Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 1, 1916, Page 1

( f The Sunday Bee is the only Omaha newspaper that gives its readers four big pcoges of colored comies. HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. MILWAUKEE ALL STAND TOGETHER Wileon Deolares Men Who Said Americans Not United in Time of Trouble Have Shot Thedr Bolt. GRFAT CROWDS GREET CHIEF Infantrymen wifl; Fixed Bayonets Hold Back People as Execu- tive Arrives. PLEADS FOR PREPAREDNESS MILWAUKEB, Wis, Jan. 31.— The presidential train pulled out of M#waukee for Chicago at 4:04 o'clock. The president and Mrs Wilson were standing on the rear platform of thair coach and the great throng at the dopot gave them an enthusiastic cvation MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 31. President W lson, speaking before the largest audience of his present trip, today declared the men who say Americans will not stand to- gether in time of trouble “have shot their boit."” “I have not supposed that the men whose voices seemed to show a | threat against us represented even the people they claimed to repre- sent,” he said. The president spoke to an audi- ence many of whom were of foreign Lirth.: He declared he knew the men kho came from foreign lands to Amerfea loved liberty and would stand by the ideals of America. MILWAUKE Wis.. Jan. 3l dent Wilson threw down the gauntlet to- Cay to opponents of national prepared- ness wio have declured that toe move ment sprang from the desifes of muni- tions and wrmament manufacturers . o miake mone “There are some things that are being sald that I hope you will not believe,” the president declared. ‘It Is veing sald among, other other things that this agi- tation for preparation for national de- fense comes chiefly from those who are fnterested in supplying the government with the munit.ons of war and . from those who are Ipterested in supplying It with ‘armament, Presi- be . misted by §latements of Anything that the government does, somebody s going to make money out of 1t; but the fmpulse for this thing does not come from those quarters. The im- pulse comes from men disinterested—men who ‘kKnow the actual circumstances of the country and who know that these things are immediately necessary. “J, for my part, have all along advo- cated, and always shall advocate, that the government, as far as passible, shall manufacture these things for itself, in order that, at any rate, it may contro the prices at which these articles will be so0ld to the government. sary to protect ourselves against those who would make money out of the ne- cessities of ' the natlon.there are ade- quate means of defending ourselves, and we will use these means. But I do not lelieve the impulse comes from those quarters. I do not believe that in those quarters there Is patriotism lacking any more than there is patriotism lacking in other quarters.” The president's declaration was deliv- ered from the rear platform of his prl vate car at Racine, Wis, half an hour before he reached this ci Great Crowd at Milwaukee, The thundering of a national salute by 4 cannon greeted the president as he stepped from his private car in this eity. More than 15,000 persons were packed out- #ide the station. The crowd was held back by infantry- men with fixed bayonets and a troop of cavalry escorted the president, to the hotel, ! Elaborate arrangements were made for If it is neoces- | PRESIDENT TELLS 'WOMAN AND SON 'TWENTY THOUSAND SLAIN BY BANDITS Mrs. Agnes M. Teiper of Buffalo is ! Shot and F. C. Teiper Beaten to Death by Holdup Men, DAUGHTER Ak]) SON SLUGGED BUFFALO, N. Y. Jan. 31. -Two | persons were murdered, another probably fatally injured and a fourth severely beaten in an automobile holdup on the Orchard Park road | | near this city early today Several | hcurs elapsed before the city and ! county authorities were informed of the crime and the assailants made 1good their escape. The victims, promunent Buffalo resi- | dents and members 7 the same family, were MRS. AGNES M. TEIPER, aged 67, shot in head and instagtly killed FREDERICK C. TEIPER, son, beaten to death with blunt instrument Grace . Teiper, daughter, skull frac- tured: will die Hdward Telper, =on. beaten and left senseless