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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1919)
THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 1919. 13 COUNTRY STORE LOOTED OF $8,000 WORTH OF STUFF 1 . - Truck Tracks Show Robbers Headed" for Bluffs Two Months' Losses Total $50,000. The Council Bluffs police depart ment was - notified yesterday that another successful big raid had been made on country stores in this vi cinity. Wednesday about midnight the general store of Saar & Co. at ' Essex, about 40 miles south of Coun cil Bluffs, was raided and $8,000 worth of clothing hauled away in an automobile truck. The'Essex men authorized, the Bluffs police depart ment to post a reward of $1,000 for the arrest of the thieves. The bandits backed their truck to the rear of the store, smashed in a back window and carried out a full truck load. The truck and men left plenty of tracks in the snow, but the truck could not be followed beyond the main highway. 'Within the last two months more than $50,000 worth of merchandise lias been taken from country mer chants in the vicinity of Council Bluffs by automobile bandits. Not a dollar's worth of the property has been recovered and no clue to the identity of the bandits has been found. ' . ' At Logan, two weeks ago, the night -marshal came upon a band after they had carried $3,000 worth of goods from a store into an alley and were getting ready to load the loot. They opened fire. Omaha and Sioux City were the objectives of the bandits, as indi cated by the direction taken by the cars. The Essex robbers headed in the direction of Council Bluffs after reaching the highway; i 60,000 Baby Game Fish Placed in Lake Manawa , Officers andk members of the Fisk and Game club at Manawa watched with keen interest Wedneday night, the placihg of 60,000 baby game fish in Lake Manawa by the Iowa fish and game warden. The fish reached Council Bluffs at 6 Wednes day evening in a specially equipped car, over the Milwaukee road, and were liberated in the icy waters of , the lake without delay. t Only one dead minnow was found in the ship ment . ',' ; " Overcome by Gas. Thomas Sudborough, 75 years old, 610 North Twenty-first street, was nearly asphixiated at 7 nast night by gas escaping from a small stove in. liiv kitchen. A police surgeon recvived him. . - .-! , WILSON MAKES 94-POUND GAIN f'vr,- SHORT TIME Iowa Manufacturer Makes a Statement to Public About Tanlac. . . . s. J. D. Wilson, secretary and gen eral manager of the Algona Brick & Tile Comoany of Algona, Iowa, called at McNerney's Drug Store in Des Moines,; recently, and made a statement regarding the benefits he has derived f.rom the use of Tanlac that will be of interest throughout the' entire state. ' In relating his experience with the Master Medicine Mr. Wilson says he has not only gotten rid of , a case of nervous indigestion, from which he had suffered, for three years, but that he has also gained twenty-four pounds in weight. Here is his statement: "I have been benefited even be yond ray belief and feel that it is time for me to talk for the benefit of others,. I had suffered from nervous indigestion and a general run down condition for three years. My stomach was so weak and upset that I could not retain and digest enough of what I ate to. keep up my strength and I was gradually losing ground all the time. . My food would sour almost as soon as I had eaten it and the gas from it would Jpress on my heart, causing palpita tion, shortness of breath and intense pains. My kidneys were also in bad shape and I often suffered with severe pains in the small of my back; "No ini of treatment or med icine did m any good and as a re sult' of my ' condition I was con tinually losing weight. I was wor ried constantly with the fear that my case was beyond the reach of medicine. But I finally began tak ing Tanlaci on the advice of an old friend, .and not only have my troubles been relieved, but I feel liko I hav been given a new lease on life. At the time I began tak ing this medicine I only weighed one hundred and eighteen pounds, but I now balance the scales at one hundred and forty-two, making an : actual gain of twenty-four pounds. I can now eat just anything set be fore me and never feel a sign of indigestion. Why, only yesterday I ate steak and onions for dinner, thoroughly enjoyed theni, and they did not hurt me the least bit. I am now able to eat cabbage and fork and digest them as easily as can milk. In fact, neither my stomach or kidneys bother me any more. I am absolutely free from all pain and am in better shape physically than I have been in a long time. A medicine that will do what Tanlac has done in my case is certainly worth recommending to (ha TinhliV. snd I am. srlad to give this statement to be used in let, ting others, who are trying to una relief, know about it." Tanlac is sold in Omaha -at all Sherman & McConnell Drug Com pany's stores, " Harvard Pharmacy and West End Pharmacy. Also For rest and Meany Drug Company in South Omaha and the leading drug gist in each city and town through out the state of Nebraska. Adv. Appalling Scandal of Slavery of Children in England Revealed London, Nov. 27. The appalling scandal of child slavery .in Great Britain, as unearthed by the Na tional News, which has continued its investigation, reveals that 1,500, 000 British children under 16 years old are employed in and exploited by industry. Thousands of these child victims, who are stunted in body and mind and whose future is hopelessly