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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
Surprised at Ignorance of
Masses on Compensation Law
State Compensation Commissioner Tells of Instances
Where Employees Were Injured and Where
They Did Not Know Of Benefits They Were En-
titled TO.

Frank A. Kennedy, state compe
satlon commissioner. states tha
there 10 a surprising lack OF knowl
edge among workingmen ant
women Of the benefits they are en-.
titled to under the operations Of the
compensation law.
He bases his opinion of recent
cases which have been brought to
his attention and which he has dis
posed Of. He urges that employers
who are paying insurance for the
protection Of their employees should
advise their workers instead Of keep
ing them in ignorance. as some are
doing.
Mr.. Kennedy also suggests that
workers inform each other Of the
scope and objects of the compensa-
ton law He has knowledge of two
recent cases of workers entitled to
benefits under this law, and who did
not know of those benefits until told
by others after they had been in
jured.
when a department store girl
working nine years as a cashier in
big store, confessed she nevet
heard Of the compensation law, ]
was somewhat discouraged" said
Mr.. Kennedy. But when a few
days ago the foreman of a machine
shop admitted the same thing, it
got my goat
THE compensation law was made
for the benefit of employees and EN-
ployers. The employer pays money
to insure his employees. and then
dsmisses the matter from his mind,
leaving the employees In total ig
norance.
THE case of the department store
girl resulted in her loss Of three
weeks work land deprecated eff
cheney on her part on account OF
worry. The young lady accidentally
stuck a pin in one Of her fingers
while busting off her desk. In two
days blood poison set in and in four
days it affected her whole arm and
shoulder. She had her own doctor
treat the hand, and while it was in
bandages went to the superintendent
to borrow money to buy medicine.
The superintendent did not ask her
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10

l, any questions about her bandaged
hand because. as he said. he did not
think 1t was any OF his business
when a collector for the doctor
called month later to collect his
bill the young woman was scared to
death. She told him she only made
$1l week, had lost three weeks
work and did not know when she
could pay the bill. When she show
ed him her SCARED hand he asked
her why she did not get compensa-
ton and doctor bills. She said she
did not know anything about COM
pensation and said she would not sue
her employer. Finally the case was
brought before the commissioner
and she was allowed two weeks
compensation and a doctor bill of
$50. Then she stopped worrying.
THE case of the Omaha machinst
was a greater surprise to me be-
cause | had an idea the skilled me
chanics knew all about the law.
This man had cut three Of his
fingers quite seriously and was off
from work a month. One day he
happened into the Office while his
hand was still in a bandage and an
office man asked him why he was
not working. When told Of the &C
cident the Office man called him over
into a corner and whispered, why
don't you get compensation for time
lost? Don't tell anybody | told you,
bu. if you 60 down to court house
YOU will find someone who will tell
you all about the law. but | don't
want to be mixed up in the affair.
$50 the injured machinist-this
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
women DOUBLE.
THEIR MONEY ON
LOCAL PROP ERTY.
Mrs. Hayes and Miss Paxson
Lease Tract for Twice
as Much as Thsy
Paid for It.
George F. Jones last week nego-

George F. Jones last week nego-
tiated two large 99-year leases.
One of these was to E. M. Slater
for the 3-story apartment building
at the southeast corner of Twenty
fourth and Landon Court on a valu-
alton of $4,000.
This building contains SO rooms.
The other property is at the
; southwest corner of Twentieth and
Howard streets to the Oak Knoll
Investment company, headed by DR..
G. D. Shipherd.
The property is owned by Mrs.
, {. w. Hayes and her sister Miss
Susan Paxson.
The property was leased on a
$4,000 valuation.
Mrs. Hayes and Miss Paxson
have owned part Of this property
for about 10 years and the remainder
for about FIVE or six years.
The valuation stated in the
lease is more than double the
amount paid for the property by the
owners.
In addition to these leases Mr..
Jones just closed up several sales
including the Kenwood flats at
Thirty-fourth and Harvey streets
and a double brick flat at 6l7-l9
South Nineteenth street, and the
four brick flats at Thirty-fifth and
Harvey streets.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
BREAK GROUND
SOON FOR HOME
OF PHYSICIANS
All Leases Bought Up and
Tenants Notified to Move;
Doctors Signing
Leases.

