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Evening star., 1920-04-08
THREE MORE UNIONS
JO|N WIRE, CARMEN
IN WAGE DEMAND
Potomac Electric Power
Company Employees to Meet
Officials Tomorrow.

Immediately following announce
ment today that the Washington
Railway and Electric Company had
refused finally to enter into con-
tract with union rrainmen, three
other unions, comprising workers of
the Potomac Electric Power Company,
WHICH furnishes current to run the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company cars. made public that de-
mands for increased wages would be
submitted. tomorrow. morning at 10
o'clock.
When the committee Of the Anal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees walk ed
out Of the conference room where
President Ham informed them that
the company would continue to be
the War Labor Board, and thus def
nitely refused to. sign a contract with
any group of employees, it was met
by three business agents of union
firemen. oilers, stationary engineers
and machinists who were in an ante
room.
General Supt. Sinclair of the Poto-
mac Electric Power Company was not
seen today by the business agents,
who are Thomas II. Jones, represent
ing the stationary engineers: n. A.
James. representing the hremen and
oilers. and Charles Frazier. repre-
senting the machinists. 1t was an
rounced at Mr.. Sinclair's Office that
a conference had been arranged for
10 o'clock tomorrow.
.Concerted Action Keynote
Concerted action" will be the key
note of procedure, it was indicated bJ;
one of the officials of the union.
All four of the unions now are pre-
senting demands simultaneously. The
trainmen are asking for 81. "a
and 56 cents per hour, which the Capi-
tai Traction Company is paying
The Potomac Electric Power Com
pany employees demands are as fol-
lows:
Eighty-o one and half cents per
hour for all machinists. in lieu Of the
present scale of 621a cents per hour.
Ninety Gently Per hour for engineers
in lieu of the present scale of Sc Der
day.
Seventy cents per hour for oilers
and IS cents per hour for firemen. in
lieu of the average wage scale of Sc
cents per hour now being paid.
Representatives. of the trainmen
will report back to a union meeting
Monday night. The union had in
| srructed them to secure definite an
swers to four propositions at the con
| ference today, which resulted as fol.
lows:
President nam DOluS Indt ne
nizes the union inasmuch as he treats
with representatives of the organiza-
tions. The company will not sign an
! individual contract.
The company agreed to submit dis
agreements to the Public Utilities
Commission. since the war labor
+. hoard. the FORMER vehicle of arbitra
ZION is out of existence. The union
IN the contract asks for the appoint
neut of three arbitrators. one to be
chosen by the company. one by the
men and the other by those thus Sc.
! lected.
we're discussed. but conferees did no,
90 into details. this being obviat ed
fhrough the refusal of the company 10
consider the contract
Representatives of the employes OF
.ha Potomac Electric Power Company
who will present demands tomorrow
| claim that the employees are 100 per
cent organized.
Evening star., 1920-04-08

side OF Baltimore, to be spent. not In
Baltimore. but in all Maryland. WASH
ington has not the benefit of outside
contributions to state tax in the
enjoyment of which it participates.
1t has no state relations or privileges
or benefits.
No Comparable Benefits.
2. Mr.. Beales says, in figuring out
the equitable proportions Of county
and state taxes to be considered in
comparing municipal burdens:
"In cases where other cities actually
received certain benefits from the
- = states, but where no COM
parable benefits are enjoyed by Wash
ington, the cost Of such benefits
should be excluded from these COM
parisons."
My personal view is that so far as
concerns the only important benefits
received by the citizen of a state
(who lives in a city) in consideration
Of his state tax. Washington enjoys
no comparable benefit whatever and
on the principles laid down by Mr..
Reales all state taxes should be ex-
cluded from the calculations.
What are the benefits enjoyed by
the citizen of a state which constitute
the real consideration for the state
taxes which he pays? If he lives in a
of State expenditures which the coun-
ties permit to g4 through to the city?
No The state tax which he pays is
essential to his status as citizen of a
state and to his enjoyment as such
citizen Of political and judicial rights
of inestimable value and Of large
financial benefits.
what comparable benefits are en-
loved by Washington?
Stota taxes are paid that one NAV
enioy with thousands outside Of ones
home city the privileges and benefits
Of citizens Of the state. including rep
resentation in Congress and the cleo
toral college and in a state legisla-
ture: a recognized status in the United
States supreme Court and the finan-
cial benefits which come from enjoy
ment Of the land grants. bounties. and
so forth, which the nation has lavish
ed upon the states.
These land grants samount to 1885,
524.723 acres of the public domain.
These money donations include over
$4,000, 900 from public land sales. $28,-
600 900 as deposits" under the act of
1896. and over $63,000,000 under the
Morrill, act.
The payment of taxes as the citizen
of state gives the taxpayer his pro-
Evening star., 1920-04-08
DISTRICT APPROPRIATION
BILL HEARING NEAR END

