THE BEfi: UMAHA, THUKSUAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1919.
TITLE COMPANY
OFFERS TO SAVE
' COUNTY MONEY
ii
Fop Proportion of Cost Will
4 Loan Its Indices to
Restore Burned
Books. .
An offer whereby it would appear
oossible for the county to save a
large amount of the expenses neces
sary to restore the Douglas county
books and records destroyed in 'the
negro riot fire, has been made by
the Midland Title Guarantee - &
Abstract company as follows: ' t
Omaha. Neb.. Nov. S.v 1919.
To the Honorable Board of County
commissioners ,of Douglas Coun
ty, Neb.
Gentlemen:
In order to facilitate , and hasten
the restoration of the. numerical in
dices in the office of the register of
needs of this county with as little
(lelay as possible, this company de
' sires to make the following; propo
sition: 1
1. Oi:r company agrees to loan
to the county the use of its abstract
indices and abstract books (which
are complete up to the year 1897)
for the purpose, of checking and
making such copies therefremi as
may be deemed necessary.
2. This company will donate tli&l
services of our president, Mr. Her-1
bert H. Neale, for the purpose of
superintending the work and com-
piling of said indices.
3. This company will guarantee
that said indices, when completed,
will be more Sccurate and complete
than the old indexes.
4. Mr. Neale to have full charge
of the force necessary to perform
the work and to decide on the best
'method of doing the same vith a
view of giving relief to a majority
of property owners and others in
terested, in as short a time as pos
sible. ' 5. Your board to have authority
to ratify and approve salaries of all
employes and to discharge any em
ployee not performing, faithful and
efficient services. , . ,
6. If after 30 days' trial, your
honorable board and 'the various
loan and ' building associations of
this city, arfnot satisfied with the
progress made in restoring said in
dices, it is provided that Mr. Neale
is to resign his management with
out cost to the county for his .serv
ices and without compensation to
this company for the use of its ab
stract records, and indices. ,
' 7. Upon completion of the work,
the county of -Douglas to pay this
company for said services and the
ise of itsV books, 25 per cent of the
difference between the estimated
cost of restoration, as made by
Frank J. Norton (which was $235.
000). and the actual costr to the
county for such restoration.
8. Harry ,Pearce, register of deeds,
ind his office force to co-operate in
the prosecution of the work.
On in Lieuof the Above Proposal,
rrny competentabstracter can be se
lected by your honorable board to
superintend the work and our com
pany will loan to the county, its ab
strict books and indexes for such use
as may be deemed necessary. The
amount saved to the county b-y the
use of said abstract indexes and
books to be ascertained by com
mittee appointed by the various
loans and building associations of
this city, and jone-half of such sav
ing to be the price fixed and paid to
this company for the use of its said
books, as aforesaid.
Respectfully submitted.
MIDLAND TITE GUARXNTEF
AND ABSTRACT COMPANY.
By JOHN CAMPBELL, ,
Secretary and Treasurer. 1
OPERATORS DENY
STATEMENT OF
.LABOR LEADER
Say They Did Not Leave Meet
ing Called for Purpose of
Trying to Settle Strike.
Washington, NcY 5. Denia-of
Samuel Gompers' statement that
representatives of the operators left
the meeting called by Secretary Wil
son for the purpose of trying to
settle the coal strike was made to
night by the executive committee of
the bituminous coal operators of.the
central competitive fields. The op
erators expressed willingness to pre
sent all facts to any tribunal that
might be named by the government.
"A careful examination of Samuel
Gompers' announcement," said the
operators statement, discloses the
absence of a single accurate state
ment of facts. In that respect his
pronouncement is identical with the
statement he put out last iveek in
which he charged coal operators
with curtailing production to boost
prices a statement which even Act
ing President Lewis of the miners'
organization emphatically repudi
ated. "In his latest statement Mr. Gom
pers goes lightly from one inac
curacy to another. He misstates
working " conditions, miners' ad
vances and operators' selling prices.
Deny Statement.
"It is not true that the operators'
representatives walked out of Sec
retary Wilson's conference, leaving
Mr. Lewis with no alternative but
to call a strike. The operators' rep
resentatives accepted President Wil
son's proposal in its entirety and
withdrew from the conference in or
der that their presence might not
embarrass Secretary Wilson in his
enort to persuade the miners to take
the honorable course thus opened
to them. The operators advised
Secretary Wilson that they would
remain in Washington, awaiting his
call to further the conference.
