THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESPAT, OCTOBEK IP,
UNCLE SAM IS
TRYING TO AVERT
1 MINERS' STRIKE
Cabinet Discusses Situation
' and Conference With
- Union Heads. Will
-r-Be Called.. -
' , Washington, Oct 14. Immediite
stepi to avert the threatened nation-wide
strike of bituminous coal
mine workers are to be taken by the
ftrl niwrnniMit Aftfi Presi
dent Wilson' cabinet had discussed
the situation , at length Secretary
Wilson of the' Department of Labor
announced that he would invite
tohn L. Lewis, president of, the
mited Mine Workers of America,
and Jonn L. Brewster, representing
the operators, to confer with him
here, probably Thursday,
While efforts of the- miners and
operators to reach an agreement on
the demands of the workers, which
include increased pay and shorter
houri, have failed Secretary Wilson
ii hopeful that some amicable ad
justment of the controversy can be
made.- It is understood that he will
impress upon both Mr. Lewis tnd
1 Mr. Brewster the importance of un
interrupted operation of the mines
upon the life of the nation. v -4
.Would Stop Railroads.
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on the railroads is understood to be
uppermost in the minds of govern
ment officials, as a shutdown oi the
mines would result in a paralysis of
-the transportation system within a
short tjme, with consequent suffer
ing over the country because of the
shutting off , of populous centers
from food supplies. Industries also
would be brought to a standstill with
" public utilities stopped and shipping
tied up, - - .
President Lewis of the miners un
ion, who ha j been' in this city con
ferring vith other union officials,
went to Indianapolis to prepare the
call for the strike on November 1.
Official hope the issuing of the call
will be deferred until after the con
lerence here. Should the conference
be barren of results further action
by the government is expected, but
no one in authority would venture
to suggest wtat form that action
' would .take.
' Wholtf Cabinet May Hecide.
While the cabinet decided to leave
B"ie settlement of the strike with the
epar'rm-nt of Labor, it was regard
ed as more than likely, that if .the
conference failed the entire cabinet
would consider the next course,
i (Besides threatened strike ofj coal
jniners, the cabinet discussed the
general industrial situation today'
and it w announced that Secretary
Baker would make a statement on j
the subject tomorrow before the I
, Federation of Women's Clubs-, at
Cleveland. .
Unions. OaU Off Strike.
1 ; New York, Oct. 14. Six of the
largest longshoremen's local unions
voted to return to work, John F. Ri
ley, chairman of the longshoremen's
Strike-committee, announced, i nese
localsi he ' said. ' have a combined
membership of 15,000" workers.
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' and a a Preventative. tak. LAXATIVE
BRQMO O.UININB Tablets. Look for E.
' W. GROVE'S atgnatura on the box. SOo.
We're
Unpacking
Today
the very latest and newest of
this season's " , ... '
StlitS and
Cqats
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Tremendously
. Good Looking
and at a saving of $10.00 to
$23.Q0. on. every garment. .
i "The Specialty Shop"
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Sd floor Securities Bldg.
Man Police Ieclare
Has Confessed. to'.
Being Riot Leader
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(Oopttnn4 From fat On.)
Struck the mayor -that Weber ad
mitted the charge, the detectives
say.
Fired at Body.
He did not see the negro Brown
until the body had been strung up
on the telephone pole at Nineteenth
and Harney streets, Weber said.
the shots that were tound tired
out of the gun which Weber used
were aimed at the body, he con
fessed, according to the, defectives
Weber was removed to the county
jail and is being held without bonds.
Following" his arrest, his whs p
peare'd before military and ejvil
authorities begging - an interview
with her husband. She was refused.
Weber was working in the artists
department of the World-Herald up
to the time of his attest.
World-Herald Statement
Henry Doorjy, secretary and busi
ness manager of the company which
publishes the Wofld-Heraloi last
nignt said: . " '
If Leonard Weber is the toatu I
hope he gets his. If be struck the
mayor, he should go tcTthe peniten
tiary. . '
Mr. Doorly stated that he did not
know Weber personally and not
until Tuesday did'-, now that he
was in the employment of the
World-Herald.
"Of course, had we anV ideat that
Weber was implicated in the affair
we would have reported our knowl
edge to the police. I am surprised
that a man of his educationand abil
ity should have been involved in
that crime. I am sorry for his young
wife." . " ,
W. G. Crounse. vice president of
the company, stated he had nothing
to add to what Mr. Doorly saiL " i
New Planes Sold for
$200 on Baker's Order
Now Held at $5,000
(Continued From Page One.)
were sold to the Nebraska corpora
tion, but the Curtiss company pro
cured about 12H per 'cent new engines.