The District Commissioners today
completed their testimony before the
Senate appropriations committee in
connection with the District appro-
priation bill. Tomorrow the commit
tee will hear representatives Of the
board of education and the schools
in connection with the appropriations
for schools.
The committee will complete its
hearings on the bill this week and
will have the bill ready to report
some time next week.
Evening star., 1920-04-08
DEMOCRATS MAY MOVE
CONVENTION TO OAKLAND

CHICAGO, April Sired Lynch, ma
tional committeeman from Minnesota.
said here today that dissatisfaction
of democratic party leaders with the
convention accommodations at San
Francisco will be aired at the nation
al committee meeting here April 20,
when a proposal to move the conven-
ton across the bay to Oakland will
be presented.
Evening star., 1920-04-08
Clemenceau Starts for Home.

LONDON, April lowing to fall
ing health. NJ. Clemenceau. the former
French premier. has abandoned his
projected trip to Athens, according
to Cairo dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company. He will embark
at Alexandria on April IT for Mar
Seille
Evening star., 1920-04-08
FIGHT TO ADOPT
!, PEACE MEASURE
BEGUN IN HOUSE
Mr.. Campbell Urges ResoIu-
i ton Ending State of War
With Germany.
RULE OFFERED LIMIT
DEBATE TO NINE HOURS

The rule limiting debate on the
peace resolution to nine hours was
adopted by the House, with some
democrats joining the republicans
I'm suDportinH it,
Evening star., 1920-04-08
WEATHER.

Fair tonight. and tomorrow, con-
tinued cool.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended 2 pm. today: Highest, AZ. at
pm. yesterday; lowest, 35, at am.
today.
Full report on page "a.
Evening star., 1920-04-08

CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1920-04-08

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Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12
'' AT THE
T HEATERS

A showgoers are aware, the Smart Set.
N one of the most famous organiza-
n tions of colored players, Is now now
touring under the title Of The
Smarter Set," headed by the comedians,
Salem Tut Whitney and J. Homer Tutt;
presenting a new and original musical
comedy success entitled THE Children or
the SUM-" and which will open at the
Brandeis tonight for an engagement Of
four days. The new company is we'll
up to the mark as regards singing ability
dancing experts and general genuine fun
making, with clean comedy.
Not often has an Orpheum show such
a diversity of excellence as is displayed
in the current bill. "The Man Who Butted
In" a one-act play. is presented by Will
M. Cressy and Blanche Dayne. Then there
Is the exhilarating musical act contributed
by Nat Nazarre and the Atlantic Fleet
Jazz band. an entertaining monologue by
Mr.. Cressy in which he tells about the
work Of actors in entertaining. soldiers
in France during the war. The most
sensational act known to vaudeville : is
tistic phase OF the bill is contributed
by the Marmein Sisters, dancers, and by
the solo work of the distinguished pianist.
David Schooler.
You can indulge in cheering Hip. Hip,
Hooray" at the Gayety only today, this
afternoon and evening. Tomorrow matt
nee another favorite returns to Omaha
Tor a Week-fTdnk r uuHy lHHeS, WIN
heads "The Bostonians" In a two-act
musical chop suey by Mr.. Finney, entitled
From Here ito Shanghai" Ladies' matt
nee today and tomorrow at 2:15.
An act unusual and beautiful was pre-
sented by the Terpsichore Four at the
Empress yesterday as the stellar attrac-
ton. They show exceptional ability as
dancers. The rural comedy playlet, "At
the Town Pump" in the hands Of Robbins
and Fulton, causes much nherriment.
Frances Starr. in Capt. Edward Knob
locks drama, ''Tiger! Tiger"' is coming
to the Brandeis for two nights, Tuesday
and Wednesday, March 16 and II, with
holiday matinee on st. Patrick's day. Mr..
Belasco is sending the original distin-
guished cast to Omaha, the same that
made the play the popular vogue in New
York. Among Miss Starr's leading sup
port the principals include Lionel Atwill,
Wallace Erskine, Frederick Lloyd. Whit
ford Kane, Thomas Louden, Edwin Dem
ison, Mary Moore, Daisy Belmore and
Helen Andrews.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12
Lithuanian Campaign Here
Is POSTPONED Indefinitely

