Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 3, 1916, Page 10

g to. learn that thing m;&a‘;fl to 133' (I:::hu:: RAILROAD WORKERS ESCORT FOR HUGHES Six Hundred Men Lead Great Demonstration for G. 0. P. Oandidate at Terre Haute, SCORES “GOLD BRICK" LAW Terre Haute, Ind, Nov. 2—(Spe- cial Telegra....)—Six hundred railroad union men escorted Charles E. Hughes last night at the head of the biggest demonstration accorded him ~during his campaign. For two hours he reviewed the parade in his honor and then spoke at the Wigwam, filled with 20,000 people. The sides of the Wigwam, the center of a lumber {lrd. were torn off in many pleaces the crowd, insistent on getting a glimpse of the cnfiidate. ) “We have got some respect for law and order in this country,” stated the nominee, “and I tell you every work- ing man has got more at stake in that than anybody else in the community. There is no one that has got so much at stake in the orderly processes of government, as the present plain man who has got nothing but gi- wages between him and serious distress, and what we want in this country—and | will stop here to say that I under- stand that word has gone out through labor circles in official channels to vote against me, and I knowperfect- ly that I am saying a profound truth, and every union man knows it—that nolody can direct or control the labor vote of this county (applause), - Something Done td Labor. “That vote is 'oins to be cast ac- ing to its sound judgmeut ac- at _the men think is This is an American ding to right and hi'r'.h W t and otir workingmen are e best ens :B h.m beclutle it,hey are producing and worl ave the t confidence in the freedom of their judgment, according to their ce, uncontrolled \ by any m{lfln ‘¢ have been hminfl late t t has i other about wl been' done for , and some have ug ‘¢ had talk abeut an our work day bill. .The Adam- was not an eight-hour work Things that are right can go right names. Things that are n't have to trade on improper tions. You don't have to resort de, or -subterfuge, if you upon the merits, - “to have seen an extract circular of instructions 1 chairman to herliood Engin ngi eers ) east, e right to witfl. any irs, if they Scale, I has th - 'the Danbury hatters’ case, to the number of hours that men are to work. It changes a wage scale, It changes a basis for the payment of wages, and there was no question whatever involved as to an eight-hour |- work day. It was said that the judg- ment of society had been passed in favor of an eight-hour work day. “Well, if that principle was being applied, and it was suddenly decided over night to carry into effect this judgment of society which had been ignored by the. administration - for over three years, why was that judg- ment put into effect as to 20 per cent of the men, and not put into effect as to 80 per cent of the men? Why is it that we should have exceptions from such a judgment of society? We did not have any dealings with the judgment of society—that is the answer,_that we are not dealing with the eight-hour workday. “You have /got here something that proceeds upon a suggestion which is not borne out by the facts, and you have got something else—even for the men, even for the men who are sup- posed to be benefited by the fact, I believe it will be found that this is a gold brick. Let me give one or two suggestions, You know the basis of pay was not simply an hour's basis— it was hours and miles, and the mije- age feature of the former basis, was a very, important thing to the men who ‘were employed. “I do not believe that there is any desire to change that basis. How about the man who runs his 100 miles in five or six hours? How does he figure under this bill? Will he get a full day’s pay when he runs his 100 miles in five hours, or will he get five-eighths of a day's pay—if the bill provides, as I think it does pro- vide, that there should be as a basis of payment of wages, not as a basis of the work in hours, the eight hours taken as a basis, then a man would seem to have to work his eight hours to ¥t his day's pay. . “That is a very unwelcome surprise for a good many men who have won, after years of labor, the concessions which have been made, and under which there were a full day’s pay for a run of a given extent, even though completed in less than the ten hours, which was the basis for compensation, even though completed in five or six Hours. Let me read again what is said by the president in this ‘direc- tion to local chairmen, speaking of the eight hours, as the measure of compensation: ‘This provision of the law will, I believe, eliminate the pay- ment of all arbitraries which are based on time, when made within the first eight-hour period of service,’ and with respect to other provisions, and their effect, this general chairman says: ‘Just what it will finally be de- cided to mean, no one can now tell, as it is possible to construe it in several different ways!' (Applause.) “That is the kind of legislation of hich we have altogether too much. on that seems to speak one ; and yet you cannot -tell but what it may-speak a very different word.” He was asked in his speech about and, after giving his usual exR he con- cluded: “Now, if t y man— I don't care who he is—who wants to see a judge decide a case in the cour of law for the purpose of satisfying or. preferring one party against other, irrespective of the law, vote for;me.” (Applause.) ( tion in 1912 consisted of one member Henry J.;Allen,‘!Se/n?wr Mv“tl Pois BULL MOOSE BACK OF HUGHES SOLIDLY H. L. Ickes of Illinois Gives Statement as to Position of the Progressives. WILSON MEN DESPERATE Chicago, Nov. 2.