handi capped, are but 7 or 8 years old and work 50 hours a week for less than $1. Jn Birmingham, for instance, there are 9,000 child wage victims; in Kent, where the beer hops grow, there are several thousands. Dur ing 1917 there were 14,000 children employed at night, in. munition shops. The National News maintains that the children's work is unnecessary, that the monetary gain is far more than offset by the evil effects . of .child labor, and that the practice of employing child labor in dangerous and unnecessary tasks is widely prevalent and a national disgrace. Hostilities Between Lithuanians and Russ And Germans Stopped Copenhagen, Nov. 27. The inter allied commission has stopped hos tilities between the Lithuanians and the Germans and Russians and has directed the combatants to retire to the demarcation line of October 30, according to advices to the Lithuan ian press bureau from Kovno. The advices add that the Lithuan ians only acceded to this decision on condition that the German gov ernment agrees to surrender all Ger man and Russian war material in the Baltic battle area to the Lithuanians. Evacuation of the occupied dis tricts it is said will be effected under Lithuanian control, while the Lithuanians will suspend their of fensive and guarantee the German and Russian army free transport to Germany. The inter-allied commis sion will superintend fulfillment of the conditions. Undesirable Aliens' v Gimp Is Planned For Ellis Island "New York, Nov. 27. Establish ment of a large camp for detention of undesirable aliens pending inves tigation and disposal of their cases is the latest plan of the house im migration committee now conduct ing an inquiry at Ellis Island, it is announced. The camp would be, similar to those in use during the war for the internment of enemy, aliens and would be the temporary abiding place of all agiators collected any where in the United States who by their conduct or utterances make their further sojourn in this country questionable. It is the opinion of the investigat ing legislators that such a corral would aid substantially the work of centralizing the disturbers and would result in much more rapid expedition of their exit to the lands trorn whence they came. The task of de portation, it is suggested, will event ually devolve on the Department of Justice instead of the Department of Labor. - - , IOWA GOVERNOR REFUTES ATTACK FOR PRIMARIES -Civil War and Spanish War Veterans Tax Exemption SecureChase for G. A. R. Commander. .Des Moines, la.," Nov. 27. (Spe cial.) Governor Harding Wednes day took occasion to meet the criticism which he says has been made in some Quarters that he has delayed in calling the extra session of the legislature because there was the possibility of passing primary suffrage, and that primary suffrage might revert' to the political ad vantage of some of his political op ponents. ( "This criticism is unjust," he said, "for I have favored this measure. I recommended primary suffrage in my mesage io the legislature last winter. I called , a special session this past summer to pass on . the ratification of the. suffrage amend ment. Hence it cannot be said that this had any part in (the postpone ment of the session." .,. While the governor would not say whether or not the . special session would be1 indefinitely postponed this seems to be the general interpreta tion of the governor's published statement. Dr. R. L. Chase, chairman of the legislative committee of the G, A. R., "was endorsed for department commander of the state organiza tion at a recent meeting of Kinsman Fost. Dr. Chase has been an active member of Kinsman post for, many years and will be placed in nomina tion fo head of the state depart ment by comrades from his home post when the annual meeting is held next year. ' Considerable misunderstanding appears to exist concerning the amount of exemption veterans, of the civil war and of the Spanish American war are entitled Jo under the law passed by the Thirty-seventh general assembly. Dr. R. L, Chase has recently se cured an oDinion from Attorney General. Havner. in which he states that civil war veterans are entitled to a $2,800 exemption, and of the Spanish-American war . veterans $1,200, on the full, valuation of their property. This exemption is ap plicable to taxes to be paid in 1920. Churchill Given Credit For Use of Tanks in War London, Nov. 27. "It was 'pri marily due to the receptivity, cour age and driving force of Winston Soencer Churchill that the eeneral idea to use such an instrument of warfare as the tank was converted into practical shape," was the state ment made in the report issued by me commmee wnicn investigated at great langth the t numerous rival claims to credit for inventing the tank. ' - But it was said in the report that as the war minister is considered a servant of the state he is not en titled to any award. The: report deals with a number, of men who made valuable contri butions toward perfecting the tank, awarding some of them sums of 500 or l.OUU pounds sterling each, the principal award, amounting to 14,000 pounds, being divided. Large Delegation of Japs at Big Labor Conference Causes Much . Comment I r' Representation Is Larger Than Empire Had at Peace Conference .Explanation Develops When Re- port of Committee on Application of 48-Hour Week Convention to 1 Special Countries Is Made '' "Public. J.,'"":. V . By JUSTIN M'GRATH, Universal Service Staff Correspondent. Washington, Nov. 27. When the interallied labor conference opeiied