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VOL. XL1V NO. 23.-?.
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BANK EXAMINERS .
REPORT BUSINESS
ON TI1EJPGRADE
Maine Declared io Only State
Where "Seal , ''Repression"
Exists in the Entire
Country. ,
WEUT LEADS ALL THE BEST
Eighty of Ninety Inspectors, in
Statements to Treasury Bureau,
Tell of Improvement
MIZZOU RIVER VALE FINE
WASHINGTON. April 8. Busi
ness conditions throughout the coun
try are showing marked Improve
ment In almost all lines, according
to reports from national bank exam
iners, -made public tonight by the
Treasury department. Eighty of the
ninety examiners In the United States
reported a permanent Improvement
Jo business, and Maine Is said to be
the only state where real depression
exists.
The results are announced to be
the result of careful observation
and supplemental to the regular re
ports on business conditions made
each month to the controller of the
currency.
Farm Condition Rood.
"Pronounced hopefulness is prev?
tilent tn nearly every district," the
'announcement says. "Agricultural
'conditions are generally excellent.
and commercial lines, with compara
tively few exceptions, are enlarging
their activities.- matnlv through an
increased demand; but in some cases
preparation for activity is expected
to develop with the coming of good
weather. Manufacturing is on the
Increase, and those industries having
orders for supplies from foreign
countries continue specially active.
"Further orders have been placed for
cars and rails by the railroads and some
large contracts have been made for struc
tural Iron for large- building; in different
portions of the country." . ,
. Ilaa Been Stabilised.
The statement attributes depression to
.unusual conditions, but says that bust
DMi.hu been stabilised through the ap
plication of economy. -
t iUO m U IV WVHWItW I T. ...
; . lmnrovmnkit. The sala of cot
ton is active at advancing-, prices, with
the result that all business n that section
Is feeling- a steady and pronounced im
provement Tha prospects for larr crops
"generally are 'excellent,' arid there will be."
greater diversification. - The states adjoin
ing the Hiaaouri river and the Mississippi
river above St. Louis enjoyed exceptional
prospeerity during the last, season, .and
tha present prospects are that tha coming
season wUl yield even better result.
"Tha . western states; and - the Paciflo
states are showing a general improve
ment. The lumber tnduntry Is slowly re
covering tn these states, snd the number
of tourists exceeds expectations. Mining
la resuming on a larger stale and the crop
conditions are excellent.
The New England and nilddie Atlantic
states snd portions of the central west,
although generally reporting an improve
ment, seem to feel the past depression to
the greatest extent.
' Blanafaetarlna: Hit.
"Farmers, however, generally havo had
satisfactory results; but manufacturing,
with the' exception of that to fill foreign
orders, is feeling the Improvement to tha
least extent. There Is Improvement, how
ever. In most lines. The bond market
has beoome active on a higher level, tak
ings banks deposits are increasing and
generally, banks have an abundance of
money. The tendency haa been tor ail
to curtail needless expense and as a rule
there is a lessened demand for money.
"The reports from New York and. other
large cities shows the trend of business
renditions, outside of farming communi
ties: -
New York: There haa been no time in
the last three years that merchants aad
manufacturers were such small borrow
ers, lndt rating that there present capital
is sufficient for their needs and that bor-
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Comparative Lacal Record.
1M5. 1H 4. 1913. 1912.
Hlgheat yesterday 7 M M S
taweat yesterday U SB M 41
Mean temperature 0 S7 U
Precipitation U 00 .24 0)
Temperatures and precipitation depar
tures from tha normal:
Normal temperature 47
Rjucesa for tha Am.. IS
Total deficiency aince March 1 167
Normal preimatUn' - OS Inch
Kxceaa for ttie day inch
Total rainfall atnee March ) 11 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 10 inch
Ixftcfency for oor. period. 114.. .34 inch
kxceaa for cor. period, in 13 1.93 inches
MfM't fraat atatloaa at T P. M.
Station and Btate Temp. High- Rata
ot Weather. 7 p. ra. eat. fall.
