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Hi " lj r Everybody Reads The Omaha Daily Bee the day's hnnncnlntr THE WEATHER. Unsettled U oiks don't rend your storo K'rT tiny, it's your fnutt. VOL. XLUI-XO. 147. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECBMBBB 6, 1913 -SIXTEEN PAdlSS. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. ! ? fi?5" . HUNGER AND THIRST STRIKE IS STARTED T Militant Suffragist Who is Still in Exeter Jail is Said to Be in State of Collapse. MANSION BURNED IN SCOTLAND Acid Poured Into London Mail Boxes and Windows Smashed. BIG SENSATION IS PROMISED Police Are on Watch in All Cities in United Kingdom. INDIGNATION ON THE MAJESTIC Passenger on Steamship Which Was Delayed br Police for an Hour Ridicule Precautions for Woman' Arrest, HXETEIt, England, Dec. 6.-Mrs. Etn mellna Pankhurst, the suffragette leader, Is said today to bo In a state of collapse, having started both a hunger and thirst strike since her arrest on board the Ma jestic. ' Threaten Violence. LONDON, Dee. o.-The threat of the militant suffragettes to resort to vlnln methods of revenge for the arrest of their leaner, jars. Emmciine Pankhurst, was put Into effect this morning with the de struction of a mansion at Wemyss bay, Scotland; several attempts to destroy letters by pouring acid Into mall boxes here, and numerous Isolated cases of win dow smashing. Moreover, It was slated the women had a plan to do something sensational within tho next twenty-four hours and the police everywhere kept a strict watch. In the meantime Itrr. fnnkinir.f . mained in Exeter Jail, the authorities not having decided to remove her to Hollo, way. She has already commenced a "hunger strike." Passengers on the Majestic, on which Sirs. Pankhurst made the voyage, told of the indignation of the travelers at being detained for over an hour In Ply mouth harbor In order to enable tho police to outwit the suffragists, who planned to rescue Mrs. Pankhurst. As one American put It, "All this to arrest one little woman." The English press also Is inclined to sneer at the elaborate police plans. The Manchester Guardian remarks: "There was an absurd disproportion be tween the actual danger of disorder or rescue and the plans of tho authorities." The Westminster Gazette says: "It Is absurd to describe the arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst as a triumpTi for the police' Militancy ot -Needed Here. WASHINGTON. Dec, 6.-Dr. Anna How- urd Hliaw, .president ,of the '.National Woman Suffrage assoclatlori.' outllned' her vlcwb on militancy today Just before the iloe 'bt -UWtpnveritlon Bhe' asserted, that "militant methods never have been adopted .and never will be used In thts country to securo the ballot for women, because the constitutional method, the method of civilization, will bring It about- "Thehatchet, the method df barbarism, never wlll'be necessary." she added, "be cause the men of the United States will Klvo' the women the ballot by the consti tutional way." A committee of fifty-five women, rep resenting every stato and territorial asso ciation In the organization, was appointed to wait on President Wilson, who las brcn unable, on account of Illness, to see the suffragists. Mrs. Medill McCormlck of Chicago is rlMrinan of tho committee which will remain hero until the president nlvcs them an audience. They will urge hlrn to recommend action by congress at this cession on the woman suffrage question. LITTLE CRIPPLE DIES ON HIS BROTHER'S BACK ST IXUia Dec. 5.-For two years Oliver Heuer, 13 years old, and known by ntlghbors hs 'The Uttlo Father," car ried his Invalid brother, Frank, 10 years old, on Ills back ten block to and from school. Yesterday Oliver's task ended, fur the little cripple died on his brother's 1 back. Death from heart disease came I while he was being carried home from ' chool. "The LlttlcFather" Is inconsola-j ble. He said he would rather have Frank ' back and the Job of carrying him for life. The Weather For Omaha, Council muffs and Vicinity Continued unsettled, with rain prob ab y Saturday; not much change In temperature. reiupcrnture at Hours. Deg. 5 a. m 41 6 a. a. 43 7 u. m 43 8 a. in 43 a. m 43 10 a. m 43 11 a. lu 41 13 m 45 1 p. m 45 : p. m 45 I p. m , 45 4 p. in v 45 5 p. nl 44 6 p. m. 41 7 p. m 41 8 p. m 41 Comparative l.oal -necord. 