TIIK BEE: OMAHA. TIU'KSDAY, MARCH 11, iniri.
GERMAN CRUISER
AT NEWPORT NEWS
Prim Eittl Friedrich Put In
American Port for Coal and
May Be Interned. .
at
SAID TO BE IN NEED OF REPAIR
GERMANS TELL OF CAINS
Official Report Announces Capture
of French Worki at Two
Point..
WEATHER RESTRICTS FIGHTING
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 10.
The German auxllllary cruiser
Print Eitel Frlederlch, another of
the elusive German sea rovers, which
bave been hindering commerce of the
allies on the seven seas, slipped Tno
port here early today, presumably
eluding the ' British and French
cruisers along the coast In need of
repairs, coal and provisions for Us
crew and with more than 300 prison
era taken from prizes.
tt nlht ster dark the German ship
appeared off Cape Henry, but did not
enter until after daylight." when It pawed
quarantine and dropped anchor at this
port All Its officers preserved tlie strict
est alienee. Its captain dispatched a
message telling of his arrival to the Oer
Jnan embassy In Washington. The United
States coast guard ship Onondaga went
alongside to take up Us Watch to pre
serve tne neutrality of the United States
until officials' at Washington decide what
hall be don with the Prince Eltel Freld
erioh. i
Painted White and Black.
Scarred by the red rust and salt of IU
months at sea, the German auxiliary was
painted white on one side and black on
the other. It was reported in marine clr
oles that the Eitel Frlederlch had been
chased to the three-mile limit by a Brit
ish cruiser, but aa the German captain
had sealed the llpa of his officers, It was
Xot confirmed.
Marine circles were startled when the
long, slick ship, easily distinguishable by
the lines of a North German Lloyd
Jiner, steamed up the bay and Into Hamp
ton roads. . .
,The Prlns Eltel Frtedrioh has three
kight-lnch guns and ten flve-lnoh guns,
fft carries a crew of $60 men and thirteen
officrsa.
Aalus A boat Repairs.
Within an hour after the Print EDtel
iad arrived in Hampton Roads a request
'' made to the Newport News 6hlp
Building and Dry Docks company for
Information whether the concern could
at onoe begin work on repairs. The ship
Jiuilding company Immediately com
municated the request to the Navy de
partment at Washington and asked
Whether the United States would have
uiy objection.
Rear Admiral Beatty. commanding the
Norfolk navy yard, after re port tag the
arrival of the German cruiser, received
Instructions from Secretary Daniels to
makean investigation and send him a
. full report.
Rudolph Schuli, representative of a
Norfolk ship chandler, went - alongside
the Prin El tot Fred rich at Old Point
The commander of the German cruiser
made some Inquiries of him and indicated
that . he meant, to go to the Newport
News ship yard. The German captain
said that there had been trouble with
some of the machinery. He declined to
say whether he would intern the vessel.
Mr. Bchulr said he counted twelve guns,
about five-Inch caliber aboard the
steamer and that there were many pas
lengers aboard, including women and
children.- . .
-)erls WarCirMr la' Par Baa!"
The auxiliary cruiser. Prim Eltel Frled
rich started out on its career a a war
ship from Tslng Tau. It formerly was a
regular liner of the North German Lloyd
line. It reached Tslng Tau shortly after
the outbreak of hostilities, and the Ger
man marine authorities at that port
equipped it with naval guns and turned It
Into an auxiliary cruiser. It sailed from
Tslng Tau before the Japanese attack on
that port, and early In November It was
reported off the western coast of South
wnere ror several months it
has been active In the pursuit of British
and French shipping. One of Its exploits
was the sinking, early in December, of
the British steamer Charcas off Chile.
Japanese cruisers have been described
a searching for this German veasel per
sistently, but they never could find It '
The records do nt show when it entered
the south Atlantic Had it come threugh
the straits of Marellan. the tr..iii
censorship might have prevented news of
Movements becoming known. Desir
ing to avoid the straits It coujd have
come around Cape Horn.
fthln Mav II... w.
WASHINGTON. March J0.-Aooordlng
" uwiwine i aia aown ny the American
aovernment In cues imiir n ..
the Prlni Eltel Friedrich the collector o
customs at Norfojk mUst give the com
mander of the 'German ship twenty-four
hours from the time of his arrival to
take coal and provisions.
If the ship needs repairing, however, it
lias a longer respite. In that case tht
naval constructor at the port win hm.
what would be a reasonable time to make
the repairs and the German ship would
be given twenty-four hours in addition
10 mat time.
similar cases rose In connection with
the German gunboat which was interned
at Honole after repairs to its machin
ery, and the steamer Farn at San Juan
Porto Rice.