Oieyenne. elear 48 61 .)
Davenport, cloudy 70 74 .00
Denver, cloudy uH M
I ea Moines, rain tM .12
North PlatU. cloudy 51 ) .64
Omaha, raio i6 K7 .11
Rapid City, cloudy 64 M .0)'
Sliertdan. rain 42 ,'ai .11
hlou City, rain 08 is .?i
Valentine, rain 4! 41 .W
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JOSLYH BUYS THE
SCHLITZ CORNER
Pays $600,000 to 'Union Securities
Co. for an Investment Second
Lot in This Block
THIRD DEAL IN SAME BLOCK
George A. Joslyn has bought the
Schlitx corner from the Union Secur
ities company for 1600,000, the deal
having been practically closed
Wednesday" -when Mr. Joslyn paid
f 100,000 of ' the purchase money
benSIngthe examination of the ab
stract of title.
This sale, together with the sale of
the Board of Trade corner and the pur
chase by Mr. . Joslyn of the corner ot
Seventeenth and Farnam streets,
amounts to a total of $1,715,000 ot salei
In this block- within the last three weeks.
Mr. Joslyn buys the property for an In
vestment. D. V., Sholcs of the D. V.
S holes company represented Mr. Joslyn
In the purchase and Harry Tukey of
A. P. Tukey ft Son represented the Union
Securities company, which Is composed
largely of the officers and stockholders j
of the First National bank.
Vtl Rticl Vnt.
D. V. Sholes states that in isfc he sold
this same corner to K S. Rowley, now
of Los Angeles. Cal., for 170.000. The
property at that time was owned by A.
D. Jones, the first postmaster of Omaha,
and the man who surveyed and staked
the original city of Omaha. At that time
there was a suit pending in the Ne
braska supreme court affecting the title
to the property, and the attorney - for
Mr. Rowley advised against the pur
chase of the property and the deal fell
through. Within about sixty days after
that the suit was settled and the Schlita
Biawlng compsny bought the' property
for 175.000. The property was held by
them until it was sold a few months ago
to the Union Securities company for the
First National bank.
-This deal means that the First Na
tional bank . will secure quarters In tha
new building which is to, be erected on
the Board of , Trade corner.'- This corner
was recently secured by a syndicate
represented by Mr. Tukey, who did not
give out the names of the men back of
him.
Sultan Orders Out
AH Men Capable,
of Bearing Arms
LONDON. April a An. trade promul
gated today by the sultan of Turkey au
thorises the minister of war to call out
all men capable of bearing arms, but who
heretofore were not liable for service. In
clusive of the agee of 11 and 20, for the
defense of the Turkish coast and front
iers) and the maintenance of order. The
ministry also Is given power to enroll for
military service' all Immigrants for the
duration of mobilisation. This Informa
tion was contained in a dispatch received
today by neuter's t Telegram company
from Constantinople.
Conferees Balk Over
Extension of Terms
WHERE FORTY CENTURIES LOOK DOWN Bridge
building by the Australians under the shadow of the Pyra
mids in Egypt. .
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II mi I I" - iJiuto'toin i , , i'SU.. II U K. . assiMSMMamasa4'
' From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April I. -(Special Telegram.)
House and senate conference committees
have been unable t agree on the bill to
extend the terms of county officers two
years, so that all officers may be elected
tn 1918 for a four-year term.
Juat what the bill will face tomorrow
is difficult to aurmlse. There appears to
be a strong feeling that officers who
want their terms extended two years
should go before the Voters in the regular
ay nnd get the extension by means of
the ballot and rwit try to have the leg
islature snt the extension.
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LAST, AND LONGEST
DAY 0FSESSI0N OH
Nebraska Lawmakers Reach Date of
Final Adjournment, with Much
Work to Be Done. "
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APPROPRtoorSTO E . MADE
(from a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Anrll 8. (Special.)
