate
City with a visit in October, he be
lieved the crowd would be bigger
than that which greeted President
Wilson three years ago, when he
was the guest of the city at the
semi-centennial of the state's admin
istration. Warren Ready to Help.
Senator Warren indicated his
willingness to co-operate, but re
luctantly admitted that General Per
shing was tired and needed a rest.
"For two years General Pershing
lias been under a great strain," said
the senator. "He has a report to
make of his stewardship and that
is on his mind. If he can see his
,way clear I feel sure he would be
only too glad to include Omaha in
his list of places to be visited, and
it will give me pleasure to urge him
to accept Omaha's hospitality if it
is physically possible."
Obstructions are- removed from
Paris sewers by a hollow wooden
ball six feet in diameter, moved by
a flow of the sewage.
Hitchcock and Lodge
Go to Mat in Senate
(Continued From M Ono.V
would not attempt by -artificial
means to delay consideration, but
that there' would be "due considera
tion" so everybody could be heard.
There was no objection in the end,
and the amendment was temporar
ily passed over.
After the clerk had started tnto
the next article Senator Lodge
stopped the reading with a motion
to adjourn until Friday. Senator
Reed, democrat. Missouri, gave no.
tice todav that he would discuss the
treaty then, and while formal read
ing may continue this week, Senator
Lodge "said he had promised mem
bers, including two democratic sen
ators, that there would be no vote
until next week.
Full Day's Run.
All things considered, the Keaty
had virtually a full days' run, start
ing off with a three-hour address by
Senator Sherman, republican, Illi
nois. It was evident that the sen
ate was in a fighting frame of mind,
as Senator Sherman was interrupt-
A nJa., k, Cortotr,. T-tifrHrnrlf and
SenatorWalsh, democrat, Colorado,
and answered by benator McKeiiar,
democrat, Tennessee.
After Senator McKeiiar had de
livered a spirited defense of the
treaty. Senator Lodge 'callerf atten
tion to the president's statement in
an address last night at Portland,
Ore, that the senator in 1915. fa
vored the league of nations, and
quoted from more than a score of
speeches by the president to show,
he said, inconsistencies on the lat
ter's part. Change of mind had
nothing to do with the merits of
the case, the senator declared, and
his statement that the United States
was the best hope of mankind and
would remain so. provided it did not
become involved in foreign entan
glements, was vigorously applauded.
Senator Williams followed Sena
tor Lodge, and said there were con
stant changes before and after the
country entered tne war. and that
the president with magnificent com
mon sense had met them as they
arose."
POSTAL EMPLOYE'S
RE - INSTATEMENT
ISASKEDBYA.F.L.
Activities in Labor Circles
Blamed for Dismissal
of Omahan.
Efforts are being made by the
Omaha Postoflfice Clerks' union No.
134, of the National Federation of
Tostal Employes, to have A. C.
Smead, who was removed from the
Omaha postoffice, reinstated. It is
alleged that Mr. Smeads removal
was caused by his recent activities
in Omaha labor controversies.
During the recent teamsters strike
Mr. Smead is said to have been a
member of the committee which
presented the teamsters' troubles to
Mayor Smith. The union now de
clares that these actions led to the
dismissal of Mr. Smead.
W. M. Coble; inspector of the
Postoffice department, refused to
discuss the case. Postmaster Fan
ning says that reports concerning
Mr. Smead were investigated. The
report of the case was sent to the
postmaster general with the recom
mendation that Mr. Smead be re
moved from service.
The case of Mr. Smead has been
taken up by Secretary Morrison of
the American Federation jCf Labor
with the first assistant postmaster
general. The Omaha postoffice
union passed a resolution Sunday
afternoon condemning the Postof
fice department for the removal of
Mr. Smead.
An English railroad is painting
the hand rails of its freight cars
white so that trainmen can see
them more easily at night.
Hold Seamen for Mutiny.
Washington, Sept. 16. Eighteen
seamen have been arrested on tRe
United States steamship Katonah.
charged with mutiny on the high
seas, said a dispatch today from
Bermuda to the State department.
Release Grand Opera Tenor
With Contract at $15 Per
New York, Sept. 16. Urelio Bo
dini, the Italian tenor who was de
tained at Ellis Island as a contract
laborer on his arrival last week to
join the Metropolitan Opera com
pany, was released in custoday of
the opera company's counsel pend
ing disposition of his appeal to the
authorities in Washington. Bodini
came here to join the opera com
pany's chorus at a salary of $15 a
week.
The decision in his case will affect
a number of others who are expect
ed from Italy in October.
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A Bank Is as strong as Its Directors
Joseph Hayden
Is one of Omaha's most
uncceMful Merchant.
Hl one thought haa al
ways been to do htn tit
most for Omaha.
He's a Corn Exchange
Director.
SCCCESS IK BUSINESS IS A FRANCHISE TO THOSE WHO CAJJ
ORGANIZE C0-OrERATOR5.
A Checking Account Would
Have Saved That Man His $1200
Tn these days when we read iu the papers of hold-ups
and pickpockets, the one lesson that should be learned
is the safety of a savings or' checking account.
AND had tlpt most unfortunate man who had
his pockets picked of $1,200.00 while going to
pay for his new home, used the eck book, in
place of carrying the cash today he would be
another of Omaha's proud homeowners.
Let us suggest that you come in today and deposit your
cash; it's not safe in your pocket or hiding place; a check
book will protect your savings and prove most convenient.
. The Corn Exchange has an interest in you.
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