Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1915, Page 1

$ | } Y o & P ] -5 '}“'; " English Compelled to Give Up Posi- " FLIGHT I8 fether with We counteq more than rtising is the pendu- dum that keeps buying and selling in motion. OMAHA, TUESDAY 2 IORNING, XNOVE \HH R .'H\, 1915 TWELVE PAGES, tions Near Bagdad and to Re- tire Further Down the Tigris Valley. [DON ADMITS THE RETREAT Oonstantinople Report Asserts Over One Thousand Corpses of Foe Counted. MADE HASTILY AMSTERDAM (iVa London), Nov. 29.—A victory over the British in | the Meopotamian campaign is re- ported by the Turkish war office in an official statement received today from Congtantinople. The British, it is declared were driven out of Turk- ish positions which they had m‘nwi trated and sufferéd heavy losses. Obliged to Retreat. The statement sava: “On the Irak front on November 25 by strong attacks latsing until evening we ajected the enemy from points in our ad- | vanceq positions which they had pene- trated, The enemy was obliged to retreat hastily, leaving behind a great number of wounded dead men and animals, to- | war material of all kinds. | 1,000 corpses and | captured three machine guns, one flag | and arms and projectiles. | { | | “A portion of our fleet sank in the northeastern Black Sea four Russian salfing vessels and forced Russian ofl veesels to run ashore. British Withdraw. ¥ LONDON, Nov. 2.—~Major General Townshend, feporting on the Britlsh cam- paign in Mesopotamia, sends word that fter having successfully removed his unded and prisoners fater the battle bf-Ctesiphon, he has withdrawn to a posi- tion lower down the Tigris river, the ap proach of Turkish reinforcements being reported. This anneuncement was made {: an official statement tonight, which ads: “The enemy's strength at the battle of Ctesiphon is estimated at four divisions. One of these is stated by prisoners to have been practically wiped out. This is contirmeq by our own observations, but | the approach of Turkish mln(orcemonlni as reported. { “Genegal Townshend, having success- | fully completed thet removal of h's| woundeq and prisoners, has withdrawn his force to a position lower down the Tiver. Orient is Refused Permit to Make | Big Stock Issue TOPEKA, Kan, Nov, %.—Reorganiza- tion of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway company, based upon the isgu- ance of §71,000,000 worth of securities will not be permitted by the Kansas Publc Utilitles commission, it was announced today. The road will be allowed, how- ever, to file a supplemental petiticn pend- ing which the commission will hold a formal orcer on the original application in | abeyance. i Judge E. F. Foley sald on behalf of {he commission that the properties of the | road are not sufficiently valuable to war-| yart the approval of the issuance of the | securities asked. Even when proposed | improvements are completed the tofal in-| vettment of the road will aproximate only | $16,000,000, he said. ! Quarter of Million Pounds of Wool SoldI DOUGLAS, \Vyo.. Nov. 20.—(Special.)— A quarter of a milllon pounds of 1915 wool, which has been stored here awaiting an | smyfrovement in market conditions, has| Teen sold to the Chicago, Hide, Fur and | Yool house for a price not announced, | Dut said to be close to 25 cents a pound. | ‘the deal involves $0,00 pounds owned by | John Morton, 65,000 pounds owned by the | Poot Live Stock company and 110,000 | younds owned by the Morton & Jeni £heep company. About 30,00 poundd of 1915 wool remain in storage here. | The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday: r Omaha, Council Bluffs wFalr; warmer, d Vieinity Hours. @ 2 Highes! yesterday. 51 Lov est yes erday 3 Mean temperature.. 0 I'recipitation ... K Temperature and precipitation depart- ures from the normal: Normal temperature Teficier cy for the day.. Tatal deficlency since M 1 p. Precipitation since M Deficlency aince Marc - 1.58 Inches iciency 1OF cor. period, 914, 30 | jches 1913.. 