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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; MARCH 21. PJ20.
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GOMPERS RAPS
PROPOSALS OF
LABOR MEETING
' Says Machinery Now Used to
. Settle Industrial Disputes Su
perior to That Suggested at
:l 1 Washington Conference.
Washington, March 20. Recom
mendations by President Wilson's
,t conference for setllemcnt-of indus
, trial unrest were attacked today by
'; Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor. In
- a prepared statement he said the
machinery for disputes between em
ployers and employes "which has
for years been in existence in prac
' tically every organized industry in
the United States, is superior to the
machinery now suggested by the in
dustrial conference both in point of
simplicity and in point of effective
ness. "The conference," said Mr. Gomp
ers, "has devised a mass of ma
chinery to be made effective by law.
composed of a national industrial
board and local and regional con
ferences and boards of inquiry. The
whole situation in this respect may
' be ttunmid up as follows:
Have Tested Machinery.
: Tried and tested machinery for
conciliation and arbitration between
;. employers and employes exists
, wherever employes are organized.
,;' "This machinery functions per-
fectlr wherever employers forsake
the spirit of dominance and the at
titude of autocracv.
' "Through use of this machinery it
X has been found possible to niain
L tain industrial peace with no "stop-
' page of work ot any kind tor
; period ranging from 10 to 40 years.
;No machinery devised by the gov
ernment or its agencies or super
?: vised by the government or any of
its agencies, could achieve results
superior to the results achieved by
machinery which has long been in
operation in our industrial life.
v.. Cannot Produce Justice.
In industries where the employes
, are not organized, no machinery of
any' kind, whether supervised by
governmental agencies or other
wise, can produce industrial justice.
Organization of the workers is the
fact upon which must be predicated
the existence of any machinery for
thfc settlement of disputes or the ex
tension of the principles of democ
racy in industry.
"Surely no intelligent agency can
hope to achieve progress in Amer
ican industry without organization
of the workers. With organization
of workers, no structure of ma
chinery need be thrust upon it from
the outside. Organization brings
with it machinery which is, both
adequate and practical, the result
of experience shorn of any of the
fantasies of pure, itheorjv . ';
Report Merits Criticism.
"The report of the industrial con
. ference merits criticism of a very
. serious nature n connection wnn
-the emphasis which it places on
what it terms 'employe , representa
tion under which generic term it
groups those distinctly local shop
organizations known as shop com
mittees, shop councils, works coun
cils and representative government
jn industry.
. "Unavoidable organization with
independent shop units of the em
ployes is a menace to the workers
tor the reason that it organizes them
away from each other and puts
them in a position where shop may
be played against shop. t
Not only the welfare of the
workers, but the best economy for
tjie nation demands that industry,
insofar as possible, be viewed in a
national light and that the workers
be united in organizations cover
ing whole industries as is now the
case with the 120 national and inter
national Itfacjmions." ' v
German Government
Advertises Its Need
r or bold and ouver
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Pi I Call LJL
i'imimiiint
The German government needs
gold and silver. ,The paper mark
has fallen in value to a. little over 1
cent The government - through
sandwich advertisements, is offering
11 paper marks for' one silver and
350 paper marks for oni gold piece.
Highjackers Loot
"Impregnable" Vault of
. Omaha Potash Baron
.Highjackers, Thursday night,
--broke; into a steel and brick vault
. in the home of W. -H. Ostenberg,
t wealthy potash magnate, 3200 Cen
' ter street, and stole a large amount
' of whisky and wine. The Ostenbergs'
are in Alliance, Neb. i
: A sledge hammer and chisels were
used io breaking into the vault The
' highjackers also went through the
house, ransacking drawers and
'"" closets. They took their time and
t even prepared a meal and ate it in
the kitchen.
Entrance was' made through a
' basement window,. The vault which
swas built for the storage of lienor,.,
is located in a corner of the furnace
. room. jThe walls' were a foot thick
and the steel door opened by means
of combination lock.
Pacific Coast Vessel I'. -
- V : Admiral Evans, Aground
. Vancouver; B. C, March 20.RC-
ports reached here, today that the
Pacific Steamship" company's Alaska
passenger steamer Admiral Evans
grounded last night in the fog be
tween I Cape Mudge and Seymour
. "Harrows on the Inside Passage. The
Evans Was. bound from Seattle to
Alaska . wj'th . passengers.
(-Today's Events
Movies Will Assist In
Campaign Against H. C. L.
The moving picture theaters of
Omaha have volunteered to aid Mrs.
C. R. Ryan, federal fair price com
missioner for Nebraska, in her ef
forts to lower the high cost of Hy
ing here. A large number of "eco
nomic slides" have been prepared
and will be flashed on screens all
over the city.