—(Special TeleX gram.)—H. L. Ickes, progressive na: tional committeeman from Illinois, and now a member of the western republican campaign committee, took notice today of the democratic at- tempt to mak: it appear that there is a strong progressive defection to Woodrow Wilson. Mr. Ickes said: “The democratic national commit- tee has resorted to misstatement of facts in an effort to make it appear that Wilson is receiving a consider- able progressive support. A state- ment sent out from New York yes- terday was to the effect that eleven of the nineteen members of the reso-| lutions committee of the progressive national convention In 1912 had sighed a statement in favor of Presi- dent Wilson. “The fact is that the resolutions committee,of the progressive conven- from each staté and territory, fifty- two in all instead of nineteen, as claimed by the democrats. Eleven out of fifty-two is not much to boast of, espekially when it is .considered that of the eleven signers of the Wilson statement, five represented southern states, all of whicl are nor- mally democratic, and in only two of which is the result in doubt this year. Moreover, of the eleven sign- ers, four were former democrats who naturally would be supporting Wilson as the result of the realignment of the major parties. Where White Stands. “William Allen White is quoted as endorsing the statement. This is a wilful misstatement - of fact. Mr. White has been and is supporting Mr. Hughes publicly, and he has is- sued a statement denying that he had signed or endorsed this demo- cratic statement. i “Isaac N. Stevens of Colorado is quoted as one of the eleven signers. Mr. Stevens-telegraphed the follow- ing message: ‘As a member of the resolutions committee, national pro- gressive convention of 1912, I sighed a statement giving credit to the pres- ent administration for enacting many of its planks“into' law. I never en- dorsed ‘the present administration t;:herwiu and intend voting for Mr.| ughes.’ i Progressive Leaders for Hughes. “The act is thdt progressive leaders generally and an overwhelming per- centage, of the progressive fank and file ‘are supporting Mr. Hughes. Colonel Roosevelt has been stumping the country for Hugh As a result of Governor Johnson's efforts, Cali- fornia is safely withi i column, Such progre Raymond Robins, James R, Garfie! THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, dexter, Senator Moses Clapp, Albert J. Beveridge, Congressmen John I. Nolan, William Dudly Foulke, Ar- thur L. Garford, Medill McCormick, George W. Perkins, Oscar Straus, Winston Churchill, Everett Colby, Charles Sumner Bird, Henry F. Cochems, Henry A. Pattengill, Joseph H. Dickson, Ira Kirkwood, Leslie Coombs, Chester H. Rowell, Myer Lissner, Dwight B. Heard, Ben Grif- fith, Clarence P. Dodge, George White, Milton D. Purdy, Casper Schenk, C. D. Pope, Gifford Pinchot, and, in fact, practically all of the effective leader- ship of the progressive party, is active- ly supporting Hughes on the stump, and otherwise, four-fifths of the pro- gressive national committee are for Hughes, including several of the men who in the last meeting of the com- mittee opposed the resolution endors- ing him: Mr. Hughes has gained strength among the progressives since {hat meeting and Mr. Wilson has ost it Hughes’ Election Assured. “After a careful canvass of .the pro- gressive situation in every state with- i the jurisdiction of the western head- uarters, ]| am satisfied that if Mr. ughes will hold the republican vote, and of that there can be no doubt, he will be overwhelmingly elected. “In some states, of which Kansas is a type, more than 95 per cent of the Roosevelt vote of 1912 will be added to the Hughes in 1916. In some states the percentage will not run so high, but in no state will less than 85 per cent of the progressive vote support Hughes. “I am not making this statement from guess work. I have correspond- ed with thousands of progressives in this western territory, and I have had direct reports from practically every western state by men sent out from these headquarters to study local situ- ations and to report actual facts. In a few states, of which Utah is a type, where at the outset it appeared the progressive vote was so disaffected that the state might go democratic, active organization work has been done among progresives, with the re- sult that the progressive vote support- ing Hughes will average witfi the other states, Wilsonites Desperate, “The determined effort being made in' these latter days of the campaign to line up the progressive vote for Mr. Wilson demonstrates two facts: First, that Mr. Wilson is desperately in need of that vote and realizes that without it he cannot win; second, that the democratic management realizes that the overwhelming percentage of the Yrogressive vote is for Mr, Hughes. f Mr. Wilson did not need the pro- gressive vote so badly as his managers now confess, progressive speakers on special trains would not be hurrying through middle western states. And if he has this vote now, as his man- agers try to make it appear, he would not have to be going after it with a dragnet. “So far as the progressife vote is concerned, we are ready to go to the polls. This is an intelligent' move- ment and €annot be stampeded to the support’6f a man whose twistings and turnings, whose vacillation and inde-! cision, have made it difficult for even traditional democrats to follow him.” Colds Need Attention. Your cold needs Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar- ,| Honey. It cuts phlegm, kills germs, stops the cough. Only ’iu. All druggists.