Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1916, Page 2

BERLIN DEFENDS DEPORTATION ORDER It Says Only Men Who Refuse to Work in Belgium Are Sent to Germany. ALL ARE PAID FOR WORK Berlin, Thursday, Dec. 7.—(Via London, Dec. 8.)—The German gov- ernment issued a statement today in explanation and justification of the transfer of Belgian laborers to Ger- many. . It says the measure is by no means a hardship for the laborers, but is a social necessity. Owing chiefly to the British em- bargo against Belgian oversea trade, which before the war supported a large part of the industrial population, large numbers of Belgian workers are idle, the statement says, and condi- tions are growing worse. Many fami- lies have become objects of public charity. This state of things is not due, as asserted in Belgium, to Ger- man requisitions of raw material, it is explained, for these requisitions oc- carred, as a rule, only where factories were unable to continue operations. Million and Half Dependent. Of 1,200,000 e¢mployes engaged in Belgian industries before the war 505, 000, including 158,000 women, are now wholly without work and 150,000, in- cluding 46,000 women, are partly with- out work, making a total of 655,000 persons dependent on public aid. In addition to these there are 293,000 wives and 612,000 children of men without work, so that 1,560,000 per- sons, or one-fifth of the total Belgian population, require assistapce. | More than 300,000,000 francs already have been spent in supporting these persons and 20,000,000 francs monthly will be required henceforth. These masses of idle people, the statement says, are degenerating, and drunken- ness and social depravity are result- ing: Many Refuse to Work. German governor genera), Gen- Bissing, early recognized the f g meaures to help employment, He ~ caused municipalities to undertake public ‘works to create employment where this was possible without im- posing too great financial burd Upon the suggestion of Belgian: ight, the governor-general an ordinance in August of 1915 st persons unwilling to work, ich was made more stringent last . March., These ordinances provide for | compulsory transfer of workmen, only f wb%:.idle persons refused to accept work at reasonable pay, without ade- quate. reasons, the provisions of in- ternational law protecting them t working on war material be- gnized as adequate ground. ordinances were directed chiefly st ‘organized influences aiming to i nt laborers from accepting . work voluntarily only because it was The, eral v offered by Germans. Nevertheless tens of thousands of them voluntarily accepted work in Germany at profit- able wages. The statement goes on to say that the labor situation in Belgium has grown worse and that conditions are now such as to necessitate improve- ment; hence the ordinances must be enforced more \'igoruusly in order to relieve the situation. Before compul- sory transport, however, every idle person is offered the opportunity vol- | untarily to accept profitable work on contract and compulsion is resorted to only where the laborer stubborn- ly refuses. Workmen coming to Germany are placed on the same footing as Ger- than they ever received in Belgium. Steps have been taken to send part of their.earnings to their families in | Belgium. The laborers also are per- | mitted to make regular visits to their homes and families are allowed to accompany them to Germany, if that is desired. Provision also is made for religious services in their own lan- guage. & Secre‘t;}} Pool Makes Report of Fees of Office (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Dec. 8—(§pecial.)—Ac- cording to the report of Secretary of State Charles W. Pool, the receipts of his office for the biennium extend- ing from December, 1914, to Nov. 30, 1916, were $273,666.38. Among the items which particular attention is called to is one for $1,654.66 for the sale of automobile lists, which, it is said, has not been shown in previous reports of officials. The items as shown are as follows: Articles of {ncorporation Affixing stato seal . Live stock brands Certificates Corporation permi Corporation penalties . Miscellaneous . Salo statutes .... Loan company lces X Salo automobile lists 1,664.66 Mr. Pool estimates the cost of pre- raring the session laws of the com- ing session at $4,500 and of adminis- tering the initiative and referendum at $5,000. Receipts from the automobile reg- istration were $54,469.90; motorcycles, ‘2, 84; expensés of automobile depart- ment, $29,763.90. . The Quinine That Does Not Affect Head. Hecause of its tonf Laxatlve Bromo Quihine can be taken by anyone without ctnl’ln(n‘norvmllneln nor ringing In the head. ere s only one “Bromo Quinine.' E. W, GROVE'S signa- ture is on box. 26c.~Advertisement. New Attorneys Admitted To Practice at Lincoln (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Dec. 8.—(Special.)—List of attorneys admitted on examination December 7, before the bar commis- sion: Virgll Falloon, Falls City; John K. Free- man, O'Nelll; Arthur Merlin Hare, Aurora; Earl W. Hart, Bloomington: John tosh, Lincoln; Barl L, Meyer, Geneva; Harry Ernost Rush, Lincoln; Otto A, Sinkle, Oma- Nebraska City; Bugene Kean, Omaha, admitted on certificate, | mans and are earning highet wages | and laxative etfect, | \/; THE BEE: PASTOR FLOWERS INDUCED TO BUY “WILD HORSES" (Continued From Page One.) $12.50 a week salary, did you?” he was asked. “Now how did you get the property in the trade.” . “I got most_of it in trading with other people,” the parson replied. Frank A. Houston, Kearney, Neb., testified that he had purchased Mr. Flowers’ stock of merchandise in Tamara, Neb., from C. M. Thompson for $1,500. Flowers had previously traded off the stock which he valued at $3,300 to Thompson for twenty- four of the animals. “Did you ever get any horses or anything in return for your land and property?” “No sir.” It was exactly the sixth anniverary from the time that Flowers made the deal with the United States Live Stock company to the time he testified yes- terday against the corporation. Nothing For Dufur. F. E. Dufur, cautious banker of Lorimer, Ia,, was again called to the witness stand yesterday to resume his testimony. The banker testified that he and Asa Berry, a real estate dealer of Des Moines, la, gave the U. S. Live Stock company $800" cash and an equity in a Colorado farm, the to- tal of which was about $1,750. For the equity and cash, the two were to receive thirty-five head of wild horses taken from the plains of Coconino county, Arizona, and put in cars at Flagstaff, Ariz, ready for shipment to the market. “What did you get for your share of the money and real estate,” Dufur was asked. “Nothing that I know of,” he replied. The equity in the Colorado farm amounted to slightly above the stipu- lated sum of the thirty-five horses, so C. J. Smith of the stock company ave the banker a four-cylinder itchel car to make up the difference, he said. Asa Bersy testified that he never saw any of the horses or his portion of the $800 after the deal was made. Willis T, McConnell, president of the First National bank of Wessing- ton Springs, S. D., and formerly of Draper, told of how he almost made a deal for 174 horses. But he was suspicious, he said, and sent Ray A. an Evera to Flagstaff, Ariz, to look into the matter. A Good-Bad Report. A few days after he sent Van Ev- era to Flagstaff, Ariz, to investigate, he said, he received a telegram to call the trade off, as the horse deal looked rather suspicious. J. S. Smith, an officer of the U, S. Live Stock com- pand, he said, had in the meantime gone to Mitchell, S. D., to urge him (McConnell) to close the deal. The deal he was planning to put through, he said, involye about $12,000. Due to. his investigation, he said, a large number of persons in his vicinity also became suspicious { and called off their deals, e v THOMPSON, BELDEN & COMPANY - .,Iewelry Novelties Inexpensive | “Put up in holiday boxes , for rfilnc ; A Sweater " Good and Warm And the whole out- of-doors is open to small folks ' without the least danger of suffering ‘from the ~ cold. Sweater coats of an- .. gora, or plain knitted effects, mpf blue, ° green, c: al, gray, also plain colors with trimmings of white; 6 to 14-year sizes, $3.50, $4.25, $5.50, $6.75. 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