Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 14, 1916, Page 2

SUBSEA FAGTS ARE GENERAL ROQUES, French minister of war, who has been visiting in Saloniki. ILSON PLANS T0 - RUSH LBGISLATIO President Wishes Action On His ; Members Take Seats. Program Before New FEW CABINET OHANGES +Washington, D. Nov. 13.—Be- cause of the probability that the next . house will be republican, the presi- dent is laying plans to 'secure as much important legislation as possible dur- “ing the short séssion opening next mionth, Measures he particularly de- sires passed are those to allow Amer- \ican exporters to establish common | selling agencies abroad, to enlarge the ' Interstate Commerce commission and to create machinery for preventing in the. future a crisis similar to that ich recently threatened to involy Lansing Lays Summary of Dis- patches on Recent Incidents Before President. NO DEOCISION IS REACHED 1 Washington, Nov. 13.—Secretary Lansing laid before President Wilson today a summary of information re- garding recent submarine attacks on vessels carrymmg Americans, but reé- ported that sufficient evidence was not yet at hand on which to base ac- tion. He said no information had been received from the Berlin govern- ment in response to an inquiry sent through the American embass, concerning the sinking of the when six American lives were While State department officials considered the submarine question as ) 3 5 i serious, no de n had been reached ‘the country in a railroad strike and today as to whether Germany has fi;" railroad legislation suggested by violated pledges given to the Ameri- him when the strike threatened. 7 - |can government after the attack on +“Working on Message. the Sussex. g ~ The president has began preparation All recent submarine activities, ine | of his next message to congress. He cluding the raid of the U-53 off the plans to urge that a number of these New England coast are being con- ‘questions be taken wp. sidered at the State departmeft to- though Mr, Wilson was tired out gether in an effort to determine m:n he returned to the White House whether a new submarine policy has iight, he was up early today been adopted by Germany. breakfast before 8 o'clock. No developments of importance in ! fi began 4 s the Mexican situation were reported g a stack of mail accu- GEN. ROQUES to the president by Mr. Lansing. during his trip to Williams- _| While it is understood Mexican re- us! v lations are not in a satisfactory state ked first for the from the viewpoint of the adminis- on the political eup of the house of representa- SERBS WIN BIG :::ttii‘:n'cti}t‘; c:?l‘lmll}:e:ir:::fi:‘f::t::; i maagms wom v | YIGTORY IN CERNA opportunity to reach a decision. hat 'the republicans have Wthe republicans Cockran to Defend hcire " congres*comence, ~ Hot Bomb Conspirators reported continuing his retreat with conyenes, Hot hw:d‘cmnfioned as the place t visit.. demoralized forces and one-third of| San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 13 % ) M . 13— Few 'Cabinet Changes. . |his_effectives lost. Bourke Cockran, New York attorney hav : been many, reports cir-| The rayages of disease and the mili- | and former congressman, will defend mafi.fid\lfllfl in the |tary reverses sustained are declared |without charge the five persons in- et; but of in close touch lin the Petrograd advices to have se- | dicted here for the murder of ten vic- the president declared today that | riously affected ‘the morale of Von|tims of the preparedness day bomb nost certain that he will urge | Mackensen's army, while the rein-|explosion of July 22, February 16, an- § members of the cabi- |forcements he requested to:make good [ nounced here today. It was said that to remain at their posts and |his losses are said not to have been|Cockran agreed to head the defense are /not , expected, unless | provided, his retreat therefore being|at the request of a New York society ves desire to quit |conducted under disastrous conditions. | woman after he had reviewed the tran- 4 ble, ho:‘mr. umanian Towns Taken. (Coutinuell ¥rom Page One,) {‘clript Of]('hs‘ltl:;.