Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 16, 1915, Page 1

Schools VOL. "XLV-—NO. 50, STANDARD OIL, DENOUNGED BY WALSH BOARD Report of Investigators for Indus- " trial Commission Flays Com- pany for Attitude in the Bayonne Strike. DECENT WAGES ARE NOT PAID Refusal to Deal With Union Repre- sentatives Criticised in the Findings. SHERIFF IS GIVEN A SCORING CHICAGO, Aug.” 15.—The report pf George P, West and C. T. Chen- ery, who investigated the July, 1915, strike of the Standard Oil Co. em- ployes at Bayonne, N. Y., for the| United States Commission on Indus-| trial Relations, was made public to-! night by Frank P. Walsh, chairman | of the commission. The report said in part, after stating that the strike was against the Standard Oil Co, of | New Jersey: “The company is the most import- | ant of the Standard Oil group and | this group is the principal contrib-| utor to the wealth, prestige and| power of the largest estate in the| country, if not in the world, that of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and his immediate family. | “The facts regarding the company's labor pulicies must therefore be regarded as of specia] importance, because of the tremendous power wielded by the group| of men who control this industry, and because of their announced intention to | enter the field of industrial relations with | a view of widening thelr Influence and | activity by propagating what they deem | to be the proper theorles and principles | that hould govern the relations between | employer and employe. Findings of Fact. “The following findinga ot fact are to Le considered in the light of the fore- going: “The Standard Oil company of New Jersey, although conducting an enore mously profitable enterprise, pays wages too 1oW to maintain a family on a com- fortable, healthful basis. “It fixes wages not with relations to the earnings of the company, but by taking into considerations wages paid by other companies in the same locality and thén fixing the wage as low or lower than the prevafling wage in that local- ity. In Bayonne, it paid common lahor- crs less than two companies whose plants adjoin its refimeries. This is in direct contradiction to the clafms of the com- pany in a statement issued at 2% Broad- way, that it has always pald the pre- valling wage or better. The statement of the general manager of the company that the interests of other companies in the same locality are considered in the fixing of wages constitutes, in effect, am ad- missfon that che company combines with the poorest and least generous employers to fix the wage rate. Won't Deal With Unions. “The company maintains a settléed pol- lcy of refusing to deal with any labor organization or ‘professional labor man’ and even refuses to permit those em- ployes who cannot speak English intelli- I gibly to engage an attorney as their spokesman and representative.” Developing this last point further in the report, it was stated that Paul Supin- sky, a Jersey City attorney, visited Gen- eral Superintendent Hennessey. of the company as spokesman for a committee of six employes who had hired him to negotiate for him. It was lur‘h?l'i stated that Mr, Hennessey, “acting |n’ conjunction with Mr. Gifford, general manager of the company, refused point blank to consider the demands and ex- pressed indignation that the men should have engaged a non-employe of the com- pany to ald them in presenting their grievances." “The men are made to understand' the report econtinued, “that they must seek no outside assistance in their deal- | ings with the mupagement und that any show of independence or any hint of compulsion will be vigorously resented. | No Me: of Redress. ‘““The company has Instituted no ma chinery by which real or fancied griev- | ances may be peacefully and promptly adjusted. ‘The officials say that any man has access to the general superintendent, but the employes allege that they would be dyscharged hefore reaching the office. “General Manager Gifford is not a be- liever in child labor legislation and on the other hand, thinks the children should be alloyed to go to work carlfér. He and Mr. Hennessey apparently have lit- (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) | respecting scholars OMAIL\, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST whores) THE OMAHA DAILY BEE [ o5 | 16, 1915, Motel eto.. Bo SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS WITH THE ENEMY JUST OVER THE HILL--Body of Italian troops, duflné the advance on Trieste, waiting