Baker to. Slams
Pressed by the chairman as to
reckless disregard of the govern
ment's interests in selling $2,700,000
worth of aircraft without knowing
what they were selling, or whether
the planes and engines were new or
old, Captain Disette insisted that
the responsibility rested entirely on
Secretary Baker, saying: '
"If the director of sales does not
approve of a sale, the question goes
to the secretary ot war. ut course,
his word is supreme. The director
of sales disapproved the sale to the
Curtiss company, but secretary
Baker ordered it, so we had nothing
to do but put it through,"
j; Now Selling at $5,000.
In response to a Question, the wit
ness said the- Curtiss people were
now selling the planes they rebought
from the government for from 2,
500 to $5,000 each for planes fitted
with engines. t . .
in mis connection u is interest
ing to Know tnat congressman
Keavis, chairman ot one ot tne sud
committees of the special investiga
tion committee, originally uncov
ered this situation, but his commit
tee not havinar jurisdiction turned
the matter over to Chairman Frear,
who has been able to fix the re-
soonsibihtv for the. loss oi S6U,"J0U
at the least calculation on Secretary
of War Baker, who overruled a
recommendation of a subordinate
that an inventory be made of sur
plus aircraft material.
Senate Debate Nearly
Reaches Boiling Point
'. (Conturaed From PM One.)
that he hadn't in the least changed
his mind about the1 truth of what
he had said. 1 ...
Says AU Pledges Broken.
Canatnf. frrtimhcr x reoublican
member of the foreign relations
committee, was speaking in reply to
rt,.;mn-T nrlerc of the committee
who had just concluded a prepared
the Shantung
amendment and declaring Japan was
building m China an empire menac
ing the United States. Japan re
t.ni.oci hid hrnkea her oledges
and would continue to do so, in fur
therance of her scheme for Chinas
iploitation. Mr. Lodge assertea.
argued that the proposed amend
ment would De ot no avau dcwu
Shantung already was in Japans
possession and altering the treaty
would not change that possession.
On th ether hand, he said, the
league of nations would put the
"riviVtfA wnrH with a crio UDOn
Ljapan's throat" to compel it to make
good us. promises io restore iuo
province to cnina.
Later Senator Reed made an ex
tended argument against the league,
asserting tnat if u had tne power to
force Tapan to give back Shantung,
it certainly would have the powei; to
compel tne United States .to do
whatever it desired. He aigued that
the league council and assembly
wftiitrt nnff K Itirf,et!i1 knrli.. k..i,f
every member would he an'intrt.
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party in any big world Question. ,
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DOUGLAS COUNTY
BILLS READY FOR
SECOND READING
Both Houses of Legislature
Receive Governor's Mes
sageMakes No Rec
omraendatlons.
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Cos tin trad rroa rat 6m.)
wired he would be present tomor
rowK Bushce, Bradstreet, Good,
Hammond, Sturm and Weaverling
absent ' " - , '
A motion to make the officers of
the last special session the officers
of this session with -the exception
that J. I Howell, assistant sergeant-at-arms,
who was absent at the spe
cial session, be. made assistant ser-
feant-at-arms, and that W, J.. Wells
e made' custodian of the senate
chamber, was carried. ... , . '
Bond BUI Up.
S. Fv No. 1, a bif) giying counties
authority to issue - bonds in .. an
emergency 'such-as exists In Doug
las county in the -burnlrg of thg
court ' house, with a provision that
contracts should be let by competi
tive bidding, was introduced in the
senate.
H. R. No. 1, introduced in the
house raises the pay of policemen
in Omaha to a maximum of $125
instead of $100 as at present, gives
an inspector of police $300 a month
instead of $200, and gives the city
authority to raise money to incre$e
the police force and repeals that
part pf the Omaha charter clause
which . restricts ' appointments for
police inspector and chief of police
to residents of the city of Omaha.
House Roll Call.
The roll-call in the house showed
the following absent: , Allen of
Gage. Anderson of Knox, Carsten
sen, Frost, Fuller, Hoover, Porter.
