The Omaha Daily Bee
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THE WEATHER
Local Showers
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OMAHA, SATUUUY MORX1XO, APRIL 24, 1915 TWENTY lUflKS.
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MILLION DOLLARS
DAMAGE IN TEXAS
FROM HUGE FLOODS
Austin is Heaviest Sufferer with
Twelve Persons Known to Have
Been Killed.
FAMILIES SWEPT INTO RIVER
Storm is General Over Nearly All of
Lone Star State and Part of
Oklahoma.
CITIES WITHOUT NATURAL GAS
ATJSTIN, Tex., April 23. Damage
ft at least $1,000,000 has resulted
from yesterday's Texas rain and elec
trical storm, according to the infor
mation available up to noon today.
Austin was the heaviest sufferer,
"with twelve known dead, five missing
end $500,000 property damage.
A rain estimated at from alx to eight
Inches turned creeks about Austin Into
rivers from half a mile to a mile wide
In outlying part of the city. In the dark
ness last night this flood swept several
'entire families Into the river. The known
dead are:
MARTHA VTROTNTA EZEUU a young
.girl. .
HELEN ICING, telephone operator.
TOM yuHNN. a fireman.
MEXICAN WOMAN NAMED CORTE3
AND (Hlt.TV
VNIDENTIFIED MAN.
FIVE NEGROES.
It Is said that five others who were In
-the house with the Ezell and King girls
'"were drowned.
Wide Area Devastated.
DALLAS, Tex., April 2S. Twenty per-
aims, perhaps more. It waa estimated to
lIay, met death late yesterday and last
plight In a rain, electrical and windstorm
general over nearly all of Texas and
1 pastern Oklahoma. Resultant floods have
Interrupted communication by rail and
'wire. h some parts of the storm area,
the wind and rain continued today.
Austin felt the greatest fury of the
tempest. The death toll at the. state
capital la expected to be at least fifteen.
The known dead are:
Christobal, Tex.:
H. C. OOLDWIRE, killed by lightning.
TUmsdell, Tex.:
"V. V. BOYNTON. killed In train wreck
caused try soft track.
Austin, Tex.:
SIX NEGROES, drowned In Waller
creek.
The storm was especially severe at
Austin and that city was in darkness Isst
-night. It is said about - twenty houses
had floated away and were packed
against a bridge, threatening the struc
ture. Rescue squads were busy all night
taking; endangered persons top higher
ground, while the ratn continued to fall
In torrents.
Jn the Thrall oil field near Taylor, Tex.-,
were set on fir by lightning. The loss,
5t is said, would be 176.000. lightning
started a fire In an oil warehouse in Pal
las, causing a loss of flM.Oon.
In Oklahoma the Canadian river at
Chlcakashn has cut a new channel two
miles from its old bed and ten passenger
trains are marooned there. The Santa Ke
railroad has lost 1,000 feet of track at
Furcell and bridges are threatened at
several points on that road by swollen
streams.
Tho bunting of a gas main at Alvord,
Tex., caused by water undermining the
line, has left Dallas and Fort Worth with
out natural gas. It was not known today
when the break could be repaired.
Severn Injured by Tornado.
SHAWNEE. Okl., April J3.-Seven per
sons were injured, three dangerously, in
a tornado which last night destroyed the
bom of S. L. Whlttley, a farmer near
here. The property damage in this
vicinity was heavy.
Senator Grace Goes
With the Fish Car
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 23. (Special.) Senator
Jack Grace of Mascot was in the city
last night, leaving for Ashland, where he
Joined the fish car in charge of Commis
sioner O'Brien, who was taking some
fish for distribution In the direction of
Valentine. Senator Grace took a great
deal of Interest In securing- sufficient ap
propriations during the last session of the
legislature to make the planing and grow
ing of fish In the state worth while., and
makes the trip to get in beter touch with
it ha work.
The Weather
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
-Showers and cooler.
Temperatere at umaha Yesterday.
Hours. Deg.
Comparative Loral Record.