These slides tersely urge the pub
lic to practice economy in many
ways and urge the purchase of
cheaper articles 1 in preference to
higher priced ones. The slides also
will be used to advertise and ac
quaint the public with the plan to
establish Thursday of each week as
"cheap cut" day when consumers
will be asked to buy the less expens
ive cuts of meat,
Mrs. Ryan is still at Grand Island
but will return here Wednesday for
a second meeting of the various sub
committees which will produce more
concrete plans toward the reduction
of, living costs.
Boy Scout Fund Campaign
Lagging $14,000 Raised
The campaign for the 1920 budget
of the local Boy Scouts is still lag
ging, according to Executive G. M.
Hoyt. Approximately $14,000 has
been raised so far, and the balance
of the $35,000 fund is expected to be
raised within the next two weeks.
The personal compaign will, start
this week. The Rotary club, mana
ger of the campaign, has been try
ing to raise the money via the mail
route.
; "The sum of $14,000 is a large
bit of money to raise by mail," said
Mr- Hoyt yesterday. "It leaves us
just so much less to raise by per
sonal campaigning. I am sure we'll
raise the money."
Inside Glimpse of Life of
General Pershing in A. E. F
: As Told by Newspaper Man
Correspondent Describes Visit tb Headquarters of
Distinguished Nebraskan When He Was Directing
Operations of Yank Army on Western Front
Pronounces Great Soldier as Democratic, Ap
proachable and Entirely Human.
Spring Vacation Petition to
Be Given Faculty Monday
The petition signed by Central
High students last week asking for
the regular spring vacation, will be
presented before 'the faculty meet
ing Monday afternoon by William
Finney, ; honor student, who cir
culated it.
Three hundred students signed
the petition, according to Mr.
Finney. Spring vacation, which di
vides the spring term and gives the
students one full week, was abol
ished this year because of the time
lost during the coal strike.
Newspaper correspondents who
visited General Pershing at A. E
b. headquarters in b ranee, and news
paper men and others who have
come in close personal contact with
him since ho returned to the United
States from overseas, agree that the
great soldier is democratic, ap
proachable and entirely human.
When the distinguished Nebras
kan was directing the operations of
the American forces on the western
front, C. C. Lyon, a staff correspond
ent of the .Newspaper tnterprise
association, visited his headquarters.
in a story telling ot his visit, Mr.
Lyon gave this slimose of the
famous commander:
"The personal side of General
Pershing is very interesting.
tie s thoroughly human, every
men or him.
"He sleeps with his windows wide
open and he jumps out of bed on
the stroke of 6:30 every morning.
His home is within a stone s throw
of his headquarters.
Double Time In Pajamas.
"For 30 minutes after arising he
does the 'double quick' on a back
porch at his house, either in his
pajamas or in a bathrobe. Sometimes
xnis winter it nas oeen iu degrees
below ro, but the ceneral never
looks at the thermometer.
. "Then he goes to his room, takes
bath, dons his uniform and eoes
down stairs to a good, old-fashioned
American breakfast consisting of
ham or bacon and eggs, coffee, fruit
and toast.
"He's a substantial feeder and for
that reason he has never taken to the
European breakfast of coffee and
rolls. - : (
"'I can't keep up steam unless I
put plenty of fuel in my boilers he-
says.
'Really Quite Methodical.
"Until 8:25 he reads the newspa
pers and then he starts for head
quarters.
"He always enters his office as
THE CLOCK IS STRIKING 8:30
EXACTLY.
"Before he has arrived his orderly
has opened his office windows.
After awhile all but one of them are
closed but regardless of the ther
mometer outside, the general's pri
vate office is about 20 degrees colder
than any of the other offices in the
building.
lhis has been a vile winter in the
war zone snows and thaws and
freezes and rains and nearly every
body has barked his head off at
times evervbody except the gen
eral. He doesn't have colds and
such.
"Prance In Shirttails."
"One day he came to his office
and found nearly everybody there
half sick from colds. So he gave
them a talk on how to keep well.
"Tf you gentlemen, he said,
would prance around in your shirt
tails or take some old-fashioned set
ting up exercises in the fresh air
every morning you wouldn't be hav
ing these colds. It's been mv secret
for good health all my life
''Explaining his reason for keep
ing his office open he says:
"'A warm office always makes me
drowsy and when I'm that way I
don't think clearly. Cool air is in
vigorating and pepful.' -
"The general goes home to lunch
every day at 1 o'clock and usually
there are one or more guests at his
table American officers passing
through the headquarters town,
high French officials or dis
tinguished American civilians.
f No Longer Swears. .
"But the general is bade' at his
office at 2 o'clock and from then
until 6:30 it's solid work. When he
goes home to supper,, which is
served at 7 o'clock, he takes a bun
dle of work with him and goes
through it later in the evening.
"The general has no relaxations
except horseback riding when the
weather will permit. He loves mu
sic but musicians are few and far
between around his house.