—Adv. st '4 L 1916. BERLIN 70 TURKEY American Writes of His Trip on Train Oarrying German Officials, MARKS OF THE GREAT WAR (Correspondence of The Assoclated Press.) London, Aug. 28.—An American who recently made the journey from Berlin to Constantinople on the cele- brated Balkans express writes the following letter of his trip to the London Times: “Twice a week a train of seven cars pulls into Berlin. It is labeled in foot-high letters throughout all its length ‘Balkanzug’. This is ! the much-lauded Berlin - Constantinople express, which conveys military offi- cers and officials to and from the Turkish capitol. “The obtaining of a permit to travel on the Balkan express is a matter of extreme difficulty, Every passenger, after a thorough examina- tion, is provided with a train ticket like a passport, which in fact it really is. It bears the portrait of the trav- eler and all particulars of use to the police and the military. These par- ticulars are written in German and Turkish, The train is a Turkish train when it is in Ottoman terris tory, but immediately it leaves it becomes a German train. All the train attendants are German. “With characteristic thoroughness the Teuton has effaced all the notices that were printed in English or French. For instance, the notices as to hot air for the heaters which hitherto were printéd in English, French and German, have been alter- ed, the English and French being blacked out and a Turkish translation added. All through the train there to talking of military matters and suggesting that spies are everywhere. Populace Interested. 3 “As the train passes through the various countries along the route the populace is immensely interested. The stops are short, none longer than 20 minutes; at Dresden only seven min- utes are allowed. Passengers may not leave the station, but are expect- ed to keep to the platform. For most part the travelers are German and Austrian officers and officials, but a few Turks use the train for journeys as far even as Berlin, where now the tarbush may be seen in the streets. “Running through Serbia the most impressiye signs of the German occu- pation were the encampments of the troops alongside the permanent way. There are huge notices up at all sta- tions warning the inhabitants to keep away from the railway. No one is al- lowed. on the platforms, because the whole country is still infected with typhus, and there has to be the most rigorous supervision for this reason. All along the line may be seen the trenches and the rusty barbed-wire entanglements that tell of the fighting months ago. At each little fortified encampment German soldiers have i planted vegetable gardens, over which may be read the legend, “Krieg- sacker” (war garden). There were no signs of their having planted any wheat or grain., “Through Serbia nearly all the bridges of any size had been de- are notices warning the travelers as stroyed, at least partially, Often whole spans had been blown out. In many cases the Germans had replaced these, moving them bodily to their old positions. In some of the other bridges, where the girders and way were so badly damaged as to defy re- pair, temporary bridges or wooden trestles had been built. These struc- tures may serve during the summer season, but they could not stand even a moderateé flood. The rk, there- fore, still goes on, and ih time the old bridges will be reconstructed. “A whole day is spent in the jour- ney through Bulgaria. “Along the whole line from Berlin to Constantinople and even down into Syria there are thousands of Belgian railway cars. These are easily recog- nizable, for they still have the Bel- gian marks on them. To these the imperial cipher and the eagle have been added. Troops are on the move in Bulgaria, as elsewhere, but they seem to be mostly away ‘from the line of the Balkanzug. There is not the briskness that is evident im- mediately one enters Turkish terri- tory. At Adrianople there are signs of great activity.” LUXURY IMPORTS FALL OFF. No Market for Diamonds Abroad, So the Supply Comes Over Here. Europe’s production of the class of merchandise generally referred to as “luxuries” is steadily declining, if the weekly reports of the New York Cus- toms house covering imports here can be relied upon as a true index ‘of conditions abroad. Customs officials charged with the examination of fine art goods and luxuries have declared that the stress of conflict in Europe was becoming such that, unless the war ended shortly, stilt lower levels of .imports in these classes might be expected. It was added that, as the