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6 A THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1921. Clothiers Here Get Spotlight From N.Y. Strike Nebraska Merchants" Ap plause for Auti-Sweat Shop Speech of Clothing Work ers Head Is Cause. The Nebraska Retail Clothiers as sociation has puddenly become a target lor both the New York cloth ing factory owncr.sand 65,000 strik ing clothing workers, in their war there. . The Nebraska association was 'suddenly thrown in the limelight when a speech by Sidney Hillnian, general president of the Amalganiat cd Clothing Workers of America, was read at the organization's con vention in the Hotel rontenellc two weeks ago. Hillnian, wk is credited 'a the ''man who did awav with sweat shops in New York," attacked the New York clothing manufacturers in lus speech, declaring they had brok' en a contract with the workers and precipitated the strike in an effort to break the union. Nebraska clothiers applauded his ipeech heartily when it was read. L. A. Leppke, secretary and treas titer of the association, is now re ceiving numerous communications from the conflicting sides in New lYork. Statements in Hillman's speech were denied by the manu facturers, and the workers, through iHillman, have attempted to prove them to Mr. Leppke. Several New York papers have devoted more than a column to Hillman's speech read Iiere, and denials by the manufacturers-, in which the Nebraska associa- Ition has figured prominently. "The Nebraska association is for ! Setting clothing back to a normal ' price level, but we don't want lo see a deathbed scene iii every ! Suit, We're against a return to the ! Isvveat sjjop system," was the way Mr. Lf ppke expressed the Nebraska j fcssoc'tion's attitude in the contro- i crsy. Boy's Artery Cut When 1 He Falls Upon Glass; I ; His Condition Critical While sliding on the ice on Ave I ue If, East Omaha yesterday, Tommy Gallagher, 12, son of Mrs. i Nellie Gallagher, 2101 North Elev enth street, fell on some broken glass ! and severed the artery in his wrist. The lad picked himself up and started to run home, leaving a trail , of . blood as he ran, but before he had gone two blocks fell toxthe " grojnd, too weak from the .loss of bl(d to contrmie. His cries attracted the attention of D. O. t:olcman;5103 North Eleventh street, who picked him up and car , ried him home. . - Police surgCons were summoned , and he was taken to St. Joseph hospital. Frobing tlie cause ot tits tan, tne , officers were told by the youngster "f;was pushed by a playmate, John Haiften, 12, whose address he did not know. , Police surgeons wy,his injuries are critical. " ' . . " Wealthy Contractor's I Widow Dies Suddenly Mrs. Iugh Murphy, Clarinda apartments, died suddenly at 2 a. m. yesterday in the bathroom of her apartment. She had been in poor health for jBome time. Shi was 67 years old. Mrs. Murphy was the widow of 'the late Hugh Murphy, wealthy Omaha paving contractor. She is survived by two sons, "Hugh, jr., and Richard, and two 'daughters, Mrs. Joseph Curtis and Mrs. Mary G. Adams. Funeral services . will be held Tuesday morning at the home at 8:30 and at St. Peters' church at 9, Father J. F. McCarthy officiating. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. Mrs. C. J. Hubbard Given Badge for Camp Fire "Work Mrs. Charles J.. Hubbard of Omaha was decorated with a national honor badge for her work in Omaha Camp Fire Girls' circles today, at a luncheon for members of the board of direc tors, executive committee and torch bearers in the Chamber of Commerce at noon. . Edith Kempthorne. national field secretary for the Camp Fire Girls' council, discussed the national Meld work. Out-of-town guests at the luncheon included Mrs. C. O. Saulz of Gothenburg, la.. Miss Gladys King of Papillion. Mrs. G. H. Gid dings of Odcll and Miss Marian Webster of Valley. More than 100 were present. . New Home of Orkin Store To Be Opened on March 15 " Formal opening cf the new four . story building at 1512 Douglas street, which is to be the home of the Julius Orkin store, is now set for "March 15, although the original plans for the construction of this building set the date for occupancy at May 15. Favorable building con ditions in Omaha are credited with the expected completion of the struc ture two months ahead of schedule. Arcade windows in this building, being constructed to a depth of 32 .feet, are a feature of the