Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1916, Page 2

| peared today to be less confident. FREIGAT EMBARGO " WILL BB GANERAL Practically All Roads Will Re- fuse Shipments Within Two Days if the Order Stands. GOODS GO BY EXPRESS BULLETIN. Chicago, Aug. 30.—A large number of the railroad presidents who have been in Washington discussing the strike problem with President Wilson arrived in Chicago today for an im-|© portant conference. Chicago, Aug. 30.—Railroads of the nation in view of the threatened rail- road strike rushed preparations today to enforce an embargo on perishable freight. Shipments of live stock and perishables were refused by some roads today; others issued warnings that perishable freight which cannot of the country, orders were flashed to * ticket agents to inform passengers that unless they reach their destina- tions by Sunday night they will be subjected to “perplexing delays.” Big manufacturers and business houses swamped telegraph compan- jes with messages urging that their ould h fobd trai so far as providing themselves with|for Edward W. Morrison, were or-|powers will not attempt to defend the "+ lhip:enu be rlluhed i:t -‘once. Many Of U' P' sa'ys Strlke 'Tra'nsantlnenta'l :h: citrylf“fr'(lw'r:)sp:'iv:(ior:,rm'}"l\:n ::;E ! stocks is concerned. dered impounded by Federal Judge|entire border, owing to its crooked- of them authorized sending their or- Won’t Be a Success Ra'tes 18 Sus ended milk supply, they promised, would be| “Would the strike affect the dry Landis today, when the inquiry into | ness and the large number of troops ders by express. Several farge comi- p the first to receive consideration. The ds business?” said Robert Cowell the eccentric millionaire’s lost mil- | required for the adequate protection mercial houses already have recalled o, big milk conipanirs have been or- Hob h’ "Il':) . Kilpatrick . |lions was resumed. Ward sutren- | of a front half as long as the Russian their traveling representatives. Relative to the prospective strike of | Washington, Aug.. 30.—Proposed |ganizing to meet the situation ever 2&:‘; e ?‘T':s it| 3,:;";;3 r:::éga:‘ge' dered the documents under protest.” |battle line. Embargo Will Be General, Associated Press dispatches from ~“all parts of the country indicated that within forty-eight hours, unless a de- lay in the strike is ordered, emblrfio orders will be effective on practically every railroad ‘in the country. Harris Weinstock, state market di- rector of California, said that a strike of any duration meant ruin to thous- . ands of fruit growers, A Sacramento dispatch stated that picking of fruit in that rich district d. as virtually ceas : % (iommerchl ,.lnfi industrial organi- ?ver’tled. !hdil lme‘: ’:mh'ill)‘e be quick- m-bl,eneu. Th;y You]x?hchl_" been | 10 f}:}‘]““j‘r“@‘“‘gh:"g:‘;‘i‘; dznlaf;:lvcc:r: pleAntg :( itt’." Gl e e . C : ; zations, as well as individual firms |ly changed, or all .of the tter «class | effective-September 1. > iicreases s 3 sked about cotiee, he "declare F 1 1 I h d and corporations throughout the |of men will withdraw, as they now |proposed ‘were on fruits, vegetables, |milk for food. there was probably enough coffee in lna b earance urs ay country, were reported “hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.” Many Will Refuse to Strike, Congress is Between “Scylla and Charybdis” Says Cummins Washington, Aug. 30. — Senator | dustrial peace and at the same time Cummins of Towa, one of the pra-ywould not unduly infringe upon per- ;resln‘c-rcpuhhcafls of thg llmc:sute soglatl ]'izu:z} deliberate judgment”] Commerce committee, VOiCing 00PO- | caid Senator Cummins, “that there is sition in the senate today to some of no method for the prevention of President Wilson's legislative pro-| strikes by force of law except to deny posals to meet the railroad crisis, de- | to working men the right of ‘striking clared that congress, in search of | in union or in concert; that is to say, legisfation was confronted by “a!to make it untawful to enter into an Scylla and a Charybdis,” and that “it’ agreement or understanding that they will be interesting to consider how | will cease to work at a prescribed far we can steer away from one with- | time and in a body. To do this, which