1SIIX 191!. 1911. 1910. Highest yesterday 45 45 S4 lowest yesterday 16 81 23 Mean temperature 41 30 & PreciDltatlon 63 w ,w T&mperkture and preclyltauon depar tures from the normal; Normal temperature ICxcess for tha day.....;...... Total excesa since March l............(s Normal preclrltatJ- - -0J inch vtm-k for the day .63 men Total rainfall 1 since March L.tt.50 jnche, Deficiency sine Marjh fg "?hes lieflclency for cor. period. 191S 3.57 Inches "elloiency for cor. period. W1X.15.19 Inches Hritort from Station at 7 P. 21. leinp. ju&ii- rutin- .-tatlun. 7 p. m. est fall luvenport. cloudy , os Moines, cloudy 4 imaha. rain.. Kep'd n rlo"" J hherldaa lcar.... ? Hour Hty. cloudy - 4S 4 45 44 4ri 44 .00 T .62 .tO .00 .02 3S aieniuir, T indicates irnre oi itcviiiiwhiuh. LA WELSH, Local Forecaster BYllS Hull Regards Monroe Docrine as Menace to the United States WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. -An attack on the Monroe doctrine as a worn out gar ment which should be cast aside for an International court, was made In an ad dress here today before the American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes by William F. Hull of gwarthmorc, Pa. "Its consequences, present and future, are appalling." said Mr. Hull. "Some of Its past applications and the possibility of its applications In the future have done more than everything else to put together, to alienate our neighbors. The Latin-American view of the Monroe doc trine Is greatly retarding our mutual commerce and causing profound and widespread International distrust." He declared that this country had en tangled Itself with Germany and Japan because of Its "sensitiveness" over the doctrine. The Monroe doctrine, which was looked on as the "sine qua non" of American public policy. In the last century, Mr. Hull asserted, was fast becoming the Frankenstein monster which would crush Ita creator. "This Is due," he con tinued, "not only to the extraordinary development of the orirfnal doctrine and to Its illimitable possibilities of continu ous growth accompanied by a great and growing responsibility on the part of the United States, and the remarkable progress of Latin-America, but also to the old world's changing attitude to wards International rights and duties and to the majestic International tribunal slowly rising In the midst of sovereign nations." A solution, he thought, would be to lot an International tribunal take care of the problems this country alone Is trying to handle. Howard Tells of the Collapse of One Telephone Merger PHILADELPHIA, Dec. S.-Tetlfylng today in the suit of the government for the dissolution of the American Tele phone and Telegraph company, John A. Howard of Wheeling. W. Va,, told of the collapse of a plan to take over all Inde pendent lines cast df the Rocky moun tains. He was called by the government to tell of the sale of the Interstate Tel ephone Company of New. Jersey to the Bell ssytem whereby, ho said, competi tion In northern New Jersey was wiped out. On cross-examination Mr. Howard said tho Continental Telegraph and Telephone company was organized to take over all Independent companleseast of tho nock lee, but went Into the hands of receivers. At tho time of the collapse, he said, In dependent telephone companies In West Virginia, western Pennsylvania and east ern Ohio h4 het'n merged Into thq Na tional Telephoned corporation and ' were, about -to-afflllau .with -tha-Contlnentai; Howard then told of negotiations now under way In which .It Is planned fw the Bell -system to-take over the companies In the" National Telephone corporation. The taking of testimony-will be! resumed In New Tork - next Wednesday. Senate Democrats Accuse Republicans of Dilatory Tactics WASHINGTON, Dec! C-Two hours' of tatk In the senate today again prevented action on the democratic resolution to fix thlrtecn-hour-a-day sessions on the I currency bill. j Senator Bacon denied that there was i any purpose to restrict debate or "ex- t haust the senate," and Senator Williams 1 repeated that the object of the program i was to make "the talkers talk early, talk late and talk continuously, until the talk ers are talked out" "We will not prevent debate," he shouted to the republicans. "Tou will get your Btomachs full of ( debate. But, you cannot make senators come here and listen You cannot treat senators of the United States, free, white and 21, like a lot of school b6ys and say, 'Buddy, here's your bench, sit on It." "I believe thete is a purpose on tho other side of the chamber," said Senator James, "5 delay this bill. Business In terests are held up while a lot of gentle men on that side talk." Senators Sutherland, Galllnger and Smbot vigorously disclaimed any Inten tion to delay. All Des Moines Saloons Reopened DES MOINES, Deo. 6.