Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 30, 1916, Page 1

g _Military writers in reviewing the sit- | Wilson Appeals Railway Issue to Congress Use the telephone for | Bce Want Ads. Tyler 1000 Seven 'trunk lines. Intelligent ad-takers. One cent per word. VOL. XLVI. —NO. 68. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE 1916—TWELVE 5 Q. 0o Trainw, at Hotels, PAGES. Q2 tanan' oo oo THE WEATHER FAIR SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS, ROUMANIANS IN TRANSYLVANIA HAVE BEEN BEATEN Troops ‘of Kiny Ferdinand Re- ported to Have Been De- feated in First Brush With Foe, PASS MOUNTAINS TRY Zurich Dispatch Says Troops Enter at Point West' of Piatria. e IN MOUNTAINS BULLETIN. Berlin, Aug. 29.—(Via London )— Reports were received here today that the Roumanians have been defeated ATTACKS in their first efforts to force a way | through three mountain passes int Hungary. b The junction of Russian and Rou- manian forces n ithe Carpathians is indicated in the official announce- ment from the war office today, which says fighting has occurred with Rus- s0-Roumanian troops. Zurich, Aug. 29.—(Via "Paris.)— Roumanian troops, which have been concentrated at Jassy, near the Rus- sian frontier, entered Transylvania at a point to the west of Piatra and, according to information received here, are reported to have joined forces with Russian forces coming from Bukowina. Attack Mountain Passes. London, Aug. 29.—Desperate“fight- ing on the border between Roumania and Hungary is reported in an Ex- change Telegram dispatch from Berne, Switzerland. The Roumanians, the message says, are making furious efforts to capture the important mountain passes. Berlin, Aug. 29.—(Via London.)— uation created by Roumania’s entry into the war, generally agree the new combatant will be able to throw 400,- 000 effectives into the field. They es- timate it has ammunition sufficient for not more than four or five weeks, except for arrangements which may | have been made for bringing in large additional amounts through Russia. Military commentators.agree as to the absolute necessity of tarrying the war into the country of Germany’s new enefny by means of swift move- ménts agains the: Roumanian flanks. In event of swift and successful in- vasjon, Roumania’s vast stores of grain and rich oil wells would be ac- cessible to the central powers. Indications are that the difficult na- ture of the ground along the banks of the Danube and on the Hungarian mountain border will localize the first clashes. The general strategic situa- tion makes it possible for the troops of the central powers to assume the defensive with thin lines, leaving larger masses free to attempt invasion at the selected points. German Armies On Defensive, Says Paris_War Office Paris, Aug. 29.—On the Verdun front last night French troops made progress near Thiaumont work, the war office announced today. German attacks in the vicinity of Fleury and Vaux fort were repulsed. “On the Somme, as at Verdun, we are leading in the offensive and dom- inating the adversary,” says an offi- cial note reviewing last week's opera- tions on the Frenc' front. “There is not a point in the general theater of operations where the enemy is not actually reduced to the defensive,” continues the note. “Actions which we lave undertaken continue despite the resistance or reaction of the enemy.” The Mther 3 For Nebraska—Fair; warmer. Temperatures in Omaha Yesterday. 5p m..... Local Weather Record. 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, yesterday 86 64 54 88 yeaterday..... 60 51 60 69 Jeun temperature.... 73 68 73 74 racipitation .08 00 T 00 Temperature and precipitation departures normal at Omaha since March 1, with the past two years ture ey for the day . | rainfall since March 1 Inches | ] March 1 10.30 inches perfod nl 1916 0.46 inch Deflclency for cor perfod, 1914.. 5.61 inches Reports Fromn Weather Stations at 7 P. M. tatlon and States Temp- High- Rain- of Weather, Tp.m. est. fall heyenne, cloudy 70 76 .00 | Davenport, cloudy 42 00 Denver, T Des M ear 00 Dodge City, clear 00 Lander, cloudy T North Platte, cloudy 00 Omuha, clear 08 Pusblo, _cloudy 00 Hapid City, part cloudy 68 00 Salt Lake, pt. cloudy.. 78 00 in . 80 02 cloudy... 