on 10ad on head On Return Trip, The family was returning trom Orchard Park and had stopped the oar a short distance south of the terminal raiiroad There the party was set upon holdup men. Mrs, Telper was by killed by the first of tour shots fired. The the men then clubbed the others, and after robbing them of money and jewelry fled. A farmer living nearby heard the shots and the eries of the women and gave the alarm. Mrs. Teiper was the widow of Conrad , who founded the Buffalo Struc- tural Stepl company. H t Nearo Suxpe Police and deputy sheriffs are search- ing for a negro who is velieved to ha committed the crime Edward Teiper informed ities that the author- the automobile had stranded and he was working on it when he looked up and saw a big negro. The negro hit him on the head and “I went down and out.”” he said. The police found Edward staggering on the roud. The body of Mrs. Telper was in the automobile, while that of Fred- rick was in the roadside near the auto- mobile. Near nim lay Grace Telper. A general alarm has been sent out for a ynegro murderer who escaped from the Greensburg (Pa.) jall lust week. \Three Million Bales . of Cotton Used to i Make Explosives lemen, G0 Hot allow yourselves to| WASHINGTON, Jau i.—Three million of “eottoni have been comsumed in making gunpowder during the last year, 2,000,000 in Burope 4nd 1,000000 in the ! United States, Representative IHeflin of | Alabama told the house census commis- | sion today. He appeared before the com- mission to urge the action on his bill to gather and publish statistics of cotton used for war purposes Zeppelin Fleet in . - aRaid on England ; LONDON, Feb. 1.—A raid by six jor seven Zepelin airships took place last night over the eastern, north- ;entern and midland counties of | England; according to announcement | of the war office. { A number of bombs were dropped, but up to the present no consider- able damage has been reported. ‘Missing Submarine i Reported Sighted | l WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—A Navy 1department dispatch from Charles- Iton tonight said that a steamer had | reported sighting what appeared to !be the missing submarine K-5 off | the Florida coa OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY REBELS MARCHING ON CHINA CARI2 Insurgent Force, with§ Reported by Mukde “to Be Advancing Peking. NEW PROVINCE IN REVOLT Monarchist Governor is Forced to Flee and Entire Province is Re- ported in Full Rebellion. AMERICAN GUNBOAT IS ON JOB BULLETIN. Jan 1LONDON —~The number of Mongolian insur- gents has been increased by 20,000,' according to & suys Reuter's Mukden dispatch, rad correspon- dent. The dis; \ 4da that the in- surgents, who . a twelve guns, are marching toward Peking, PEKING, Jan, 31.—The province | of Kweichow is in full rebellion. Tha{l xovernor was forced to flee on Jan- uary 16, and communications have been interrupted. It is reported that Luchow and Tzeliutsing have been captured by the revolutionists. The American gunboat Monocacy is at Chung King, on Riang, about ninety northeast of Luchow. The comman- | der has notitied Dr, Paul Samuel Reinsch, the American minister to China, that all {s quiet in that neigh- borhood and that a zone has been cutlined within which the Monocacy will protest foreigners who are threatened. miles to the! The inception of the revolutionary movement in China, which was first manifested on the Chinese crulser Chao- Ho In the beginning of last December and which assumed more serious proportions when the revolutionists in the province of Yunnan announced the formation of a seperate republic was attributed to dis- satisfaction with the purpose of President Yuan Shi-Kal to restore a monarchial form of government. The revolution has been reported as spreading over into the provinces immediately to the north and east of Yunnan, The president of the Chinese Republic assoclation announced on December 20 from San Francisco that the provinces of Sze-Chuen, Kwelchow, Kwangtung and Klangsi would join Yunnan in revolt against the rule of Yuan Ehi-Kal, > - wye A dispateh on January 22 announced that the revolutionists had been victori- ous in a fight with the government forces at Shi Fu in the province of Sze Chuen. Luchow and Tsellutsing are both in the province of Sze Chueng. Half Year's Hard Drill Necessary to | Make Cannon Fodder | WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—5ix months 31.