IMS. 1314. XPU. 1912
Jllghcst yesterday 74 iW 70 H
lowest yesterday 6'- J M
Mean temperature Ml 6? M F4
l'ret-lpltation 01 131 i
Temperatures and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal tern l'ia Hue 4
Kxeeae for the tUy. . H
Normal precipitat?jn 12 inch
lieficlency for the day 11 inch
Total rainfall sine March 1.. .2.33 inches
Iefielency ninto .Varoh 1 1.19 Inches
IWtclenoy for cor. period. Utlt. .1 .30 Inches
l;xce for cor. period. -91? 2.18 inches
Heuorta from station, at T I. M.
Cation and State
Temp. High- Rain-
of V eather.
T p. in. eat. fall.
f'heyenne. rair. X 40
90
1 enver. rai'i 4 4
ties Molms. rain... 72 7S
lodge City, rait, c l'iiidy 76
l.amkT, iloiidy ") :i
North Platte, pt. cloudy w m
Omaha, thinly tin '4
Jueblo, cloudy M 5
UpiJ City. r;i:i i. 44
halt La'ie City, i liar M) i
r-anta Ke. cloiKy rt 54
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t-heridan. cloudy 62 6;'
t-loui City. part, cloudy 70 74
Valentine, cloudy 48 5
TT Indicate! trace or precipitation.
U A. WELSH, Local forecaster.
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ROOSEVELT IN THE COURT ROOM Photo of the for-
mer president as he appeared on the witness stand in the
trial at Syracuse.
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$50,000 KISS CASE
IS GIYENJO JURY
Judge Instructs Jury and Attorneys
for Both Sides Make Their Argu
ments in District Court.
JUDGE LESLIE WARNS CROWD
Mrs. Edith Hicks' $50,000 damage
suit against Albert A. Clark, Council
Bluffs capitalist, (or an alleged forci
ble kiss and attack upon her, was
given to the Jury at 4 o'clock yester
day. At a late hour last night no ver
dict, had been, reached,,
. Ilrsumptlon of the trial after an inter
mission of one day was marked by the
recalling of Mrs. Hicks to the witness
stand for-half a dozen final questions,
the instructions of Judge Leslie to the
jury and the beginning of arguments of
attorneys. A crowd which overflowed
the court room into the corridor waited
patiently from 9 o'clock until 10:30, a de
lay having occurred in the beginning of
proceedings.
Mrs'. Hicks' final testimony was given
In such a low voice that the court re
porter whs required to repeat it to the
Jury. She asserted that Charles Ounther,
a witness for the defense, who had con
tradicted her concerning the date of the
alleged kiss, had several months ago at
tempted to arrange a meeting with her,
but that she had refused to meet him
except at the office of her attorney.
Judge Leslie Instructed the Jury that In
order to recover damages from Mr.
Clark, the plaintiff must prove that the
alleged attack on her was committed
and that she suffered damages as the
result of it.
The mero laying of hands on Mrs.
Hicks In an inmiltlng or Insolent manner
on the part of Mr. Clark would constitute
a legal asau!t on her, the court told
the Jury. She could not recover damages
unless the alleged kiss .In the sleeping
porch of the Clark house was taken
against her will, according to the court."
statement. The law forbids a verdict for
damages for the purpose of punishing Mr.
Clark and allows only compensation for
damages actually suffered by her, said
the Judge.
Vrlurr Demands Fall 8am.
John O. Yclser, attorney for Mrs.
Hicks demanded from the Jury the full
toO.OOO damages ssked In Mrs. Hicks' be
half. He asserted that permanent injury
to a v.omin'1 feeling should requite as
large compensation as severe physical In
Jury. . .
"The question whether a woman's
wrongs shall be settled in a lawsuit or
by a gun Is Involved in this catte." Bald
Mr. Yeiner. "If Juries refuse, to com
pensate womer for damaires of the kind
suffered by Mrs. Hicks no other remedy
remains but the gun.
"If thl Jury refuses to give Mrs Hicks
a substantial verdict I shall never bring
a case like this again. Other lawyers
will feel the acme." .
Danish Favor
Votes for Women
COPENHAGEN. April 23. The PanUh
Piet today adopted an amendment to the
constitution giving the vote to women and
conferring upon them the right of election
to the I J let. The amendment must be
passed by the new Piet to be elected
next March before It becomes effective.
