Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 4, 1916, Page 2

SLOAN IS PUSHING | CAR SHORTAGE BILL Oongressman from Fourth Nebraska Makes Exhibit of Condi- | tions in West. H — | WOULD SIDETRACK MUNITIONS (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb, 3.—(Special Tele- | gram.)—Representative Sloan is recelving | ordorsements from many localities in Ne- | braska favorable to his bill proposing an | embargo on the shipment of munitions | until the grain congestion In the eastern terminals be relieved, These endoree- ments are not alome confined to Ne« braska, but dealers In grain in other states are urging legislation to relleve what is obviously a serious situation growing out of the car shortage. Western raflroads n reply to an inter- rogation, state that car conditions make it impossible to move grain as they would like. The Unfon Pacific reports 10000 less cars on 1th lines than it owns. The Burlington has 0,00, The Rock | Island, while not so many as either the Unlon Pacific or Burlington, has & large number. On the Northwestern a similar | condition obtains, but the management is hopeful of early relief. Wires from the West. Among the many telegrams received by Mr. Sloan the following tells the story of storage and congestions fn which car moving is concerned. | The Western Elevator association of | western Nebraska, says its elevator Is filled to eapacity with wheat and soft | corn, which will not keep In case of warm weathér. The shorta; of cars weems o be gelting worse. General Manager G. W. Holdrege of the Burlington, Omahe, says: Our com- PARY owns necéssary equipment to take card of present shipments, but there has been a steady drain of cars loaded with grain for export points, wnere the cars Ate tied up and do not return. We have At this time 5,000 loas cars on our line " than we own and this shortage is grow- ing.” * F. Walters, Omahk: “Car shortage not KTeAl. We expect normal conditions lat- ter part of week or ten days, Extreme ©0ld weather has made movement slow." J. W. Shorthill, York, Neb., secretary | of the Nebraska Farmers' urain Deal- | ere’ association: Conditions approach- | ing calamity. Munitions seem (o have | Yos—but Not in Their NéighbdrhoGd 1VE GoT JUST TNE THING ' 7 GOT A PEACH UNITED STATES NAVY SHOULD BE UNCONQUERABLE THE BEE: OMAFMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1916 REAL ESTATE I(lm right to insist that we will get the | essential thing. That is the prineiple, the system by which we can get a trained citisenship, so that If it becomes neces- sary to defend the nation the first line of defense on land will be more adequate and an intelligent line of defense. 1 say on land because America apparently has Activity Reported On Western Front BERLIN, Feb. 30.-(Via Lendon.--No- table artillery activity by both sides along the Franco-Beigian front Is re. ported by German army headquarters in today’s officlal statement. The allied ar- tillery fire has been particularly heavy in the vieinity of Neuville, where the Germans recently made a considerable gain of ground. KEnglish mine erators in the vicinity of Hulloch were oceu- pled by German troops. The text of the statement follows “Western theater: The enemy artillery has vigorously replied to the shelling by our artillery of enemy positions over a wide front. “Northwest of Hulloch we ocoupled two craters caused by the explosion of British mines before our front. “In the reglon of Neuville the enemy increased its artillery fire until during the afternoon it assumed great activity. Along other parts of the front lively ar- tillery activity developed. “In the Argonne hand-grenate fights occurred. “In the region of Peronne our alrmen shot down two aeroplanes, one English )Ana one French. Three of the occupants were killed and the French observation officer was seriously injured. “Eastern and Balkan theaters: The sit- uation s unchanged.” LONDON, Feb. 3.~The following Brit- ish official statement has been isused re- garding the operations on the western fr nt: “One of our patrols last night, after shooting a hostile sentry, threw hand grenades into hostile trenches established | at the northern end of Frize. At about 11:30 o'clock this morning the enemy attempted a surprise attack against our trenches mear Ypres on the Plikelm road. The attack was not pre- { ceded by an artillery bombardment and | was easily repulsed by our fire. | PARIS, Feb. 3.