—(4:30 p. m.) | GERMAN WAR PLANE O aviation officers inspecting AMERICAN SUBSEA. DISAPPRARS IN RO the Yangtse | g.5 on Way from New York to| Pensacola, is Missing Since One 0’clock Sunday Morning, OFFICIALS ARE NOT ALARMED CHARLESTON, 8. C., Jan, 81,—No word has been received up to 9 a. m. today from the submarine K-5 or from the vessels which are searching for it, according to navy yard of- ficfals. The K-6 hds been missing since 1 o'clock Sunday morning and has not responded to wireless calls #sent out from short stations and naval vessels, leading marine men to belleve that the boat had suffered at least an acoldent to its wireless apparatus. A heavy fog hung over the coast between here and Cape Ro- main, forty miles north of here, where the submersible was last sighted, making more difficult the task of the searchers, The K-5, with the K-1, K-2 and K. was en route for Key West for maneu- vers, . The. other boats m.mfle.Lfih the Tallahassee, arrived off Charleston ::r last night and reported the missing t. The monitor Tallahassee and the sub- marines K-1, 2 and 6 came into Charles- ton harbor at 9:30 o'clock this morning. They were held outside all night be- cause of the dense fog. Officers of the Tallahassee were ac- eredited with the statement that nothing had been heard of the K- Ofticials Not Alarmed, WASHINGTON, Jan. 3L—The where- abouts of the submarine K-5 remained unknown to navy officials here early to- day. The officials were not alarmed by the absence of any report from the sub- Intensive training at least would be re- | quired to fit the National Guard or the | proposed continental army for service as | tirst line troops, Brigadier General Mills, chief of the division ot military affairs | in the War department, today told the | house military committee. The general | vigorously defended the continental army | plan and denied the War department had | any antipathy to the National Guard | Judge Advocate General Crowder told | the senate nommittee that control of the state forces by the national government was the most vital part of any scheme I for national defense. He told of the | conflict of authority between the govern- ment and states. General Mills believed the continental army plan was less cumbersome than | Natlonal Guard developments and would | give general military efficiency. | Discussing the question of federalizing | the guard, General Mills sald several | states were opposed to any federal con- trol over Guardsmen. Pressed to name | them, General Mills sald: Arizona, Texas, | the missing submarine. marine. They belleve it may have ex- perienced trouble with its engines, but sald its battery power was sufficient to keep it under control in that case. Fall- ure to recelve any report from the ves- sel, they sald, might indicate that fts wireless apparatus had become deranged. Secretary Daniels ordered the destroy- ers Sterrett and Perkins, en route from Pensacola to Charleston, to search for The destroyer Worden, at Charleston; the coast guard cutters Seminole and Yamacraw, and the buoy-tender Mangrave also are crulsing for it. Ldeutenant R. C. Grady comp- mands, with Ensign H. C. Frazer sec- ond in command, All the boats of the K-class, officlals sald, have thoroughly emonstrated themselves to be seaworthy and effi- clent, The K-boats In the Pacific re- cently went from San Francisco to Hono- lulu under thelr own power, establishin, a new record for long-listance cruising for American submarines. 