‘ and m{wlilc“ol'll of Berlin, Nov. 13.—(By Wireless to| Warren K. Billings, one of the alleged e % l,';' Sayville.)~On the Trafgylvania front | bomb conspirators, who was sen- " | yesterday Austro-German troops cap- | tenced to life imprisonment. tured three towns and repulsed nu e T sl |t o sk b g o| Pinds Army Not Nioe were taken. » Pl 2 f ch : for | tured are Dicta and Arsuriler, in‘the ace or a,pla.ms Gyergyo mountains on the northern part o "‘m"‘“ and Candestiin Rou-| New 'York, Nov. 13—Conditions northwest of Campulung. In |among.the Americans troops on the Dobrudja Field Marshal von Magken- Mexiuh"hborder were the rubject of (| sen's forces. repelled troops which | criticigm in & meeting of clergymen "‘"; :"g’“‘éu down the west bank | that preceded the opgfin of the an- of tl anube, . | nual meeting of the Board of Foreign Following is_the official account of | Missions of the Methodist Episcopal ons: % | church here today. Dr. S. g’ ar- mountains Germat'| man, pastor of the Central Congrega- p+| tional church of Brooklyn, who: went to the horder, fi" ‘chaplain of the third New York regiment | “Conditions are such now that a . h fl:lhb-.n “qi'l';’ u'lllnl.kl beh;‘eve, utllurun unwilling to take a chap- on both: f 's’ position. 'fl hould b b o i 0)}}' k ', tdunlla;tli ostz::l.%psln?n‘: ig et‘:: weekly a t di ¢ %c‘““t‘t.dso“ :thw: ur:%by soldiers ahon‘!?icebel a :'n!f rm . on th Smm: ter ipline and army reg- road and north ol Orsova, R‘Bnnunhn es made counter attacks without ) f on sty fn p4aten o e | Boysiaf 11 and 12 Tried manians lost more than 1,000 prison- 0n charge, _of Murder ers, “Front of Field Marshal von Mack- ensen (Dobrudja): Hostile detach-| Twin Falls, Idaho, Nov. 13.—~The ments which were feeling their way | trial of Linn Tovelac, 11 years old, along the Danube against the left| on charge of murJer, began here 'ri:’ of our position in %qrthern Do- | tod r His brother, Harold, aged 12, [brudja were pursued. Tchernavoda | is also being tried as an accessory. was shelled without success from the | The boys confessed when arrested left bank of the Danube.” last August, according to the prose- ‘ B cuting attorney, that they shot and . B h’.”"N ”‘“‘vm. L"‘ killed' F. Thomas ‘Hnmil?yu u‘chool - :‘Mmfi:dl;'sflfi:s “theo'r‘g:i?)]r)l :fiacher, when he surprised them as of -Drun:lovcls. northeast of Campu- b we&M}' hotss. lung, south of the Transylvania bor- Battles with Submarine. der, the Roumanians maintained their | Nowport News, Va., Nov. 13.--Members gooltlono. the war office announced | of the crew of the British s oday. On the right bank of the ) 0 e river Alt, however, the Roumanian forces were * compelled to yield ool A "Q‘E'{““fl::' (irfi ground. El‘ roper dr'fl{h Kansas Ci:g, Fourteen-Year-0ld Girl RErie N woathh ugo o thy Ends Life by Drowning tmi#r; did not indict him | Cedar Falls, Ta, Nov. 13—(Spe- evidence ‘Submitted, - Wilker- |cial Telegra ernice Towsley, med work on the case and |aged 14, committed suicide today by held several gubllc meetings |drowning at Smith's sandpit, where |& county, at which he accused |she jumped from a springboard into | E kgn. then filed two the river. ) 5 for | ,000 damages—one wxl The body was recovered about six | & rson and other “V“' ilker- [hours later. No cause has been | & eight prominent Villisca men. bed. She was a high school stu- |§ against Wilkerson and the t. 4 A \ was subsequently with- A t prejudice and one| Persistence Is the Cardinal Virtue rson alone amended and [in Advertising. n't:?i" i W. E. Min{:h- SRS Rt s, is attorney for : ‘Ralph Pringle n{d R, AN EXCEPTION. of | Qak, for Jones. Live insurance is an exception (1) to the rule “Don’t buy a thing until |5 Kononetd it;" and (2) in that its cost erantad: N | has not increased along with practi- i nx‘.'; -u.