—(Via London.)~The fol- lowing statement was given out at the war office this afternoon: “The night was calm and th: s noth- ing of importance to report. Shortly after midday yesterday following a spirited bombardment the Germans launched an atack against our positions in the Bois Des Buttes, north of the Alsne in the re- #lon of the village of Bols.” Heir to Turk Throne Notable Artillery |British War Office Denies Air Raid Story from Berlin | LONDON, Feb. 3.—The war office last night issued the following statement with reference to the Zeppelin rald on Eng- land ““The utterly inaccurate report in the Berlin officlal telegram of rebruary 1, which purported to describe the effect of the alr raid on the night of January 31, affords further proof of tha fact that tain their position or snape therr course with any degree of certainty “A number of cases of Injury, mostly slight, have been reported since the previous figures were issued, and there have been two or three more deaths. The figures now stand as follows: 6; total, 59, and injured dren, 8, a total of 180, was wrecked. Fourteen houses were de- less seriously. Some damage, not very serious, was caused to railroad property in two places. Only two factories, neither being of any importance, and a brewery were badly damaged, and two or three other factories were damaged slightly. “T'he total number of bombs discovered up to the present excoeds 300. Many of them fell in rural places, where no dam- |-n Was caused.” 'Donn Roberts and | Fellow Defendants Have Lost Appeal CHICAGO, Feb, $.—The convictions of Donn M. Roberts, former mayor of Terre Haute, Ind., and ten others found guilty with him of election frauds, were sus- tained by the United States court of ap- yeals here today. In the Terre Haute, Ind., eléction scan- dal 115 men were arrested, charged with ber election in 1914. Bighty-three pleaded guilty, five not guilty and twenty-seven, including the eleven ruled on today, filed demurrers which were overruled by the lower court. Twenty-seven defendants were found gullty and sentenced to the federal prison the raiders were quite unable to ascer. | “Killed: Men, 3; women, 2; children, | | | “Infured: Men, 51; women, 4; children, | tolal, 101, making the totais of killed | m, 8. women, 6. chii- | | “A church and congregational chapel were badly damaged and a parish room | molished and a great number damaged | violating the election law in the Novem- | r>ool THOMPSON-BELDIN & CO, +—The fashion Conter of the MiddleWest, — Established 1886. New Wool Challies For Spring Wear We have just received an extensive assortment of New Spring Ohallies in neat stripes and figures both light and dark colors. The best showing we have ever made. Boudoir Caps Dainty creations of Crepe de Chine, Lace and Ribbons, in pink, blue and white, 50¢, 83c, $1.25. Third Floor. Women's Gowns of Finer Quality COrepe de Chine Gowns, white and pink trimmed with lace and very attrac- tive, 87, $8 and $8.75. Fancy 8lip Over Gowns of fine nainsook and or- gandie, with medallions and lace trimmings, short sleeves. Priced $3.50, $4.50, $5, $6 and more, Undermuslins—Third Floor, () OF MEN'S, WOMEN'S AND CRILDREN'S CLOTHING Y ¥y { BEDDEO, i8] ° Cl="==ZmA | (Continued from Page &n.) fry ahall be ready to tako care of their own government.” The crowd roared epproval. “You have either got to get the men of this nation ready to withstand the first onslaught or you have got to be ready to Assassinated by a |&' e, Member of HiS Suite | wes made oy ogn . Reberss Alexander Acmel, Willlam Crockett, George Bhrenhardt, John E. Green, “Yusmet b . lssedin, what-| cnaries Houghton, Harry Montgomery, preference over grain.'’ . Elevator Companies Protest. Farmers' Grain and Supply of Ulysses, Neb.: “The car shortage is getting des- perate and many farmers think they must move thelr grain in the month.” Farmers' Grain and Co-operative com- never been jealous of armed forces it they are only at sea. “And America also knows that you can't send volunteers to sea unless you want to send them to the bottom, too. Task of Navy Great, n0ZpramlacC . Disinfectants * Don't pay high prices for phenol and cresol Aisinfectants, when you cAn get ‘the best, LBEE'S DIP, in econcentrated form at $1.25 per gallon can, $6.00 per PARIS, Feb, 3.