on the crest of a hill for artillery to come up and protect their attack on t he enemy. UTAH PROFESSORS | DISKLSSAL SCORED One of Men Doing Probing, Roscoe Pound of Harvard, a Former Nebraskan. PUNGENT CRITICISM IS MADE SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 15. ~—The complete report of the com- mittee of inquiry, appointed by. the American Association of University | Professors to investigate conditions at the University of Utah, made public here yesterday, concludes that of the four charges given by the presi- dent of the university, as reasons for dismissing professors last spring, “three specify no proper grounds for such action and the fourth is with- out basis in fact.” The report is unanimous and is signed by R. A. Seligman of Columbia, John Dewey of Columbia, Frank A. Fetter of [the result, Princeton, James P, Lichtenberger of Pennsylvania, Arthur O. Lovejoy of Johns Hopkins' university, Potnd: of-Harvard atid Warren of Princéeton: Not only does the report find that Profs. Knowlton Wise, Snow and Bing were dropped without cause, but it gives pungent criticism of the conduct of the university by Prof. J. T. Kingsbury and" the board of re- gents, Speaking of the grounds for dis- missal, thé report says, for instance: | “The government of the university, like that of many others ir. America, is a government of men and not of law."” Must Be Resented. | ticers of the teamsters’ union denied Commenting on conditions at the uni-| versity the report says in part: ! “If our state universities are to con-| tinue to be institutions in which seif-| can serve or in which the true character of a university | is maintained, it is essential that all such | attempts be vigorously resented, and| that no ground be given even for the{ suspicion that teachers these institu- | tions are under pressure of the sort ex—\' emplified in the first case cited by Prof.| Roylance. | “There may be room for legitimate de- bate concerning the proper limits of free- dom of teaching; there can be no room ! for debate as to the impropriety of per- mitting powerful individuals outside the university whether in or out of public| offices to dictate to university presidents respecting the utteramce ‘of university | professors. And the resistance to such attempts must necessarily come first and | chiefly from the presidents of the state universities. “To the committee it seems that Presi- | dent Kingsbury, while personally de- sirous of maintaining a due measure of freedom in the University of Utah, has not sufficiently resisted pressure of the sort mentioned, but has rather at times, | permitted himself to be used as an in- strument through which such pressure transmitted to members of the fac- ulty. | What Hits Hardest. “Nothing has done s0 much to strengthen the widespread feeling of dis- The Weather For Nebraska—Partly cloudy. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. |belief that there exist facts unsuited for | charged ol Tem. | disclosure, The committee gathers that | driven oft l;roum 7 a m [ \a\u/% Ga m 4 \ Tam L3 8a. m o9l / Sa m. | W0a m, « am o ™ 12 m. i i ip. m ) 2pm 3 3 4 8 | 5p. m. 9| 81 m. 8l 7p. m. .m domparative Local Official record of temperatire and pre- | cipitation compared with the correspond- ing period of the last three year 1915, 1914, 1913, 1912, | Highest yesterday E O’ » Lowest )esterday Mean temperative Precipitation Record. trust which has unquestionably been en- gendered by recent events at the univer- sity as the attitude still held by the board of regents; a persistent refusal to permit the disclosure of all the facts in such cases, always gives color to the the persistence of the board In its pres- | ent position has aroused on the part of a | large secijon of the local public, includ. ing many of the alumni and a majority of the students, a degree of suspicion, and even hostility, which must be a con- tinuing detriment to the university's effi. lency as an instrument of public educa~ tion, and must affect disadvantageously the position and the work of teachers in the institution.” Roscoe Pound of Harvard, named in the a graduate of the college of law of the University of Nebraska and & former % | member of the Nebraska supreme court commission. “R3| BANANA TREES GO DOWN Excess since M. ~ M inch Deficlency for cor. period, 194 4.5 inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1913 4.43 inches IN FIERCE JAMAICA STORM | 1 [ | | | U. S. Soldiers Run |ALLIES MUST SAY Mexicans Home THEFI@ WORDS NOGALES, Arfz, Aug. 15.