Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 5, 1916, Page 1

The Sunday Bee is the only Omaha newspaper that gives its readers four big pcges of colored comies. ~ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. THE WEATHER. Snow — — —— —] VOL. " RUSSIANS DIE IN LEGIONS HITTING LINE OF FOEMEN [Muscovites Batter Austrian Wall in Galicia Again and Again with Fury, but Are Every- where Hurled Back. [THEIR LOSSESC ARE APPALLING berlin Declares Efforts of Enemy ¢ Advance Made in Vain ! at Heavy Cost. fenommrr_rm:wmsmm BERLIN, Jan. 4.—(Via Wireless |to Sayville.)—Desperate attempts by the Russians to break through the Austrian lines in Galicla are con- tinuing but, according to today's of- ficial statement by the Austro-Hun- XLV- nowhere successful and the Russians are declared to have suffered very {heavy losses. .Capture by the Austrians of a |{trench north of Dolje, in the Tolmino |section of the Italian front, is an- nounced. Battle O Tho statement says: “The battle in east Galicla. s con- tinuing. The Russians continued unsuc- cesstully their attempts to break through our lines near Toporoutz. Bitter hand-to- hand fighting took place in destroyed trenches near Hegehaus, east of Barinczle, where the Thirteenth infantry regiment again distinguished itself. “Russian attacks northesat of Okna and against the Bridgehead at Usczie |and northesat of Buczacz, likewise failed. |The Russian losses were appalling. In district ten kilometers broad, the bodies of 2,300 Russians were counted. The num- ber of prisoners made northeast of Buczacz reached 800, “General Boehm-Ermolll's troops on the upper Ikwa shot down a Russlan aero- plane and made its occupants, two of- ficers, prisoners, “On the Italian frontier, Austro-Hun- garian alrcraft shelled the enemy’s sheds ' in Ala. “An Austro-Hungarian troop captured a trench north of Dolje. Three Italian 2 counter attacks were repulsed.” ¥ ‘ Steamship Geelong Sunk in a Collision pa— o — e LONDON, Jan, 4—The Peninsular an Orlental Steamer company issued a state- ment today that the steamer Geelong was sunk in a collision with the steamer Bonvilston. Sinking of the Geelong was reported lest night without mention being made of the cause of its loss. No lives were lost when it went down. Hastihés School Men Are Re-elected HASTINGS, Neb., Jan, 4—(Special Tel- egram.)—Superintendent T. W. B, Ever- hardt and Principal Mitchell of the Hast- ings High school were re-elected by the Board of Edueation last night, though heretofore the annual election has taken ( place in March. ( Each was given a raise of $20, making the superintendent’s salary $3,700 and the principal's $1,800. HASTINGS GIVES BACKING FOR THIRD CITY CLAIM HASTINGS, Neb., Jan. 4—(Special Tel- 1 city has claimed a larger population than Hastings, Secre- tary Blake of the Chamber of Commerce wwrote to the United States census bureau to inquire as to Hastings’' rank among egram,)—Since a ri the cities of the state in point of size. Director Sam L. Rogers replied that 10,783 “takes the rank of the third city in Ne- Hastings with a population of ' braska."” officlal count. The Weather ‘Wednesda Forecast till 7 p. m. 24 For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity —Snow and much colder. % mperatures at Umaha Yesterday. Deg. 8 Hour. 5 6 BEZem T #lighest yesterday Lowest yesterday Mean temperature 3 16 Precipitation .. . 0 00 08 e parature and precipitation ‘depart- ures from the normal wt Omaha since Muarch 1st, and compared with the last two years: ormal_temperatunre Kxcess for the day ’fi;‘m deficlency since lormal precipitation ney for the day ... T pitation since March 1 Defliclency since March 1 1 March 1 garian war office, they have been | The rival claim was made on an esti- mate by the census bureau and not an 08 2% | KANSAS CITY FEDERAL BANK | BODY OF GENERAL 10 LIE IN STATE Friends of Grenville M. Dodge May View His Face This | Afternoon. | LEADING MEN SEND CONDOLENCE The funeral of General Grenville | M. Dodge will be held tomorrow aft- | ernoon at the Council Bluffs resi- dence on Third street. The services | will begin at 1 o'clock. He will be' buried with full military honors. | | The casket. borne on an artillery | caisson, will pass through the prin- | clpal streets. All city and county offices, all the banks and commercial offices and all of the public schools in his home city will be closed during the afternoon. Retail stores also | will be closed. The body of General Dodge will | lie in state at the Third street home | for two hours this afternoon, from 2 | until 4 o'clock, and for two hours tomorrow forenoon, from 9 until 11. 