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LET BELLIGERANTS. ¥-P.rosmenn 4000 NIQUE DEFENSE 10 BE HEARD IN aon js SHALL MURDER. TRAL THS WONTH WITH APPLICANTS OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 4.—President oo. a es. H., Jan. 4—Fred-!arrest. He gave lence of great Wi * | provements this year. erick L. Small of Mountainview is pre-|alarm, but his on suspicious move ith Settlers Secking to Fou Avaiy Themselves of | r million dollars of this sum! paring today to face a jury here oni Was an attempt, which was fore-; Massachusetts Solon Excoriates will be spent in double-tracking the the charge of murdering his wife,|stalled. to reach hie handbag, In this New Land Law ved him under) Douglas Land Office Thronged| Ad istration for Seeking iin Wyoming. Florence Arlene, then starting a!wére found insurance papers, taken -_— { a“ ket Endorsement” t hundred thousand -will be lock work bomb that burned thejout for his wife and payable to him-| That Wyoming homesteaders ap-| on Peace Suggestions spent on new bridges and $600,000 e about her body while he was’ self. preciate the recent generosity of will be expended in improving the ™ y, hours later. The investigation which proceeded! Uncle Sam in the matter of additional arraignment disclosed indis-)jy nq which is scheduled to}putably that Mrs. Small had been begin within the next two weeks, is|\ murdered and the finger of suspicion ————. —__ the fact that Small’s fate hinges al-|swung quickly to her husband rious land commissioners and by the BANKS WARNED AGAINST ost entirely upon whether his wife The fact, brought out in his de-| stand rush at Douglas, At that point HUGE GOLD IMPORTS |*‘* two meals or three on the day fense, that he had left Mountainview! the long line of applicants looked like| ——— a e Wasverprsereds er obe ate three! tox Boston several hours before the} the ticket it is probable Small will be acquitted. DtSke oui: want parr alice i : ‘ ; _In a pub. If she ate only two, he will have al, “4 ds ne ean antennae ; 4 bg Opera House when Caruso is to sing. the Fed-|hard fight to save himself. Small parent use of u time fuse und bomb, A homesteader in this district who | red to avail himself of the addi- is shown by the many filings which have been made before the va- PRECIPITATES ARGUMENT shops and terminals at Omaha. The Pe ps the most peculiar feature} Small’s rest will be distributed at various di-|of the trial visions. Senator Lewis of Illinois Scoffs at Lodge’s Idea of Causing En- tanglements and Arguments Wax Exceedingly Warm line at the Metropolitan} By the United Press | WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. ement issued tod Reserve B By the United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Declar- ng that the “people now fighting in the war ought lie OFFICE SWAMPED [TEDDY SUPPORTS LODGE’S FIGHT Brands Plan of Administration as ‘Preposterous Absurdity’ to Undertake to Guar- ~ antee World Peace By the United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 4,—Col. Theo- doré Roosevelt issued 2% statement at noon today in support of Senator Lodge's fight against the endorsement and approval of President Wilson peace note. Col. Roosevelt was enraged and as- saulted the statement that both sides were fighting for the same thing as “wickedly false.” Continuing, the Colonel declared that “it is a pre- posterous absurdity, this statement that the United States is eager and ready to guarantee the peace of the lay. | to es drunken guide, three Boston business) tio Fr *ft home just’after lunch on the fa 2 Ps A it nced that left home just’after lunch on the fatal} Bio other bus pect: waetound. Aide to make their own the time has come ul, went down to Douglas on New! world. The spectacle of the Presi- e,” Senator Henry Cabot Lodge ed the bt in the Senate this morning against the endorsement of President Wilson's peace suggestions. He counseled against interfering in the European entanglements, deciar- that such an endorsement and an uttempt to promote such an idea as anteeing world peace would in- uch entanglements. | nator Lodge excoriated the Ad-) ministration unmercifully for seeking) a “blanket endorsement,” instead of} approaching the matter directly, and ked if this was an apt time for the United States to precipitate itself into ich an argument in face of Great sritain’s reply to Germany. i Continuing, Senator Lodge said” 2 objection to the resolution } is no occasion for it, The Pry jent is conducting the negotiatigng/ When he needs our endorsement jt him lay the facts before us. Ugtil then, Congress should not project it- self into the negotiations.” Senator J. Hamilton Lewis/gf Il- linois took up the fight on bahalf of the administration. Lewis fcofted at Lodge’s idea that the jegolution would involve foreign * ghtangle- ments and declared that sy7h an ac- tion could not possibly leg to dan- ger. He contended that, the resolu- tion merely approves the sending of the note, and doesn’t ask the approval of its contents. 8 CHILDREN KILLE® WHEN CYCLONE WRECKS BUILING By the United Press. TULSA, Ok., Jan. 4.