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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1919)
THE BEE; OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1919. STEEL MILLS ARE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN BY STRIKE 44,000 Men in One District Join Walkout and in Every Plant Work Is Suspended. (Contianoa mm Fr On.) labor that hundreds of men were set to sweeping floors for lack of other tasks. . . In the Chicago district where vnion leaders claim an additional 10,000 men had gone out, more steel steel plants were closed in South Chicago and Indiana Harbor, al though a: the latter place officials of an "independent" explained their shutdown had been ordered merely to avoid responsibility for industrial warfare. Yesterday only the Gary mills of the United States Steel cor poration, some plants in East Chi cago and five independent mills in Hammond, attempted operation. , Most Marked Success. In the Youngstown district pro per, strikers achieved .their most marked success, causing complete suspension of work in every plant in the Mahoning Valley by calling 44,000 men away from their posts. Union leaders boldly heralded a spread of the strike, declaring that whereas only 284,000 of the 500, 000 workers affected had marched out of the mills on the opening day, their ranks nov numbered 387,100. They predicted that today or to morrow would see the closing of many mere plants and announced they hoped to extend the strike to "Great Lake seamen and union trainmen. Industrial leaders, while with holdling their own figures, chal lenged the claims of labor's lead ers. Representatives of the Car negie company, the largest subsidy of the United States Steel corpora tion, declared that the situation was "much improved." An esti mate was made that, in the Pitts burgh district alone, 21,000 men had returned to vat and furnace. Rioting Is Frequent -The second day of the struggle was marked by rioting. Monday's disorders in Newcastle and Farrell, Pa., wire renewed, with increasing casualties, so that additional num bers of state troopers were sent there to reinforce, the militia al ready on duty, while in Pitts burgh, ivhich had its first serious disturbance last night, several per sons were injured in street fight ing. In Buffalo, , N. Y Monday night's disturbances assumed more menacing proportions, for last night one man was killed and four per sons wounded when guards at the Lackawanna Steel company are al leged to have opened fire with shot guns on 3,000 strike sympathizers massed near one of the gates, af ter the crowd had hurled bricks and stones. With the increase of disorder in the Pennsylvania steel towns Wil liam Z. Foster, secretary of the na tional committee of steel workers, who previously had stated no pick eting had been ordered and the men had been told to stay away from the plants, charged that much of the dis order was due to presence of the state troopers, who, he alleged, had made "unprovoked assaults upon in nocent strikers." , Congress to Investigate. ' Another factor was introduced yesterday into the strike situation when congress ordered the senate labor committee to investigate the industrial struggle to ascertain "if the situation can in any way be re lieved by federal action." The in quiry will begin tomorrow and be fore it ends it is expected Elbert H. Garyi" directing head of the United State Steel corporation; Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and John J. Fitzpatrick, organizer of the steel workers, will appear before the com mittee. . By order of Governor Smith of New York 25 state troopers left Al- KISSES AND KIDS ( FORM PLATFORM OF GIRL'S SUIT "Dan Wished for Latter and . Transmitted. Former and Now the Piper's to Pay. -By I'nlTarsal Service. New York, Sept. 23. Millions of "burning kisses"sent by mail, ref erence to the time when the preach er will say "put the ring on," and an admonition to have two babies "as quickly as possible," all contained in a letter on stationery of "The Her mitage," Times Square, were con sidered ample proof "by Miss Flor ence Callahan that Daniel M. Locey promised to marry her. Several letters said to have been written by Mr. Locey were sub mitted by Miss Callahan in the bill of particulars she filed today in the supreme court in response to Mr. Locey's demand that she show just where and how he promised mar riage. She is suing him for breach of promise. One of the Letters. One of the letters reads in part: "My Dear Darling: Just a few lines before I go to bed. I hope I will always cover you up with kindness, courtesy, love, and hope to be able to give you everything money can get. After referring to "the ring," the letter continues: "I am going to lead a clean Chris tian life from now on and give you most of my time. We must be pals, sweethearts, lovers, always. "I wanted you to enjoy life, but you are set on two babies, and 111 bany shortly before midnight to pre serve order at Lackawanna. The first agreement between