Today . was- the last day of . the Ne
braska legislature and the old-time
ruse of stopping the clock was re
sorted to tala-evenlnff. .. -
The big appropriation bills are
still unpassed by the senate, and
other Important bills are before both
bodies, bo It is probable that even
Saturday night -will find the work
still unfinished and a portion of next
wee,k will have to be used in closing
up. The time for the real adjourn
mept, is so far ' away that already
some of the members feel that If the
time for adjournment can be legally
postponed It would be - better to
do so.
Working yoa Own Capital.
This wss the eleventh day that house
members have been working without pay1,
and the' ninth that the senators have
had to pay their own expenses. This
equals the number of days In the house
latt session, and is one short In the sen
ate. At that .session, the legislature ran
a week after it had stopped legally.
Members who recently signed an agree
ment to hang on until adjournment, are
now saying that they-meant tha official
adjournment and that It does not hold
them to an Indefinite period, so It Is
likely that, Saturday night, many will
leave. , .
Some Bills Saved.
. The Impatience of the members to get
home waa reflected in a motion offered
In the house by Mesre Iteuter and Tib
bett Juat before noon, that all bills not
reported out by, tha sifting committee
by 2 o'clock in the afternoon .should bo
indefinitely postponed. Several members
interested in bills, however, objected to
this, and "the motion was amended to
apply only to bills left In the hands of
standing committees at the time speci
fied. In that form lt was adopted.
Italy Army Staff
Very Anti-Austrian
CHlA8SO( Swltserland, April S.-(Vla !
Parta) Colonel Montanari has been ap
pointed secretary to Lieutenant Oeneral
Count Cr.doma, chief of the Italian gen
eral ataff. . I
Italian newspapers. In discussing this
appointment, say the Italian general
staff la decidedly antl-Auetrlan. Colonel
Montanari is well known for his 'thorough
knowledtto of the mountsln passes In the
Austrian territory near the ItKllan fron
tier. Count Cadoma still wears the
watch which hla grandfather owned when
he waa hanged by the Austriaoa.
General Porro. whoae appointment as
under-chief of the general staff was an
nounced recently, Is known for his mili
taristic tendencies. When Premier
Salandra formed his cabinet. General
Porro declined tha portfolio of minister
of war. because an appropriation of S120,
Ofl.OOO for military expenses, in addition
to tha ordinary war budget, was re
fused him. '
British Trawler is
Blown Up in North Sea
LONDON. Msrm 1-The Grimsby
trawler, Zariua, . was blown up in the
North sea today. It is reared that the
nine men on the trawler were either
killed by the exvlosion or drowned. It
ia unknown whether the Zarina was de
stroyed by a mine or subutaripa.
GERMANY WILL
P V
FOR FRYE
' of
.jo"'
AND ITS CARGO
Berlin Government Assumes Liabil
ity for Destruction of Ship
by Raider in South
Atlantic.
EITEL CHIEF IS BLAMELESS
Government Holds Commander
Acted Within Principles of
International Law!
WHEAT ABOARD CONTRABAND
WASHINGTON, April 8. The
German government has replied to
the claim of the State department
for compensation for the sinking by
the Print Eltel Frloderlch of the
American ship William P. Frye. as
suming liability not only for he de
struction of the vessel, but of the
cargo, under the treaty of 1828. Ger
many requires, however, that the
case shall be taken before a prize
court for the establishment of facts
concerning ownership of the ship
and cargo. To this the State depart
ment will assent. .
The (iermsa Replr.
f The reply wss hsnded by the foreign
office t Berlin to Ambssssdnr Gerard,
who cabled it today to the Stale depart
ment. It follows:
"Tho undersigned has the honor to
make reply to the note of his excellency,
Mr. James W. Gerard, ambnatador of the
Unltad States of America, dated third In-
slant,, forelfcn office. No. 2802, relative to
I claims for damages for the sinking of
the American merchant vessel William P.
Frye by the German auxiliary cruiser
Prlns Ellel Frlederlch. .
"According to the reports which have
reached the German government the com
mander of the Prins F.itel Frelderlch
stopped the William P. Frye on the high
sess January 77. 116, snd searched It.
