THE ' OMAHA' SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 28, 1919.
5 ,
ISOLATION IS
THREATENING
-BRITISH ISLE
- , ,;f .
Railroad Strike to Tie Up All
Traffic as Others Join v
Jn the Walk- ; . .
'kr&v ' out ,.v
if
Gen; Pershing "Discovered"
By (rYM Girl Oyer seas
"' (JtenUaue rram rM One.)
Decretory of the Natioial Union o
Railwaymen after the audience for
an houn Jiadsune.'TheRed Flag"
! v n-dclive-ed a heated speech of cen
sure against the government, and
,t' declared that trouble was brewing
jjj- which nwghr-lead.to bloodshed.
. Both Thomas and C T. Cramp,
president of the, union, "-who had
Dreceded him. asserted that the men
wera firmly behind the leaders in
hii great crisis.
,', President Cramp denounced the
1 1 government statement ' regarding
. tlw purpose of the strike as a "de
tK liberate lie." It was nofl the pub
He with whom the strikers were at
' war, he declared, it was the people
r who were for the moment in the
position of directing the affairs of
A the country. '
' 1 --All "the oowers of hell, the press,
platform and perhaps the pulpit,"
would be . invoked against the
-v .trilf.r said President Cramo. but
. if'.they remained 'solid they would
be victorious." ' ' . J ,
" "God Help the Country.
'-' Both ipeakers denounced what
l they characterized 4s the govern
't ment attempt to bias the mind of
V'the" public ly saying that the
' strike- was not in defense of union
r, rights but against the life ,of the
; community. Answering the prem
' ier'j strong statement earlier in the
, day that the strike was an anar--chistic
conspiracy agamst the gov
ernment, Secretary Thomas de
clared, if that were true, "God help
1 the country." -:"
: He had warned the government
that their proposals would be fatal
to peace. 8 He knew that trouble was
r brewing that might lead to blood-
shed. " '
"My -answer to the prime minis
. ter's challenge," said Mr. Thomas,
"is that if he will now say to us
officially himself, not influenced or
intimidated by any one else; if he
; will sayi as head of the state. at
j-h: is prepared to concede the ---ie
-'. ciple ; to "all railway servants,
. then the strike cancea:e at once."
' I- Political Atmosphere.
- Official pronouncement from gov
ernment sources and bitter rejoin
- ders from the railway executives,
Is, fDupled witn . tne attituae ,vi me
- press, which js largely with the gov
f ' ernment, tus surrounded the strike
with J decidedly political "atmos--
phere.'The general feeling expressed
by the newspapers is that the pres
' ,ent struKRle is a test between the
relative power of V" government
Y"and; of the '. organized working
! " classes. .vp.- ' . "
A lengthy verbatim report issued
JUiu tonight concerning -Friday's
t' ict between the government
way men shows that Secre-
niry l nomas asicea tor a minimum
-Of 60 fhillinsrs a. week for all'work-
b yert, Mr. Uoyd "George 1 admitted J
. mil ?ne railway men oeiore me wa.
( kad been "disgracefull underpaid."
,. A few trains;, manned by non
,tnioftists) pufled out of theLondon
)4- stations during -the day. everal
. trains -which left' for the north to
. -' night went stopped by pickets and
y. the, engines taken off. '.
i 4 '; t Lloy4 George Talks.
-Premier Lloyd George, telegraph-
- ing ms regrets that he would be un-
able to attend the soldiers' celebra-
j uon at Carnarvon, says:
.iIIn & long arfd varied exoerience.
- I 'can recall sip "-strike entered into
0 iio'lightly, with so, little justification
, ' and such entire disregard for public
f- interest. -The strike is not one in
t which it can;b contended that the
. wprkera are seeking to wring fair
1 wages from harsh employers, whose
..t;- wi: i ' - t.
I'.ium, uc vcucvcu w ue excessive.
Jii this case the railway men are
"ielinf direct with the community. '
?,;o"The State is bow - runnincr
' VTaifays at a lois, djie in the main
, . 1. . . . .
: iu me enormous increase ma&e in.
' the wages of the railway, workers,,
since the beginning- of the war and
'als,o to, the. great reduction in the
J, .hours. of labor." This loss is being
,v borne by the general 'tax pavers,
- duo will soon have to be passed on
;-ro the general public in the form of
1 .increased fares and charges. On its
itic siriKc iq inexpiicaoie. '
- "The dispute is about, something
which - cannot possibly com into
operation until next year? yet the J
) nation if thrown, into the, disloca-
tioa' of. "a, hurried strike without
even a week s warning. :
Pointing out that the men declined
even' to discuss the government's
;v"offef to consider any particular in
jiincrion,. the premier declares:
. Entitled to Week's Notice.
