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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19
Omaha Art Gid Officers
10 Meet TUESDAY, in Library

The executive officers ofsthe Onla-
IA, Art Gid will meet Tuesday af-
lernoon in the public library to make
plans for the annual exhibition of
the Gid for this year. No exhibit
lion was held last year. due to war
activities and the "fln. The Oma-
ha Art Gid is composed of Omaha
artists who do original work. This
year viii be the seventh year Of the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19
ICON MAN" is
CHARGE PLACED
AGAINST DAVIS
Memphis Man Declares "AuC-
tioneer" Tried to Force Pay
Payment of Sum for Watch
Not Agreed to.

? Charged with being confidence
man. Charles Davis, alleged fake
auctioneer, was arrested yesterday
for the second time in the past week
The man was taken into custody
on complaint of H. F. Neitfeld OF
Memphis, Neb., who declared that
an attempt was made to compel him
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19
o. A. @. Directors Meet.

The board of directors of the
Omaha Athletic club held a meet
ing last Thursday at which W..
A. Frazer was elected president;
Frank w. Judson, vice-president,
while A. w. Jefferis and w. A..
Schall were reelected directors.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19

only a little way toward clothing the
millions Of destitute persons in
northern France and devastated Bel
GUM. Think Of the war-weary
families returning to their shattered
homes in the invaded countries.
Manufactures are gone, towns are
torn to pieces. homes are in ruins,
and fuel and clothing cannot be OBJ
tanned at any price.
Cold in Belgium.
It is cold in Belgium in the win
ter time. The air is heavy and damp
and the wind penetrating. Illness
cannot be combated without proper
clothing. Imagine what gift of old
clothing would mean to one of these
desolate families? Just a gift of
some of the old things you have
discarded. And remember that many
OF these people are without shoes.
1t costs So to have a pair of shoes
half-soled in Belgium and half a
million persons are barefooted now.
Need Help at Once.
The people need help now. Next
spring when warm weather comes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19
DON'T
Suffer
From Piles

Send For Free Trial Treatment,
No matter how long or how bad = 30 90
your druggist today and get q so cent
lox OF Pyramid Pile Treatment II
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19
UnbIeached Sheeting

36-inch width, extra fine
round thread quality. Correct
width for sheets and slips, at,
yard 1910
Evening star., 1919-09-28
In. C. HOOVER ANNOUNCES
IAN AGREEABLE SURPRISE
Hopes to Return Between 4e5,.
100000 and $50, o,ooo, 600 Of Fund
Voted for European Relief.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. September
27-Herbert C. Hoover has retired
from public office and is to devote
his future time toward making the $s
and $e day salaries Of Stanford
University professors more commen-
surate with tho $s and 50 wages Of
home building artisans and to various
relief measures in Europe. according
to a letter received from Hoover by
. San Francisco newspaper today.
The letter was in response to ons sent
Hoover asking about his future plans.
He is to return between $4,000. 900
and sso.ooo.ooo in foreign obligations
to the United States Treasury in par
tial liquidation. Of the 100000. 900
voted by Congress for relief purposes.
he wrote.
"I hone this will be an agreeable
SURPRISE" he wrote. Most Of Com
gress thought that the money was
gone forever. but voted for It any
way"
After . month in California Hoover
plans to return TO New York to pass
upon the financial ssttlensnt Of o..
900 900 900 In expenses arising from
the operations Of the supreme eco.
nomic council and Of the Belgian re-
lief commission.
Evening star., 1919-09-28
HTTONI SEES PRESIDENT
ASTHESUPREME ARBITER
Ifalys Foreign Minister Complains of In
creased Delays for U. S. Delegates
inCabline Mr.. Wilson.
By the Associate PresR.