1, 1916-TWELVE PAGES, SING oto,, Beo. APTURED BY THE FRENCH—The picture shows French a German taube, brought down within the French lines al- ™ YVI.ifé‘boat Crew | of American Ship is Safe at Welsh Port YILLA'S FORGES ARE g seamen from the American line\ ported Surrounded by Carran- steamship Philadelphia were landed to- | by o trawler at Miltord Haven, sistas Near E| Vale. Wales. After the Philadelphia’s collision Saturday with the Rritish sailing ship Ben Lee off the coast of Wales the sea- men put off in a lifebost to rescue the Ben Leo's crew. They became lost in the darkness and were adrift all night, being finally picked up by a passing steamship. The Philadelphia is now in the Mersey, indergoing repalrs. The aceldent occurrea at 10 o'clock Saturday night. The Inipact of a heavy blow was felt, followed fm- mediately by a tearing loose. Officers on watch then saw a full rigged ship along- #ide, its yard arm having been carried away. 08t of the Philadeiphia's passengers, whom there were ninety-seven in the first cabin and ninety-four in the second cabin and steerage, were below at the time. They hastened to the decks, but there was no sign of panic. As a precau- tion lifebelts were distributed. Aeroplanes Drop 200 Bombs In - Bulgarian- — v El Vale. Ge vl Argumedos Dead. Argumetio at Passje recently, according to General Murgia's staff, Keane Rritish Subject, EL PASO, Jan, Tex | LONDON, Jan, 81.—An Athens dispateh to the Exchange Telegraph company #ays it in reported from Saloniki that in the rald by French aeroplanes on the Bularian lines at Patartsl (Bazardi), near Lake Dolran, 200 bombs were thrown on the Bulgarian camp. The whole camp was destroyed, 500 tents being burned. Many Bulgarians were killed or wounded. ‘The aviators brought back photos of the camp in flames. David Lamar Loses Appeal and Must Serve Sentence WABSHINGTON, Jan, 3l.—David Lamar, convicted in the New York fe al court on charges of Impersonating an officer of the United States with intent to de- fraud, lost his appeal in the supreme court today. The New York court is free to enforce penitentiary sentence. Bodies of Three Soldiers Recovered BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Jan, 8l.—Use of dynamite today resulted in the recovery of the bodles of three soldiers drowned in the Rlo Grande January 28 at Pro- greso, Tex., thirty-five miles west of Brownsville, when American soldlers en- tered Mexico In an effort to rescue two , tured. Nebraska Student \ ease, after an {liness of oniy five day: The young man was 18 years old. His parents reside at Colmar, I iliness. He arrived at Council Bluffs from Lin- coln Baturday evening and went to the home of his aunt, Mre. C. E, Hartwig, 870 Lincoln avenue. His condition was found to be so serious that his parents were promptly notitied. rived Bunday evening, several hours be- did not reach here untll yesterday morn- ing, an hour after death had ocourred. The young man had been feeling badly for several days before declding to leave Lincoln and go home. Two More Disasters NEW YORK, Jan. §1.—The White Star freight steamship Bovic reported on its DRIVEN FROM HILLS LIVERPOOL, Jan. 8L.—The seven miss- { Bandit Chieftain and Army Re- | GENERAL ARGUMEDO IS DEAD CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mex., Jan, 31.| ~—Francisco Villa, according to re- ports received here today, has been driven out of the Picachos hills and | Santa Clara canyon and {8 now sur-| rounded by Carranza forces near TORREON, Jen. 8l.—General Benjamin is reported to have died of blood polson caused by a wound received word brought here today by Major Beeson of $l.~Word that | Peter Keane, siain recently at the Hoarst ranch in Chihuahua, was a British eltl- %en, wus sent to the British embassy at|#ervice and virtually every able-bodied Washington by H. C. Myles, diplomatic|man joined in the work on the levees Dies of Heart Failure Ofcar Harvey Oleson, a student at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, died 1at Councll Bluffs yesterday of heart dis- nd he was | on his way home on account of his slight | His mother ar- fore the death of her son, but the father at Sea Reported THE WEATHER. Fair LE COPY TWO CENTS. IMISSISSIPPI IS AT FLOOD FROM CAIRO TO GULF Serious Disaster Threatens Many Towns in the Lower Valley and Along Arkansas and Ohio Rivers. LEVEE BREAKS AT HICKMAN Faotory Distriot Partly Flooded and Water is Backing Into Busi- ness Seotion. HEAVY RAINS ARE GENERAL HICKMAN, Ky, Jan. 31,—The West Hickman levee gave way early teday and the Mississippl river is now flooding a large area in the, | manufacturing district. The water |18 slowly backing up into the busi- : ness section, About 800 people have | 80 far been rendered homeless. Three Valleys Thremtened. WASBHINGTON, D. C, Jan, 31.