Officials here were of the opinion that
the presence of British and French mill
ers close on the Atlantic coast might In-
nuenoe the German commander to de
cide to Interne his shlD.
As to any prisoners of war the German
ship may have aboard, it is possible they
may ce paroled.
BERLIN. March HV-(Vla London.)
German army headquarters today gave
out a report dated March 10 on the prog
ress of the war as follows:
"Western arena: The military activity
has been restricted generally by snow
and cold weather, and in the Vosges It
had to be almost entirely discontinued.
Only in the Champagne region has the
fighting continued. At Souain, after pro
tracted fighting at Mose quarters, the
Bavarian troops were victorious.
"To the, northeast 'of Le Mesnll the
enemy at certain points temporarily pene-
trated our lines. After a determined night
engagement with French reserves hlch
had been hurried up In support, and w hich
were prevented from attacking by our
counter attacks, we finally dislodged the
enemy from his positions.
"In the eastern arena: ' A renewed at
tempt on the part of the Russians to
advance on Augustowo resulted In failure.
The fighting tq the northwest of Ostro
lenk continues. The fighting to the
northwest and to the west of Priasnyss Is
assuming an aspect favorable to us, ana
our attack to the northwest of Novo,
mlasto is progressing." .
The following supplementary statement
was issued later at the war office:
"With the battle of today and those of
the last few days, the winter battle In
Champagne has come to an end and no
future events can change anything in
the situation.
"The battle began as reported on Feb
ruary 17. at the order of the French gen
eral staff to break through at any cost
so aa to bring relief to the hard pressed
Russians In the MasuAan lakes region.
This shows that the intention of the en
emy of breaking through and the order
of the French general staff were not
able to be carried out and they have ob
tained only- the smallest advances which
are not worthy of mention.
"We have taken more than i.640
wounded prisoners. Including S5 officers.
Naturally our losses were heavy, but
such sacrtfloes were not in vain. The
enemy's losses were at least three times
as heavy as ours and are estimated at
15,000 In Champagne."
Attempt Made to Sink Hospital
Ship During Daylight, Says Master
LONDON. March 10.-rReplylng to a
question In the House of Commons today
as to whether there was any validity In
Germany's excuse that the submarine
which tried to torpedo the British hospital
ship Asturlas, was unable to discern the
distinctive marks on that vessel because
of darkness. Dr. Thomas J. McNamara,
parliamentary secretary to the admit alty.
said:
"The master of the Asturlas reports
that It was at 5.15 p. in., on a clear dy
and light, leaving no possibility of the
Identity of the ship being mistaken.'
The French ministry of marine an
nounced on February 1 that a German
submarine on the day -before had made
an unsuccessful attempt to torpedo the
British hospital ship Asturlas "thus vio
lating the formal clause of The Hague
conventon of 1907 regarding the attacking
of hospital vessels."
The attack on the Asturlas was made
near the French seaport of Havre. The
Asturlas. according to a statement made
by Mr McNamara In the House of Com
mons on February 3. n painted white
with a green band and red crosses, which
were Illuminated as provided for In the
regulations adopted by The Hague.
The German embassy at Washington on
March Issued a statement explaining
the attack on the Asturlas. The statement
was signed by Ambassador Bernstorff
and said:
'Government sorry to admit the British
hospital ship Asturlas was attacked on
February I. 6:06 p. m. Coming up In twi
light carrying lights as prescribed for or
dinary steamers, ship was taken for
transport conveying troops. Distinctive
marks showing character ship not being
illuminated were only recognisable, after
shot had been fired. Fortunately torpedo
failed to explode. The moment ship was
recognised as hospital ship every attempt
at further attack was Immediately given
up."
tern that is now known as the Missouri
Pacific. Iron Mountain. Denver & Rio
Grande and the Western Pacific.
On the lines of .the system esst of
Colorado It Is asserted that thev onerate
through the richest agricultural section
or me united States and that after they
are financed and put in good physical
condition, they will comprise a railroad
property that la second to none.
The Missouri Pacific was built into
Omaha In 1RS0. a line having been con
structed up the Missouri river on the
Kansas and Nebraska side from Atchison.
The following year the Nebraska
branches were built, as was the Omaha
Belt Line road and.' the extensive ter
minals on the west side of the city.