76 00 sioux City, cloudy 78 00 Valentine, cloudy 1] T T" indicates trace of precipitation. L A WELSH, Meterologist iCom; On ' COMMANDING BRITISH ARMY ON THE SOMME—One of the” most distinguished officers commanding General Haig’s British forces now fighting furiously along the Somme river, is Brigadier General Henry Rawlinson, mentioned in some of the recent dispatches from the front. | | [ | | | | ACTIVE WORK IN REPUBLICAN CAMP Reports Coming to State Head- | quarters at Lincoln Are | . Favorable. POLL BOOKS ARE SENT OUT " (From a Statt Correspondent.) Lincoln, Aug. 29.—(Special.)—Poll books are being sent out by the state republican committee to county chair- men and these are expected to be placed with the precinct committee at once and the work of checking up begun ‘and pushed as rapidly as pos- sible. Victor Seymour, in charge of the campaign of John L. Kennedy for the | United States senate, called at head- quarters today. Mr. Seymour has |been out in the state, and said that | everything was looking good for the whole republican ticket. The cam- paign of Mr. Kennedy is bringing re- | sults, and he appears to be a strong * |candidate, even in communities where Senator Hitchcock has been con- sidered strong heretofore. M. A. Brown of the Kearney Hub | was also a caller at headquarters to- day. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been isiting in the southeastern portion of | the state and Mr. Brown reported to | Chairman Beach that everything was | favorable wherever he had been | Valley in Good Shape. | Senator M. L. Fries of Arcadia dropped in on headquarters for a lit= | tle confab. The senator says that Val- | ley county will show republican gains all along the line and it is his opinion that Nebraska will get back in the republican column, where it naturally | belongs, this fali Major Craig of the speakers’ bu- | reau is getting his arrangements made for the speaking dates of those who have offered their services to the com- mittee. Robert W. Devoe, republican candidate for attorney general, will make an address at a big rally at Fair- | bury next Friday, given by the | Hughes and Fairbanks club. There is |a great demand for speakers, and Major Craig hopes to be able to sup- | ply all demands a little later. | . S. C. Johns, manager of the pub- licity bureau of the requblican head- quarters, will have double duties to | Victor Rosewater, president of the Republican Editorial association, to be secretary of that organization. The active membership of the association now numbers 117 editors of republi- can newspapers. The officers are: Victor Rosewater, Omaha Bee, pres- ident; Will O. Jones, Lincoln Journal, vice president; C. C. Jc 3 | Grand Island, secretary; A. F. Buech- ler, Grand Island Independent, treas- urer, and the executive commitiee consists of J. H. Sweet, Press, Ne- braska City; Vac Buresh, Pokrok Zapadau, Omaha; N. A. Huse, News, Norfolk; Clark Perkins, Republican, Aurora; Adam Breede, Tribune, Hast “°1ings, and W. W. Haskell, Quiz, Ord Warner Opens Campaign. | W. P. Warner, republican candi date for congress in the Third dis- trict, will open the campaign for the committee next Friday at a picnic at Meadaw Grove George W. Marsh of University Place, candidate for state auditor on the republican ticket, has not as yet attempted to enter very vigorously into the campaign, due to the long ill- | ness and death of Mrs. Marsh. He | expects soon to enter actively into the work, N - N. SIR HENRY RAWLINSON ferr seovica, | perform, having been appointed by | ROADS ISSUE LIVE | Lines Announce Ban on Per- ishable Freight as Result of Threatened Strike. NOT ON THE UNION PACIFIO joe " Chicago, Aug. 29.—A general em- bargo on live stock and all perishable | freight which would not reach its des- %tinalion by September' 2 was declared tonight by several trunk lines and will | be declared within the next few days by practically all the remaining lines, according to an official of the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. The Burlington's embargo applies to freight received on any of its lines or connecting lines. Santa Fe Embargo. Los Angeles; Cal,, Aug. 29.—An em- | bargo against the accentance of per- | ments for points east, effective to- morrow, was announced late today at the offices of the Santa Fe railway. All to Take Like Action. Washington, Aug. 29.—Railroad managers heresaid that all lines prob- ably would take action similar to that of the Santa Fe to protect themselves in case of a strike, but hat no con- certed action had been agreed upon and each road would adopt its own | precautions. New Haven Issues Order. New York, Aug. 29.