7.3} inch H.gh- Rain- et al 46 0 2 0) of Weath Cheyenne avenport Denver. cles ; 0 0) Docge C lr clear. oud 0 nder, 1th Flatte, clear )mata, ecle 1 \Fhlu cle id City, clopd, mn Lake City, Farta Fe, clea £ heridan, cloudy Sicux City. cleas 00 0 00 0 WILLIAM NOBLE ON |fifteen big state universities to send representatives with the party. He | made the selection immediately, Mr. Ford specifying that the choice | movement in Europe. FORD COMMISSION Son of G. W. Noble of Omaha Chosen L by Chancellor Avery to Go to Europe. GOVERNOR DECLINES TO0O GO (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Nov, 29.—(8pecial Tel- egram.)—William F. Noble of| Omaha, the son of G. W. Noble, was chosen by Chancellor Samuel Avery te represent the University of Ne- braska as a member of the party which Henry Ford is taking to Europe on a peace mission, The chancellor today received a telegram from Mr. Ford, inviting the | Husker institution to be one of the ghould be made on the same basis as the Rhodes scholarship. Noble is a senior In the University of | Nebraska and has established a vemark- | alble scholarship record. He was also | prominent In all student activities as a | moembers of Innocents, Phi Kappa Psl fraternity and a number of other organi- | zations, He will leave at once for New York| City. Following the receipt of a second in- vitation from Mr. Ford to join his party, | Governor Morehead today announced that he would decline, He will give his rea~ sons in a public statement tomorrow. Italians Report Further Progress On Carso Plateau | ROME, Nov, 28.—(Vja Paris, Nov. 20.)— Further progress has beem made by Italians northweet of Gorizla, near Os- lavia, on the Carso plateau, says the of- ficlal statement issued today at the head- rters of the general staff. The text of communication follows: the ‘In the mountainous zone of the theatec ' of operations, the very rigorous tempera- ture has not lessened the activity of our treops. Along this front the action of our artillery continues, In the Felizon \nuw? our offensive developing regularly. During an attack on Mrzii, on the 26th, we captured a machine gun from the enemy. “On the heights northwest of Gorllll our attacks continued successfully, After taking by storm strong trenches of. the | enemy east of hill No. 188, we mda~ is | prisoner 113 guen, three of whom were officers. “In the ne'ghborhood of Oslavia, afler a | severe struggle, we conqueréd a slope ari the mountain to the northwest. It was! stubbornly defended by the enemy, who left in our hands 261 Drisoners, four of | whom were officers. In the Monte San Michele sector, our troops repulsed the usual enemy attacks, inflicting upon him heavy losses and taking additional pris- oners, including two officers. “On the remainder of the front, namely on the Carso plateau, our advance has made still further progress.” ‘Baron de Leopold Smiles as He Sees Message on Peace Baron Louis de Leopold of Paris is of | Buron Louis de Lepolid of Paris is of the opinion that Henry Ford and asso- clates will not make a dent in the peacs “If the pope cannot wield his Jdnfluence toward peace, what may be expected of Mr. Ford's mission? Mr. Ford is to be commended for his efforts, but his mis | ston will e fruitiess,” said the barof. The baron smiled when he read a dis- ratch from London stating that Austria vould seek separate peace. He regarded #uch a situation as almost impossible, He regarded a revolution in Russia as something which would result jn peace and eventually mean advancement for | that country. { “The Advance ef Nations and Mainte- | natce of Pow is the subject of an! tiustrated talk the baron will deliver this cvening at the Auditorfum. He promises | to relate some interesting details concern- ing the commercial history of England, | Germany and the United States, Britain Restricts Sale of Liquors to a Few_I@urs Daily| LONDON, |Nov. 20.