—Scores of Amerfcan soldiers were participant: riot on the streets of Nogales tonight as it is said, of a rumor that Mexicans had threatened to take their guns away. ‘Ten Mexicans were at- i tacked before the officers got control of | BUT WON'T MAKE OVERTURES the men, One American is reported to have been slain in Nogales, Mexico, just 6.—A dispatch to across the border from here, by infuri- PARIS ARG 454 ated Mexicans. Fournier's News agency from Rome The soldiers that engaged In the riot- |8ays that the German emperor, in ing were members of the Twelfth In-|answer to the peace letter of Pope fantry and the Sixth field artillery. They | ganediet XV, declared his willing- were joined by a number of civilians, § who shouted “Run all the Mexicans | 2088 to deeept peace negotlations pro- across the line." vided the mations with which Ger- The riot was the culmination of high | many was at war made the first over- feeling between Americans and Mexicans. | ¢ voo Soldiers, it is said, had been pushed off 2 the sidewalks by Mexicans and subjected | Austria made a similar reply to the to other petty Insults, pope’s letter, the dispatch adds. The Pope's Appeal. TEAMSTERS' STRIKE |, .o Beseiccy s sor vuce IS OFF AND O AGAIN was issued July 28, the anniversary Union Kaiser and Royal Aide Tell Pope They Are Ready to Accept Negotiations, of the opening of the European war. It asked why a direct or indirect ex- could not be initi- ‘the rights and just 0% the - Considered hs far as possible and “thus put to an end the terrible combat, a8 has been the case prev ously under similar circumstances.” Hiessing on First One. XF POLICE AND RIOTERS FIGHT ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15.—&:«' min- utes after George J. 'l'l_ , active head of the team 'owners, had an- nounced that the strike’of teamsters of peace in the world to extend their hands to hasten the end of a war which for a year has transformed The letter invited the “true friends' Rob the Safe and the Jewelry Store, | Then Get Away SHELBY, Neb, Aug. 15.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Sometime between 11 o'clock Sat- | urday night and this ‘morning, burglars entered the drug store of Thelen Broth- ers, worked the combination of the safe and took out $100 in currency. Then they took from the showcases of R. A. Zim- merman, who occuples a part of the store with a stock of jeweciry, $500 worth of watches, rings, chains and general jew- elry. The burglars enteredl the front door of the store, unlocking it and when they de- parted, they closeq it behind them. There 15 nothing to Indicate who did the job. No suspicious characters have been seen | about tow sovpral LIBERTY GODDESS REPOSES IN ALLEY| Proud Statue Which 8o Long| Adorned City Hall Has Been | .eomlcmu‘d as Unsafe, he coirad { o g y . “Tis the Irony of fate! The Goddess of Liberty which b placed on top of the city hall tower June 10, 1891, Saturday afternoon was removed by workmen, who had been ehgaged to take dowm the figure, In a recumbent position, in an Al and chauffeurs had been settled, fol- lowing a conference between a com- mittee of owners and the men, of- Europe injo an enormous battlefield" and declared . that he should be blessed. “who. first extends the olive branch and tenders his hand to the enemy {n offering him reasonable conditions of peace. Senator Is Given Judgment Against Anti-8aloon Leggue SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Aug. 15.—(Spe- clal)~W. E. Van Demark, state senator 1 Hanson county, as the result of an act commenced by him some. weeks ago, was yestorday granted a ‘judgment against R. N. Holsaple, superintendent of the South Dakota Anti-S8aloon teague, for alleged defamatory statements made by the defendant against the plaintiff in a printed communication to an eastern tem- perance publication. State Senator Van Demark instituted the action for the recovery of damages in volvers to prevent a mob of striking|the sum of $9, placing the sum at ‘the teamsters rescuing two men who had |lowest possible amount, as he sought vin- been arrested for inciting riots. * |dication of his character rather than A series of riots occurred mbout the |money damages. The hearing in the case stables of the St. Louls|Transfer com.