FIVE NEW BILLS AGAINST
CHICAGO DETECTIVES
CHICAGO, April M.-Five new Indict
ments, churg-ing bribery, were returned
today svainht John J. Halpln, former
che; of detectives, and William Kp&n
and Walter O'Brien, former detective
sergeant!. The grand Jury's returns sup
plemented similar rhargea filed against
the' same men several months ago la
connection with an Investigation of po
lice affairs.
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German Papers Just
Don't Like Wilson's
Neutrality Speech
AMSTERDAM, April 23. (Via London )
Regarding Secretary of State Bryan's
answer to the recent memorandum sent
by Count Voti Bernstorff, the German
ambassador at Washington, to tho State
department, Berlin newspapers received
here make tlia following comments:
The Tegison) Kundshau says:
"America takes all possible trouble over
the ammunition requirements of . our
enemlea ostensibly from a loya of neu
tralltv. It does not trouble about the
possible food requirements of Germany
this also la done from a love of neutral-,
ity."
The Vossische Zeltung says In the same
connection:
"VVashlnKlon should recognise that such
an attlti'do- on the part of Ameses will
not apeedijy be forgotten In Germany."
The Lokal Anselger says:
"The German standpoint on this ques
tion Is founded on thoroughly established
principles and practice of international
law. The 'American -standpoint can be
explained, only by the profits of trw
armament firms."
The Moreen Post, under a headling
"Remarkable Neutrality.", aayi:
"This answer sounds like a mockery
of the German standpoint as presented
by Ccunt Von Bernstorff. although, of
cpurse, this is not Secretary Bryan's In
tention. Nobody outside the White House
believes that the delivery of arms and
other supplies Is not a violation of neu
trality and that Its prohibition would be
unneutral. But It remains for Mr. Bryan
to proclaim with such cynical frankness
that the weapon trade to one belligerent
Is real neutrality."
Pie Post makes no comment except for
the headline, "America Further Shows
Its Character."
Publishers Hear
Speeches and Music
Across Continent
NEW YORK. April 23-Members of the
American Newnpaper Publishers' associa
tion at their annual dinner here tonight
listened to music and speeches from San
Francisco over the telephone. In the
midst of the dinner Patrick Francis
Murphy, the toaatmaater. announced that
a cornetist in the Bohemian club In San
Frenclsco would render a selection. Tele
phones had been provided at the places
at the tables. Followinc the musical se
lection, the dlnera listened to speeches
by James Rolph, Jr., mayor of San Fran
cisco; Charles K. Field, editor of the
Sunset magnzine, and others in the Pa
cific coast city.
Mayor Mitchcl arrived at the dinner
while Mayor Rolph waa delivering his
speech. He was given a telephone and
exchanged greetings with tho western
executive. The mayor, Pr. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of Columbia
university, and Henry D. Estabrook of
New York addressed the publisher
Superior Saloon
Issue in Courts
Sl'PERlOR. Neh, April 23.r:peclal
Telegram.) The saloon men of Superior
met with an obstacle today wjie ntlie
council met in special session to grant
licenses for the cornlna; year.
The dry forces filed a remonstrance
against the granting of license on the
ground that the ordinance passed by the
council on March S U of no effect as
the council had failed to wait a year
since the people of Bui rior had voted
the city dry by one vol.; by the Initiative
and referendum. The uprnuc tvurt of
the state holdx that tne i rdinance pbcaed
at the May election s Invalid, conse
quently the dry ordinance was In effect.
The battle la to be fought out along
these lines and Monday, April X, was
named as the date for the hearing. The
point of law will be thoroughly gon.j over
and taken to the supreme court again In
all probability.
LIKENS BARNES TO
JEKYLL AND HYDE
IN HISTESTIMONY
Roosevelt Under Croti-Examination
Says Tlaintiff Had Good and
Bad Sides to His Char
actex.
WISHED TO ELIMINATE LATTER
Fourth Day for T. R. on Witness
Stand and He Still Shows
Plenty of "Pep."
MORE LETTERS ARE INTRODUCED
n i.i.KTfw.
SYRACUSE. April 23. Th trial
of William Barnes' libel suit against
Theodore Roosevelt was recessed late
today until Monday after the colonel
had been questioned closely in re
gard to contributions received dur
ing his presidential campaign.