-Every one of Drs Moines' elghty-elx saloons opened to day after having been closed since No vember 22, as the result of a supreme court decision to the effect that they had been operating under an Insufficient consent petition. The opening came to day after Judge Preston of the supreme court had granted a rehcarlnr in the case and a stay of execution. Contrary to expectations there were no wild and riotous scenes when the doors were unlocked. Valley Junction, a sub urb, had been an oasis during the time, the local saloons were out of business. The anti-saloon leaders today applied to Chief Justice Weaver to advance the date of the rehearing for December SO. Judge Weaver announced that he would render his decision next Tuesday. Plans are being made today to aeek an injunc tion agalntt the saloon keepers, to pre vent them from continuing business. C0PELAND MURDER CASE RESULTS IN MISTRIAL MARFIA. Ky , Dec. 3. A mistrial was I declared today in the case of Miss May Copeland and her fiance, Luc'eji Turk, ! tor.argea wim tne murder last July of jHugh Atchison, brotber-ln-law of Miss j Copeland and a wealthy farmer of Bards j well, Ky. The Jury took the case Wednes , days after the trial had continued forisev i rial 'lays, but its nVUbc-at'ons were In- , terruptcd by the IVnean of an of the I jurors. Miss Coilxi.d swoie that she I I killed Atchison tiecaute he wronged he.' I a wok IWore the tra-.dy. j i llllu.JMlI I II 1 1 II M I 1 1 H ltCMW-&&lei m I Drawn for The Bee by Hal Coffman. CONVERT TOjUYER TRAFFIC Mayor Dahlman Says Missouri Can' Carry Freight. j . . ; . ... BAROESARE THE toOT&tfqfax Terminal Aire' Bite ilequlsltrj 4 After Wh(ih.l ,1a TCa)- Mrittrr Id Make flls JlOildJ do .. the Rest. (From a Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-(6peclal Tele gram.) "The proposition of traffic navi gation on the Missouri river from Omaha has a new lease of life," declared Mayor DahlmAii of Omaha at the iRalelgh to nlgljt. Mayor Dahlmnn wns Just starting to tho National IHvers and Harbors con vention, of which ho was made vice president for Nebraska.' He Is convinced that Omalia can make practical and prof itable the establishment of water traffic, It the proper steps are taken. "I am going to take the matter up with the Commercial club upon my re turn," said Mayor Dahlman. "From what 1 have heard at the Rivers and Harbors congress I am convinced that conditions on the Missouri river at Omaha are bet ter than those that existed In other places which have made river navigation successful, I have in mind especially the use of bargs of an Improved type, experiments in which have been made by the government, "An Alabama delegate to the conven tion proved it to me by his recital of what had been done with these barges In his own state. There is no reason why Omaha cannot do the same thing, and it will b a simpler proposition there than it was in Alabama. "Terminals are what must be provided at the outset They are the backbone of all governmental aid to Improved navi gation and army officers will not listen to arguments for appropriations for channel Improvements until the localities to be benefited moke a convincing show ing on the terminal facilities which they must provide at their own expense." Ransdell Heads Rivers Congress WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The tenth an nual rivers and harbors congress ad journed today, after re-electing Senator Ransdell of Louisiana president and passing resolutions endorsing annual federal appropriations for river and har bor improvements and a, national policy for waterways. The National Capital Friday, December 5, 1013. The Senate. Met at noon. Ratification of democratie currency bill program delayed. Consideration of the Hetch Hetchy bill resumed. Interstate Commerce