He found on board a cargo of wheat con
signed to Queenstown, Falmouth or Ply
mouth, to order: After he had first tried
to remove tha cargo from the WlVUaro P.
Frye, he took the ship's papers and Its
crew on board and sank the ship.
Acted Wlihla Bleats.
"It results from these facts that the
German commander acted quite within
the principles of International taw as laid
dowij in tlM declaration of I-ontlon and
tha German prise ordinance. The ports of
Queenstown, Falmouth ' and Plymouth,
whither the' ship Visited was hound, are
strongly fbrtlfled' English roast' places,
which, moreover, serve as bases for the
British naval forces. The cargo of wheat
being food or foodstuffs, wss conditional
contraband within the meaning of article
24. No. t. of the declaration of Iondon and
article IS, No, 1 of the German prise or
dinance, was therefore to be considered
as destined for the armed forces of the
enemy, pursuant' to articles 81 and S4 ot
(Continued on Page Five, Column Three.)
Prinz Eitel Ordered '
To the Navy Yard
WASHINGTON. April a - Secretary
Daniels today gave fifmal orders to Rear
Admiral Beatty, commanding the Norfolk
navy yard, to take tho Prins Eitel Frled
rleh to the navy yard for internment.
Admiral Beatty will determine to what
extent the ship will be dismantled to pre
vent any attempt to leave port.
NEWPORT NBWS. April S.-F.ar1y to
day Collector Hamilton formally notified
Commander Thleriohens by letter an
nouncing his determination to Intern tha
German raider Prins Eltel Frledrich, and
Instructed htm to keep the ship at Its
anchorage until naval officials form plans
for its removal and Internment at tha
Norfolk navy yard
Iowa House Kills
Malt Liquor Bill
DES MOINES, Ia April g.-The Iowa
house today refused by a vote of 66 to 24
to permit Iowa brewers to manufacture
or sell mslt beverages, either for con
sumption in the state or outside after
January 1 next. The decision was re
garded as final by "dry" leaders who
were In absolute control of the situation.
Sunday
Free
Movie Coupon
Dy special arrangement
with eight of the best high
class moving picture theaters
in Omaha and suburbs, The
liee is able to give Its read
ers the exceptional prlvllcgo
of a free ticket for certain
performances. The only con
dition is that the coupon be
rut out and preaented at tha
bog office when buying a
regular ticket.
The Sunday Bee
Best of AH
ASSISTANT to manager of email
wholeaale houae; mutt ba stenog
rapher and bookkeeper; prefer man
with general ntdse. store experience,
21 to 16 years age, state salary
wanted.
rer further tafonaattoa aaoat
thta opportunity, (e the Waat
' 4 seotloa of Ttoa Bee today.
Italy Refuses to Permit German
Mission to Travel Into Abyssinia
HOMK (Via rsrls), April S -The mem
bers of the German mlsrion who made
an tinnuccesftful attempt to penetrate to
Addla Abeda to communicate with the
German minister to Ahyenlnla have juat
arrived In Rome on their way home.
Italy did not permit them pncnage
j through. Kritrea, but undertook to are
; that mall for the minister would go for
. ward In due course. Tho members of
i tho mission had a series of remarkable
experiences, which Included twenty-three
. uaya on the Red Sea In a native .boat;
i an encounter w 1th a French cruiser
J which almoM resulted In their rapture.
and peiIMent, but futile effort to ob
tain permlmlon to travel through the
Italian coast country.'
It has been rumored that the object of
this mission was to Instigate the Abya
slnlsns to attack RrltlMi forces in the
Sudan. This the Germans deny saying
their purpose was only to carry mall
to the minister. Thla denial has been met
WESTERN NEW YORK
TROLLEYMEN OUT
Traffic in Auburn Syracuse and
Other Cities and on Interurban
Lines Demoralized.