Doctors and dentists are already
signing contract for floor space in
the new Medical Arts building,
The architects. Kimball & Nc
Donald, expect to have the plans
completed next month, and as all
the present leases on the ground
have been bought up and the ten
ants notified to move, it will be
but a short time until work on the
structure starts. Dodge street is
being graded, and this and the work
of excavating for the new medical
home will be carried on at the same
time.
MANY of the doctors who are on
the building committee have been
away for their summer vacations,
but as most of them have returned.
il is their intention to hold daily
meetings to push the building
along.
1t is no longer a question of fill
ing the building, according to a
member of the committee, as there
no longer is any doubt of the Sue
cess of the undertaking to make
Omaha a real medical center.
Special X-Ray Wires.
Especial attention will be paid to
doctors who have X-ray machines,
as those who have the larger ma
chimes have been having difficulty
in securing enough current in any
of the other buildings. Sufficient
power will be provided to handle
the largest made.
Another handy arrangement de-
cided upon by the doctors will be
a pneumatic tube which will convey
prescriptions to the drug store on
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10

union man who Is far above the av-
erage OF intelligence in his craft
came down town to find out what
was coming to him in eompensa-
ticn.
81 wonder how many injured
working men and women are losing
their compensation and doctor bills
because they do not even know OF
the existence OF the compensation
law | wonder how many employ
ers are paying for insurance for tleir
injured employees who are not get
ting what the employers are paying
for"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
Diamond Brings IS Gents.

Pittsburgh, Pa. Aug. "a $1,000
diamond recently changed hands
here for IS cents.
A small boy went into the store
of Mrs. Lillian Schindel and ten
dered her the stone for the price OF
a soft drink and ice, cream cone.
He said he had found it. Tho
woman had no idea the stone was
valuable until later, when she
learned that a neighbor had lost
diamond recently changed, haads.
DO you know Jones?"
II lent him tenner this morning.
should say do know him"
you lent him q tenner? Then I should
say you don't know him. Edinburgh
Scotsman
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
Omaha Barber Sells His
Property for $4,000

Joseph Kirner, pioneer Omaha
barber, now living in California. has
sold his Twenty-fourth street prop
erty to the H. A. Wolf company for
$4,000
The location Of this property is
432-4-6-8 South Twenty-fourth
street and 1857 South Twenty
fourth avenue.
Mr.. Kirner at one time lived on
this property.
The sale was made by the Byron
Reed company.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
Skogman Company Plans
to Build in Mount Clair

The firm of Benson & Carmichael,
which developed the Mount Clair
addition east of Thirty-third be-
tween Cunning and Hamilton, has
sold out all its holdings there to
the Skogman company.
This deal included about IS va
cant lots.
All other lots in the Mount Clair
addition are owned by private in
dividuals who are now living on
item or plan to build.
The Skogman company probably
will build new houses on their prop
crty this fall.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
Sell Dakota Land.

The Hastings & Heyden firm,
which has, been dealing extensively
in South Dakota land this year, has
bought 5000 acres on the North
western line between Huron and
Pierre and has resold most of it,
This land was purchased at $35
to $50 an acre.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
Number Of Transfers
Last Week Is Double
Those Of a Year AGO

Last week was the record breaker
this year in the number of deals re-
corded with the register Of deeds.
The total was 28O, or an average
of 46 2-3 per day.
The total amount carried on these
deeds was $l,075, 1858.
For the corresponding week year
ago llo deeds were filed, the total
consideration being S268.852.61.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
Move Into New Garage.

The Haarman-Locke company,
agents for the Stutz automobile, is
moving into the Heyden garage at
Twenty-fifth avenue and Dodge.
This garage was finished about
three weeks ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
Runs Away at 80.

ST. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 9.-St Louis
police have been requested to watch
for Mrs. Mary E. Hunter, 80 of
East St. Louis, who ran away" TAX
ing considerable" money with her.
f. J. Abdt says Mrs. Hunter is his
Wife's grandmother.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
SIabaugh Sells His Home
and Will Build Another

Willard c. Slabaueh has sold his
home in Cunning street and will
build a new one on lizard between
Fifty-first and Fifty-second streets.
Mr.. Slabaugh also is contemplate
ing the erection of two or three
other houses which he will sell.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10

the lower floor and carry the filled
prescriptions back to the floor from
which the order came.
An Office for the building has
been opened at S24 Brandeis build
ing, with Miss Ella J. Brown, as
slstant secretary, in charge.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-10
Realtors Go Fishing.