"It is not true, as Mr. Gompers
implies, tiiat the miners are not per
mitted by the operators to work
full time. The operators have no
control over "the demand for coal.
They can merely stand ready to pro
duce and furnish it when the public
requires and is willing to accept it.
Did Not Get Advance.
"It is not true that the miners re
ceived an advance of 20 cents a ton
in 1914.
"It is not true that the operators
raised the price of coal $5.00 a ton
in 1914. On the contrary, the price
was reduced.
It is not true, as Mr. Gomners
state, that for the past severa4 years
the mtners have averaged only 160
to 180 working days a year.
"It is a fact, however and Mr.
Gompers could easily have ascer
tained it that virtually every bitu
minous mine in the country has on
its payroll a substantial number of
men who deliberately lay off from
one to three days a week when they
have an opportunity to work.
Hypothetical Questions.
"Mr. Gompers states that the
miners are demanding shorter work
ing hours so that their work may
be made regular instead" of intermit
tent. How is it possible to effect
such regulation? 'How can mines
be worked when no cars are avail
able? How can mines be worked
Casey Platoon Hits
Trail of Bolsheviki ,
' On Russ-Polish Front
New York, Nov. 5. The Casey
platoon has hit the trail of the bol
sheviki on the Russian-Polish front.
This name has been adopted by 100
Americans who volunteered to fight
I for Poland, according to a cable
message received by the Kaights ot
Columbus. '
The uniforms were - supplied by
the Knights' overseas service and
enough tobacco and candy has been
sentsto last, the men through the
winter.
London, Nov. 5. A headquarters
bulletin from General Denikine re
ceived by wireless, claims that Don
Cossack troops captured 35,000 bol
sheviki between October 17 and 27.
The troops of General Denikine's
volunteer armv in the meantime took
20,000 more. The communication as
serts that entire divisions of bolshe
viki troops are being put out of ac
tion daily.
Bank Gives Out Valuable
' Souvenir of World War
The United States National bank
is distributing a really first-rate
souvenir. ' It is a combined atlas
and summary of the world "war.
Chief of its contents is an accurate
map of the new Europe, in colors,
the new international boundariesbe
ing plainly distinguished from the
old. A lot of well prepared and
carefully classified general infofma
tion'is also contained in the pam
phlet, along witha summary of the
treaty of Versailles and the text ot
the covenant of the league of na
tions. ' " f-
Head of Aerial Mail
Expected' Here Today
Col. A. C. Jordan, of the" aerial
mail service, is expected to arrive
in Omaha today to confer with the
aerial navigation committee of the
Chamber of Commerce relative to
the establishing of aerial mail serv
ice here in the spring.
Colonel Jordan is expected to
present the exact specifications
which will be required by the kov-
ernment for a hangar and field Jierc.
American Bankers Negotiate
Huge Loan With Poland
London Nov. 5. According to a
semi-official announcement from
Warsaw, American financiers have
successfully negotiated a 6 per cent
loan of 250,000,000 with the Polish
government. The communication
says the loan will be backed by the
National- City bank of New York.
on days when mine sidings and
railroad yards arc blocked with
loaded cars which the public dpes
not need and will not buy?
"Does Mr. Gompers think that, a
change from an eight-hour day to' a
six-hour day wHl compel the public
to buy its coal far in advance of its
requirements at tremendous ad
vanced prices, made-necessary by in
creased pay for less Work on the
part of the miners?
"The statements issued by Mr.
Gompers, the American Federation
of Labor and officials of the
United-Mine Workers of. America
with respect to hours of work and
earnings of miners have been gross
ly inaccurate, misrepresentative and
misleading to the public."
CONGREGATIONAL
UNION DISSOLVED
AT MEETING HERE
Dr. Frank G. Smith Will
Head New Omaha
Organization.
The Federation of Omaha and
Council Bluffs Congregational
churches decided to dispose of the
union known as the Missouri Valley
Congregational anion and form two
feparate unions, at .a meeting held
last night at the Plyouth Congrega
tional church, Eighteenth and Em
met streets. "
The meeting followed a dinner
given at the church at 6:30. Repre
sentatives from all the Congrega
tional churches of Omaha and Coun
cil Bluffs attended. On account of
the various state councils handling
the national Congregational drive it
was decided to form separate unions
in Omaha and Council Bluffs.