—A country hool house seven miles from Block-! in Pittsburg County, was com- pletely wrecked and eight children by a cyclone, according to tel-| ephone reports reaching here. | adopt a Tee adeq 2 ‘pol to check the Mingers growing out of the continued! shipments of gold to the United States, and that its use must be with distinct caution.” It was explainga in the statement of the board Ahat it was “an emphasis of the bfard’s previous announcement on the danger of the large gold im- ports. ee Y. W. C. A. HAS A YEAR TO GET BIG DONATION By United Press an. 4—The National ©. A. has exactly one year in v to collect $1,090,000 if it is going’ to collect $500,000 in cash frost John D. Rockefeller exactly two éars from tod The Y. W. C. A. already has $741,000 of the amount. The pro- visional gift was made by Rockefeller because of the interest” he takes in “the work the association is doing for the women.” ——_o——_.___ I. W. W. MAN FINED FOR PICKING POCKETS James Miller, who claims to be an I. W. W. organizer, was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in the County Jail in Justice W. B.) YW | Tubbs court yesterday on a charge of United States Supreme court giving} picking pockets. The fines and costs will aggregate an amount sufficient to! cause Miller to languish in the county bastile the next three months. Miller demanded a trial by jury, but relinquished this request when the! hour for trial came. GERMANY’S TERMS IN HANDS OF PRESIDENT Ly the United Press AMSTERDAM, Jan. logne Volke Zeitung. confirmed the statement that Count Andrassy at Budapest yesterday declared that 4.—The Co- It is the state’s theory that Small, a broker, murdered his wife to collect the heayy insurance taken cut on her life in his favor On the 29th of September, 1916, the Small cottage, on the shore of Lake Ossipee, was destroyed by fir Villagers who gathered to wit- ne the spectacle we horrified when, the embers cooled, firemen brought forth from. the ruins the charred, nearly dismembered body of Florence Small. The accused man, at the time, was in Boston. Before he could be noti- fied, a medical examiner had found a charred cord, bound tightly about the neck of the dead woman. In another hour search had revealed a bullet hole in the skull. Detectives went to Small’s room in }me@n and a established | faultle tramp all alibis. The »reiiminary hearing, held in a lodge hall at Mountainview, crowded with villagers hostile to the defend- ant, for Florence Small was well- be- loved in the pictureesque little ham- let, brought out amazingly brilliant arguments by the opposing counsels. Attorney Mathews, defendin: Small, nearly won the day for his client by an impassioned summary, but in the end Small was held for the grand jury, which indicted him on December 8. At the trial the medical examiner will tell the jury how man Mrs. Small had on the day she vy murdered. He examined her stomach after the crime was discovered. AMERICAN MINING CONCERNS MUST By United Press DENVER, Colo., Jan, 4—As-a re- sult of the recent decision of the the patent rights of the Mineral Separation company to the flotation process used in the separation of ore, the mining industry in the Uhited States will pay to the English com- pany something like $50,000,000 in back royalties, according to estimates made by State Mines Fred Carroll todcy. > hundred dollars per day is Mr. Carroll’s estimate of the aggre- gate royalties which delinquent min- ing companies in Colorado will have to pay, these being roya i delinquent mining companies in Colo- rado will have to pa these being Commissioner’ s which} the Anaconda of Montana. These has companies some time ago enter- ed into twenty-year contracts with }the English corporation whereby each was to pay yearly royalties of $150,- }000. It was provided that if the jcourts did not uphold the claim to the flotation patents, the English company was to be satisfied with the first year’s payment of $150,000. Inasmuch as the claim has been upheld, these two compan alone in the next twenty years will pay Mineral Separation Ltd. $12,000,000 :in royalties. oe Mining Co., of Arizona and |Terse Told Tales y take note: He whe {fights and runs away will live to pick joff the American dollars if he’s good Germany’s peace terms are now in companies which have been using the! enough fighter. the hands of President Wilson. eta HOUSE TAKES PEACE The wires are down and communi-| TEMPERATURE OF CABINET cation with the district is impossible. | A relief party has been sent out from McAlester to render all possible aid. ROA aestie oeaaeieelit ODD FELLOWS INSTALL OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR The Odd Fellows Lodge celebrated the New Year by installing sfficers for the ensuing season and then wound up with a big banquet at which | the incoming officers were hosts to the retiring. Joe Leopold is the re- nring Noble Grand, and D. A. Robert-} on will fill the chair this year, with) dent Wilson’s note is expected to be! By the United Press = WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Follow- ing a conference with