structure. John W. Gamble Writes He And Wife Enjoying Trip John W. Gamble, vice president of the First National bank, and Mrs. Gamble are sojourning in Jamaica, , according to word received from - Mr. Gamble today by J; David Lar son, commissioner of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. ' Mr. Gamble wrote that he was en joying his vacation' and at that time, February 1. he was at St James, Jamaica and was preparing to leave for Caracas. . Mr. and Mrs. Gamble plan to re turn to Omaha March 1. Citizen Training at Ord " Old. Neb.. Feb. 12. (Special.) The Ord Community club will spon sor a citizenship draining program commencing February 25, with a father and sons banquet and ending ith a mass "meeting. 200 Disabled Ex-Yanks !Are Now Receiving Uncle Sam's Vocational Training in Omaha Criticism of System Based On Ignorance, Says Con McCarger, Head of Omaha District, Citing Cases. By IRWIN F. HARRISON. ' Here are three world war veter ans, two from the army and the other from the navy, who are re ceiving benefits of Uncle Sam's voca tional training for partly djsabled ex-service men. ' They are J. L. Pallat, 23. of 1424 Martha street: L. S. Britton, 22, of 2962 Poppleton avenue, and Clarence E. Kunte, 29, ot 7 Elder Court, Council Bluffs. Britton enlisted in the A. . F. in London. The young war veteran from Hay Springs, Neb., had come to Omaha oy special invitation ana nu Dcen listening to a glowing outline of his future from the optimistic Con' Mc Carger, Omaha supervisor of Uncle Sam's board of vocational education for partly disabled ex-service men. Registers Interest. The Hay Springs visitor regis tered interest, but waxed not warm ith enthusiasm. , "Don't . voit think the training would do you a lot of goodj" Mr. McCarger suggested. The visitor hesitated, then reache l a decision. "Guess I'll take it," he said resignedly. "Where's the barracks?" McCarger s customary smile faded into a frown. Then he laughed. "You're not joining the army," he chuckled. "Uncle Sam's merely giv ing you some help in return for what you did for the nation during, the war." , "Well, does the government furn ish the uniform, or do I have to buy it myself," his caller persisted. Doubts Quieted. "There isn't any mniform," "Mc Carger told him. "You go to work like any other civilian and while you're getting training in any occu pation you select the government nays you $100 a month, besides w hat you get from your employer." "Oh. is that itr the visitor ex claimed. Evidently his doubts were quieted, i He signed on the dotted line. 1 11 have a job ready tor you to morrow, McLarger told him. - "That s lust one example, he ex-, plained after the veteran had-left. some of era are worse. Shoveline snow off an iceberg would be a saccharine delight, com pared to convincing many ex-service men there's "anything to" this voca tional training service the federal government is offering them, Mc Carger declares. Doesn't Get Across. The traditional fook the gift horse gets in the mouth," says he, is a mere casual "once-ovcr".-a passing glance in comparison with the sus picious and -Drvinjr inspection the vocational training service gets from its prospective beneficiaries. Reams and bales of Government literature and many columns of newspaper space devoted to ex planation of the machinery and benefits of the service have failed to make things clear, he observes. "Somehow? all that printed stuff fails to get across," he says. "Ini most cases it's only after we get them in for interviews that they really understand what the training means." He tells a story of another man jrV iiEt ri A ' ,m J ftmS,.;? V .- .... j J : A vv!vS I V,'T City Officials O. K. Showing Here of "Some Wild Oats" Sanction for the showing of the film. "Some Wild Oats," in the Mu nicipal Auditorium this week was granted after a private filming of the picture by Dr. J. F. Edwards, health commissioner; Mrs. W. E. Bolin, secretary of the social hygiene com mittee, and O. M. Adams, superin tendent of the board of public wel fare. The picture will be in Omaha for five days, beginning Sunday. Wom en will be admitted to matinees and men only to evening shows. Girl students will be given a special showing Wednesday evening at 5, and boy students at the same hour Thursday. Mrs. Bolin wjll supply a speaker for each showing of the pic ture. . G. 0. P. Senator From Nevada To Visit Sister in Omaha Taskcr