out encountering the perils of the I believe to be within the constitu- ther,” | tional authority of congress, without Senator Cummins insisted that com- | providing an efficient substitute, is to pulsory arbitration was not only im- | practically prohibit unions, for while practicable, but unconstitutional and | the unions have other and notable that any attempt to establish maxi- | functions, if they are deprived of their mum wages for railroad employes' right to quit work in a body as the was “doomed to immediate failure,” outcome of an understanding or although congress has the right to!agreement, they will be shorn of their prescribe both minimum and maxi-| real power, and will rapidly became THE. BEE: OMAHA, TH mum wages, | The senator proposed as a possible | deterrent to industrial disputes, with-| “modified or partial restriction of the right to strike in a combined way” which, he said, would “make for in- President Calvin railread trainmen, President Calvin of the Union Pacific gave out the fol- lowing statement: ' “Formerly each craft on each road voted separately, and decided for itself whether its members on that particular road would strike or not, a two-thirds vote beinf required to carry. Changes, recently made, pro-| vide that a two-thirds vote of the en-| tire fembership of each of the crafts on all roads will govern, “Should’ the present strike be realize the jeopardy they have placed themselves in. As one old conductor expressed it, he “did not propose to remain in"a situation with his order Railroad men hoped that many members of the brotherhood would not obey the strike order, In fact, it was rumored that little if any pres- sure would be brought to bear on the older generation of engineers and conductors whose seniority has placed | pombastic talk and misrepresentation | question could not be justified for this | ers, tow boats and other vessels that 1 H e "‘“‘g‘" paid positions, many of | from the organization leaders, byt reason and for that reason that this can be pressed into service.into the Range Rallr_oad which are made for they are all priced at with pensioned leisure not far | his gtrikes cannot be successful, as|trans-continental traffic should pay | waters surrounding the city. 3 3 a quick clearance of the lowest mark ever lw_;x; S b e il tacily b t}n‘e bulinlen men ?]l the country and | its :htli" of the total burden of trans-| - In the J:;/holenle gdrocery and com- Wll]. Not strlke 11 stock . ted s ppea % the people genera! are against it, | portation. mission district, today, it was .re- P all stock. uoted. its 41,000 employes not to strike. ¥I‘I\e pRopie. A 8 ! orted that. nsuurzn{n hotels and e Santa Fe imilar appeal weeks ago when the strike vote was being taken, ‘The Pennsylvania road took a poll . of its employes and reported that 90 per cent of them expressed willing- ness to take the places of strikers. - Other roads have made similar in- ' vestigations in most cases, and it is said that more than one high official, | “rising from the ranks, is prepared to ! enter the cab of an engine to move WILSON MAKING BFFORT T0 DELAY (Continued from Page One.) id that Mr. Gompers had made enipt to induce the brother- to ponrme the strike, and it * was not thought that he would. Brotherhood officials who expressed - confidence last night that enactment of President Wilson's program into law would not prevent the strike ap- a8 no * hoods Senate Committee Meets, The senate Interstate Commerce - committee adopted solu. ‘on today providing * for “hear on proposed nilrou: 'e|: lrtio%h dl:a imp;ndlng crisis, beginnin, ursday at 9 a. m. Railroad officials, brotherhood officers and representatives of shippers were invited to appear. ‘Each side will be given three hours ‘which to present its views of legi: P by President Wilson ' to prevent the threatened strike and RALLWAY STRIEG whereby his. two. brakemen, neither of whom had been in the service a year, could vote him out of his posi- tion, which he had occupied for more than thirty years.' “There will, of course, be the usual The American public will submit to tyranny in leadership just so long, and then it must uo%. 