President Wil- flotation process but paying no royal- t The big metal producers of the ate already are licensed and paying the English company for the privi- lege of using the process. Some idea of the revenue which the Mineral Separation Ltd. will de- 3ill1 Donovan expects to win the Am an league pennant, But so does Connie Mack. Pan Johnson is said to be contem- ‘plating moving thé Washington club into the American League. And in the same day it was rumor- th. Cals Hotile cobuvfesy ede ith ataen: rive as a result of the decision may ed it would be taken away from this waeges Seite. Cabins: ne is believed be gained from the cases of the In- country and be placed in Brooklyn. soldiers to date have been, granted ‘that Col. House is assisting the Presi-| dent in getting the real temperature ef the peace movement. The White- house intimated that Col. House was contemplating a trip abroad. | President Wilson and Col House are working out the details of the President’s next peace move. Presi- Records Provee Argument that Control makes the Pitcher Wilson Takes Charge By H. C. HAMILTON the Rev. R. B. W. Hutt vice grand;/ made public shortly after the receipt| United Press Staff Correspondent L. R. Bundy, chaplin; A. T. Phillips, of the official text of the Allied reply! secretary; M. A. Wright, treasurer. | The trustees are Charles Galusha, J.! F. McGrath, E. G. Erickson. There were nearly one hundred | to the President's first note. Those familiar with the President's purpose and methods do not doubt but that he will dispatch another commun- | pitching greatness, the ability to hold jruns to a minimum, and still keep from putting every ounce of strength bases on balls, slightly more than an |average of one in each game. He NEW YORK, Jan. 4—The test of|was touched, however, for 323 hits) By the United Preas and was the only National league hurler to pass 300. | Other pitchers faced more than seated at the elaborate repast, which) ication to the bglligerents as soon as|i"to the effort, is slapped right up in/1,000 batters, and nearly every one was in charge of Mrs. A. T. Phillips. SOS Foi oS: War Saddens A the reply is received. merican Girls Wedded to Italian’ Titles By JOHN H. HEARLEY United Press Staff Correespondent ROME, Dec. ltaly’s war today lies heavily on the hearts of many American girls mar- ried to Italian noblemen. Some of oe their ne to Savonia’s cause. Princess Bouncam, c Migs Draper of Boston and Washing- ton, is spending a lon moon here, Her husband had to re-|the Italian troops in Macedonia. He/St. Louis, took part in regiment immediately on|is called Don Luigi Lanto. ie a fifty-one, but even he Join his his arrival.in Rome. Count’ De! , 0 is American society as Mathilde eted gam: i pein v pw’ S ir One of the pach of Princess Poggio him with going the distance on oniy, latest note on Suaso Ruspoli is an aviator. The | cleven ‘occasions. other is in the automobile service. — stepdaughter of Henry Seigel, the| She was formerly Josephine Curtis of; of the General Staff’s motorcycling Messengers. “His(wife ‘was Georgia- na Wilde of St. Louis. She is the ©ne-time American merchant prince. Princess Allesandro Ruspoli has’ two sons under arms. One is in the army and the other in navy. was formerly Eva pagni, who was|sey belle. Italian citizeen after was decorated for gallant-conduct in both the Lybian war and this war, these girls have given their husbands,| Princess Camporeale originally was|00dles of control, can do. Mary Benney, a celebrated New Jer- The son ‘of the Duchess Luigi vere. The Duchess wes New York. Bete All these titled Americans are also doing their own bit for their adopted Red Cross nursing Ci his widowed| for last seeason, ° f mother married Prince Camporeale,|counts in such a computation of/er ran his shutouts higher than 6. 18—(By Mail)—/has been dangerously wounded at the| figures. But Grover Cleveland Alex- front. He is a cavalry officer and) ander, the real leader of the league, Year’s Day in order to be right on hand among the first. When he ar- rived at*the Land Office Tuesday morning he found a line that wound around the building and out into the street, After shifting from one foot to. the other all that day, he got a head start on Wednesday and turned |up bgight and smiling in the first row jat 7 a.m. Even at that early hour there were several ahead of him, and when he finally reached the powers |that be there were 75 weary men waiting their turn. Having failed to take witnesses with him, the visitor from tl inity found it was a case of love's labor lost, and after squan- dering two days was obliged to re- turn home and start all over again. cP cnr Satie 7 cease LAWSON SUBPOENAED IN PROBE OF “LEAK” By the United Press WASHINGTON, Jan, 4.—Investi- | | will be the first witness. Thomas W.| Lawson has been subpoenaed. } petted ote as Achaia | 600 TEUTONS FALL INTO _ | HANDS OF RUSSIANS! PARIS, Jan, 4.—-The Western front} ‘was calm last night. Petrograd an-! nounced the capture of 600 Teutons) in Rumania. 