E. T. Heyden, Ralph Russell and
E. A. Knapp left Friday for Lake
Jefferson, Minnesota, for a fishing
trip.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
Red Cross Pigs at Fayette.

Thursday was Red Cross pig day
in Fayette, those in this township
who had signed up to give pigs to the
Red Cross last spring being asked to
deliver their donations at that time.
There were twenty-siX who signed up
I'm the spring, and eighteen unloaded
their pigs here Thursday the other
eigth having given money equiva-
lent.
The total weight of the pigs was
around 5000 pounds, the largest,
brought in by j. W. Orr, weighing
300 pounds, and the next largest
being Walt. Turner's. The lot was
handled through the Farmers Co
operative Shipping Association, and
were sent to Austin, Mimi. They were
loaded Thursday, but owing to the
non-arrival of the freight they had to
be unloaded and loaded again the
next day, when they went forward TO
their destination Fayette Leader.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
sixty.one Hogs. S3.Izs.

Perry, Ia.-Fred Rausch, who IS
one of the most successful hog raisers
in the community, delivered bunch
of hogs to Kelly & Kelsey this week
which brought him a check of suffi-
cient size to keep the wolf in the
background for several weeks. There
we're sixty-one April pigs in the
bunch and the check was for $3,l7S.
The hogs were about as fine as any
ever delivered in the city.
Another big bunch was delivered
by Walter Shell yesterday and they
attracted considerable attention
when brought into town. The hogs
were all hauled to town from the
Shell farm in auto trucks, eleven ma
chimes being used by the various
neighbors who helped him deliver
them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice of the appointment Of an
administrator of the Estate OF VIII
liam Winter, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
administrators of the estate OF
William Winter, late of Burr Oak
Township, in the County of Winnie
shiek, State of Iowa, deceased in
testate, and has taken upon herself
that trust by giving bonds as the
law directs. All persons having de-
mands upon the estate of the said
deceased are required to exhibit the
same; and persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make pay
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.


Notice of the Appointment of an
Executor of the Estate OF Rachel o.
Sleetager Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
Executor of the estate of Rachel ..
Sleetager late of DEBORAH township,
In the County of Winneshiek, State
of Iowa, deceased, testate, and has
taken upon himself that trust by
giving bonds as the law directs. All
persons having demands upon the
estate. OF the said deceased are re-
quired to exhibit the same; and per-
sons indebted to said estate are cal
led upon to make payment to
w. Nj. STRAND,
Executor.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, December
goth, 1918.
w. 81. STRAND, Attorney.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15

1t was not long before the Germans
gave it up. On the 18th day the Ger
mans gave it up for good and that
was the last big drive the Hun put
on, and that was the turning point
of the war. After that We did the
driving and say it was sure some
drive too. 1t put them on the bum
and l hope they stay that way for
some time, for they sure did put on a
good one, and when it comes to Ger
mans sure do not think much OF
them in their old fatherland, and
anything is good enough for them.
That is how much / think of them
They should have let this war 60 on
a little longer and We sure would
have put old Germany on the bum,
and / say we just got a good start
and just getting right to put on
good one and it sure would have
have come if this had not stopped.
They We're not men enough to fight
on their home ground, and would not
stand for it, and / think thew did
right to, and they did not like war at
home, Ha! Ha! They sure are game
and when you can get up on them
they sure can hold UP their hands,
but some of them did not get by with
it, know Of some who were out OF
luck. Well it is getting late and
am trying to rest and get all the
good sleep can. Sleep is all | do.
You know l never did sleep in the
good old U. S "A. l am going to close
hoping you all a good Christmas and
that will be back to spend the next
at home. If / remember
right this is the fifth one that | have
not spent at home. Time goes fast,
does it not? With love and regards
to all
Your brother,
LAWRENCE RIGGS,
T. Co. 16S U. S. Inf.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15

A man seldom exhibits his temper
till he loses it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
- % --z-sAl--a'N
NOTICE OF APPRAfsEMENT.