— ever may be sald, was assassinated b: 31 KINDS “Do you realize the task of the navy?| his suite, by order of the committee of | Hilton Redman, Eli H. Redman, Elmer §-gallon can. Dilution 1 to 71. One gallon yany, Goehner Elevator company, Ta- |SUffer from the first disaster.” Have you ever let your imagination dwell | unlon and progress,” said Cherif Pasha,| T8!00t and Lewis Nunley. | QUICK DEL'VER'“ dip mr"fe:*;? Bnflor:un d\I.M;\fectlnL GEO. | mora, Neb.: “Car shortage. Need cars| 'WHen the preaident sald he was only | upon the enormous streteh of coast from | wio with Prince Sabah Edin, directs the s £ 3 LATEYnm————— | Phone Douglas 252 H. LEE CO.. Omaha, Neb. | et the canal to Alaska, from t ::ml 10 | personal movement of the Turkish oppo- Brltlsh Shlp Belle ! w Y E O BE { Axtell, Neb., reports elevator full of the northern coast of Maine? There ia|sition, to a reporter for the Matin. *‘Lat- e Shall m ‘our Business TH. MAHA B 5 no other navy in the world that has 10 |terly Yussof had revolted against the dic- 3 cover so great an area, an area of de. fense, as the American navy. of France is Sunk |, —THE HOME PAPER tatorship of the Young Turks. He be- ’ came dangerous and he has been re- ““The plans mow before congress are| “And it ought in my judgment to be|moved. His sueceasor, Vahid Bdin, is| LONDON, Feb. merely plans to save the lives of Amer- ~The British steam- ‘ Incomparably the greatest navy in the|even more hostile to the Young Turks | ship Bellé of France has been sunk. The ‘world, but as I say, you have never been | than was Yussof. Europeans in its crew and 22 Lascars Sealous of armed forces at sea. You have| *I should not like to make a prediction | were landed. Nineteen Lascars are miss- been jealous of the armed force on land, | regarding the length or his life,” said|ing. and. I must say that 1 share witth you {Cherit Pasha in cénclusion. ‘The Belle of France was last reported the jealousy of 4 great military estab- - ennd at Karachi, a port of India, on its ar- lishment. But T have never shared any| A d!spatéh from Constantinople to Reu-| yvy) there from Port Sala on Decettber'| prejudice against putting arms in the|1¢T's Telegram company, dated February|,, =, tormage was 38, It was 2, announced the report that Yuassof 362 teet long, of 48 feet beain and was | e e L4 | bulit at Sunderland, England, in 100 for '-""'h“ e, the Belle Steamship agency, llmited, of s supplied from the same source sald Liverpool. r | that the prince took his life by opening ‘“There 18 no politics in national defense, ladies and gentemen. I would be sorry |3 VOIR In his left arm, that ;m Department Orders. to mee-men of dlfferent parties differ|9oClaring that he had met his death bY| WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—(Spectial Tele- suicide was signed by all the principai|gram.)—-lowa rural letter carriers ap- . about anything, about the detalls of this | 4,0 iorg jn Constantinople, and that the [pointed: “Kensett. Andrew O. Auestan: “We ought to have the greatest navy prince was burled at Stamboul on the |nPieton. Otto F. Owens; Montrose, in the world," he declared, amid great | "0 . 2 day following his death. Clyil sérvice examination will be held applause. He explained that the coast (= “Some men do mot see anything: somé | "y,uuof Issedin, who was born in Con-{on March 1 for postmaster at Tainor, line of the United States was #o long [ Men 100k right stralght into tho face of| yiantinople October 9, 157, was o first|NO0 o 0 L that many ships were needéd. facts and see nothing but atmospherio | csugiy of the present sulten. Vahid EdIn, | county. mall to. Faanston. | Honih base | Some of the newspaper editora who op- | Air. Some men are %o hopelessly and con- | o i mentioned as the new heir ap-|City, Fremont county; mall to Atlantic posed preparedness, the president said, | tentedly provincial that they can't see the | serent, was bern In Constantinople Jan- | Cit should see the crowds before him. rest of the world. But they don't con-|yary 12, 1861, and is the brother. of the|™ — Mr. Went-And-Cut-It Men’s and Boys’ Hats & Cap: All the Boys’ Furnishings l / All the Men’s Fine Shoes i SUITS -« OVERCOATS at Three Small Prices .