—The new restric- tions on the sale of liquor became effec- tive today. | Subject to the unusual exemption for residents of the premises and to special | provisions for Woolwich, Greenwich, the | district around Dartford and certain | wharf areas, it is made an offense pun- ishable by a fine of $00 or imprison- ment for six months to sell or supply intoxicating liquors for consumption on the premises except between the follow- Ing hours: Week days—Noon to 2:3 p. m., and 6:30 to 9:30 o'clock in the evening. Sundays—1to 3 p. m. and 6 to 9 p. wm. Spirits for home drinking cannot be purchased on Saturday or Sunday, nor on other daya except between noon and 23 p. m \Chief of Police is Held to Grand Jury ST. LOUIS, Mo, Nov. 2.—A coroner's | Inquest today ordered Willlam Street, night chief of police of Madison, IIl., held to the grand jury for the murder of bis Wfe and Charles Barmeler, a St. Louis patrolman, last Thursday night Patrolman Barmeler jumped from a| | street car and ran into an alley in which | Ihe saw Street dragging his wife. Mra. Street Nulenl‘nn clear.. . w | S WELSH, Louu Forecaster. dead. { got under way from San Pedro, and Barmeler were both -holl WHITLOCK RETURNS FR(‘" BELGIUM FOR VISIT - American minister to Bels graphed upon their a- visit in America M % the war zone Bubink. ot e\“..ew Vork. After a short ®ock will return to his post in 'ASSERTS AUSTRIA WANTS SEPARATE " PEACE WITH ITALY Tribuna Says Dual Crown is En- deavoring to Come to Terms with Government at 4 Rome. . nd Mrs. Whitlock photo- | RIOTING SCENES IN BERLIN | | Thousands of Women Gather Before Castle and Demand Return of Husbands. CROWD DISPERSED BY POLICE LONDON, Nov. 20.—The Tribuna jasserts that Austria is attempting to | conclude a separate peace, according {to a dispatch trom Rome to the Ex- change Telegraph company. ! Rioting in Derlin, ! LONDON, Nov, 29.—Reuter's Tel- ©ogram company's Amsterdam corre- | ‘i»p(m(h‘nl forwards the following: | "The Telegraaf js informed on | good authority that serious rioting | took place in Berlin last Saturday in | which several thousahd women gath {ered before the fmperial castle and | demanded the return of their hus-| bands from the front and improve Panama-Pacific . Exposition Will |: | Close Thursday| | | sAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 2.~=The | anama-Pacific exposition has entered | |the last week of its existence and, ac {oording to the officlal program, it will | 11 one of the busiest in the exjposition's ‘!||4(1\|§ Continued interest in the big | [170W was emphasized by the report | | teday that the sttendance for yesterday {had exceeded 165,000, | The two big events of the week will {be a prosperity ball to be held Wednes- BUSINESS PORTION AVALON IS BURNED Ccnflzknnon is lqm{: in-Princi- pal Town on Santa Cata- lina Island. FLAMES VISIBLE m‘n MILES LOS ANGELES, Nov. —More than half the town of Avalon, on Santa Catalina Island, stroyed by fire today. The fire started about 2:30 o’clock this morping and destroyed the two prin- 29 was |elpal hotels, a number of business | blocks, the bath house and clubs, and damaged the pier and freigh houses before it was brought under con- trol, about 4 o'clock. Estimates loss run as high as $1,000. the Banning company, which also owns Santa Catalina island. . Inhabitants Slumber. The fire, which lighted the twenty- three miles of channel lylng between Santa Catalina islana and the mainland, began before 5 B'clock while the Inhabi- tants still were asleep, but no lives were lost, less reports. ¥rom the higher poihts in Los Angeles, nearly fifty miles from the island, the glare was plainly visiblg before dawn. People thought sgme grelt ship was in flames, The wireless operator at Avalon sent out calls for help. One fireboat already was at the island. Another immediately with the steamer Hermosa, owned by the Banning company, which also owns the town of Avalon. Bandits Lock Bank Cashier in Vault MUSKOGEE Okl,, v, 29, — Three white men and a negro rode into Fort| Gibson, efght miles from Muskogee, this afternoon and robbed the Farmery' Na- tional bank of several thousand dollars. The bank cashler and the bookkeeper ' were held up at the point of guns, marched into the vault and locked in, while the three white robiers took all | the money in sight. The negro stood gvard on the outside After the robbery the four rode out of town. Organized posses went In pursuit SENATOR KENYON TALKS TO OLDER BOYS' CONFERENCE GRINNELL, la., Noy. 20.