UNION DEMANDS RECOGNITION
SYRACUSE, N. T., April 8. The
strike of the Amalgamated Associa
tion ot Street and Railway Employes,
directed against the Empire United
Railway Lines and affecting virtually
the entire Interurban system of Cen
tral and Western New York. Is In ef
fect today. As a result not a car
was moving In the city. of Auburn
and the Auburn & Syracuse line was
tied up. while other systems were
more or loss affected.
Refased Reeoaal t !"
Tha strike was called last night follow
ing tha refusal of the company to rvcog.
niie the association as the representative
union body of Its employes.
Cars on the Lake Shore or Oswego divi
sion were still running today, but a dep
uty sheriff rode on each car leaving the
bams, while automobiles filled with
policemen accompanied the cars to the
city limits; ...
Strike leaders declared today that they
had the empire tines tied up from Syra
cuse to ,Buffaie. '
Jltaer Bnaaea ft Bear.
AUBURN, N. T.. April S. As a result
of the strike of thsr'employea of the
Auburn A Syracuse ' Kief trio Railway
tompany, which has caused a! complete
tleup of the lines In and around Auburn,
locsl garage men are preparing Jitney
buses to handle tha great factory crowds.
Rumor Germany Will
Attack Holland Has
No Confirmation
LONDON, April 1 Rumors were cur
rent In London today of a declaration of
hostilities between Germany and Holland,
They were, however, absolutely without
confirmation snd dispatches from The
Hague received late this afternoon ig
nored any such development.
Tha minister pf the Nctherlsnds in
London, when questioned, said he had
heard rumors to this same effect. Ha
had no Information on the subject him
self, but absolutely discredited tha report
One of these rumors wss that Germany
bad seized a strip of Dutch territory south
of the Scheldt river.
Telegrams from Holland ssy that for
several days the Germane have been
strengthening their guard along tha
Dutch frontier.
Bethlehem Steel
Rises and Falls in
Sensational Style
NEW YORK, April g.-The extraor
dlnary gyration of Bethlehem Steel fur
nished tha sensational feature of today's
atork market. Its coursa strongly suggest
ing a 'comer." Tho stock opened at an
advance over lha previous day and by
neon It had attained a new high record
at H4.
In the early afternoon It crossed psr
and hung around 103 until the final half
hour, when it rose by bounds to 117, fell
back to Vii. up again to 110, and cloaed
at 105. At its maximum pries the stock
showed a gain of 2'i points. Its net
gain waa 17 points.
Wall street was of the opinion that
a stubborn short Interest had been
"squeexed."
Can Play Golf , but
Too 111 to Testify
CHICAGO, April ll.-Kcderal sgents will
be Instructed to investigate the Illness
which prevented John F. Runnells, presi
dent of the Tullmsn company, and Robert
T. Unroln. chairman of the board of di
rectors of that concern, from coming to
I Chicago to testify. This wss announced
by Chairman Walsh of the federal Indus
trial Relations commission befois whom
they were to appear. '
"I understand that Mr. Lincoln had
been playing golf in Washington," said
Mr. Walsh. "If he Is atrong enough to
do that he la strong enough to come
hra."
Tries to Murder
Sultan ot Egypt
LONDON,- April l.-An attempt was
made at S o'clock this afternoon to as
sassinate tho sultan of Egypt, Hussein
Keinal, according to a Reuter dispatch
from Cairo. As ths sultan was leaving
Abdin palace a native fired a shot at
him. This went wide and the native was
immediately seised.
by Italian nrwxpapers with a recital ot
the romnoaltlon of the mission Snd slsn
by the fact that it traveled through
Roumanla, Bulgaria. Turkey and Asts
Minor before landing on the Arahlan
coant near Akabah. The mlwdon rbn
IMed of Herr Frobenlus, a German tx
plorer, who Is denrrlbed ss an Intimate
friend of Emperor William, snd two sec
retaries snd s sperlul sttaehe of the
foreign office.