commission post poned consideration of trust bills. The Hons. Met at noon. Hearings on Im Follette seamen's bill set for December 13. McOIIl-Dyer election contest set for hearing on December 16. Good roadi committee agreed to begin hearings on many federal aid bills lion-da-. Pasted reMolutWtn extending to February I tltre for '-lets flot.on of surface lands of Chickasaw and ('ho'-taw nations. Xuthur'zid rhalriran Garrett of the lobby committee tu read his report Tue. da) "Futurists" iiiiiiiilliiliiiiiiiifi Mine Suppose&to Be Tomb of Ralph Lopez is Opened t " , i . e-UtalulUJ: Apex,, supposed to be the tomb of Ilalph Jxjpcr. Slayer of slx'rmcn, was unsealed early today.. On the removal .br the double bulwarks at the exists, the pent up gartcs that were drlvfcn Into the mine frpm Monday until Jast night, escape.1 with a rush. It was expected a - posst would, he able to enter beforo jilght ami search for the body of the desperado. As It was possible Lopez was still alive, the deputies were prepared for another underground buttle, such a occurnd Saturday, when two of their number were killed. Lopex took refuge In the mine eight days ugo, after killing a fellow .Mexican and three police officers on November 21. Son .Charged -with Murder of father FREMONT, Neb., Dec. t.-(8peclal.Tele- gram.) Wlllard Butler, son of Alio vet eran wh.pse body was found here last night, was today .held to the grand. Jury by the coroner, to answer charge of mur der. . Butler '.was seen'around' town "by a' number .' of - persons Wednesday, He said that his father-had gone to Co lumbus and had directed him, to. cll tho furniture ' and como up there' itath hie team. He brought thefgo6dstto the second-hand store andsold'them for 13.' He told, another . party that he was golngup. in ine &ana inn couniry wun me ieam to pick up Junk He was seen yesterday morning going south, It alo appeared that- the father and son did not 'get. along very well together and that th? son had threatened to kill tho old man. Young Butler Is almost a physical wrock and for the last y"r lias lived with his father, doing practlcaly" nothing.1 It further appears that the trap door lead ing to the cellar had been nailed down and an opening from the outside fat tened. The body had evidently been dragged over the 'floor-to the trap door by 'the rope around the neck.; From the bloody and disturbed condition of the bed It looks as though the old man was cither lying orslttlng on it when he was struck with the hammer. held and, a verdict f the coroner's Jury Is expected this afternoon. Suspected Bank "D UU ' ' A i- A SXO DDerS Arr6SL0Cl BLVTHE. Cal., Dec. 6.-Two men sus pected of robbing the Palo Verde Valley bank df 4,C00 and killln. the cashier, A W. Bowles, three days ago, were ar rested today, according to .. message from Sheriff Wilson of Riverside county, Ths men were asleep at El Centro when the sheriff's deputies pounced on them. They gave their namei as Hall Case and Tom Green, moving picture, cowboys. Tho officers found S4.e0 in currency on the prisoner . CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST OBJECTS TO SCHOOL PLAN PIBRRB, S. D.. Dec 6.-(Speclal Tele g rum.) John H. Strelch of Aberdeen has come to the supreme court on appeal from the order of the board of education of Aberdeen compelling medical Inspee- t'en of aj) pupils attend'ng the pub'le schools. Sireirh 4s a Christian 8clenst and denies the light of the toard to com- f ffl Inspection of his rhlldien. i PRIMARY AND CONVENTION President's Plan May Affect Re publican Conference Dec. 16. CHANGE MAY .NOT - BE NEEDED ! , p k. . j feiiHinr Cnintnlnri day Proposed' I'rl- ninrr .vt Slinnlil Not Be' Allowed tu Interfere filth Plan for Preliminary Coiientlon. WASHINGTON.. Dec. The lsue of direct primaries, brpught Into public dis cussion hy President Wilson's message, promises to bo an Important factor In deliberations of the republican national committee hero December 10. Mony be Hove congress may provide primaries that will do away with the need of any nominating, conventions before 'tho next presidential election. It wan pointed out today that It a di rect primary law were passed before the 191, elections, the neod for a change of republican representation would disap pear. ) Senator Jones, a momber of the taw