SYRACUSE, N. T.. April 18, Dur
lng the second day of his cross-examination
in the supreme court here to
day Theodore Roosevelt said that he
had regarded William Barnes as a
"sort of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,
who, like other politicians, had his
good sides and his bad ones." The
colonel said he did not, as suggested
by William Ivins, cross-examiner, try
to sever the ligaments between "theso
Siamese twins of politics." Quite on
the contrary, he declared he endeav
ored to have the "Dr. Jekyll" In thorn
absorb the "Mr. Hyde.'
It was the colonel's fourth day upon
the witness stand and he seemned to be
as fresh as he was on the first day. More
letters, tending to show the friendly re
lations between himself sad Mr. Barnes,
were Introduced.
The colonel admitted that he had eom
pllnd with many of the suggestion made
to him by Mr. Barnes In regard to the
filling of offices In the state government
during the two years ha wss governor.
Asked Aha'nt Prlatlac Plaat.
When court wss opened Colonel Roosa
velt resumed his seat is the witness
chair Immediately.
"Mr. Roosevelt," began Mr. Ivans, "at
tention was coiled to the annual message
In which vou mentioned the establishment
of a printing house. Pld you ever do
anything further officially In regard to
that?"
"Officially, no."
"Purlng your two years as gorernor the
usual appropriation bills cam o you
did they not?" ' ;
"They dW.'V . . '
"Did: you ever vet a a bill m regard t
finances, ' pasted by both house and
which was later passed by the legisla
ture." "I may haver ....
. "In 1'9 and 11KM was the position . of
chairman of the republican stats com
mittee recognlxed by law f
"I 'think not."
"Wno'was trie dem'ocratic'party leader
then?" . -
"Upstate it was Pavld B. Hill, in New
York - it was Richard Croker, with ths
latter growing In power constantly."
"Here is your autobiography; hare you
said that during the campaign the Issue
was hftwjen yourself and Crofter. Is
that right? Ild you mention Mr. HillT"
"Yes. You look at page. "
"We'll go Into that later."
"On page 301," continued the witness,
"I mentioned Pavld B. Hill."
"Pld Mr. Hill go to tbe United States
senate ?"
"He did."
"Do you remember when he retired r
"I think It was In 1S9."
"Do you knew ha got out of pelitles In
this state after he retired from tha sen
ate?" "No. My understanding It directly ths
contrary."
Barnes Not la Book.
"In chopter eight did you refer to Mr.
Barnes?"
"No. He waa not then of tha same Im
portance as Mr. Piatt and Mr. Odell.
However, when I published my auto
biography in mil, I though tha same of
Mr. Harnei aa I did when I wrota the
article complained of here."
"Why did you do that?"
"I did not want to make any malicious
attack on Mr. Barnes. I refused to at
tack any man In my autobiography that
I could help. In my statement I wanted
to appeal to the voters of New York
state. '
"In your statement you refer to Invisible
government. That Thla la from your
autobiography."
Mr. Ivins read an exerpt that had to
do with Invisible government and pub
licity for campaign contributions.
"Did Perry Belmont start the move
ment to require publication of campaign
contributions?"
"He might have I urged such a measv
ure In congress."
"Had you until that time ever called
the attention of the voters to tha dan
gers of Invisible government and the
necessity of publishing campaign ex
penses?" "I did."
"Did you officially mention campaign
(Continued on Tage Two. Column One.i
Omaha if not the Federal
reserve bank city, but it i
not because of failure to
make a showing' of strong
banking institutions. Oma
ha's national and state
banks and building associa
tions far outrank those of
other cities of our size, and
their growth is steady and
substantial.
THEGAT L- CI T Y'Of -t H W CST
People of Trieste Demand
Bread and Cheer for Italy
ROME, April K -CVla Paris. Aprfl JS -Feor
Is felt that tha shortage of food In
Trieste may result In disorders of such
Imnortanca that they will lead to serious
trouble here where everything affecting
Trieste Is watched with tha closest Inter
est because the population of that Aus
trian crownland Is chiefly Italian
The pe.iple of Trieste now are isported
to be marching through tha streets de-
mandlng bread, "frying "down with
GRIMSBY TRAWLER
SUNK INJORTH SEA
St. Lawrence it Torpedoed by Ger
man Submarine and Two Mem
bera of Crew Killed.
RESCUE SHIP IS DRIVEN AWAY
GRIMSBY, England. April 13.