1 ———— COLORADO MAN ASKS FOR NEW LOAN DISTRICT By the United Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Repre-, sentative Hilliard of Colorado intro- duced in the House a bill for the es- tablishment of the Thirteenth farm loan district, the bank to be located at Denver. This bill is similar to Senator Shafroth’s Senate bill. COLORADO LEGISLATURE HAS NOMINAL SESSION DENVER, Colo., Jan. 4.—The Col-! orado Assembly was only nominally in session today, The Governor's dent trying, by the aid of Daniels and Baker, to guarantee peeace with any nation, is as laughable as anything Ariemus Ward ever wrote.” esha Sema h a 150 MISSING WHEN TRANSPORT IS SUNK By the United Press LONDON, Jan. 4.—The British Admiralty today announced that the transport Iverta had been submarined in the Mediterranean sea, and that 150 members of the crew were miss- ing. EAST ATTRAGTED 10 WHOMING C. H. Lamb, Secretary of the Drumwright Townsite Co. of Oklahoma, Says Good Things for Casper C. H. Lamb, secretary of the Drum- wright Townsite Co., of Drumwright, Okla., is in Casper this week for the purpose of inspecting the holdings of the Equality Oil and Development Co,, a loca} concern, Mr. Lamb is one of the pioneers of Oklahoma and has been identified with that state fof the past twenty years, and with the development of the cities, railroads and oil fields in that State. Drumwright is located in the heart of the great Cushing oft field, and, while only four years old, is a modern city of 12,000 people, In speaking of Casper afd Wyom- ing in general, he stated that he is very favorably impressed, and be- lieves the year 1917 will witness great improvement und development here. “The outside world,” said Mr. Lamb, “has heard of the business op- portunities offered by Wyoming, and are preparing to come here in great numbers and invest in oil, land and city property. The East has more eash on hand than ever before, and Inessage was not ready for transmis-,the people there are planning to turn sion and both houses adjourned. Acer ieerd ated MELBOURNE; Jan 4—Australian| } pensions aggregating $4,000,000 a | year and the list is only begun. There! are at present 18,845 beneficiariees, | from speculating in unstable war stocks to the substantial agricultural and mineral properties. The railroads are advertising the advantages of LWyoming, and thru these agencies, man! millions will be brought to this country. | When Mediators Fail WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Mexico has been added to the long list of | problems facing the administration. President Wilson, it is The Board of Mediators in- work was | pitching records, perhaps more than'ered that the Nebraskan established} iste before. Ferdinand Schupp, John J. but he scereely shows what a real pitcher, one with Alexander appeared in forty-eight games during the season, and he pitched thirty-eight complete con- more gamee, did not ap- _Alexander’s record of com- es. The Not only did the Philadelphia mar- yel finish best in thirty-three of the sames he finished, but he baseballs pitchediconsensus of opinion }a new record for the number of shut- Me-|out contests, his superb method of} |Graw's young sensation, was at the | working is best appreciated. He kept) |top of the list in the National league | the opposition away from the plate on! sixteen occasions. Not another hurl- |S. A. AWAITS OUR REPLY TO BLACKLIST NOTE By United Preess BEUNOS AIRES, “Dec. 15—(By Mail)—In view of the fact that the British blacklist hits some of the esome honey-|Lanto della Rovere is serving with tests. Only one man, Meadows of|South American republics even more iseverely than it does the United | States, the governments on this con- tinent are waiting with keen anxiety figures credit)for Washington’s reply to Britian’s the subject. Mail) The Argentine view is that out-| fault wi so-called - side interference in the republic’s do-| house for street waifs’” in B mestic trade ought not to be folerat-| Aires on the ground that children’ ed, regardless of British views. The are treated there too much like ‘“in-'9 concerning cipient criminals,’ I order sent in answer to the| more than fifty inmates of the Powers | By the United Press | LONDON, Jan. 4.—Persistent Ital- ian and Swiss reports are to the ef- fect that Germany will reply to’ the Allied reply note, listing their de- mands and concessions. At his 1 ! : cee : milena Seo tei the tien ee Bee b | em Proposals, fruitless. It is understood that the President will send Fletcher into Mex- ico City, and that steps to withdraw the Pershing expedition will be taken announced,at once, will have personal charge of the prob- |front of the gaseball public and made|of them has a wilder record than| len:. pap |to stick with greater force in recent! Alexarider shows, When it is consid-) formed him that their The President intends to handle the Mexican problem without the Media- tion Commission. Representatives of Cential Confer in Berlin | the reply, because of the general be- lief that Germany was forced by se- s internal conditions to offer the The greatest interest centers in’ EO oe

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