| “They would be conyinced” he sald, | stitute a large or Influential minority t suiten. STREIT | “tnat what they say would not decetve [ oven.” prosen; anyene, ‘The president ended his spbech anmidst A d f Th ft 9 y 2 every day 1 have boen away from |applause. The band played ~America | ACOUSOC O € --Here's Mr. ‘Gets-it Sensational Sacrifice of Men’s e ranithomeg by :llT::fl:’TV;T%SWT 0f Valuable Gems R 5T e SR O Furnishings,Boys’ Clo.,Etc ol as the Sun. TO TAX PHONE EARNINGS | 108 ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 3—Adviess ..OM&:'_... ,,.,;-»mh:,. e saser | 3§y — received here from St. Paul. Minn., tell- |, the corn. I'll blesd for you'!™ says MITCHELL, 8 D, Feb, 3-(Special|ing of the arrest of & man and a woman the corn to the rasor. Raszors cornd Telegram.)—The eity of Mitchell has|whose naiés were not given, révealed |love each other. Corns love to be cut, its fight to collect $1,683.40, |today the theft from Mrs. Claga Baldwin representing a 10 per cent charge on the|Stocker of & necklace reported to be £ross earnings of the Dakota Central Tel-[worth between $35,000 and 75,000 Mrs. ephone company in Mitchell for the year|Stocker is a daughter of the late E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin, a noted turfman, and deolslon atfirms the judgment of |inherited his $10,000,000 estate. Smith in Davison county| Police Detective Bruce Boyd and H. V. olrouit court and ja the result of a de-|Hatter, superintendent of a local private olsion just handed down by the state su-|agency, have beem in St. Paul weveral preme court. days. ST. PAUL, Minn, ¥eb. 3—A profes- i : Paramount PHOTO HIP Taouls; poration ‘refused to pay the above sum|sional automobile race driver and a PLAYS, the rooming taxed on gross earnings, imposed by an|woman companion, alleged to have stolen 15%h and Marney. D. 8089 out of his of human sympathy which move all | ordinance of the city. jewelry and money totalling §75,000 from en “when not interested with the poli- e a Los Angeles woman, according to re- |- cles of groups of men and the impulses | MUNITIONS PLOT CASE ports here, are in St. Louls today en of those Who do not represent the people route to Culifornia under escort of two themaelves. DEFENDANT SENTENCED | 2000 tee from & private sgeney, | The race driver and his companion, § TODAY, SATURDAY 11, 12130, 1140, 3, 4,30, 5140, 7, HAYES & WYNN Singiag and Dancing. TWO IRMINAS A Real Wire Wovelty. RUSSELL’S MINSTRELS Harmomious Comedians ayd Singers. BILLY BARRON Comedy Musiosl. it 1 do not believe the world has ever withessed & case where one people de- | NEW YORK, Feb. . 3.~Frederick | 1) ineir escort, departed from St. Paul sired to make war on another people,” | Schleindt, formerly a olerk in the CItY [,.4 nignt after several days of maneu- ald the president. National bank, convicted of selling oon- | yoring by the detectives. No arrest was | “I believe the ascurity of America rests | fidentiul fnformation regarding the ship- | rgaorded in the case. m-::at, g od, = h ‘.’“""flf -;-‘:l In the fact that no man is master of |ment of munitions to the entents allies, | Figtel attaches stated that an agreement | 4ireod Ut —they grow faster Mr. and by Deputy County Ate| Ao onag was today sentenced to the penitentiary | ngd been reached by which the jewelry | they use 'Gets-It" A. B Ritchie, attorney |*\.ywq pespect other nations. We do not | for an indeterminate term. Schieindt was |was to be returned to the woman from dertul, almple cor~ n alls occupled the momning |qaim anything for ourselves which they [mceused of furnishing the bank's privata |whom it was stolen. TR To8 atpiy B e B ey | would not undor like circumstances claim | telegrams and other documents to Paul{ SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.—Mrs. Stock- | Nothing to stick to the .m.