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Tim OMAHA srXDAV WW... MAY 101.-1. 9 A Unnnml TClnffo A Minor Mention ewou miuiti otfia t ae Bee la at 14 link Mala Tsleskeae 4. Darla Drugs. Viotroli a. Ilospe Co. For messenger service, call 130. ramon Electric Co., opposite P. O. "Woodrinf Undertaking Co.. Tel. J39. Y Gardner Preaa, printing, 601 1st Ave. &U Cutler, funeral director. Tlione 27. ror WH paper, decorating and palnt fng, see Berwick, in South .Main. .Guaranteed watch and Jewelry repalr LeMerts, Jeweler. Sr.yT.ECTRIC CO.. WIRING jrND FIXTURES. Fhone 3M. J. H. A. Woodbury, dentist, moved to V-aot Sapp black. I'hone Black 60S. w Accurate and satisfactory glass fitting and repairing. Leffertsi Opticians. ' TO SAVK OR TO BORROW. SICK C. B. Mutual Bldg. and Loan Assn. 123 Pearl. I Furniture, and chattel loans, H usual rates, Estab. la years. A. A. Clark & Co. . Tor sale or rent, iXl Proartwny, by K. A. Spencer Plumbing, Hinting, Furnace nd Tin Works, 29 No. Main St. Council Bluffs chapter No. Ul, Order of I he Eastern Ptar, will -hold a special peetlng Saturday evening lor the pur pose oi initiation. . W. J. Hammlll. head of the Hnmmill Pusine'i college, .im been called to Hock ford, IIL. by the death of hut mother at he old homestead, Thursday. f Clyde Aekerman, 23 years old, a Colorado cowkoy, is being held nt the olic station In answer to re(ueots of he officers at Hugo, iVjlo.. who allege Ibat ha Is wanted for horse stealing. Tue (inline had been advised that ho would Ikely come to Council Bluff, where he as relative. The young man was dis covered and Identified by Walt Ilnndrin, quarantine officer, who called Captain FhaXer and. assisted In making -the arrest. The police say the man admits'" his Identify, but-, denies the charge. It coat Frank Dobbins, 15 to. aecvaro .a (demonstration of the fact that conduc- Sors In charge of street cars have so nority to maintain the peace, IMibblns got Into ail altercation on an . Omaha tar and attempted to lick the conductor. Two 'Windows were broken In the melee. Jle wa held until tha car reached Pearl Tad Broadway, when he was turned, over o Detective Arnold. Av 115 bond for' his appearance , In. polloo court yesterday, morning was ' forfeited, when be failed o appear.- , . Mjembers of the Oraul Armv and the f Oman's Relief corps who Intend to t ind memorial services', at the Second (ff'resbytertan church Sunday' evening ar (equestfcd to meot' at the . Broadway Methodist . church at . 7?30 o clock and 'march to the Presbyterian church In s . body. Members of the local poet of the Unltrxl Soanlith War Veterans and their ladles are to attend the services also, and will meet with the Grand Army and Re lief Corps members and march with them to the church The sermon will be de livered by Rey.-George A. Ray,, past or of tha Second Presbyterian church. Andrew McFarland, aged 73 years, died' nt 1 o'clock yesterday . morning, at his i home, loH South Seventh street, from blood; poisoning, after a month's Illness, I Mr.; McFarland was born at Edtnburg, I Scotland, and had been a . resident of thls eity for thlrty-U years. He Is sur- f vlvsd by -four eons. Jamaa H... McFar-; land "of Carthage. Mo.; Robert, Andrew and'-WHUam. all at home.. ..and . one, daughter. Mrs. Kugene Harris of Bellcvue, Nh- The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the family home. Rev. George A. Ray of the Second Preabvterian church officiating. Burial will, take, plaea. at Walnut Hill oemejj lery.. jryiencus are requesieu not io-bcuu flowers.- 1 . ., Inaermatlon that grain thieves were at work robbing cars In the western part of tha city, caused a squaa or omcers to fee aent to the locality last nlgliM They came upop a gang of men and pojr flcer Kt '( near etiou!, to setae! - any- of them and they disappeared In' the, ilarX-. ew. ; The- pol havo saceeeoua in lo cating want- who' la said to be receiv ing all of the grain stolen from the cars and brought to his place. Mont of the stealing has been done by - boys and this man-has been training them In their work and encouraging them to make fre cient raids. Only a little additional evi dence -is now required to convict him. His case will be laid before the grand Jury, which meets next Tuesday, but he may byi arrested by the police Jn the meantime. SchoolExhibif Continues Today 1 On account of the interest aroused by tha exhibit of the handiwork of the pu pils ot the public schools the display of their work at 143 Broadway will be con tinued another day. It was the Intention