—The New | York, New Haven & Hartford rail- | road company announced tonight that | because of the impending railroad | strike it will refuse hereafter all ship- !'ments of freight which cannot be de- livered before 7 a. m. on September 4, Southern Pacific Orders. San Francisco, Aug. 29.—The fol- lownig instructions were tc!rgrapln-v” by the headquarters of the Southern | Pacific company tonight to all alivi—i‘ ion superintendents: “Please instruct all passenger and| ticket agents by wire at once to notify | passengers unless they can reach their | destinations by Sunday night, Sep-| tember 3, they may be subject to per- plexing delays. “(Signed.) CHAS. S. FEE Passenger Traffic Manager.” Similar instructions regarding freight were expected to follow. Barred on Katy. Dallas, Tex., Aug. 29.—General of- fices of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad here announced today an em- bargo on all perishable freight effec- tive tomorrow morning. The order states no live stock will be accepted for shipment unless it reaches its des tination by Sunday morning Officials of the Usnion Pacific de- clared yesterday evening that as ygt|not grow really serious for a verv| bishop no action had been taken in the mat (ter of an embargo gn perishable freight. They hinted, however, that the situation, in case of a strike, would not be as stringent here as on the | eastern lines, which were reported as | having declared a general *embargo {on Tive stock and all perishable freight which would not reach its destination by September 2. C e - ST0K EMBARGO [ishable freight and live stock ship-| W resident OMAHA IS READY T0 FACE STRIKE OF RAILROAD MEN Would Not Suffer for Want of Something to Eat—There is Plenty of Meat and Flour. WATER FOR FOUR MONTHS| |Electric Lights for Several| Weeks and Street Cars For Three Weeks. PEOPLE LAYING IN CQAL| Omaha need have little tear of star- vation in case of a railroad strike, be- | cause there is plenty of meat right at hand and there is also over 2,000,000 bushels of wheat stored in Omaha clevators which could not be hauled away in case of a strike. There is | enough coal at the water works plant to pump water for five months and the light plant and street cars could be run for several wecks. Omaha would be in darkness so far as electric lights are concerned aiter | five or six weeks of railroad strike, | | on account of the lack of coal to fur- nish power. That is the length of | time the Omaha Electric Light & | Power company’s present supply of steam coal would last according to General George H. Harries, president of the company Of course, he says ! | the plar . could burn other soft coals {in case of emergency and granting that the supply of other rna_ls were not consumed by that time in other ways. . Three Weeks for Street Cars. The street railway company has enough coal to run about two or three | weeks, according to Assistant Gcn-‘ | eral Manager Leussler. “I“have put| in a call to Kansas City this morning,” said Mr. Leussler, “to send us all the| coal they have to qure.there. so we! may be better fixed still in a few days. | In regard to other supplies we are all right, for we carry a large stock of all kinds of supplies in our store room. But when the coal is exhausted, we're through.” Four Months for Water. The Metropolitan Water District of Omaha has a supply of coal that would last four months, it was said at the office this morning. Assurance was given that there would be no shortage of water supply due to the | strike for that length of time at least. The water department purchased 2,000 tons this month. City Well Supplied With Coal. While the coal supply in the city is not sufficient to carry over during the winter in the event the railroads should be tied up by strike, it is greater than it has ever been before at | this season of the year. S . During the last month, in anticipa- tion of the possibilities of a strke, the | dealers have been layng in extra large supples of coal and thousands of con- sumers who previously have been buying in ton lots, as the immediate needs became apparent, have laid in their winter stocks. Then, too, the railroads are urging dealers to biy and get stocks in as early as possible. | As a result, since a couple of weeks ago, the roadg have been giving coal | trains the right of way on the west- bound freight business. The