TTTR BEE: OMAHA, TTIXTRSDAT, MATlC.n 2, 1!H6.
BRITISH STEAMSHIP
THORNABY IS SUNK
London Dupttch Sayt Ship Owned
at Hartlepool Destroyed and
Crew Killed.
SINGS TO ACCOMPANIMENT OF
HIS OWN VOICE.
B1LLARD TO RETURN
PART OF PROFITS
Promoter Payi New Haven Million
and Quarter in Settlement of
Stock Deal Suit.
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ALL DETAILS ARE WITHHELD
LO.VDON, March ,1. The Britlnh
steamship ThornabV Is reported to
l ire been sunk, all th members of
the crew having been killed or
Crowned.
The Thnrnahjr wa owned In West Har
D.pool. Ktilanl. It rna tonnage, wa
l.TM. It waa JM rt Ions.
Althoiiah th British censorship pre
vents transmission of details conrernlns"
the reported slnklns; of ths Thornaby,
the reference to the mmilnri of the
rrew havln probably bn killed or
drowned Indicates It waa struck by a
mine or tnrrdo.
The llrniin and Austrian decree re-rardlne-
the rlnalna; of armed merchant
men wlhhout warnlna went Into effect
at mldnlKht. The Thornaby In the first
veaeel whoa alnklng tiae bean reported
alnee the order became operative, hut
the Iondnn dlepatoh dnea not Indloete
whether It waa armed or whether It wn
mnk before or after the opening- of th
month.
Twelve Hfar I.I ere la War Ease.
NK1V YORK. March l.-The scheduled
openlnc of the new aubmarlne rsmpalgn
of the Teutonic power, which wa aet
for today, find twelve big Unnr in or
near th war cone. In which the Aua
trlan and German undersea boat are
operaUn;.
The llnera are Cretto of the Whit "tar
line; Italia. Italian line; Taormlna, Ital
ian line; Iafayetta, French tine; Philadel
phia. American line; Finland, In Ameri
can line errlce; Berg-ernafjord, Norwet-tan-Amrlcan
tine; America, Italian line;
Hatrta, Pabr line; rannonia, Cunard
line, and the loennlna and Vasllefa Can
atantlnoa of th Oreek Una.
None of the steamer la believed to
be armed unleea they have mounted rune
at sea.
Tn lallan steamship America, ena of
the chip which have had run a placed on
board by th Italian ftovernment, I to
day believed to be In the war aon with
Itl cabin and 1.731 steerage paaaen;r on
board bound for New Tork. The Amer
ica, according to cable advlcea received
by local acenta here today, aalled from
Nipple on February it.
PRINCE LEI LANI.
Prince Lei Lani, f anion a Hawaiian
soloist, who has a national reputation
a the man with three voices, haa shown
hla ability In hla opening concert befor
the musio lovers of this city at Mlckel's
Vlctrola parlors and at Crelghton audi
torium, that h porseaeea a voice of rare
Quality and merit, and a winning per
sonality that haa gained him many ad
mirers. His rendition of the "Rosary" and "A
Perfect tay" In hla eoprano voloa la
faultkss. His slnalng with hla own voice
accompanied by his own record on the
Vlctrola wa a great novelty and trat
to th hearers, which also Illustrate the
tm quality of tli Vlctrola In producing
th h 'Jinan vole.
Soft Coal Miners
and Operators Near
Agreement on Pay
NEW TORK. March l.-Boft coal min
er and operator from th middle wt
were close to an agreement today On
the prlnolpal point In dlaput In ar
ranging a new; wage scale to go Into
effect the end of this month. Only a
t-nt or lea per ton standa In th way
of arriving at a settlement of the mine
run and tonnage-Increase demand.
The miner yesterday reduced their de
mands of a 10 per rent Increase, which
I equivalent to About i aejit a ton. to
3 cents a ton on th mine-run bal. To
day th operators replied they would eon-
alder a Z-cent Incr, Th miner asked
a reces until later In th day and It I
eald they will agree to seal down th
S-rent Increaa to 144 cent.