In District, Court, State of Iowa,
Celnty, IS.
1n,the matter of the Estate of
Roxy A. Bisby, deceased:
To the Treasurer of State, w, H.
Hoyt and Myrtle Baker, neice,
Surviving children Of Myrtle
Baker (not named), Roy E.
Bisby, George Decker, Emma
Decker, Violet Baker, Jerome
Bisby, ida Bowers, Burr Oak
Cemetery Association, Baptist
Home Missionary Society of Am
erica.
You and each of you, are hereby
90Gified that the undersigned, duly
appointed and qualified appraisers OF
property charged, or sought to be
charged, with the payment Of
Collateral Inheritance Tax
will, at 10 o'clock a. M, on the 18th
day of February a. d. 1919, at
County Clerks office, DEBORAH, Iowa,
in said county and state, proceed 10
|appraise the property of the estate OF
said deceased subject to the Collater-
Ial Inheritance Tax, as provided by
law.
Please take notice and govern your
selves accordingly.
Dated December both, 1918.
C. w. FREEMAN,
G.. CHRISTEN,
LUTHER REED,
Appraisers.
49,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
Neighborly Amenities.

A Tama county farmer has invent
ed and patented contriyance where
by windmill can be made to run as
steady as a motor, no matter what
the speed of the mill may be. 1t takes
a Tama county man to do things with
wind. They have dealt in that COM
modify so much in that county in the
past they can accomplish wonderful
CD things with wind and hot air.
Grundy Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
gnbltf depsnlon

BY HARRY !. GREEN
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DEBORAH, IOWA, IAN. 10, 1919.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
HOW Food MON the yar.

The full story OF how America
fed the warning world will be not
the least interesting chapter in the
history of the great war. 1t will show
for one thing that America in an
emergency is a world pantry of al.
most unlimited supply. 1t will show
also that America can direct the line
of it's production promptly and at
will. 1t will show further that, when
necessary, Americans can deny them
selves one-third their own rations
for hungry neighbors and live well
on the remainder.
Before the war We were shipping
to Europe about six million tons OF
food annually. During the last crop
year we shipped nearly twelve mil
lion tons, enough fully to ration
twenty-five million persons. The
coming year We shall probably be cal
led upon to ship a total OF twenty
million tons. -... ~,
Many Americans were not convin.
ced that our food restrictions added
much to the provisions sent abroad.
But the official figures show that,
while we had nominally available
for export last year but twenty mill
lion bushels of wheat, we actually
shipped a hundred and forty-one
million bushels, and would have ship
ped more had the ships been avail
able. The difference-one hundred
and twenty-one million bushels-is
the measure of our National self
denial on wheat bread
The three chief items of our food
conservation were wheat, sugar and
fats. The saving in all three items
was splendidly successful. Sugar re-
spond as nobly as did wheat. For
example, our normal consumption OF
sugar in the four months from July
to October is sixteen hundred thou
sand tons. OF this we saved half a
million tons and sent it abroad, a
matter of about one-third our regu-
lar ration.
. so we'll have the farmers respond
ded to the call for an increase in hog
products that this pork year, includ-
ing the coming spring, is expected to
give a surplus over the previous year
of the immense total of one billion
six hundred million pounds an al
most incredible increase.
It Is now known that, had it not
been for Americas surplus food sup
ply, the war would have died down
in famine twelve months ago, and
Germany would have had all the
world plumber she set out to take
It was the American crop of 1915
that brought victory to Europe; and
1t will be the American crop of 1915
that will fill the dinner pail Of
Europe while it is restoring Its
broken fields and destroyed factories
Minneapolis Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
Protection for Carrier pigeons.

Carrier pigeons in China are pro-
tected from birds of prey by an APP
paratus consisting of bamboo tubes
fastened to the birds bodies. As the
pigeon flies, the air passing through
the tubes produces shrill whistling
sound, which keeps the birds of prey
at distance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
nnent to.
EMMA WINTER.