here it was noted' that Japan had a larger delegation than it had sent to the peace conference. There were also about 30 representatives of the Japanese press present. This re markable representation' caused much comment and aroused consid erable curiosity. The explanation of Japan's sur prising interest in the conference developed when the report of the committee' on the application ;of the 48-hour week convention to special countries was made public. It then became apparent that the labor principles .adopted by the peace conference, and which the in terallies' labor conference was called to put into operation, presented to Japan a problem of far greater con sequence than any other growing out of the war. Big Industrial Question. The labor principles adopted by the peace conference, partfcularly the declaration in favor of an eight hour day, left Japan torn between the tugging of two emotions pride and self-interest. Pride demands that Japan should subscribe to the same conditions accepted by the other great powers. But self-interest urged a plea to have concessions made to Japan, for the strict application of the eight-hour day and the abolition of child labor admittedly would spell industrial rum for the Nippon empire.- So it was because of the impor tance and the delicacy of the labor problem 'forced upon Japan by the action of the peace conference that the Japanese government decided to send such a large and able delega tion to Washington. And it was be cause of the great interest of the people of Japan in the outcome of the delegation's representations to the conference that the Japanese press sent many more journalists to report the conference than we sent to report the peace conference in Paris. . : ".t The special committee, which had under copsideration the industrial situation and labor conditions in Japan, China, India, . and the tropical countries was headed by Right Hon. G. N, Barnes of Great BritainV The report set forth labor conditions in Japan as follows: ' "The position of Japan presents a problem of some difficulty. Japan is a country whose industry is still largely domestic, but which is rap idly becoming organized along the lines of modern factories. During recent years the progress in the or ganizing of Japanese industry has been very great." At the same time Japan has had very little experi ence in factory legislation.' The hours of work have been very long and in the case of adult male work ers no regulation of hours of work exist at all. There is no provision for a weekly holiday; and over and above the hours which custom has established, overtime to the extent cf two or three hours a day, is very common. The factory act of Japan applies only to women and children. It prescribes a working day of 13 hours as a maximum. But in the silk industry, for example, which is the largest industry in Japan, an additional hour of overtime is per mitted on 120. days in the year. The nominal hours of work in cotton are 11 a day and in some industries, like ship building and iron works, tht nominal number of hours are 10, but in all cases it has to be remem bered that overtime is universal and extensive. Probably in most indus tries other than silk it is accurate to say the usual working day is 12 hours. In view of these facts it seemed to the committee to be impracticable to reduce the hours of work jn Japan at once to the level which it contemplated for western countries. To do so it was thought would bring ruin. King Victor Emmanuel Will Visit in America Rome, Nov. 27. King Victor Em manuel will go to the United States next summer and alio will visit South America, especially the repub lics of Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru, unless the political situation prevents him from carry ing out his desire. ' Lockout in Madrid. . Madrid, Nov. 27. The employers of Madrid decided to proclaim a general lockout on December 6 Omaha Sees Silver Lining to After-War Clouds and ; : Unites in Thanksgiving Optimism Keynote of Prayer of Thanks Issuing From , Tl)e Hearts of All-Americanism of a Higher Or der One of the Benefits Seen From the Recon struction Period Following the Dark Months While Our Nation Was Plunged, in War. What have we to be thankful for? Most Omahans declare they see the silver lining to the clouds and aver that they have much to be thankful for. ' ';- Some are thankful because they live in the U. S. A., and in this par ticular part of this great nation. Sheriff Clark asserts that we should be thankful we are alive. Bishop Shayler said we should be thankful for the riot last September and then explains his paraadoxical statement. Everybody seems to have something to be thankful for,' A man was seen on Farnarn street yesterday morning, with a smile all over his face.. He, seemed to be thankful about something. What are you so thankful about, brother?" a stranger asked. "Well, the stork brought a baby boy to oiir house, why shouldn't I be thankful" he replied. A tew Umahans have been asked to relate why we should be thank ful. Th' statements follow:' ERNEST VINCENT SHAYLER. Episcopal Blfihop of Nebraska. ThakssriviiiR day is pre-eminently an American institution. Inaugu rated by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, it has reached a wider appli cation than the Puritan could see. It generated a spirit of thanksgiv ing to God for His goodness, it has largely degenerated into turkey feasts and foot ball games. Let, us hark back today to begin nings and we shall find room for thankful