{, cally everything else. If one waits ,Mu% Riddle, Mil- | until he actually needs life insurance, 'In been appointed post- T, Wl merchantman, it with a small gun a Capt. Bennett, of the Strat] to confirm or deny the story. B — he cannot then get it. Insurance com- Beatt county, la., vice | panies insure only sound lives. Im- Burmester, falled to | paired lives are denied all the s PR ard policies. The percentage which companies reject is greater than their death rate percentage. If you have no life insurance, the time to make your application is when | g you are in good health. While the cost of insurance has not advanced, yet the premium does increase with each year of added age. The younger | & the age at which a policy is taken, |E the smaller the premium. THE MIDWEST LIFE|! of Lincoln, Nebraska N. Z. SNELL, President. Guaranteed Cost Life Insurance. A 1925 S. 13th St. OMAHA'S BIG GIVEN T0 WILSON in Atlantic & Southern Oase. NOVEMBER 23 IS FIXED (From a Staff Correspondent.) Des Moines, la., Nov. 13..—(Special Telegram,)—Federal Judge Wade to- day made an order extending the time for filing bids for the purchase |of the Atlantic & Southern railroad to November 23. High Power Franchises Granted. The Iowa Electric company and the Towa Falls Electric company of which John Reed of Cedar Rapids is the attorney and vice president, were granted franchises for a num- ber of new high power transmission lines by the state railroad commis- sion today. The Iowa Electric com- pany secured franchises for the fol- lowing lines: Oneida to Greeley; Anamosa to Maquoketa: Oneida to Worthington, Herndon to Guthrie Towa Falls Electric company was granted franchises for lines from Garner to Belmond. Candidates File Expense Accounts. Candidates continue to file their expense accounts with the secretary of state. Gilbert N. Haugen of North- wood, re-elected to congress in the Fourth district, spent $900.30 his ex- pepse account shows. A. V. Proudfott of ' Indianola, elected senator for the Warren and Clarke county district, expended $117.50, Among the candi- dates for state representative who filed today were the following: Frank Oertel, Keokuk, $105.25; Arch W, McFarlane, Waterloo, $81.75; J. Q. Lauer, Waverly, $78; P. J. Klinker, Crawford, $170.27; W." D. Miller, Boone, $204.23; J. H. Darrah, Hamp- ton, 5 Paid for Injured Thumb. T. B, Hudson of Waukon was yes- terday awarded compensation amounting to $6 per week for a pe- riod of thirty-four weeks or a total of $204, for injuries received to his thumb while working for the Mis- souri Iron company at Waukon. State Official Contests Divorce. A. H. Davison, secretary of the state executive council, whose wife, Addie K. Davison, secured a divorce from him by order of the district court, today filed with the supreme court an abstract of his argument for a repeal of the lower court’s decision. | Through the decree of the lower court Mrs, Davison, who brought the action for divor¢e on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, wa given a judgment of $17,000 and the custody of their daughter, Ruth How- ard Davison.” Of this amount $9,000 was ordered paid to J. S. Carpenter as trustee. Mrs, Davison is also to receive $60 per month alimony. Can State Fix Standard? Whether or not a state can fix a standard which manufacturers must meet in their products will be argued in the Unitcdp States supreme court Monday by Attorney General Cosson, representing the state, and Attorney R. L. Parrish of Des Moines, repre- senting, the Hutchinson Ice Cream company. The outcome will affect the statutes in twenty-five states. The state of Pennsylvania, which has a similar case pending, has joined with Iowa in defense of its statute. The particular law in question is the one which requires ice cream manufac- turers in Iowa to use milk and cream containing at least 12 per cent butter fat to the gallonin the manufacture of ice cream. DEVON 2% IN. ARROW COLLARS 18 ots. each, 8 for 00 