In the weatern Pennaylvanla territory
the Increaa agreed upon will be 13
tents higher, a th Pittsburgh dlatrtot
operator have agreed to grant the mine
run demand of th miner and fl th
mine-run basic rat at th Ohio figure.
Th'a will bring th tonnage rat up te
47 cent. On top of this will b added
the general Increaae to be agreed upon.
War Insurance Sea
Rates Are Advanced
NEW TORK. March- l.-Rate of wr
rlak Inauranc on trana-Atlantlo steam
ers snd cargoes had advanced today In
anticipation of the enforcement of Ger
many's policy of sinking armed mer
chantmen without warning. The quota
tion on vessels bound for Mediterranean
ports wa Increased to t per eent upon
the receipt of cablea from London lay
ing that a similar rat had been lm-
poaed there. Prevloualy th rata her
had been about 1 per cent, but ranging
upward to on specially valuable
cargoes.
The war risk quotation on vessels des
tined to English and French ports slso
stiffened and ranged from 1 to IV per
cent. Th highest rate quoted In recent
weeks on this business waa Hi psr cent
The reported presence of German raid-
era off th ooast of Brasll caused the
war rate on belligerent merchant ships
in th South American trade to stand
firmly at I pr cent
It take but a minute of time to av
dollar when you read The Bee Want Ad
column.
AGREEMENT IS A COMPROMISE
NEW YORK, March 1. The suit!
brought hy the present adrolnlstra-1
Hen of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad to recover from
John L. Rtllard of Merlden, Conn.,
profits alleged to have been due the,
New Haven In the deal In which the
New Haven purchased shares of Dos-1
ton 4V Maine stock seven years ago, '
has been settled, it was announced
ac the New Haven offices today. BU-;
lard has paid the New Haven.
$1,250,000, It was stated. j
Among other defendants In the Bll-:
lard suit were Charles 8. Mellen, for
mer president, and Edward D. Rob-
bins, former general counsel of the
Now Haven.
History f the Deal.
Mr. nillard, a coal dealer, purchased
from the New Haven In 190S during the
administration of Mr. Mellen. 119,000 ahare
of Itoaton Maine atock at $1 and sold
It bsrk a year later at HBO.
It waa alleged that nillard wa acting
In the Interest of the New Haven and
that the deal wa a flcMtlou transaction.
The New Haven at that time was forbid
den by the Massachusetts laws to own
the Boaton A Maine and It waa charge!
that nillard aaaumed title to the atock
to enable the New Haven to Inform the
Maaaachueetts authorities that they did
not own control of the Boston A Maine.
I.ler the New Haven was authorised
by the Maasachusetts legislature to ac
quire the Boston A Main and Blllard'a
holding wer sold back to th road.
hatlroaal Financed the Deal.
Blllard'a natanalhla rivnfit w. a hah
rcjrd.OOO, but this was reduced by other !
transactions Aoeordlng to testimony In i
the recent criminal action brought by I
the government under Sherman anti-trust
law against former directors of the New
Haven, Blllard personally got only ISO.OOO.
iMirlng the trial It was contended by the
defendants that Blllard transaction wa
bona fide, It was brought out by the gov.
ernmcnt that Blllard waa, however,
financed In tbe deal by the New Haven.
Bamuel Hemlngton, president of th
First National bank of New Haven, at
one time an officer of the Blllard com
pany, wa alio a defendant. The suit wss
originally' for 11,700.000 brought In Con
necticut courts. Th settlement repre
sents a compromise.
Areata Hlpm Bark.
The Washington club has transferred
Outfielder Acoata to th Mlnneapolla cl'ib
(if th American association.
Bishop McConnell .
Heads Eeligious
Education A'ss'n
CH1CAOO. March l.-Btshop Francis J.
McConnell of Denver was eleoted presi
dent of th Religious Education aaaoola
Hon. whose annual convention closed here
today.
Other effteara elected were: Vie presi
dent, Henry ft. Fritchett, president of th
Carnegie Foundation of New Terk; treas
urer. David R. Torgan, and secretary,
Rev. Henry F. Cope, both of Chicago. J.
W. MaoDonald of Decatur waa chosen
slat director.