; "Every employer, every worker is
j , entitled to at least one week's no
4, - tice to terminate contracts of erv
ice. . ,
"I am convinced that the vast ma-
j'oTfty of the trade unionists of the
!ahd are opposed to this anarchist
conspiracy. They can see the ruin
"aftd misery, it has brought in other
hitherto guarded their organizations
t' against "the control , of these . in
r 1 triguers. These men have made
many efforts to get hold of the lov-
Jl'ers of trade unionism; so far alltheir
V endeavors have en,ded in failure, r1
ij "There is no. more patriotic body
i: of meii in this country thaa the rail-"
f -, way, men and their conduct during
I :'. the war demonstrated "that fact
; Vhen they realize that they are not
fighting for fair conditions for la-
.bor of their class, but are being used
by-extremists to 'further aims not
tneir own, they will quit" ,
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Xlty Rich Church Goers. '
London. "Our , country must
be saved frojn the tow ideals which
threaten itr said the Rev. F. B.
Meyer. ' People coming . to church
Hn the latest fashions and dressed
-in their smartest clothes -make it
; difficult for people -who cannot
) afford such extravagance to sit with
Ahem. - The church was never in
n tended to be a sort of parade ground
-for showing off the-latest and most
.""absurd fashions.- .. r.X ,
"Thal surplus piece- of furniture
5-;-can be turned into cash' by a Bee
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MISS CARROLL MCOMAS
New laurels have been found for
Gen. John J. Pershing, and the dis
coverer of them is Miss Carroll Mc
Cofnas, Y. M. C. A. worker, who has
just returned from six months over
seas as an entertainer for the
doughboys.
"I had been giving shows for the
boys," Miss MoComas explains,
"traveling all over France Verdun,
the Argonne,, Sedan and many other
places. I went over in November
when they had pulled the. war out
from under me, although I was try
ing all summer to get across.
"In the latter part of the winter
and the early spring my unit went
to the army of occupation iu Ger-
Only One Balloon .
In Big Race Not
Yet Accounted for
St: Louis, Sept. 27. AtS:30 to
night, marking the .end of the first
24 hours in the army-navy' balloon
iace started from here yesterday,
only one of the five contestants re
mained unaccounted for., The bal
loon for which no report had been
received is a . navy representative
f ron Washington, D. C.,- pjloted by
Lieut. R. :EmersQn and .Ensign F.. L.
Sloman. ' - j ' , '
A telegram received during the
afternoon by Maj. A. B. Lambert,
official of the derby, reported that
the Langley field, Virginia, craft
alighted in Lake Michigan 20 miles
from the shore at Marinette, Wis.,
about 500 miles from St. -Louis.
Capt. Bi P. Phillips of the army an
nounced in his, message that he: and
his aid, Lieut. Byron T.' Burr, ancl
the equipment had been rescued.
Three .ballopns from each branch
of the service' were originally scheduled-
for the start, but one- navy bag
failed to compete owing to a leak.
The other navy entrant, from the
Pensacola, Fla., naval training sta
tion, was reported today as having
landed a few--miles noAh of Menom
inee, Mich., a distance of approxt-inately-484
mites northeast of this
city.- ' . '
Qf tne other two army entrants,
the Fort " Qmaha bag came down
near St. Louis shortly after the start
and a Brodksfield", Tex., craft de
scended at Pittsfield, . Wis.,- a dis
tance of approximately 435 'miles.
Uncle Sam Gets Eight
; Giant German Liners
. (Conttnod From Fage One.)
company of New Jersey contends
are its property.,, The ships were op
erated under the German flag, but
the company claimed they belonged
to its German subsidiary. " -
Ordered Ships Turned Over.
Under-Secretary of State Polk,
Mead of the American peace delega
tion at Paris, has sought to have the
12 oil ships allocated for" the trans
portation of oil from the United
States to Germany. The repre
sentatives .of the five great powers
at Paris agreed, but the supreme
economic council, on which the
United States is not now represent-
eo, ordered Uermany, tojturn the ves
sels over to the allies. r.