Subsequently the, Missouri Pacific and
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR -MISSOURI
PACIFIC
(Continued from Page One.) '
Wants California
to Buy the Western
Pacific Railroad
6ACRAMENTO. Cal.. March NX-Governor
Johnson has initiated a movement
lor me purchase of the Western Pacific,
ww in tne nana or receivers, by '
state of California. It was announced
day in the governor's offim.
The announcement was made after Gov
emor Johnson had held a conference
with Rudolph Sprecklfs, one of the West
ern Paeiflc bondholders, from whom the
original suggestion for government own
ership of the Western Pacific came, and
with Charles S. WheeUr of San Fran
cisco, an attorney mho hae appeared for
the Western Pacific aa counsel In some
special cases.
now get In line and favor the . construc
tion of a union station In Omaha, one
that will be In keeping with the Import
ance of the city. Heretofore the company
has opposed any expenditure looking to
the construction bf a new station.
While the Missouri Pacific waa not the
pioneer railroad Into Omaha. It was one
of the pioneers west of the Mississippi
river. In 1849, In St. Louis there waa char
tered the Pacific Railroad company, a
company that subsequently became the
Missouri Pacific Railroad company and
which at this time operates i,W4 miles of
road.
The original Pacific company was char
tered with a capital of $10,000,000, to bul
a line of railroad from St. Louis to Jef
ferson City, the capital city of Missouri.
Construction work was commenced July
4, 1S50, and by the end of December,.
a steam road had been built out to Chelt-
ingham. live miles. The next year the
road waa constructed to Pacific, thirty
seven mtles. and March I. 1864, It reached
Jefferson City. 1 miles from St. ( Louis.
Having compiiea wun xne larma iu
agreement with the state of Missouri, the
legislature during 1866-67 gave the road
a ' promised bonus of. 17.000000 and the
same year congress gave ii a grant or
1,161.000 acres of land In Missouri and
Kansas,
During a. nerlntt nf ten vara following
tne civil war there .was a large amount
o' railroad building In Missouri, but there
was not enough money in the traffic to
enable the new lines to derive any reve
nue and they were all. about bankrupt,
the Paciflo with the others.
Up to 187 the Pacific had been owned
and controlled by St. Louis capital and
money that could be gathered in from
other points. The men who were at
tempting tq finance the proposition were
getting tired of the job and were looking
about for some place where fhey could
unload. v-
Goeld Ae.alrea Properties.
About this time Jay Gould appeared
upon the scene, having purchased a third
mortgage, which he foreclosed, assuming
an Indebtedness of 111,700,000 He reincor
porated and gave the road the name of
the Missouri Pacific, and then commenced
buying In other roads, getting most of
them at prices That represented the in
debtedness. . After getting the patchwork
of roads together he built connecting
lines, merging them into one great sya
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An Omaha Case:
Mrs. May Dressen. 317 North 17th Rtreet
says: "1 had such awful backaches that
I could hardly work. A heavy cold set
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Alter using thne boxes of Doan's Kid
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Foetor-Milburn Co.f. Buffalo.N.Y
Its branches were permitted to run down,
the earnings. It Is asserted, being taken
out and spent elsewhere. Thla continued
for a number of years and until the ap
pointment of President Bush a couple of
years ago. With hla coming the Nebraska
end of the system was put In fairly good
condition, though It Is asserted that the
necessary requirements will demand the
expenditure of large sums of money In
the laying of heavier steel and building
up the property. However, railroad men
feel confident that with President Bush
In absolute control aa chairman of the
executive committee and the board of
directors, he will make the system one
of the beat In the west and that In the
end Omaha will derive some material
benefits.
UNDERWOOD J)N RAIL CASE
Says if Regulation Can't Cope with
Problems Next Step Will Be
Oorernmeiit Ownership.
SHOULD BE HLLPV SOMETIMES
NRTW TORK, March lo. In a speech on
the railroad situation before the Bphlnx
club, last night Oncer W. Underwood,
house majority leader In the last congress
and now elected a senator from Alabama,
declared that "If governments! regula
tions Is unable to cope with the vexed
problem that confronts us, the people will
accept government ownership as the next
stop ahead."
Discussing the pret system of regu
lating business) Mr. Underwood said the
time had onme when the government
should aid and assist leaders of Industry
and finance.
"It Is not enough for the government
to permit these men to rlt from the
prostration which has overtaken them
and their affaire." he continued. "We
have reached the point on our way to
social betterment where sound progree
alvelam must reongnlse tha( the proper
regulation of business requires that It
must sometimes be helped and not al
ways hindered; must be sometimes as
sisted and not foreer stricken; that we
must occasionally aay 'you may' and may
not always say you shall not.'