Men on Petrolite Say
No Warning Given
WASHINGTON, Meroh 1. -Members of
the crew of the American tanker Pe
troiit have made afndarlta to refute
the contention of tbe Austrian govern
ment in connection wltn the attack on
the ehlp by aa Austrian aubmarlne tn
the Mediterranean soma time ago. Th
affidavit support th original Informa
tion on which the Mate department
made representation to Vienna.
Recently the Auatrlan government
asked for more fart and gave It ver
eion of the incident. whU-h wa that th
aubmarlne commander miatook the Amer
ican ahlp for a hostile merchantman
about to attack htm and that the mas
ter of the Petrolite voluntarily gave him
provision.
The version of the Petrollte's crew ts
that the ehlp was fired upoa without
warning, injuring one man of th engine
room ayew and that aa A marie a t Its
crew uaa held aa a hostage aboard the
submersible while provisions were taken
from tbe steamer's stores.
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War Stock Shares
Off Several Points
NEW YORK, March. l.-Ths dubious
outlook cauaed by the greater strain tn
the foreign situation resulting from Pres
ident WUaoo's determination to fore th
teaua on armed ship tn congress con
tributed almost entirely to a further fall
la price tn today's stock asarW. At th
low level of the raid aa iom prtoea wer
at their misJmtUB for tbe year a4 U)
aom instaaoe lowest La over six month
WW eharee and high Mtoed sprtaltlae)
fell front i to 11 points, greatest losses
Wng aastaiaed by General Motor. Cuban
Amerioaa ttaujar. Bethlehem ttaei. and
Texas eompapy. United gtatea Steel broke
Jroew IS and ether reoeatad leaflet.
SBOlavdtug tna raris, were 1 to t points
krer.
In th final hour short eewertna est the
first clcus of support rented prtoea I to
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Here They Come, Men ! FINE TOP COATS Ftrhem
KING - PECK $137,000 CLOTHING STOCK
On Sale Here on Thursday
This is one of the best lots in this entire wonderful
stock. The clothing sale that has been the talk of
Omaha for weeks and that has brought record re
sponse every day an announcement has been made.
Top Coats Now at Bottom Prices
For example, think of a fine garment, a dress coat
of black unfinished worsted hand tailored and silk
faced to the edge. A coat that we offer at $15 and
that could not possibly be sold at this figure if it
were not for the fortunate circumstance of this
enormous purchase.
Coming as this does, right in advance of the Top
Coat season, it will be more than welcome news to
hundreds and hundreds of men who like to be fore
handed in the purchase of their Spring wardrobes,
but as a rule do not like to pay the higher prices
which usually prevail at this time of the year when
the first coats are shown.
Style is here
Quality is here
Economy is here
KING-PECK CLOTHES ARE BUILT TO FIT-evcry little de
tail of the master craftsman's is worked out to perfection.
A brief resume of the stock reads like this :
In fancy mixtures and plain colors. Full silk and Quarter silk lined;
some with silk yoke and sleeves, three-quarter length. New set-in Sleeve
Coats, Balmacaans, Form -Fit Coats three big lots, priced this way
Lot h Lot 2 Lot 3
$7.50 $10.00 $15.00;
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to Meet
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Price"
COMFORT
In the 1916 valve-in-head motor
cars nothing is left undone to insure
the comfort of its occupants.
The construction of the interior is given
the same careful attention as the wonder
ful valve-in-head motoryrv There is am
ple room for each of thepassen-
gers in the car.
The cushions are deep, luxuri
ously upholst S ered in extra fine
black leather over genuine curled
hair and X deep coil springs.
The cantilever springs elimi
nate road shocks. Buick comfort
is not approached by any car
at anywhere near the price.
Roadsters and Touring Cars
$950 to$14S5 kf
r. O. B. Factory
hions
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A .ride in the
Buick will prove this to you
Nebraska Buick Auto Co.
OMAHA . LINCOLN SIOUX CITY
L Huff. Mgr. i H. E. Side!, Gen. Mgr. S. A. Douglu, Mgr.
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$1435 F. O. D. Hint, Mich.
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