In announcing, that the shipping
ooard would retain the eight Ger
man liners, Mr. Rosseter said their
allocation to the United States was
permanent. When , the ships were
delivered by the Germans in Eng
land, the shipping board, it was ex
plained," turned them oy,er to the
War department for use as. trans
ports and has now taken them back
for., commercial employment"
Could Only Return. Them,
; ' It was said at the War department-
today that since the ships
had been assigned to it by the ship
ping board, the department's only
course "was to 'return them when
no longer needed as transports. At
the State department it was said
that the . matter .had not been
brought formally to the attention
of.officials there and no state
ment was forthcoming..
Great Britain has contended that
the ahVwarion nf thr pitrht linam
bv the inter-allied romtnissinn was t
only temporary and that when the
heed for the ships as troop trans
ports had passed they were to re
vert to the allied pool for perman
ent" allocation, among the allied and
associated nations.
- Officials jof the shipping board
would tiot say upon what authority
they were acting. It was expected,
however, that the whole question
would be brought to the attention
of President Wilson upon his re
turn to1 Washington, either "by the
board or by Viscount Grey, the new
British ambassador,' who arrived
today , to take up . his duties.
Rye Watered, His Defense. "
New York. Charged with selling
liquor in violation of the war-time
prohibition act. John J. Hanlev said
that' the' liquor was diluted to such j
an extent mat it did not come under
the provisions of the law. He was
hela for further examination
many. Then we were told of the
big dinner which the air service
was to give for General Pershing in
the Casino at Coblenz, and we were
'commanded' to appear. :
"Let me say that General Persh
ing's dancing is superb. He waltzes
and he one-steps. I ''realty can't
praise his dancing any more highly
than hv savinc' that he dances as
i well as one of his own doughboys,
and they-are the best dancers in the
world. He has speed, control, grace
and a splendid sejise of rhythm."
The hardest work of her career,
Miss McComas says, was her efforts
Overseas to Keep the boys content
ed, and only the realization of the
importance of such work kept her
from faltering. Three shows every
day with an appearance in a dra
matic sketch at every show and
then an enormous "jump" to an
other camp were her regular stint,
and most of the time she a'te "can
ned willie" and "goldfish" and slept
qn sTraw beds. But the gratitude
of the -doughboys, Miss McComas
insists, paid her a thousand times
over for all the inconveniences.
PRESIDENT STAYS
ABOUT THE SAME,
GRAYSON REPORTS
Remains in ' BerJ Nearly All
Day on Train Speeding
-; to Washington.
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On Board President Wilson's Spe
cial TrainJ-rAlthough benefited by
several hours' sleep, President Wil
son's condition showed no impor
tant change tonight, while the spe
cial train oti which he made his in
terrupted tour of the country was
approaching Washington. .
Late in the afternoon Dr. Gray
son, Mr. Wilson's personal physi-
rian taction this statement:
i "The condition of the patient this-
afternOoX shows no material change
since, this morning, but he has ben
efited from the sleep and rest of the
early hours of the
Remaining in bed nearly all day
the president was said to have re
gained some of the loss of strength
which followed his' nervous attack
of .yesterday. His train is due m
Washington tomorrow morning and
he'will be taken to .the White House
for a more complete-rest from his
long , speechmaking trip for the
peace treaty.
Second Bulletin.
The bulletin issued by Dr. Gray
son was the second of the day, a
morning statement declaring there
was little change from Mr. Wilson's
condition of yesterday, which had
been described as "not-alarming."
Mr. Wilson sat up a short time
during the early afternoon, but Dr.
Grayson, enforcing strict!y his rule
of absolute rest, did not. permit his
patient tp give attention to executive
affairs , or to exert hims&lf in any
other way. The physician spent
practically the entire day with the
president and insisted on keeping his
mind away from the cares of his of
fice and of the treaty fight.
. During the entire day Mrs. Wilson,
too, was in constant attendance upon
her husband, insisting upon acting
as his nurseand ministering in per
son to- many of his wants.
Dr. Grayson seemed particularly
pleased at the rest which the presi
dent was able to get during last
night and this morning. , Through
out the evening and early " night
Mr. Wilson had been restless, but
in the early morning he fell into a
sound sleep, which lasted for sev
eral hours. Although still Weak, his
rest during the night helped him to
pass a more comfortable day. -
Speeding eastward on a clear
track, the presidential special ran
virtually without schedule, railroad
officials making what speed they
could without taking unnecessary
risks. No stops were made except
at long intervals to take on- water
or change engines. It was thought
tonight that the capital would be
reached not later than 8 o'clock to
morrow morning.