1 haveferlnnllly oped that some way could be found which- would avert this catastrophe, on account of the suffering and privation that will result, both directly and indirectly; the temporary demoralization of the business ‘of the country which will come (ro‘n it, and for the further rea- son that it will affect hundreds of my old associates and frien Bucharest, Roumania, Aug. 30.— (Via London.)~—Bucharest was bom- barded Monday night by a Zeppelin and an aeroplane: The text of the official statement says: “During Monday night a Zeppelin and a foreign aeroplane, threw - sev- al bombs on Bucharest without causing the least damage. Artillery drove them off. “Enemy aeroplanes threw bombs on Baltchic, Piatra and Niamta with- out damage.” | Danube Towns Bombarded. London, Aug. 30.—~Hungarian war :orrzlpondems as quoted in a Cen- tral :Jews dispatch from Amsterdam report that the Roumanians have be- gun a bombardment of the Danube towns of Rustchuk, Bulgaria, and Or- zova, Hungary. Principal Passes Taken, London, Aug. 30.—A dispatch re- ceived from Bucharest by way of Rome says the Roumanians operating in conjunction with the Russians have captured the principal passes of the Carpathians. For twelve hours, the dispatch says, the Roumanians have march uninterruptedly on Hungarian territory, meeting only weak resist- ance. mere benevolent societies. “I, for one, am unalterably opposed to any such legislation unless it is Senator Cummins said there was no such thing, never had been and never would be. Proposed Raise in incréases in transcontinental - freight rates from the east to intermountain territory and fromr the Pacific coast to the east, which it was; estimated would bring the railroads about $20,- 000,000 a year additional revenue, were suspended today by the Interstate Commerce commission for further in- vestigation. They were to have be- come effective at midnight. The commission suspended the rates until December 30, pending the investigation to determine their reas- drygoods and many other commodi- ties. More ‘than 600 shippers were represented recently and protested against the increase. \ . The increases ‘were proposed after the commission had. held - several months ago that trans-continental roads did not now have to meet the competition of the Panama canal and that lower rates than those now in Committee Talks Plans to Prevent Walkout on Roads Washington, Aug. 30.—A . sugges- tion for immediate action on a resolu- tion to provide for an. investigation of differences between the-railroads and vestigation of .its effect on, railroad revenues and rates, with an early re- port to congress, other more drastic and complicated legislation to bel considered’ later. Reaching no d cision, the*committee adjourned unt tomorrow for an all-day hearing legislative proposals. Senator Th the occasion was “such that it requires expeditious action, and if the govern- ment fails to protect its citizens from the threaten:tf grave consequences, it has no right to call itself a govern- ment.” Senator Gallinger, republican leader, asked Senator Thomas if he thought an appeal to the men would delay the strike a 'few.days, “I think it would do no good," re- plied Senator Thomas. Steamer Sinks and Twenty Are Drowned New Orleans, Aug. 30.—Twenty men of the crew of twenty-six of the American steamer Admiral Clark, which sailed from Port Arthur, Tex., for Buenos Ayres on August 11, per- ished at sea when the steamer foun- dered August 16 in a tropical hurri- i URSDAY, AUGUST. 31, 1916. NEW YORK MAKING |Packers Working Men Overtime Anticipating Tieup of Railways READY FOR SIEGE Active Preparations to Insure Supply of "Milk, Food and Fuel in Case of Strike. | USE AUTOS AND BOATS New York, Aug. 30.