—(Special)~ Senator W, 8. Kenyon addressed the 10) Older Boys of Jowa assembled at Grinnell in their eighth annual conference at a monster banquet Saturday ning. The sukject of his speech was “Men Wanted.' Fe emphasized the mneed for Christian men In this age to lead the great move ments of all kinds for the bumanity betterment of “Such is Love” Title of Today's Nell Brinkley’s Drawing See Magazine Page {CAMPBBLL FOUND de- | n!1l Prace- | | tically all of Avalon was owned by | accordipg to latest avallable wire- v day night, and a celebration, which will extend through the week, of the triumphs of electricity. it s planned to have closing day, De- t(‘elnhel’ 4, celebrated throughout the {world by a chain of notes to be ex- |changed by radio, telegraph.and cable, A big military pageant Is on the pro- gram_and salutes will be fired from the harbor for this and fromi the warships in the bay. GUILTY OF MURDER Negro Prisoner at Joliet Convioted of Murder of Wife of Former | | The public schools have been closed Warden Allen. | for the week to give teachers and pupils e opportunity to see all they desire of the PENALTY FIXED AT HANGING | exposition JOLIET, Ill, Nov. 29.-—Joseph i('ampbell, a negro convict, was today ; Montapa Mlke ’ e aete koo wit of rerinns | DonIvE Judgment Against Bankers |'Warden Allen, in the warden’s apart- | ments of the state penitentiary here. The verdict fixed the punishment LITTLE ROCK % 2 at hanging. It was returned after |, ‘gl ROCE. Ark Nov forty-four 'hours’ deliberation by the|denied a county judgment against the Arkansas National bank of Hot Springs, which he claimed he lost | Jury. Mrs. Allen, a former musical comedy r, was found dead in her bed in the|In the “fake horse racing” schemes op- | erated three years ago. ’m:-lhlnu of June 20 last after a fire which Rumping put up a draft for $3,78| by the | | murderer to conceal his crime, races, made payable to 14 Hpear, now | tinguished Her skull had been fractured, | Under sentence | federal court for | Suspiclon fell on Campbell, a negro! the bank. trusty serving an indeterminate sentence| The supreme court affirmed a verdict iic was the last man in the Allen apart. |th bank was not cognizant of the fraud ments, and he testified that an hour be- | 8t the time of the payment of the draft ing papers and removed her pet dog for an alring. o Soet prsom and owned ~ eoimonsr | ON1E Dollar a Barrel of gratitude from the convicts. He had in Ala:ska; TOWII warden's suite at the state prison on the wus supposed to have been starte on a horse entered in one of the fake a8 ex-| | and tiila lo. to the murdes theory. | fraud. Bpear collected the draft through for the murder of a Chicago negro janitor, | °f Feoovery against Spear, but held that fore the fire he took Mrs. Allen the morn- s 11 f Allen introduced the honor system into befriended Bampbell As the law would not permit him to -John toduy was | of 1 live elsewhere and continue in office he| _ 3 resigned as warden so that he would not | SFEWARD, Alaska, Nov. 2.-As a re- Nate 766’ sidiad In hie 018 Miakere. ‘m.n of cold weather, water was selling | at §1 per barrel at Ancho the new | town established by the government as| Freight Wreck Delays President } Wilson’s Train| | construction headquar for the| | Alaskan raflroad, 1t purchased by the| ‘hm‘krt, the price was 15 cents, or two| huckcu for a quarter. Pending the com. pletion of the water system, which the government engineers hope to have | working within two weeks, all water| PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.—Traffic on | for domestic purposes is being taken {the New York division ot the Pennsyl- |from holes chopped in the ico on Ship | vania railroad was bloeked many “hours | Creek. today and the train on which President | sumed | start were not verified, | $1.08%, iof | tiilea An Traine, at Hotel Wews Stands, etc, 00 SINGLE CoPY TWO CENTS. PRICE OF WHEAT RISES AND FALLS Chicago Market Opens Higher and Exocited on Account of Seizure of Grain by Canada. REACTION SETS IN QUICKLY BULLETIN, WINNIPEG, Man.. Nov. 29,---Trad- ing in wheat futures will be. re- tomorrow on the Winnipeg Grain exchange. President Milner announced tonight after a conference that the council had declded to open the market tomorrow for trading in everything except November wheat. CHICAGO, 111, Nov. 280.