—Seri- —er| OuA floods threaten the lower Ohlo val- {ley, the Missiasipp! valley from Cairo, Tll, to the Gulf of Mexico and the val- leys of Arkansas because of the heavy rains of Sunday and last night in Ar- | kansas, the lower Ohlo valley and the Missiasippi valley from St. Louls to Vicksburg. The weather bureau today Issued this spocial flood bulleton “The heavy rains of Sunday In Ar- kansas, the lower Ohlo valley and the | Missisnippt valley, from St. Louls to Vicksburg, have continued throughout !the last twelve hours and coming upon | rivers already In flood have created a sorious situation in the river valleys of Arkunsas and also along the lower Ohlo valley and the Mississippi valley from Cairo to the gulf. Stages Monday morn- ing were: St. Louls, 31.2 feet, flood stage, %0 feet; Calro, BL4 feet, flood stage, #; Memphls, 3.8 feet, flood stage, 85; Vicks- burg, .1 feet, flood stage, 46: New Or- leans, 17.8 feet, flood stage, M. “walle warnings have already been distributed locally to the points involved, it now seems probable that by reasons of the continued rains the stages already forecast will be alightly exceeded at va- rious points and that Jigh stages in the Mississipp! from Calro to the gulf will | be long continued.” | Arkansas Towns Flooded, LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan, 8l.—Churches in Newport, Ark., last night abandoned about the oity, which are atrength- from Gen- | g¢ eral Treving stating that Villa had been| rrne “dislodged from hie Haunts in the Canyen Del Oso,” and that Miguel Trillo, the latest secretary to Villa, had been cap- ot Argenta. Residents of the river have begun to effects to points of satety. The Arkansas is ten feet #tage at Fort Smith and still oft Arbuckle island, The water plant at Van Buren is out of commission. At Pine Bluff, the situation is regarded s critical. Collapse of wing dikes against the levee extremities is foared. Hain fell all of last night and stil was falling today. | rivers and streams are bank full or overflowing today as a result of the heavy rains throughout the state since Thursday, Hundreds of families have been driven from thelr homes, No loss of life has been reported, The Wabash river is threatening at Vincennes, Terre Haute, Latayette and Logansport. A number of small towns have been isolated by the high waters. Miners Reject Move to Bar tiamen from O_rga.nizs.tion INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 3L—After Ruarding the president on his ride from companions. The bodies recovered were |Arrival here today from Manchester that | ® 10n% and earnest discussion the United The K-5 was equipped with wireless, - the hotel to the auditorium, where his Vrogram called for a speech on prepared- ness Bt 2% pom An audience of 9,0t0 persons filled the iied on Page Two, Column Five.) ihe Wejctther For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vieinity | Jemperature st Umaha Yesterday. Hour. Deg m ' Tm - " m w.... m m m m m m m . m g i, m Comparative rd. 1914, 1912 Highest yesterday..... 3 o m“ Low yesterday..... 3 4 Mean temperature E 3% 10 Precipitation . 0 N W0 0 ‘Temperature and precipitafion depar- | m the normal temperature E Deficiency for the day Total deficlency since alirci Normal precipftati Deficiency for the da b Total rainfall since March 1 Deficiency since March 1. Deficiency cor. period, 19i4... Deficlency cor. period, 1913, . Temp. High- Rain. i " m. est. fall. | Yimoad ) R 2 -8 R 6 0 u 2 » 0 ~ " 0 s, clear....... 6 e City, ciear. ‘ i@ an, clear ‘ 10 w2 Sioux Cily, clear.. 2 1 Valentine, 'clear 0 s — indicates below zero. T indicates trace of precipitati 1. A. WEYSIH, Local Forecaster. i . [ 8 ‘Former Surgeon of Northwestern Dies Dr. G. W. Coit, formerly chlef surgeon for the Chicago & Northwestern trans- Missouri lines, died Sunday at Los An- geles, Cal., where for many years he had {spent his winters, | Dr. Coit came west and located in Mis- |souri Valley, ia., in 1866, It was while located at Missouri Valley that Dr, Coit | was connected with the rallroad. He was a member of the Nebraska Consistory and Tangier Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Montana and Colorado were conspicuous | examples. | having a sending radius of fifty miles. “Mr. Chairman,” interrupted Adjutant | General Chase of the Colorado National | WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 81.