committee, returned to Washington to- day and said plans wero going .forward for a national convention. "I am In favor of some form of direct primary." he said. "One plan that ap-( pears to be sound would . provide for dl rcct( primaries In the states, with na tional conventions In which delegates would sit In proportion to the vote In the states. Each state would apportion Its delegates according to the strength bf the respective party candidates, and XUe national convention would make the final choice." ' Senator Cummins, one of the most act lvo advocates of tules revision and chair inan of the conciliation committee ap pointed In Chicago last spring, declared jtoday that discussion of presidential prl .marles should not Interfere with hold ing of a special convention. "I am strongly In favor of direct pri maries," he said, "but there Is no as surance that the direct primary laws :vtfll bo passed, or at least that they will not bo long delayed. It la our duty to go . ahead with the convention plans no have outlined and complete the reforma tion, of republican rules that will make the party machinery thoroughly re sponslvo to the will of the voters' STEPHENS INTRODUCES BILL TO TAX TRIBAL LAND (From a Staff Correspondent.) Washington, nee. &. (special tic- Uram.)-A bill to tax the allotted land ' . v. n.l.. iiri-Hat..A .-11.... state purposes was introduced by Ren reseutnatlve Stephens today. Mr, Step hens also introduced a bill to have pub lic roads opened up through the reserva tions of the Omahas, Winnebagos and Santee Sioux. Tomorrow the Best Colored Comics with The Sunday Bee Subtle Poison is Used by 'Alleged White 1 ft VP V - J2JaC"rvwB. OfUVAMCfN.-Nl., Dec. 5.- A- common darning nrcdlp fnitml today lniv theater! box occupied last night by Mrs. tar. Jorle II. Graff, bride f a .week. Is bo' lleved to be tho , lnMrument by meann of which Mrs, Graff was Inoculated with a stthtle poison, which caused her to fall Insensible within n few minutes. This develuped today with the arraign mont of .Armand Nagaro, a student pharmnclst, the other occupant of tho box, on a charge of assault. : To' determine the nature or the poison the needto was submitted to a chemist today. It was found near the spot 'where Mrs. Graff sat. Megaro stoutly asserted his Innocence when confronted by Mrs. Graff on the witness stand. He was held In ITO.OOO ball. Fifty -Drowned and Probably Thousand Marooned by Floods . BRYAN., Tex., Dec. 5.-A death roll of more h'an fifty persons, and possibly '1,'COO ot'hera marooned and suffering from prolonged hunger and cold, was Indicated hy tonight's reports from the flooded Drntos river bottoms In this section of south central Texas. For over fifty miles the Brazos was three to five miles wide and running with mill race speed. Scores of flood refugees are believed to be In peril. HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. B.-Heiiry Mar tin, vice president and genoral manager of the. International and Great North ern railway was drowned at VaJley Junction today in the Brazos rlwr floods. Would Prohibit Words "United States" in Corporation Titles WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Representative Steenerson of Minnesota today Introduced a bill to prohibit banks or trust compan ies, or persons, firms or corporations, Joint stoek associations or companies en. gaged In any brokerage, Investment or Insurance business, from using the words "United States" In names or titles. Wife of Commodore Is Granted Divorce KANSAS CITT. Dec, S.-Mrs. Adele Trowbridge Salisbury, wife of Commo dore O-orge R. Salisbury, U. 8. N., retired, former governor of Guam, was granted a divorce here today. The action was uncontested by the commo dore. Alimony was not mentioned in the decree. Mrs. Salisbury testified they wero married in 18&9 and that their married life was happy until five years ago. At that time her husband was abroad on foreign service. When he returned, she said, he did not go to their home in Brooklyn, N. Y., and soon after left the country again without seeing her. The witness testified that while she was liv ing at Independence, the commodore neglected to visit her, although he was In Kansas City to see his brother. Commodore Salisbury Is in Alaska on A mission from the Interior department to transplant