Aboard the train it was packing;
up day for the members of the presi
dential party, who virtually have
made their home aboard since the
departure from Washington three
and a half weeks ago. '
During the trip of nearly 10,000
miles all of those in the party, in
cluding the president and Mrs. Wil
son, have spent all but three nights
on the train.
Late today the president, on the
advice of . Dr. Grayson definitely
abandoned his plan to go to New
York next Friday to welcome King
Albert of Belgium.
The president wired the State de
partment asking that some one else
be designated to officially repre
sent the government in extending
the nation's welcome to the royal
visitor. Later he expects to meet
the king at the White House.
Orders Less Speed.
As the train neared Pittsburgh,
running at a rate in excess of most
express trains, Dr. Grayson object
ed to the pace and it was decided
to slacken it during the night. It
was understood Mr. Wilson became
uneasy at the way the train was
speeding and that Dr. Grayson de
cided a slower pace would be ad
visable in the interest of the pa
tient's comfort.
At the rear end of the train, the
president's private car had the hard
est jolts as the special cracked
arounds curves and bumped over
switches along the way. Under the
new schedule no attempt will be
made to reach Washington until 11
o'clock tomorrow morning. . .
Dr. Grayson issued no further for
mal bulletin, but he told inquirers
late tonight that the president was
doing "as well as could be expected."
- "He, still suffers frefm headaches
and nervousness," said Dr. Grayson,
IP
:aieBK
"but he has secured a little refresh
ing sleep and retained some nour
ishing food. Ibelieve he will re
spond to the simple treatment of
complete rest." ,
Goldman Released.
Jefferson City, Mo, Sept. 27
Emma Goldman, who, has been in
the Missouri -state pchitentiary for
violation of the espionage act, was
released and left for New York.
Germans Respected Yank
Prisoners vin World War
Washington, Sept. 27. While the
German government failed to live
up to agreements concerning hous
ing and care of 'American prison
ers of war, their treatment was
merciful on the whole, and there
was no systematic abuse, accord
ing to a statement by Carl jP. Den
nett of, Boston, Red Cross commis
sioner for prisoners' welfare during
the war. x . . ..
Yeomen Dance .
On "Wednesday evening the
Omaha Homestead 1404, Brother
hood of American , Yepmen, wjl)
give a dance in the "Yeomen Castle"
Eighteenth and Harney streets,
after the electrical parade.
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with hundreds of super-values, covering every household need and which are now awaiting
youx inspection. ' .-
V
Our Bedroom Showing Is an Extensive Showing of
Interesting values
Mahogany Dresser An attractive period design,
similar to illustration $52.50v
Chiffonette in Mahogany to match ........ $39,50
Bed in Mahogany to match...: $35.00
Ivory Vanity Dresser Handsomely finished
l " V $75.00
Ivory Dresser Medium size," large mirror. $42.50
Ivory Dressing Table A value at.. ..$39.50
Walnut Triple Mirror Dressing Table.... $42.50
Mahogany or Walnut Four-Poster Beds.... $45,00
Fumed Oak Dresser Large size. $24.50
Fumed Oak Bed Adam design ..$17.50
Golden Oak Chiffonier Six, drawers...... $16.50
Golden Oak Dressers Each a big value at ,
$14.00 $19.50 24.50 and $27,50
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What happened
last night at
The Fontenelle
V
AST EVENING, in the Music- Room of
the Fontenelle,;' a large audience, of in
vited guests heard George Copeland play;
with delicate skill and tremendous
'power, and in the next few nloments heard the piano, '
entirely of itself, reproduce the same beautiful rehdi- .
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Tliey heard Coreland as he will play for their grand
children and great-grandchildren.
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a direct comparison of the living Copeland
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The most critical listener, could not tell one from the
other. '. . : " - ' v ' .
If you were pot one of those present at last
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Mahogany Davenports Cane back and ends, up
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Mahogany Chair to match $43.50
Mahogany Settee Cane back and ends, Uphol
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Golden Oak Library Tables
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Cretonne up-
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Golden Oak Dining Tables 42-inchfop, 6-foot extension, at. .$18.00
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Mahogany Dining Room Table 54-inch top ..$39.75
Mahogany Buffet-Handsoniely finished, spacious drawer room.
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