lines op- | erating out of the Illinois, lowa, Kan- | sas and Oklahoma coal fields have | been swamped with business, handling enormous quantities of coal daily. _Victor White of the Victor White Coa' company s: “The future of the coal business is very uncertain, Coal dealers don’t know what is like- ly to happen in their iine or business from onc_day to another, They are greatly worred over the coal situation, | ywing to labor troubles and other conditions, such as car shortage at the | mines. Coal 1s arriving, but Mr, White says | he can get no guarantee regarding the delivery of coal in the future, and knows no more about the future of the business in Omaha, than the smallest dealer. He has just returned from Philadelphia and the coal men at the mines tell him that this state of affairs has been brought about by | labor and other conditions “The problem that confronts the coal dealer this year,” he says, “is not how to sell coal but how to get coal. | There is a good sized supply of an-| thracite coal on hand at the base of supply at the present time, but when this is extfausted, there is no telling where more will come from if any-| thing happens.” Plenty of Meat. The meat supply in Omaha might long time, according to those in touch with the situation. “There is enough | local stuff in the county and surround- ing territory,” said General Manager Howe of the Armour Packing com- pany, “that could be brought to the yards in wagons to supply Omaha with meat indefinitely. ‘The territory tributary to Omaha could sustai: d on Page Two, Column S $10.00 in Cash Prizes! Railroad Strike Situation . A summary of developments in Negotiations between railroads and brotherhoods through President Wilson definitely broken off. Brotherhood leaders definitely ordered the strike to begin at 7 a. m. Labor day unless the order is countermanded, and declared that only a settlement favorable to the men could change it. President Wilson went before congress in joint session at 2:30 yes- terday afternoon with proposals fo! An outline of the proposals is as foll Increase of the Interstate Comm members. An eight-hour law for railroad To empower the Federal Board tion of an eight-hour day. . . | the strike situation follows: | r new laws to prevent the strike,, ows : erce commission from seven to nine employes. of Mediation to investigate opera. || | To empower the Interstate Commerce commission to consider the | eight-hour day in connection with making rates. A measure similar to the Canadi. vestigation of all disputes between railroads and its employes. A measure empowering the president to operate trains with the || primary object of providing the American troops on the Mexican bor- || der with food. The brotherhood leaders favor oppose the proposal to adopt the Canadian plan. an industrial disputes act for an in- the eight-hour day features, but || ESTIMATE OF NUMBER | Omaha Railroad Officials, wml‘istatement Which Presents Ar- | Exception of Union Pacific, | Give Out Figures. | iABOUT 3,000 MEN HERE:‘[SSU! UP TO CONGRESS Omaha Men Affected. Illinois Central 80| Great Western 120 | Wabash ..... 60 Rock Island 250 | Milwaukee 175 Northwestern 475 Burlington 750 | Missouri Pacific 350 | Union Pacific 700 Total 2,960 | | While the exact figures are'not ob- tainable, it is believed that if the trainmen should obey the order to strike, something like 3,000 men working in the local terminals and running in and out of Omaha would be affected. In a general way all of the railroads, with the exception of | the Union Pacific, have given their estimates of the number of employes who might be affected. Refuse to Give Out Figures. | The Union Pacific refuses to give | any figures or make any estimate of the number of men who might, or might not strike, General Manager Jeffers saying: “To give any estimate would be a presumption that the men are go- ing to strike. I do not believe they are and do not care to speak of the number who would be affected by the strike order.” Men, however, who are in touch with the situation estimate that if the strike is not settled prior to| Labor Day, the Union Pacific train- men will go out with the men of the | other roads and that there will be]| about 700 of them who work in and out of Omaha, and are employed at and around the t€fminals. Occupations Affected. The reference to the men hereto- fore mentioned, inclueds those of the train crews, together with the en- gineers and firemen and switchmen working in the yards here, in South Omaha, on the Belt line and in Coun- cil Bluffs Local railread officials are taking a rather optomistic view of the sitva- tion, contending that when the strike order is received by the men a large number of them will fail to obey it and instead of doing so, will remain loyal to the companies and continue on their trains. The officials assert that this rule wiil maintain particu- farly with the older men and those who have been in the employ of the companies for a long time. Archbishop’s Funeral is Hgkl__at Peoria | Peoria, I, Aug. 29.