From Akabah the trave'era erosaed the
Red Sea to Mnnwa, capital of the
Itiillan colony of Kritrea. It wss on this
trip that a French cruiser overhsuled i
them. The native boat chartered by the
nilnalon waa thoroughly searched by the
French offlcera, but the four Germans
had so carefully hidden themselves that
they remained undiscovered.
When It was apparent that the ItaJlan
authorities would not permit them to go
to Kritrea, the mission gave 'up Its ob
jective snd started on the return Journey
home. .
AUSTRIAN LINE IS
CUT IN TWO PLACES
Petrograd War Office Reports Dis
tinct Gains Made During Fight
ing' in Carpathians
DRIVE WEDGE BETWEEN ARMIES
PETROGRAD, April 8. (Via
London.) The advance of the Rus
sians In the Carpathians has cut the
Austrian army under General Boerov
ttch in two places. The eastern wing
of this army Is In- a precarious posi
tion. The Russians have raptured
Smollnk, east of Lupkow Pass. '
The Russians also have thrown back
the Auatrlsns In the district of Rartfcld
and In the district of Lupkow. Having
advanced through the Rostock pass they
hsvo forced a wedge between tho Aus
trian armies.
Smolnlk controls tha only road through
the Rtskid mountains between Mexola
bores and Ussok, a distance of sixty
miles.
The western wing of ths Austrian army
has Its bsse at Gummenoe and Its com
munications along the roads Into Hun
gary are quite safe. The eastern ring to
the contrary Is Joined with the forces
operating around Ussok, twenty miles
from the Russian positions at Bmolnlk,
by which they are threatened with at
tack. , ,
It is regarded as likely that the Aus
tralia will be compelled to transfer their
base at Ussok in the direction of Mun
kacg or else accept battle st Ussok, hand
icapped by the lack of roads. ...
In either case the.Jlustrlsns will find
themselves cut oft from the msln army
Under General Boerovltch and his Gor
men reinforcements. . ).
The RusMans have' crossed the crest
of the Beskids at Oummenoa and sp
psrently have a clear rosd to ths plains
of Hungary. ' '
Wrecks Russian
Plane by Dropping
Bombs from on High
RERUN. April S.-(By ' Wireless to
Bayvilie) An account of an extraordinary
erlnl fight was given out today by the
Overseas News sgency which says that
its Information, was received from Buda
pest. It conc.s an encounter between
one Austrian and three Russtsn aero
plunus. The account is to tha following
effect:
"The Austrian aeroplane succeeded In
mounting above its adversaries and drop
ped a bomb which struck one of the
Russian soroplanes. The Russlsn ma
chine plunged 1.600 yards to earth. Tha
atmospheilc disturbance caused by ths
fall of the seroplane upset tha other two
Russian machines -causing them both to
whirl down to earth.
. "Tho Overseas News sgency .quotes
the Neue Zurlches Zsltung as sajig that
French aviators during a nocturnal flight
over Strassburg dropped bombs which
fell In a prison camp in which were con
fined BOO f rench soldiers, wounding flva
of them severely."
Other Items given out by ths agency
are:
"A Petrcgrad Jewish society estimates
that about SO.Offl' Jews have been driven
from their homee in Waraaw and are
now homeless.
"Rallroud traffic between Bukowlna
and the interior of Auatrla haa been re
stored." Ocean Liner Held Up .
Because Passenger
is 111 of Smallpox
KAN DIEGO. Cal.. April l.-P. Inger
so. a first-class psssenger from Minne
sota, ia ill aboard the ateamer Northern
Pacific, quarantine offldala discovered
upon the new liner s arrival here today
from Philadelphia after a record trip of
twelve days, eight hours. The vessel
may ba released from quarantine tomor
row. Others of the ST first-class passengers
were allowed to land, a few at a time,
after examination. About a dosen were
vaccinated. J. J. Fitsgerald of Brook
lyn, N. Y.. chairman of the house ap
propriation committee, at the lat minute
waa allowed ashore,
Women Are Killed
by -Bombs Dropped
from Austrian Plane
PARIH, April S. Twelve women and
children were killed and forty-eight
others injured by bombs dropped by Aus
trian aviators in .the market place at
Podgoiitxe, Montenegro, yeaterday af
ternoon, according to a Cetttnje dispatch
to the Havaa Agency. Many buildings
were destroyed by the miaallea. xv.a
of which were dropped from the atro-
pisne.