mill owners and striking employes was reached yesterday when the Wheel ing Steel and Iron company at Mar tins Ferry, O., posted notices in forming its employes that operation would be resumed within a few days under a union agreement. love them, too. Have them as quick ly as possible, and you still will have lots of time to enjoy life. Enter tht Kisses. "I will close, trusting this finds you in the best of spirits, and with abundance of real love and millions of burning kisses. . "Yours alone till death, DAN." Between July 4, when the above tetter was written, and July 31, the writer's "burning kisses' appear to have cooled, for in the latter epistle he informed Miss Callahan that he was g'oing west and asked to be re leased from all obligations. Douglas County Gives Salary Raises to Many , Of . Its Employes Salaries of a number of county employes in the court house were raised Tuesday by the county com missioners. The total increase in the salary list amounts to about $1,000 a motth. Eight men in the county clerk's office were raised from $120 to $140 a month, and the index clerk from $102 to $115 a month. Four men in the county judge' of fice were raised from $140 to $150 a month. 'In the treasurer's office several men clerks had their salaries in creased from $135 to $140 a month. The two chief clerks in the county assessor's office were raised from $165 to $185 a month and the other clerks from $120 to $135 a month. The salary of the election com missioner's assistant was increased from $115 to $130 a month. Stenographers in all these offices were given an increase from $90 to $100 a month. Elevator operators' salaries were i. reased from $90 to $100 a month, Charwomen were given an in crease from $3.00 to $3.20 a day. Salaries in the other county offices are fixed by law. 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When you play Victrola Records on the Victrola and only on the Victrola you really hear these great artists exactly as they themselves heard and approved their own work. 1 : . Hear the world's greatest artists on the Victrola today at any Victor dealer's, gladly play any music you wish to hear. Victors and Victrolas $12 to $950. Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. 1 ,1 t f I i He will L V "Victrola" U the Regiered Trademark of tht Victor Tilktnf Machine CoopuT, designating the product! of thli Company only, ::-v Victor lUcordj demoaKraced at all dealer on the IK of neb mead) Dr. Bernard A. McDermott was served yesterday with a summons to appear in district court to answer the divorce suit filed by his wife, Mrs. Sophia Helena McDermott, nearly three weeks ago. Mrs. Mc Dermott named Mrs. Minnie Storr Higgins corespondent. Dr. McDermott left the city right after hia wife's suit was filed and the deputy sheriffs, though they waited at his office in the First Na tional Bank building for two days, were unable to serve him with the summons. Says Amendment to Cut Heart of Treaty (Continued From Fax One.) this nation would get in any way league or no leaeue. lo adoDt such a reservation, con tinued Mr. Wilson, was not to in terpret the covenant, but would constitute an "absolute withdrawal from the responsibilities of article 10, and consequently a rejection of the treaty. Duty to Accept Headship. Instead of wanting to get what Ti '.I . it couia witnout assuming any responsibility, it was the nation: duty, he said, to accent the leader ship which the world now offered That could be done, he continued without in any way impairing: na tional sovereignty, because no great decision could be taken without the vote of the United States. The president was cheered again when he said that the "only serious forces" back of the movement to reject or change the treaty "pro cced from exactly the same sources as the pro-Oerman propaganda pro ceeded from. He. added that he had no notion of reflecting upon the public men who were aiding the opposition, but he declared they were pleasing Germany by their at titude, .through certain channels open to the government, he said he knew Germany was "praying' that the United States would stay out of the league. Division of Spoils. Every previous treaty, said . the president, had been a division of spoils, while the present document was an absolute retrunciation of spoils. Everywhere throughout the world, he asserted, settlements had been made on the theory that the people themselves should determine what form of government they should have. Through the people, the president said, he was appealine to senators to take a second thought if they in tended to write into the treaty any such reservation as that he had quoted. The president also discussed the Shantung provision, repeating: his previous statements that the league covenant offered the best hope for China's interests. He asked his hearers to make felt their moral judgment that the thing for Amer ica to do was to redeem the pledsre by accepting the treaty. Woman Says Her Husband Liked Liquor Too Well Louis