—Impressive ceremonies «ln-m(‘c.l the burial here today of John Lancaster Spalding, | archbishop” of Scupholis, noted edu- cator and aut! who died last Fri-| day. Se re held in St. Mary's | cathedral, where the prelate presided | many years' as bishop of Peoria T'he funeral oration immediately | following mass was delivered by the Most Rey W. Mundelin, D. D., archbishop of Chicago, Following absolution the body, es- corted by uniformed guards repres senting Catholic societies of the city, | was taken to a temporary vault, pend ing the construction of a permanent | memorial chapel planned by Arch Spalding be s death, | Declare Williams Wan | Who Attacked Women| Robert Williams, colored, who was | arrested yesterday morning by Of-| ficer Asquith, has been identified as the man who several wecks ago at- tacked several colored women near | a vacant lot at Twentieth and l'.ml.‘ / of labor, or change in methods Particulars Soon! RAIL HEADS REJECT STRIKE WILL BFFECT WILSON'S PROPOSAL gument fbr Arbitration Closes Negotiations. Washington, Aug. 29.—Direct ne- gotiations between the railroad execu- tives and employes through President Wilson were practically closed today when the executives refused to accede to a proposal made to them yesterday by Mr. Wilson, ana presented to him a statement of their position contain- ing another, argument for arbitration. T'he slatJmcnt presented to Presi- dent Wilson by the committee of eight denies the, judgment of society favors an eight-Hout day and declares that arbitration is the only proper WITY of settling industrial disputes. he ‘suggestion of President Wil- son for a proposal including the prin- ciple of the eight-hour day, but post- poning its effectiveness for a year pending investigation was rejected by the railroad executives at the con- ference this morning. The action of the railroad presi- dents taken in connection with thel strike order of the employes left | President Wilson no alternative but | to go to congress in a final effort to | avert the strike by legislation. Text of Statement. This statement to the public was issued by the committee of railway presidents: “We are unable after the most earnest consideration to agree with the proposal of the president of the United States, which is that we ac- cept without arbitration ‘the substitu- ion of an eight-hour day for the pres- ent ten-hour day in all of the existing practices and agreements.’ This is the main point in controversy and we cannot surrender it without an op- portunity to be heard in some form of fair arbitration. “We do not assent to the statement that ‘the eight-hour day now undoubt- edly has the sanction of the judgment of society in its favor! We believe that society has not yet recorded its judgment upon’ this subject. “We are not in this controversy, however, dealing with the conditions relating to the cight-hour day in the industrial world. The difference be- tween the eight-hour day in business | and manufacturing interests and in the railroad train scrvice day has been fully explained. The railroad day is a basis for computing pay and overtime, the length of daily service being controlled by variable condi- | tions, | More Pay is Real Issue. | “The demands involved in this c¢on-| troversy have not been presented, in| our judgment, for the purpose of fix-| ing a definite daily period of labor| nor a reduction in the existing hours | operation, but for the real purpose o accepting an increase of wages ap-! proximating $100,000,000 per annum, | or 35 per cent for the men in railwa!!i freight train and yard service, repre- sented by the labor organizations in| this matter i “After careful examination of the cts and patient and continuous con- sultation with the conference com-| mittee and managers and among our- selves we