Rodman, Taylor; Street. Five oth
ers, Birdcall, Cole, Hunt, (Lar$en
and Williams have resigned. Some
of' the absentees possibly may 'have
appeared later. v
Tha-appropriation bills necessary
to cover: -tha usual expenses of a
session, salaries, mileage, etc., were
introduced. . ,
Both house! adjourned to meet to
morrow morning at 9 o'clock, when
bills will be read tha second time
and adjournment taken so. that all
who desire may visit Omaha and
view the ruins. The invitation of
tha Omaha Chamber of Commerce
was accepted and a resolution of
thanks adopted by each house, al
though, neither body will go offi
cially. Itis expected that . fully
two-thirds of the members will go
tomorrow. ,
State Solons Will Come v (
" HereJp'Vlew.Damage
Members of both booses ' of the
state legislature, now in special ses
sion at Lincoln, will com to Oma
ha toda and , go. through the
Douglas county court house, to view
the results of the recent rioting.
The party Is expected vto arrive
at 4 this afternoon.. F. A.
Brogan, chairman of tha executive
committee of the Chamber of Com
mence, extended an invitation by
telephone for the entire body to
take dinner 'at 6 this evening
in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms. v ' . ,
Mr.-" Brogan was notified Qt the
contemplated visit by Acting Mayor
Ure, who was in Lincoln yesterday.
He plans to have city and county of
ficials as well as members of the.
executive committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce at the dinner to
night. The dinner will ' be
an opportunity, for members of the
legislature and officials here to dis
cuss reconstruction plans Mr. Bro
gan says. ' ,
Will Address Engineers.
At the regular , meeting of the
Omaha chapter, American Associa
tion of Engineers, held last night at
the Chamber of Commerce, it was
announced that the chapter would be
addressed by Dr. J. F. Edwards.
Omaha's new health commissioner,
October' 21 at the University club.
WARNS AGAINST
SU PINE INACTION
TOWARD RADICAL
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Senator f oindexter Sees Real
Danger "Government Will
FaH'V Unless Some
; thing Is Done.
Washington, Oct 14. Warning
that there is. "real danger that the
government will fall" if it continues
its attitude of "supine inaction" to
ward the radical elements over the
country was given fn the senate by
Senator Poindexter republican,
Washington.
Referring to propaganda circu
lated at Gary, Ind urging steel
workers to revolt and establish a
dictatorship. Senator Poindextet
said there was ample proof of the
revolutionary movement, not only
at Gary, but throughout the country.
Many of the strikes now in effect,
he added, were called "in pursuance
of the revolutionists' plan to strike
down 'all government.' .
The Washington senator offered a
resolution asking why the Depart
ment of Justice had not proceeded
against the circulators of revolu
tionary propaganda. Senator
Thomas, democrat. Colorado, ques
tioned the need for the resolution.
He said the steel strikers in his state
had no grievance; that they were
fighting for nationalization of the
steel industry. - j '
Senator Pomercne, democrat,
Ohio, remarked that his information
was that the strike leaders were
holding out the inducement that the
plants soon would be in the em
ployes' hands as a means of getting
the men to remain in the unions.
Govurnment statistics - indicate
that the per capita consumption of
sugar in the United States is in
creasing about twice as rapidly as
the population.
Arbitration to End
v otnKeLauses irouDie
(CoatlfiaciJ From Far OoeJ
be final, after an attempt to recon
cile ditterences bad been made by a
joint committee of employers mad
employes, f The labor representa
tives ,would be chosen both by these
"out on strike and those remaining
in ha employ of the several com
panies. The climax of the day's tense ses
sions, one of which was recessed in
the midst of confusion, came when
Samuel Qompers, leader of tha la
bor delegation, made an impas
sioned plea for intervention in the
steel strike and reviewed the nego
tiations leading up to the calling of
the strike on September 22. '
' Looks at Gary.
Looking directly at Judge Gary,
chairman of the United States Steel
corporation, seated with the public
group, less than 13 feet away, the
labor leader declared that the steel
corporation had "acted like the bol
shevik!," in. refusing to meet repre
sentatives of the other party in the
dispute. Judge Gary kept his eyes
fixed on Wie labor leader's face
throughout the speech, but made no
reply when Mri Gompers concluded.
Outside the conference hall labor
delegates declared that the confer
ence would ba a flat failure unless
it took action, on the steel strike.