a'to dismantle th room last evening, but line decision was reached yesterday not ho do so until this evening, thus catching the Saturday night crowds. There was a constant throng of visitors all day yes terday and early In tha afternoon those Jn charge estimated that the number had exceeded 1,400. Aa an example of the work being done In tha manual training and dbmestto sci ence departments the exhibit Is of great value. It would undoubtedly continue to draw crowds If continued for even an other week. Fancy prices have been of- -Jtrsd for many of the articles, but noth ing baa been sold. The purpose la to show what can be done In the city schools, not to seek a market for ' the product. Joint Memorial Services Planned Ker the purpose of carrying out tho plan of securing Joint memorial services by all of the fraternal organizations of the city, another meeting will bo held this evening In.' the Knights of Pythias hall. A meeting was held laxt Saturday evening for the, purpose and representa tives ox ten or tne societies responded by sending representatives. Invitations had been sent to twenty-four. That a larger number was not represented was due to the fact that the other lodges had not had a meeting since receiving the Invi tations. Thirty lodges have been invited to Join In the Joint service and It is nopea mai an oi mem win nave repre sentatives at the meeting tonight. The memorial exercises will be held on Sunday, Juno 4, at 2 o'clock p. m. Rotarians Hear Talk from Rigdon The regular weekly luncheon of the Rotary club was held at the Grand hotel vesurday. attended by about forty mem- I hers. The guest, of the club were Rev. I i''. W. Lvuis of this city and Mr. Allen V. W. Kvajia of thla cltv and Mr Alln f Omaha. William Rigdon, manager of the Clark Implement company, gave an he Clark Implement company, gave an Interesting rtcltal of his experience in the threshing machine end traction en gine business. The club is broaden'tig its soope and will have industrial talks by well known, local men at each of the meetings hereafter. ( kl-Sanirl Oruiouat rat ton All this week, ladles come in and learn how to make all floors Just like new hardwood floors. P. C. 1 Vol liard-jAdtt ware Co., t Broadway. i . , r s Council Bluffs CENSUS OF CITY IS TAKEN Thirty-One Thousand Five Ilundred Persons Are Found by the Enumerators. INCREASE IN FIVE YEARS Althouiih not ready to submit bis of ficial report. City Assessor Rlker an nounces that he has completed his work of census enumeration. His fifteen depu ties have turned In their last rards and the work of checklntr and rechccRing has been concluded. The census will show that Council Bluffs has a popu'atlon of 31.600. with the probability that the ciphers will be dis placed by the addition of a few more. The federal renms five years ago gave the population as 29.D92. The lncreas Is In keeping with the steady growth for tho last ten years. The law elves until June 1 to complete the census and Mr. Rlker may decide not to make his official report until that tlm although the work was practically completed two weeks ago. . It was the hopo of the enrmnrutora to find enough people to raise the number to 32,000. If the enumeration could have been made about the first of the year the desire would undoubtedly havo been realized, for slncaMhen many men havo left town to engage In .their usual sum mer work. The work has been done very methodically and accurately, bub. despite the care and Industry of the enumerators thcro are undoubtedly a considerable number not listed. Some of theso will be added befovo the count Is finally closed. Suit Brought to Set Aside Deeds A milt affecting the title of ten tracts of land, comprising about 400 acres ot Mills county farms, was filed In federal court yesterday by Martin McCormick of New York! The defendants are the heirsy of a brother, Patrick MeCormlck, who 'died on the Mills county farm, Oc tober 24, 1910, and are the widow, Jessie W. McCormick, Charles V. Schenck. who holds a mortgage on some of the land, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Alton, Mr. and Mrs. Nels Olson, I I. Stevenson and Mary P. Stevenson. The petition charges that Patrick Mc Cormick owned ten tracts of Mills county land prior to his marriage to his sur viving widow. A pre-nuptlal contract was made by which the bride, then Mrs. Jessie ,W. Morrison, was given a deed to 160 acres, with tha understanding that this was to be her portion of her hus band' estate. The pre-nuptlal ' contract was drawn and