—Railroad traf- fic both to and from New York City showed feverish activity today in an- ticipation .of a general strike. It is estimated that before September 4, the threatened date of the tie-up, this city will rid itsell of a floating population of nearly 350,000 and receive home about the same number of residents who have been on vacations. Passen- ger traffic just before Labor day is always heavy even under normal cir- cumstances. Unless the situation changes radic- ally, it is expected that the other east- ern railways will follow the example The management of the New York Central will consider this question to- day “upon the return of President .. ['Smith from Washington, Arrange for Milk Supply. Railroad executives here expressed hope that if a strike were called, they since _ the strike became imminent. Drivérs of milk wagons have been in- structed to make a census of the ba- bies on their rouytes and they will be attended to first. The mjlk companies have arranged to obtain hundreds of motor trucks, which.will be. used to collect milk from the territory sur- rounding New York if the regular milk train’ servict fails. New York consiimes 2,500,000 quarts of milk a day and it is es- timated that 25 per cent of this goes Food Supply for Month. The potice department, is was an- nounced today, is prepared if need arises to assume virtual control of the food and fuel supply. For this pur- pose it has made a canvass to ascer- tain the stock of foodstuffs now avail- able here and it has a list of all mo- tor trucks and other vehicles that can be used to carry freight and of light- oarding houses were be inning to lay in sugar stocks. Wholesale gro- cers are not disposed to agree with the prediction that in the event of a railroad tieup there would be a food famine here in a week. Pittsburgh Lines Ready. Pittsburgh, Pa.; Aug. 30—All roads entering the Pittsburgh district were busy completing arrangements, begun a_week or _more ago, for handlin omias, democrat, declared || eneral chiefs, many ‘of ‘whom are competent to:handle -any part’of the railroad wetks v needed piece of Midnight lunch was served td the men of at.least.one big packing plant of the South Side last night. At the| Swift. & Co. plant the loading dock crew wad bus¢ until 12 o’clock, and | many even later. Extra cars were on | hand to handle as much as possible in the event of the railroad strike | Monday. | Packing house workmen, as well as | employers, are hoping against hope| that the differences will be settled be- fore the walkout Monday. It means| the eventual close down of all plants if the strike continue. for more than a week. Superintendent Fipps of the Swift plant last evening said: “We have not any more men than | usual on the job. It has always been | our custom to prepar: for emergen- cies of all kinds, and I cannot .say | that we have failed to do so now, “It is certainly true that if stock is not received at the yards during the strike period we will be unable to continue open doors .. the workmen.” The loading gang will work late every ‘night, ir. preparation for the final stoppage of daily trains. At Cudahy’s the loading dock crew worked up to 8 o'clock. General Man- ager M. R. Murphy of this plant spoke freely of the expected strike, commenting on the possibilities it will produce. “We are prepared to meet it as best we can, but of course if there isn't any stock received at the yards we won't be able to do business. Our orders are booked way ahead and we are doing what we can to fill ¢them before the strike is on.” . The packers have been handicapped thus far by a shortage of labor, but on hand before Monday. are doing their best to finish the work HUNGARIAN CITIES Reports from Paris and Zurich Say Mountain Passes Into Transylvania Forced. MAY ATTACK BULGARIA Paris, Aug. 30.—The Petit Parisien | publishes a report that the Rouma- | nians having forced their way into | Transylvania have occupied two im- | portant cities beyond the mountains. Roumanians Force Pass. London, Aug. 30.—“It is persistent- ly rumored here,” wires the Central News correspondent at Zurich, Swit- zerland, “that Roumanian cavalry has crossed Rothenthurm pass and is ap- proaching Hermannstadt, Hungary." An Exchange Telegraph dispatch, | filed in Athens on Monday, gives a - ROUMANIANS TAKE Local Stores Are P@e Winter Dry goods stores are not anticipat- ing‘any serious resuits from the rail- | way strike immediately, at least not purchasing power of some of our péo- ple’ to some extent. So far as stocks are concerned we are all stocked for fall and winter. We were never in better shape.” ) 1 Perishable fruits and vegetables will | likely be scarce soon after.the rail-| way strike becomes effective, accord- | ing t6 local dealers. “There is’plenty -of sugar stored around in Omaha,” said Al King, manager of the groce_H/‘ department of Hayden Brothers. “The jobbers have the city to'last'a year. In regard to potatoes, Mr. King said, “There are plenty of potatoes around here now. There are lots of homegrown pota- toes, and potatoes, in fact, are being shigped out of Omaha at this minute, rati er than in.” Employes of Iron Duluth, Aug. 30.