Heeelsteln boasted that he loved liquor more than he loved his wife, according to her petition for divorce, filed Tuesday in district court. ne also loved Oermany even wnue this country .was at war, she alleges, and boasted that he was "a Hun" to such an extent that "it became embarrassing to her. He remarked that he would like to get into the army so he could get to Germany where he could get plenty of drinks, she charges. His devotion to liquor, she says, finally lost him his job at Benning ton, Neb., and is now employed at Spencer in Boyd county.' When he left Bennington, he1 took along their household turn .ure, she says, and also $150 worth of Liberty bonds be longing to her. They were married in 1910. She asks the return of her Liberty bonds and half the furniture with a divorce decree. Woman Trusted Man With Her Ring; Both Missing Ethel Winner told police late Mon day night that she was sorry she has such a trusting disposition. She trusted a man named Fred Allman with a diamond ring worth $250 and Allman proved unworthy of the trust. Miss Winner lives at 2530 Capitol avenue, she says she met Allman yesterday afternoon and he took her to dine at a restaurant on Dodge street He admired her diamond ring and insisted upon wearing it, she says. He'd take care of it, he said. After dinner he proposed that they eo to the show at a theater. They walked up there, she says, and he went in to buy tickets. He came out and suggested that they walk until show time. They walked. At the Paxton hotel he asked her to wait while he "washed his hands." She waited. She waited for two hours, she relates.' Then she told the police. Thieves Hide Stolen Autos In Village Pond Pittsburtr. Kan.. Sent. 23. Sinking stolen cars in the middle of a pond as a means of hiding them from the police or owners is the latest wrin kle in certain circles here. Recently an automobile was stolen. Several boys later swimming in a pond dis covered part of a car. They reported it to the police and it was taken from the pond and proved to oe the stolen car. Licensed to Wed Chicago. III.. Sent. 23. (Special Telegram.) Frode C. Anderson of Council Bluffs, la., licensed to wea Miss Agnes Ammentorf of Chicago here today. Wants 18 Oil Tankers Assigned to Germany - Paris, Sept. 23. Frank L. Polk, under secretary of state, and head of the American delegation to the peace conference, is endeavoring through the supreme council to have 18 tank ships assigned to Germany for use in shipping oil from the United States for German indus tries. The representatives of the five great powers had agreed to let Germany have these tankers and contracts were entered into by the Germans with American firms for oil. The supreme economic coun cil at Brussels last week, however, ordered Germany fo turn the ves sels over to the allies. As the United States is not yet represented on the commissions created under the treaty with Ger many, the American delegation had no voice in the council meeting at Brussels. Mr. Polk, therefore, must handle the question ' through the supreme council, thus handicapping American business interests, in the opinion of the delegation. A European record for the most heavily laden freight train was established by a Russian railroad when an American locomotive haul ed a train 2,800 feet long with a load of 4424 tons. King to Visit Frisco Washington, Sept 23. The king and queen of Belgium will visit Sail Francisco October 15, going from there to the Yosemite valley and thence to Los Angeles, Senator Phe lan of California announced today, after a conference with Assistant Secretary of State Long. Senator Phelan said it was thought that only one day would be spent at San-Frin-cisco. v Sandals patented by a Michigan inventor consist of single pieces of wood shaped to fit the sole of th foot and grooved on top for ventil ation and prevent the foot from slipping. The Weather. For 24 hour andfnr at 8 D. m. Septem ber 13: Temperature. Dry Bulb. Wet Butb. t . re 60 4o Noon (6 68 8 p. m 70 56 Hlaheat. 78: lowest. t: mean. 64; nor ma.!, 63.. Total excels since January . ' Relative Humidity, Percentage. 8 a. m., 67; noon, 89: 8 p. " . Precipitation, Inches and Hundredth. Total., none. Total aince January 1, 21.11; eictea, 8.(4. i Taomt5SC5ivBeld.eii &Gh w m w 0 - . Ilielhslijoit Genfer J&rWmt&i Autumn' Suits Are in Order The cool, crispy evenings of Indian Summer, with a soft haze onfthe hills, are here. There is an invigorating tang in the air that quickens sluggish blood, makes it sheer joy to live, to be up and doing. But there is a chill that calls for warmer clothing, i The glowing rich colorings oiFall foliage were employed, soft, luxuriv ous fabrics were evolved, to create for your pleasure suits with the true Autumn spirit. As an example-the suit sketched is a fine dragonfly blue made from peach bloom and trimmed with wide bands of kolinsky. - We urge that you see our splendid collection while it is complete. 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