thought. The Puritan re joiced thaf he lived in a free land. Let us rejoice that freedom is still an American possibility, even though it is in grave danger. The Puritan rejoiced because food,' clothing and the necessities of life were plentiful; Let us be thank ful that, though plenty is fast slip ping away in the decreased produc tion we .still enjoy the necessaries of life. , The Puritan rejoiced that God was still left. Let us be thankful today that in spite of the attacks of the foes of civilization we still have God and some of Christian religion. The city of Omaha should be thankful for Christian churches and Christian religion because they alone hold high standards 'and exist and labor for the highest good of the city. Omaha should be thankful for its splendid public schools, under such a sane, virile superintendent. These schools are standing for ethical cit izenship and an ' educated Amer icanism. Omaha should be thankful for the solidity of its financial institutions and the growing importance of its commerce. , ' ( Omaha should be thankful for the high type of its representative citi zenship. Omaha should be thankful for the riot and the mob" of September last. They revealed a hidden, lurking spirit of revolution, which must be crushed out, and which shall be sup planted by respect for, law. ' Th,ey revealed inadequacy and inefficiency of guardians of our peace, and now, therefore, we must be better policed. The dastardly deeds aroused the la tent citizenship in many lives and which must call them to greater thought and greater service for our city. Thanking is thinking, and think ing is thanking. Let us think of our citizenship rivileges,. of the great joy of the God life in man and of our relations to one another. Let, us think of our schools and our busi ness, our plenty and our store. Let us think that no further disgrace shall rest upon us. And thus think ing, thank. God for all that we have; and for the better things that are to come. .. i ,' J. H. BEVERIDGE. 'Superintendent of Schools. We are thankful for tnose true and tried souls who, in this time of unrest have poise, balance and judgment; for those who lock into the future with a spirit cf optimism striving not only to sec tut tu at tain that which is ber fcr humanity: Every real American must bow his head in profound gratitude that the boys and girls of today, the citizens of tomorrow, can come to their appointed tasks fo't'.iied by all the advantages found in this coun try which we revere our America. . SHERIFF CLARK. We ought to be thankful we are alive. That is enough of a blessing nowadays. I am also thankful for the ability to look forward to better times. I think better times are com ing and everything that is troubling this old world is going to calm down. Even the high cost of living will get a wallop before long, I be lieve, and then we can be even more thankful that we are. alive Yes, it is a pretty good old world. With all its faults, we loye it still. BISHOP HOMER STUNTZ. The whole o our country has limitless reasons for thanks this year. The Methodist church has additional reasons for thanks be yond those of the rest of the people, in .the successful raising of our great centenary, fund. Never have we as Christian people had more reason to be thankful thai; we' have, this year. . . ., ARCHBISHOP HARTY. Through a " 12-montfi period of that difficult time of reconstruction which 't'ollows in the -wake of war, we, have come successfully. Great problems and crises have confronted us, but ' we have gone rights on, meeting them with.' wisdom. The future is getting to look better every day. Labor's disputes with capital are becoming less and less pressing as we pass through' each great, re curring . crisis. .God is leading us and will continue to lead us. There fore, let us be thankful and go for ward with faith, hope and trust. MAYOR SMITH. , I am thankful that amidst alt this social ahd industrial unrest and dis order prevailing throughout ' tne world, Omaha has a citizenship that faces the future with a stout heart and an undaunted spirit. I am thankful that in Omaha labor is universally employed at good wages, the health of the city is good, and the business and indus trial future is bright. . rprsonallv. T am thankful for .the good health of my family as well as myselt; thanktul tor the trienasnip of the good people of Omaha; and profoundly thankful that I can boast of citizenship in the creat stata of Nebraska. ' REV. DANIEL E. JENKINS, President I'nlverslty 'of Omaha. It seems almost impossible to enu merate the blessings of God to u hvery thing that we have Iff health, the homely pleasures of ji day all are from II an, ind mi ought to be thankful every day o the year, as well as on the officially appointed 1 hanksgiving day. vv hei you stop to count your blessings you worship uod and. at the sanv time make yourself happy. . Many British Notables Attend Thanksgiving Dinner of American: London, Nov. 27. The America society at its Thanksgiving dinne Thursday evening had as sruests th lord mayors of London and. sever provincial cities and 300 , men an women. The dinner was presid over by Clarence L. Graf and W lord mayors of London, York, Bel fast and Sheffield,' deJivere speeches. ' T '? I John W. Davis," American am bassador, in proposing the toa'r "Thanksgiving Day," touched Iriidji dentally upon politics, declaring th the war would be lost if it did tibi establish a new order of things. 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