—Employes of the Duluth, Missabe & Northern railroad and the ‘Duluth & Iron Range will not strike, according to statements of employes today. Agreements be- tween the roads and the men are con- sidered binding by the men. Assurance that” Duluth would es- cape a tieup of ore shipments and that there would be little or no inter- ference in the receiving of ore from the Minnesota’ iroh ranges and the 3 ds of thirty to t t Finy . B { T 4 8 7 XA > AL A ¢4 empl " ki d business in case of a strike. Ienn loading of it at the Duluth-Superior e R e i) g b g UL ot e 1 bt | . sty nRE & et at i int t i- availabil was ‘'given’ by officials. 2 Pegemens Jor matey o seevice,| 20pPelin and Plane | merce iie today, but no decsion wis e i (e 1on | O@1€ COmmences. at 8:30 A. M. * Illinois, - Ohio_and many | B f s | reached. v Range railroads belong-almost to a | ! other_ states, where the interurban |’ lea Buoharest & An alternative Suggéstion was man to the brotherhoods, but have All Sales final. Come early- ' service b Mri‘ y developed, will immediate enactment’ of the provis- : 5:5"3::“‘“' ':;::“;sr;!r:‘c-nf“;ea::’:‘& . i use the électric facilities to the limit. T&ste of Re&l War fons for an‘eight-hour day and an in- ing officialk, Sncludes -idivision flold, heimen say. 8! | Apparel Section, Second Floor. Persistent Advertising.is . the Road to Success. “The Closing Day RAYMOND’S AUGUST SALE is Tomorrow August 31st THE LAST CALL Have you been putting off the purchase of any report from Saloniki that Roumania has _decided to present an ultimatum | to Bulgaria, demanding the evacua- Ward gurreflders 2 ox fagk : out advocating it or expressing any | accompanied with sure relief for in-|of the New York, New Haven & . L A o b uncepied, " o ember 2 opinion on the Justice or wisdom of justice” oy anbitration | Lttord and declire 4 freight em- A]] Well Stocked | the Morrison Deeds | sbanden Par of Transyivan From Chicago, the railroad center |t legislation that would impose a iscussing compulsory arbitration |bargo to take effect September 4. andon Part of Transylvania. Berlin, Aug. 30.—(Via London.)— | The abandonment of part of Transyl- | vania to the Roumanians is forcasted in dispatches from newspaper corre- | ndents at the Austrian army head- Under a Protest Chicago, Aug. 30.—Deeds conveying ing property valued at more than]‘:;:;n"‘ $2,000,000 to James R. Ward, attorney | *The correspondent says the central i The fashion Certer of "the MiddleWest — Establshed 1886 of All. Summer Apparel The last day of August brings these unheard-of prices— Dozens of desir- able lots will not be enumer a ted, but These Are Indications: 28 Dresses $4.95 33 Skirts $1.45 Waists - Coats =~ Suits at equally great reductions. O0f Any Business: can be made easier, quicker, with less chance for error if I-P Books and Forms are used. Your Stationer will be glad to show you Why and How they are superior. IP Ledger Outfits; can be supplied with sheets from . 10 different Stock Ledger Forms —some one of which should answer every need of your business. The Ledger Binders are built to stand the wear anA tear of years of service; they lock securely, giving safety and protection not pro- vided in the old way. [P Books and Forms —Ring Books—Ledgers—Post Binders—cover & wide * to provide for operation of trains in cane. Six survivors arrived at the riety of sizes, and the Forms are printed in a varfety - i \heThw!M of ? l!rll,kt & d Woman Leads in Race quar;n;in; s:(al}on here today on the FURN[TURE Z; r:uyn:u.!mnklnl it easy to select e committee under consider- Swedish bark Tana. ired, and the cor- o;:u unmiv; drafts ofd (h.ra: :nllsA For Conurgss ";()M‘},zntana Get Contm g ;::t'gzrzm‘z ]:,:“wl;th Tt et odmbt- covers the proposed eight-hour| Helena, Mont, Aug. 30.