-—Wheat jumped in price today as a recult 6f the Canadian government's selzure of 20,000,000 bushels, Predittions, however, that a 5-cent advance would be added to values here right at the the extreme opening changes being 2% cents, The market opened excited, with December delivery at $1.05 to $1.06, a8 against $1.031 at the close Sat- urday, and with May at $1.07 to as against $1.06@1.06%. Commission houses and shorts were the most active buyers, llers were scattered, although one of the largest firms boldly took the position ment in food conditions. 'The crowd |(yat the action of the Canadian govern |finally was dispersed by the police.” |ment meant that Canada was to have No confirmation of this Amster- pPreference in filling foreign requirements, dam dispateh has beon received |UN4 meaning a falling off in United | States exports. here, i Reactions from top initlal figures quickly took place. Bulls were to a large | extent held In check by [triously circulated that the English gov- ernment would probably do all, op'nions indus- or nearly all, of the British, and Italian business. Clostre Prices Firm. After sagging a little further the mar- JFrench | ket tightened again on the view that an | cniarged demand on domestic stocks of wheat might be ultimately unavoldable. Word was received that export sales for shipment by way of the Gulf of Mexico had been made today amounting to 500,000 hashels, Closing prices were firm, iy cents net higher, with §1.06% and May at §1.08%. No confirmation was obtainable here that the seizure of Canadian wheat was largely for Italy's benefit, Assertions that more than $12,000,000 worth of wheat had been bought In Chi- cago for Italy were ‘sald probably to mean the wh?ln United States. Hundred Milllon Bushels Available, It is estimated that there is still in the hands of farmers and lers in western Canada about 120,000,000 bushels available for export out of a total crop of about 20,000,000 bushels in the Dominjon. George E. Marcy, president of the Ar- mour Grain company here, predicted that the Canadian government's action would release greater quantities of wheat for immediate delivery and thereby bring about a drop, If apything, in prices. Kxperts sald the price of grain had Leen kept down, so far this year, for two rearons, The first, they sald, is the cnormous supply both in the United 2 to 34 tol December #tates and Canada, and, second, the ab-| Most of | nence of competitive bidding. the supplies for Great Britain and lis wllles havo been purchased through one agent, they asserted Views of Big Dealers, “Evidently the action of the Canadian Fovernment s just a move to get hold of | the wheat and ship it to the seaboard be- | jorc the price rises, and before naviga von closes for the winter,” maid Mr. Marcy. “The grain was held by shippers | and had to be moved out of the elevators to make room for winter wheat coming in. The embargo may mean that pressure I8 to be Lrought to bear in certain quar- tern for political reasons—possibly In Greece.” Franklin M. Crosby of Minneapols, a well known miller, was quoted ax saying that the action “does not concern the American milling interests to any extent, as there is no Canadlan graln coming in on purchase and very little in bond for | veshipment.” The amount commandeered, he added, was comparatively small. Great Britain, it was pointed out, | 40,000,000 bushels short of its compared with last year, and chase of 20,000,000 bushels at one time walies up one-half of the shortage Winnipex Suspends Option Market. WINNIPEG, Man., Noy. 2.