ots. L CLUETT, PEABODY & €0., INC. MAKERS P RS SLAE W e ieg mmmmwmmmmmmm«mlmmmmmmm!munmmmmmmnnnnunmmummwmmmumlmu Reliable Fur Séts, Coats and Fur Trimmings to Order With PROMPT DELIVERIES WOME N! 3R You, | FRELING & STEINLE ||} o.os it S FRE Shfd YOG MINIRNE, i en et REMODELEI;Mé ‘ == AT THE -- . § NATIONAL FUR i & TANNING CO. % Tel. Tyler 120. FUR FACTORY Employs Over Fifty Workers . Expert Cutters and Furriers Your orders placed now can be delivered in from three to ten days. J TR R TN X “Omaha’s Best Builders." small cash price. Consultation $1.00. Examination or office treatm: 1803 F, ST. cine free, Office practice oi . Hours @ to 5, Catrdn 1 “"DRJ. C. WOODWARD, 301 Rose Bld Judge Wade Signs New Order Center, Menlo, Casey and Adair. The "THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1916. LONGER TIME 70 BID| Woman Weeps W hen City Dads . Decide to Take No Action on Barn, Geran Line on council sitting as committee of the whole voted to place on file an odinance designed to restrict Twehty- first street, between Leavenworth and The particular purpose of the measure was to prevent Sunderland Brothers’ company erecting a barn which al- ready has been started. ers Jardine and Hummel voted for the Sunderland barn, while Commission- ers Butler and Kugel voted to give the citizens the relief they asked in petitions and in personal appeal. Commissioners Parks and Withnell were absent, When the committee of the whole Mrs, Michael Nicotera gave way to tears, She has her home within a few feet of the site of the proposed barn children were born in her present home. 5 Three of five members of the city the Sunderlands'sought to run a side- Pierce streets, to regidence purposs. | Promissory Notes Figure in Court Claiming that the makers of a num- | mile at one point. Two thousand ber of promissory notes aggregating | prisoners already have been taken to $22,500 failed to payeither the prin- | the, cages. cipal or the interest, Morgan L. Alex- ander. has filed suit with the clerk of the district court against Henry . Gering, Samuel Orloff and the Des Moines Speedway company. It is set forth in the petition that the defendants executed the notes pay- able to C. L. Herring and W. W. Sears, alleging that they were en- dorsed' to the Herring Motor Car company and later to Mr. Alexander, g;)lasguifi asks for a judgment of Mayor Dahlman and Commission- | voted to Elacc the ordinance on file, | and she said that ten of her twelve | This case began six years ago when i Britons-Break the Five-I!Iile Front (Copyright, 1916, by The Associated Press.) track into their property on Twenty- WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES It now remains for the city council to take final action on the recom- mendation of its committee of the IN FRANCE, Nov. 13.—(Via Lon- don.)—Attacking on'a front of near- ly five miles on both sides of the Ancre river in mist and darkness early this morning the British made | a further breach in the original Ger- | man front line. They captured the !s!rongly fortified villages of Beau- | mont-Hamel and St, Pierre Divion and gained new ground which already has reached a depth of more than a Severe fighting continues before Beaumont-Sur-Ancre on' the north bank of the river and on the high ground about midway between Serre and Beaumont-Sur-Ancre west of the road linking those villages. . Notwithstanding the long prevail- ing bad weather with almost contin- uous rains, the attacking troops made good progress in No Man's Land, the mud having partially dried in the last two days. They were not impeded seriously by the German machine guns. THOMPSON. BELDEN _ &COMPANY === — “I Can't Resist- anything made with Calumet Baking Powder. Mother never had such wholesome bakings until she/used Calumet, "It's Calumet h:: R nnlfor!b:lk!y. nty, n| y o et ehe e e B hcss ofhousewives Baking Powder money. Bo fair to yourself—use Calumet. 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