1 At the conclusion of the religious serv- | ices at the house the funeral cortege will k move from Third street to Willow avenue, west on Willow avenue to Fourth street, north on Fourth to Broadway, east on Broadway to Oak street, south on Oak to Pierce and thence-on Plerce to the Walnut Hill cemetery. Nine companies of the Towa and Ne- braska National Guard will form the military escort under command of Major M. A. Tinley of the Third lowa regiment All of the officers of each company will be present and the Third regiment band will play. In normal times a regiment | of regular army soldiers would have be¢ ! present, but none is now near enough be available. ! Prominent Men to Attend. | No definite information was recefved up | to 6 o'clock last evening concerning the | militarg men and others who will come | from the east. Senator A. B. Cummings | wired from Washington yesterday morn- ing for the time of the funeral. It is certain that many distinguished men will | be here. | Telegrams of Condolence. Telegrams poured into the Dodge home | yesterday and last evening. One was fro mex-President Taft, as follows: “To the Family of General Dodge: | T extend to the family of General Gren- vill M. Dodge my deep sympathy in thelr sorrow. General Dodge was the last surviving general of an army in the | civil war. His services to his country were highly appreciated by those who know best what they were, and among those was a lifelong friend, U. 8. Grant. | General Dodge deserved well of his coun- try, not only because of the great work he did for her in the clvil war, but also and the expansion of the great west by {Contitued on Page Two, Column Two.) Knights of Zion to Call Congress of Jews in America CHICAGO, Jan. 4.—Delegates to the convention of the Knights of Zion, in session today, decided on plans for assem- bling an American congress of Jews to discuss the present status of the Jo'll throughout the world and to form the | nucleus of a permanent Jewish congress. After the proposed congress had been discussed a call for its sessions was for- mally issued and plans for assembling 600 | delegates from the western states were made. The new eongress is to be held here on January 23 and its promoters plan to so develop the idea that the body will be- come national, with delegates from every state in the country and ultimately de- velop into an international organization, which could have a voice in a peace con- gress If ome is called after the close of | the European war. Royal Golden Book Will Record Work of Be_l;g_ian Relief HAVRE, France, Jan. 4—A Belgian | royal decree has been issued creating the Golden Book to commemorate the acts of generosity and charity toward Bel-| glum during the war. i The book will contain three parts. The | first will give a complete list of the mone- | tary gifts that the generosity of the peo- ples of the world have placed at the dis- posal of Belgium. In the second part will be a notice of each organization created | te feed and help the Eelgians during the | German ocupation, with the names of | the persons who directed the organt tions. The third part will describe th work of the various institutions formed abroad or in the unoccupled territory to | succor refugees, wounded prisoners and in general all Belglan victims of the war, Major Part of Eddy Trust Fund Will Be Taxed in Bay State CONCORD, N. H., Jan. 4.—Only one | sixth of the trust fund of $2,300,000 created | by the late Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy.; founder of the Christian Science church, ! cording to a ruling of the New Hamp-! shire supreme court today. The town of Brookline, Mass., to wajoh Mrs. Eddy| moved from Concord, contended the ma- in Massachusetts, Dy, Sou” postod. 1913.... 530 inches ney, cor. lons at 7 P. M. OFFICERS EXCHANGE JOBS | tation and Stete Temp. High- Rain- | of Weather. Tp.m. est fall Cheyenne, clear...... a2 W e R e o4 @ Des Motnes, cloudy. North Platte, cleal Omaha, cloudy. Rapid City, clesr.... Sheridan Sloux City, Valentine ‘e~ 0 i L. A. WELSH. Local Forecaster T indicates trace of precipitation lear....... A ) | man of the board of directors of the Fed- and immediately was elected governor of the bank. s | was governor, will suceeed Mr. Miller as federal agent here, it was said No ex- plaiation was made of the change, |BARON VON BURIAN, | the earllest possible | cent |of suicide. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY foreign secretary of Austria, who is conducting the An- cona correspondence with Secretary PR He co: : BARON VON BURIAN. ‘TWO LEADING RACE FOR FEDERAL JUDGE Woodrough or Thomas Likely to Be Appointed Soon Following Wilson’s Return to Capital. BILLS OFFERED BY NEBRASKANS (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—(Special Telegram.)—With the return of the president from his honeymoon it is expected that an apopintment to the vacancy on the federal bench of Ne- braska, caused by the death of Judge | Munger, shortly will be made. Of the candidates two names ap- pear to stand out—J. W. Wood- rough of Omaha and J. J. Thomas of Seward. W. H., Thompson of Grand Island has the endorsement of former Secretary of State Bryan and Representative Shallen- brger besides & numbr of the leading democrats in the state. Judge Halligan of North Platte is strongly endorsed as s Judge Harry 8. Dungan of Hastings, the sacond cholce of Congressman Shall- “enborger—in the event Thompson should be ruled out on account of age Then there are those who belleve C. J. Smyth and 8. A. Rush of Omaha are quietly being considered for the place, but after the candidates have all been examined, elr fitness gone into, past performances reviewed, as they say In the racing stables with reference to thoroughbred runners, it looks as If Judge Thomas of Seward or Woodrough of Omaha would land the place, provid- ! ing Judge Thompson of Grand Island is “out of it” on account of age. Representative Shallenberger today in- troduced two bills, one creating a com- mission of five persons to be known as “the United States commision for endur- ing peace, whose purpose it shall be to aid in bringing about enduring peace at moment,” and the other provides for the toaning of postal | savings funds on farm lands at 4 per being a modification of ‘l’urll credits bills, of which' there are interest, many. Some of the features of the Shallenber- ger rural credits bill are interesting in that he provides that the limit of de- posits in postal saving banks shall be removed and that postal inspectors shall inspect the lands upon which the loans are sought, and that the legal features assoclated with the loans shall be per- formed by the United States district at- torney's ofice in the several states. Congressman Dan V. Stephens intro- duced two bills today which he says™if enacted into law will remove nine-tenths of the war risk for this country.” The first provides that no American or neutral ship shall be allowed clearance or entry into any port of the United States if it carries both contraband of war and citizens of the United States at the same time. The second prohibits ships of belliger- ent natlons clearing or entering American ports regardiess of the nature of their cargo if they carry citizens of the United States. MeVann to Omaha. E, J. McVann of Omaha, who was called for a conference with the coal = | operators in the Pocahontas, Tug River and Thacker fields in West Virginia, Ken- tucky and Virginla regarding the ad- varce in Norfolk and western coal rates to the west of 15 cents per ton, left for Omaha tonight. As a result of this con- {ferencve Mr. McVann was retained by {the interests above mentioned today to handle the suspension proceedings before the Interstate Commrce commission awi#® | {Continued on Page Two, Colunm One.) Suicidal Shot Sets SHENANDOAH, Ia., Jan. suleidal intent which Aleck MeNerney, near Coin, evidently set fire to the barn, into a creek. which barely covered him. The coroner’s Jury brought n & verdict e Mr. McNerney was 54 years KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 4—J. Z. Mil-| 01y ynmarried and made his home with ler, ir., federal reserve agent and chair-'pi’ared mother, who is not expected to He 1s sald not s | eral Reserve bank here, resizned today!io have been to Coin In two years, al- recover from the shock, though he lived only two miles from town. Charles M. Sawyer, who{The farmer was a diligent student, well reared and posted on current affairs. Few neighbors saw the blaze of the fire and a general alurm was not glven, their Fire to Big Barn 4.—(Special can be taxed by the city of Concord, ac- | Telegram.)