Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1915, Page 5

. QUARREL DIVIDES PEACE COUNCIL Rupture in Alleged Labor Body Re- sponsible for Uncovering Al- leged Rintelen Conspiracy. GERMANS DOMINATE SOCIETY NEW YORK, Deec. 11.—A quarrel which rent labor's national peace council into two antagonistic fac- tions was stated today by federal officials to have been largely respon- sible for the uncovering of an alleged conspiracy involving Franz Von Rin- telen to instigate strikes in munition factories. According to this statement a number of the members of the coun- cil joined the organization believing it was a body formed to work impar- tially in the interests of peace. Later they discovered, it is said, that an Inner ring of German sympathizers and agents of Von Rintelen was in control and intended to use the coun- cil as a means to further the strike propaganda. When the government started its in- vestigation into the activities of Von Rin- telen, several men who had been officials of the peace council and had resigned went to the federal authorities and placed at thelr disposal a mass of information regarding the inner workings of the couneil, L. B, Straube, secretary of the council, 18 #aid to have ben one of these men. He i8 due in New York from Chicago to morrow and will be questioned by United States Attorney Marshall. He s also ex- pected to be one of the principal witnesses before the grand jury when that body reconvenes next weck Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer- fean Federation of Labor, will be another witness. 1t was stated at the federal bullding today that the call for recon- vening the grand jury is being held up pending definite Information as to when Mr. Gompers can get here. Letter Implicates Consul General. WASHINGTON, Déc. 11.—The State de- partment has received a photographic copy of a letter sald to have been written by Baron Brich Zweldinek von Suden- horst August 26, 1914, to the Austrian con- sul general at New York, stating that nine Austrian reservists in San Francisco decided to come to New York and pro- ceed thence to Austria, gnd suggested that it might be possible to “‘procure suit- able passports of neutral countries at comparatively slight expense.” The Austrian consul at San Francisco, the letter said, had been instructed to send the men to New York. Baron Zweldinek s at present charge of the Austro-Hungarian embassy, the highest diplomatic representative of his country in the United States. At the time of writing the letter he was coun- selor to the embassy. State department officials, while admit- ting that they had received a copy of the letter and other letters alleged to have been written by Baron Zweldinek, declined to comment on them or to state what disposition weuld be made of them, Baron Zweidinek had an appointment with Secretary Lansing late today, the reason for which was not disclosed, Ship Laden With Sugar Takes Fire Near New York NEW YORK, Dec. 1L.—The British freighter Tyninghame, sugar laden, put back toward New York soon after it had passed quarantine today, returning with smoke pouring from afterhold No. 4, and anchored off the Statue of Liberty. The Tyninghame was bound for Liver- pool. On December 5, while at the Erie basin, Brooklyn, fire broke out in the hold that was the seat of today's flames. Search at the time disclosed fragments of a broken bottle, believed to have con- tained chemicals, which caused an ex- plosion, The Tynighhame's sugar cargo was consigned to the British government The vesecl s under charter to Bowring & Co. of this elty, but is owned by the Hall Steamship company of London. 1t is of 8,740 tons gross, DISTRICT COURT AT KEARENY MAKES RULINGS‘ KEARNEY, Neb, Dec. 1L—(Special ‘Telegram.)—Motions for new trials were overruled here today in the cases of Gus Sullwold against the Union Pacitic Rallroad company, Elijah Stockham against the Farmers' Co-Operative Hjle- vator company, the National Fire Insurance company nnd Edith Comstalk against several Keapney saloon keepers. Sullwold got judgment last week against the railroad tor killing eight head of cattle. Stockham was given a judgment for the price of undelivered wheat, contracted before the European war and undelivered by the elevator company, while H. Adams will recover for a wheat field destroyed by hall. In the case of Mrs. Comstalk a jury found for the defendant saloon keepers. TOM KELLY RANKS HIGH AS INSURANCE SALESMAN Tom 8. Kelly, velers' Insurance company, has just been notiffed by telegraph that he now ranks fifth among 6,00 agents of the company in the United States and Can ada in the amount of pgd life insurance written so far this year.® This Is the first time any agent of the company west of Chicago hds ranked among the first ten in the company’s annual contest for busi- ness. The contest closes January 1 and the highest ten men get gold medals and other honors. WOMAN FATALLY STRICKEN DURING SUNDAY MEETING SYRACUSE, N. Y, Dec. 11.—(Speclal Telegram.)—A heart attack tonight proved fatal to Mrs. Sophia Ryan of this city while attending services at Billy Sunday's tabernacle. Two others were removed to the emergency hospital in a fainting condition during the services. 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Prof. Tolles |of Chicago is another who is to speak on some speclalized subject of Interest to these men whose business it is to get {the farmers' products to market with tho least possible waste. whether actual loss or whether profits to the middleman. Governor Morehead is listed as one of the speakers, Sir Horace Plunkett of Dublin, the Irish nobleman and landlord, is to be here to speak to the delegates also on some phase of their work the organization. He has been idenu- fied with this work for a long time, hav |ing been secretary of the assoclation for J. 8. Canaday of Minden is president of l Guy Briggs Vice President. , J, W. SHORTHILI. Secretary-Treasurer. a series of years before he became pres- ident. J. W, treasurer. with the assoclation for years, been secretary for a series of years. Rare and Ancient Jewels Taken from Chicago Institute CHICAGO, Dec. 11.=Eluding three watchmen guarding the building, a thief galned entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago on Michigan boulevard early today and escaped with a collection of rare jewels valued at between $35,000 and $50,000, The collection was the gift of Le Verne W. Noyes, a Chicago manufacturer, in memory. of his late wife. It was made up of five pleces, all of anclent French make. It included a necklace of dia- {monds and opals, a brooch of dia- | monds, ecarrings, a watch, buckle and | pendant of opals | Entrance was gained through a sky- | Ught on the roof of the building. 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