By the Associated Press.
ROME. September 27.-Tomasso Tit
toni. foreign minister. speaking in
the chamber Of deputies today. de-
voted most of his attention to the
status of President Wilson in the
peace activities. The foreign minister
said he had suffered daily anguish
over the delay in the settlement OF
Italy's problems. declaring 1t was
thought that the departure from
Paris of President Wilson would
facilitate the task Of the Italian dele
gates.
Growing Worse, He Says.
On the contrary. Signor Tittoni as
serted, it had been made more serious
and complicated, as the American
peace delegation had to communicate
with the President by cable, which
made delay inevitable.
The question of our relations with
President Wilson will have to be
cleared up some day" the foreign
minister continued. ':The inquiry
"uSeN not DC Hmieeo 70 Tue perioo
commencing with the opening Of the
peace conference, but must go back
to the time Of the Intervention of
the United States in the war, and even
farther.
Prom the time Of President VIII
sons manifesto in November, 1916. it
was clear he intended to become an
arbiter between the contestants. Aft
Evening star., 1919-09-28
BELGIUM NEEDS CATS
TO KEEP DOWN GROWING
MULTITUDE OF MICE

BRUSSELS. September IL
Correspondence Of the Associ-
ated Press).-Belgium. which
is far ahead Of any other Of the
European belligerents in the
process Of reconstruction. is In
great need Of cats.
"The necessity is urgent. says
the National, which adds that
during the war we had no cats.
but we had no mice. either.
They had all died of hunger.
Now that food is more plentiful
the mice have reappeared in
thousands. Unhappily the same
cannot be said of cats. The re-
sui, is that a dollar is being paid
for a mere atom of a kitten.
''Oh, that our fairy god
mothers, England and France,
would send us some CATS.
Evening star., 1919-09-28
NAVY BALLOON IN RACE
DESCENDS IN MICHIGAN
Washington Entry Last Of Five
That Started From St. Louis
to Report,
BY the Associated. Press. l.

.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, September 27.-A
telegram received here at l1:45 tonight
reported the landing at Stittsville, Mich.
Of the last, contestant remaining to re-
port in the Army-Navy balloon race
started here yesterday With i've com.
pieting. Tho message flled at Cadillac.
Mich, stated the craft descended Al
nstittsville at 80 this morning.
The latest balloon to report Is a Navy
representative from Washington. b. G.,
piloted by Lieut.. R. Emerson and En-
sign F. L. Sloman.
A telegram received late today by
MAI. A. B. Lambert, Official Of the derby.
reported that the Langley Field, Va.
craft alighted IN Lake Michigan twenty
miles from the shore at Marinette, Wis.
about 500 miles from st. Louis. The
pilot, Capt E. P. Phillips Of the Army,
who sent the message, said that he and
his aid; Lieut.. Byron T. Burt. and the
equipment had been rescued.
Three balloons from each branch Of
the service originally were scheduled
for the start. but one Navy bag failed
to compete owing to leak. The Navy
entry from the Pensacola, Fla, naval
training station was reported today
as having landed a few miles north
Of Menominee, Mich, a distance of
approximately 49, miles northeast of
this city. :.
OF the ARMY entrants the Fort
Omaha bag canae down near st. Louis
shortly after the start, and a Brooks
deld. Tex. r,.ft descended at Pitts
field. Wis. q distance from here of
approximately. ls5 miles.
Evening star., 1919-09-28
STRIKERS IN STEEL
: STRUGGLE MASSED
/ FOR HARDEST TEST
Bethlehem Employees Added
to Those Involved as
Forces Are Lined Up.
RE0PENING TOMORROW,
EMPLOYERS PURPOSE
Unions Invite Committee of Senate
to Investigate Pittsburgh
Conditions.