reindeer from the main land to the Aleutian Islands. BLANKET OF DEEP SNOW NOW COVERS THE CENTRAL WEST Weather Mild and Calm Throughout Nebraska, but Snow is Drifting in Colorado and Wyoming. RAIN IN EAST PART OF STATE Trains Stalled and Delayed in Show owcpi wca iu mic west, TRAFFIC TIED UP AT DENVER Railroads Take Precautions in Car tag for Stock Shipments. FREIGHTS GO OKTO RTT1TWOK urnnna -raorouRhir suaucil ana t rap BporU Predicting; Great Yield of All the Cerrnl for Next Year Are Given Out. The whole of i extern Nebraska (it burled beneath a blanket at wit snow, ranging In depth from, a few Inches to two' feet. Not only does It cover thli state, but It extends over all of Wyoming-, and Colorado, at numerous points In these two stages being two and one-half and three feet on the level. It com menced falling Wednesday night and ac cording to railway 'reports Is still falling In Nebraska the heavy snow belt ex tends west from a' Una drawn north and south through Valentine. Broken Do North Tlatte and Mct'odft 'Ksst of this line-It hs been raining and snowing at Intervals rlnce Wednesday. Through the Missouri valley .there has been no snow, but there . has been almost a constant downpour of rain, hard at times, but generally a light drlwle, every drop palling Intq tho ground and putting It In the best condition In years tor thq next crop. Hloek the Trnln. .The snow throughout tho western part of this state- and over Wyontlng and Colorado Is seriously interfering wltu the running of trains. In Denver, whera )hn snowfall Is reported by the railroads, at more than two feet during the last twenty-four hours, not a car wheel hsa turned since early Thursday afternoon Twin service was completely abandoned Railroad yards were deep In snow nml even switch engines could not be moved. No, 1 on the Burlington, that left hem Thursday morning,, got as far as Hudson, thirty miles east of Denver, whero it be came stalled lu two feet of snow that , covered the track on the level. Nos. 3 ;and 1J, that left Omaha later In the day. got as far a AKron, Colo., 100. miles this 1 oC ,,enve' "when fhere they were forced thV still, remained. fAtrottt'e-urllnVl6n agent VcportfiV I thirty tnch'Oi ' of"SHov?r Kia'aaC blowing; . - t, jff- B ji-irtJilir 0n th" mirii... n. Co1o.. tn .A,,U5 ! ,rt.viofl .hsndohe.i. All i,, iht. line the snow nan reported to be from two tq th'reo fdef In depth. Where It had drifted It was ten feet deep. "While through Iralii service was de moralized locals were put on everywhere through Nebraska,, so that people were enabled to reach Omaha and Lincoln. Tho fnlon Pacirio'a trains Into and out of Denver wero practically out of busl iirns, ns the yards In that city were so deep under snow that engines could not be moved. On tho Lvnlon Pacific's msln line, wnow did not Interfere . with. thr service much east of Juleaburgi but west of there and as far Into Wyoming as j Rawlins-there ' wns an abundance, At Sidney tho'snow .was two feet deep und even deeper at i-Tieyenne, where sixteen InChea of new snow fell during the night This heavy fall extended nortii as far as Orln Junction on the Colorado Southern. On the Union Pacific's Northport lino there was heavy show all the way, but nothing that Interfered with the run ning of trains. The Burlington's Billings' line, though under six to eighteen Inches of snow all the way from Broken Bow to fiherldn. kept trains moving and everything was practically on time. The Northwestern found heavy and continuous rain all the way from Oinalm to Valentine. From there Into the Black Hills and to Lander it was snow rang ing from six Inches to two feet in depth. Freight strain are being moved, but (Continued on Page Two.) The Dealer and the Dollar HarvMt .The standard products of national distribution advertis ed in the columns of this news paper represent a ripe crop of business dollars ready (or your harvesting-, Mr. Dealer. This crop grows all the year round. You have but to reap it to see it spring up anew. But lo you reap ft? Do you ever sort out, from among your stock, samples of these nationally sold articles, put them In your windows, and call attention to the fact that you cell them? This newspaper creates a de- mand ior the standard articles. 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