—Returns S rowin 4 ¢ 1l enable you to apply R sy » wage commission "'d:y fton the !u"'w“dc‘ prigacy tor Stones TKTOU h Wg\dows Tomorrow a very large portion of our entire stock ?naotcllz:;h:c‘c'éunet?:: elzust)mds”m of tiires wembers, 1o to be recom-|the nomination of candidates to be| . gl will show the Red and White Sale Tag—at substan- YOUR business, and keep your mended respectively by the railroads | voted on at the November election | Charles Draper of St. Louis, who 4 A D records up-to-date. ud-‘thau m:hel;lixoo hict; -énll ob- | show that Miss Jeannette Rankin of | has ambili:ns Lo aid the Browns in tial reductions—from our well known Every Day ok Want Siatlonst serve administrative and financial! Missoula is leading the republican |copping the American league pen- 2 effects Of the institution of the eight- | con, ?:l:ional candidates, with George | nant, was practicing control by peg- Low Prices. We look for you Tomorrow. To Show You e hour day. Another amends the New-| W, Farr of Miles City, second. John | gum_ stones at the windows of the &) Forms and 5 lands act to make arbitration more (M. Evans appears to have been re- Bemis Bag company. His aim im- Note=«= | Devices are effective “0% the line of Canadian | nominated by the democrats, with H. proved rapidly and just before be- acknowledged ihie best by users end _ principles. e third provides for| B, Mitchell of Great Falls, second. | ing squelched by the law he was put- dealers Why submit to jon of railroads for| ], E. Edwards and Charles N. Bray ' ting them over the pane every time. are running close for the republican | He was sentenced to thirty days nomination for senator. E. H. Coon- | where he will be given opportunity to ey is leading Frank J. Edwards for \ work out on the rock ile, where am- t{c republican gubernatorial nomina- | munition is more protuse. i | N iy . mi?;,md States Senator Myers, demo- ! Persistent Advertising is the Road crat, was unopposed and ({overnor S, | to Succest: V. Stewart, a democrat, is conceded (0 | st m———————— have obtained the renomination ; Railroads Can-Not Raise s H o E Rate on Canned Goods S Come to our store for your g If the railroads continue to do busi- | ness, freight rates will not go up on Shoes. We guarantee you‘a sav- ing on every pair you buy. government op military necessity. _ Protest of Non-Union Men. Robert T. Frazier, representing un- railroad employes of the sent to President Wilson to- testing against Mr. Wilson's recommendation to congress yesterday that a law be passed for an 3 c'ght-hour basis day for railroad em- fwz‘z:: actually engaged in the work .operating trains in interstate trans- _ portation, ; . Mr, Frazier pointed out that this tion would not affect 80 per cent of railway employes. “I must respectfully warn you of eveats sure to follow,” wrote Mr. “which will place the indus- irdy than at present; the 80 of the nation in greater ‘must of mecessity organize and it their Irving-Pitt Manufacturing Company Largest Loose Leal Manufscturers in the World. Kansas, City, Missouri will QaonouMoncy;——TherbS'Afbafen “In a multitude of counsel there is safety.” The acts of this strong Company as Executor or Trustee,are care- fully supervised by a group of the city’s best business men—its. Counsel canned goods between Omaha and the west coast for another four months. The Interstate Commerce | commission has so ordered. The roads had proposed to raise the rate from the present 624 cents! per hundredweight to 85 cents per per ir demands for recognition hundredweight, effective September 1.l Men's Shoes. . .8 officers andd E25s f ted to Mr, | Omaha jobgen protested, as did job- | Ladies' Shoes.. AS ? i.l!do. $ by 110,000 | bers and dealers in many, other Sec- |l Boys’ Shoes. .. 2,48 o | employes ;'aro- tions of the country. E.J. MtVann, | Misses’ school Shoes $1.48 up ike. manager of the traffic burean 'of tite | @ Children's Shoes, . ::: up Commercial club of Omaha, entered a | rotest along with others, and asked | for a suspension of the rate tempor- arily. legraphic word has just been re- ceived that the date of the effective- ness ofthe new rate has been sus- pended at least until December 30, Headquarters for Buster Brown Shoes for Boys and Girls. J. Helphand Ciothing Co. 314.16 N. 16th St. : A 7, wiost iviodern and Sanitary Brewery in the West. Il"amily Trade Supplied by WM. JETTER, Distributor. {2502 N St. Telephone Douglas 4231. South 863 or 868,