"Revolutions never move backward.
If governmental regulation Is unable to
cope with the vexed problem that con
fronts us, the people will accept govern
ment ownership as the next step ahead.
It is therefore a matter of great Import
ance that we should earnestly endeawr
to reach a fair and reasonable solution of
the problem of regulation at as early a
day aa possible.
"It cannot be denied that public control
baa redJced the rates charged for trans
portation and abolished unjust discrimina
tions given to favored shippers. But the
greater problem remains unsolved. Can
the money be provided lo expend and
develop these great public works In a
manner commensurate with the expanding
needs of our commerce under the present
system of public control T"
Frasch Estate, is
Placed at Twenty
Five Millions
NEW TORK, March 10. Herman
Frasch, mho came here from Qermeny a
poor boy In lS6ii and who died In Paris on
May 1 last, left an estate that may be
worth $36.0n0,00o,. according to a statement
made to the surrogate yesterday by mate
Comptroller Travis In asking for a re
appraisal of the estate. Mr. Frasch waa
a chemist of the Standard Oil company
and president of the Union Sulphur com-(
pany. lie owned 606 of the X.000 shares
of the stork of the latter company. The
surrogate was Informed 'that the value
of the company's sulphur beds In Lou
isiana Is constantly Increasing and that
the property waa assessed In 1911 at (10..
000.0(H). The original appraisal of the
Frasch estate waa E.6flO,673. A reappraisal
was ordered.
rtis Urn Daby
is World's V.'cnicr
Minnesota Drys
Gain Over Thirty
Cities and Towns
ST. PAUL,, Minn.. March 1 Virtually
comiiinn returns too ay irom me munici- j
pal elections held yesterday In about too j
towns and cities of Minnesota showed I
the anti-saloon forces had been successful
In more than thirty towns previously In
the wet column. Four towns that had
been without saloons, however, Vent over
to the wet side, leaving the division of
towns that voted yesterday at 103 dry
and ninety-sis: wet. Rochester, the larg
est town voting on the license Issue, re
mained wet
Every tiny Infant tnakel life's Ter
Bpectlve wider and brighter. And what
ever there la to enhance ita arrival and
to ease and comfort the expectant mother
Should be given attention. Among the
real helpful things Is an external ab
dominal application known as "Mother's
Friend." There Is scarcely a community
but what has Its enthusiastic admirer of
this splendid embrocation. It is to' well
thought of by women who knowthat most
drug stores throughout the United State
carry "Mother's Friend" as one of their
staple and reliable remedies. It Is applied
to the abdominal muscles to relieve the
train on ligaments and tenBbna,
Those who have used It refer to the
ease and comfort experienced during the
period of expectancy; they particularly
refer to the absence of nausea, often so
prevalent aa a result of the natural
expansion. In a little book are described
more fully the many reasons why
"Mother's Friend" has been a friend
Indeed to women with timely hints, sug
gestions snd helps for resdr reference. It
should be In all homes. "Mother's Friend'
nay he had of almoat any druggist, but If
yon fall to find It write us direct and also
write for book to Bradfleld Regulator Co
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over into cash in as short time as possible
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Sale now going on at 3 1 1 South 1 6th Street
OPPOSITE THE SCHLITZ HOTEL
Look for the Big Blue Front
The Aleyer Clothing Co. were in business only a short time,
located at' 1406 Farnam,St., opposite the Paxton hotel, and had the
reputation of handling a fine line of clothing. The store occupied
by this firm has been leased and tho entire stock on hand moved
to the above address for disposal at a tremendous slaughter.
Thousands of Dollars' Worth of Clothing Thrown
on the Market at the Lowest Record Prices Ever
Quoted. Including New Spring Styles
The Acme Kales ,Co. has. instructions to clean out this stock at
practically. any price it will bring. Original cost is entirely forgotten.-
Come now the. stock' can't last' long at the prices men
tioned below.' .
800 8rS 8 'rou8er8 worth $2.50,
jr A Pairs Men's Worsted Trousers,
JOU worth $4.00. at M.tfD
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Men's Double Texture Rain
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160
jo Men's Rainproof Coats, worth
' to $7.50, at
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$2.95
QCf Boys' Norfolk Suits, dark colors,' r
OOlall sizerv-$3.00 values vDC
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sCOO and Blue Serge Suits, $5 values .paUD
C A A Pairs of All Wool Knee Pants, OA
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420 Overcoats
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Balmacaans
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452 Overcoats
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