«km. or press vigorous plea for con-|fer themselves. Every statement of | Koenig, the reputed head of the German |er'd necklace has been recovered, accord- |on the corn. It means good-night to . @hclaring that the obly | gkt we have made is grounded Upon | secret service in this eity. ing to Gavin McNab, her attorney here. \n;r’ AY]ve-.fdiul:r.I..r n-"fh.m:n m M‘"Ifl" he shooting of Mrs, Camp- | ihe utterances of their own public men.” - ebatn odse T S e Jnting. Tou con Wess gmeller ghest ] S of A ware sapeend o teoria war ho unew | THREE DROWN AS THEY British Freighter et T D Lo | vastris Tnthudor e Temple Guartet: with Riley Campbell, the woman's hus«|he would be inelined to sweep aside the | TRY TO SAVE SKATER Y v o |Sure “Getelt" s mold by drugriaty | Norica & Nobis, | The e e e, Wschle fomanded SANE SMPRARIRY . 0. (She LOTRIMARY || oL o aee B /Thres Shen Were Slnks n Atlantlc BB Tawience & Co. Gnicage. T, lo;a‘un'_xs‘lu %n&“w%un;ma. p— e ¢ the uittal of Smi anaact| of vernment and t o OB, A n aha an recommen as the . y. " diat atiod 0 :meunol\‘uu.. Ay e g n':;-u: drowned at the waterworks lake here last | ONDON, Feb. 3.—Reports of the sink- | worid's best &| Set Nie & B Warin ® B BOYD CONTINUOUS doubt that his revolver | for Iife. night while they were trying to rescue m edy by Sherman e Soveg Wit the dale had felind Yo ing in mid-Atiantic of the British | Mccannell Droe Co. iowes. P M 10 N discharged by accident while | “The fortunate circumstance for Amer- | Mis Stella Anderson, ome of a skating SUN., MON., PATHE PRESENTS he was struggling with Campbell, as he [toa. my fellow countrymen, is that it | party, who went through the ice. The freighter Chaseblll, hom“hNo' ank; . January 13, for Mavre, wi & cargo of ey 3 desires nothing but a free fleld and no ) dead: "Elsnl. ur! TUES b Florcncg Rged Attorney Flays Campbell, tav ORBEK ANDERSO! rt t TINRE "fl-:l A b Goncert Dansan ey New York supplies for the French government, Ths attérney flayed Campbell, husband “Our security is in the purity of our | LEONARD JOMNSO EVERY EVENING “Why, O Why, DId I Do Itt ‘Getn-1¢* | b';-.m%b—lllm" | i; i s J . Four “TOO CLEVER TRIB 0. 10¢= ADMISSI.?N - £ were confirmed today. The Chasehill foundered January 18. Its crew was oth GEORGE STRINE rescued by the Spanish steamship Mar the de&d woman, in seathing language | Motives. The bodics Were declared that the county attorney's Some Editors ignorant. o Was prosecuting en innocent man. | “I do not wish to say anything dis. Adriatico, which arrived at Gibraltar on February 1 REPUBLIC STEEL MORE v Chtel >R a i He declared no motive had been shown | reapectful about any newspaper, but | no‘ 10:30 P. 3 By the state which would cause Smith |1 astonishing how little some newspaper | THAN DOUBLES EARNINGS| ®0STON, Feb. 3.—Georse B Wikiiams, M 10 desire to Will Mra. Campbell edttors know. I would like some of them | o 0 o o= AT B e e e i of Hovhs SPECIAL NIGHTS “Mre. Trances Campbell in her death- |(o give & candid expreasion of the im- | CUF T LT m: o= ’d ‘s"""‘l o | e Simoe 150 G108 todey ot Nis heme Monday, Friday and Satwrday Ted statemont said: ‘I did not see the [pression that they have got from what | PO™ ©f the Republic Tron and Steei com- |phere, “aged 11 #un before the shol.’ That was a mighty [has happened since I left . ashington. | P&NY for the year cnding December 31 Augmented Orchestra ¢ their owr, | 1815, which was mads public today, shows st aah e wan't oot | t0ta1 profits of B4m%00. This reoresents PHILADELPRIA, Feb. 3. o ney an increase over 1904 of SLILMT. The | Sommities of th VThe voloé of America 15 very atill, but | et Drofits are given as 34,36,733 an ine | that $50,000 had been crease of 510660 over the preceding | PAln to raise | | : ¢ JANE GRAY in Let Katy Do It ™ SAM BERNARD in The Great Peard Tangle. Turpln’s School of Danging Twenty-elghth & Farnam. Wy List your name now. Private time HAR AMUSEMENTS. | a i Duma Meets February 18 because they are days of T e, PETROGRAD (via . Peb. 3 NE [t « The m-‘@...,. says it I Old axim that In | BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. .—The Penn- | irom & reltable saurce that the Bures ni RU 8:20 ‘ HoUR.” t sylvania, which three weeks ago lifted | astemble February 18 | North Brothers Stock Oo. its embargo on grain exports through Baitimore, has issued a new embargo on all grain exports through this port, ef- | LONDON, Feb. d-The death of tormer foctive today. Frelght congestion is #iven | nounced in & Mepatth (o the Brchans | as the reason. Telegraph company from Athens. ' Ex-Premier of Greee eDead.