L. Oddie, republican sen ator from Nevada, will spend Mon day m Omaha with his sister, Miss Grace Oddie former employment secretary of the Y. W. C A. Senator Oddie will arrive from Reno 'at 7:15 tonight. He is en route . to Washington to begin his official duties. Prominent attorney and mine owner. Senator Oddie's first touch of politics was in the Nevada state legislature. He was elected govern or of the state in 1911. Senator Oddie was one of the early discov erers of the . Tonapah mines, in western Nevada. . - Two 1-Act Plays to Be Given By Unity Players in Church Two one-act plays will be given by the Unity players at their third pub lic performance in the First . Uni tarian church, Thirty-first and Har-1 ney streets, next Saturday evening at 8. The West sisters will furnish music before and between the plays, and dancing will follow the last fall of the curtain. Miss Geraldin? Olson, Miss Berdio Hoag and M. M. Levings will play the lead roles in "Where But In America," by Oscar Wolff. Miss Margery Parsons and Miss Bonnie Dean will paly "The Wedding Cake" by Charles Levings. Refreshments will be served. eligible for the training benefits, this one from Antiocli. Neb. "After I'd talked to hiin for a couple of hours he told me he'd like to have the training, but he didn't want to go to Washington for it,' McCarger relates. "Now what do you think of that? He didn't know the whole idea was to keep the men close to their homesl And that man told me he had received from federal burcas a, stack of letters a foot high, sup posed to tell hint all about the train ing! "I had another experience over in a small town .in Iowa. The father of the young man whom I was seek ing told me the boy was away, but would return in an hour or so. "Do you think he would be inter ested in some vpcational training," I i sited. '"'Why, I should think he would, he's quite a singer,'" the father re plied. "The guy thought I was out there to sell a course in voice culture. It'll probably surprise you even more when I tell you the father is mayor of that Iowa town." General Ignorance.. This general ignorance of the de tails of the training service and the benefits it offers is the biggest handi cap in ettorts to Dring tne service to it highest efficiency, McCarger says. He believes the existing lack of knowledge of the service among war vetrans is partly 'responsible for recent criticisim of the service from various'sources. There is some foundation, lie ad mits, for allegations that some of the partly disabled ex-service men arc not being given proper care and help, But these attacks should nofbc di rected entirely against the govern mental agencies, he declares. Serve Useful Purpose. "If the attacks help to arouse in terest among the ex-service men, they will have served a useful pur pose," he said. '"Thcte must be a certain amount of .co-operation in order for the vocational graining to reach a high degree of efficiency. "Meanwhile the service really is helping a lot of men right here in Omaha." He mentioned the following cases: Arnold Anderson, 1713 Holmes avenue, was a grocer's clerk' before he, entered the army. In France he' suffered a gunshot wound in the right elbow and lost the use of the arm. Lnder the vocational training system he received a course of 9 months in bookkeeping, being paid $100 a month by the federal govern ment during that period. He is now employed as a bookkeeper and ac countant for the Danish' Brother hood. 917 Omaha National Bank building. Wounded in Foot David F. Pfeiffer, 1819 Vinton street, was shot through the left foot while in service in France. The wound' resulted in partial disability. Through the vocational training service he was enabled to take a course iff a barber college He is nowi operating a barber shop in Ute.'Ia. '. David G. Bareuthcr, suffering par tial disability from a war wound, aspired to journalism. Uncle Sam's training service provided a course ,for him at Morningside; college. Sioux City, la. Later he became a reporter on a Sioux City paper. William A: Noyes, 1721 South Eleventh street, Council Bluffs, was tmajble after his return from France to return to his occupation of car re pairer. A shrapnel wound had made necessary amputation of his right leg at the thigh. Under vocational training service he is now taking a course in bookkeeping and account ing at an Omaha business college. Suffers Crushed Arm. J. L. Pallet, 23, of 1424 