|Was held before Judge Carpenter of Alex- pany when nearly 1,000 strikers and sym- |8ndria. There was no defense. At the pathizers attempted to attack a dowen |cOnclusion of the hearing Juige Carpen- nom-union drivers of mail wagons Who |eF 8warded the state senator a judgnent had quit work for the.day. The police |TT #9, together with the costs, which succeeded in protecting the non-unfon onlouibied W'Y, drivers, but & newspaper men who hedq| ‘Wen the damage suit was instituted accompanied city detectives to the scene | {00 Week® 8K 'a sensation was created was mistaken for a- strike breaker or|imoenno . (e atate hecause of the prominence of (hé plaintift and’ defend- :’:.’::" company, guard and was badly|on¢ and because of the nature of the He was rescied from the mob|gciion, State ' Senator Van ° Des A mark only after the detectives had drawn their | op,, that the defendant revolvers and threatened to tire into the Mmrl’lnl & ? Asfontett 169, ivied crowd. In the communication published by Mr. Agsin Driven Back. Holsaple he attacked the plalntiff's offi- that they agréed to the settlement and said the strike was still in prog- ress. Mr. Tansey would not divulge the ex- act terms of the alleged sottlement, but he virtually admitted that' the men's de- mands for Increaged wages had been granted in part. The teamsters also have made concessions, he sald. Hold Long Conferemce. . The teamsters were in conference with the team owners until midnight after which Mr. Tansey lssued a typewritten statement which said the chief condi- tions of the settlement Was the prosent scale of wages remain in force for dne year and that the teamsters appear. at work at 6:30 a. m. instead of 6 o'clock, D. J. Murphy, president of the team- sters’ union, sald: “We neither agreed nor repudiated the owners' proposal. We will submit their proposition to the union-at-large tomorrow.” The police were forced”to draw re- ley east of the city hall, thiz onoce | proud statue was placed by rough! 'hands, an object for the scrap heap. For twenty-four years, two months and four days it occupled its lofty po- sition upon the municipal building, an emblem of liberty, reminding the passerby of patriotic sentiments, | this land of the free, of the Pjlgrim Fathers, Plymouth Rock, the =pirit of | '76 and of other thoughts, In Ko Unsate, A few weeks ago Mayor Dahiman, Building Inspector Bridges and other of- | ficlals went into the tower of the city | hail and jnspected the statue, finding that | it was unsafe; that it might fall down upon the h of some. pedestrian and deprive him of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. 8o the Goddess of Liberty was condemned. Yesterday Woods and Howard did the work., They fastened & long rope around the body of the metal symbol and lowered “her’ to the ground. | The handless right arm of the statue | was still extened as it holding the torch | of liberty to enlighten the world. But | there was no right hand nor torch. The | left arm was gone and the crown was | badly disfigured, An expression of pain | appears on the face, as If the elements | have not dealt gently with this fair | tashioning of the metal worker, The statue is twelve feet in helght and welghs nearly 200 pounds. It is made of heavy zine. Most of the city hall tower will be removed for reasons of safety. The roof is to be repaired and the smoke stack raised. First Arrest Made in Later when the detectives arrested two ;‘:‘“n"::":h:'h:‘ '“"'““"a“’"h‘f'l““'l’_m' AL e med ";:‘;;u:h'm't"'::: AEain |ture. The detendant wak Eiven o period 7 the show' ot niveivere. of thirty days in which 16 appeal the case l: the state circuit court, if he wishes to Mstealfe Boosting . Carranza'’s Game POPE SENDS SYMPATHY TO EAST PRUSSIANS AMSTERDAM (Via London), Aug. 14— WA‘B'::I:G’TO‘;?"AII‘:” '1‘::. m;)l el | What purports to be a letter of sympathy egram.)—R. L. Metealfe, former commis- | %0t 10 the .people of East Prussia by sioner of the canal zone, is in Washing- | PoPe Bemedict, through the Bishop . of ton, having ‘recently returned from a | Frauenburg, is printed by the Bayerische visit to Mexico. ‘.}cewmw“ Metcalfe is | Kurier, says a telegram from Munich. | foregoing as one of the investigators, is |convinved that the United States should | The letter, which was sent through the allow Carranze to work out his own | Pepal nuncio at Munich, is given as fol- government, In view of the faect that|fows: of the twenty-seven states in. Mexico, | “The holy father deplores with sin- ‘Carranza comtrols twenty-five. Mr. cerest sympathy the sad position of the of the Baltic provinces, who, looking over | In fact, for their loyal Christian vie ‘@ better fate. At the same time ul readiness of all Germany Sunday ;I‘abernacle When Policeman Boscoe Smith, patrol- ng itol his Leat near Fourteenth and Cap- avenue last night héard raucous ng from the Billy Bunday tabernacle he Invesiigated anl found Joe Plerce, Crescent City, la., farmhand, asleep. For'a pillow Mr. Plerce had a full quart bottle of rave old whisky, and strewn about him in profusion were numerous small flasks that bad nee | containcd the flendish Influence that | Mr. Sunday comes here to combat. ! Officers the Chief Need of U. 8, Army v Y | PLATTSBURGH, N. Y., Aug. 15.