—All ef- Guard, who was among the guardsmen |forts of the navy wireless and a flotilia present, “will we be given an opportun- | of coast guard ships and war wessels (o Ity to object to that statement? We most i locate the missing submarine had emphatically deny it.” been futile up to late today. Navy de- Chairman Hay said the guardsmen |partment officials, while disturbed, said would have full opportunity to be heard. | they were not fearful of the loss of the SIR c]_mm,s .nuhmnlne and thought it possible with DEATH DUE TO BURNS | separated from the fiotilla and gone on alone to the submarine base at Key LONDON, Jan. 3l.—An official report | West, ¥Fla from the fire department today says that! All the boats of the K-class, officials Dr. Coit is survived by one son, J. Clark | 8ir Clement Markham, former president | sald, have thoroughly demonstrated | Colt of Omaha, and one daughter, Mrs, | of the Royal Geographical soclety, whose | themselves to be seaworthy And effi- H. D. Alles of Detroif, and his widow. | death was announced today, was burned | clent. : The funeral will take place at Missouri | fatally by a fire that broke out on the| The K-6 was cquipped with wireless | Valley second floor of his home. with a sending radius of fifty miles. b= e — — | Navy department officials, said it was probable the vessel gotton beyond B"tls an erman tews o ew tus has been damaged so that it could LONDON, Jan. 3.-The Daily Tele- graph, discussing cGitorially the sum- mary of Secretary Lansing's note on sub- marine warfare and the arming of mer- | 6 | chantmen, says that, Judging from the | prepared by Count von Bernstorff. It adds It Germany could obtain such conces- sions, in order to place herself right with humanity, she would gain immensely. It 18 & case of making torms with murder- | ers, so that they may continue their pi- | racy, slightly modified, but with less dm_i ger.” As an illustration of the effectiveness | ) the measures taken by Great Britain | against German submarines the Daily Telegraph says: “AtL a moderate estimate, the Germans Pave lost subinarines Lo the value of from $6.000.000 1o §7,000,000 since the war began,” summary, one might think it had beenl | Position of America Are Far Apart | not report its location {Russ Inflict Fresh Defeat Ilpon Turks PARIS, Jan 3l —~News has been celved In diplomatic circles at Athens, the Balkan agency’s correspondence ther telegraphe, thut the Russlans have in BERLIN, Jan. $L.—(Via Londen.)—The Berliner Zeitung, the first newspaper to comment on Secretary Lansing's note on | submarine warfare on merchant vessels, | declares that the news that the note is deslgned to forbid the srming of merchant vessels ia of & joyous kind, as it is a se- vere blow to England. The newspaper flicted fresh defeat on the Turks in the understands that it is proposed that “‘Clucllul. The correspondent relterates merchantman carrying & gun is now to|the report that the Russians have su:- be regarded as o warship, and points out | rounded Braerum. The Turkish author- that warships have the right to remain |!ties and the bankers with the bank in & neutral port only twenty-four hougs— | funds, he says, left the city at the last far less than the necessary time to un.|Moment, barley escapng capture by load or load a vessel. It adds Cossacks. Russian artillery has begun to “The strict carrying out of Secretary|bombared the forts of the eity. Lausing’s proposals would certainly be| The correspondent adds that the Turks in accordance with ternational luw. We | #re hastily fortirying the towns of Algora re certainly would greet It with satisfaction |and Sivas, tal of the vilayets of if Mr. Lansing were (o put his announce- | those na ituated respectively 215 ment into effeet and 245 miles east of Constantinople. damaged wireless It might have become | those of Corporal Michael Ring and Pri- | vate Henry A. Rhode, Battery D, Fourth Field artillery, and Private Charles D. Wiltonbest of the Twelfth cavalry. The bodies will be sent Monday to their|In the government service: the other an former homes, Ring to Lenox, Mass.; | Unknown steamer, whose crew was res- | cued by the steamer. Finald. it had picked up wireless messages in- dicating that two steamships have heen recently lost at sea heretofore unreported. One was the Apalachee, a British tanker F ;II Téxt of the_ President’ s " Speech Delivered in Milwaukee | | \1 MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan, 31.