"He takes a deep interest in reli
gion and there's hardly a day that
he does not discuss some plan for
the moral betterment of his troops.
He's a strong supporter of the Y..
M. C. A., the Red Cross, the
Knights of Columbus and other or
ganizations that work among the
soldiers.
. "He neither smokes, drinks nor
chews. Through sheer will power,
he has also cut out swearing, in
the early days there was rarely a
commander-in-chief who didn't use
just a few cuss words once in a
while.
"But every, time General Persh
ing cussed, years ago, he used to
apologize for it.
"'It's such a foolish and useless
habit,' he tells his men. 'It shows
one hasn't complete control of him
self.' "
Has a Heart That Throbs.
"At least twice a week the gen
eral writes long fatherly letters to
his little son, Warren Pershing, now
9 years old.
"Little, Warren Is all the general
has' left.' The terrible tragedy of
1915, when Mrs. Pershing and three
little daughters were burned to
death at the Presidio at San Fran
cisco, is still fresh in the public
mind. . ..
"That event has saddened the gen
eral's mind and has made him even
more grave than he was before.
The least reference to it still upsets
him and the sight of little trench
children in the presence of their
mother has been known to cause
'PUSSYFOOT' GETS .
CHILLY RECEPTION
FROM PARISIANS
American Prohibition Worker
Inaugurates Campaign
In France.
Paris,
"How About Your
TEETH?"
When You See Tooth Decay
SEE DR. TODD
We specialize in nervous, sen
sitive people who fear the dental
chair.
Under our new method we
crown, extract and fill teeth
without pain.
We are specialists in. the treat
ment of pyorrhea and all dis
eases of the gums and teeth.
We use the X-Ray for all hid
den tooth troubles.
Let us give you our advice and
examination free.
Dr. G. W. Todd
414 Barker Block
15th and Farnam Streets
Omaha, Neb.
rFifth Sunday in Lent. . ' .
' .Today is the Persian New Year.
."Centenary of the birth of Horace
Fairbanks, governor of Vermont
1876-78.-
.The Roman Catholic dioceses of
Crookston, Minn.,' and Bismarck, N.
D., today complete their first de
cade. -The Jewish Publication Society of
America will hold its 32d annual
meeting in Philadelphia today.
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From inquiries made at the Ameri
can State Bank it is apparent that
many persons are of the opinion that
this bank is about to build a building'
at 19th and Farnam streets, Omaha,
Neb., under the name of American (
Bank Building Company,
For the purpose of avoiding any
misunderstanding, we wish to advise
the public that we are in no way con-'
nected with the American Bank
Building Company or responsible for
any of its acts or obligations. ' .
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March 20. William E.
"Pussyfoot" Johnson has inagurated
a prohibition campaign in this coun
try. He addressed a Paris audience
for the first time on prohibition this
evening, under the auspicies of the
"Blue Cross Society." ' -
This society advocates absolute
prohibition, as compared with the
Anti-alcoholic League of France and
a newly-organired, group of 60 dep
uties of the French chamber, who
repudiate the "heavier" alcoholic
drinks but advocate wines and beer.
"Prohibition in America," said Mr.
Johnson,' "is the most beneficial
measure ever adopted. The ails are
emptied, the banks are full of money
and the people are happy. I have no
advice to give France, but if the
country wants to achieve real liberty
let it adopt total and absolute pro
hibition." .
He spoke to a rather small audi
ence,! composed for the most part
of women, and his words were re
ceived silently and without enthus
iasm or criticism. '
Mr. Johnson has just returned
from six weeks in northern Africa,
400 miles south of' Con'stantine, Al
geria, where he was ordered by his
physicians after his nervous break
down in London. ,
him to choke up and hastily leave
the room. v ' '
"Even if he doesn't display his
feelings on every occasion, this man
Pershing is a real human being and
he-has a heart that throbs for the
boys under him." ' '
'n The United States is expected to
produce at least 8,000,000 pounds of
artificial silk made by the viscose
process this year.
Judge Recalls Own
Boyhood at Trial of
. Youth for Truancy
Max ' Kaplan, youthful offender
against the truant laws, was treated
to some reminisences of Juvenile
Judge Sears' own boyhood yester
day in juvenile court. Max lives at
2018 North Seventeenth street. He
excused his truancy by declaring
that he is only in the Fifth grade,
though he is old enough to be a
sophomore in the high school.
School authorities said Max is
abnormally bright, but just has an
aversion to attending school.
"Well, Max," said the judge, "I
was a boy myself once and I know
how you feel. But you must cither
go to school voluntarily or I'll send
you to Kearney, where you'll have
to go anyway. Now what are you
going to do?" '
"I'm going to school, judge," said
Max.
"All right, go ahead," said the
judge .