The Grimsby trawler St. Lawrence
was torpedoed and sunk In the North
sea yesterday by a German subma
rine. Two members of tbe crew
were killed. Seven survivors were
brought here today by the trawler
Queenstown, whose skipper reports
that the submarine fired on his ves
sel while engaged In rescuing tha
crew of the St. Lawrence.
Crew of ttreeabler at Mew York.
NBW YORK. April 2J.-Captaln J.
Palton and twenty-five members of the
crew of the American steamer Green
brier, sunk April 2 by a mine In the
North Sea. reached New York today
aboard the steamer Rotterdam from
Rotterdam.
After discharging at Bremen its cargo
of cotton from New Orleans, the Green
brier sailed March 29 on the return trip.
On April I, members of the crew said
today, an explosion caused by a mine
occurred near the vessel's stem. The
Greenbrier sank like a stone, giving the
crew barely time to launch two boats
and escape with only the clothes they
wore.
Youth Who Eloped
With Heiress Given
A Dynamite Job
NEW YORK, April a. Little and big
troubles of married life, as Max Klelst,
chauffeur, found It. wera related today
to a Jury la tho federal district court by
Klelst In his suit against his father-in-law.
Edward N. Breltung. capitalist, of
MarqnstU. Mlob Klelst demands Kf.000
for tha alleged alienation of bit wife's
affections. Bhe was Miss Juliet Breltung,
tha defendant's daughter.
Klelst told today of having been given
a place by his fsiher-ln-law, who disap
proved ' of the marriage, in the tatter's
mine In New Mexico. Among his duties,
ho testified, he waa required to carry
dynamite. Ha had to set It off wjth a
very short fuse It was only four feet
long, ha said and consequently ' had to
run fast after lighting It He barely had
time to escape, be said.
Two telegrams went Into the record,
showing that hlswlfe. who remained In
New York when he went to New Mexico,
had summoned him back east on April
I, 1914. He was told In one message to go
to a designated hotel In New Rochelle,
register under the name of Joe Baker of
Boston and wire her under that name so
that she would know he had followed
Instructions. The witness said hs replied
that ha would do so.
It waa at this hotel. Klelst said, on
orosa. examination, that Juliet, told him
"its all off." The next day ha visited
her In New York at her request
"Bhe told me then to be prepared to
receive annulment papers," Klelst testi
fied. "I told her to go ahead, that I
would not stand In the way of her hap
piness." Answering another question, Klcist said
Juliet had taught him to smoke cigar
ettea, telling him, "you might aa well
smoke them, hectuse you'll learn some
time from me."
On redirect examination Klelst's coun
sel endeavored to Introduce a letter from
Juliet to Klelst to nhow that she had ar
ranged the marriage. Judge Hough ruled
It out, saying he knew of no law which
prevented a woman asking a man to
marry her.
Auditor Kept Busy
Writing Warrants
fFVorn a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. April J.-Ppeclal.)-Rtato
Auditor flmlth Is having his troubles like
some others. His troubles come from the
fact that everyone wants their claim
voucher made out first and aa a result
tha office clerks are working like slaves
In an effort to alleviate the troubles of
tha people who have clalma covered In
tho deficiency bills.
Thera are several hundred of these
claims running In amount from a few
dollars up Into the thousands, and It
takes time to get at them. Paying for
advertising of constitutional amendments
will ont be necessary two years hence,
1 the legislature filling to pass any legts
I lation looking to a change In the con
! stltutlon.
DOUGLAS WOULD SWITCH
! BRIDGE APPLICATION
fKrom a ftaff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. Neb.. April .-8pelal
Telegram.) Douglas county has two ap
plications on file In the office of the
Htate Board of Irrigation for state aid
bridgea and has asked the state board to
switch its application calling 'for a
bridge at Yutnn to one for a hrtdge at
Valley over the Flkliorn river. The rea
son given l that the bridge over the
I'latte at Yutan will rest one end on
Eaunrter county and aa that county has
recently helped to build two bridges the
Douglas county boarl is fearful that It
would have trouble and delay In getting
ths Yutan bridge so desires to shift the
application to the one at Valley. The
board has taken no action yet
war" and cheering for Italy. Under tha
rigid Austrian regulations of tha past
thla proeeedure would have resulted In
arrsta as the display of Italian onlora or
the singing of the Italian anthem wera
prohibited.