—The reolver shot fired with fatally wounded a well-to-do farmer d the victim of the self-inflicted wound jor portion of the fund should be taxed | an fifteen rods, his clothing ablaze, and | jJumped over a fifteen-foot embankment After an all-night eearch { his liteless body was found lying in water MORNING, JANUARY 5, KAISER HAS CANCER OF THROAT, C ANNOT SPEAK, SAYS MATIN Paris Paper Says that is Reason German Emperor Did Not | Go to Warsaw, Constan- | tinople or Brussels, { —_— REVIVAL OF OLD TROUBLE { | - [ | Operation Performed Similar to One | Made Necessary Four Years Ago. - ‘ SAID TO BE ONLY PALLIATIVE | PARIS, Jan. 4. Matin affirms. notwithstanding de- | nials, that the German emperor is | suffering from cancer of the throat | [ and is no longer able to speak | “In February, 1911," according to | the Matin, “the doctors were consid- ering whether it was necessary to re- { move the entire larynx in order to (Delayed.) —The | stay the progress of the disease. They raised the question as to whether he emperor would be able to speak if such an opera¥on were performed, Leading Spec! ta Consulted. “The leading speclalists of every cap- ital In Europe were consulted. It was learned that an eminent surgeon of Parls had, with an artificial larynx and a breathing tube opened into the trachea, restored the power of speech to cancer- ous patients who had undergone total ablation of the affected organs, *“This dootor, whose name the Mutin withholds for reasons of professional etiquette, was asked to go to Berlin by the German ambassador. He was offered 100,000 francs and all his ef¥penses and was requested” to bring with him & patient who had been fitted with the | apparatus, so that the emperor himself | might see If he wa sabel to speak. Similar Operation Performed. ‘‘Meanwhile, as a result of a minor operation with a Dbistoury and a few weeks' absolute rest, the emperor's con- dition improved, as is often the case in this disease, the progress of which Is implacable, but slow. It Ils another oper- ation of this kind which has just been performed. But it is only pallative, The German emperor must either make up his mind to complete removal of the larnyx or be stifled by the growth. “This explaing why the emperor went neither to Warsaw, Constantinople nor Brussels."” Henry Ford Avoids Delegation With Floia_l_ Greeting DETROIT, Jan. 4—Henry Ford, leader of the peace mission to The Hague, re- turned to Detroit today, but at the sta- tion he avoided a delegation of local citizsens who had planned to welcome him and present him with a floral plece in recognition of his peace efforts. He remained in his private car and proceeded to his country, home at Dear born. A public meeting in honor of M Ford is being planned for the near fu- ture. The only member of the Ford party who left the train in Detroit was Rev. Sam- uel 8. Marquis, dean of St. Paul's ca- thedral here. Rev. Mr. Marquis said that early to- morrow morning he will don his working clothes and proceed to the Ford factory, where he is under engagement for a year to study sociological conditions among the 2,000 employes of the factory. Ohio Demo Opposes More Preparedness WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Representative Bherwood, democrat of Ohlo, led off a number of preparedness speeches in the house today with an onslaught on “armament makers and militarists” e proposed reducing the army to 50,000 men. Representative Sherwood sald he had fought in forty-two battles of the elv war, left the army a general, and was now ready, at 80 years, to enfist if danger threatened the country, although he epoke against preparedness. He told the house “the people back home' were against the entire preparedness plan. The National Capital ¥, January 4, 1016, | The Senate. Met at noon and adjourned out of | respect to the memory of the late Jus- tice Lamar until noon tomorrow. The House. Met at noon. Becretary MeAdoo asked a rush ap- propriation of $100,000 for rural sanitation and fighting typhoid and pellagra. | The administration rural credits bill was introdus 5 H The naval affairs committeé arranged | to begin public hearings tomorrow, start- Ing with yards ‘and docks epresentative Campbell of Ka in- troduced a resolution for the ¢ n of an international federation of nations to preserve international peace Tributes were pald by several members | to the late Justice Lamar and the late | Governor Hammond Adjourned at 222 o'clock