BRITISH DRINK .
QUESTIQ!) IS UP
TO PARLIAMENT
CaUinet Fails to Agree Upon Pro
gram for Curbing Traffic In
Liquors and Lawmakers
Must Decide.
MORE FIGHTING .IN PASSES
Russian Hosts Appear to Be Forcing
Way Through Carpathians at
Four Points.
FRENCH ARMY ON AGGRESSIVE
The Day's War Nezss
J
Rt'SStaiT TSnon at .! fmM .
ward rapidly ia the Carpathians
and It ta rwportedi froaa Peteoaiaal
that the road to the plains ef Wan
vary now Ilea open he far them. '
PREtrir AD GKltMtW nfflclal
atateaaevta ahow that the Wattle In j
the ra-lwna net ween the Men and j
the Moele haa developed Into a'
rnara-le ef particular severity j
ITALIC IS atlll endearoriag to
nana. avw MMmM wkl.h i
t m peaeefal aettlemeat with Aaa-J
rla af the aneatlsa of territorial.
eoneeaaioae. ........ . , t
At STRIA rORRF.SrnipESrT'af s,
Tarln aewanaprr elrraphs that
he. has reliable laformatloa that
there la a baala for the reparta that
Anatrla la seeking peace with tha
triple entente powers, tha hotter
deal with Hair.
LonstRfl or MRV dorian- fha first at
months- of ' the war are rsrlmatedl
hy the mllltarr expert of a Rom'
new. paper at S.ftOO.OOO. ' Tha roat
of the war la that period Is plaeed
at as, 40n,oon,ooo. ' ,
AlSTRItX AVIATORS . dropped
seven homhs reaterdar at Pofl.
arnrltaa, Montenegro.1 Elerea
ehlldrea were killed
and fortr-rlarht ether pert,
wsnnded.
LONDON. ApirTl. The- : cabinet
having failed to come to a decision
on the drink question, no settlement .
Is expected until Parliament meets
next week. The Impression is grow
ing thst the government will content
itself with bringing ! a measure pro
hibiting the1 gale of spirits.' Even
this step will not be a government
policy, eince- nothing can be don
without consultation of other parties.
The conservative leaders, A. J. Bal
four and Andre Bonar Law. are be.
lleved already to have given privately
their assent to whatever action may
be taken, provided no. measure' for
total prohibition be considered at
this time. ,
In proposing the prohibition of the sal
vf spirits and possibly wine. , and lea.
-cnlno the strength of beer. Great Pr'taln
would be following ( the footsteps of
Russia, which .before the adoption of total
Prohibition forbade ths manufacture or
use of splrlta.
Scotch Mar Blork Movement. ,
Even the prohibition ot traffic In spliy
Its is not likely to be adopted wkhout
considerable opposition from the vested
Interests. The Influence of the party fa
voring voluntary abstinence .is growing.
Its latest recruits Include the heeds ot
various churches, who have signed a
Pledge to abstain from Intoxicating llquora
during the war. , .
Opposition to tha suppression sf'the us
of spirits Is in soma degree -sectional. "
slr.ee Scotland consumes per capita threa
times as much spirits as England ana'
half again as much as Ireland.. Scottiaa
opposition. If solid, might easily caueo
the defeat of ths measure.
Fierce Strngarles la Carpathians.
Tha fight for tha Carpathian passes isr
proceedlng bitterly. . Both sides claim
local successea Tha Russians are fight
ing their way over four passes Dukla.
Lupkow, Ussok and Postock the last
named of which Is In their possession
Postock pass Is not so Important as tha
others, but a branch road from It leads
to the rear of Ussok pass, which front
the desperate nature of tha struggle 1q
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