Martha street, suffered a crushed arm in an accident while serving aboard the U. S. S. Nansemond in foreign wa ters. The injury prevented him from following his trade as a carpenter ADVERTISEMENT Omahan Elected to Post in National Retailers' Body J. W. Metchalf, secrelary of the Associated Retailers of Omaha, was elected one of three vice presidents of the National Association of Re tailers' secretaries at the annual con vention in New York yesterday. More Jhau 800 retailers' secretaries attended the event. Increase Bank Capital Lodgepole. Neb.. Feb. 12. (Spe cial.) The First National bank of Sidnev has increased 'its capital to $50,000, making it the second strongest in the county. SAGE TEA TURNS GRAY HAIR DARK It's Grandmother's Recipe to Bring Back Color and Lustre to Hair. That beautiful, even shade of dark, glossy hair can only be had by brewing a mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Your hair , is your charm. It makes or mars the face. When it fades, turns gray, or streaked, just an application or two of Sage and Sulphur enhances its appearance a hundredfold. Don't bother to prepare the mix ture; j'ou can get this famous old recipe improved, by the addition of other ingredients at a small cost, all ready for use. It is called Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. This can always be depended upon to bring back the natural color and lustre of your hair. Everybody uses "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound" now be cause it darkens - so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell it has been applied. You simply dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through the hair, taking one small strand at a time; - by morning the gray hair has dis appeared, and after auother appli cation it becomes beautifully dark tand appears glossy and lustrous. after he was discharged from serv ice. The federal government is now helping him through a law course at Omaha university. Clarence E. Runte, 29, of Council Bluffs, was a tractor demonstrator before he went to war. While with the Ninth Aerial squadron in the St. Mihiel sector in France he received in his left leg several ragged frag ments from a bomb dropped by a German aviator during an air raid. He still has the leg, but it's "not what it used to be," he says. He is now receiving federal vocational training as an electrician. , Badly Shot Up. Luther Dill of Lexington, Neb., was rather badly "shot to pieces" in France. For some time after his return home he was nearly blind and his whole right side- was paralyzed. Through treatment these disabilities have been removed, but he still has a piece a shrapnel im bedded in his spine that makes it impossible to use his legs. But he hasn't given up hope. -With the aid of the vocational training service he 'is now able to make a part of his living expenses as a shoemaker. t William B." Pettijohn of Shenan doah, la., canje back from France with part of his right lung shot away. Vocational training service is now putting him through a course it; mechanical draughting at Omaha university. Trained as Electrician. L. S. Britton, 22, of 2962 Popple ton avenue, was born in this coun try, but while still a child was taken by his parents to England. During the war he enlisted in the A. E. b', in London. Following the armistice he came lo the United States to seek his fortune. Failing health sent him to a hospital and he called on Uncle Sam .for help. While still under treatment by physicians he is re ceiving the vocational training as an electrician in the employ of an Omaha electrical firm. "Those few cases may serve to give the public an idea of what the vocational training- service actually is accomplishing," Mr. McCarger ex plained. "To the Omaha office have been assigned 1,000 partly disabled ex-service' men and women in Ne braska and Iowa. Of these, there arc now 400 taking vocational train ing with governmental aid. About 200 of them are getting the train ing in Omaha. We have found em ployers here anxious to co-operate tvd more than satisfied with the work given by the war veterans placed in their employ." 