Will Return All Fees Above
$2,500 if Elected Justice
, Charles E. Tingley, who filed yes
terday for the republican nomina
tion for justice of the peace, declares
that he will return all fees received
by the office over $2,500. ,
"Since the legislature abolished
all justice "of the peace offices in
Omaha except one, the fees have
amounted to between $6,000 and
$7,000 a year," he said. "When dis
trict judges are receiving but $3,000,
I consider $2,500 is an adequate
salary for a justice of the peace and
it is all I shall accept, if I am
elected.
"I propose to see that the legal
exemptions from attachment of the
salaries of laboring men and other
workers are respected. Petty graft
ers, collection, agents and - loan
sharks will have no standing in my
court unless they come in with clean
hands. I am also opposed to the
unlawful seizure and search which
have been common in Omaha."
History Becomes Leading
Course at Central High
Mrs. Ada Atkisson, head of the
history department at Central High
school, is taking an added interest
in all history students at Central
High. Each student was given a
letter to be taken home, sta'ing
that the course in history had been
mapped out. and that any history
lesson would require at least out
hour of the pupil's time.
History teachers meet for confer
ences in Mrs. Atkisson's room. The
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department is becoming the leading
division of the school since the ad
dition 'of the Great War course and
new methods in teaching.
"Selling Citizenship" Topic
Of Ad-Selling League Meeting
Rev. Frank G. Smith will address
members of the Advertising-Selling
league to meet in the Hotel Fonte
nelle Monday evening. His sub
ject will he "Selling Your Citizen
ship." The Concord club will be
guests of the league at the dinner
and meeting. f
Be as Critical as
You Like
--That's What We Like
Selling good merchandise i a pleasure
that's why our store is a pleasant place
to trade. '
We don't have to tell you whether you're
"all set" for Easter or not your mirror
will be absolutely honest about it. The
truth will be pleasant if you make your
selections here, for we're very particular
about quality, value and style. Makes it
easy for us to sayand mean "satis
faction guaranteed."
Tht Horn of Phoenln Hoh
for both Men and Women
for MEN
508-10 So. 16th
E
ssex Almost Doubles
Gar Endurance
Light
Essex Has Performance Like the Costliest Fine Cars-
Its World Endurance Record Has Never Been Rivaled
The most important thing that Essex
has proved is that weight and size are no
longer necessary to finest car quality.
All concede
modern car.
average ability in any
So it was to prove ability far beyond
what any light car has ever shown that
Essex made its famous entrance tests.
Its 3037 miles in 50 hours is a world's
endurance record. The test was official.
Supervisors of the A. A. A. certified the
Essex stock chassis in every detail. 1
Such Endurance as You
Want in Your Car
Never before was a car driven at top
speed for 50 hours. The grind was more
severe than years of road use. Yet at the
end the Essex , showed no measurable
wear.
What car, the Essex size and weight,
can even attain a mile-a-minute speedy
much less keep it up for 50 hours?f .
These results were decisive. They
proved Essex not only the supreme per
former of the light car field. They showed
that with its advantage of moderate price
v and economy it combines such endurance
and dependability as few large, high
priced cars offer. v
Light Car Economy and
Big Car Performance
Greater size could add nothing to
Essex. It has the qualities which weight
;and size are built to give riding com
fort, solidness, distinction and smooth,
cfuiet pace. In addition it has fuel, oil and
tire economy. And its durability means
freedom from repair costs and positive,
dependable transportation.
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Other cars its size and weight cost aa
much. But none has ever equalled what it
has done.
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You will hardly dare use its over-capacity
power. But you do want the ability
and dependability it gives. It means no
strains on motor or other mechanism. It
means, a better, more durable, lasting car.
And Essex is easy to operate. Driving
does not fatigue. Its instant response to
the lightest touch and its smooth, restful
comfort in motion account for this.
That is another reason why so many
women are Essex owners. And they ap
preciate its safety, too. Its controls are ,
simple and instantaneous. It makes' fast
time, with security, in difficult traffic.
Essex Wins On Quality
Minus Useless Weight
Essex won recognition on the finest
quality without useless weight and size.'
'For that issue is uppermost today. '
You will take pride in your-Essex from
the first. Its smartness, its rich fittings
and finishing, its quiet, luxury and su-f
perior performance give it distinction
everywhere. And time and use will in
crease your esteem and respect for it. You
will come to rely absolutely on its depend
ability. You will expect and find it al
ways ready for any demands you may
make.
These are the reasons why Essex set a
world's sales record in its first year. And
orders now are so far ahead it is certain
that even that unrivaled mark will be sur
passed this year. ' .
Thousands, realizing this, are placing
their orders now. We advise that ybu
do likewise, else you may be disappoint
ed in delivery. - .
U-Y L; SKID
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v "SERVICE FIRST"
2563-5-7 Farnam St. OMAHA, U.S.A. Phone: Douglas 1970