Wednesday. until noon 1916 Will be A Busy Year. Keep Abreast of Current Events By Reading The Bee. | Jected men aggregate 2,292,263 1916—TWELVE PAGES. BRITISH CABINET CRISIS IS ACUTE | Simon Refuses to Reconsider Resig- | nation and McKenna and Run- ciman May Also Resign. | FRICTION 1S OVER ARMY BILL | LONDON, Jan. 4-—It again be- | comes evident that the cabinet crisis | 1s far from ended. The only definite ! point 1s that Sir John Simon, secre- GEN, DE CURIERES DE CASTLENAU, who became French chief of staff when Gen. Joffre was promoted to the supreme command of all the armies in the field. He fought in the campaign of 1870 and has seen service in Cochin China and Algeria, GEN -DE CURIERES DE CRSTEENNY- SENATE T0 ATTACK FOREIGN POLICY Republican Leaders Take Exception to Conduct of Relations with Europe and Mexico. SENATE SESSION IS VERY BRIEF WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-—An ex- pected attack on the administration's foreign policy and its course in the submarine crisis failed to materialize in the senate today when that body, after being in session less than ten minutes, adjourned ugtll noon . to- norrow, The reason assigned for the sudden adjournment Dby leaders on both sides was that several senators who had expected to have business to present did not have it ready. The motion on which the ssenate ad- journed, however, was in observance of the death of Associate Justice Lamar of the supreme court. Earller in the day Chalrman Stone of submarine crisls told the president he had heard intimations tnat some senators were going to assall the administration’s course, and that some others were going to attack the Mexican policy. The international situation was upper- (C Three Million Men Join British Army Within Seven Weeks LONDON, Jan. 4—Lord Derby's re- cruiting figures are for the period be- tween October 23 and December 15 and show that 150,000 unmarried men and. 1679,263 married men presented them- selves for service, Of the grand total of 2,829,263 married and single men, 103,000 unmarried and 112,431 married men enlisted immediately; £40,000 single men and 1,344,979 married men were attested for future service, Of the single men 20700 were rejected while 221,863 married men were not ac- cepted by the recruiting officers, The Earl of Derby report shows that the total men of military age In England, Scotland and Wales, who were not en- listed when the canvass began were Single men, 2,179.£31, and married men, 2,832,210, a total of 5,011,411 The total of attested, enlisted and re- 263 and the available men aggregating 5,011,441, shows that there are 2,152,178 men who did not offer their services. On Traine, at Wotel Wews Stands, eto, 5o SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT SEES " CONGRESS CHIEFS IN PERSIA CRISIS | | Wilson Consults Heads of Foreign { Affairs Committees Over | Complications with Austria, tury of state for home affairs, has LEADERS OPPOSED TO HASTE resigned. [ g He had a prolonged interview wnh“ne)' Do Not Wish Public Opinion Fremier Asquith yesterday. The, Inflamed Until Faots of Case premier did his utmost to Induce Sir Are at Hand. | John to remain in the cabinet, but oo ro without avafl, and it is almost cer-| TUMULTY ISSUES A STATEMENT | tain that the home secretary's resig- | o | nation will be officlally announced R b ) 2 on the reassembling of Parllament. The position of R chancellor of the exel | Ronciman, president of th Trade, 16 #i1 1 undeelded ng the ncceptnace o compul ‘ou B cop upon secur- | ing n concesslon to their views on the oventual size of the army. In this matter Premier Asquith is In an embarrassing position. He is being strongly impoiled from the outside not te yield this point and it is belleved a ma- Jority of the cubinet itself Is against thelr views. He todny & meeting of the cabinet to consider the latest draft of the compulsion bill may result in fur- ther changes and may possibly result In the resignations of these two Impor- tant ministers, nald MoKenna, and Walter Board of They are mak the government i tonal 1 Not Apply to Ireland. The treatment of lIrewand ls another thorny problem and the conflicting state- ments regarding this matter may be an indication of the struggle which will go on in the cabinet this morning. All the papers, both conscriptionists and porters of voluntary enllstment agree that Ireland will be excluded from the operation of the bH! and that the