witnessed by E. B. Woodruff, of Glenwood, now one of the Judges of the district court. It was dated May. 14, 1903, the day of their marriage. A year before Ills death when he ,waa 74 years old. McCormick deeded to) his wife all of his property. The brother now claims that undue Influence was used. to. bring this, about, and that his brother was. not . mentally compeiem ai that . time, Ha alleges that no waa ts year's old at the time of his marriage, and that owing to his age'he Was incom petent, to dispose of fcls property. It is further alleged that a suit to quiet title was started in federal court here by the widow, and settled by the acquisition of quit claim deeds. The brother alleges he had no knowledge of this suit, or Its settlement and did not learn of it until last year. He arks that the deeds given to the wife be set aside and tho title be quieted in him. . f '.'"'. Inspector. Sterner '; ; ." .. Dies at'Hospital Elmer L. Sterner, city paving Inspector, died at the Jennie Edmundson Memorial hospital yesterday, following an opera tlon for bowel obstruction. He was taken HI while at work on the. East (Broadway paving and was taken to the hospital Wednesday afternoon, believed to be suffering from appendicitis, but a diagnosis disproved this and disclosed ob struction. An operation performed Thurs day by .Dr. Macrae disclosed a complete stricture. i Mr. Sterner was U years old. He had! been a resident of Council Bluffs a num ber of years, and for the last year and a half had been In tho employ ot tne city as inspector. He came hers from Creston as a government inspector, when the postofflce building was being re modeled. So competent was he regarded as an inspector that his salary was voluntarily raised at a meeting of the city council two weeks ogo for the pur pose of making his services a certainty.' He U survived by his widow, three sisters and two brothers. He was a member of the Masonic bodies. Wood men of the World and the local lodge of Elks. The body was removed to Woodrlng's to be. later, taken to the home, 334 Glenn avenue. Burial will probably be at Creston. Union Pacific Files Suit Over Its Taxes For the purpose of resisting the col lection of taxes upon the Increased valua- nun oi iu iivitTij, in (.uuirii Diuiia in-. . . ,. ........ii ..... ., I nion i-acmo nai.roau company, inroug.i DFXISON-The new clo-tri.i lirhtlng Its general attorney, George S. Wright, plant ut Manilla 1" the south part of yesterday filed a suit in the district court ' this county bus mnde sn arrangement " , . ., ... a - , ., , 'whereby tho town of Irwi;i, ten miles to against the city and the Board of County ;tllB HOU,,,l w, fcecuro llpllt 'bn1 powtr. Suiervslors. The suit is also an, appeal j oe xis N-The West Side public from the assessment to be levied on the 1 schools close with commnnceim nt exer lowa half of the bridge across tho Mis- i ''.,s"1 Frlduy, May 2s. Prof. VanKeae of , , , I the lenldon Normal colleo will give ths sourl river. The company asks the court address. The I accalauriiate sermon Is to to annul the entire valuation fixed by j A -. - Till.... .. A . Tim'A K.. .k- lt! ... ... w ,,himn 0 Wednesday evening. May.'tt. council as a board of review. there will be exeiclwes In tho opera house Assessor Rlker had fixed the valuation ! In which all cii-partn ents of the schools nt ih eastern half of tha brldn t hike part. Tho graduates thto year are . 7 7? ,. a f ?. ! Arl.i Wiler, Jacob Peters. Carl Fauir. $700.00"), but the council reduced It to'ii Verna Voss. , $i0.000. The company claims that the valuation should not exceed l-iO.OUO. It!'" the (Otifolldaterl b IiooI district of I u r,.,i.,in.l f.u that thn fri.n,liia ,,r tho , ' '-"1" ''n -'une 3 in the matter of Issu it, pointed out that the franchise or the ,n(r )3 1)0lp m bond (o trw., a w ho, brLliffl in the Kift of the Clllted SLata LulLlli,,' f,.i th .,ur.mf.tBiln ,.r government and is not subject to taxation' and tne clalm ,, made thut any valuation of the wW. property that Include. the franchise is illegal. i The claim is made that Assessor Rlker flt the full actual valuation f th I bridge property while asaesslng all other real estate In the city at V0 per cent of ! Its actual value. Marriage l.lprnara. Marriage llcen.es were inaued yester. . .T . ,, . '""i j duy to the following na ! Name and Address med persons: Age. ' .... 13 .... II .... 