—There will be no option market here today except for coarse grains. Long before the trading room was thrown open for business, the precincts the Winnipeg Grain exchange were with an anxious throng of grain elevator men, and transportation (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) ! men, | Wilson returned to Washington from New York was one of many diverted to | other routes as a result of a collision be- | tween two frelght trains at 11:30 iast | night at Cornwells, elghteen miles east | |of this eity. No one was hurt. Faflure | |of one of the engineers to obey signals | was the cause. 4 the 2 WARSAW, Nov. 12.~(Via London, Nov. | hirty freight. cars were damaged and | o ) y1yndreds’ of thousands of the civil {plled up over the four tracka. The wrec) | Lo (Wt LR G TG W Saigtrict - of [ badly mixed the road's schedules. The Poland aré suffering for want of food | president's train along with a number A considerable percentage of this num of others was diverted to the Trenton (per still are homeless, living in. huts, Mrisiby. caves and abandoned trenches The “situation ls more serlous because of the immense number of persons thrown out of work by the almost com- plete paralysis of Polish industries. Some workers have emigrated to Ger- many, where employment is pientiful, but the great majority prefer to remain near BPRINGFIELD, 1ll, Nov, 2.—A legis-| neir homes én the hope of better days. lotive strike was threatened today by | prominent Poles in all walks of life lown state nbers of the Illinois as- | maintain that drastic relief measures are | sembl | necessary it wholesale deaths from star- They threaten to hold up the work of | yation are to be prevented. speclal session which has just been| Such flour as I8 now on hand is belng called by Governor Dunne for the enact-! distributed by the Germans under the ment of appropriations for current ex-|bread card gystem, but only potatoes are penses until the governor agrees to call | available in quantities, while there is an a supplemental special sesslon to enmct|acute shortage of dried vegetables, meat epivopriations for payment of foot unl||¢(l and condensed milk Prices all over Mouth disease claims. { Poland have risen to unprecedented Illinois Solons Threaten to Strike| Representatives Gregory, Pace, Kessin- | heights, but cannot be checked by the ger and Dudgeon are leaders in the strike | establishment of maximum prices, it is moiement, posecution of which would |claimed, because of the fear that impor: altogether, of Poland are tation then would cease % The country districts v ean that the strikers would not vote on ‘udmlnlllruuuu legislation. ‘- | alone. H undreds of Thousands Are Near Starvation Point in Russian Poland, battle-scarred and barren. In the War saw governmental district alone it is estimated that 4,000 villages were burned by the Russians. Many of the Inhabi- tants who at first fled with the Russians later returned and threw themselves upon the mercy of the Germans, Thousands already have died of starva- tion and disease. In Warsaw and Lodz women rise at 3 o'clock in the morning to get good places in the bread lines. The horror of the situation s increased by a serlous shortage of coal, Lods s trying te feed 0,000 of its halt million population, Homeless peasants are being glven lumber and tools to erect houses before winter, living meanwhile in dugouts near their old homes. The city is paying pensions to the wives of re- servists on the chance of being reim- bursed later. Statistics that appear to be authorita- tive show that from 260,000 to 350,00 per- sons are being supported in Warsaw This number Is steadily increas- ing. Meanwhile funds raised for chari- table purposes have been virtually ex- hausted. These funds, amounting to sev- eral million rubles, were given by Polish and Jewish organizations, neutrals and the Russian govrnment BRITONS DO NOT at| | CONCEDE BATTLE FOR SERBIA LOST Entente Expects to Land Enough Men to Resume the Offensive Before the Invaders Con- solidate Positions, RUSSIA IS EXPECTED TO AID Northern Serbian Army in Two Sec- tions is Retreating Into Monte- negro and Albania, GREECE ANSWERS SECOND NOTH LONDON, Nov. 29.