Having failed In the first week OF
the steel strike TO paralyze the indus
fry, although crippling many plants
end forcing a shutdown in some CEN
ter4. union labor is massing its forces
for q greater offensive tomorrow. when
approximately $4,000 employees OF the
Bethlehem Steel Company have been
ordered to join the walkout.
On the other hand. officials Of the
United States, Steel Corporation and
independent companies, who claim to
have won back many deserters, are
preparing to launch a drive of their
own. In an effort to reopen as many
plants as possible and increase the
output in mills kept in operation.
Developments Of Day.
The sixth day Of the Industrial
struggle. which. passing without seri-
Gus disorder. brought no great advance
TO either side, was marked by the
following developments:
l. Formal announcement by the
strikers national committee that the
bethlehem strike would become ef-
!fective tomorrow.
Q. Invitation extended by the strfk-
ers to the Senate labor committee to
visit Pittsburgh and investigate for
itself causes of the strike" and "n-
I legal and brutal methods employed by
the steel corporations to break the
strike"
L Announcement that the strikers
would confer with the railroad
/ brotherhoods ION matters in connec-
2 Aion with the strike"
4 Expression Of confidence in Will
: liam z Foster. secretary Of the
strikers national committee, adopted
I by shat body after attacks had been
! made on Foster in Congress and else
NAers for alleged s.radicalism.s =
e Detailing OF additional police in
various eitisst 10 afford protection, 80
workers desiring to return to theif
POSTS tomorrow.
8. Reply BY Secretary Of War ,Ba-
ker to sstrikers' protest that he lacked
authority to prevent employment in
Z Chicago Of discharged soldiers in uni
form ~ strike guards
q. Second message sent Gov. Cox
of Ohio by Gov. Cornwell of West
Virginia warning him Of threatened
invasion" Of West Virginia by Ohio
efrikers unless the Weirton mills
close by tomorrow afternoon.
Evening star., 1919-09-28
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE 4
ENACTs ANTl-STRlKE Law

MONTGOMERY, Ala. September e.,
"A state anti-strike law was enacted
as law during the last hours Of the
state legislature here today. when tho
house passed the senate bill providing
for fine Of not more than $1,000 aza
prison sentence for persons four
guilty of entering into combinatfe
or agreement to stop the wheels Of In
dustry in Alabama. 81
Evening star., 1919-09-28
Invitation to Committee
Of Senate Accompanied
by Charge of Brutality
~ tie Associated Press.

~ tie Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. September 27.-
The national committee for organizing
from and steel workers, after canvass
an1 the steel strike situation here.
sent . telegram to United States
senator kenyon. chairman Of the
Senate labor committee. tonight. ask
ahe him to have the committee come
TO Pittsburgh and investigate for
itself the conditions the steel strikers
complain of In western Pennsylvania
The national committee also decided
to confer with the railroad brother
hoods on matters in connection with
the strike. i.
The telegram sent to Senator Ken
yon, which was decided upon by
Unanimous action Of the national
committee. representing twenty-four
unions involved in the strike, request
ed and urged the committee which fs
Investigating the strike ito come to
the Pittsburgh district At the earliest
practical date for the purpose OF get
ting Arst.hand evidence Of the causes
6f the strike and of the Illegal and
brutal methods employed by the steel
corporations to break the strike"
I'm many instances the civil authori-
ties have entirely ouflawed organized
labor" the telegram concluded.
win Meet Brotherhood Men.
A conference committee Of the ma.
%ional committee will get in touch
with the heads Of the four railroad
brotherhoods as soon as possible
What the steel workers will ask the
brotherhoods was not disclosed.
The committee. before 1t adjourned
adopted q resolution indorsing ant
a6irming its confidence in William z
Foster, secretary Of the national com
mittes. whose alleged radical attitud,
has been attacked in Congress ant
elsewhere
Secretary Foster said tonight tn,
committee win give out a documsn
tomorrow that will be interesting. II,
would not say what 1t was. =
4The sixth day Of the strike in tn
r7ttsburgh district was the quietes
of the week. With the exception o
the decision of the national commit
tee to make the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany strike effective next Monda,
morning there were no radica
changes in the situation. The Bethle
hem steel strike did not come as
surprise. The refusal of e. G. Grace
president Of the Bethlehem Company
on Thursday to deal with the labo
leaders foreshadowed the action o
the strikers committee today.
Employers Claim Gains.
Saturday being half-holiday n d
sted industry, there was no grea
CONTINUED on Second PAge.)
Evening star., 1919-09-28
DEMOCRATS PLAN METHODS
OF REACHING WOMAN VOTERS
National Committee Deuotes Most of Atlantic
City Conference to That End Estimated
Fourteen Million Will Have Ballot