If the Ituetinn In Trieste becomes
worst It la believed here It may be suf
flcien to f-ree the hand of the Italian
government because of the sympathy and
excitement It would arouae among tho
people of this country.
MILLIONS OF JEWS
STARYEJj POLAND
Live Upon Totato Peels and tlarbage
Left by Armies in Eastern
Europe.
WHOLE POPULATION SUFFERING
LONDON, April 8ran mil
lion Poles, ot whom t. 000. 000 are
Jaws, ara In dire nftod ot food. This
statement wag made today hy Her
mann Laundau, a Jewish phllantho
plst associated with the various Jew
ish charities in London.
'Of these sufferers. 6,600,000 are
east of the Vistula Hrer and 1.600,
000 west of the river," Mr. Laundau
aaid. "The Jewe are evon poorer
than the Gentiles, because of the boy
cott against the Jewa in parte of Po
land before the beginning- ot the)
war, which Impoverished thousands
who would otherwise hav been able
to provide for their families.
t.lvr on fntavw Peels.
Political and religious prejudices
sgalnst the Jews render their condition
wt.rse. In parts of Poland evacuated by
the Germane many Jews are living on
potato pec's snd Karbage left by tha
army.
"The dtlsens' committee at Warsaw :s
the only large agency for affording relief
for refugees. Alt'.t .ugh tha membership
of this committee connlat.s of four Jews
and six Gentile. It has uen Impossible
to employ workers who would deal fairly
with the Jews. Consequently, another
commlttis has been organised under tho
chairmanship of Raron Gunssurg to ad
minister relief without regard to religious
beliefs.
"Several hundred refugees from Poland
who ara well-to-do msde their way to
London by way of PStrograd. Finland,
Sweden and Norway. They brought ter
rible, atorles of the sufferings of tha Poles
In the ruined oltlcs and devs slated coun
try. Saffer ta Oattela.
Tha Russian government has bean con
siderate tn its treatment of Jews In tha
portions of Poland occupied by Russian
troops, but tho Jews are suffering greatly
from persecution In the portion of Gal
Ida which Austria still holds, as Austria
suspects all Poles of disloyalty.
"I hear that Americans are rallying to
aid tha Poles, and I know that their needs
will be supplied when the world realises
how terrible Is their plight. Communica
tion with Poland and Otllcia la so diffi
cult that It Is Impossible for the world to
learn immedistely of the awful suffering
there."
Lumber Plant and
Large Sales Barn
Burned at Atlantic
ATLANTIC, la.. April it (Rpedal Tel
egram.) The worat fire. In this city In
years waa that which broke out shortly
after midnight last night In the old
Walker livery bam at Second and Cheat
nut streets, used as a horse barn by
Paul Perry and Charles Morgan, horse
buyers.
The blase spread across the street
north and destroyed the Green Bay Lum
ber ronipeny's big shed end fine stock of
lumber and did damage to plate glass,
etc., before it had spent Its fury. Thirty
head of horses and a cow were burned In
the barn, twenty-seven head being the
property of Mr. Perry, who lost $3.4flO,
with $ Insurance, and three head and
a cow being the property of Charles Mor
gan, whose loss Is SO0. fully covered.
The barn was owned by M. C. Cardio, his
loss being 1,000 with f00 Insurance.
The Oreen Hay company's loss Is fnO.onft,
with 136,000 Insurance. Manager B. V.
Wusson of the company and Auditor H.
M. Flnkblne watched the blase last night
and stated that they would rebuild at
once wtlh a fireproof building.
The burned building waa built In 1W9.
The firemen kept the fire from a large
frame elevator and another building near
the Green Bay yard and owned by A. A.
Mlckel.
Modern Woodmen
Appeal Dismissed
SPRINGFIELD, April 23. The appeal of
the Modern Woodmen of America from a
decision of the lower courts, which held
that Increased rates voted by the Chicago
head camp in W1 were excesstve was
dismissed today by the supreme oourt.
The rate In question have been with
drawn by the head camp and the su
preme court held there waa no longer
any reason for the prosecution of the
appeal
SECOND SHENANDOAH
MAN MISSING FROM HOME
SHENANDOAH, la.. April B. -(Special.)