—The text of President Wilson's speech follows | "1 need not inquire whether the citizens | of - Milwaukee Wisconsin are inter- | ested in the subject of my errand. The of this great body in this vast hall sufficiently attests your interest. But enery out of almost all the nations of the world. It Is true of a great many of us that there lies deep in our hearts the recollection of orlgin which is not Aimerican. We know that our roots, ou traditions, run back into other national solls and there are some songs that stir an presence 1 want, @t (he outset, to remove any mis- | Us. There are some historical recol apprehension that may exist in your |lectlons which engage our affections and nolnds stir our memories. There is no sudden crisls. Nothing Can't Forget Forbears, | new, has happened I am. not upon this | “We cannot forget our forbeurs. We cannot altogether ignore the fact of ouy essentlal blood relationships end at the outset of this war it did look as though there was a division of domestic senti- ment which might lead us to some errors of judgment and some errors of action But 1 for one believe that that danger is past “I nover doubted that the danger was exaggerated because i had learned long ago, and many of you will corroberate me by your experlence that it is not men who are doing the talking always who represent the sentiments of the nation, I for my part always feel a serene confi- dence In waiting for a declaration of the principles und sentiments of the men who errand because of an unexpected situa- tion. 1 bave come to tonfer with you | upon & matter upon which it would, in |any clrcumstances be necessary for us to confer, when all the vest of the world is on fire 18 not fir proot should ‘Everywher and our own house ave House in Order, the atmosphere of the world (s thrilling with the passion of a such as the world has never seen before and it e first, in the words just uttered by your chairman. That we should see that our own house is set In order and everything is done to make certain that we shall not suffer by the general disturbance. There were some disturbanc dangers to which this nation seemed, at | are not vociforous, do not go about the outset of the war to be expose, which | seeking to make trouble, do their own 1 think 1 can say with confidence are now | thinking, attend to their own busin s oo a B ek [and love their own country, and, thes America has arawn its blood and its ' (Continued "on Page Two, Column One.) | Mine Workers of America, In convention |here, today defeated a resolution to jamend the constitution of the organiza- tion so as to exclude from its member- ship national guardsmen and the state constabulary. [Italy Willl Continue Albanian Campaign BERLIN, Jan. 3L.—(By Wireless to Hayville)—Italy has decided to continue the campaign in Albania, according to Vienna advices given out today by the | Overseas News agency, and is sald to !have landed an additional infantry di- vision and several batterles of heavy artillery at Aviona. “Italy will not give up Albania,” the News agency says. "It considers an ef- fective defense of the southern part of the country as a wilitary and political necessity. Other reports state that Italy, lacking sufficient troops of its own, has asked for help from England and Dutch Steamships Reported Damaged LONDON, Jan. 3L—A Lloyd's report says that the Duteh steamer Thuban has been damaged and towed up the Thames, tiso that the Dutch steamer Maasdyk met with an accident, in which twe of ‘ts crew were killed, and that it was maing water rapidly and had been beached. | The Thuban, a new vessel of mearly {3500 tons gross, left New York om Jan- uary 11, for Rotterdam. The Maasdyk of about the same tonnages, left Montevedio on December I, for Rotterdam, acoord- ing to the latest shipping reports avail- {able.