that seventeen women will. have been
enrolled as members, who viii have
equal voice with the men in direct
ing the affairs Of the executive
council.
The committee adopted a resolution
urging hesitating, states on the suf-
frage amendment to adopt 1t without
delay.
Affirmative decision was reached in re-
gard to the creation Of subdivisions OF
national campaign headquarters One
Nin probably be located at Butt. Mont,
and tho other fn Wichifa. Kans. After
Ational ,conventton one Of these sub
yilions is to hs nnEed TO TIA Pacific
egs s~-R RinaAoos- -Dissuaeed.
The problem ,of npsncial resources
..N1a idilrnsssd-se aad; = can.
naittSe was named " Chairman Cum
nainss to recomnsnd. plans for tncreas.
ing the campaign revenues. Five mill
lion dollars. It was said, probably win
Be sought in contributions. Suggestions
that the largest sums % be accepted be
$1,000 were not sntsrtained. The mem
bers of this cornmittee are Senator A.
A. Jones, New Msxico: Representative
Cofdeil Hull. Tennessee: DR.: John W.
coushiin. Massachusetts. s
Two other committees were named,
one to deal with the woman Organise
tfon and the other with publicity. On
the first, Norman Eal[Gek. New York;
Clark Howell Georgia, and Frank B.
Lynch. Minnesota, were appointed,
while Chairman Cummings, A. Mitchell
Palmer of Pennsylvania and Wilbur
w. Marsh. Iowa will serve on the
publicity committee.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Franklin Roosevelt attended today,s
sessions Of the executive committee.
Evening star., 1919-09-28
SAYS BOARD INSULTS
MEN ASKING DISCHARGE
Private Soldiers Statement to Com.
mittee Investigating Reed
Hospital Conditions.

That enlisted men at Walter Reed
Hospital are frequently fnsulted whep
they go before the board to apply foz
a release from the service was testi-
fed by F. c. Crane, private, late yes
terday before the congressional sub
committee Of which Representative
Mckenzie is chairman.
The soldier reported what had been
told to him by sergt. Clough Of his ex-
periences before the board. Clough
was asked Il he was married. and when
be said yes, an, sofioer asked him:
where did you get your wife. pick
her up of the street," The witness
said that as matter Of fact Sergt
clough was married to q niece Of
former President Taft.
Says He Is ssWet Nurse"
Considerable amusement was caused
by Bernard A. Flanagan. also pri-
vate, who. when questioned regarding
his duties at Walter Reed Hospital
said he was "a wet nurse" on the sec
ond door. and he then explained that
he had to take care Of the children OF
officers who were treated at the hos
pitaL
Most of the hearing was devoted t.
testimony by soldiers regarding theil
trials in endeavoring to get out o,
the service.
! The committee again put on the
stand Lieut.. Col Ashford and Capt
Anderson. who were sharply lecturef
on Thursday by Representative.
Kendall Of Pennsyivania and McCul.
Tough Of Ohio. These two officers were
closely questioned yesterday by Rep.
ressntative Mccullough ~ to whethel
the priority list determines the order
In which men get out of the service
Mr.. Mccullough assumed the .positior
that the clsims Of the boys that til
priority list b . farce lars cosrsct
while the omcefG insist that III
priority list IL sbserved.
Evening star., 1919-09-28