bulk of European luxtiry goods consumed- in the United States was entered here, New York was an excellent barom- eter of the ability of foreign manu- facturers and producers to make and ship their products to the American market, held by them to be the most desirable in the world. The local /customs house reports appear to indicate that, although Eu- rope is losing its primary position here as an importer of luxuries, the far east merchants are taking advan- tafic of Europe’s misfortune to ship here. unprecedented quantities of Oriental merchandise of all kinds, in- cluding objects of art, chinaware, silks, expensive window and door hangings, pearls, and the like. China, Japan and India are vying with each other in that trade. : In the luxury class diamonds, pearls, and other precious stones alone show great and constantly increasing vol- ume. This is explained by the fact that the gems are: merely shipped to Europe from South Africa or wher- ever found and distributed from Am- sterdam, London United States is absorbing the gems 2t the rate of more than $1,000,000 a week. Cut but unset diamonds pre- dominate in the imports at this time, while India,*which formerly sent all of its pearls to Paris as the chief dis- tributing center, now does a big di- rect trade with Fifth avenue and Maiden Lane importers, " The customs house Statement cov- and Paris., The a ering imports in the week ended Sep- tember 30, the late$t to be issued, showed that diamonds, pearls andys.. ather precious stones were received here in the period having an ap- praised value of $1,280,611. Other classes of luxuries, however, made a poor showing for the most part. French champagne, for example, had a value of only $1,055. Champagne trom England totaled $1,034, while Italy’s contribution was returned at $13. Notable decreases were found in the importation of cotton and woolen dress goods, while French cilk fabrics of the higher grades showed a sagging tendency. Un- Iressed furs and skins had a value of only $75;258, although the present vogue for the material for use as trimming for women’s wear, would, it was said, warrant vastly heavier imports. 2 Art works ran somewhat heavier in the week just reported than in recemt similar periods, their value being $525,642, of which Brazil sent objects appraised at $119,033. De- creased imports were reported in gold and silver manufactured articles, jew- elry, toilet preparations, perfumes and Turkish tobacco. According to trade authorities, the growing scarcity of foreign luxury products has given a strong impetus to competing American = manufac- turers, Many domestic manufactur- ers belieye they will retain much of this trade after the war. General merchandise imports gn-~ tered here in the week last reported, including much raw material for con- version into manufactured ' goods. reached $21,515950. Warehouse en- | trids in the period amounted to $2,- 1 236,139, and goods withdrawn from honded warehouses, $3,520,919. Total merchandise imports here for the cal- endar year to date were valued at $1,066,437,987, compared with $730,- 309,273 in the corresponding period last year. No#~to Be Caught. “I think children are not so observing as they used to be,” sald a member of the school board to a teacher whose class_he was visiting. p A\ “I hadn't noticed it,” sald the teacher. “I'll prove it to you,” sald the school officer pompously, “Turning to the class, he sald: “Some one ““Thirty-seve! He wrote was said. “Well, some one else give me a number.” “Fifty-seven,” sald another child, nothing was said. { ve me a number.” said a little girl eagerly. on the board. Nothing “He wrote “75," and smiled knowingly at the teacher when He called for a third number, and fairly gasped at the indignation manifested by a small, red-faced urchin, who said: “Seventy-seven, and see if you can change that."—Harper's Magazine. « .. The Wrong Meaning. Miss' Helen Hughes, the republican can- didate's daughter, told at the Lake Ne- phawin camp of the Young Women's Chris- tlan association an apposite story. “Many of us,” she sald, “are apt to at- tribute a wrong meaning, a degraded mean- ing, to the most harmless words. “We're a little like the lady who sald: “Doctor, I'm worried about my hair, It's ng out “something dreadful.”’ ‘Humph,’ said the doctor. 'That signi- a run-down system. You'll have to “All right, doctor’ What with?' said the lady, promptly. “Henna, or peroxide?’ " —Washington St How to Prevent Croup. In a child that is subject to attacks of croup, the first indication of the disease 1s hoarseness. Give Chamber- lain’'s Cough Remedy as soon as the child becomes hoarse and the attack may be'warded off and all danger and anxiety avoided.—Adveritsement, = el The Nebraska Prosperity League, - By L. F. Crofoot, President. ”"a‘series of truthful newspaper advertisements, giving positive proof of the fact that state-wi,de prohibition ‘would be detrimental to the moral and ma- terial interests of the people of this state. We offer a reward of 1 T_heNebraské Prosperity League has, throughout the campaign, published - One Thousand Dollars to any person proving that any statement of official statistics published by L‘e@gue in any authorized advertisement, now or hereafter presented to the public, is falsi- R T