press assoclation statement that Ireland would be included was Inaccurate. According to the Times, Ireland was Included In tho first draft of the bill which was only in- tended to provide a convenient basis for discussion. The Morning Post expresses the belief that Premier Asquith h been able to give Mr. McKenna ana Mr. Runciman assurances that measures can and will be taken to ensure tnat a sufficlent number of men will be left, not only to carry on the manufacture of munitions, but all trades vital to the interest of the country. The Post, although a conscrip- tionist paper, attaches importance to the retaining of these two ministers in the cabinet. Navy and Munitions Plants. The Dally Chronicle says that the new bl will contdln & dlause safeguardl the navy from the danger of the bill sweeping all efficlent men Into the army, and estimates that when all allowances pre made for unfit men and those re- quired for the manufacture of munitions and for other necessary services, the new bill will bring only 200,00 men into the army. Wednesday's sitting of Parllament will be of exceeding interest. Bealdes Premier Asquith's statement, Sir John Stmon will make a brief address, explaining his po- sition. He had already taken formal fare- well of his department chiefs, The names of Lewls Harcourt, first commissioner of works, and Herbert Samuel, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, are men- tioned among his possible successors at the home office. South Wales Miners May Strike Against Conscription Law LONDON, Jan, 4—The South Wales miners appear to be dead against con- scription. James Winstone, president of the South Wales Miners' federation, in & speech at Pontypool yesterday, an- nounced that the executive committeo had passed a resolution unanimously against conscription. “I know what 1 am saying,” he added. “Unless the politiclans of this country are careful they will stop the South ‘Wales coal flelds and there will be no coal for the navy.' Gasoline Bath for Typhus Fever LAREDO, Tex., Jan. 4—A gasoline bath has been adopted in Nuevo Laredo, Mex., to prevent typhus infection, It is ap- plied, however, only to suspects of un- usual personal untidiness. Federal health officials said today that a typhus epi- demic along the Mexican border is un- likely if proper precautions are taken. éntons Tryto Grab Big Potash Deposits in the United States | WASHINGTON, Jan, 4.-—Late to- day. after conferring with President Wilson, Secretary Lansing sent ;ord»rs to the American consuls at | Alexandria, Malta and Calro to | gather at once all available affidavits from the Persia survivors and to cable summaries. The idea is to bring | in definite information speedily. | WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—The new sub- marine crisis was practically at a stand- | still today, while the government awaited | exact getails of the operations of Teu- ton'c submersibles in the Mediterranean. There were evidences that administra- tion leaders, while not in the least mini- mizing the dangers and possibilities of the latest complications brought on by the destruction of the liner Persla, are anxious that the public mind should not be Inflamed further while the president and his advisers are trylng to suspend judgment and all the agencles of the gov- ernment were In motion to collect all the facts upon which the next move may be made, For the first time since foreign relations became delicate during the war, President Wilson today conferred with the leaders of the congressional committees which deal with the subject and it was after- ward announced that they were to be advised of the steps and gevelopments in the situation, This action met the approbation of many senators and representatives who have been contending that in such a serfous situation as the present promises to become, congress should be consulted In any moves which may be made. Adjournment Postpones Attack. An expected attack on the administra- tion polley probably was avoided by a harty ndjournment of the senate within ten minutes after it assembled and there was no Indication of an outbreak In the house. A meeting of the senate foreign relations committee tomorrow at which the subject was. expected- to come up wan deferred until later in the week, awaiting furthet information, leaders sald. For the president Secretary Tumulty Issued a statement to the country prom- Ising the administration would