—The British public is not inclined to grant the German contention that the Serblan campaign of the central powers has been brought to a successful conclu« slon, The hope is expressed here that the wintry weather will give time for re+ inforeing the Anglo-French troops untll they are strong enough to as- sume the offensive before the invad« ers have contolidated their positions in Serbia. Russia also is counted on to play a part in these operations. In the meantime the only active mili- tary operations seem o be center around Monastir, the fate of which u obscure. The many contradictory re- ports on this subject vary from the as- sertion that the clty is still in the hands of the Serblans to the claim that the Bulgarians, accompanied by detachments of Austrians und Germans, have nccuplnd the city, Farther to the north, it is reported that the Serblan armies, divided into two sections, are retreating into Albania and Montenegro. It is not yet apparent whether Austro-German forces are to be sent against the Anglo-1" renoh lines north of Suivnonl, but a ne the Balkan front the Montenegrins are expecting & heavy attack from the Aus- trians, The cntente ministors at' Athéns are sald to have recelved the reply of @reeco to, thelr second note. Greeco is reported to have promised to meet all de- mpnds which do not threaten to com- | promise its neutrality. An unmistakable lul provalls along the eastern front. From the west come of- | fielal reports of a llvely alr and sea i skirmish off the Belglan coast, | Kern Again Chosen Head of Caucus of ! Senate Democrats WASHINGTON, Nov, 20.—Senator Kern of Indiana was re-elected chairman of the democratic senate caucus and floor leader by unanimous vote today at the conference of senate demoerats. Henatd Pittman of Nevada was elected secretary of the conference to succeel Senator Baulsberry of Delaware, who wished to relinquish the office, Belection of a vice chairman, president {pro tempore of the senate, committes | assignments and the report of the special committee on revision of the rules were postponed until Wednesd: needs as ! the pur-| | Henator Kern was authorized to name ‘n new steering committhe of eight mem- bers (0 be approved by lhe Lnnl’ann\:. ’ Wednesday, | Chairman Owen of the npecl-l com- | mittee to revise the rules will submit a | report Wednesday, recommending a modi- | fled ‘form of cloture on debates. Upon {that a division of opmion is oxpectdd, and du lon may prolong the confer- ence several days, Before the house ways and means: committee Republican Leader Mann ap- peared and stated what the republicans want in representation on committees. In view of the increased republican membership it ls possible they will be allowed one more member of the more important committees, although demo- crats are opposed to increasing the num- ber of republicans on any committee | which deals with' party measures, It was decided to leave elections to | Mr. Mann himself or the republican caucus, The republicans will caucus wirsday night and the democrags will pass upon their own selections Saturday nmh't. Governor of Ohio Orders Inquiry Into Alleged Lynching COLUMBUS, O, Nov, 2 .-Governor Willls today ordered Adjutant General |Hough to go to Gibsonburg, Wood, | county, and rigldly investigate the re | verted lynching near there Saturday | night of John Henry Willey, aged | Willey's body was found hanging, on | tarmsix miles from Gibsonburg Sunday The sheriff of Wood county sald it was a case of sucide, but Willey's attorneys In a recent case when he was convicted of assault on his wife's grandmother, M s a Kimble, say he had been threatenud with lynching ) Mrs. Kimble dled from the alleged as- savit. Willey's conviction did not loni stond, as the court set asido the'veidict, ordered a new trial and released him on Lond. Wife of Preacher « Drops Dead in Church AURORA, 11, —~As Rev, J. H Crnson, pastor of the Wheatland, I, Beotch Presbyterfan church, announced the last hymn at the morning services yesterday, his wife, the leader of the choir, stepped forward to begin the an Nov. ®, them: and dropped unconscious to the floor. She died almost immediately of apoplexy. American Express Declares Diviton ¢ NEW YORK. Nov. A