Several intimated that the labor
delegation might withdraw from the
conference if the arbitration resolu
tions were defeated, although more
conservative representatives did not
believe the group as a whole con
templated any such drastic action.:
.That tha employer group does ,
not favor intervention in existing
disputes, either under the labor or
substitute arbitration proposals, was
indicated by the remarks in the con
ference of L F. Loree, president
of the Delaware- fij Hudson rail
way, and a statement issued tonight
by Magnus W, Alexander, manag
ing director of the National Indus
trial conference board. The latter
expressed the belief that the major
ity of the delegates were "averse
to turning itself into a general ar
bitration board," while Mr. Loree
said that if action were to be taken
in the steel strike, it also would be
necessary to intervene in the coal
strike called for November 1, and
the numerous other labor disturb
ances. The conference rules were
again the subject of warm, controv
ercy, members of the public group
criticising and. labor delegates de
fending the group method of pro
cedure. v
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House Is Better. 7
New York. Oct R-CoL 'E. M.
House had a good night and hjs con
dition continues to improve,' It was
announced today by his. son-in-taw,
Gordon Auchineloss." .
Mavnr Wnfp Is V J
Regaining SbngtK -Rapidly
in the South
Mayor Smith has written to" his
Secretary. O. M. Olsen. stating that
he 'expects to leave Exceptor.
Springs, next Thursday ta go to-
mints U7i fia., wnere n wiu
visit a son, Lisle W. Smith, who has
a fruit farm, .
The mayor wrote that he is re
gaining his strength rapidly.
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tiid you ever hear McCorinack sing it? Gr
Farrar? Or Homer? Or MeMba? Ever since
you were a child you have loved "Annie
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N of these supreme artists sing it, have yoii
heard it in all its tenderness and beauty.
These great singers and practically every
great artist and entertainer of the day make
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-with the snugness through
the shoulder and sleeves
that girls desire with the
closely fitted waistline
and flared sides spon
sored' by Godet is given
a numberof interpreta
tions in our collection of
suits for young girls and
small women.
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A drxgonfly b l,u
broadcloth has a nar
row panel cominsr
from under the chok
er collar of nutria, ex
tending below the
hero of the coat and
finished with a wide
band of nutria..
ApparelThird' Floor -
Another broadcloth
suit in navy blue with
a Hudson seal collar
reaching to thk waist
line? is noticeable for
the cleverly tailored
back and smart flare,
at the sides.
Attractive
neckwear...
vests
of net with either round or
squar necklinca.
organdy
vests, daintily ruffled and
lace trimmed.
collars
separate or with cuffs, in
organdy and net
separate ' "
' collars or sets, a iVrarc iine
of pique models in attrac
tive desisifc
rufflingsi '
and vestings come by the
yard in both organdy and
net
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TheWm' Stop
Mere .ilk .hirta in pleasing
patterns and the hast' of
qualities from Manhattan
and Eagle nakers.
Sueerier unto suits m
light, medium and heavy
weights of cotton, wool mix
tures, all wool and silk mix
tures. Good values that will
serve you welL Regular
sizes and stouts. Sices 34
to 60. ,
Te the Left as You Enter.
Inexpensive,
gloves... 1
Washable leathe r-..;:
brown and sand ara
1 $2 ana ?2.2o a painj
Chamoisette -gloves;
in gray, brown, tan 'i
and white, are $l and ;
$1.25 a pair, '. '. C
"BienJolie'
treco corsets
We are selling more':
this season than ever
before selling them
t because every JBien-
Johe we sold last year
qualified.
Calls fori Bien-Jolfe
come in daily. It is an
entirely satisfactory
model ranging in price
from ... '
$3.50 up
-Second floor
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The Oakford Plan
of Selling Pianos
Is making many friends in Nebraska and Iowa, for
after all, everybody does appreciate the square
deal, and that's just the reason we are succeeding.
, Read carefully our businesa principles to see
if you, too, don't like the Oakford plan, which is:
1st One price to all. .
2nd Commissions to none.
3rd Every piano marked in plain figures.
4th Paying spot cash for our goods, we are not
bound to any factory, thus we sell only the
pianos, which we know to be best.
5th A child can buy here just as safely and just as
cheap as the most experienced.
6th To those desiring .time payments, the only
difference is 6 simple interest
7th The Oakford Plan saves piano buyers $50
to $150.
' We are sole agents in this vicinity for the
world's greatest instruments, including: Stein way,
Weber, Geo. Stack, Wheelock and Stroud Duo Art
Reproducing Pianolas; also the Haddorf f ,' Conover,
Cable, Kingsbury and Wellington Pianos, as well as
the Aeolian Vocalion Talking Machine.
We want you fer cu.tom.r, aad remember, Be one
could er would appreciate your patronage more than we.
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OMAHA, NEB.
1807 FARNAM ST.