ier the Intervention of the United
States, this characteristic of arbiter
became accentuated From December
~, 1917. our foreign ministry was In
formed that President Wilson would
be considered in Great Britain as the
supreme arbiter, be it for continue
ton Of the war or the drafting Of
peace terms Some of our diplomatic
agents warned the government 1t
was necessary TO secure without de-
lay President Wilson's support for
our national claims"
Signor Tittoni said that when the
war ended with victory he was con-
WINGED Italy would be given recogni-
tion Of her national aspirations pro-
portionate to her sacrifices.
Scores Peace Conference.
'On the contrary" he added, "the
Italian peace delegates had to engage
in daily struggle to obtain merely
partial recognition Of Italy's nation
al program. The peace conference had
to forego its principal task Of drafting
peace terms and change itself into an
assembly to settle the fate Of the
whole Of Europe, to create new states,
to fix new frontiers and to govern
Europe. II the peace conference is not
or cannot be replaced by the league Of
nations. it is impossible to foresee
when the activities Of the conference
Suill and
Evening star., 1919-09-28
Col. s. D. Boak Ordered Here

Col. 9. Davis Boak, Dental corre
1t IIoboksn, N. J.. has bean assisnsA
to duty at walter Reed 0ensraI He.
pttal this cify. Is..~s.,. 4.
Evening star., 1919-09-28
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY. n. J., September
27.-With the estimate Of fourteen
million women coming into the ballot
before the next presidential election,
the executive committee Of the DEM
ocratic national committee. which has
been in conference here two days, de-
voted most of its discussion to the
best methods of reaching the woman
voters. The committee adjourned to-
day and most Of its members loft for
their homes. ~ z=,z.@.z,y 4. -
The plan proposed by.A. r. Mnl1enaof
Nebraska that q 4declarstion 6e maae
in favor OF alolishinE the two-thifds
'r,,ia t1si italutii ne dateH il HFass
idential conventions and substitute
kAss majority r1le WAS mot acted uRpn.
Notice, was served On the national
connlis ist4a ossssS6l 1. hass i III plAh
would 'bs submitted 70 It 5s5 9
Mrs. George Bass. head Of tho worn-
ems bureau, discussed plans for the
political education Of the prospective
woman voters. She said that funds
could be raised by q precinct tax
where there are organisations OF
women. She suggested that 10 cents
per capita would yield a fund Of half
q million dollars.
In discussing her politiczI views
Mrs. Bass declared that women ia
yored man with ideals and the cour-
age to urge them" and pointed 70
President Wilson as an example.
= =
VIII Meet in December,
Chairman Homer S. Cummings an
nounced that the national committee
would meet some time in December
to map out plans for the presidential
campaign. The meeting place win be
probably Washington or Atlantic City.
At that time, he said, it is expected
Evening star., 1919-09-28
hi. !. + weed Ordered to China.

Nd. Jarsa I Wood. united States
infaAtfy. et Camp Meade. Ma. has
bssn osdsysN to Tisntsan, tcAina. 1or
duty With ths 18th Infantry.
Evening star., 1919-09-28
v. R. T. EMPLOYEES
MEET AS TO WAGES
600 Listen to international
Officer at Session Early
This Morning.
NAME MEN FOR PARLEY