Elect New Officers.
Officers elected for the Omaha
union were: Moderator, Dr. Frank
G. Smith; assistant moderator, Rev.
J. D. Kuykendall; scribe, L. E. Pot
ter; treasurer, Dr. W. C. Dean.
A committee composed- ofRev7 J.
D. Kuykendall, Dr. A. B. Somejjs
and C. Richie was appointed to draw
up resolutions on the recent lynch
ing in Omaha and the industrial and
labor situation in general. The com
mittee wll present the resolutions
to the board of directors, who will
a meeting within a few days.;
Fellowship Meeting.
A fellowship meeting was held in
the church at 8 and several ad
dresses were given. Dr. Frank G.
Smith, w'ho recently returned from
the national council, spoke, on the
work of the national council and ex
plained the drive for $50,000,000 in
five years to be used for missionary
and educational purposes.
Rev. Arie Binkhorst of Chicago
delivered an address on the Congre
gational stewardship. He told of
the necessity of leadership in the
churches and the relation of the
church world of affairs. J. N. Ben
nett, president of Doane college,
spoke on "The Greater Program of
Longregationansm. - ,
One KiHed, Three Injured,
in Gas Plant Explosion
Ogden, Utah, Nov. 5. Robert W.,
Long, chief engineer of the Utah
Power and Light Company gas
plant, was instantly killed when an
other employes injured when an
explosion o.ccured in jthe meter room
of the company's new gas generat
ing section, i lie building was part
ly wrecked and the city gas mains
severed so that supplies were im
mediately cut off. 11
Long's head was almost severed
by flying metal.
The cause of the explosion, has
not been determined.
Striking Coal Miners ; :
Refused Citizenship
Pittsburgh, Nov. 5. Five strik
ing coal miners were refused citizen
ship papers by Judge Charles 'P.
Orr. He declared that the govern
ment ruled that the coal strike was
illegal and added that "you could
not faithfully take, the oath of al
legiance and remain on strike under
existing circumstances.'1-
National Banks of U. S.
Establish Record for
Immunity From Failure
' Washington, Nov. 5. Establish
ing a record for immunity from fail
ure, national banks of the United
States -have gone through the last
22 months with only one enforced
closing, according to an announce
ment by John Skelton Williams,
comptroller of the currency. The
one failure reported by Mr. Wil
liams was in 1918, no bank having
been forced to suspend during the
last ten months.
This record, Mr. Williams said,
s'tands out as 30 times better than
the average for any similar period
in the 40 years life of, the present
national banking system.
' The tremendous strides taken by
American business, the comptroller
said, was reflected in the number
of banks increasing their capital '
stOQk as well as in the granting
of new charters. According, to the
' comptroller's figures, 289 national
banks added a total of $42,658,000 to
their, combined capital stock during
the first ten months of this year.
In the same period last year, the
.figures showed 151 national banks
increased their capital stock by a
total of $16.379.000.
37 More Negroes Sentenced
in Recent Arkansas Riots j
Helena, Ark., Nov. 5. Nine ne- j
froes were sentenced to terms of
1 years in the penitentiary, 27,to
terms of five years and one to 10
years, by Judge J. M. Jackson, in
Phillips county circuit court when
the 37, all charged with first degree
murder in connection with the up
rising in the Elaine neighborhood,
were permitted to plead guilty to
second degree murder.
This bririgs'the total convictions
in the three days of the trials to
48, 11 negroes already having been
convicted of first degree murder
and automatically sentenced to die
in the electric chair.
New Program to Deal With
' Railroad Situation Arranged
Washington, Nov. 5. A new pro
gram to deal with the railroad situation-
was Arranged tentatively by
congressional leaders. It involves
probable passage of , temporary
. emergency legislation , to protect
railroad and public interests.
Transfer of the railroads from
government to private control Jan
uary 1, the leaders were advised, has
been decided on finally and unalter
. ably by President .Wilson and Di-
rector General Hites. ', -
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years. And supposing the Packard
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last as long astme Packard. And dur
ing the' final two years of each ordinary
truck maintenance costs Would increase
out of all proportion, while service
value would decrease iruthe same ratio.
We can make immediate delivery of
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"Ask the Man Who Owns One1'
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