17 ''liff.r,i Van J'elt. Uenver. ; Myrtle A. Rhodes, Denver Frank Adrian. Council Bluffs.. W rolh' ou"cU J Bee Want Produce Result l Council Bluff: "Mother Goose" Play Money Distributed The report of the committee In charge of the Mother Ooosn show has made its report to tho Federated Mothers' and Teachers' clubs, showing the receipts and expenditures of the entertainment and tho apportionment of the money for the use of the schools. The committee, com prising Mrs. M. Wnllman. Mrs. W. 1L KUIpack, Mrs. E. P. Schaentgen and Mr J. U. Cole, checked up all of the bills and the report showed a net balance ot r3.oi. The total gross receipts were 11,004, and the expenses totaled $340.94. The appor tionment ot the money shows each school received more money than the amount of actual cash turned In from the sale of tickets. The money is to be used for buying playground equipment, musical instruments, etc., for each of the schools. Following la tho apportionment: For promotion of garden club work High school Washington Avenue Bloomer .... l'lene Street .. Third Street .. Klghth Street Second .Avenue Avenue B Thlrty-sec-on.1 Ktreet MaciiHon Avenue Harilson Street KlRhth Avenue Avenue K Oak Street Total .l7a.ou Secret Wedding Is Now Announced George Amos, manager of tho Beacon Press, Omaha, and Mlsa Allda McFadden, a teacher In the Pierce street school, Council Bluffs, were married a month ago at Papllllon, Neb, and the secret kept from all of their friends until yesterday. The bride Is a member of the Broadway Methodist church here. The purpose of keeping secret the wed ding was to permit Mlsa McFadden to complete her school work for the year and announce the welding when declining re-election aa a teachur for another year. This purpose would have been carried out had not Mr. Amos been stricken with Illness and taken to a hospital In Omaha. TJie.wlfe then announce that her place was at the side of her hrsband. She In the daughter of Mrs. Wall McFadden and has uvea in tne rtiuns aii u-r me. one has been one of the teachets of the public schools for a number ot years. Slnoe their wedding Mrs. Amos has remained at the home of her mother and Mr. Amos has not changed his wet hod of living in his Omaha bachelor apart ments. Real Estate Transfers. The following real estate transfers Tied Friday were reported to The Bee by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company: Nashua Trust Co. to Ira Arch, lot 4, block 25. Bayliss A Palmer's add., w. d t t 150 Max Meyer to Roe King, lota 7 and , Work 20, Bryant & Clark's add . w. d ' 1 Karl Brandela to 8. Cliernlss, lot ft, block HI, Bayliss Palmer's add., w d 3,200 The Grover & Layman Realty Co., to Kdward CUonnelL Jr.. lot 408. Belmont add,, w. d , Same o C. A. Norman, lot ZM, Bel nvnt add., w.' d..; i. Same; to W. 'T Quick and Edward O'Donnell, Jr., lot 407, Belmont add., w. d William C. Proge to Emma Biby, lot 9, block 7, Central aubd., w, d w 178 IPS 40n 'Seven transfers, total.. .$3,310 DUMPED IN THE W1NDOW-A wagon load of , pineapples and will have to sell them, today, $L40 per dozen; ripe tomatoes, 25 eents a basket; cucum bers, two for 14 cents;' new potatoes, four pounds for 26 cents; new cabbage, '10 cents; radishes, three 'for 6 cents; Just opend a new barrel of dill pickles, 1 cent each: good old potatoes, 20 cents a peck; .bulk peanut butter, 3D cents a pound. We have, bexon.'at 15 cerlts per pound. ' Something new a marshmal low cream. In cans, t always ready for making Ices and whip cream. We have brick Cheese at .26 cents; ltmburger, 25 cents: summer sausage, 30 cents-Bar- tel oV Miller. Telephone S5. Mrs.Whitley;Elected Federation Head IOWA CTTT, la., 'May Jl.-(Spco1al Tele gram.) The Iowa Federation of Women's clubs toduy 'announced the following of ficers elected tor the next . administra tion: President, Mrs. Francis C. Whit ley, Webster City; vice president, Mrs. Mas Mayer, Iowa City; recording secre tary, Mrs. J. C Cummins, Des Moines; corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. H. Sni der, Davenport; general federation secre tary, Mrs. Mary If. S. Johnson; treas urer, Kirs. Etta E. Agncw, Marshall town; auditor, no election, left to incom ing boaid. XJr. Henry E. Favill, chairman of tho council of health and public Instruction of the American Medical association, Chi cago, was the prominent speaker of the afternoon. Mrs. Harry L. Keefe of Nebraska, gen eral federation secretary, gave a splen did addrtss. Fort Dodge and Des Moines extended Invitations for the next bien nial. It was the largest In attendance of any biennial In the Iowa federation. Iowa rH 2otes lie given ntxt fu-rduv hy Kev. Mr. Tour- Mint of the I'cnl)n Iret)rliiun LOGAN A special election will be held pupils of the district. The opposition I'Jn" bu?W?n'" tta"'i Ti the consolMated Thool '"that they can afford the new school building. 