—The| United Etates has plenty of material for | & volunteer army of 1,260,000 men and all that is now needed are plans for u!lllllnl:‘ it, Major General Leonard Wdbd declared | here today In a statement as to the pre- | pareduness of the nation for war. The | pleces) | Peru. |ber of the board and had fired him over DATE ARRANGED FOR THE SACKING OF BROWNSVILLE Funston Announces Evidence Estab- lishes Disorders in Texas Fostered by Carranza Officials. MEXICAN FLAG TO BE RAISED General Boasted Colors Would Be | Given to Breese from U. 8. Postoffice. AFFIDAVITS ARE SUBMITTED SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. 16— After a conferenco held last night by General Frederick Funston, com-| manding the southern department,; with a committee headed by Con-| gressman John Garner, General Fun- ston announced that he believed the committee had thoroughly estab- lished Its coontention that the dis- order in the Rio Grande valley had been fostered by constitutional Mexi- | can authorities. Affidavits were sub- mitted to the War department to the effect that a date had actually been set by the Mexicans for the sacking of Brownsville. General Funston candidly admitted that up to the time of the conference held with the committee today, he did not believe the outlawry in the valley was recelving its backing from thol Mexican side of the Rio Grande. | Warrants Prompt Aotion, But upon presentation of a mass of evidence he sald he was convinced the committee possessed information which warranted prompt action, Bubmitting further alleged proof of a report that General Nafarrate, the Car- ragsa commander at Matampros, had hoasted that when the time came he “would plant the Mexican flag on top | of the Rrownsville postoffice,” affidavits were shown General Funston, While given authority to order such additional troops as he deemed neces- ! sary, General Funston decided to com- municate with Washington' and orders were {ssued at once to dispatch artillery to the Rio Grande valley fn addition to infantry and seroplane service. The new troops in the field will be the 2th regiment of Infantry from Texas City, Colonel R. L. Bullard, command- Ing: batteries B and E of the Fifth field rifllery from Fort Siil, and one aero- Al Both the artillgry detachfivents, equipped with heavy field pilecer. Detachments are equipped With heavy guns, sor and nattery E regular field pieces of the e calibre. Will Return to Quarters, Immediately upon the arrival of the nre infantry recently sent there from Laredo, will return to thelr headauarters, Oné of these bat. tallons 1y In the city of Brownaville and the other is In scattered detachments in the countles of Kleburg, Willacy, Hi- dalgo and Cameron. The net result of the changes will mean the restoration of a full regl- ment of Infentry at Laredo, the increare of the forces now at Brownsvills by four companies of infantry, two patteries of from: Fort SNl Battery B, | battery B having 4.7-lhch howit- | RUSSIAN FORCES REELING BACK TO THEIR LW LINE Teuton Armies Driving Grand Duke's Legions Toward Brest- Litovsk Front in Rapid Fashion. CAN THIS HOLD INVADERS? Petrograd Hopeful Rush Will Stop at Fortress, but London Orities Show Anxiety. FORTY MILES TO STRONGHOLD The Day’s War News THE RUSSIAN ARMIES are being rapldly driven back to thelr sees line of defense, centering on Germans are fortress. back from Riga American consul has taken over British interests at Riga. TEUTON ARMIES are being massed on the Balkan fromtiers to foree panaa shells satd to be needed by Turkey. LONDON, Aug. 15.