More than 500 employees Of the wash
ington Railway and Electric Company
discussed the present street car sftuS-
ton here regarding wages at speciai
MsetiHg at 1 e'elscks tlaiss netptsg IN
Walters Hall. 71s 9Th street. The men
we're addreased by James. .Larsay..-ap.
ternationa vice president OF the Anal
tanAtsd Association of Street ana EJec.
tic Railway Workers Of America.
A eommittee Of Ave from each barn
was APPOINTED to confer witt, the rail-
way officials "Wednesday.
Members Of the Committee.
Members Of the committee, selected
this morning are W. G. Maeruder.
Brightwood division: J. N. McWelch,
lexington barn; r. T. Moteiey. East
eEn division; W. Green. North Wash
ington Division. and Mr.: Deworth Of
the Columbia line
d. Q. ;Aarston. q member Of the sis-
ter union. Division s8s. composed Of
Capital Traction men, addressed the
meeting. telling the members Of the
amicabie relations between his. union
and the company. He. declared that
the very time at which the meeting
was held was an incentive for orkani-
xation and Improvement of conditions,
II. Cookman. acting as local rep
resentattve for the Amaigamated in
ternattonaI. also spoke.
international Vice President Iarrav
pointed out to the men the advantaxes
OF the position in which they are at
this time as compared to two years
ago, when the union was in its in
fancy. He declared that they could
look to strong international union
for backing ''in any move which was
fair and just"
What the Men Ask.
Division s75. to which employees OF
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company belong. has presented an
agreement to the company demanding
q wage Of 70 cents per hour for con-
ductors and motormen. recognition Of
the union. an eight-hour day. increas-
ed wages for other employees and a
general Improvement in working
conditions.
The company has declared that it
will refuse to recognise the union,
will abide only. by the award of the
War Labor Board and treat with en-
ployes representatives only. who must
themselves be employees. Members of
s75 declare that they will demand
recognition Of the union.
The men are arm on this point
and will press 1t to the end" said a
union official.
The special meeting was called upon
the arrival Of the international vice
president. who will act in an advisory
capacity.
1t was pointed out that engineers
and firemen working in the plants OF
the Potomac Electric Power Company,
which is controlled by the washing-
ton Railway and Electric Company,
are not paid the union scale Of wages.
although they are organised. Stress
was laid upon the desire to cooperate
with these employees in Improving
conditions"
May Bring on Crisis.
Presentation Of the mems demands
! next Wednesday IL expected to bring q
crisis. The action Of the company.
union men dsciars, VIII decide tho &C
ton Of tho men. Arbitration will b
proposed in casa demands are NOT
granted. In case arbitration : 10 r.
fused . strike would bs the last re-
sort. II 70 declared.
! The. next meeting q tAs Msn VIII
be held wednAeAav night.
Evening star., 1919-09-28
MRS.WALSH'S WORK
HON0RS GRANDSON
Making Of Clothes for /! Poor l',1
Children Is in Memory of
vinson Mclean.
GIVES NEW YORK EXHIBIT

y <
Special Dispatch to The gear.
NEW YORK. September s5.-As a
memorial to vinson Walsh Mclean. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward b. Mclean Of
wsshinstnn. Who Rass killed ~ m nj
tomobile. Mrs Thomas F. Walsh. his
sxanduothez..i .intends to devote the rest
Of her life to making clothes for the
children pf the poor.
Work Is Exhibited. s.. Z.
Mrs. Walsh has Just returned from
Bar Harbor and il at tho Waldorf for
few days There she Is giving q; pri-
vate exhibition Of her work. Of which
she is the originator,
Her work consists OF collecting old
stockings, blankets that have outlfved
their usefulness, discarded sweaters.
gloves. old curtains. billiard table COW
ers and leather poclketbooks and max
ing them into clothes for children. She
explained how It was done and had
samples. one Of which, she said. waa
valued at SIS by q coatmaker.
Seven pairs Of silk stockings, lined
with kid gloves. make q coat for q
child Of four. A curtain taken from
her house in Bar Harbor and lined
with billiard table cloth fits q child OF
eight. A red blanket makes q suit for
boy Of ten. By taking some rag.
bag scraps and leather post cards she
made fansy vest for q boy.
Golf sweaters make excellent coats
for girls" she said. and on the wall
hung long coat sweater. with yellow
buttons, made from two discarded
sweaters.
Vice Presidents Gift.
Pajamas are made from old shirts.
A shirt donated by Vice President
| Marshall had been made into . suit to
| ft child of three. Ten old ties make a
small jacket and q mans silk hat was
| turned into q bonnet.
Mrs. Walsh has turned out more
than 1000 coats. Most Of these were
! sent to the children Of Belgium and
France.
Evening star., 1919-09-28

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