'and Incidentally rail attention to the tax payers Miorolng x,mj.iu) worth of auto mobiles In the. new district at the present time. VOOrBINB-JnMah foe, aged S6. plo I ncer settler of Harmon count v. uaaa,1 jaway Ht his home in Woodhino yester day. Mr Coe whs born in Ohio and came I to wentern Iowa in 1i4 and to Hoy-r '"wiiHilp In in;, where he accumulate I large relt hri'ling. Me an'i Mlia Jeavln Kiniils of liHttainouth. Nel.. y ere unti, i in niari'.u3 in liu. To thin ui.lon el lit ! children were born, a, en .jf whom sur ivive. Mr. t'oe in sImo wirvlvt-d by his I widow. In addition to reajty holdings he had lurve n,l 'teal In the hanking busi ness. Owln to the children living at a distance, furveral arrangements will be announced liter. ..$0f0 .. Tt-1 .. 14 .. W.i'i .. 21. SI .. 4A.T3 .. 32 43 43.3 MM 7..S9 ...... 2S.W ...... V'M ...i.. 13.41) ...... ao.i 11.35 Teutons Mass Field Guns Closer Than Ever and Gain San Bank PET1UX3RVP, May S?.-(VU Ixndon.V Tha firing of between two and three mil lion Austrian and German shells on the comparatively short front north of Pno mysl, In GaJIcia, gives somo Idea ot tho extreme violence ot the operations along the San river front, by means of which the Germans hope to establish them selves firmly on the right bank of tha river.'. Into this small area the Germans ore said to have crowded 4.100 field gtirs In the closest formation ever auen In battle being three times the norro-U number of guns for such an extent of territory. Four days of this terrific artillery flr enabled the Ocrmana to occupy twenty miles of the right bank of the ldo-mllo Americans Are Not Frightened Out of The German Empire BERLIN, (Via London). May S.-The American consulates are now receiving answers to a postcard canvass ordered by the embassy a few days ago to de termine the whereabouts tand plans of Americans still In Germany In rase of an emergency. Almost without exception Amei-Kwng announced their Intention to remain in Germany And not to abandon the bunfneta in which most of therm are engaged. The recent suggestion In London news papers that the American ambassador In Berlin should be withdrawn as a protest la case adequate satisfaction was not given for the Lusitanla affair has been much discussed, but there seems to be slight disposition on the part of American business men here to close up their en terprises and withdraw. The German reply to the Washington note regarding the Lusitanla has slowly taken ahape at a series ot conferences at the foreign office. It has been aoggeated ' here that If America Insists on the right of Its cttl snna to travel on passenger steamers be longing to belligerents, without risk of a submarine attack, an arrangement might be reached by which tine American gov ernment would certify that the cargoes of such steamers contained no contra band. It Is further suggested that certi fied steamers carry some distinguishing ! mark whlc.l would free them from the risk of being torpedoed without warning or giving the passengers and crew a chance to escape. However, whether tills suggestion will ha embodied In the final form ot the note is not known. . Battles Fiercest Between Przemysl And Dniester River TETROORAD, May 22.-Vla London.) A late report of the Russian war of fice says: "Between Prsemysl and the great marshes of the Dniester the Intensity of the enemy's attacks have reached the culminating point. The enemy suffered particularly great . losses In their re peated attempts te pierce, our -front in the sector of aussakoutf-Krukanltsa. "In the direction of the Stry on the 19th and at dawn of the 30th desperate battles were In progress, the Issue of which Is not yet known. But to the north of Bolakhoff, near Banla, we recon quered by successful counter attacks, several trenches lost the previous day. "Near .Kolomea the enemy has brought up reinforcements and continues to bold their , ground. "On the 20th troops landed from our fleet In the Black Sea, broke the enemy's resistance and destroyed the quays and stations In the region east ot , Breg U (Asia Minor)." N Wilson Grandfather Again, Name McAdoo WASHINGTON. May 21-A baby glrL the second grandchild of President Wil son, was bom tonight to Secretary anil Mrs. William G. McAdoo. She will be christened Ellen Wilson, for the late Mrs. Wood row Wilson. Tfie secretary and Mrs. McAdoo, who