—The rush of the Teutonic advance eastward In Poland is rapidly hurrying the Rus- slang to their second line of defense, center{ng upon the fortress of Brest- Litovsk, Austro-German concentra~ tion of effort seems to be in the di- rection of this stronghold, from which their forces are at points now barely forty miles distant. Opinion in allied ecapitals seems divided as to whether the Grand Duke Nicholas will be able to hold this new line. Petrograd military observers express confidence that the Teutons will be checked at the elected points while London is won- dering whether a further retirement of the Russians will not be neces- sitated. The latest officlal reports seem to show the Russian lines rapidly yielding in the center and to the south, where shal’ vo‘: Mackenzen's forces |elaima some ground has been gained. Reports from the Dardanelles carty the story of the operations little further, I any; than that ‘told In recent British of- | Twenty-sixth at Brownsville the two bat- | ficlal statements which reported a new {talions of ithe Ninth {landing .ot troops and advances inland. Turkish reports deny any further gains by the ententa allles. On the Austro-Itallan front the fighting of late scems to have been confined chiefly to wrtillery actions with little change of ground through infantry ate tacks, Vienna Officinl Report. VIENNA (Via London), Aug. 14.~The following statement was issued today: “Russian theater: In the district of the artillery and one aeroplane detachment. | Bus, advancing allied troops again drove Late reports from Brownsville say that the Carranza forces along the border at Matamoros bave two batteries (elght «f artillery on the French i7- milimetre model, which = corresponds 1oughly to the American 3-inch pieces. | There are about 8¢ Mexican Joldiers In the garrison between Camargo and Mat- amoros, a distance of 100 miles. It is sald that should Obregon decide to ‘co- operate with™ Nafarrate the artillery strength could be irebled within twenty» four hours and the number of men in- greased to 4,000 or 5,000, State Normal Board Continues Its Queer Action on Accounts (From a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN. ‘Aue 15 —(8pecin ), i—Peculiar methods of the State Normal board have | been shown at various times and the | Ilatest comes up through a bill allowed at the last session which was recummended | for payment by the commiiitee consisting of Treasurer Hall, J. R. Morris. The bill was for water ‘urnished the state normal at Peru vy (he village of the village to supply the witer at § cents per 1,000 gallons. The bill called for 12 cents per 1,000 gallons. A similar bill had been allowed by the boarl at a former meeting for the latter ruts after the Poru member of the board had made a siate- ment that the village could not afford to furnish water at that rate. But this time the committee cut the bill to the contract rate of § cents per 1,000 gallons and it was allowed. The pecullar part of the matter is that the »lil was recommended and passed through the hands of a committee, of which J. R. Gettys was a member, not- ithstanding the board at the meeting had decided that Gettys was not a mem- ‘lettys and Dan ! i The contract had been made with | before .them the rear guards of the re- treating enemy. Austro-Hungarian forces advancing on both sides of the rallway from Lukow to Brest-Litovsk reached the sector west of Miedzyrzec, ‘‘German troops conquered the district of Wissonice and advanced across the Rolodawa." %@ T Over_ British Interests, WASBHINGTON, Aug. 14.—The Ameri- Lun consul at Riga has taken over the British Interests there. Ambassador Marye so rted today from Petrograd, but gave no explanation, THE WANT-AD, WAY | the transom and seated another man. It will also Le noted that Morris was a memger of that committe¢, who, as pres- ident of the board, inter ruld thut Gettys was not a member of the board. The question naturally arises 8 & buard not a board?' Poison is Fatal to Mrs, Charles Strieby ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug li.—(8pech: ‘whon KINGSTON, Jamacia, Aug. 15.—All|was impressed sacrifices in order to assist the along the central districts of the morth ranza (o bring order out of the chaos | stricken provinces. As & sign of . his coast fruit plantations were almost com- | now prevailling in Mexico. fatherly and loving care he sends this pletely wrecked by the disastrcus storm | Mr. Metealfe expects to return to Oma which swept Jamaica yesterday. ha in & few days. - Bift of 10000 marks (52,500) for the relief (lines as now are being used at the mili- |gentative of the Maxwell Moter Car I of sutferers.” l chief need, he sald, was officers and he | Telegram.)—Mrs. Charles Strieby, who advocated training students In their took polson here yestarday, afte dis- Junior and senior years along the same |ggreement with her husband, & repre- tary camp of Instruction here, company, died tonight. 4 eant fiea® cc' umns. of gether with per month.