Maj. Peter Zadeikis, who was
scheduled to speak here last night at
the New Settlers hall, Thirty-sixth
and U, in the interests of nation
wide campaign to raise $1000O,000
loan for the Lithuanian government,
failed to arrive, and the date of his
engagement here is now indefinite.
]. P. Uvick received telegram
Thursday stating it would be impos-
sible for Major Vadeikis, who is
member Of the Lithuanian finance
commission, to come to the city at
the present time because of previ-
GUS engagements.
1t is the plan to raise the $10,000,-
600 loan strictly among Lithuanians
of which there are about 900 living
in Omaha The committee in charge
of the work here is William Sabal-
auski, president; F. Rigmund, sec
retary, and ]. P. Uvick, treasurer.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12

pected home today from Chicago,
where he attended meeting of
western members of the committee.
An Omaha democrat yesterday
afternoon, at the southeast corner
of Seventeenth and Farnam Streets,
said: "Mr. Bryan is spiritual
healer"
Col ]. H. Mithen's statement yes
terday, in reply to w. J. Bryan's
attack on Senator Hitchcock. was
read assiduously by many demo-
Gratis.
"Just wait until Mr.. Bryan comes
to OMAHA" remarked one of the
women members of the local Bryan
Glee club. ..
Said substantial Omaha real
estate man yesterday: II am most
emphatically for General Pershing.
/ do not care so much about his
military record, though it is grand
one, but l believe that he will give
US a thorough business administra-
ton. As an organizer he would or
ganize the machery of government
thoroughly and appoint cabinet
and see to it that the cabinet func-
toned. AS lawyer he would be
in touch with legal affairs. Make
no mistake about it, General PERISH
ing is mentally and physically
equipped to carry on"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12
ADVERTISEMENT a
Be Careful What You
Wash Your Hair With

Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali, which
is very injurious, as it dries the
scalp and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Mulsified
cocoanut oil shampoo, for this is
pure and entirely greaseless. It's
very cheap and beats anything else
all to pieces. You can get this at
any drug store, and a few ounces
will last the whole family for
months.
Simply moisten the hair with wa
ter and rub it in, about a teaspoon
full is all that is required. 1t makes
an abundance Of rich, creamy lath-
er, cleanses thoroughly and rinses
out easily. The hair dries quickly
and evenly, and is soft, fresh look
ing, bright, fluffy, wavy and easy
to handle. Besides, it loosens and
takes out every particle of dust,
dirt and dandruff.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12
Over The Political Fence

Harry S. Byrne, as candidate for
alternate delegate-at-large to the re-
publican national convention at
Chicago June s, has offered the fol-
lowing signed statement:
III elected as an alternate dele
gate-at-large to the republican ma
tional convention, / hereby agree to
vote for the candidate for president
whom the republican voters at the
statewide primary on April 20 in
dicate as their choice"
Mr.. Byrne, besides being a men,
Der of the republican county COM
mittee, is a representative of Doug
las county in the executive commit
tee OF the republican state commit
tee. He was presidential elector-
at-large in 1916, when Justice
Hughes rar Tor the republican NOM
nation.
r. E.' L. Herdman, who was
chosen to serve as treasurer of the
local Bryan campaign committee of
IL men and 10 women, yesterday
announced that he will not serve.
His reasons are: ~ am growing
old and do not feel like going
through another active campaign.
am going to vote with the Bryan
wing and | am with them, but / will
not serve on the committee. l need
a political rest"
R. B. Howell, republican national
committe for Nebraska, is eX-
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12
Omaha Newsies Work
To Save Comrade From
Term in Reform School