Is tho president's youngest daughter, were married In the Blue room at the White House Just a year ago. Mr. Mc Adoo went to his office at the Treasury department today for the first time since he was operated upop for appendicitis nearly two months ago. Tho president was at ths McAdoo home when his granddaughter was bora. MANUFACTURERS SEND IDEAS ON JITNEYS Something tangible in tho way of Jitney bus regulation has been worked out by the directors of the Omaha Manufactur ers' association. A letter la to be sent to the city council by Monday boating the suggestion of the directors for Jitney reg ulation by ordinance. A S per cent tag on gross earnings is to be suggested. Monthly Inspection of the wheels, brakes and other vital parts of the buses is to b-s suggested, together with weekly fumi gation of the Jitneys. The letter will also ask that the ordi nance Include a provision for lighting the buaes at night when the top is up, largely for the protection of women peaseagera it Is to ask that the drivers be licensed and pay a license fee. It Is to ask that the routes, he definitely outlined and des ignated, and that certain hours of serv ice be maintained, and that all the pres ent trafflo rules be observed: and, finally. that the companies be bonded to cover whatever losses are sustained by prop erty or Individuals through accident. YOUNG WOMAN ATTACKED BY MAN IN PLATTSMOUTH PLATTSMOITTH, .ij., May if.-fppe-clal.) Miss Margaret Kaabe was attacked last night by Walter L. Speck amd was rescued only after her father, another relative, the town police and the aherlft bad been brought Into the encounter. Speck had been drinking and. meeting the young woman, sought to draw her into the railroad yards, where her strug gles brought assistance. She was struck over the head and otherwise brulaed but escaped harm otherwixe. Speck has lived here for a number of years, being em ployed ss a laborer. The element of cost didn't enter Into the designing and construction of tha Victor Vlctrolas. The only object was to produce a musical Instrument of perfec tion. You will find a complete stock at A. Hosue Co., ff West Broadway. course of the river between Priemysl ami Sandomlr. Tho compactness and con sequent Immobility of the heavy Her man formation, while successful In forc ing the fan between Jnroslau and Lio. chov. Is said by Russian army officers to have prevented the Germans from ex ecuting maneuvers which might threaten the Russian flank. Although the tJer mans occupy a portion of the right bank of the river, the main defenses of tho San appear to bo still secure. The Austro-Ocrman force which made Us way arrosa the river Is attempting a movement southward to encircle Prie mysl, but as yet this maneuver ha not been developed sufficiently to threaten the fortress from the east. American Packers Kick on the British Meat Trade Methods LONDON. May 22. Although repre scntistlve American shipping Interests generally agree that .the British govern ment has a strong case In the foreign office memorandum defending British treatment of detained cargoes lively ex ception is taken to the paragraph de voted to a defense of tho government's action in regard to meat shipments. Tho foreign office stated that negotia tions for settlement of theso cases had come to a standstill "owing to the exor bitant terms Insisted upon by the repre sentatives ot the American packers." One of the leading representatives on the American side In these negotiations declared that In this paragraph the Brit ish government had been wholly evasive and absolutely unfair. The American con tention Is substantially ss follows: The meat was purchased under contract In Chicago for shipment to rVandlnavtan countr.ea. When these cargoes were de tained, the packers told the British gov ernment that while believing their de tention was wholly Illegal under interna tional law, thry were willing to come to a frlendy settlement. Nevertheless as business men, and to avoid a great loos on the part of their client, they must In sist that the government give them the contract price which they would receive In Scnndlnavla, as tlie meat wu prepared for northern climes, and was not suitable for the local market. Not only would It bring a low price hero on that account, but if they tierce to the government's plan to Hell It at auction thn dumping rf th"Ki huge conatKnmeiits on the local miirket would bring about a reduction in prices. Hence their rvfuaal to agree to the government's propositi. Demand Bills Upon