have reached a clear un-| derstanding of the magnitude of the questions and the consequence to the | railroads and to the public involved in a decision of them. | “As trustees for the public served | by our lines and for the great mass of the less powerful employes (not| less than 80 per cent of the whole | number) interested in the railroad | wage fund—as trustees also for the| millions of people that have invested | their savings and capital in the bonds | and stocks of these properties and | who through the saving banks, trust| companies and insurance companies | are vitally interested to the extent| — e | (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) i l Executive Would Draft Brotherhoods Into U. S. Service; - AlLg{ \tiations for Settlement of Trouble at an End; Requests Congress to Interpose Legislation PRESIDENT PUTS RAIL STRIKE UP T0 LAWMAKERS Wilson Places Situation Before Two Houses, Addressing Joint Session of Both Chambers. EFFORTS - AT MEDIATION Executive Asks Authority to Operate Railroads in Case of Necessity. FAVORS EIGHT-HOUR DAY Washington, D. C, Aug. 29— President Wilson laid the railway strike situation before congress this afternoon in an address to6 both houses assembled in joint session. The president told congress of his efforts to bring the railroad mana- gers and the men into some sort of agreement, and saying he was pow- erless to do more, he asked congress to enact legislation to deal with the situation. Pomting our the distress and hard- ships which a nation-wide strike would bring upon thé country, the r[esidrnt asked congress to empower him to draft into the service of the United States the very managers and men who have been unable to adjust their differences so that the govern- | ment may operate the railroads in case of military necessity, He pro- posed that congress first enlarge the membership of the Interstate Com- merce commission, to equip it to deal with larger situations; second, that an eight-hour day be established for all trainmen in interstate ‘commerce; third, that a commission investigate the effect of the eight-hour day; fourth, that the Interstate Commerce commigsion consider the increased cost of the eight-hour day in making rates, and, fifth, amend the 'media- tion law to prevent strikes or lock- outs while industrial disputes are be- ing investigated. The sixth propo~ sal was that the president be em- powered to operate the railways in casé of military necessity. How these recommendations are to be carried out President Wilson left entirely in the hands of congress, The president was greeted with up- roarious cheers as he entered. (3 began speaking at 2:33 o'clock. Speaking slowly and distinctly, he outlined the situation confronting the country from the failure of the nego- tiations, There was a tense silence in the chamber as he began. Applause greeted the president’s declaration that he regarded it as a “practical certainty” that the railroads would be “ultimately obliged to ac- cept the eight-hour day by the con- certed action of organized labor, backed by the favorable judgment of society.” Text of Address. President Wilson laid the threat- ened railway strike before congress today. The president said: “Gentlemen of the Congress: I have come to you to seek your as- sistance in dealing with a very grave situation which has arisen out of the demand of the employes of the rail- roads engaged in freight train service that they be granted an eight-hour working day, safeguarded by the pay- ment of one hour and a half of serv- ice for every-hour of work beyond the eight. “The matter has been agitated for more than a year. The public has | been made familiar with the demands | of the men and the arguments urged | in favor of them, and even more fa- miliar with the objections of the rail- roads and their counter-demand that certain privileges now enjoyved by their men and certain bases of pay- ment worked out through many years of contest be reconsidered, especially in their relation to the adoption of an eight-hour day. The matter came up some three weeks ago, to a final issue, and resulted in a complete deadlock betwcen tie parties. The means pro- vided by law for mediation of the con- (Continued on Fage Two, Column One.) It's a comforting thought to many busi- ness men to know that Bee “Help Wanted” Ads will supply them with new employes if the need arises. Call Tyler 1000 for Bee Want-Ads. .