Omaha newsies were working yes
terday to save Sam Novak, 18 years
old, newsboy for several years at
Sixteenth and Harney streets, from
a sentence to the Kearney Industrial
school, imposed by Judge Sears in
district court Tuesday.
Sans going to prison would de-
prive his mother. Mrs. Anna Novak,
1914 Grace street, and his two little
sisters of their sole support, accord
ing to petition being circulated
among newsboys by Harry Grace
man, newsie leader.
Every newsie in town will sign
it," he claimed. r
The petition, asking that Sam be
paroled, will be presented to Judge
Sears later this week.
Sam was found guilty by a jury
a month ago of assault with intent
to murder Will Brown, negro,
lynched during the court house riot
ing of last September.
The mother is heartbroken over
prospective loss of her boy. She
became hysterical when the in
dustriaf school sentence was i'm
posed on him Tuesday.
"Sam is not bad boy and will
come out all right if Judge Sears
will give him a chance" his newsie
friends assert. "His mother needs
him."
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12
Blind man WINS
ANNUAL CONTEST
of OLD F|DDLERS
Veterans Rosin Up '0Id Betsy
And Furnish Amusement
For Large Crowd at
Y. c. A.

EsNVilliam Rumsey, blind fiddler,
Mho plays at Fifteenth and Doug
3as streets, won the first prize, gold
medal, in the annual old fiddlers'
Eontest at the Young Mems Chris
han association last night. He was
ahe youngest of the IL old fddlers
entered in the tournament, being
Dnly lad of s.. And, though he is
Hcry poor and sightless, he was the
3olliest man there among all the
3olly old fiddlers.
Second prize, silver medal, went
10 Josiah Petty, of Perry, Ia, a
Aturdy chap of so summers. Third
rize, hat, was awarded to Jesse
Mccarthy of Bellevue, who is only
Is, but played q violin which, he de-
niared, is $50 years old.
M Veteran Wins Prize.
e Fourth prize, S. bill, was won
by Joseph Green, l545 Park avenue,
better known as "Daddy" Green, a
veteran of many fddling contests.
who, in spite of his 80 years, still
draws a wicked bow when playing
Turkey In the Straw" Leather
&Britches," Arkansas Traveller" and
1cther classics.
The Y. M. C. A. auditorium was
hacked to the doors with an audi
ence that applauded the sages of
xkhe bow and laughed at the many
aallies of wit with which the vener-
able musicians interspersed their
program.
When the regular contest was
ever, Daddy" Green and Josiah
Petty struck up a clog dance tune
while Nimrod Fisher, 72, and Viii
ham Balfour, rs, showed the audi
ence some real, old-fashioned clog
ancing.
I'll Sing ''The Cork Leg" q
All Then, while the three judges were
Aht preparing their decision, Mr.. Bal
four volunteered to sing "The Cork
Leg beautiful ditty Of 81 verses
His triumphant progress in this per-
Sprmance was marred only tempor-
kfily, when, in the course of the 2lst
verse, his false teeth fell out. Mr..
|Balfour caught them like Ty Cobb,
replaced them and went on with the /
&Dng.
N Besides the prize winners men
&ioned, these also produced lively |
music with their fddles: c. A. Nicol.
|o20 Seward street. 81 years old; |
William Balfour, Nehawka, Neb., IS;
4. S. Silcott, Fifty-third and Spald- |
tAg streets. 62; Nimrod Fisher, 113
North Twenty-fourth street, II; H. |
q. Kiddo, 1102 North Thirty-frst |
Svenue, 81; E. A. Gallup, 22l5 Lath-
kop street; c. w. Frey, Trinidad,
Colo, 70.
Ii Henry Mahaffey presided. David |
Bowel. H. A. Stephenson and c. ].
Shaw were Judges,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12
Proposes Safety Zones In
Business District of Omaha

B An ordinance providing for the
construction of safety zones in the
Ikusiness section of the city, which
Nill permit automobiles to pass
I3treet cars without interfering with
Messengers entering or leaving the
star, was introduced at the city coun-
I6il meeting yesterday morning by
Eity Commissioner Ringer.
The zones will be directly parallel
No the street car track, and will be
six feet wide and 40 feet long, Mr..
Ringer said. They will be marked
ERith lime and cast iron disks and
are exactly the same as those in use
IA many eastern cities, according to
|Hr. Ringer.
~ The ordinance provides for the
RH1acing of these zones at all street
Intersections between the river and
EIwenty-fon-th street, and between
|Euming and Leavenworth streets,
ESnd the extension of the system to
hirty-ninth street, on Farnam
|&krcet.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12
'ity Planning Committee
Launches Spring Campaign