ADMINISTRATIVE.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, December
31st, 1918.
WILLET & NELSON, Attorneys.
Paw.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-08-30
ZAPROSZENIE

w poniedzialek, lgo wrzeSnia
br., W parku Sienkiewicza w JEFF,
~ferson, Milwaukee ave. (tramwaj
do Higgins Road / do ogrodu)
odbedzie sic doroczny Piknik So
koli, kt6ry urzadza Gniazdo i'm,
]. K. Ordona.
Uprzejmie So proszeni wszyscy
p~rzyjaciele Soholstwa, ably swa
obecnoScia dodali uroku tel ME
slychanie pieknie urzadzonej "a
bawie.
Bedzie to Dzien Piracy Labor
Day., kto przybedzie ME poiaiu-
ie, DO zabawa bedzie najpieknieI'
sza W cafym 1919 roku.
Opocz tego beda doreczone pra-
went wiascicielowi pieniadze Z
portfe1em, zgubione ma ostatnm
pikniku, a ma wieksze rozradowa'
ME bedzie mu wyp{acone E cd sta
procentu cd czasu zgubienia.
Komitet.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-08-30
z Boswell, Pa.
W1asna korespondencya sDzien'
nika Chicagoshego".

Dzien s-go wrzesnia bedzie
dniem pamietnym ola mas wszyst-
kich, poczawszy cd dziecka, az
do starca. w dniu tym bowiem
odbedzie sic ii mas poSwiecenie no
wego kosciola p. W. Sw. Stanisla
wa B. i M. Aktu poswiecenia do
kona J. E. KS. Biskup CARNEY
Kazanie okolicznosciowe wyg1osi
ks. prob. Pu}awski.
Wiel. nasz ks. proboszcz zapro-
sill wszystkich z okolicy ksiezy,
ably raczyii swoja obecnoscis u
swietnit nasza uroczystosc. Vita
my wiec, z casem screen witamy
Was wszystkichl .Jezeli domu
sam Pan ME zbuduje, daremnle
mad MIN rzemieSlnik pracuJe" -
powiada przystowie. A re sam
Pan Bog nasza budowa kieruje-
widocznem jest, gdyz przystePu-
Jenny stosunkowo W krotkim CA
sic do poswiecenia wiasnego Do
mu Bozego.
Ignacy Stokowsh
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-08-30
LIST Cd Or. A. p|ETRzY.
KOWSNEGO I POLSK|.

Znany Polonii naszej DR.. A
Pietrzykowski przyslal swemr
bratu Marcelemu, w Chicago.
list, z kt6rego podajemy wyatt
XII ponizsze:
Roznaszyhce, Poodle,
SGD sierpnia, 1919
Kochany Marcelu!
JesteSmy ma froncie bolszewi'
ckim mad sama rzeka. zbrucz, BILL
sko Zbaraza / wiekszego miasta
Tarnopola. Spotykamy sic z Dol,
szewikami i zagladamy sobie W
oczy. Kiedy jecha1em dc wsi "a
lGzce z kompania, jakis bolszewik
strzelil try razy do mas, zdaje
sic do mnie i ustrzelii mojej kla-
CIV kawalek ucha. lie strzelaja.
DO widocznie do mnie mierzyi
ZlapaliSmy go i siedzi W wiezie-
niu Sedczem.
Cd czasu do czasu slysze stree
laniny do naszych patroli, ale
pozatem niema zadnych zaczepek
ma razie...
Podr6zowaliSrny z Modlina ma
Czestochowe, Krakow, Lwow -
pieG dni i tray noce. trzecia kla-
So. Spalo sic ma gosych aawkach
i nakrywaio sic plaszczem cd
ch}odu. Me szczeg6lna to jazda
ma oficera, ale to przecie w woj-
sku i ma tuiaczce, vice wszystko
sic przenosi...
JesteSrny trtaj oddzieleni cd
wszelkich wiadomoSci Z kraju
Gazet ME dostajemy, koleje sia-
DO funkcyonuja, list6w prawie
zadnych ME odbieram, a TAX clio
wick radby cos usiyszec...
Pole do piracy jest wielkie i po-
platne tax ola lekarza jak i ola
handlowca, ale juz sic tax oswoi,
lem z Ameryka, re wiecej mnie
tam juz ciagnie.
Stoje ma samej granicy W cha
}rpie rusihskiej, DO i samych Ru-
SHOW tn many. Mfodych wcale
niema, zostali tylko starry i ko-
biety.
Ukraincy ogromnie katowali
naszych, zywcem grzebali, obci-
nall uszy i piersi, wyd}ubywali
oczy, bill nahajami, rabowali
mordowali. Takiej katuszy, ia
kiei nasi doznawali Cd ukraih-
skiej holoty, laden narod ME
przechodzii...
DR.. Aleksander Pietrzykowsh.
Szef sanitarny ego puSku
Strzelcow Polskich -
Sector 307, Poland.