Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20
CLASSIFICATION
FOR 100 PER CENT
RULES IS GIVEN
Returned Soldiers and Per-
sons Earning Less Than
S12 Weekly Exempt In
Firms Figures.

The blue and white banners which
the Chamber of Commerce will
award to the firms of the city whose
employees go 100 per cent and which
will be carried in the big 100 per
cent parade next Friday when Sec
rotary OF the Treasury Carter Glass
will review the men and women who
have helped to put the Victory Lib
erty loan "over the top" have ar
rived. One of them is hanging IN
the office of the chamber and is at
tracing much attention from the
members.
Any firm employing ten or more
persons, all of whom buy Victory
Liberty loan notes, will get ban
ner.
Sent Circular Letter.
The chamber today sent out a let
ter to all the business houses OF the
city calling their attention to the
award they are to make to 100 per
cent houses, and enclosing an Eek
emption" card giving the rules that
will govern the presentation of the
banners.
"First-That employees receiving
less than $l2 per week need not be
counted in figuring firm percentages
in the Victory loan campaign.
"Second-That employees who are
returned soldiers need not be count
ed"
Which means if all employees. ex.
cepting those that receive $12 or less,
or are returned soldiers, sailors or
marines, buy notes the firm will be
considered as having 100 per cent
and will get banner.
Trench Team No. 81 Formed.
T. L. Davis, chairman of the Third
division, has completed the organ
ization of his forces with the ap-
pointment If the following Trench
Team No. 81" Albert D. Klein is
major and Robert B. Updike cap
tain. The lieutenants are: D. B.
Marshall. George c. Edgerly, Alan
Mcdonald, ]. D. Williams, C. V. |
Nelson, D. c. McCulley. Ray Kings
ley, Fred Rogers, Henry A. Raapke,
Harry A. Wolf. E. A. Moore, Bert
LeBron, Roy M. Gleason. Rodman
NJ Brown and S. E. Cole.
The central committee of the Vic
tory Liberty loan, which allots
quotas for firms and corporations
and is sitting this week in the Fed
eral Reserve bank, reports very sat
isfactory sessions. The men mott
fed to appear have been little slow
in responding to the call, but have
subscribed to the new loan in even
larger sums than in former loans.
w. ]. Coad, chairman, and B. A. Will
cox, vice chairman, sit with the
committee every day.
Five Thousand Men in Line.
Adjutant Walter B. Bryne of Col.
F. A. Grants staff for the Victory
Liberty Loan welcome Home"
parade Monday. April q. estimates
5000 uniformed returned soldiers,
sailors and marines will be in line.
More than $500 men have already
signifed their intention of march
ing. and. as yet. the letters sent out
by the Victory Liberty loan commit
tee have not been delivered. The
parade promises to be one of the
greatest ever known in the history
Of Omaha. .r
Returned colored soldiers are to
form unit of their own. The COM
oany will form at Seventeenth street
and Capitol avenue, and men are
asked to report to Lieutenant
Turner there. He will have charge
If the company Announcement of
he wish to have as many OF the
,olored soldiers as possible in the
column will be made in all colored
churches Sunday. Men are asked to
wear uniforms. but not oyercoats.