b Every lawn in Omaha cut regu-
Mrly and kept trim, and every yard
8niling with flowers during the en-
&ire summer is the plan of the Getty
cautiful" committee, sub-body of
1he civic improvement committee
Spf the Chamber of Commerce,
lHhich will launch its capaign at a
next Saturday.
N According to figures compiled at
Me chamber, an average expenditure
Ibf So on flower seed for each yard
Eln the city, would mean putting
[Dmaha ahead of the vaunted rose
Hands of California, and give the
Sity an aspect possessed by no other
Ia the land.
IS Activities of other subcommit-
8ses of the civic improvement body
sDill also get their start for the year
I'D the meeting. David Cole, chair
nan of the committee, will outline
Improvements to be accomplished
uring the year and make sugges-
Mons as to methods to be followed.
Other divisions of the body are city
4kreet water and sewer, city plan
hing, civic art, service and educa-
Hon and music committees.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12
AMERICANS WILL
NOT Be HELD FOR
R AN som, VILLA
Unofficial Communication to
Washington Says He Will
Treat Hostages With
Every Consideration.

Washington, March l1.-Relatives
and friends of Americans kidnapped
by Pancho Villa need have no con-
Germ as to their safety and may dis
miss all fear that they may be held
for ransom if they repose full con-
fldence in communication recently
received from the Mexican bandit
leader.
According to his note of reassur-
ance he has adopted the only prac-
tical means he can think of to get a
friendly conversation with various
representative Americans who cross
his trail, and, while they are his
guests" they will be treated with
every consideration and returned
unharmed and unrobbed to their
friends.
The substance of Villas COM
munication was transmitted unoffi-
cially to officers of the intelligence
branch of the War department.
1t was explained in the message
Villa succeeded in getting here, that
only vague idea Of what was going
Sn in the outside world could be
had where he was and the desire
to learn more, to gain the Ameri-
cans point of view and a determina-
ton to give opportunity to carry
back with them some of his own
theories of what a government in
Mexico should be had caused him
to determine to gather in his guests
where he might find them regard
less of their willingness to accept
his invitation. He added that from
time to time others would be
brought in but urged those inter-
csted not to become alarmed.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12
KNOCKOUT BLOW
DEALT SOLDIERS
BONUS PROPOSAL
Quietus Given Plans to Recon-
pense Former Service Men
BY Highest Treas
ury Officials.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING

by AN i ION oEhNo ilGNNANS
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington, March ll.-Proposed
soldiers bonus legislation was dealt
staggering blow today before the
house committee on ways and means
by the highest officials of the treas
ury and the 100000 compensa-
ton plan is now regarded dead SO
far as this session of congress is.
concerned.
Secretary of the Treasury Hous-
ton, Assistant Leffngwell and w. 7.
G. Harding, governor of the federal
reserve board, asserted that a $1,000
100000 bond issue would be disas-
trous to the credit Of the country
and to Liberty bondholders, that
a consumption tax to furnish the
huge bonus would enhance further
the high cost of living and that rails
ing income taxes would only add to
the already heavy burden of taxation
without increasing the wealth of the
nation.
Governor Harding said it would
be necessary to fix the rate of inter
est at per cent or higher in order
to sell bonus bonds at all. Mr.. Lei
hngwell asserted that only the re.
creation of gigantic Organization
such as was brought together dur
ing the war with 100000 volun-
teer workers and a rekinding of the
same sort of patriotism would sell
the bonds, no matter what the rate OF
interest might be.
Secretary Houston opposed the
suggestions made by former Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo for
reducing taxation by $l,OOO,0O0,000
yearly. He said he saw no chance
of reduced taxes, but thought a re-
vision of the revenue laws would
help to adjust inequalities.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-12
Constructive Liberals y
Will Put Candidates
In Presidential Race

st. Louis. March 1.-THE Com
mittee of 48 will be the nucleus of
a new political party which will have
candidates in the forthcoming ma
tional election, it was announced
Thursday.
Liberal" organizations, such as
the American labor party and vari-
Gus farm societies, will compose the
"forty-eighters," according to Paul
Harris Drake of Boston, a director
of the organization. Candidates
for president and vice president will
be selected at national convention,
probably to be held next June.
The Committee of 48 is a national
organization of constructive lib
erals" formed year ago in New
York