A second disappearance mystery became
known todsy when relatives of A. C.
Allen, X years old, were unable to locate
him. He left his home near Summit Tues
day night to go to a nearby grain ele
vator and haa not been heard from since.
He waa overseer at Joe Auracher's farm
and leaves a young wife.
Mrs. C. M. C'hriBtenson. wife of an em
ploye of a sewing machine company, yea
terday morning received a farewell letter
from her husband mailed at Umaba. stat
ing that he waa going to end his life
In the Missouri river because of financial
trouble. No trace of him has been found.
BIG BATTLE FOR
POSSESSION OF
HILL CONTINUES
German Forcei Are Again Bombard
ing the City of Yprei with
Missiles from Seventeen
Inch Gum.
LOSSES OF LIFE ARE HEAVY
Straggle EiTsJi Attempt of Teutons
to Break Through British Lines
Last Fall.
BOTH SIDES ARE REINFORCED
The Day's War News
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ASKAt LT OF DABOASKI.LEH an
fceea rmswst, altisask It la not
apparent whether the allied forces
are msr ta ha the peeled
rea era I attack.
BOMBARDMENT OF TURKISH forte
at asayraa. Aala Minor, also la he.
lleved ta ksrs been resamed.
A M0 COJIFERBSICK Sflwwa the
Italia forelaa mlalatrr and the
Aastrtan ambassador at Rome la
accepted aa a alsra that neaotla
tlaae ara atlll nnder way between
Aaatrla and Italy.
OFFICIAL HKPORT from British
headejaartera oa the era aaye the
Dtrmasi wera persistent In their
efforts to wis hark II I It o. 6(1,
the position near Ypres which the
British rap tared reeeatly.
PRTROORAD DISPATCH aaye that
Raaalaa aviators dropped bomb
ea Ploek aad Mlawa. Rnsalan Po
land. Several German boata oa
the Vlatala river were atraok and
Uermaa trearhea were daaiasred.
CAPTCRB OF NEARLY half a mile
f German trenches near St. Mlhlrl,
the eoathern eatremlty of the C.er
snaa wedge, which the French
have been attempting? for several
wrki tm foeoa nak, ta anaonaoed
today In the official cammaalea
tlaa from Parla.
TWO ME: If WERE KILLBD by the
blowing- ap of a British trawler In
the North Sea by German aanma
rtae. ATTACK T RUSSIAN Black Sea
fleet an the Tarklab coaat Bear
tha Raaalaa border la said In
Petrograd ta have reonlted In the
demoralisation of TarVtsh forces.
OriMON -WAS EXPRESSED by a
pretmaeat Italian states ma a that
Italy'e participation In tha war at
praceat waa aallkely.
LONDON, April 23. Tfre British
forces bay shown no djetoaltloil' un
der the repeated rushes of the Ger
mans to relax their grip oh Hill So.
0, near Ypres, and the flahtlng lu
thla locality today .shows glgpg 0f de
veloping along the wide frdnt with
Increasing Intensity, even rivaling
the attempts of the Germans to break
through the British lines last fall.
Bombarding; Ypree Analv
The city of Ypres. whose historic struc
tures were shuttered by Gorman projec
tiles last October, again la the target of
heavy sheila Huge seventeen-lnch mis.
silea are now being used, and unless the
civilian populstlon has fled or Is taking
to Its eellars. tha losses among the peo
ple must be heavy.
There has been a lull In the German
counter attacks, according to the BrWIsh
official report, given out this morning,
but It Is assumed that both sides are
being strongly reinforced, aad the tone
of the British communication Indicates
that the Issue hss not yet been finally
decided.
Sea Mavee Mysterlons.
No official explanation Is forthcoming
of the stoppage of trafflo between Kng
land and Holland. One theory Is that
this Is a stroke aimed at spies, .and an
other that the area la being cleared for
a naval action. The latter explanation
aeems Incomplete, however, Wi that If
steps were being taken to clear ahlps
from a marina shell sons, vessels run
ning to "candlnavlan ports also would be
held up.
Although Great Britain Is silent, tier
many apparently Is expecting extensive
land operations near the Dardanelles,
and tt Is common knowledge that troops
of the all lea are being landed In Euro
pean Turkey,
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