London Sinking Low NEW rORK, May 22. Bankers with In ternational connections were concerned today with the course of . the foreign exchange markets, all of which, with tho possible exception of that of Germany, continued to move In favor of this coun try and point to its Increasing Import ance as a world center of finance. Demand bills on London declined to 4.78, which Is not only far below the usual ' rate at which gold : can be , Im ported from England, but establishes the minimum quotation for thtX. form of re mittance since the panic of 1R71, when our bankers were resorting to every de vice, because of home necessities, to ob tain gold from abroad. Francs -and llres also went to lowest prices recorded since the outbreak of the war, and so far ss could be learned, today's rates for remittances to Paris and Rome have not been equalled In a fen eration. Relchmarks, or exchange on Germany, were steady with moderate transactions, but rates on all other continental con fers were weak. Cables from Paris re port a record quotation for French ex change on London. Austrian Soldiers Massed on Frontier CIIIA8SO, Switzerland (Via Faris), May 22. Information reaching the Italian frontier, from the Austrian frontier la to the effect that there are large accumula tions of Austrian troops In the upper valley of the Adlge river and the Schul den valley, coming from Innsbruck, and also at alums. They are accompanied by many German officers. Sees Italy Merely Delay Victory Hour Baaaaa.aBaaB BERLIN, May 22. (Via Amsterdam and London.) "Certainly the addition of Italy to the hostile side means for the central powers and Turkey postponement of their final victory, but not In the same degree at tho present moment as would have been the case months ago," writes Major Moraht, the military critic. In the Tage blatt. SENATOR KENY0N HAS MANY SPEAKING DATES FORT DODOE, la . May ZL-fSpectal.) "I expect to meet between 60.000 and 60,000 people on my speaking trips) through Iowa this summer." declared Benator W, 8. Kenyon here today. The senator has almost as many speeches as he would make In a cam paign. High school commenctments, Memorial day celebrations. Fourth of July observations and meetings of com mercial organizations have made' calls upon him. He will give three Memorial addresses this spring. He will speak at Creston May 29, at Cherokee May 30 and at Madrid May Si. On June t he addresses the state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republlo at Bloux City. Us I Miea-pf t.ag, (A t aasasj ea a, If V... fn Var.fi m,.,.!... ,t1 A " H tWSJ r A.. en V.a. - - - K .llrH-i- ,,.-. -A - rr'e- - M M4 SOUTH OMAHA SAVINGS BANK 24th and M Streets H. C. HOHTWICK, President TBl'MA.N BUCK, V. Pre. F. K. GKTTY, Cashier. I Societies of the , High School Hold Annual Elections Friday most of the literary societies at the central high School elected officers for the next semester In s-Vptcinler. The Iemothenlan society will hold an open meeting thla evening in the Auditorium and the Webster, next Wednesday. The following are the officers elected by the various societies: Athenian Debating Society John Talia ferro, president; tiniys.in Garner, Men president; Fred Montgomery, wvretnry ; l'hlllp Thomae. ttvaSMrur; Charles Hall, reporter, Vivian Hover, rergrant-at-arnis lemosthenlan lhatlug Horlotv Arili Olsvn, president: John Kldtido, vice president; Head Zimmerman, secretary; Russell Brady, treasurer; Sol RemlMs, reporter; Harry Pedersen and liny Bur gess, sergeants-at-arms. Webster Charles Morearty, president; (Dean Sunderland, vice president; Daniel Lougwell, secretary treasurer; Harry Mo snd Harry Matthews, sergeants-at-arms. Margaret Fuller Mynie Gllchrlsf. presi dent; Mildred Rhnades, vi,-e prexhlent; Martha Gelger, se-retarr: Ida t.angdon. treasurer: K lima bet h Sturdrvant. sor-geant-et-erms; Gertrude Matson, re porter. HawthorneMargaret Qulnby, presl. denl; Martha Ulley, vice president; Mil dred Thompaett, wertnry; lOH.-.sbfuh Wellman. reporter; Mildred Turrlsan. serseant-at-arms. Elaine Beatrice Johnson. president, Oertrude Lonovan, vice president; Mar garet sehurlg. treasurer; Ikrt Berry, secretary; Winifred Rranf. reporter; l'hyl llss Hunter and Elisabeth Perrlgo, ser geants -a t-arma. Browning Lurtle Hoel, president; Maude MoGMI, vice president: I 'on, thy Arter, secretary; Luc tin Lathrop, tress urer; Dorothy Edwards, editor of The Oracle; Vivian Byrd and Garnet Elmm, sergeants-at-arms; Margaret Walker, re porter. 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