act as soon as facts could be gathered, At the White House and at the State Aepartment the tensfon of the crisls was evident, but there was an atmosphere of moving carefully and surely. Senate Committee to Meet, Senator Stone later said the meeting of the 'foreign ‘relations committee ealled for tomorrow probably would be deferred until later in the week. The purpose of the postponement was, to give more time for collection of facts relating to the sinking of the Persia and other vessels in the Mediterranean. Many senators in- terested In the foreign situation reflected the view that all facts in possession of the State department bearing on destruc- tion of ships would be submitted to con- gress without formal request by resolu- tion, Kansas City Closes Schools in Honor of Late Editor Van Horn KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan, 4—~The Board of Bducation today ordered all public schools in City Xansas closed tomor- row afternoon as a tribute to the memory of Colonel Robert T. Van Horn, founder and first editor of the Kansas City Jour- nal, who died yesterday. The public library also will be closed, while flags on all buildings will be at half mast. The funeral of Colonel Van Horn will be held tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be in Kansas City. The active palibearers will be members of the staff of the Kansas City Journal. Mob Takes Strike Leader Away from Officf{g at Erie ERIE, Pa. Jan. 4—Five policemen on guard at the plant of the Erle Malleable iron Foundry company, where 400 work- men struck yesterday, were overpowered by a large crowd of strikers and their sympathizers today when they arrested SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.~Charges of) application for patent and acta incident | o of the strike leaders. The hand- fraud have been made by the United|thereto, have been performed not in|.ueroq jan was taken from the police States land office against the California '”‘f:’{ faith ':- '"“l:" "‘:" :"""" land 10| 4ng purried away. No further arrests Trons compeny, which . figured promi-|'t2elf: 88 a domestic corporation &8 COR-|y,ve Neen made, nently in . the wo-callod « Bearies Lake[NOMPlated by law, but fraudulently for Potash war three years ago, when it ah‘"."’ f‘l‘.‘l'r"r""'; "; ':f":'r':.':d:"‘l:e u'.“’.'m'"“"'l: fended clatms aggregating $100,000,000 | ' oSl P g ~ - der the law are not qualified to re- » agalnst H. E. Lee and several others. | "™ - " || The Day’s News This annbuncement was made laat night|<*!ved & patent from the United States. y ar by former Judge T. P. O'Brien, attorney| The Bearles lake claims, which are for Victor Barndt, who protested the|sald to contain the iargest potash de- | PRESIDENT WILSON returaed to issuance of patents to the Trona com-|Posits in the United States, were lo- today consulted pany. The Trona company, he sald, has| cated In 198 by C. F. Dolbear, in & with members of the semate for- been summoned to appear before the serics of claima by eight persons. elgn relations committee regards register of the land office at Indepen-| The California Trons company was or- ing the situation created by the dence, Cal, to answer the charges | ganizea by Dolbwar and his sssociates. | submarine campaign the Medi. Barndt, who is president of the Rafl-| The improvement work thus far is sald | terranean. road Valley company at Nevada, at-|to have cost $2,500,000. ARSIV ESRE a ¥ tacked the Trona company's application| According te Victor Barndt, the Searles | © L0 UL S0t omRARUING, S on the ground that while it Is & Califor-|lake deposits are ample to supply the { 00 "0 L 0 woning and S nia corporation, most of its stock is held | United States with potash for more than Goniung 'ane, ati) by the Consolidated Gold Filelds off fifty years. :“-':": ".‘-” o :.:. oo~ Alaska, a British corporation. The De-| The “Potash war’ arose when H. E. By Wy £ ot e partment of Interior has sustained the|Lee relocated the claims and attempted [ "% ey contention as follows to do the required assessment work when | UNDER THE Earl of “During the years 1812 and 1913 and | financial difficulties had caused the | for British recrulting at all tin since, all accounts of the | Trona company to cease operations. Le¢ | wem presented themasives wid Trona company relative to the said uning claim, including the filing of its is not involved versy. in the present comtro- wervice, 1,679,308 1,150,000 .