75 Per Cent Married. ' Approximately 75 per cent of the men taking the training in the Oma ha district are married, McCarger says. These men receive $13S a month from the government during the period of training for the occu pation they jckct. For single men the government aid is $100 a month. In the Omaha district there are now men in training for a long list of trades' and professions, including the law, ministry, sheet metal work, brick masonry, salesmanship, car pentry, electrical work, motor me chanics, etc. . ' "We guarantee to take care of every partly . disabled war veteran who applies for the , training," Mc Carger concluded. His office is at 204 Mickel-building. Builders' Exhibit To Launch Drive For Building Boom AirKinds of. Materials Used in Erecting and Decorating Houses lo Be Displayed At Auditorium. ' Your Weight Can Be Reduced The Solar System of reducing weight is remarkably effective. We have just installed a Gardner Reducing Machine to be used in combination with our SOLAR BATH TREATMENTS. This new treatment is a form of rolling massage. It is used in all of the large health institutions of the East. The treatments are very pleasant to take and are positively harmless. Thousands have been reduced by these methods. If you are over weight you should begin a course of treat ment at once. Don't delay. Call or write for full informa tion. PhomS Tyler 0920. The SOLAR SANITARIUM "Largest Treatment Sanitarium - in the West" 19th and Douglas Streets Masonic Temple Bldg. OMAHA, NEB. All kinds of building material, from cement blocks for the fotinda tion to the wall paper and decora tions for the completed modern home, will be shown at the Omaha Home Builders' exhibition - in the Municipal auditorium late in April. Charles A. Franke, manager of the Auditorium, and Robert C. Mitchell, manager of the Reliance Brick company, are in charge of the arrangements for the exhibition. Managers of Omaha building ma terial and supply firms are even now being besieged by inquiries con ccrning the exhibition, Avhich is to be one of the most extensive-build ing carnivals given in the middle west. Mr. Franke i's just back from visiting a similar exhibit in Min neapolis last week. "Their exhibition included ' more than 100 firms from the Twin Cities," he declared, "and was so arranged that it was truly a work of art. "Record-breaking erowds attended the show and an extensive building program has resulted. v Several times during the exhibi tion the police were forced to close the doors and inform "the overflow crowds to attend some other eve ning. "If present plans do not co amiss, the Omaha exhibition will be larger and better than the Minneapolis cx: hibition, and we Have hopes of get ting record-breaking crowds. . "There is no shortage of money in the building and loan associa tions here and I am informed they have plenty of capital to lend Oraa nans' planning to erect homes." Family Skeleton Will Rattle if New Illness Strikes This Village (Contlnufd frem I'as Oar.) stand, on the suppression of the liquor traffic. Harry Gets Under Way. Hello! City Commissioner Zim- man gets a slight attack of talking sickness. Would he have something to talk abbut? We'll remark that he would, something after this man ner: "The police department of Omaha is a joke under Ringer. It doesn't function. Ringer is a total loss. He's a total loss. He is a liability ,to the city of Omaha. Vice conditions never so bad as now. Getting worse, right along. A disgrace. . Terriblel Awful! Horrible! Fearful! Total loss! Ringer a total loss! He's a liabilit3 He isn't an asset. Terriblel Awful! Horrible! Fairfull" And J. Dean Ringer, catching it from Zimman, would bubble about: '."Bootleggers too active. Get the spirit of Omaha against bootlegging. Wicked! Bad!; Must uplift.", ; Magney's Slogan. Assistant United States Attorney Lloyd Maguey would show his first symptoms by raving thus: "Landslide! Terrible landslide! Couldn't have lost my national demo cratic chairmanship if it hadn't been a landslide. Bad thing, landslide. Knocks a fellow sideways. Kills 'cm sometimes. Killed me politically. Hope, though. Hope, and evermore hope." And Arthur wouldn't be alone' in this sort of raving. There is a noble army of the democratic faithful who would join this chorus. . Jennie's Heart Aches. Dr. Jennie Callfas, if she suc cumbed to the malady, would prob ably talk thus: "Terrible vice conditions ! Oh, how my heart aches for the friendless girls. Oh. Ave must w-atch them! Let us follow them everywhere we can and keep watch over them. Wicked men constantly following them. Vice triumphing over virtue continually." . Dan B. Butler would rave about the evils of landlords: "Drake, Drake. Drake. Drake U a fake to try to raise rents. Have to live in tents. Tenants' tents. Ton ants' league. I'm vice president now. Fight the landlords in the courts, our cohcjrts." But enough! Let us hope that the "talking sickness" will not n-ach Omaha. Wc don't want it here. In fact there's enough of it here now. Every clay wc see evidences of ' it. Don't wc? Wc do. Fremonter to Be Entertained Here Prior to Palestine Trip bam Weinberg of rremont, wlu: is leaving for a tour of Palestine, will be guest of honor at an enter tainnicnt to be given tomorrow efe ning at 6 in the Lyric building, .Nineteenth and Farnani streets, by the Umalia Zionist organization Prominent Omaha men will speak rollowing the meeting a commit tee of the organization will escort Mr. Weinberg to the union station wnere lie will uoarci a tram lor an eastern port. Plenty of Choice Seats for Louise Homer Concert Left Choice scats for' Louise Homer concert in the. Municipal auditorium the evening of February 18 are still in abundance, although the scat sale has started, the committee in charge ot the concert has announced. Miss Homer will sing in Omaha next rridav night under the aus pices of the Omaha Tuesday Musical club. ADVERTISEMENT CORNS Lift Off with Fingers Dr. G. D. Shipherd and His Dental Organization Now Located in New Office - SIXTH FLOOR SECURITIES BUILDING Pay Us a Visit Com Any Time. 613-20 Securities Bldg. S. E. Corner 16th and farnani, Phones: Tyler 2732, 27S3. 7 Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little "Freezone" on an aching com, m stantly that com stops hurting, then shortly you lift it right off with fin gers, .truly J Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of Freezone for a few cents, stir ticicnt to remove very Hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and the calluses, w ithout soreness or irritation. Clean, Wholesome FOOD And an abundance to choose - from it what you will always find at the HOTEL TOME CAFETERIA Management Rome Miller n .. . t t . . & 4 i Sew at Home J Do you really know how easy it is to do your own sewing at home on a W H IT El I It is true economy to do your own sewing. Our terms work no hardship on anyone. Come in or phone. IMICKBUS A. Hospe Company to Install New Sheet Music Department With the purchase of a complete new stock of sheet music the A. Hospe company will again establish a sheet music department in their "Everything iii Art and Music" store February 21. The stock will be augumcntcd from time to time with editions of the latest popular songs as they come from the pub Ushers in the cat. Prowler Ransacks Home And Breaks Up Furniture The home of 'Mrs. Laura Eggers, 1512 North Nineteenth street, was ransacked and. several pieces of furniture broken up during her ab sence yesterday afternoon. Valu ables were missing, but she was unable to estimate the loss to police. Mrs. Eggcrs said she believes the prowler had entered "her home for spite work. Let Our Factory Trained TUNER Put Your Piano in Order 1807 Farnam Ctra.l fln.lii MOxiC CO. Douglas 4240 t I 4 15th and Harney ' 4 ? A. HOSPE CO. PIANOS TUNED AND , REPAIRED All Work Guaranteed 151S Douglas St. Tel. Doug. 188 HLeilU Courtney Building Douglas 3910 SnoZiiamSQv Typical Table Supply Offerings for Monday Exceptional Money-Saving Opportuni ties You Cannot Well Afford to Miss. Meats Lamb Stew 5 c Lamb Chops 10c Spare Eibs lSiAc Groceries Best Broom . . . . .48c 4 cans Oil Sardines. .25? Am. Cream Cheese.. 2 ) j The New Home j j Julius Orkin Store j j SV aw SB i s .1 r First Door West of Present Building Nothing is being spared to make it the finest appoint ed Apparel Store": in the central west. Moving Into Our New Home at This Unexpected Early Date Demands a complete readjustment of present stocks ' The new building is ready for occupancy two months ahead of schedule. Our pres ent stocks will not fit in with the nevr de partmentizing schemes, and we have de cided on an absolute disposal of Present Stocks. ' We Shall Not Move a Single Garment of Our Present Stock Into the New Store and to effect this task we gurate, commencing mail- Wednesday A Gigantic Removal Sale of Our Entire All New $100,000 Spring Stock Your opportunity to buy your , entire new-outfit at .about factory cost. Watch Papers for Further Details Store Will Be Closed All Day Tuesday to Mark Down Merchandise. mm 1508-1510 Douglas Street. MMiUUfaaiaillMaiiii il Jseav